After everyone in the courtyard dispersed, Ye Zhaoyu also went home. After dinner, Ye Zhaoyu and Qin Zichuan went to find Huo Yan.
Huo Yan was the grandson of the Huo family in the capital, and this news spread throughout the family compound.
"Are you planning to go back to the Huo family?" Qin Zichuan asked Huo Yan.
"I don't know, let's wait and see. I want to find out how I lost it and get to the bottom of this before we talk about it."
Huo Yan leaned back in his chair, his alluring eyes lowered, lost in thought.
Warmth sat beside him, holding his hand tightly.
"How about I tell you about the Huo family's situation?"
Ye Zhaoyu tentatively spoke.
"Okay, tell me about it."
Huo Yan did not refuse. If he was truly a member of the Huo family, he should indeed know.
"Old Master Huo has four sons in total. Your father should be from the second branch of the Huo family. The four people who came to recognize their relatives today are Old Master Huo, the wife of the first branch of the Huo family, and the son of the first branch of the Huo family, Huo Jian'an, who is my ex-husband. The other person who calls you son is the wife of the second branch of the Huo family. To be honest, I have never heard of any missing sons in the Huo family in the five years I have been in the Huo family. Also, you have four younger brothers and one younger sister. The youngest sister is only 18 years old this year."
Ye Zhaoyu explained the Huo family's affairs one by one, while also subtly sowing discord. She didn't know how Huo Ershen's eldest son had gone missing, but her second son was less than a year younger than Huo Yan, which meant that she had become pregnant with her second child not long after he went missing.
Moreover, she saw that Huo Ershen in the Huo family didn't want to abandon the children, so she dressed up beautifully every day, and the children were raised in a free-range manner.
“The second wife immediately accused me of preventing Ayan from recognizing his relatives. Why did she say that?”
After listening to Ye Zhaoyu's words, Wen Nuan thought, "Isn't it still not confirmed that Huo Yan is a child of the Huo family? How can she be accused of preventing Huo Yan from recognizing his family?"
The anger in my heart hadn't subsided when I was slapped for no reason.
"Did she really say that?" Huo Yan asked, looking at Wen Nuan.
"Hmm, I don't know why she would say that." Wen Nuan couldn't understand it.
When Huo Yan heard Wen Nuan say that, he realized that he was most likely a member of the Huo family.
That woman today is also my biological mother.
Otherwise, no one would have spoken ill of him in front of her, with the aim of preventing him from returning to the Huo family.
Just think about the hostility in the first wife's eyes today.
Qin Zichuan and Ye Zhaoyu, upon hearing Wen Nuan's words, guessed what had happened. Now they needed to investigate how Huo Yan got lost and who was responsible.
"Do you need any help? I can help you investigate."
Out of consideration for Wen Nuan, Ye Zhaoyu also wanted to see if she could catch Li Yaping red-handed.
"Wouldn't this be too much trouble?" Huo Yan asked Ye Zhaoyu.
He originally wanted to ask his retired brothers to investigate, but most of his brothers were not in Beijing, which made the investigation a bit troublesome.
“Sure, I have a personal grudge against Li Yaping. If it really was her, then helping you is also helping me get revenge.”
Ye Zhaoyu was particularly candid.
If I don't explain, Qin Zichuan will get jealous.
"Okay, thank you for your trouble then." Huo Yan said without hesitation.
Wen Nuan didn't understand. Wasn't it still uncertain whether A Yan was a member of the Huo family? Shouldn't the focus be on investigating this matter? Why should they be investigating Li Yaping and the Huo family's eldest branch?
After Ye Zhaoyu and her husband left, Wen Nuan asked her question.
"The first time the Huo family came to acknowledge their relatives, no one from the second branch of the Huo family came; only the wife of the first branch came. The second time, after the wife of the second branch came, she said, 'You prevented me from acknowledging my relatives. You didn't hide anything from me.' The only reason she said this is because someone from the first branch went back and said something misleading to her."
This illustrates two points: First, the Huo family's eldest branch investigated me and knows that I care about you the most, so they are targeting you. I will definitely not return to the Huo family.
Secondly, my existence prevented certain people from benefiting, so my loss may be related to the Huo family, and it is very likely to be the eldest son's family.
These are just guesses, so we need to investigate whether my disappearance is related to the first wife's family.
Huo Yan explained to Wen Nuan.
He learned about his origins six months ago, but never thought about acknowledging his biological parents. Now that he's grown up, his parents still haven't come looking for him. They might be dead, or they might have long forgotten about him as their son.
Ye Zhaoyu stayed in the family compound for two days. After hosting a dinner party, she returned to the capital early the next morning.
Go investigate Huo Yan's matter.
27 years ago, the disappearance of Huo's grandson caused quite a stir.
At this point, the investigation becomes much easier.
After negotiating with several black market bosses, they were willing to help.
That would make the investigation much faster.
In three days, Huo Yan found out exactly how he went missing and also produced evidence of Li Yaping buying and selling children.
It wasn't just one child being bought and sold, but multiple children.
Ye Zhaoyu flipped through the documents bit by bit, truly a woman's heart is the most poisonous.
After reviewing all the materials and setting them aside, it's the Lunar New Year, a time of joy and celebration, and we should indeed add some good news for Li Yaping.
After Qin Zichuan returned from his shift, Ye Zhaoyu took the information she had gathered and went with Qin Zichuan to find Huo Yan and the others.
“The matter has been investigated and cleared up. There are witnesses here. I have already had her arrested. You can go see her anytime.”
Ye Zhaoyu handed a stack of documents to Huo Yan and told her to look at them herself.
She picked up the snacks on the table and started eating them.
The three of them took turns looking at the documents.
The more you look at them, the more serious their expressions become, until finally they are all filled with anger.
“How dare she? Just out of jealousy, she sold so many children.”
Huo Yan slammed the documents onto the table.
Li Yaping was extremely jealous from a young age. At the age of 16, she sold herself to human traffickers and earned her first money in life.
The second time she sold her child was because the man she loved didn't love her back and married another woman. She also had her first child sold.
The third time, because she hadn't gotten pregnant after a year of marriage, her best friend, who got married on the same day, became happy. After the child was born, she had someone sell the child.
The fourth time, on the day Huo Ershen's child was born, a fortune teller passed by their house and said that the child was a born general. Upon hearing this, she immediately found an opportunity to sell the child.
The fourth time, she was swapped with her best friend's daughter, who was Japanese. This fake heiress is now married to the grandson of a scientist.
...They sold eight children in total, all with the same group of people.
After handing everything over to Huo Yan and Qin Zichuan, Ye Zhaoyu returned to the Qin family home to be with her mother, mainly because she wanted to go see a play.
Huo Yan and Qin Zichuan verified all the information again and confirmed that everything was true before reporting it.
After the report was submitted, the verification process took another two days.
The two did not report the incident to the police, but instead sought management from the security department.
This is no longer a simple case of child trafficking; it involves treason.
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