"..." Xiao Moran didn't speak; he was choked up and couldn't utter a word. The children were all so kind and loyal, and that despicable Xie Zhi had abused them so much before. He nodded sadly. "Yes, let him stay at our house."
"Thank you, godfather." Xiao Li immediately hugged Xiao Moran and kissed him.
"Let's go, you two go with your godmother first." Xiao Moran waved.
Seeing that their father had a place to stay, the two children followed Su Xiaonuan out of the ward.
Xiao Moran knew Xie Zhi was conscious and sighed at him. "Xie Zhi, you're really lucky to have such a lovely and sensible pair of children, Xiao Tian and Xiao Li. It's like a good bamboo shoot growing out of a bad one. Luckily, they're not as heartless as you. Remember this: we saved you because of Xiao Tian and Xiao Li. Otherwise, we wouldn't have sympathized with you even if you died."
After saying that, he turned and left, slamming the ward door shut behind him.
When they got back, Aunt Chen was almost frantic with worry.
She went to the Xie family's house and found that Xie Zhi was also missing. She was so anxious that she paced around the neighborhood. Su Xiaonuan saw her from afar and raised her chin, saying, "Xiaotian, Xiaoli, look, you two have Aunt Chen worried sick."
Looking out, I saw Aunt Chen asking everyone she met on the street, gesturing about Xiao Tian and Xiao Li's heights. When someone shook their head, she pulled the next person aside and continued asking.
"Godmother, we were wrong. We won't run away on our own again next time," Xiao Tian said.
Aunt Chen turned around and saw Xiao Moran's car parked beside her. Then she saw Xiao Tian and Xiao Li sitting inside the car, and her heart finally settled down.
The two children squeezed in a little, and after Aunt Chen got on the bus, she hugged her two children, whom she had lost and found again, and cried. "You two really scared me to death! Why didn't you tell Aunt Chen where you were going?"
"Auntie, we're sorry, we didn't mean to." Xiao Tian nestled in Aunt Chen's arms, immediately feeling safe.
“We really didn’t mean it. Dad is dying. We asked our godfather and godmother to take him to the hospital.” Xiaoli buried her head in Aunt Chen’s arms. She had grown up in Aunt Chen’s arms since she was little. In her heart, Aunt Chen was as close as her mother.
"You...you went to see your father, huh?" Another weight lifted from Aunt Chen's heart. No matter how bad Xie Zhi was, he was still Xiao Tian and Xiao Li's biological father, and her former boss. Regardless of what kind of person he was, she had worked for the Xie family and received her salary on time every month. In that sense, Xie Zhi had been her provider.
Aunt Chen is also a pitiful woman. She became a widow at a young age and had to support her two children. She couldn't support them by working in the countryside, so she had to send them to live with her parents. She sent money home every month. Actually, she wasn't that old, only in her forties. She was reluctant to spend money on herself, which made her look older than her peers in the city. Her old-fashioned style also made her seem very old.
When Xiaoli's mother passed away, she entrusted her child to Aunt Chen, hoping that Aunt Chen and Xie Zhi would be together. She believed that Aunt Chen would not mistreat her child. But how could Xie Zhi possibly be interested in an old and unsophisticated woman like Aunt Chen?
"Mmm." Xiaoli nodded cutely. "It was a bad woman and an old witch who fed Daddy a poisoned bun. Daddy's stomach hurt so much he almost died. The bad woman even kicked Daddy hard with her high heels. Daddy was so pitiful."
Aunt Chen was furious and cursed, "You vixen! You've ruined the boss so badly, and now you're trying to ruin him too! If I run into you again, I definitely won't let you get away with it!"
"Xiao Nuan, didn't Lan Yin and the others hide?" Xiao Moran asked, puzzled. "Why did they suddenly come out again? Go back and call to ask what happened. It's outrageous that they dared to commit violence after absconding with the money.
"I find it strange too. How dare they run out so openly?" Su Xiaonuan was also puzzled. "Didn't they take the money?"
Back home, Su Xiaonuan immediately made a phone call, and after finishing the call, she fell into deep thought.
"Uh, what's wrong?" Xiao Moran nudged her shoulder. "You're just standing here spacing out after making the call, is there something wrong with that?"
Su Ming, Ye Mei, and Aunt Chen also stared blankly at Su Xiaonuan, eager to know why.
"Lan Yin took the recording pen to the police station, and Wang Xiaobao and Xiang Qiuyun ran away with the money." Su Xiaonuan expressed her incomprehension. "If those two ran away with the money, why are Lan Yin and her family hiding? They could have just handed over the evidence from the beginning. Why did they wait so many days to do so? I think there must be something going on."
"What do you think there might be some hidden story?" Su Ming's interest was piqued again. He enjoyed discussing cases with his daughter, finding it particularly interesting to unravel the mystery step by step.
“If it were Wang Xiaobao who absconded with the money, I would definitely believe it. But with Xiang Qiuyun involved, I just don’t believe it,” Su Xiaonuan analyzed. “Although Xiang Qiuyun is bad, she is a filial daughter and is really good to her mother. When she was little, she would save any good food I gave her to take home for her mother. Her mother has always suffered from rheumatism and pain, and sometimes she can’t do anything. She couldn’t possibly do such a thing, let alone abscond with Wang Xiaobao.”
"Hmm." Su Ming nodded. "Your analysis is correct. There's something more to the case Lan Yin reported."
"Now we can only wait for the police to catch Wang Xiaobao and Xiang Qiuyun before the truth comes out," Xiao Moran sighed. "No wonder that mother and daughter would openly bully Xie Zhi."
"After receiving Lan Yin's report, the police immediately took action, but they searched the entire city without finding any trace of Wang Xiaobao and Xiang Qiuyun," Su Xiaonuan said. "The police also determined that they had absconded with the money. Tomorrow, arrest warrants for the two will be issued nationwide. This is considered a major economic fraud case, with a total amount of over 100,000 yuan and two to three hundred victims."
Su Xiaonuan also knew that Xie Zhi and Lan Yin's business acumen was inspired by the idea she gave to Xiaolong Village, which led everyone to invest in and set up factories. She had good intentions and wanted to help the villagers of Xiaolong Village get rich. She never expected that she would be used by someone with ulterior motives and swindle so many people out of their investment funds.
In those days when a month's salary was only a few dozen yuan, swindling so much money was considered a major case nationwide.
"Is it possible for them to run away with so much money?" Su Ming also had many doubts. "I think even if they really ran away, the money might still be in this city. They wouldn't dare to deposit this kind of money in a bank, nor would they dare to carry so much cash. There's only one possibility: they'll find a place where they won't be easily discovered and hide the money."
“That’s possible,” Su Xiaonuan said thoughtfully. “If Lan Yin went to report her, could she be playing a trick to escape? Just like you said, if she didn’t take the money, why did she hide with her family for several days before showing up?”
"Xiao Nuan, don't forget, you're the bride tomorrow. Don't worry about the case. We can think about it after the wedding, okay?" Xiao Moran coaxed her in a pleading tone. "Relax, get some rest, and be a beautiful bride."
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