Pei Si Cheng originally didn't plan to tell Song Yu Qiao about Pei Hao Yu's disappearance, it wasn't a big deal, Pei Hao Yu had gotten lost many times before and always came back after playing outside.

  In the end, it was Pei's laissez-faire policy from childhood to adulthood and Mrs. Pei's genius child plan that made Pei Haoyu the unbreakable steel he is today.

  However, Song Yuqiao already knew and had called him.

  "Is Pei Xiao Huo with you? His teacher just called and said he didn't go to school!"

  "Hey, don't panic. I brought Xiao Huo to the office today."

  "Oh, really?" Song Yuqiao said, "Then you give your phone to Pei Xiaohuo now."

  Pei Si Cheng: “......”

  Ten minutes later, Pei Shichen arrived at the company entrance and picked up Song Yuqiao. On the way, he had already called Xu Shuo to ask for his help in searching. Originally, it would take twenty-four hours for the police station to file a case for missing persons, but now with an acquaintance, things are much easier to handle.

  This time back, Pei Si Cheng first went to the monitoring room of Huayuan, and called out the surveillance video. The surveillance video at the entrance of Huayuan showed that Pei Huan Yu was walking eastward. Pei Si Cheng immediately contacted Xu Shuo and asked him to bring out the road conditions monitoring on this street. Then check one by one.

  Bae Ho-yong is the grandson of Bae Lim-bang and the son of Bae Se-chung. If some people with ulterior motives were to take advantage of this fact and use it as leverage, the consequences would be unthinkable.

  Song Yuqiao stood behind Pei Cheng's side profile, her heart tightened.

  Although Pei Xiao Huo is not her biological child, Song Yu Qiao has an inexplicable sense of closeness to this little kid, they get along very well, and besides, Pei Xiao Huo is a very likable little guy.

  If this little guy really can't be found...

  "Good grief, what a jinx."

  At the same time, Mrs. Pei was also filled with self-reproach and didn't have the face to see her son, so she picked up her luggage and returned to the Pei family's large courtyard with a dejected air.

  Pei Linfeng happened to not go to the military district today, saw his old partner coming back with a crying face, and looked at her from behind the newspaper covering her face. He cleared his throat, "Why so down in the dumps?"

  Mrs. Pei dragged her suitcase forward, "I want quiet, don't ask me who Quiet is."

  Pei Linfeng: "......"

  Mrs. Pei walked to the stairs and finally couldn't help but turn her head to tell her old husband the truth: "I lost our grandson, but it wasn't on purpose, the alarm clock was broken."

  Pei Linfeng never took it seriously from the start, and he didn't even listen to many of the nonsense his wife said. Once, in order to trick him into coming back from the army, she told him that their house was almost burned down, so he hastily arranged for three fire trucks to rush back, only to see her lounging in the yard, sunbathing lazily with a cat lying at her feet.

  Then, Pei Linfeng murmured "hmm" and continued reading the newspaper with his head down.

  Mrs. Pei sniffled and continued up the stairs.

  ………………

  In fact, Bae Hwan-young was not lost.

  When Qiao Mo asked if he wanted to take Pei Hangyu to the Jinshui apartment, Pei Hangyu didn't respond. Since childhood, his parents had taught him not to listen to strangers outside and not to eat candies from strangers.

  However, Bae Ho-young looked at the aunt in front of him who was squatting down and hadn't had time to open his mouth when an uncle came over from the side, as if he had suddenly appeared out of thin air.

  Then the two were taken away in a car.

  Bai Haoyu didn't run because he saw Dong Zhe uncle, who was under Gu Qingcheng uncle. Bai Haoyu had seen his fighting skills before and they were super awesome.

  "Uncle Dong, are we going to the boxing arena now?" asked Pei Haoyu.

  "Don't go, first go back and see the boss."

  Bai Hangyu was finally able to see Dong Zhe uncle, this "strong man", and all the way he kept talking non-stop, compared to Qiao Mo, he was unusually quiet, looking out of the car window throughout, not saying a word more than necessary.

  It wasn't until nightfall that Qiao Mo spoke up and said: "I'm going back to my own room."

