Although Meng Xin was already in her early forties, she was no less beautiful than women in their late twenties or early thirties, and her heart-shaped face looked youthful without any wrinkles. She has dark brown, short hair cut into a bob. Her eyes are crystal clear with brown pupils decorated with thin but straight eyebrows. She has a straight but slender nose, and her full lips look charming in red lipstick. Her figure is quite tall and slender like a model, and she looks graceful in a purple one-step dress with breasts that are not too big but not small either.
Meng Xin turned to Yao Wei, but her eyes looked like they were loathing him. "Do you think your son will tell me where he went? You know your son's behavior toward me, and he never considered me to be his mother."
"You know that Shao'er loves Xiang Ning very much, and he can't accept you as his stepmother yet. I'm sure he will be able to accept you someday, so I hope you can be patient with him." After he said that, Yao Wei wanted to hug her.
However, Meng Xin pushed Yao Wei away, causing him to almost fall backwards, and she shouted at him with tremendous anger. "Patience? We've been married for five years, but he never appreciates all my efforts! He repeatedly abused me, like what he did to that bitch! Yet you always blame me whenever I complain about his behavior! As for you, you never consider my feelings at all, and you don't even want to have a child with me. I'm completely fed up with all of this, and I truly regret my decision to marry you."
After she vented her anger, Meng Xin ran into the house to get her car keys, and she immediately left the house, causing Yao Wei to feel helpless.
*Tap... Tap...*
"Sir, we've found the young master's car, but we cannot find the young master or his two bodyguards anywhere." An old man in butler clothes respectfully said.
"Where did they find his car?" Yao Wei asked with a frown.
"Not far from the Hawker area."
Yao Wei turned around and walked out. "Take me to that place and order people to check all the CCTVs in that area."
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Before long, Yao Wei and his subordinates had arrived at the place and checked Yao Shao's car, but there were no signs of violence or anything else on it. He ordered them to interrogate the people around the hawker area, but no one saw his son. He was getting frustrated because the people who checked all the CCTV in the area couldn't find any clues about his whereabouts, especially since Xiao Ai had deleted all the footage.
"Useless!" Yao Wei shouted angrily at his subordinates. "There are so many of you, but you guys are incompetent to find my son!"
"Sir, I feel there is something strange about all this." Yao Wei immediately turned to the old butler. "If the young master went to this place, the CCTV in the parking lot would have footage of him, but they couldn't find anything."
"Are you saying someone deliberately deleted the footage?" The old butler nodded to him, but Yao Wei looked hard to believe. "Who do you think did it? Only a few people have access to do such a thing, but they are my allies. Moreover, my relationship with them has always been good for the past two decades, so I think it's impossible for any of them to attack my son."
The old butler naturally knew about that. "How about you contact Ouyang Hong? I'm sure that he can help us investigate the matter, so we don't need to waste much time. I fear that someone is intentionally orchestrating all of this in secret, and the young master may currently be in that person's custody. Therefore, we have to hurry and save him, or we'll be too late."
Yao Wei agreed with that. "Let's go back. I'll contact Ouyang Hong on the way back, and you can order a few of them to take Shao'er's car back."
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"What are the results, sir? Is Ouyang Hong willing to help you?" The old butler asked Yao Wei.
"Ouyang Hong is still abroad now, but he will contact his connections in the government to look for Shao'er." Yao Wei then asked him. "Do you know where Meng Xin went?"
"Our man who followed Madam Meng informed me that she went to Ouyang House. She and Madam Yi were close friends, so she probably wanted to talk to her."
"I know." Yao Wei's smartphone suddenly rang, but he frowned after seeing the caller's name before rejecting the call. "Do you have any information about Ran Linfeng?"
"Sir, Ran Linfeng's wealth suddenly disappeared by more than three-quarters, and the bank is investigating the matter now." Yao Wei immediately turned to the old butler with a frown. "I don't know what happened, but he had asked several people to help him settle some of his debts first, including Yang Kang. Additionally, Madam Yuxian had contacted both the old madam and your sister for assistance, but they declined her requests."
Yao Wei was not surprised to hear that they refused to help Ran Linfeng. "That guy is too wasteful and stupid, and he was also addicted to gambling for a long time, so it's no surprise that he has a lot of debt now. Back then, he asked Tang Ye to save him from bankruptcy, but he was refused because of his behavior. He eventually decided to betray him, even though they were in-laws."
