Both the older and younger children were surprised by their father's decision to go out.
Da Wa was even worried that his father might be going to another city for medical treatment and wanted to go with him, but Li Huai refused.
Despite his initial refusal, Li Huai now understands the importance of communication with children.
"This is very important. I will explain it to you later. You stay home and take good care of yourselves, go to school on time, eat whatever you want, and don't be stingy with your money. I'll be back soon after I finish my business."
The eldest and second children had no choice but to stay.
Li Huai was away for three days before returning.
And this time, he didn't come back alone.
Knowing Xiaoduo's true situation, even though the rescue was met with some obstacles, Li Huai still managed to rescue her in the end.
The family was also arrested on suspicion of crimes such as trafficking in women.
Originally, Xiaoduo was supposed to be sent back to the Wang family after being rescued.
After all, the Wang family is her home; her biological parents and family are there.
But Li Huai would never allow Xiao Duo to go back to that hellhole of the Wang family now.
Under his deliberate arrangement, the police also learned from that family that Xiaoduo's abduction was related to Xiaoduo's relatives in the Wang family. Therefore, in order not to alert the perpetrators and also to prevent Xiaoduo from being persecuted again, they kept the news of Xiaoduo's rescue from the Wang family.
Xiao Duo is still a minor, but at her age, no orphanage would accept her.
For a moment, I didn't know what to do with her.
Li Huai, who had been thinking about this for a while, stepped forward and said he could take Xiao Duo in first.
He said he was friends with Xiaoduo's mother and had been indebted to her. He had investigated and searched for a long time before finding Xiaoduo's whereabouts, so it would be best for him to take her in first.
Because of his sincerity, professional assurance, and the help of his old comrades, Xiaoduo left with him after exchanging contact information.
The police stated that they would continue to investigate the Wang family's crimes and would contact them. Li Huai also promised to cooperate.
Xiao Duo has suffered for so many years that her memories of the Wang family are very vague, but she still remembers her mother.
Over the years, she has suffered a lot and always thought about running away to find her mother, but she has never succeeded and has been beaten many times.
She never expected that she would have a chance to escape alive.
She trusted Li Huai very much and was very grateful to him.
She felt that, given her circumstances, there was nothing about her that anyone could take advantage of.
Although her family treated her badly all these years and she never went to school, she has always longed to learn.
Even though she only knows a few simple words and can do basic arithmetic, she still has the wisdom to survive.
Of course, she trusted Li Huai, and also because of the reason he gave her: he said he was looking for her on behalf of his mother.
It turns out that all these years, her mother had never given up looking for her and rescuing her.
Even before meeting him, she had already sketched out his image in her mind.
Li Huai didn't want to take Xiao Duo home directly, so he rented a place for her outside and found a reliable nanny to take care of her first.
Only after dealing with these matters did he return home.
He was exhausted from work, family, and constantly traveling.
But there was still much to be done, and he dared not stop.
When he got home, he found that the house was spotless even though he had been gone for several days.
He hurried back to the office to report back from leave, and when he returned, some people even joked with him.
He has changed a lot these days, which his comrades and colleagues find strange.
Li Huai wasn't stupid. He just said that his eldest son was about to take the college entrance exam, and his second son had almost been led astray by some hooligans. If he didn't take care of his family, something bad would happen sooner or later.
Everyone assumed he was provoked by the child.
When the two children came home from school, they saw steaming hot food on the table.
The two brothers were overjoyed to learn that their father had returned.
Meanwhile, Li Huai was also planning something else.
He wanted to be transferred to the city where Qinglan lived.
However, the military region on Qinglan's side wasn't a place he could just go to whenever he wanted.
Just to be closer to her, and to make up for his two sons, this time, he was willing to transfer to a civilian job.
He has served in the military for many years across several lifetimes, and he still loves his job and the uniform he wears. Even if he were to take on a different role, he would still be able to contribute to the country and society.
The second child is manageable, but the eldest child will be taking the college entrance exam in a few months. Even if he changes careers, he will have to wait until the eldest child finishes the exam, otherwise it will have too much of an impact on the child.
Fortunately, changing careers isn't something you can just do on a whim, and he had to pull strings to get transferred to Qinglan's city.
But that didn't stop him from helping Qinglan leave the Wang family.
First, he needed to plant a seed of suspicion about the Wang family in Qinglan's heart.
Soon, Zhao Qinglan went out to buy groceries. When she returned home and was about to cook, she found an envelope in her shopping basket.
When she opened it, she found intimate photos of Wang Dazhi with two different women, some hugging and some embracing.
She had long suspected her husband of infidelity, but seeing the photos still shocked her.
However, what shocked her even more was the note with writing on it.
"Your daughter was abandoned; it was the Wang family who did it. If you want to know more, go here."
An address was written on it.
During the years Xiaoduo was missing, she suffered greatly and would search for her whenever she had the chance.
Over the years, she hadn't heard a single word about her daughter, and she had considered the worst-case scenario.
However, she always comforted herself, thinking that no news might be a good thing, and that maybe her daughter was living a good life somewhere.
I never expected to receive news about my daughter.
She was ready to drop everything and rush to the place written on the note when her mother-in-law asked impatiently when the food would be ready.
Zhao Qinglan calmed down a little.
Although she was anxious to know about her daughter's situation, she took a deep breath and told herself to be patient, remembering that the note said her daughter's disappearance was related to her in-laws.
Even when going out, you must not arouse suspicion from your in-laws.
Now is not a good time to go out.
Because of that note, she was somewhat absent-minded while cooking, her mind replaying the behavior of her in-laws after her daughter went missing.
At first, my husband and father-in-law were really anxious and helped me search everywhere.
The mother-in-law never liked her granddaughter Xiaoduo, and she wasn't sad at all when Xiaoduo was lost.
But later, it seemed that whenever she mentioned Xiaoduo, her husband would become perfunctory. Oh, and her father-in-law would leave every time she mentioned Xiaoduo.
Wang Xiaofei and Wang Xiaoyan also reacted abnormally.
She had never suspected this before, but now, looking back at her in-laws' reactions to Xiaoduo's disappearance over the years, it seems there are problems everywhere.
The more Zhao Qinglan thought about it, the angrier she became.
If Xiaoduo really was lost by the Wang family, then what does it mean that she has served such a large family so diligently all these years?
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