  She just happened to see Pei Hangyu when she went to find Zheng Xiaoxia, because she had seen the parent-child photos of Pei Si and his son in newspapers and magazines before, so she paid special attention to him.

  Indeed it is.

  This time she went out just to confirm whether there was someone from Gu Qingcheng following her.

  As expected.

  ………………

  Gu Qingcheng had just heard Dong Zhe recount the entire incident when he immediately guessed at Qiao Mo's psychological state.

  What does this woman want to do after all? He doesn't know. If it's just about letting Ye Zenan take her out of this kind of place, is it necessary to think so much?

  Gu Qingcheng thought about this problem, but only from a man's perspective, so he couldn't figure out the reason and asked A Lu to look at it from a woman's understanding angle.

  A Lu said: "It's either for men or for money, or maybe both."

  Gu Qingcheng raised an eyebrow: "Did she give her first night to Ye Zenan?"

  A Lu nodded.

  Gu Qingcheng waved his hand and let Ah Lu retreat, saying: "Continue to recruit people to stare at her, but there's no need to hide and sneak around, just follow her openly."

  After dealing with things on this side, Gu Qingcheng finally called Pei Si Cheng.

  "Your son is with me."

  ………………

  Pei Si Cheng drove a car with Song Yu Qiao and arrived at Ye Se.

  Song Yuqiao still had a lingering fear of the last time she came to Ye Se, the first time was with her sister Song Shuying, and the second time was with Pei Si Cheng, they played a game of passionate kissing. Now thinking about it, there is still that tingling sensation on her lips, she couldn't help but touch her lips with her fingers.

  But this kind of place is too bad for kids to come in.

  Pei Su Cheng could tell from Song Yu Qiao's expression what she was thinking, and patted her hand: "Recently, the city has been cracking down hard, and Gu Qing City is closed for renovation. There aren't any shady characters inside."

  "If a place like this were to close for renovations, I'm afraid it would lose tens of thousands in a single day?" Song Yuqiao raised her head and glanced at the ceiling, her gaze falling from the mirror on the second floor in front of her. In front of her was a long corridor that should have been colorful with lights, but now they were all turned off.

  "Over ten thousand?" Pei Si chuckled lightly, already holding Song Yuqiao's hand. "You really underestimate Gu Qingcheng, he has the ability to go from S city to C city, and it's absolutely not just because of opening a nightclub."

  Song Yuqiao's palm was slightly sweaty, and it had taken too much effort to find Pei Hangyu just now, still clenching a handful of sweat, the sweat in his palm hadn't dried yet.

  Pei Si Cheng noticed Song Yu Qiao wanting to withdraw her hand, and deliberately changed to a ten-finger interlocking handshake posture, "Don't hide."

  Song Yuqiao's footsteps slightly hesitated, and then she quickened her pace to keep up with Pei Si Cheng.

  Someone had already come forward and led two people into a private room at the end of the corridor.

  Inside, Bae Ho-young was wearing an enormous taekwondo uniform, with a black belt tied around his waist, humming and hawing as he swung his fists and feet.

  Song Yuqiao: "......"

  Hmph, shouldn't it be the rhythm of nunchucks?

  Bae Ho-young was intently watching Dong Zhe's fight in front of him, when he suddenly saw Song Yuqiao arrive, his eyes lit up, and he immediately ran over, but unfortunately, the taekwondo uniform on his body was a bit too long and large, and he tripped over it and fell flat on his face.

  Song Yuqiao bent down and picked up Pei Hangyu, on the ground was a thick layer of woolen carpet, she just took out a wet wipe from her bag to help him wipe his palms.

  Bae Ho-young hugged Song Yu-qiao's neck and kissed her face: "Qiao Qiao, when I learn Taekwondo, I'll protect you!"

  Song Yuqiao was taken aback for a moment, and didn't expect Pei Huaiyu to suddenly say something like that.

  This is what Dong Zhe told Pei Hangyu.

  Bai Haoyu turned around and winked at Uncle Dong Zhe, then took off his taekwondo uniform, revealing the shorts and vest underneath, and handed them back to Gu Qingcheng. "Uncle Gu, although these aren't your clothes, I still need to return them to you."

