Little Jiajia wasn't going to stay still; she tried to stand up with support and started inching her way to walk.
His sister-in-law grabbed him, pressed him onto the stool, and squatted down to help him try on shoes.
Qin Xiaoyu and Sister Mei chatted enthusiastically, not paying any attention to the children; it was clear they were used to a carefree lifestyle.
"Manager! I've been looking everywhere for you! Please sign this quickly, or we can't put the items into inventory today." A girl in a work uniform ran up and handed over several documents. My cousin-in-law had no choice but to lean over the counter and sign them one by one.
"These dozen or so items cannot be put into storage; the smell is unbearable."
"Then what should we do?"
"Tell the driver to wait, don't unload the truck yet. I'll find someone to arrange it." The cousin-in-law was anxious and turned to Qin Xiaoyu, "Watch the child, I'm going downstairs."
Qin Xiaoyu hummed in agreement. She was talking to Sister Mei about her stepmother; they used to go to the same school. Now the gossip had spread, and everyone was concerned about how Qin Xiaoye was doing.
"Paralyzed?" Sister Mei exclaimed in surprise, then quickly lowered her voice to avoid being overheard. "This is retribution."
"Yeah, whatever, let them do it." Qin Xiaoyu sighed.
"Back then, I thought, if Xiaoye were sensible and followed you, she would live a life of luxury and never have to worry about anything. Who knew she would go and become someone's mistress? Isn't she stupid?"
"We're family, so I'll tell you the truth. Sister, it's her business if she's a mistress, but she shouldn't have set her sights on A Lei, so I absolutely cannot tolerate her. I don't care if she lives or dies." Qin Xiaoyu, this Scorpio, is ruthless.
"Oh my, she's really something, I'm dying of laughter!" Yao Mei shook her head repeatedly upon hearing this.
"Let's not talk about them anymore. They're not coming back anyway, so just don't upset me." Qin Xiaoyu then remembered the important matter. "Seriously, when are you going to come and help me? I'm desperately short-staffed."
“I’d like to, but the child needs to go to school. My husband has been laid off. Should I have him go over there?”
"Why live apart? You two come, I'll make the arrangements," Qin Xiaoyu said, taking full responsibility. Yao Mei and her husband have plenty of people; character is the most important thing, everything else is secondary. Neither of them is less intelligent than the other, so they can learn from each other.
"Xiaoyu, where's the child?" Zhou Xing's mother came running back and asked immediately.
Qin Xiaoyu then turned around and looked, but there was no sign of Xiao Jiajia by the shoe bench.
"She was just here, and now she can walk while holding onto things. Quick, find her." Qin Xiaoyu was a little flustered.
Several people were busy searching inside the counter, but this little guy, only a meter tall, could go anywhere; nothing could stop him. The counter boxes were winding and twisting, and he could easily disappear without a trace.
Upon hearing that a child was missing, the staff at each counter panicked and searched high and low for the child.
After searching all around and finding no trace of him, Qin Xiaoyu finally took it seriously.
She raised her head blankly, staring ahead, completely dazed.
"Where did this child go? Have you seen him?" Zhou Xing's mother was on the verge of tears, stamping her feet as she asked.
"Bai Weiwei, that person is Bai Weiwei!" Qin Xiaoyu murmured.
"What nonsense are you spouting? Bai Weiwei is in prison. Hurry up and find the child!" My cousin's wife also came back. She was frantic when she heard that Jiajia had been lost in the blink of an eye.
"There are surveillance cameras, go check them quickly!" Qin Xiaoyu suddenly remembered that her cousin had installed surveillance cameras throughout the entire fashion mall.
They arranged for people to continue searching for the child before rushing into the monitoring room.
The people in the monitoring room weren't watching the screen all the time, so they didn't know what had happened on the fifth floor.
Hearing that they wanted to watch the replay, they were very cooperative. This is the biggest boss, how could they dare to say no?
Rewinding the scene, my cousin's wife had just left when little Jiajia slid off the shoe stool again. He held onto the glass counter and wobbled towards the stairs.
People came and went, but no one paid attention to the child.
Suddenly, a white-haired woman came over, picked up Xiao Jiajia, and quickly ran downstairs.
Then, the surveillance footage from the first floor was pulled up, showing the woman carrying Xiaojiajia out of the mall. The footage from the mall entrance showed her leaving on foot, walking very quickly.
"Bai Weiwei." Qin Xiaoyu slumped into a chair.
Undeterred, her cousin-in-law picked up the phone and checked. She quickly received a reply: Bai Weiwei had been released on parole. Her only issue was financial problems; she hadn't taken over the Dafa Shopping Mall, leaving unresolved financial difficulties, which led to her five-year sentence.
Later, Dafa Shopping Mall was bought by her cousin-in-law, which made her eligible for a reduced sentence. In addition, when Qing Xiaoxu got into trouble, she wrote a letter of denunciation, which brought up many issues that others did not know, thus earning her a reduced sentence.
This family is ruthless; they traded their mother's freedom for their own.
As for how she managed to sneak in, it was a bug in the mall's system; the temporary workers weren't checked strictly, so she just gave a random name and got in.
That head of white hair wasn't dyed; it's said that her hair turned white overnight after she went to prison.
"What should we do? Call the police?" The cousin-in-law panicked. Zhou Xing's mother was trembling so much she could barely stand. This child had fallen into the hands of their mortal enemy; his chances of survival were slim.
"Wait a minute, my mind is a mess. Quickly find A Lei, call A Lei and tell him to come home." Qin Xiaoyu was completely confused; she needed to see A Lei immediately.
The cousin's wife hurriedly dialed Ah Lei's mobile phone. The signal wasn't very good, but when she mentioned that the child was missing, Ah Lei immediately understood.
"I have a feeling she'll contact me." Qin Xiaoyu suddenly realized that with Bai Weiwei's personality, she wouldn't quietly get rid of Xiao Jiajia; she would show off. This was the day she had been waiting for, this moment, so how could she give up?
Qin Xiaoyu stood up and ran home. The ten-minute walk was covered in just a few minutes.
Sister-in-law Ge was in Building 4, talking on the phone. When she saw Qin Xiaoyu run back, she quickly opened the door and called out, "Someone is looking for you!"
"It's me!" Qin Xiaoyu rushed into the house, grabbed the microphone, and said breathlessly.
"You know who I am, don't you?" Bai Weiwei said with a cold laugh.
"I know you don't want to hurt my child."
"That's not up to you. I've lost my child, so why should yours be fine?" Bai Weiwei's voice was hoarse, completely different from her former delicate self.
"Your child?" Qin Xiaoyu understood somewhat.
My cousin-in-law told me that after Bai Weiwei went to the kindergarten, her child stayed there for a while and was clearly ostracized.
The child experienced a psychological shock, cried incessantly, and became annoying to both teachers and children; it was practically abuse. Then, he disappeared without a trace.
Because Bai Weiwei was found to have engaged in misconduct at that time, Zuo Xiangyang suspected the child wasn't his and refused to acknowledge it. To distance herself from the child, Qing Xiaoxu didn't take the child away, and the child's final whereabouts are unknown.
It seems that Bai Weiwei didn't find the child after she came out, so she's hiding here waiting to seek revenge on Qin Xiaoyu.
"You'd better be prepared to have your child buried with my son!" Bai Weiwei's laughter was sinister, and the faint sound of Xiao Jiajia crying could be heard from the microphone. Qin Xiaoyu's heart twisted into a knot.
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