A week passed quickly, and six days passed in the blink of an eye. During these six days, Kang Shaonan called his wife every morning and evening. He felt relieved when he heard her say that everything was fine. Thinking that he would be able to go home to see his wife and children the next day, his hanging heart also relaxed.
The next morning, at the same time Kang Shaonan was about to leave, Yu Xiao had finished breakfast and was playing with the two little ones in the living room when she heard someone knocking on the door. Nanny Xiao Ping went to open the door and found that it was Li Yunzhi, the wife of Zuo Shizhang, who came to visit. Yu Xiao immediately invited Li Yunzhi into the living room and prepared to ask Mrs. Zhang to bring out some good tea.
"Xiaoxiao, stop busying yourself. Lao Zuo and Shaonan are coming back today. You know Lao Zuo's temper. If he comes back, I will definitely not be able to get out of this place! Can you accompany me to the mall today?" Li Yunzhi looked at Yu Xiao and pleaded.
"Go to the mall?" Yu Xiao was slightly stunned.
"I received a call from my hometown yesterday, saying that my eldest brother's son was getting married, and asked me, as his aunt, to go back. I looked through my closet last night, but couldn't find a decent piece of clothing, so I want you to go with me today and help me choose!"
"There's no problem with choosing clothes, but what will happen to the children when I leave?" Yu Xiao looked a little embarrassed.
"Leave the child to us, you and the commander's wife can go without worry! You have been in the army for quite some time, why not go out and have some fun today!" The nanny, Mrs. Zhang, came over sensibly. She had a very good impression of the deputy commander's wife. She saw that she had been here for quite some time and had never gone out. When she heard Li Yunzhi invite her to go out and have fun, she wanted to ensure that she had no worries.
"Yes! Madam, leave Xiaoxiao and Yangyang to us! You don't have to worry about anything! The deputy commander will be back today anyway, so you can go out and have fun without worry! Don't worry, there will be no problem!" Xiaoping on the side also came over with a smile and took Yangyang from Yu Xiao's arms.
"Look, with these two here, you don't have anything to worry about now, right?" Li Yunzhi looked at Yu Xiao again, hoping that she could go with her.
"Well... okay! But how do we get there?" Seeing Li Yunzhi's expression, Yu Xiao couldn't refuse and agreed.
"I've just asked. Captain Sun is going to the city. We can just take his car and take a taxi when we come back!" Li Yunzhi had already thought of how to get to the city before she came.
"Well, okay!" Yu Xiao listened to Li Yunzhi's words and thought it was not bad. In fact, if Kang Shaonan or Zuo Xiongfei were here, there would be no need to trouble others.
Yu Xiao told Zhang Sao and Xiao Ping about the two children, and after getting a satisfactory answer from them, she followed Li Yunzhi into Captain Sun's car and left the army. In fact, during the two months in the army, Yu Xiao really had no time to go out, but even so, when the car drove into the bustling city, she still had no interest, after all, she had two children less than ten months old at home, and all her thoughts were on the children.
Captain Sun dropped the two people off in front of a busy shopping mall and left. Yu Xiao and Li Yunzhi walked into the mall together. The clothing store was on the third floor of the mall. The two did not turn and took the elevator directly to the store on the third floor. When the two got off the elevator, Li Yunzhi was dazzled by the colorful clothes in front of her. Yu Xiao followed her to try on a few clothes. The styles and colors were very suitable for Li Yunzhi. It didn't take long for the two to finish their selection. The clerk packed the clothes for the two people. Li Yunzhi handed the clothes to Yu Xiao. Seeing that the checkout counter was not far away, she asked Yu Xiao to wait for her on the lounge chair next to her, and walked to the checkout counter alone.
Yu Xiao took Li Yunzhi's clothes and sat on the lounge chair, thinking that she could return to the army after paying the bill, and she felt a little relieved. But as soon as she sat down on the lounge chair, she heard a voice floating into her ears from above her head.
"You are Yu Xiao, right? Long time no see, I didn't expect to see you here!" Yu Xiao raised her head following the voice and saw a familiar man standing in front of her, looking down at her. She immediately stood up with her clothes in her hand.
"Hello, who are you?" Although he looked somewhat familiar, Yu Xiao was still not sure who the man in front of him was.
"Hello! Don't you remember? I am your classmate Yang Guodong!" The man smiled at her: "It's true that noble people tend to forget things. I heard that you married a regiment leader. You should be living well now, right?" Yang Guodong said as he sat down beside her.
"Hehe..." Yu Xiao smiled awkwardly at the other person. She had some impression of Yang Guodong, but the classmate in front of her looked a little strange. Just when she wanted to speak, she felt a needle-like pain on her back. Before she could say anything, she felt a black screen in front of her eyes and fainted completely...