  Song Yuqiao pulled Pei Haoyu out, took a look at Pei Si Cheng standing with Gu Qingcheng.

  Pei Su handed the car key to Song Yuqiao: "You take your son to the car first, I'll be right out."

  Gu Qingcheng heard this title and raised an eyebrow, "Frankly?"

  "How can I confess without DNA results?" Pei Si rubbed his brow, "I'm not Xin Man, who makes a living by writing stories."

  Gu Qingcheng said: "I've already asked the hospital, Yuan Dong said that tomorrow when he goes to work, he'll go to the data library to find the results, at that time there was an archive, and it's still preserved."

  "Hurry up."

  Gu Qingcheng brought the cigarette to his lips, took a drag, and extinguished it with a familiar gesture. "Fang Yuandong told me once before that three years ago, Ye Zenan did a pre-marital checkup for Song Yujiao."

  "Uh-huh, I know."

  Pei Cheng also realized later, otherwise he wouldn't have said that the prenatal examination was a full-body check-up once, resulting in Song Yuqiao's strong reaction. He regretted what he said at the time and seeing Song Yuqiao cry like that must have made him feel extremely humiliated.

  "No," Gu Qingcheng said, "since she had a full-body examination, how could the doctor not find out if she had given birth to a child or not?"

  Pai Si's footsteps paused, and he narrowed his eyes slightly.

  "I had Fang Yuandong investigate, and the doctor at that time had already left his job. Afterwards, he was never found in the hospital again. I always thought it was a bit strange. Someone has been sent to investigate, after all, it's been three years since then, and investigating is a waste of time."

  In this matter, Pei Si Cheng and Gu Qing Cheng had the same keen sense of smell, as if they had caught a whiff of something unusual, but couldn't quite put their finger on what it was.

  Or did this doctor just think Ye's family knew Song Yuqiao had given birth to a child, so he didn't inform them?

  Pei Si Cheng left a question mark in his heart.

  ………………

  Approaching noon, Pei Shichen drove directly to a private restaurant with Song Yuqiao and Pei Hangyu to eat something.

  This private dining room has a very humanized design. In the east hall, there is a children's playground where kids can take off their shoes and play. Outside the tempered glass wall, there is a circle of tables and chairs, as well as newspapers and magazines for adults to sit down.

  Bai Haoyu casually ate two mouthfuls of rice and then wanted to go out and play, so he pulled Song Yuqiao along with him.

  Pei Cheng was using a spoon to feed Song Yuqiao a bowl of soup, "The adults haven't finished eating yet, if you want to play then go by yourself, or else sit obediently."

  Bai Haoyu stuck out his tongue and still pulled Song Yuqiao away.

  As soon as Song Yuqiao walked away, the phone in her bag rang, as if it was deliberately chosen to ring at this moment.

  Pei Sicheng originally didn't intend to get involved, but the phone's ringing was persistent, so he took out Song Yuqiao's bag and unzipped it.

  The first thing that caught his eye was not Song Yuqiao's phone, but a stack of scattered photos.

  Pei Si's eyes dimmed slightly as he held the photos in his hand, flipping through them one by one, his expression growing increasingly solemn.

  Song Yuqiao sent Pei Haoyu in to play with the other kids, then returned to the dinner table, but her bag was no longer by her side.

  Pei Cheng was lowering his head to eat and said: "Just now your phone kept ringing, so I helped you answer it. It was Hua Zhen who called."

  Song Yuqiao: "......"

  Pei Si Cheng thought Song Yu Qiao would have a more intense reaction, but in the end, Song Yu Qiao just looked up at him and said: "I'll go confess to Hua Zhen."

  Pei Su Cheng was amused by Song Yu Qiao's heroic tone of grasping his wrist, "What to confess? Confess that you slept with me or I slept with you?"

  "I'm serious now!"

  "I'm serious," Pei said, putting a stack of photos from Song Yuqiao's bag on the table, ignoring Song Yuqiao's stunned expression. He casually picked out two, "These two candid shots are not bad, good lighting and angle, very natural. One is tucked into my wallet, and one is framed and placed on my office desk."

  Song Yuqiao: "......"

