One room was filled with a warm and touching moment, while the people in the other room were extremely anxious.
Uncle De had just finished cooking when he noticed that the two little ones were missing, so he hurriedly went out to look for them.
It was snowing outside, and the courtyard of the residential complex was deserted. He asked the security guard, but there was no footage of the two children taking the elevator down in the surveillance camera. He was so anxious that he immediately called Xiang Zhilan.
Xiang Zhilan had just finished accompanying her mother to her check-up and was about to go through the discharge procedures when she received this phone call. She was extremely anxious, but did not want her parents to worry, so she made an excuse to leave.
On the way back, she thought of many possibilities. Hengheng was always mischievous and couldn't reach the elevator buttons, so he might take Xiaokui up the stairs.
The two children are so young, and it's freezing cold outside. They might even have left the neighborhood. If they get onto the road, there are so many cars...
Xiang Zhilan dared not think any further, her eyes reddening with anxiety, and urged the driver to drive faster.
As soon as she arrived at the gate of the residential area, the car door was still firmly in place, so she opened the door and ran inside as fast as she could.
Back home, I asked Uncle De about the whole story.
“I went in to cook for about an hour, and when I came out I couldn’t see them. Xiao Kui’s coat was gone, but their shoes were still there. They went out wearing indoor slippers. It’s been two hours now. I’ve searched the stairwell floor by floor. It’s been snowing outside, so even if there were footprints, they would have been covered up. The security guard on duty said he didn’t see the children go out. Heng Heng and Xiao Kui are so young. It’s possible that the security guard, sitting in the duty room, didn’t see them. It’s all my fault for not keeping a close eye on them. What if something had happened to them…” Uncle De was so flustered that his words were incoherent, and his face grew even paler.
"Let's calm down first." Xiang Zhilan comforted Uncle De, but her own hands were trembling with anxiety. She picked up the phone to call the police.
As I pressed the button, a possibility suddenly occurred to me, and I turned to look at the door.
She hung up the phone first, quickly opened the door and went out. She walked to the other side, bit her lip, hesitated for a moment, and then pressed the button.
The doorbell rang a few times, and she waited with her fists clenched tightly.
The door opened, and Shen Muzhi, dressed in casual home clothes, looked at her with a cold expression.
"Are Hengheng and Xiaokui here with you?" Xiang Zhilan peered inside.
Shen Muzhi raised his hand to block the door frame, preventing her head from peeking out, his voice cold: "That man didn't take good care of the child, so you come looking for me, your ex-husband?"
Hearing that his tone was cold but not at all tense, Xiang Zhilan was certain that both children were with him and breathed a sigh of relief. She explained on behalf of Uncle De, "He's cooking. It's inevitable that he'll be negligent when he's looking after two children alone."
"You're protecting him, what if something happens to the child? Is this how you act as a mother? You can't even bear to blame that man!" Shen Muzhi gripped the door frame, her knuckles white.
Xiang Zhilan realized that Shen Muzhi had clearly misunderstood. He thought that Luo Che was the one who lost Hengheng and the others.
"It's not what you think..." Xiang Zhilan was about to explain when Shen Muzhi grabbed her wrist and pulled her into the house. She staggered and bumped her forehead against his chest, which was as hard as ever.
She rubbed her forehead and looked up, wanting to continue explaining, but he forced her forward, causing her to bump her back against the door.
He braced one hand on her ear, trapping her between the door and him.
She raised her head and met his deep, dark eyes, unconsciously biting her lower lip.
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