Chapter 266: A Perfect Match
Mother Wang knew the special nature of the Yan family's occupation, and she had never entered Yan Ye's bedroom or study.
Yan Ye frowned slightly. There was no need for Wang Ma to lie to him.
But he has always been rigorous, so he naturally checked it carefully before asking Wang Ma.
I searched through all the drawers and stuff, and neither the documents nor the money were missing. The only thing missing was...
He wrote the letter of appointment.
Yan Ye had written it before Xu Xiaoyue ran to Gangcheng. His original plan was to pick a good day for them to get married.
The betrothal gift certificate is not a valuable thing, and even if it is stolen, no one would go to great lengths to get it.
Yan Shuli heard some noise outside the door. He pushed the door open and saw Yan Ye who looked unhappy.
"Uncle, why are you back?"
Yan Shuli sounded surprised, then he suddenly remembered something and glanced towards the bedroom behind Yan Ye: "Where's Yueyue? Did she come back with you?"
Yan Shuli's tone was familiar and friendly, and Yan Ye frowned when he heard it.
"Just call me aunt." The man's voice was cold and unpleasant.
Yan Shuli pinched his fingertips. He was a calm man, but at this moment the anger in his chest kept rising, and he almost wanted to blurt out that Xu Xiaoyue was originally his fiancée.
The man met his uncle's icy gaze and endured it again and again. His face turned pale and blue, but he finally suppressed the anger in his heart.
During the time when Xu Xiaoyue disappeared, Yan Shuli seemed to have had a strange dream.
He dreamed that he was possessed by a ghost. He first abandoned his fiancée who had been engaged to him since childhood, and then found an ordinary woman named Zheng Jiaojiao.
In the dream, Yan Shuli was more like a bystander, watching himself allowing others to bully and slander Xu Xiaoyue.
Yan Shuli could still see the girl taking the train to see him. Her clothes were gray, but her eyes were bright and her face was full of anticipation.
She is like the current Xu Xiaoyue, but also not like her.
Compared to the current Xu Xiaoyue, she was a little more cowardly and timid, and only dared to watch him silently from behind.
Even if he occasionally said a few words to her, it was enough to make Xu Xiaoyue happy for a long time.
But even such a timid person was wrongly accused of stealing, thrown into prison, and ultimately did not have a good ending.
Even when he woke up from the dream, Yan Shuli was still in a daze and couldn't come back to his senses.
For some reason, he seemed to feel guilty towards Xu Xiaoyue in his dream.
This girl, who was in her prime, ruined her future and died in a foreign land just because of a marriage contract.
It is said that things in dreams are forgotten once you wake up, but it has been more than half a month now and Yan Shuli can still remember them clearly.
These days, Yan Shuli tossed and turned at night and couldn't get a good night's sleep.
He wanted to make amends.
To make up for the timid and wronged girl in the dream, and to make up for the debt I owed to Xu Xiaoyue in the beginning.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that maybe God had planned it all from the beginning.
It was clearly him who made the engagement and it was he who was going to marry Xu Xiaoyue. Since it had already been decided, why should he change the person?
Anyway, he never said he wanted to cancel the engagement from the beginning to the end, right?
"I'm sorry, uncle. I spoke out of turn."
Yan Shuli lowered his eyelids and held back the words churning in his heart.
Yan Ye looked at him, not knowing if it was his illusion, but he always felt that Yan Shuli was really different from usual.
He couldn't tell exactly what the difference was.
Thinking of the betrothal letter thrown in the room, although he knew it was unlikely, Yan Ye couldn't help but ask.
"Uncle, what betrothal gift letter? I don't know anything about what you are talking about."
Yan Shuli pretended to be confused and asked back that it was indeed he who took the betrothal letter.
Not only the betrothal gift letter, but also the jade pendant. Those originally belonged to him. Now he was just taking back what he deserved. What was wrong with that?
"never mind."
Yan Ye took one last look at him, turned around, locked the bedroom door, and hurried out.
On the other hand, ever since Xu Xiaoyue made a great comeback last time, He Zhiyu and his sister have never appeared in front of her again.
Not to mention He Zhiyu, even He Zhishu was too embarrassed to come to the courtyard again.
Because of Xu Xiaoyue, the entire He family has been in chaos recently.
He Zhiyu didn't expect that Xu Xiaoyue looked easy to bully, but her mind was as tricky as a hornet's nest.
All the conversations between her and He Zhiyu have now become her confession in court, and every word is like a slap in the face.
Aunt He was almost mad at her own silly daughter. She asked He Zhiyu to find trouble with Xu Xiaoyue, but she didn't know that these two siblings were each dumber than the other.
Even though he knew Xu Xiaoyue had no good intentions, he still approached her and let her set a trap for him.
These days, Aunt He has been staying at home, as obedient as a quail.
She couldn't sleep every night and felt guilty.
Back then, she let the human traffickers take her away far away. If Xu Xiaoyue's adoptive parents were still alive, perhaps they would have known the whole story clearly after a torture.
What frightened her the most was the voice of He Zhishu that she heard at the door of the study that day.
He Zhishu has become suspicious and wants to find out the truth about Xu Xiaoyue's disappearance.
She had heard He Zhishu say with her own ears that he wanted to take some time to visit Xu Xiaoyue’s hometown, hoping to find some other clues.
The news that He Zhizhu is still alive is like a bomb that can explode at any time.
She couldn't gamble with her own future. Even for the sake of her son and daughter, she had to eradicate this danger.
It’s not like He Zhishu didn’t find anything these days.
He asked a few people he knew at the Public Security Bureau to find out Xu Xiaoyue's registered residence.
It's a very remote place. Even if you look for it with a lantern, you may not be able to find that corner on the map.
No wonder he can’t find someone. He has been going in the wrong direction in his relationship all these years.
But this really doesn't go with the common sense of human traffickers.
Generally, little girls who are trafficked are sold in nearby villages.
It's a bit too deliberate to go through so much trouble, avoid layers of screening, and sell people to such a remote corner where no one even lives.
He Zhishu actually had someone he suspected, but he had no evidence and the person was an elder, so he didn't want to offend him.
He Zhishu came out of the police station with a dark look on his face, holding the information in his hand. If you don't want others to know, you'd better not do it yourself. As long as you find the right direction, you don't have to worry about having no clues.
He Zhishu thought, if it was really the person he guessed.
I'm afraid the He family is really going to be in big trouble this time.
On one side is the distant cousin who I watched grow up, and on the other side is my granddaughter who was lost when she was young.
I don’t know which side Mr. He will stand on based on his temper, or if he will just give both of them fifty lashes and not pursue the matter.
He Zhishu has been making small moves these days. He sells and pawns things that can be exchanged for cash.
He was almost ready to break away from the He family.
It happened more than ten years ago, and it is difficult to seek justice. The only thing he can do is to face the challenge and give an explanation to his deceased aunt.
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