Tang Li’s words clearly showed that she had no idea Lai Yuaner was planning to go abroad.
Realizing he had let it slip, Yang Ning promptly ended the call.
Tang Li listened to the busy signal, still mulling over Yang Ning’s words "she’s already gone." Sotis, a single word can completely change the aning.
"Already gone" implies the person has left.
Otherwise, it should be "almost gone."
Tang Li dialed Mother Wu’s number and asked if Ouyang Qian and her daughters were at ho.
"They’re upstairs." Mother Wu inford her about the whereabouts of Ouyang Qian and her daughters: "Just now, Miss Yuanyuan pushed her sister out for a walk, but because the sun was so strong, with scarves and sunglasses, they didn’t stay out long and ca back soon."
Tang Li replied, "They didn’t go out?"
"Not yet, as far as I know. Aunt Liu said the nursing ho’s car will co to pick up the elder one later."
"Is Lai Shengxia returning to the nursing ho today?"
This point indeed surprised Tang Li.
She thought Lai Shengxia would at least stay ho for three to five days.
Given Ouyang Qian’s affection for this daughter, it was unexpected to send her away so soon.
Unless—
It confird what Yang Ning had said.
Ouyang Qian was planning to take Lai Yuaner abroad today.
Tang Li headed back to the CEO’s office, where Feng Qi and Kevin were already discussing the style for an advertisent shoot. As she sat down on the sofa, she t Yu Sui’s sidelong glance.
Tang Li exchanged a silent inquiry with her.
The next mont, Tang Li’s cellphone vibrated.
It was a ssage from the #Three Golden Flowers# group chat.
[Yu’s Only One]: "[Image]"
Tang Li opened the image to find an advertising banner for magnesium sulfate oral solution.
—— "Don’t panic with constipation, take a dose of magnesium sulfate oral solution for guaranteed relief!"
[Get Rich Wu]: "Who’s constipated?"
Tang Li: "..."
[Yu’s Only One]: "[Indignant.gif] I thought Yang Ning really had AIDS and even stood in front of you. @TangLi"
Tang Li consoled, "Pat pat, you’re a comrade who loves to show off."
[Yu’s Only One]: "Is that the point? [Tears Crossing Pyramid.gif]"
[Tang Li]: "???
[Yu’s Only One]: "Yang Ning actually doesn’t have AIDS, heaven is truly unjust!"
[Tang Li]: "......"
[Yu’s Only One]: "But it doesn’t matter. At least now everyone online knows she has that old constipation problem."
Tang Li typed a question: "Yang Ning admitted it?"
Yu Sui withdrew her gaze, lowered her head, and typed, "Wasn’t it you who hit the nail on the head? The netizens believed it, so does her admission matter?"
[Tang Li]: "[Explosion Black Face.gif]"
[Yu’s Only One]: "@GetRichWu: Take note, being a high-level green tea is when you can hit soone hard and still look innocent!"
[Get Rich Wu]: "Oh! Thanks for teaching , Ah Li. @TangLi"
[Tang Li]: "As long as you guys are happy. [Smirk]"
Lunch was at the Del cafeteria.
Buffet style.
Tang Li had just added a piece of bread to her plate when her cellphone rang again.
It was a call from Mother Wu.
Tang Li put down the plate and answered the call in a corner.
No sooner had she put the cellphone to her ear than Mother Wu said, "About half an hour ago, Madam and Miss Yuaner went out."
Mother Wu realized it only now because she had been sent to the laundry room.
"Was Old Liang’s man the driver?" Tang Li asked.
"Madam drove herself. She said she was going to buy so sumr clothes."
Mother Wu recalled sothing and added, "That Lai Shengxia is still at ho. It seems the nursing ho car encountered so problem on the highway, so they’ll be late picking her up."
Tang Li ended the call, and Yu Sui ca over with her plate.
"Do you want garlic scallops?"
Seeing the pile of scallops, Tang Li suddenly said, "I need to go ho."
With that, she went to inform Feng Qi.
Upon learning there was a matter at her ho, Feng Qi did not press her to stay.
Once in the car, Tang Li turned to glance at Yu Sui, who was struggling to climb in, or more precisely, at the takeout box in her hand, warning preemptively, "No eating garlic on the car."
"..." Yu Sui.
What’s she supposed to do when she wants to bite a handkerchief!
No eating garlic.
Tang Li, this ruthless woman!
She leaned over to place the takeout box on the passenger seat, reminding soone, "No sneaking bites!"
Yuan Qin: "..."
The nanny car sped up onto the highway, and Yu Sui turned to ask, "Why the sudden trip ho? Weren’t we going straight to the set this afternoon?"
"I just want to confirm sothing."
Ever since she was reborn, Tang Li trusted her instincts.
After seeing Lai Shengxia last night, a sense of caution stirred in her.
Lai Shengxia’s sudden return ho didn’t seem that simple, but she couldn’t pinpoint why.
By the ti the nanny car arrived at the Lai Family’s gate, forty-plus minutes had passed.
It was high noon, and the scorching sun had turned the iron gate a shade of red.
Tang Li entered and went straight upstairs, bypassing her own room and heading to Lai Yuaner’s bedroom. She opened the door to find the usual arrangent.
On the bed lay the nightdress Lai Yuaner had worn the night before.
Tang Li opened the wardrobe but didn’t see any clothes missing, then turned to the master bedroom and found nothing unusual either.
It seed like she might have been overthinking.
Passing Lai Shengxia’s room, Tang Li slowed her pace.
Aunt Liu ca upstairs at this point.
Seeing Tang Li, she explained, "The eldest had her lunch in her room. I’m bringing her a cup of warm water for her dicine."
The door opened, and Tang Li peered inside.
On the bed lay a mound beneath the thin quilt, along with half a view of the back of a head.
Just as Tang Li was about to avert her gaze, she heard a light cough from beneath the bedding.
Aunt Liu placed the cup down and withdrew.
As she was about to close the door, a slender hand stopped it!
Tang Li brushed past Aunt Liu into the room, stopping by the bed. With her back to the door, Lai Shengxia appeared to be asleep.
At a glance, the back of the head indeed seed to belong to Lai Shengxia.
That is, if not for the cough.
Without hesitation, Tang Li reached out and pulled back the thin quilt!
With a startled cry, the woman on the bed instinctively used her hands to cover her face, bowing her head, inadvertently revealing gauze on the right half of her face.
"What’s happened here?" Aunt Liu exclaid, joining her inside.
Tang Li focused on the curled-up woman on the bed and slowly said, "Elder sister, the gauze on your face has co off."
The woman on the bed remained motionless.
A mont later, the mattress sank slightly.
The woman felt a weight on her shoulder, realizing she was being held. Anxiety hit her, and before she could resist, the hands covering her face were forcibly pulled away.
She t a pair of doe eyes with a teasing glint: "Got you."
Aunt Liu saw the woman’s face and her expression changed drastically: "This—"
The person lying on the bed was not the eldest daughter.
But a strange woman!
Tang Li released the woman and headed straight out of the Lai house.
Once back in the nanny car, she asked Yuan Qin, "Can you check soone’s travel record?"
"I can’t." Yuan Qin paused slightly and decided to disclose, "But Ji Ming can."
Ji Ming received the call while packing up in his room.
After the call, he headed to the office.
Upon hearing Tang Li’s request for ’help,’ Song Baiyan only said this much: "As long as it’s legal, let her check the family’s ticket purchases."
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