Inside the bag, the phone screen stubbornly remained lit for a long time.
Shortly after the message went from overt to covert, a new WeChat message appeared.
Ye Li pretended not to see it.
Immediately afterward, Aunt Lan's phone rang.
Ye Li was taken aback.
Aunt Lan answered the phone and handed it over, "Miss..."
Meeting Li Xueqing's strange, scrutinizing gaze, Ye Li hung up the phone and handed it back to Aunt Lan, then took out her phone from her bag with an annoyed expression.
"Ah Li, I never loved Li Li. Xiao Bao isn't her child. I'm already investigating the matter of Dad's death and the Ye family's bankruptcy. Can you give me a little more time?"
【Ah Li, you said you'd wait for my explanation, you can't just leave me like this!】
【Ah Li, where are you?】
"Ah Li, I only need 5 minutes. Please let me explain, okay?"
Open WeChat, and the chat box is full of messages sent by Fu Yanci over the past few days.
Sometimes, even when I'm holding my phone, I just pretend I didn't see it.
More often than not, Ye Li didn't even bother to read what he was saying.
The Ye family has gone bankrupt.
My father is gone, and he'll never come back.
Even if we find out the truth, what then?
If love and family ties conflict, Ye Li will choose the latter without hesitation.
Not to mention, what she and Fu Yanci had might not have been love.
The key right now is to focus on what she can control.
If I don't think about it, I'll be fine. But as soon as I think about it, my heart aches terribly.
Ye Li quickly replied with a WeChat message.
"Five minutes, right? Okay, no problem! I'll be waiting for you at the gate!"
The message was sent, and Fu Yanci replied instantly: 【Okay!】
The sky outside the window gradually brightened, and as far as the eye could see, there were familiar street scenes of the capital city.
Looking up, you can also see the Ferris wheel towering high in the distance at the amusement park.
It seems like only yesterday that she and Fu Yanci were playing with Xiaobao at the amusement park, holding hands.
In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.
And their first anniversary won't be long.
Time really flies!
The car stopped at the entrance of the departure hall. Ye Li took Li Xueqing's arm with one hand and pushed the suitcase with the other, and the group entered the airport.
Checked baggage.
Going through security.
Whenever she hears hurried footsteps behind her, Ye Li instinctively turns around.
Upon realizing it wasn't Fu Yanci, he turned around in a panic.
The boarding gate was just a hundred meters away. Ye Li stopped and pointed to the VIP lounge, saying to Li Xueqing, "Mom, you and Aunt Lan go ahead. I'll be right back with a coffee!"
"There's coffee in the lounge..."
Li Xueqing muttered to herself as Aunt Lan coaxed and persuaded her to leave.
After buying a cup of coffee, Ye Li went over and stood in the corner.
Time ticked by, but Fu Yanci was nowhere to be seen among the pedestrians in sight.
When her phone rang, Ye Li quickly took it out.
It was Xiao Bao who called.
“Brother Mu…”
The conflicts between adults have nothing to do with children.
Not to mention that Xiao Bao's kindness towards her came from the bottom of his heart.
Ye Li asked gently, "Why are you up so early? Did you sleep well last night?"
"Ye Xiaoli!"
The voice on the other end of the phone carried a hint of panic, "Ye Xiaoli, are you never coming back? You don't want me anymore, right?"
"How is that possible?"
Her heart skipped a beat, but Ye Li said in an extremely gentle tone, "I'll take Grandma Ye to see a doctor. We'll come back once she's better. Really!"
"Ye Xiaoli, you can't leave me!"
“Brother Mu, I…”
In the receiver, Xiao Bao's voice already sounded like he was crying.
Before Ye Li could offer her words of comfort, the phone abruptly ended.
An image flashed in my mind of the little one pouting, tears welling up, looking at her with a pitiful expression.
Ye Li felt a pang of sadness, and tears welled up in her eyes.
“Ah Li…”
The call rang out, and Ye Li sniffed, forcing back her tears.
Looking up again, Li Xueqing waved to her from the entrance of the VIP lounge, "It's boarding time, let's go..."
Ye Li waved the now-cold coffee in her hand. "Mom, you guys go ahead, I'll be right there!"
You can see Li Xueqing looking back every few steps.
You can see Aunt Lan helping her into the boarding gate.
Ye Li kept looking in the direction the pedestrians were coming from, unwilling to give up.
She was looking down while sending a message to Xiaobao.
...
As the Maybach sped toward the airport, the gloom in Fu Yanci's eyes deepened with each red light.
Finally, the airport building came into view.
The car stopped at the elevator entrance, and Fu Yanci rushed into the elevator as soon as he got out of the car.
My phone rang as soon as I stepped into the VIP lane.
Ignoring everything else, Fu Yanci glanced at the boarding gate signs and continued walking.
"Boss..."
Hurried footsteps sounded behind him as Xiang Yang caught up, his eyes filled with anxiety. "Young Master is missing!"
Fu Yanci abruptly stopped and turned around, her eyes filled with a fierce glint that seemed to want to kill.
Over the past few years, Fu Yanci would receive calls from the old housekeeper every few days, saying that Xiao Bao was missing.
The farthest Xiao Bao ever went was when he planned for a long time to go to Imperial University to find Ye Li.
On so many other occasions, he was either hiding in a cave under the artificial hill.
It was either hidden in the lush trees.
And every time he hadn't gotten home yet, the old housekeeper would call again to say that he had been found.
This time, however, the kidnappers called the house.
Unfortunately, it was Old Madam Fu who answered the phone.
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