When Fu Jingsheng and the others arrived, Han Yue saw her son and the others, and the tears she had been holding back suddenly burst forth: "Rong Yan, Jingsheng, I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of Xiaoyu."
"Mom, don't cry. I've got the park map. We'll each take two people and search one route again. Jing Sheng and I will check the surveillance footage, and Ye Jianming will check the location on the smartwatch." Rong Yan tried to remain calm.
Inside the abandoned house, Rong Shimo's legs were bound.
Liang Jia sat on the ground, waiting for her to wake up. She hadn't grabbed Rong Shimo to get money. Liang Jia was pondering how to torture her—disfigure her face? Cripple her legs…
No matter what, we must keep her alive so that she, like Lu Kai, will suffer for the rest of her life. If Rong Shimo suffers, Fu Jingsheng and the others will naturally not have an easy time either.
Lu Kai's personal lawyer called Liang Jia to arrange a meeting.
Liang Jia locked the door and left from the suburbs.
They searched the park thoroughly, making sure they hadn't missed any spots, but they still couldn't find Rong Shimo.
The girl's smartwatch was left in the bushes and then disappeared.
The surveillance cameras couldn't capture the trampoline area.
Rong Yan gripped Fu Jingsheng's hand tightly. Why did her daughter happen to go to a place without surveillance cameras, and why was her phone thrown away beside her? Clearly, someone deliberately led her there.
Rong Yan had several candidates in mind: Liang Jia, Zhou Luo, and Rong Bing.
She first called Liang Jia, the prime suspect. Liang Jia answered immediately, saying she was at a law firm in the city. Her tone was calm. Rong Yan heard the voices of several people talking nearby. If she had kidnapped her daughter, there wouldn't be so many people around.
Liang Jia pretended to be clueless and asked Rong Yan what was wrong.
Although Liang Jia was unlikely to be involved, Rong Yan still told her that her daughter was missing, hoping that she really had nothing to do with it, otherwise she would never let her off the hook.
Liang Jia laughed and said, "Lu Kai is no longer here. Do you think I would dare to go against you alone? Do you have other enemies? Think about who they are and don't waste your time on me."
Liang Jia seemed to be deliberately urging her to shift her focus. The woman who had almost ruled out Liang Jia went to the location Liang Jia had mentioned.
After Liang Jia hung up the phone, the lawyer asked, "Ms. Liang, were you involved in this matter?"
The lawyer, who overheard the conversation, asked directly.
Liang Jia used a smile to cover it up: "You're asking about the child? Didn't you hear my answer? I came as soon as you called me, and that's why I'm with you."
“Ms. Liang, when I called you before, you only had twenty minutes to get here, but today it took forty minutes. Don’t tell me you weren’t home today.” The lawyer noticed something was amiss.
“I can’t possibly be home every single day, right? I went to the supermarket this morning, and I hadn’t finished shopping when you called me, so I was a little late,” Liang Jia retorted. “I don’t need to report my whereabouts to you, do I?”
“Ms. Liang, Mr. Lu is most worried about you. He hopes you live well. He asked you to come here today to tell you that he has left you a sum of money, enough for you to live a worry-free life in the future.” The lawyer handed the sealed documents to Liang Jia.
She looked at the string of numbers on the screen. Lu Kai had arranged everything for her, but all she wanted was Lu Kai. She wouldn't allow anyone to take Lu Kai away.
She would make anyone who made things difficult for Lu Kai suffer. She had to let Fu Jingsheng know how painful it was for someone to live in darkness from childhood.
Fu Jingsheng's daughter was the one who helped him pay off his debts.
The lawyer didn't believe Liang Jia's story. After the woman signed the papers and left, the lawyer followed her in his car.
When Rong Yan arrived at the law firm in the city, she learned that neither the lawyer nor Liang Jia were there. They had just left, and no one knew where they had gone.
It was too late.
Rong Yan returned to her car and called Fu Jingsheng to report the situation.
Time passed second by second, and more and more people were searching for Rong Shiyu, but after more than two hours, there was still no clue.
Han Yue's legs are unsteady when she walks. If something happens to her granddaughter, she will go with her.
Han Yue wanted to slap herself. Her aunt had reminded her to be careful, but she didn't take it seriously, which led to the loss of her child and the failure to discover it in time.
Fu Jingsheng held his mother's right shoulder: "Mom, maybe Xiaoyu went home with some other child. Let's ask the people still at the amusement park if anyone recognizes the little girl who appeared and find her home."
Han Yue bit her finger: "What if..."
“Mom, there’s no such thing as ‘what if.’ Xiaoyu is so kind, so lovely, and so smart. She won’t go with bad people,” Fu Jingsheng interrupted his mother.
Han Yue prayed, "Well, Xiaoyu must be playing somewhere and has lost track of time."
"I'll go ask someone," Han Yue said, trying to calm herself down.
After his mother left, Fu Jingsheng leaned against a tree. He knew that his daughter couldn't have gone home with anyone on her own initiative and lost track of time while playing. He had only said that to comfort his mother.
Rong Yan had told herself that she had taught her daughter from a young age that she should never go out with anyone without consulting an adult, not even a classmate.
The surveillance footage showed that Rong Shiyu was last seen at the slide, but only stayed for a short while before being called away. Only her back was visible. There were many children wearing red clothes at the playground, and several people present asked them, but none of them had played with Rong Shiyu.
At this moment, a parent came over: "Twins, right? I paid special attention to them at the time and even talked about it with my friend, praising how good-looking the two children are. Good-looking children can't help but take a few more glances. I did see one of them being called away, but I was only focused on the twins and didn't notice what the other child looked like."
Fu Jingsheng's bad premonition grew stronger.
He asked Fu Jingchen, who had gone to the company early in the morning. He could also testify for Zhou Luo, who had been in the office the whole time and had not left during the day. Rong Shiyu and the others only came out after lunch, so it was definitely not their business.
As for Rong Bing, Fu Jingchen didn't know.
But when Rong Yan called her sister, Rong Bing, she heard that Rong Bing was sleeping. Her relationship with Fu Jingchen had been strained lately, so she didn't have time to scheme against others.
When Rong Bing heard from her sister that Rong Shiyu was missing, she sat up in surprise: "Sister, you don't suspect me, do you? I didn't go out today. I woke up in the middle of the night last night and couldn't sleep, so I drank a lot of alcohol."
“I’ll go to the park to look for it for you,” Rong Bing said.
Several people who were most likely to take the child away said they had not done it.
Rong Yan was stunned.
The lawyer followed Liang Jia all the way to the suburbs and, sure enough, discovered that Liang Jia was hiding something.
The woman parked her car in a weed-covered area, and the lawyer followed at a distance.
Inside the abandoned house, Rong Shiyu woke up to find herself tied up. She turned her head and noticed that the place looked very dilapidated.
She remembered playing on the trampoline with her little sister, jumping around happily without noticing where her little sister went.
I have no recollection of what happened next.
Is the little girl a fraud?
Rong Shiyu tried to scream for help, but found that her mouth was gagged.
She was certain she had encountered a bad person.
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