  The two photos that Pei Shichen picked out were taken in front of a musical fountain, with a high column of water behind them. Song Yuqiao smiled and leaned her head to one side, while Pei Shichen lifted his hand and tucked the hair at the side of her ear back behind it.

  Because it was a sneak shot without any defense, the expressions of both people were very natural. Song Yuqiao looked at the photo of Pei Si Cheng's mouth corner smiling, which was obviously accompanied by an unusual pampering.

  "Is this from Zhang Menglin? Did she come to your hotel room again after I left this morning?" Pei Si Cheng asked, putting the photo away.

  "You already know everything, what else are you asking?" Song Yuqiao lowered his head and drank soup.

  The soup had cooled down a bit, and the central air conditioner above her head blew out a chilly breeze, causing Song Yuqiao to shiver slightly.

  Pei Sicheng had already taken over the bowl of soup in front of Song Yuqiao and said, "Don't drink cold things."

  After finishing speaking, he called the waiter and ordered a bowl of red date silver ear soup.

  "After this, it's like something happened, tell me at the first time," Peisong said, "I'll think of a way."

  The waiter brought up a small bowl of red date and silver ear soup and placed it in front of Song Yuqiao.

  The soup's color is bright, with red dates cut in half and small pieces of silver ear floating on top, making it a very visually appealing soup.

  "Uh-huh, I see." Song Yuqiao lowered her head, holding the ladle and unconsciously placing it in the bowl of soup.

  Pei Sicheng had just finished drinking the half-cooled soup from Song Yuqiao's bowl, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and propped up his arm. "OK, now there are two ways to solve this problem. The first one is that I'll go plug Zhang Menglin's mouth, you don't have to worry about these photos leaking out from her, you don't need to intervene."

  Song Yuqiao raised his head and asked, "What about the second one?"

  "Secondly," Pei's hand crossed the table, grasping Song Yuqiao's left hand before she could even pull back, "you'll come with me to face Hua Zhen, tell her, just as you said, confess."

  ………………

  Xu Wanli has been discharged from the hospital and her body hasn't fully recovered yet. She needs to take good care of herself at home.

  What she was most worried about was the ugly scar on her belly, which looked like a centipede's stitched wound, completely lacking in aesthetics. And now that summer had arrived, with its emphasis on revealing skin, how could she possibly recapture Ye Zenan's attention with such an unsightly scar?

  However, the last time because of hospitalization acquaintance Qiao Mo sent a scar removal cream, Xu Wenli at that time didn't think much of it, but later searched online and found out it was worth several thousand yuan per small bottle, really super expensive. The effect is actually not bad, don't know if it's her illusion or not, after using it for just a few days, the scar really faded a bit.

  Song Jie furrowed her brow and looked at the small bottle of ointment on the table, asking: "Where did this come from?"

  Xu Wanli said: "Qiao Mo sent it. I found that she is really a very good person, every time she sends things, she always sends the best."

  Song Jierou took a look at the ointment, twisted it open and smelled it. It should be fine to use without any strange stuff in it.

  She has been thinking recently that Ye Zenan doesn't like Xu Wanli, but her own daughter is stubbornly set on Ye Zenan.

  It doesn't matter if the man is like that, if the child in Lily's belly hadn't miscarried and was born now, even if Ye Zhenan didn't acknowledge it, Song Jierou would have a way to take the child for a paternity test and then give those old antiques of the Ye family...

  But now, there are no more children, and Xu Wenli is also unable to give birth...

  Song Jierou felt that this was completely a dead end, unable to have children anymore, what else could be done? It couldn't be that Song Yuqiao got pregnant and gave birth to the child, and then she went to pick it up herself.

  Song Yuqiao... is pregnant...

  Yes!

  At that time, Song Yuqiao was diagnosed as infertile by some intermediate manipulations, but in fact, she was able to get pregnant.

  The knocking sound came, Xu Wenyu was massaging her scar and shouted to Song Jierou who was standing by in a daze: "Hey, auntie, go open the door quickly!"

  "Oh." Song Jieyu finally reacted and walked over to open the door.

  "Here comes! Here comes!"

  As soon as she opened the door, Song Jieyu was stunned, "Song... Song Yuqiao?"

  "Auntie? I'm Qiaomu."

