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Chapter 26 Missing
Yang Xuejiao came out of the shower and looked at the clock on the wall. It was already half past eleven and her husband had not returned yet.

He looked back at the food left on the table, sighed, and then walked into the side bedroom.

There is a single bed on the side and a large dressing table opposite the bed.

Since her daughter committed suicide, she has converted her original desk into a dressing table.

She picked up the hair dryer on the table and prepared to blow-dry her hair, but noticed a photo frame of her daughter Yin Xingyue on the dressing table. There was a photo of her daughter in the frame.

This photo was taken by her "father" when the family went out for a trip last summer vacation.

Yin Xingyue, wearing a white dress, looked ahead with a faint smile on her face. This was a very beautiful photo.

But for some reason, Yang Xuejiao always felt that there was something indescribable weird about this photo. Her daughter's smile seemed fake, and her staring eyes made her feel very uncomfortable.

So she put the photo frame directly on the dressing table, turned on the hair dryer, and started to blow-dry her hair.

In the dressing mirror, there is a reflection of a beautiful woman in light pink silk pajamas, with tall breasts and fair skin. Although she is not as youthful and beautiful as a young girl, she exudes a mature charm.

Yang Xuejiao was very beautiful when she was young and had many suitors, but in the end she chose to marry Yin Xingyue’s father Yin Dacheng.

The reason why they chose Yin Dacheng was not because he was handsome or because he had a good family, but because Yin Dacheng was a scholar. In their era, scholars were very popular, and Yang Xuejiao was marrying above her status.

But later she found out that educated people are nothing. What’s the use of having education? Without money, they are nothing.

So after Yin Dacheng passed away, she married her current husband Fang Yunlou without any hesitation.

She and Fang Yunlou have known each other for many years, and he was one of her suitors back then. Although Fang Yunlou was not as well educated as Yin Dacheng, his family was well-off, and his business was booming in recent years, making him a lot of money.

But she was no longer young, and she had been married once. After Fang Yunlou's interest in her wore off, he abandoned her and came home less and less, especially after his daughter committed suicide...

Thinking of this, she stood up the photo frame that was on the table again.

"Useless thing, I raised you in vain..."

There was a flash of resentment and bitterness in Yang Xuejiao's eyes, which was not the look a mother should have at all.

Yang Xuejiao put away the hair dryer and seeing that Fang Yunlou had not come back yet, she went to bed.

But when I woke up the next morning, Fang Yunlou still hadn't come back.

Yang Xuejiao sat on the bed in a daze. After a long time, she finally got up.

She changed into a hip skirt, which made her plump figure look more curvy.

When she arrived at the restaurant, she saw the leftovers from last night on the table untouched. She picked up the plate and poured all the food into the trash can.

By the time she put on exquisite makeup, carried her bag and went out, it was already past ten o'clock.

When she arrived at Fang Yunlou's company, the girl at the front desk saw her and immediately opened the door for her with a warm look on her face.

"Good morning, boss lady."

Although the girl was not as pretty as her, she exuded youthful vitality, especially her skin, which was extremely shiny. Yang Xuejiao couldn't help but feel envious. It was great to be young.

"Good morning, is the boss in the company?" Yang Xuejiao asked casually, then walked inside.

"No, the boss hasn't come yet." said the girl at the front desk.

Upon hearing this, Yang Xuejiao paused and turned to look at the girl at the front desk.

"Is he on a business trip?" Yang Xuejiao asked.

The girl at the front desk thought, he is your husband, don’t you know whether he is away on business or not?
But he said, "No, but Mr. Fang hasn't come to the company for two days."

"Two days?"

Yang Xuejiao paused and suddenly felt a vague sense of uneasiness.
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Shen Siyuan was awakened by the ringing of his cell phone. He picked it up and saw that it was his mother calling.

"Son, where have you been?"

As soon as the call was connected, my mother Huang Huijuan's loud voice came from the other end.

"Where?" Shen Siyuan was in a daze and hadn't reacted yet.

"Son, you haven't gotten up yet, have you?"

"Well, it's a day off, and I finally got a chance to sleep in. Why should I get up so early?" Shen Siyuan looked at the time. It was only 6:10, and he was already awake.

"Didn't we agree to come back today? You ignored my words, didn't you?" Huang Huijuan's angry voice came from the other end of the phone. "Mom, I said I was going back, but I didn't say when I would be back." Shen Siyuan said helplessly.

"Then when will you come back?" Huang Huijuan asked patiently after hearing this.

"Let's go back in the afternoon."

"I went to the street to buy some vegetables and cooked your favorite green fish and edamame roast chicken. Please come back early..." Huang Huijuan played the emotional card when she heard this.

"It's the same for eating at night." Shen Siyuan said.

Seeing that Shen Siyuan refused to change his mind, Huang Huijuan finally got anxious.

"You're awake anyway, so come back here. What use do I have for you if you keep dawdling?" Huang Huijuan said and hung up the phone.

Shen Siyuan looked at his phone and sighed helplessly.

My mother was really annoyed. She threw her phone aside and lay down again, but she was no longer sleepy.

In that case, I stopped lying in bed and got out to wash up.

As soon as I finished washing up and came out of the bathroom, my mother called again.

"Son, are you up yet?"

She acted as if nothing had happened, as if she was not the one who was angry just now.

"Get up and go out right away."

"Don't lie to me."

"When have I ever lied to you?"

"Tsk~, how many times have you lied to me since I was little?"

"What did I lie to you about?" Shen Siyuan said speechlessly.

"When a man cheats on a woman, the only thing he does is money. Your father only cheated on me emotionally, but you are the worst. You cheated on me for both emotional and financial reasons."

Shen Siyuan had nothing to say because of what his mother said.

Every time I wanted to ask her for money, I would play the emotional card first and then ask for money.

"I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go out now. Don't waste my time."

"Humph~"

Huang Huijuan's proud voice came from the other end of the phone.

Based on her understanding of her son, Shen Siyuan's words were actually a sign of surrender.

"Then can you come back for lunch at noon?"

"I'll leave now. I can even make it in time for breakfast, not to mention lunch."

"Forget about breakfast. I didn't make it for you. You can eat something outside by yourself. Don't skip breakfast. It's not good for your health..." Mom started nagging again.

"Mom, I get it. I'm hanging up." Shen Siyuan said impatiently.

After hanging up the phone, I realized that my mother had never expected him to get up and go home early in the morning, otherwise she would definitely cook breakfast for him.

The real purpose was to wake him up so he could get home before noon.

"Playing tricks on my son."

Shen Siyuan muttered softly, but couldn't help but smile.

From childhood to adulthood, Shen Siyuan and his mother have always gotten along very well and had a motherly love that was different from others.

After packing some things, Shen Siyuan prepared to go out. When he reached the door, he suddenly thought of Yin Xingyue last night.

So he thought about it, summoned the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and released her.

Yin Xingyue turned into a wisp of smoke and appeared in the house out of thin air. The originally ordinary girl now had a hint of mystery.

(End of this chapter)