1114 Perplexed and Smitten 174 (2/2)
The butler called Shi Shaochuan to inform him about the incident. Shi Shaochuan was at a bar at the time, and he immediately called Jin Qingyue the moment he heard the news.
”Is Bao'er at your place?”
”Bao'er? Of course not, she's been living with you all along. You didn't take her to me anyway. Don't tell me she had gone missing?”
”Bao'er had sneaked out of my house to go out to play. She's missing.”
”What? Shi Shaochuan, you call yourself her father?!” Jin Qingyue snapped angrily.
”Jin Qingyue, how dare you have the cheek to criticize me when you're just as irresponsible? You may have left her in my car and given me the rights to her full custody, but does that mean you can just enjoy your own life after paying a small sum of alimony? You're partly to blame now that she's gone missing!”
”Where are you now?” Jin Qingyue asked.
”South Coast Road.”
”Hurry and go to the nearest police station. I'll rush there too.”
Jin Qingyue ended the call and immediately changed out of her home maternity wear before rushing out of the house.
Since Ling Ciye was not home, she had no choice but to drive to the police station on her own.
She arrived at almost the same time that Shi Shaochuan did.
”Hey… why didn't you gain any weight? When you were pregnant with Bao'er, you were as fat as a pig.”
Jin Qingyue scoffed and said, ”Shi Shaochuan, how are you still in the mood to make such comments now that Bao'er has gone missing?”
She walked past him and strode toward the lobby. Shi Shaochuan hurriedly followed after her and sneered, ”Why isn't your husband here with you? Indeed, she's not his biological daughter. He obviously wouldn't bother coming.”
Jin Qingyue gave him the side-eye and said, ”He's abroad now and I didn't tell him about this. Don't misunderstand others and view them in a negative light just because you harbor ill intentions yourself. Do you really think everyone is just like you?”
”Look how smug you are now that someone is willing to accept the secondhand good that you are. Ling Ciye really has poor taste in women.”
”Who are you to comment about my taste in women? Who do you think you are?” a voice said coldly all of a sudden, coming from behind them. Jin Qingyue turned around in surprise and made eye contact with a familiar pair of eyes. She was surprised that he had arrived without warning, for it was not his usual habit to do so. He would usually inform her of his return beforehand whenever he goes abroad.
However, she was not surprised that he had managed to find her because she was wearing a GPS tracking device as well.
”Didn't you say that you didn't tell him about it? How did he know that you're here, then? You can't even tell a lie properly,” Shi Shaochuan butted in.
Ling Ciye scowled at him and sneered, ”No wonder you've managed to ruin your family's business. Don't you know that GPS trackers exist in this world?”
He then held onto Jin Qingyue's hand and asked, ”Why are you at the police station?”
”Bao'er sneaked out of the house on her own and has gone missing.”
Ling Ciye pulled Jin Qingyue into the police station without another word.
After exiting the police station, Ling Ciye called his subordinates and instructed them to drive Jin Qingyue's car back while he drove Jin Qingyue away from the police station in his own car.
Shi Shaochuan had no idea where they were headed to. He wanted to search for Shi Bao'er immediately but had no clue how to begin.
At last, he had no choice but to return to the Shi family mansion and vent all his anger on the servants.
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Shi Bao'er was found at eleven o'clock at night.
Jin Qingyue broke down into tears the moment she saw Shi Bao'er, whose face was swollen and whose hair was unkempt. However, she still kept her chin up and stared at Jin Qingyue.