  Qiao Mo wore a white skirt today, without tying up her hair or putting on makeup.

  "Oh, oh, come in quickly."

  Song Jierou stepped aside to let Qiao Mo enter, and Xu Wanli in the bedroom had already shouted, "Is Qiao Mo here? Come over quickly!"

  Qiao Mo brought some nutritional supplements and put them on the table for Song Jierou: "Auntie, I bought black chicken, we can stew soup for Lily to drink at noon."

  "Okay."

  Song Jierou took a last look at Qiao Mo's back, and suddenly thought of why she had mistaken Qiao Mo for Song Yuqiao at first glance.

  Because when Ye Zenan and Song Yuqiao started dating, Song Yuqiao liked to wear white dresses, with her hair loose and not tied up, and high school didn't allow makeup, it was exactly like that.

  It's also possible that I was just thinking about Song Yuqiao and got confused for a moment.

  However, in the month that Lily was hospitalized, Song Jieyou saw Qiao Mo for the first time and thought she looked like Song Yuqiao. Although it was only at first glance, now that they're wearing similar clothes, they look even more alike. Now, you can only tell them apart if you take a close look during the day, but if it were at night...

  Xu Wanli was talking to Qiao Mo about how the scar had indeed faded, and they were planning to go for a spa day together in two days' time. Suddenly, she heard a loud crash from the kitchen, which sounded like the shattering of a glass cup hitting the floor.

  "Aunt! What fell?!"

  After a pause of about three seconds, Song Jiejue's voice came from the kitchen: "It was just that a glass fell, nothing serious..."

  Qiao Mo lowered her head and looked at the English instructions on the ointment in her hand, a flash of quick and swift light flickered across her eyes, and she smiled imperceptibly.

  ………………

  In the afternoon, Pei Si Cheng sent Pei Huang Yu to school. Although the little guy was very reluctant, Song Yu Qiao got out of the car and helped Pei Huang Yu put on his backpack. "Be serious in class."

  Bai Haoyu nodded heavily, "Qiao Qiao, did you receive the school email where the teacher praised me?"

  He said something embarrassing, as if he was boasting about himself, so shameful.

  Song Yuqiao squatted down, helped Pei Haoyu tidy up the collar of his clothes, and touched his soft hair ends. "Hmm, Auntie has received the teacher's praise message, little fire is good."

  Bai Haoyu smiled, revealing a row of white teeth.

  Song Yu pinched Qiao's cheeks: "Go to school quickly."

  Pei Si Cheng didn't get out of the car, but instead half-opened the window and leaned on the steering wheel with one arm, watching the mother and son interact outside. This kind of affection was probably enough to make up for their lack of connection.

  Song Yuqiao watched Pei Haoyu enter the school gate, then turned around to get on the car, only to find that Pei Si Cheng had been looking outside just now, and some of her small movements just now were all seen clearly by him.

  She walked around the rear of the car and got in on the passenger side.

  Paisong Chen had already rolled up the car window, "You're so good to my son, is it because of me?"

  Song Yuqiao bowed his head and fastened his seatbelt, "It's because of your son that I'm being nice to you."

  Pei Si chuckled lightly: "So this is how you treat me well? I didn't realize that."

  Song Yuqiao used his left hand to block his face, covering the corner of his eye, and turned to look out the car window.

  For Pei Hangyu, at first when Song Yuqiao knew she couldn't get pregnant, for this little kid, he truly felt that if only he were his own child. Now that it's known the infertility was a misdiagnosis, he still can't put his heart at ease about this little kid.

  When they arrived at the Qianyu Company building, Pei Si asked, "Haven't you finished your resignation procedures yet?"

  Song Yuqiao unfastened his seatbelt and said, "The resignation application has been signed by the CEO and approved by the board of directors. According to the contract, as long as I complete my duties, I can officially leave."

  "What's your main job?" Pei Si turned his head and looked at Song Yuqiao, "Is it the audition show that Jia Ge is having now?"

  Song Yuqiao nodded: "Yes, the second round and the final round are our responsibility. After this round is over, I think I can start leaving. The headquarters will send a new person to assist Zheng Qing with his work."