When Li Yunzhi came back after paying, she found that the lounge chair where Yu Xiao had sat was empty. She thought Yu Xiao must be strolling around the mall with her clothes, so she went from store to store looking for her. But after searching for a while, she found no trace of Yu Xiao in the entire mall. When she took out her cell phone to call her, she heard the sound of the phone being turned off.
Li Yunzhi began to panic. She asked the shopping guide in a panic and learned from several people that Yu Xiao left with a strange man. And when she left, Yu Xiao looked like she was seriously ill and was almost carried away by the other party. Hearing this news, Li Yunzhi realized that the situation had become serious, and took out her mobile phone and quickly called the police. The police rushed to the scene as soon as they received the alarm. After checking the surveillance of the mall, they found that the man who took Yu Xiao away seemed to be an old acquaintance of Yu Xiao. When Li Yunzhi was questioned, she knew nothing about the man. The police encountered many such situations. Since they were old acquaintances, there was probably no big problem. After asking a few questions, they wanted to leave. Li Yunzhi saw that the other party didn't care much, so she immediately told the other party Yu Xiao's true identity. When the police learned that the missing person was the wife of the deputy division commander, they felt the seriousness of the matter and reported it to Liu Sha, the director of the Public Security Bureau of J City.
Kang Shaonan had contact with Liu Sha before because of Aunt Yun and his sister Kang Shaoxi. So when Liu Sha heard that Kang Shaonan's wife was missing, he immediately linked it to the previous case and quickly set up a special case team. Not to mention that Aunt Yun and Kang Shaoxi were drug dealers, the wife of a deputy division commander disappeared in a shopping mall in J City. If there is no clue, it is really a dereliction of duty for the criminal police!
But no matter how much the police paid great attention to this matter, until around five o'clock in the afternoon, when Kang Shaonan and Zuo Xiongfei returned to the army, there was still no news of Yu Xiao.
Kang Shaonan obviously didn't expect that when he got home, he would hear the news that his wife was missing. Listening to Li Yunzhi's guilt-ridden narration of the whole story, Zuo Xiongfei angrily slammed the table and yelled at his wife: "I think you have nothing to do. Shaonan's family has two children. You are so blind. You can't find anyone else but Yu Xiao. Now that you can't find her, what are you going to do?"
From the time Yu Xiao disappeared until now, Li Yunzhi was the one who felt the most distressed. Now, hearing her husband say this about her, the tension in her heart suddenly broke: "How could I have known that I would lose her while shopping in a mall? If I had known that something would happen to her, I would never have taken her out even if I were beaten to death!" Li Yunzhi kept crying as she spoke. Yu Xiao was lost by her, and she felt wronged but had no place to cry.
"You still have the nerve to cry? Do you know that she is probably in the hands of drug dealers and her life could be in danger at any time! You... you really pissed me off!" Kang Shaonan had mentioned Aunt Yun to Zuo Xiongfei a little bit, and once Yu Xiao disappeared, people couldn't help but think of Aunt Yun. If she really fell into her hands, given her past with Kang Shaonan, it was estimated that the possibility of survival was very small.
"You... don't scare me!" Li Yunzhi was frightened by her husband's words and her eyes widened, looking at a loss.
"Sister-in-law, go home first! Aunt Yun wants to deal with me, and she won't do anything to Yu Xiao for the time being! You don't have to take it too seriously, don't worry, as long as I'm here, Xiao Xiao will be fine!" The person has been lost, and whether it's today or someday in the future, this is something he will have to face sooner or later. If Aunt Yun's problem is not resolved, he will not be able to live a peaceful life.
"But..." When Li Yunzhi thought of what her husband had just said, she burst into tears, feeling indescribable regret in her heart.
"Oh, you should go back soon! Don't cause trouble for us here!" Zuo Xiongfei waved at her and asked her to leave quickly.
Li Yunzhi stood up and looked at Kang Shaonan pitifully.
"Sister-in-law, Xiaoxiao, I will tell you as soon as I have any news! Don't worry too much! Aunt Yun's matter would have happened sooner or later even if you were not there. It's just a matter of one day earlier or later!" Kang Shaonan softened his expression.
"Then I'll go back first..." Li Yunzhi looked at the two people, turned around and walked out of Kang Shaonan's house silently.
Hearing the door of the living room close, Zuo Xiongfei cursed angrily: "This woman really pissed me off!"
"Don't blame your sister-in-law anymore. She's not feeling well right now! Besides, you know how cunning Auntie Yun is. She's been waiting for this day! From what your sister-in-law said, Yu Xiao talked to the man before he left with him. It looks like they knew each other. So, I'll go to the police station first. I'm familiar with the director, Liu Sha, so you don't have to worry too much. I'll contact you anytime if there's anything!" Kang Shaonan thought for a moment and stood up from the sofa and went out. (To be continued)