Xu Lu was already on the smaller side, and he held Xu Mengyu's head tightly, his eyes red from crying, and large tears kept falling.
If he had known this would happen, he would have obediently hidden himself.
Xu Sichen raised his hand, and Xu Lu closed her eyes in fright, her shoulders trembling, but she showed no intention of letting go of Xu Mengyu.
If you hit him, you can't hit his mother.
Zheng Tianming walked up to Xu Sichen and knelt down again: "Uncle Xu, I'm sorry. Not only did I fail to take good care of Mengyu, but I also made her suffer so much pain."
Li Mirui gently rubbed against Xu Sichen's back: "It's my fault. I didn't make up my mind at the time, and I made one mistake after another."
They were both young then, but she wasn't young anymore, yet she still did something foolish.
Ye Yuncheng reached out and wiped away the tears in her eyes. She was easily moved and couldn't bear to see such a scene. In addition, Xu Lu was crying so sadly that her heart ached.
After spending a day together, she knew how well-behaved and obedient Xu Lu was, but the more she did so, the more her heart ached for her.
At an age when I should be carefree, I'm forced to mature...
Pei Xiuyan stepped forward and forcibly pulled Xu Sichen into the study. At this moment, someone needed to step forward and ease the atmosphere.
Xu Sichen's eyes instantly reddened as he entered the study: "How dare she!" The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became; if even the slightest accident had occurred...
Pei Xiuyan poured himself a cup of tea: "Sit down."
"I'm so angry." Xu Sichen said as he sat down in a chair, rubbing his temples. His blood pressure had spiked.
Pei Xiuyan pushed the tea towards Xu Sichen: "What do you plan to do next?"
Avoid problems if possible before they occur, and resolve them as soon as possible after they happen.
"My child is already eight years old, what am I supposed to do, I..." Xu Sichen picked up his tea and drank it all in one gulp, he needed to calm himself down.
Pei Xiuyan sipped his tea, seemingly calm and collected, but on the way here, Ye Yuncheng had said quite a few flattering things to him...
He usually appears gentle, but none of the children in his family are afraid of him.
“I think you should ask them why they brought the child back.” Pei Xiuyan put down his teacup and looked at Xu Sichen. They had kept it a secret for so long, why did they choose to tell everyone now?
If there's nothing wrong, that's best, but it's never a bad thing to ask.
Xu Sichen leaned back in his chair and thought carefully for a moment: "They made me so angry that I lost my mind." As he spoke, he stood up.
How could a father not know what kind of person his daughter is?
Unless driven to the brink, there is absolutely no turning back.
Pei Xiuyan picked up the teapot. There were many ways to calm Xu Sichen down, but the most effective one was to tell him that his daughter might be in trouble.
Pei Lan caused such a huge mess, but in the end, she still had to help clean it up...
Xu Sichen came out of the study again. Xu Lu panicked and quickly stood in front of Xu Mengyu, but he felt that this action was wrong. Just as he was about to kneel down, he was picked up by someone.
"Tell me what happened," Xu Sichen said coldly, looking down at Xu Lu, whose face was pale, in his arms.
Xu Lu's body twitched; she reacted this way no matter how hard she cried.
Xu Mengyu wiped away her tears; she couldn't say a word.
Zheng Tianming reacted the fastest: "Uncle Xu, we didn't originally plan to keep it a secret for too long, but it just so happened to coincide with this matter, so we discussed it and decided to bring Lulu back."
Xu Sichen sat on the sofa with Xu Lu in his arms. Xu Lu's forehead was pressed against his chest, and his large hand gently stroked his back. "Let's get down to business."
He didn't want to hear this nonsense.
Zheng Tianming recounted the whole story from beginning to end, including the part about Xu Lu being abducted. Pei Xiuyan stood at the door of the study and listened attentively.
Ye Yuncheng, standing outside the door, felt her heart pounding.
She was terrified when she was pregnant, and even thought about what would happen if someone snatched the child away if she took the child out. She never expected that such a criminal gang actually existed.
Zheng Lin, Feng Xi, and Zheng Wanwan were downstairs. Originally, Feng Xi was holding Xu Lu, but Ye Yuncheng said that if she went to that scene, it would be awkward for Xu Sichen and them as well.
"I'll go up and take a look." Zheng Lin said, taking out a cigarette and smoking two. Damn it, karma's coming on.
After he went upstairs, he heard Zheng Tianming say that someone was trying to kidnap Xu Lu and had already set their sights on him.
Zheng Lin's abilities were well-known in the military. Upon hearing Zheng Tianming's words, he immediately replied, "I can see Lu Lu every day and know what he wears. He's near the school."
"Why not near the residential area?" Ye Yuncheng asked, puzzled.
