The group then split into smaller groups.
Su He and Hua Qing arrived at the Liu family home soon. At that moment, only Liu Ying's stepmother, Hu Feng, was there.
When Hu Feng opened the door and saw the clothes Su He and the others were wearing, her eyes widened in panic for a moment before she regained her composure and asked, "Who are you looking for? What do you want?"
Seeing this, Su He's eyes flickered. "Is this Liu Tianxiong's house? We're here to investigate Liu Ying's disappearance."
Upon hearing this, Hu Feng immediately put on a stern face and said, "What missing? That brat eloped with someone!"
"Oh? How did you know? Who did she elope with? When did she elope? Do you know why she suddenly wanted to elope?"
Su He's barrage of questions caught Hu Feng off guard, leaving her even more flustered.
Seeing this, Su He was about to ask more questions when a voice came from the doorway.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Su He and the other woman turned around and saw a girl who looked to be around twenty years old.
Seeing that she seemed to have found her pillar of support, Hu Feng quickly pulled her aside and said, "These two policemen came over to ask about that brat, insisting that she's missing."
The girl's expression didn't change after hearing this. She turned to Su He and the others and said, "Is that so? I wonder why you two police officers think that? Did someone go to you to report a case?"
Su He didn't answer her question, but instead asked, "Are you Liu Zhen?"
Liu Zhen nodded. "Yes, I am Liu Ying's older sister. Yingying has always been a very sensible child. I don't know why she did this. If she didn't want to marry Brother Xu, she could have just said so. Now it's made things awkward for both families. Sigh, she's still too willful!"
Su He raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. It seemed that Liu Zhen was no simple character; she had managed to portray Liu Ying as willful in just a few words.
Hu Feng, who was standing nearby, said directly, "Why do you care about that heartless woman? If it weren't for her, would your previous relationship have fallen through? Now your family has to clean up her mess. You must have had the worst luck in the world!"
But Liu Zhen, upon hearing this, advised her, "Mom, don't say that. Yingying may have her own reasons."
"What hardship did she have? Now she's just leaving on her own, making our family a laughingstock, and you have no choice but to marry into the Xu family."
Su He raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. According to what she had heard, the Xu family was a rare good family. Both parents worked, and the older brother and sister also had jobs. Although Xu Feng was the youngest son, he also had a job. So, it sounded rather forced to describe such a good family in their mouths.
It's just a show put on for them.
Su He was too lazy to look anymore and interrupted directly, "Today is not a holiday, Comrade Hu, why aren't you at work?"
Hu Feng's expression brightened considerably upon hearing this, and she said directly, "My son-in-law is coming to visit today, so I took the day off to come back and prepare food. If you have nothing else to do, you should hurry up and leave, I still have to cook! Don't ask me about that brat!"
Liu Zhen, who was standing nearby, also said, "I'm sorry, officers, we really don't know much about Yingying's situation."
Su He didn't believe him. "Don't you know? Didn't you spread the rumor about them eloping? How can you not know?"
Liu Zhen was about to say something when she was interrupted by another voice.
"She doesn't know, but I do!"
Su He turned her head and saw a young man in his early twenties.
He came in carrying a lot of things, bags and packages, and the two ladies inside quickly and warmly greeted him.
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