The old butler remembered something. "Speaking of Tang Ye, I received information that Tang Yin has woken up from her coma, and she is out of the hospital now."
Yao Wei was a little surprised after hearing that. "What about Tang Xiao? Haven't they found his corpse yet?"
"Not yet." The old butler answered by shaking his head. "They had searched for his corpse in the ravine, but they couldn't find it there. Jiang Hu ordered them to stop looking for him; he was sure that he wouldn't be able to survive after falling into such a deep ravine."
"I really hope Tang Xiao is dead by now." Yao Wei then ordered the old butler. "Send some people to monitor the Tang House! I want them to get rid of Tang Yin as soon as possible, and the Tang family will be finished for good. Moreover, we don't need to worry about Tang Huang and Tang Yuan taking revenge on us; I'm sure that they won't dare to do anything against us, as the person behind Ouyang Hong will protect us."
"Yes, sir."
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Meng Xin has arrived at the Ouyang house, and she asked Yi An to accompany her to chat. "Hey, ask your assistant to get a bottle of wine."
"Hmm?" Yi An raised her eyebrows for a moment before ordering Su Rou to get a bottle of wine at the mini bar. "Did you quarrel with Yao Wei again?"
"Can we talk about this later?" Meng Xin then buried her sad face with her hands on the table. "I'm sad right now, and I want to drink some wine first to calm my mind."
After she returned, Yi An ordered Su Rou to leave them before pouring the wine into two glasses for them. "Here, drink it and explain everything to me after this."
Meng Xin downed the wine in her glass in one go, but she wasn't satisfied with it. "Please, pour me one more."
"Your tolerance for alcohol is too low, so you shouldn't drink too much, or you'll get drunk." Even so, Yi An still poured the wine into Meng Xin's glass.
"I can only forget my sadness if I'm drunk." While staring at the wine in her glass, Meng Xin spoke to her best friend. "Moreover, I'm at your house, and no one will take advantage of me while I'm drunk, right?"
"That's for sure." Yi An shook her head as Meng Xin downed it again in one go. "Now tell me your problem."
Meng Xin refilled her glass with wine again before answering Yi An. "My problems with Yao Wei have remained unchanged for the past five years, and he always prioritized his son over me. I repeatedly complained about his son's unacceptable behavior towards me, but he kept asking me to be patient, and his attitude made me fed up."
"Hmm? Is Yao Shao still abusing you?"
"Yeah." Meng Xin then drank the wine again. "By the way, Yao Shao disappeared this morning, and Yao Wei is looking for him now."
Yi An was really surprised to hear that. "Where did he go before he disappeared?"
"I don't care about him." Meng Xin then looked at Yi An. "Do you think I should divorce Yao Wei?
"Huh?" Yi An wasn't expecting Meng Xin to ask such a thing. "Are you sure you want to divorce Yao Wei?"
"Yes." Meng Xin nodded before laying her head on the table. "I am truly envious of you and the others because you all have children, and you have Qing'er and Ming'er. We've been married for five years, and I'm getting older now. I want to have a child as soon as possible, but Yao Wei never had the intention to get me pregnant. Therefore, I thought about divorcing him, and I wanted to find another man who had the same vision as me."
Yi An sighed heavily after hearing that, and she knew very well about Meng Xin's wish to have children. "If you want it like that, then you can divorce Yao Wei."
Meng Xin looked up at Yi An, but her expression became sadder, and she seemed to be full of doubts. "I want a divorce from him, but I'm sure that he won't be willing to divorce me, and he might do bad things to me if I do that."
"You don't need to think about that." Yi An grabbed Meng Xin's hand. "You are my best friend, so I will fully support your decision, and I will protect you from Yao Wei. If he dares to do anything bad to you, I will destroy him myself, and he will regret it very much."
"Haha." Meng Xin laughed softly. "Thank you; I know that I can rely on you. I will contact Feng Yao tomorrow, and I will ask her to handle my divorce."
"We've known each other for years, so there's no need for any thanks between us, right?" Yi An then called Su Rou to send another bottle of wine. "For now, you don't need to think about Yao Wei, and I will accompany you for drinks. However, I want to see a different Meng Xin after we wake up tomorrow, and I hope you will get the happiness you have been longing for."
"Sure!" Meng Xin then raised her glass high. "I won't be like this again tomorrow! I will get my happiness!"
- To Be Continued -