Zheng Lin walked over and said, “Based on my experience as a bodyguard, when Mengyu and Tianming drop off their children, they go directly to the parking lot. If there are any suspicious people, Tianming will definitely notice. The security guards at the entrance of the community can hardly see what shoes Lulu wears every day when she sits in the car.”
“But the distance from where you get off the bus to the school is fine.” Zheng Lin said, looking at Zheng Tianming: “Check the area around the school for any changes in the last two months, such as the security guards or the cafeteria staff.”
"Can't it be a teacher?" Li Mirui stroked her chin, this was too difficult.
Zheng Lin frowned: "Would you give me gold bars if it was something that could be solved with a cigarette?"
“...”
The logic is simple: just observe Xu Lu's daily routine and you'll see that bribing a teacher and bribing a security guard cost different amounts of money.
Moreover, teachers, given their profession, would be hesitant to do this even if it were true. Plus, Xu Lu just transferred here, and who knows if he might suddenly transfer away? Wouldn't all the money they've invested be wasted?
Unless they don't care about money, but if they really didn't care about money, would they do something that would get them shot?
Xu Sichen followed Xu Lu's generation and looked closely. His eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Xu Mengyu's, but his skin tone alone was not like Zheng Tianming's.
"Old Xu, what do you think?" Zheng Lin asked, looking at Xu Sichen.
Xu Sichen raised his head: "I...think?"
"Who do you think has been following Lulu?" Zheng Lin was speechless; he suspected that Lulu hadn't been listening at all.
Xu Sichen raised an eyebrow: "I don't care about that." As he spoke, he continued to look down at Xu Lu: "You like to follow the proper procedures, but I don't."
Everyone looked at Xu Sichen.
"Didn't they say this group was overseas?" He chuckled as he said this, "I'm too lazy to investigate, I'll just take them out."
“...”
"Do you know who did it?" Li Mirui was a little unsure, as he didn't reveal everything to her.
Xu Sichen pinched Xu Lu's cheek, which was as chubby as his mother's when she was a child: "I don't know."
"Can't you be serious for once?" Li Milui said as she walked over, seemingly engrossed in pinching the dough, as if it were a steamed bun...
Xu Lu stopped crying, but she didn't dare to move. Her grandfather pinched her cheeks, so she let him pinch her cheeks as long as he didn't get angry or hit her.
Xu Sichen looked at Li Mirui with a wronged expression: "Didn't Tianming say that there are people he can't afford to offend, people with this kind of hobby, and they're important figures who are also abroad? Are they that hard to find?"
"No, do you think people are stupid? There are plenty of people with this kind of fetish..." Li Mirui didn't want to get into the conversation, lest she make herself seem like she had a low IQ.
It's like when people are solving a case, there's always someone standing on the sidelines asking, "Why? How do you know?" But she just doesn't know.
“So, I’ve taken them all.” Xu Sichen finished speaking and pinched his chubby cheeks: “Are you a picky eater? You only eat meat, so you’re getting fat and not growing tall.”
Li Mirui held her breath.
"Uncle Xu, just protect Lulu. I'll take care of the trouble I caused." Zheng Tianming said, gently patting Xu Mengyu, who had just recovered.
Xu Sichen really hated this kind of person. His heroism was exactly the same as his father's when he was young. He could have solved the problem with just a word, but he had to risk his life for others.
"Playing the hero is fine, but how can you be sure my daughter won't become a widow, and my grandson won't lose his father?" Xu Sichen said, then looked at Zheng Tianming: "How confident are you?"
"Fifty percent." After all, he was abroad, and Zheng Tianming needed some time, especially since the other party was a vicious and ruthless person.
Xu Sichen nodded: "But I'm 100% sure, who do you think should stay home and take care of the child?"
“...”
Zheng Lin reached out and patted Zheng Tianming on the shoulder: "Thank you, Uncle Xu."
He's learned his lesson the hard way, but he's been making the same mistakes his whole life. Surely his son will learn something from his mistakes by now?
"If you want to make a name for yourself, abandon your wife and child, and insist on becoming a hero, then never mind what I said." Xu Sichen said, handing the child to Zheng Lin: "He's rather heavy." The main reason was that he wanted to hold his wife.
Before Li Mirui could react, Xu Sichen pulled her into his arms. "This is so comfortable," he said, reaching out his hand.
Before he could even touch her face, Li Mirui pinched the back of his hand, and he immediately looked aggrieved.
When she was angry, he tried all sorts of ways to coax her.
When he's angry, she's outside counting down three, two, one—that's unacceptable!
"The key is that I don't want Uncle Xu to worry," Zheng Tianming said. Of course, he knew that his wife and children were important; it wasn't a choice.
Xu Sichen held Li Mirui's hand: "The people I support with billions a year are all useless. Why would I personally deal with some trash?"
