Li Ying whispered a name.
Tong Danian nodded emphatically: "It wouldn't be unreasonable to make any bold guesses about anyone. We will begin our investigation!"
"Then I'll have to trouble you. Please find Hua Qingqing as soon as possible. If we delay even a day, she might be in danger." Although Li Ying was only guessing, she didn't want anything to happen to Hua Qingqing.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, we will do everything we can to find Hua Qingqing's whereabouts."
After Tong Danian left, Yang Mei couldn't help but scold him a few times, saying that only Tong Danian would do something like sending his pregnant daughter on such a risk.
Li Ying pursed her lips: "Mom, I'm fine."
"You're fine, but what if something happens?" It's better to be safe than sorry!
"No one knows Lu Xingzhou better than me."
That understanding stemmed from affection. Because of that affection, she grasped Lu Xingzhou's preferences and personality. It was also this affection that allowed her to handle things with ease this time.
"If you knew him, would you have gone to the countryside to take care of his parents for three years while he kept a mistress on the side?"
Li Ying was speechless; her mother really knew how to bring up the most sensitive topics.
Isn't Lu Xingzhou's betrayal also related to his personality?
She was indecisive and didn't want to break up with Rong Ning, which is why she dragged things out for three years.
Forget it, it's all in the past. There will never be another Lu Xingzhou.
"You're not allowed to take any more risks no matter who comes from now on. Go back and get some rest!"
Li Ying nodded and went back to her room to rest.
After sleeping for a while, Li Ying woke up and heard a lot of noise in the courtyard. She opened the door and saw a table set up in the courtyard, where Zhou Qi, Tian Li, and Lu Qingwan were playing cards with Yang Mei.
"Sister Yingying, you're awake?" Lu Qingwan ran to Li Ying and pulled her aside, saying, "Come and see my cards, aren't they great?"
Li Ying nodded: "Very good."
"Sister Yingying, I was just talking to Zhou Qi. You need to be careful lately. Rong Ning has escaped from prison." Tian Lilai was telling Li Ying about this.
"prison Break?"
"Yes, Rong Ning attempted suicide by cutting her wrists, but escaped on the way to the hospital. That woman has completely lost her mind; I'm worried she'll retaliate against you," Tian Li told everyone as soon as he arrived.
Li Ying sat down.
"Given Rong Ning's intelligence and abilities, she shouldn't be able to do something like this; someone must be helping her."
Tian Li thought so too.
"It's probably because of my scumbag father and my stepmother."
“Your father is just a minor director; he could never have such great power,” Li Ying analyzed seriously.
Several people fell into deep thought.
"They must have people in prison."
Could it be that Ye Jingchi's refusal to show himself is because he wants to catch that parasite hiding in the shadows?
This person is very familiar with Hua Qingqing, could he also be very familiar with Ye Jingchi?
Who could it be?
Li Ying carefully analyzed the events leading up to Hua Qingqing's disappearance, and a bold guess emerged in her mind.
"My guess might be right!"
"Sister Yingying, what are you thinking about?" Tian Li pressed.
Li Ying gently shook her head: "It's nothing, I'm probably overthinking it."
It's best if as few people as possible know about this; let Tong Danian investigate it thoroughly.
At noon, Tian Li will take everyone to a steamed bun shop to try the new flavor of steamed buns.
Li Ying didn't want to go, but she still went to the steamed bun shop with Tian Li.
This time, Tian Bingbing made a new flavor of steamed buns, using a deep-fried oil and filling them with fresh vegetables.
“These kinds of buns used to be considered low-class, but I think they’re really delicious. After some research, I changed the flavor and they’ve become even tastier. What do you think?” Tian Bingbing asked with a gentle smile.
"Delicious, really delicious." Lu Qingwan had never eaten such delicious steamed buns before.
"No, aren't you all from the capital?" Tian Li asked, puzzled.
The last person to say that the steamed buns were delicious was Hua Qingqing, and this time Lu Qingwan's expression was the same, as if she really had never eaten their steamed buns.
"I really have never eaten such delicious steamed buns before!" Lu Qingwan was not lying at all.
She disliked greasy food since she was a child, and later went abroad to study, so she really didn't get to eat her hometown food properly.
"The last person to say my family's steamed buns were delicious was Hua Qingqing."
Mentioning Hua Qingqing, Li Ying sighed, "I wonder how Hua Qingqing is doing now?"
Tian Bingbing made tea for everyone. After everyone had finished eating, she took the opportunity to pull Li Ying aside.
Li Ying realized that Tian Bingbing had something to say, so she stayed behind and followed Tian Bingbing to the back of the steamed bun shop.
"Do you have something to say?"
Tian Bingbing clenched her wrist, and after a long while, she finally spoke: "Li Ying, Ye Wenchi and I were high school classmates. I admire him, like him, and idolize him. But he's not what we see. Li Ying, do you understand what I mean?"
Li Ying nodded slightly. She guessed correctly. From the subtle expression on Tian Bingbing's face when Ye Wenchi was mentioned at the steamed bun shop that day, Li Ying guessed that Tian Bingbing knew Ye Wenchi.
"Actually, the first time I was bullied was in high school. That night after class, I was cornered in an alley by several men. Ye Wenchi was passing by at the time, and I cried for help, but he didn't help me..."
Tian Bingbing smiled bitterly: "I don't resent him because he didn't save me, but because of the way he looked at me. He felt that I should be trampled underfoot and ruthlessly abused. From then on, I stopped admiring him and dared not get close to him again. I felt that I was not worthy."
After Tian Bingbing finished speaking, she grasped Li Ying's hand and said, "I'm very grateful that you pulled me out of the abyss. Originally, I wanted to keep this a secret for the rest of my life. But now that Hua Qingqing has disappeared, I have no choice but to speak up. Li Ying, be careful of the Ye family!"
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