Xu Shixin's phone had no signal, but Xu Zhengxi's phone had a strong signal.
Ye Juan took a few deep breaths and finally mustered the courage to dial the phone number of Xu's eldest son.
This was the first time she had called Xu Zhengxi, and the first time she had dared to speak to him formally.
The phone rang a few times before being answered.
"Hello."
Ye Juan was taken aback. Xu Zhengxi was being so polite when answering the phone? In the South, using "you" is a very respectful and polite form of address.
"Hello, hello." She couldn't help but stammer.
"I am Xu XX's secretary. May I ask who you are?"
Ye Juan then realized that it was her secretary who answered the phone. The voice was clearly not Xu Zhengxi's, but she was too nervous to recognize it at first.
"I am his..." Who am I to him? Legally speaking, I am his stepmother, but in terms of kinship, I am someone he hates.
"My name is Ye Juan. I have an urgent matter at home and need to speak with Xu xx. Please pass on my message."
"Please wait a moment, I'll call you back shortly." The secretary hung up the phone politely.
Ye Juan stood up and walked around the pavilion several times before finally receiving a call back.
“Xu…” She paused, still referring to him by his title, “Xu XX, your father went missing at the Nanshan villa this afternoon. Xu Zhe was with him at the time, and according to the driver, he also went missing.”
"Mmm," came the reply from the other end of the phone.
Ye Juan was surprised by Xu Zhengxi's indifferent attitude. If it were only Xu Shixin who had disappeared, Xu Zhengxi's attitude would be normal. But Xu Zhe had also disappeared, so he shouldn't be so calm.
Having lived most of her life, she understood matters between men and women at a glance, and Xu Zhe was the apple of Xu Zhengxi's eye.
"We haven't called the police yet, and I've also instructed the driver and housekeeper to keep this a secret," Ye Juan continued, as if reporting to a superior.
The eldest son of the Xu family always made her feel inferior, and she could never stand up straight in front of him.
"I understand." Xu Zhengxi's tone remained indifferent.
Ye Juan bit her lip and asked, "What should I do next?"
After she finished speaking, she couldn't help but laugh at herself. Her husband had disappeared, but she wasn't in a hurry to find him. Instead, she asked her stepson, who never paid any attention to her, for advice.
There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, before the same indifferent voice replied, "What do you want?"
Ye Juan was stunned.
"What do you want?" Xu Zhengxi asked again.
What does she want? Ye Juan smiled slightly. She wants her Jinheng and Jinhan to come back, so that the family can live a good life together.
As for Xu Shixin, this heartless and ungrateful man abandoned his wife and played with women, never taking her seriously.
The man was unfaithful, and she could bear not receiving any care from him, but her son went to jail for him!
Even tigers don't eat their cubs, yet this man, in order to protect himself, pushed his son out to take his place in jail!
Even recently, she overheard his assistant making a phone call outside the study, only to find out that this man had colluded with outsiders to betray his eldest son in order to protect the family fortune!
She had seen through him; Xu Shixin only ever cared about himself, and his interests were far more important to his wife and children!
People like that should just disappear forever!
Ye Juan took a deep breath: "I just want my son and daughter to be safe and sound after they are released from prison. I ask for nothing else."
"Can."
Ye Juan breathed a huge sigh of relief. She had finally secured the safety of her two children, and her hands trembled with excitement.
"What should I do now? The driver is fine, but I'm afraid Butler Xu won't shut up." She lowered her voice, afraid of being overheard.
You won't see him tomorrow.
After Xu Zhengxi finished speaking, the phone call ended.
Ye Juan stood there, stunned, listening to the busy signal.
She still had many questions to ask. How was she going to explain this to Xu Shixin's assistant?
And then there are Xu's relatives and social circles; just listing them would make you a whole bunch of people. How are we going to explain this?
She knew absolutely nothing about the Xu family's business, so what should she do next?
She thought about it for a long time, but still didn't call back.
Since Xu Zhengxi has agreed to her conditions, which is to take over this matter, she should just keep the Xu family's old residence safe and wait for news.
As expected, Xu Zhengxi did not disappoint her trust. The next day, she could not find Butler Xu at home. In his place was Butler Zhou, who had always been with him.
Butler Zhou is an old member of the Xu family, having been the steward of the old mansion since the time of Old Master Xu. He is experienced and shrewd, and quickly managed the affairs inside and outside the mansion in an orderly manner.
To the outside world, they only said that Master Xu had gone abroad to settle down and recuperate, and then no one paid any more attention to it.
The Xu Group was then headed by Si Kangzhu, who stripped away all the messy and disorganized businesses, leaving nothing behind.
"Young Master, the person has woken up," Si Kangzhu reported to Xu Zhengxi.
"Um."
“However…” Si Kangzhu continued, “when they wake up, they either yell at the police or try to commit suicide.”
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhengxi couldn't help but laugh: "Suicide? He doesn't have that kind of backbone."
With Xu Shixin's spineless nature, attempting suicide would be a joke.
"If he accidentally dies from overacting, just announce it as suicide." He genuinely didn't care whether the person lived or died.
Bringing the person out of the secret room wasn't to save his life, but for Xu Zhe's sake. He didn't want her to bear the shadow of murder.
Xu Zhengxi's face softened slightly when he saw Xu Zhe commit murder. He truly hadn't expected that Xu Zhe would actually kill for him!
She's usually incredibly timid; if you speak to her even slightly harshly, she gets so scared she can't even speak properly. But this time she's been so bold!
When he received the call from his bodyguard, his first thought was either that the bodyguard had gone mad, or that he himself had gone mad. How could Xu Zhe possibly be associated with the word "murder"?!
"Now that he's awake, send him to a small island in the Northern Hemisphere. Let him spend the rest of his life in the extreme cold, and let his filthy soul be cleansed," Xu Zhengxi instructed.
"yes."
"Young Master, Miss Zhe is unaware that she was taken out. Si Xingzhu said she took two days off and has been locking herself in her dormitory all day," Si Kangzhu reported.
Xu Zhe's actions this time truly shocked him. Someone who wouldn't even dare hit Si Xingzhu normally actually went to kill Xu Shixin?!
You know, when Si Xingzhu gets really sharp-tongued, he'd want to beat her to death. How could Xu Zhe tolerate that?!
When Xu Shixin got really wicked, he really wanted to kill him. He never expected that Xu Zhe would not only think about it, but actually go and kill him!
If it weren't for the young master's instructions to bring the person out of the villa's secret room, and the timely rescue, the person would have suffocated to death by now!
The old man of the Xu family is really something else. He built a soundproof, signal-blocking, airtight room. I wonder who he's going to suffocate.
"Prepare a special plane to return to Lingnan!" Xu Zhengxi instructed.
Thinking of Xu Zhe locking himself in his dormitory, enduring the torment of committing a crime alone, he longed to pull him into his arms immediately.
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