  Song Yuqiao finished speaking and was about to open the car door when Pei Si caught her left wrist.

  "After work this afternoon, I'll come pick you up," Pei Si said. "Whether to go see Hua Zhen or for me to find Zhang Menglin, it's up to you."

  Song Yu turned his face back and looked at Pei Si Cheng carefully, nodding slightly.

  Pae Se-ah let Song Yu-qiao take the lead this time, just wanting to see what her true thoughts were at this moment. If Song Yu-qiao had really made up her mind, no one could stop her. However, as for how Hua Zhen would act, even Pae Se-ah couldn't guess. In this world, the hardest thing to guess is people's hearts, and the most changeable thing is also people's hearts.

  ………………

  "Is it Song Yuqiao?"

  Zheng Qing called out for the third time before Song Yuqiao finally snapped back to reality, "Oh."

  "What's your idea about this creation of mine?"

  "Oh, sorry, I was distracted just now," Song Yuqiao smiled apologetically, "Can you say that again?"

  Zheng Qing put down the pen in his hand, "I think you're not in a good state this afternoon. Is there something on your mind? Why don't we settle it first and then deal with work matters? Otherwise, it's twice the effort for half the result, wasting time and energy without making progress."

  Song Yuqiao smiled somewhat awkwardly, indeed a bit restless: "I didn't either, just... right, you're saying Zheng Rong is back?"

  "Oh," Zheng Qing paused, "yes, Zheng Rong came back two days ago to deliver something to his girlfriend and left the next day. The work at the research institute is very tight, he's trying to finish it before the holiday so he won't have to stay at X University this summer."

  "Cell phone number, give me Zheng Rong's cell phone number."

  Zheng Qing sent Zheng Rong's phone number to Song Yuqiao, "I've told Zheng Rong before, you probably won't be able to reach him now if you call, he's currently in the lab, you can send a message first..."

  Song Yuqiao made an OK gesture and immediately took her phone and went to the rest room.

  Song Yuqiao wanted to get Zheng Qing's phone number so that he could use the opportunity to call Hua Zhong and tell him about Pei Si Cheng's matter.

  However, after getting through on the phone, this matter can't be brought up at all, it feels like making a fuss over nothing.

  "Hello?" Hua Zhen said on the other end of the phone, "Bad signal?"

  "No, I just wanted to tell you that the new employee you hired last time, Su Zhi...” Song Yuqiao paused for a moment, “Before that, my sister took me to Night Color and saw him working there for a while.”

  "Oh, I know, he told me before," Hua Xuan smiled, "I was wondering what's going on, such a good-looking young man, eating well in that kind of place, you think he would suddenly come to my dress shop for an interview? Because it's not the time for strict crackdowns now, almost all big and small nightclubs have been suspended for rectification, so he changed his ways."

  "Do you still want to use him?"

  "Don't worry," Huazhen waved her hand, calling out to let the little Ting in front put the clothes rack on the other side against the wall, before continuing, "He's now in my store, just like Mount Wutai, he can't turn the sky upside down, and he still owes me over 300,000 yuan for his wedding dress, even if I wanted to fire him, I couldn't."

  The two of them chatted for a while before Song Yuqiao said: "That... Huazhen, are you free tonight?"

  "Ah, I'm free now," Hua Zhen smiled. "Want to come here and be my model? I'll pay you a salary later. Try on a set of clothes, 20 yuan, paid on the spot..."

  Song Yuqiao knew that Hua Zhen was just joking, but she didn't have the extra mind to respond now.

  Hua Yun seemed to have realized it too, "You just asked me if I had time tonight, what's up?"

  "I've found a boyfriend," Song Yuqiao lowered her eyelids, staring at the transparent window in front of the rest room, "and I want to have dinner together tonight."

  "What great news!" Hua Yun laughed, "You've finally come out of Ye Zenan's shadow, what a wonderful thing! Who's your boyfriend? Don't tell me I know him too?"

  "...you'll know when you see him."

  After hanging up Huazhen's phone, Song Yuqiao seemed to have lost some strength, her legs softened and she sat down on the chair, covering her face.

  After a long while, she finally stood up again, wiped the slightly red corners of her eyes, and walked out of the rest room with her phone in hand.