Watching his daughter’s small hand being held and guided by Li Tianyao, and seeing Mu Chenyuan and his group treating her like so kind of spectacle, An Zhongbo really couldn’t bear it any longer.
He patted his chest and raised his voice, "Yanyan!"
An Yan quickly let go of Li Tianyao and jogged ho.
"Yanyan, why didn’t you co straight ho after school?" An Zhongbo, suppressing his frustration, tried to speak to his daughter in his usual tone.
"It’s not that I didn’t co ho. I just happened to run into Tianyao and got a ride in his car!"
Tianyao? Even the way she addressed him had changed!
An Zhongbo felt a pang of jealousy, but he forced himself to endure it. "Then you haven’t eaten, right? Butler, tell the kitchen to prepare sothing for the Young Miss..."
"No need. I just ate at Tianyao’s house."
Tianyao! Tianyao! That Li Tianyao! Not only did he give Yanyan a ride and pick her up from school, but he even coaxed her into eating at his house. He just got engaged. Am I, her brand-new father, no longer exciting to her?
An Zhongbo was growing furious. "Yanyan, we had so matters at ho today, and Daddy couldn’t take care of you, I’m sorry. From now on, Daddy will personally take you to and from school!"
An Yan glanced at An Zhongbo’s wheelchair. "Dad, you’re not well. Don’t worry about ; I can manage on my own."
An Zhongbo’s face fell slightly. Is she embarrassed by my disability? Does she think I’ll be a disgrace? He then changed his tone, "Then let your older brother go. His limbs are intact, and he’s handso. He won’t embarrass you!"
An Yan said, "...Uh, actually, Big Brother inherited Dad’s looks. Dad is very handso!"
An Zhongbo’s eyes lit up, and he instantly sat up straighter. "Do you really think so?"
"Yes! My not wanting Dad to pick up is my way of being considerate. You should gladly accept it!"
"Right, right, right." An Zhongbo bead with happiness. "Accept, gladly accept! My little comforter is just worried about ."
Seeing An Zhongbo cheer up, An Yan then asked, "Who just went out? Was it Big Brother?"
An Zhongbo replied, "It was your Aunt Bai. She said ngng lost sothing."
"What did An Shing lose? Did she lose it at school?"
"I’m not sure!"
An Yan was silent. Her father had no idea that Bai Xiaoyun was renting an apartnt for An Shing.
"Dad, An Shing’s mom is very considerate towards . Shouldn’t you also pay more attention to An Shing? She’s lost sothing and must be upset. You should be by her side."
"But you and your brother..."
"I’m fine. Does Big Brother have any problems?"
"Today’s bid failed. He’s locked himself in the study and isn’t even eating dinner..."
"Can you help Big Brother by staying at ho?"
An Zhongbo thought for a mont and agreed. "Then you go upstairs and talk to your brother. I’ll go check on ngng."
"Okay."
Dad has to see those things with his own eyes before he’ll believe how malicious that mother and daughter truly are.
Watching An Zhongbo leave, An Yan took out her phone, checked the ti, and then, timing it perfectly, went upstairs to knock on An Yaoluo’s door.
「In the urban village.」
Several police motorcycles, their red lights flashing, were neatly parked by the roadside below the internet cafe.
Upstairs, the entrance to Room 306 was jam-packed with onlookers.
An Shing, her mouth full of blood, was crying tearfully in Bai Xiaoyun’s arms, "SOB SOB SOB..."
Her tongue had been slashed in several places. Although she had taken hemostatic dicine, her tongue couldn’t be bandaged, and blood kept seeping out whenever she opened her mouth.
The policewoman looked at her sympathetically and said, "You claim you were robbed, but the problem is that nearby surveillance didn’t capture any suspicious individuals. The internet café owner downstairs was also on watch, and he confird that, besides you, no other suspicious persons ca up here."
Bai Xiaoyun said, "Soone must have co up! We just don’t know how they managed to do it without being noticed! Officer, the items my daughter lost are valuable enough to warrant an investigation! Just the jar of gold beans, along with the jewelry, are worth millions!"
The policewoman sighed. "Alright then, could you describe the items you lost? This way, after we file the case, we’ll have a direction for the investigation."
An Shing’s tongue was in too much pain to speak, so Bai Xiaoyun answered for her, "The gold beans are individual beads, about 0.5 centiters in diater. There were at least two thousand in a whole jar. There were three bracelets: one erald and two sapphire. Five necklaces: three diamond necklaces with the ’eight hearts, eight arrows’ cut, and two erald necklaces. And rings: two gold rings with rubies, three platinum diamond rings, and two pink diamond rings."
The policewoman took notes, wondering to herself. How could such a young girl possess so many valuables? And why would she keep them in a rented apartnt? These rich folks sure have their quirks!
"Is this enough to et the criteria for filing a case?" Bai Xiaoyun asked.
The officer nodded. "Yes, we’ve already filed the case. We’ll notify you as soon as there are any developnts."
"Officer, I have soone I suspect..."
When the policewoman heard her ntion An Yan’s na, she paused. If I rember correctly, isn’t the ’Little Master’ Director Zhang talks about nad An Yan? They say she’s a miracle doctor!
The policewoman forwarded a copy of the report to Director Zhang. Better safe than sorry.
After the police left, Bai Xiaoyun helped An Shing sit up and carefully examined her tongue. It was unclear what had been used to injure her, but there were five or six cuts, each less than five milliters long, on the surface of her tongue. The doctor had said these small cuts didn’t need stitches. But even without stitches, it was painful.
"Damn An Yan! That bitch must have done this!"
An Shing nodded frantically. It had to be her; I can’t think of anyone else, she thought.
Bai Xiaoyun tenderly wiped An Shing’s tears. "How did you suddenly decide to co here?"
An Shing took out her phone and typed:
[My phone got a virus, and all the photos on it were destroyed. My thesis couldn’t wait, so I ca here to fill in the data from my notes. Who knew I’d pass out as soon as I arrived?]
"How could your phone get a virus out of nowhere?"
[I have no idea.]
Bai Xiaoyun narrowed her eyes. "You fool! An Yan, that bitch, must have caused your phone to get a virus. She just wanted to lure you here! She might have known about those things all along."
An Shing was distraught. [What should we do then?]
"What’s there to be afraid of? When we described what was lost, we only ntioned generic items. Even if An Yan produces those things, she can’t prove we took Yang Yu’s belongings!"
An Shing nodded.
[Right, there’s no evidence for those. But what if An Yan ntions the paintings?]
"We’ll just deny it. If she claims they were taken from here, we can say she’s using her mother’s old belongings to fra us."
[Will Dad believe that?]
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