Such an important person, that he had to come to their door in person.
Li Mirui slapped Xu Sichen's hand. "With so many people around, why are you hitting him? Can't you just talk to him properly?"
Pei Xiuyan remained silent, but the fact that he didn't interrupt Xu Sichen indicated that he agreed with his approach.
Zheng Lin hugged Xu Lu tightly, rubbing against her affectionately. He didn't care how the matter was resolved: "Stop arguing, I'll stay and look after the child."
"See? Even though your dad's cooking isn't great, he's got a sharp mind..." Xu Sichen waved his hand after saying that, "I'm getting old, I'm tired, I need to rest."
Li Mirui had a bad feeling.
Zheng Tianming stood up, holding Xu Mengyu in his arms. He glanced at Xu Sichen and said, "Uncle Xu, I will definitely treat them well."
"We'll talk about it after we do it." Xu Sichen didn't believe in promises made without substance.
Everyone has left, and the door is closed.
Li Mirui stood up: "It's so hot and cold these days, one minute it's cold and the next it's hot." As she spoke, she walked to the balcony: "I'm going to open the window to let some air in."
Xu Sichen crossed his legs and leaned against the sofa armrest: "It's hot already?"
Li Miru turned to Xu Sichen and said, "Didn't you say you had important business to attend to? You need to handle Lulu's matter properly, otherwise it will be troublesome if something really happens."
"Isn't what I'm doing right now the important thing?" Xu Sichen squinted his peach blossom eyes.
Li Milui was very worried: "I haven't eaten yet, and you flipped the table. I'm starving."
"Are you saying this because you want an all-you-can-eat buffet?" Xu Sichen said, standing up. "I'll give it a try."
Li Mirui stretched out her hand: "I'm not young anymore. Don't let people laugh at me. At my age, I'm not steady at all and I do unreliable things every day."
"I haven't done many unreliable things, but I do encounter unreliable people every day..."
Li Mirui covered Xu Sichen's mouth: "Shut up."
“...”
Zheng Tianming held Xu Mengyu in his arms and sat on the sofa downstairs, gently wiping her tears with a tissue: "Didn't you stop crying?"
His heart ached as he cried.
"My dad is so good to me, yet I treat him like this." Xu Mengyu thought about Xu Sichen's reaction just now. He must still be angry, but he suppressed it for her sake.
Zheng Tianming hugged Xu Mengyu and said, "We won't do anything to upset our parents anymore. Don't cry." As he spoke, he took her hand and placed it on his chest, saying, "You're making me cry. It hurts so much."
Xu Mengyu buried her face in Zheng Tianming's body, letting out low sobs. She was heartbroken, and the thought of her father's expression filled her with guilt.
Zheng Tianming gently patted Xu Mengyu's back, thinking, "If she cries like this, she'll definitely break down..."
They comforted each other, while Feng Xi sat in the crowd with Xu Lu in her arms.
"LuLu, I'm your..." Bai Miaomiao thought for a moment, "I'm your..."
Ye Yuncheng rubbed her nose, feeling a little embarrassed; she didn't know how to follow seniority.
"You can call me Auntie or Little Auntie." Bai Miaomiao nodded in agreement; that was definitely the relationship.
Zheng Wanwan smiled and reached out her hand, touching her tender face with her fingertips: "I'm your aunt."
Bai Miaomiao looked at Zheng Wanwan: "Then I'm the aunt?"
Pei Kaixin sighed: "Wife, from my perspective, she should be called aunt."
"Oh." Bai Miaomiao looked at Pei Kaixin behind her: "Sorry, I forgot about you."
The group of people held back. Xu Lu tilted her little head and said that the pretty auntie should be called grandma and the pretty older sister should be called auntie.
Feng Xi held Xu Lu in her arms, feeling happy now. She thought about how much suffering Meng Yu had endured back then, but Xu Lu was a child she had watched grow up.
Actually, she felt terrible. Her son had caused trouble, and she hadn't shown up at all. She planned to go with Zheng Lin to find Xu Sichen and Li Mirui that night.
"Are you really eight years old?" Bai Miaomiao blinked her beautiful blue eyes.
Xu Lu nodded: "Auntie, I'm not a picky eater, I'm just short..."
Pei Lan looked down at Xu Lu. If nothing unexpected happened, his and Wanwan's child...
Zheng Wanwan squatted on the ground, smiling gently. She wished she could have a beautiful baby. Of course, it didn't matter if the baby wasn't beautiful, as long as the baby was healthy.
"Stop crowding around, Wanwan, go check on Mengyu," Feng Xi said.
Zheng Wanwan looked up: "Mom, why aren't you coming downstairs now?" Knowing her mother's personality, she would be feeling very upset right now, but what does it mean that she hasn't come downstairs?
“...”
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