Chapter 183 Uncle Didn’t Come Home

This middle-aged woman should be my cousin’s aunt. I saw her once when I attended my cousin’s wedding when I was a child.

At that time I thought all brides were beautiful, but now what appeared before my eyes was just an ordinary rural woman, skinny, with yellow skin and no flesh on her cheeks. One could tell at a glance that she had not lived a good life.

My uncle took a few steps forward and asked anxiously, "When was the last time my cousin came home?"

My cousin's aunt had a blank expression on her face, and her eyelids fluttered: "What's wrong? Is he in trouble again?"

The uncle said anxiously: "Maybe he hid my eldest niece?"

The cousin's aunt glared at her, not believing what her uncle said: "Impossible, although he is a bastard, he wouldn't go so far as to set his sights on my niece. You are his cousin, you can't throw all the dirty things on him."

My brother-in-law couldn't help it and took two steps forward and said, "Aunt, Jundi has been missing for a week. She's pregnant. We checked the surveillance footage and saw that my uncle's car drove out of her house in the middle of the night when she disappeared."

My cousin's aunt seemed to be recalling something and asked uncertainly, "Which day did you say it was?"

"On the third night of the New Year, do you think your cousin went out that night?"

"I remembered that he had two drinks that night and was about to go to bed, but he received a phone call and was about to go out. I asked him where he was going so late at night, and he said his aunt wanted to see him.

I was wondering if his aunt was sick and needed to go to the hospital, but then I thought, Junliang also has a car, so he left before I could ask him any more questions.

Now that they seemed to be on the same page, my brother-in-law asked anxiously, "What time did he come back? Did he come back alone?"

"I don't know what time he came back, but it was late at night. I was already asleep by then. I just vaguely heard him come in, but I didn't ask."

The uncle asked again, "When did your cousin go out? Didn't he say where he was going?"

"I remember this. He received a phone call on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, saying his friend wanted to play mahjong with him. After that, he never came home."

My cousin's aunt got angry again when she talked about this, and started complaining: "He couldn't stay at home during the Chinese New Year, he ran out every day, didn't do housework and didn't care about the children. When I saw the betrothal gift he gave, I thought his family was well-off, but it turned out to be all fake..."

The uncle interrupted him, "Cousin, can you call your cousin and ask him where he took Jundi?"

"Okay, I don't know if he will answer the phone." My aunt muttered dissatisfiedly.

My cousin’s aunt turned on the hands-free modem and dialed the number. The phone rang for a minute but no one answered. My brother-in-law pleaded, “Try again.”

It wasn't until the third time I called that the call was finally connected. My cousin's impatient voice came from the other end: "What's wrong with you? I just came out to play mahjong. Why do you have to keep calling me?"

The environment opposite was noisy, with many people swearing and shuffling cards. You could tell it was a mahjong parlor.

My uncle snatched the phone away and said, "Cousin, where did you hide Jundi? Do you know that this is illegal?"

A nonchalant voice came from the other side: "Mingli? What's wrong with Jundi?"

Suddenly, there was a pause, and he yelled, "Jun Di? Damn it, I forgot about Jun Di!"

I also heard him say to the person next to him: "Qiangzi, what day is it today?"

Another man's voice rang out: "It's the tenth day of the lunar calendar, what's wrong? You've been so nervous all the time, you've lost yourself in the past."

Then my uncle said in a panic: "It's all over, I hope it's not too late."