Zhuang Rouhui usually neglected the discipline of her two children and couldn’t even understand the reasons for the changes in them.
When suddenly asked, she truly couldn’t think of where they might be.
Li Fuhong was even more so.
He detested Zhuang Rouhui to the extreme, which affected his feelings towards Li Ruyun and Li Ruyu as well.
He usually only returned to Jiao Lei’s place and hardly stayed at the villa.
Besides the holidays, he hardly interacted with the two children at all, let alone knew their preferences or the usual places they might go.
The two exchanged glances, speechless.
Both felt guilty and awkward, their thoughts surprisingly synchronized in that instant.
Seeing the state of the two, Ding Xiulan sighed in her heart.
The old man was in poor health, and she had to take care of him, otherwise, Ding Xiulan would have taken the children to her side long ago.
At least they wouldn’t have turned out .
It took a while before Li Fuhong hesitantly said, "Otherwise, let’s call the police, the disappearance of the children is a serious matter."
Li Jiaguo frowned at him, "Call the police? Do you know how much trouble it will cause if people find out that the Li Family’s children are gone?"
Now it was just Li Ruyun and Li Ruyu wanting to leave by themselves, but what if someone with ill intentions found out and took the opportunity to kidnap them.
Moreover, family scandals should not be publicized, and Li Jiaguo did not want this incident to be broadcast.
Ding Xiulan, seeing that Li Fuhong and Zhuang Rouhui really couldn’t come up with any constructive suggestions, simply waved her hand.
"Go back first, I and the old man will figure something out here."
Although Li Jiaguo now appeared frail, he had been a quite influential figure both in the underworld and in lawful society when he was young, which had enabled his son to be among the first to get rich.
Although he didn’t want too many people to know about his grandchildren’s disappearance, to find them, he would have to ask for help from one or two well-connected old friends.
Zhuang Rouhui came back for nothing, got her scalp painfully tugged, and could only prepare to leave with a face full of resentment.
Li Fuhong also left unhappily, his sleeve cautiously grabbed by Jiao Lei.
Seeing the hopeful yet somewhat aggrieved expression on Jiao Lei’s face, he immediately thought of something.
"Dad, Mom, we talked about getting a divorce earlier. Today, since Zhuang Rouhui is also here, why don’t we just settle it," he even glanced at his watch and added seriously, "It isn’t noon yet, the civil affairs bureau is still open, this is the right time."
Zhuang Rouhui, hearing this, was so angry she almost burst, "Pah, keep dreaming, I won’t let you off unless you leave penniless."
Li Fuhong was furious, "You do nothing but eat and laze around at home, even wait on by a maid, and I have to work myself to death to give you all the money? Why don’t you go rob a bank instead? Even robbing a bank isn’t as comfortable as this."
The two started arguing again, possibly about to come to blows.
Li Jiaguo was so annoyed he kept coughing, feeling his life getting even shorter.
Ding Xiulan had to intervene again, "Stop fighting! The children haven’t been found yet, what is the use of yelling and screaming? Maybe they ran away from home because they have parents like you and don’t want to come back."
Li Fuhong and Zhuang Rouhui did not dare to argue any further in front of Ding Xiulan.
Li Jiaguo finally settled it, "Enough, whatever you want to do about the divorce or anything else can wait, our top priority is to find Ruyun and Ruyu. They probably don’t have much money on them, and it would be trouble if they took a wrong path."
A shadow of reluctance flashed through Jiao Lei’s eyes, but she understood that now was not the time and obediently followed Li Fuhong out with her eyes downcast.
After they left, Ding Xiulan shook her head and remarked, "That woman is really a handful, what kind of taste does Fuhong have in women?"
Though Zhuang Rouhui is bad and foolish, she’s the type who bullies the weak and fears the strong and isn’t clever, without guidance she can only blunder around without accomplishing anything significant.
Even though Ding Xiulan had only interacted with Jiao Lei a couple of times, she could tell this woman was more scheming.
She was probably capable of manipulating Li Fuhong and making him think she was pure as a white lotus.