The police questioned Liu Cuihua and confirmed that Shen Baolan had not contacted her family since she left the house. Only then did they file a case, but they did not take it too seriously.

After all, there are hundreds of missing cases like this every year, and there are too many factors that lead to loss of contact and disappearance to be managed.

Maybe the person will come back after a while. The police station has seen this kind of situation many times.

…

After leaving the police station, Pei Yang sent Ma Sufen and Liu Cuihua back to their respective residences.

Along the way, the two continued to argue about whether Zhou Fu should stay or go.

Upon learning that Shen Baolan had left her little grandson behind to enjoy herself, Ma Sufen was furious and wanted to take Zhou Fu home to look after him personally.

Liu Cuihua refused to agree no matter what, and the custody of her grandson was given to her daughter.

The quarrel continued until they reached the gate of Ruifeng Garden.

Liu Cuihua forcibly pulled Zhou Fu to get off the car, but Zhou Fu refused. He cried and howled for his grandma, and kicked Liu Cuihua so hard that her nose bled.

Liu Cuihua had no choice but to watch Ma Sufen take the person away.

After sending Ma Sufen and her granddaughter home, Pei Yang called Zhou Shuhuan and focused on telling him about Shen Baolan's disappearance.

After hearing this, Zhou Shuhuan just replied, "I know." He didn't care at all about Shen Baolan's life or death. It was obvious that he was still resentful about the unpleasantness during the divorce.

Neither the Shen family nor the Zhou family took Shen Baolan's loss of contact seriously, and there was nothing he could do as an outsider.

Pei Yang sighed, started the car and went home.

It was already ten o'clock when he got home, and the German Shepherd, as usual, wagged its tail to welcome his return.

After locking the door, he bent down and rubbed the German Shepherd's head twice, then stepped into the living room.

There was only one desk lamp on in the huge living room. Shen Mingzhu was sitting on the sofa next to the lamp, with beautiful eyes and a gentle and soft demeanor.

Pei Yang's heart could not help but calm down, "Is there anything to eat?"

"Didn't you have dinner?"

While asking, he stood up and walked towards the kitchen.

Pei Yang changed his shoes, walked to the coffee table, picked up Shen Mingzhu's cup of water, took a few sips, then turned and went to the kitchen.

The meals are all ready-made and can be eaten by heating them in the microwave.

While the meal was heating up, Shen Mingzhu took eggs and tomatoes from the refrigerator and planned to make tomato and egg soup.

While Shen Mingzhu was busy, Pei Yang was also not idle. He helped wash the tomatoes and cut them into thin slices.

While cutting, he told Shen Mingzhu about his trip to the police station.

Upon learning that Shen Baolan had been missing for a week, Shen Mingzhu immediately felt that Shen Baolan was in a bad situation.

"Go to the police station tomorrow to ask about the situation. It would be best if you could ask them to check Shen Baolan's bank account and the gigolo she was with."

Pei Yang nodded, "What's it called?"

"I don't know. I didn't ask. Zhou Shuhuan should know, right?"

"Then I'll call him tomorrow and ask him."

Pei Yang looked at her, his tone teasing, "You keep annoying her, I thought you wouldn't care whether she lives or dies."

Shen Baolan was also miserable. Even her own mother didn't take her safety seriously, but these two outsiders were worried about her.

"It's true that I hate her, but that doesn't mean I will abandon morality and justice and turn a blind eye to crimes. If I stand by and watch coldly today, no one will cheer for me when disaster strikes me in the future."

Pei Yang gazed at her deeply, admiration and love almost overflowing from his eyes.

In his heart, there is no woman in the world more beautiful than his wife. Her appearance, talent, character, and kindness in her bones all make him admire her.

…

late at night.

She opened the door and saw Zhou Shuhuan sitting alone in the living room smoking. She held her waist and walked over.

"Brother Zhou, why don't you sleep?"

Seeing her, Zhou Shuhuan immediately put out the cigarette in his hand and stood up with concern, "Are you feeling unwell again?"

"No, I'm a little thirsty."

Zhou Shuhuan asked her to sit down, then turned to the kitchen and poured out a glass of warm water.

After she finished drinking the water, Zhou Shuhuan briefly told her about Shen Baolan's disappearance.

Qiao Ya didn't take it seriously. "It's only been a few days. He doesn't necessarily mean he's missing, right? Maybe he went abroad to play, or met with an accident?"

Speaking of this, Qiao Ya suddenly thought of something, "What if something really happens to her? Do you want to bring Yuan Bao here?"

"I'll listen to you on this matter. If you are willing to accept him, I will let my parents bring him over. If you don't want to be a stepmother, let the Shen family raise him themselves. Anyway, the custody of Yuanbao belongs to Shen Baolan."

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Qiao Ya was indeed unwilling to be a stepmother, but Zhou Shuhuan gave her enough respect and the right to choose, so she was not so resistant in her heart.

"We'll talk about it later. If we really want to take it over, the worst that can happen is we can just hire a nanny to look after it."

What she meant was that she could tolerate Zhou Fu entering the house, but she would not educate him.

Zhou Shuhuan was moved and took her into his arms. "Xiaoya, I will never let you and the child suffer any injustice at any time."

"Yes, I know."

Immersed in love and happiness, Qiao Ya did not notice the eerie smile on Zhou Shuhuan's face.

He hated Shen Baolan to death.

Reminding Shen Baolan to be on guard against Gao Hualiang on the day of their divorce was not really for Shen Baolan's own good, but because he knew that people like Gao Hualiang who made a living by cheating would do everything they could to get money from Shen Baolan.

It’s just that Gao Hualiang is more ruthless than he imagined.

He even suspected that Shen Baolan had been killed by Gao Hualiang.

If Shen Baolan was really going to die, he would definitely take Zhou Fu back to raise him by his side.

At the same time, he also understood Qiao Ya's character, who was soft-hearted and would not tolerate tough treatment, so he deliberately lowered his posture when talking about his son Zhou Fu.

As he expected, Qiao Ya softened her heart and agreed to accept Zhou Fu as her stepson.

Everything was going the way he wanted.

…

Early the next morning, Pei Yang drove to the police station and told the police that he suspected Shen Baolan had been kidnapped by Gao Hualiang and asked them to check Shen Baolan's bank account.

The police station does not have the authority to investigate citizens' bank accounts unless it involves economic and criminal crimes, in which case the case will be handed over to the criminal police team for investigation.

But to classify a disappearance as a criminal case, evidence and clues are needed.

Pei Yang had no choice but to find Liu Cuihua and ask her to report the case on the grounds that she suspected Shen Baolan was kidnapped by Gao Hualiang.

At this time, Liu Cuihua finally felt uneasy and nervous about her daughter's loss of contact.

She didn't think of it in a bad way at first because Huang Chunyu was there.

Huang Chunyu is Gao Hualiang's cousin. Huang Chunyu still works in their family. Where can Gao Hualiang go? But now Huang Chunyu is gone too!

The criminal police team was very conscientious and after receiving the report from Liu Cuihua, they immediately arranged for two criminal police officers to go to the bank to check Shen Baolan's bank transactions.

After going to all the banks in Fengcheng, the total amount of money in Shen Baolan's accounts was less than one hundred yuan.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! My daughter got a full five million in the divorce, how could she be without money? You must have made a mistake, check again!"

This result was obviously unacceptable to Liu Cuihua, who kept yelling at the criminal police to re-investigate. (End of this chapter)