Mo Xiaohong heard this and there was a trace of longing in her eyes.
"Time flies so fast, the winter vacation is about to end." She knew that Yiyi would soon start school, so she naturally wouldn’t ask her to stay.
Upon hearing this, Yiyi couldn’t help but smile and say, "We’ll see each other again when Qiangqiang has his full moon ceremony, so it won’t be long."
Speaking of her son Qiangqiang, Mo Xiaohong’s face immediately lit up with a smile, "Yes, the little chubby boy will have his full moon soon, then you, as his aunt, will come to see him again."
Yiyi nodded with a smile and then returned home.
Ding Yuejun saw her daughter return and couldn’t help but ask, "How is Xiaohong doing? Is Qiangqiang behaving well?"
Today, she went to the previous clothing shop to handle some matters, so she couldn’t go together.
Hearing this, Yiyi quickly replied with a smile, "Sister is doing well, and Qiangqiang is also very good." Then she asked about her mother’s clothing shop.
"Everything is fine. That Master Zhang whom your Aunt Yin hired before leaving has good skills and is an honest person. Every time someone orders custom clothes, she can promptly contact me, and I send over the patterns. She can make the clothes well, she’s quite good."
Yiyi nodded upon hearing this, and then asked, "Mom, do you still plan on keeping the clothing store here? It’s a bit inconvenient since we’re far away."
On this matter, Ding Yuejun had already made up her mind.
"I still want to keep the store here. Firstly, so Master Zhang has a job, and secondly, there are quite a number of old customers here. If we suddenly close, what would they do?"
Seeing that her mother had already decided, Yiyi did not ask further.
"Mom, then let’s pack up. Once we’re done, I’ll go see Er Ya. If she plans to leave with us, then we’ll go together."
Ding Yuejun smiled and nodded, but then couldn’t help but say, "Do you think Er Ya is having some problem? She hasn’t contacted us since returning to town."
Yiyi also furrowed her brows slightly and said, "Yeah, I went to look for her before but didn’t see her."
"Then you should quickly go find her. Her mother and sister are troublesome, I’m afraid they might cause some trouble again."
Yiyi thought the same, so as soon as she packed her things, she quickly went to Fei Erya’s house.
"You’re here to find Fei Erya? She’s not here, you’d better go back."
It was Fei Wenya who opened the door for Yiyi. She gave Yiyi a cold face and dismissed her after just a couple of sentences.
Yiyi didn’t pay attention to her but directly asked, "Where’s Er Ya? School starts the day after tomorrow, I’m here to take her back to Shangjing."
"Do you not understand human speech? I said Fei Erya is not here. If you want to find her, look elsewhere."
Yiyi gave Fei Wenya a cold look and then left without turning back. But instead of going home, she went to find Fei Zhangda. She remembered Fei Zhangda worked at an office in town.
When Yiyi found Fei Zhangda, she immediately asked, "Uncle Fei, I haven’t seen Er Ya lately. School is starting soon, and I’m here to take her back to Shangjing."
Upon hearing this, Fei Zhangda quickly smiled and said, "Er Ya went to play with a friend a while ago and will return tomorrow. She’ll go directly back to Shangjing then." Talking about his daughter made Fei Zhangda beam with pride. Nowadays, everyone knows he has a daughter at Jing University, and people can’t compliment him enough.
Yiyi frowned upon hearing this.
"Uncle Fei, which friend did Er Ya go out with?"
Having been classmates with Fei Erya for so long, how did she not know Er Ya had such a close friend?
Fei Zhangda was taken aback for a moment, then said, "I... I’m not quite sure. That day I didn’t see Er Ya at home, Wenya said she went to a neighboring province with a friend, and Er Ya left a note, so I didn’t ask further."
"So, you too haven’t seen Er Ya for many days."
Yiyi’s heart sank, feeling that something was off, "Uncle, I’ll go back to ask Fei Wenya. Only she saw Er Ya that day, maybe she knows something. Er Ya isn’t an inconsiderate girl; even if she wanted to travel far, she’d tell you, her father."
Hearing this, Fei Zhangda turned pale.
Ever since Er Ya came back, more and more people congratulated and envied him, making him quite complacent. He hadn’t considered this possibility. If what Yiyi said were true, could something have happened to Er Ya? "I... I’ll go back with you."
Yiyi didn’t stop him, and the two headed straight to the Fei family’s house.
But what they didn’t expect was to see Fei Erya fiercely slapping Fei Wenya across the face, reddening her cheeks and making blood flow from the corner of her mouth.
Even though Yiyi had imagined many things, she hadn’t expected to see such a scene. Soon she noticed Fan Qianshu standing nearby, and she asked in bewilderment, "Why are you here?"
Fan Qianshu said nothing.
And when Fei Erya heard Yiyi’s voice, she turned her head, looking distressed and fearful when she saw her father and Yiyi, "Dad, Yiyi..."
Seeing her daughter’s expression, Fei Zhangda couldn’t even question her about the beating and directly went up to ask, "Er Ya, what’s going on? Did you really go away with a friend?"
Hearing this, Fei Erya coldly looked at Fei Wenya and said, "So that’s the excuse you used, how calculating of you. If I hadn’t been lucky this time, you might have succeeded in selling me off to the mountains."
"What..."
Although Yiyi knew Fei Wenya disliked Er Ya, she never thought Fei Wenya could be so malicious. If Er Ya had truly been sold to a mountainous area, who knows what would have awaited her.
Fei Zhangda was all the more shocked, quickly looking at his daughter to ask, "Er Ya, what happened?"
Fei Erya did not hide anything and relayed the whole situation.
It turned out that she was supposed to visit Yiyi that day when Fei Wenya approached her, saying their father had asked her to buy seasonings from a grocery store at the street corner.
Knowing her father liked to cook, Fei Erya didn’t suspect anything and went out to buy some soy sauce and vinegar. To her surprise, she was kidnapped soon after as she was on her way. During the transportation, she cleverly led the kidnappers into a conversation and found out that someone had paid them to capture her. Connecting this with Fei Wenya’s earlier suggestion, she understood everything.
She had to use her wits and barely managed to escape, but those people pursued her again. Just when she was in despair, Fan Qianshu appeared and rescued her.
Listening to his daughter, Fei Zhangda’s mouth hung open in disbelief. Finally, he looked at Fei Wenya and said, "Wenya, have we treated you poorly? Why would you do such a thing?"