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Chapter 130 A Family of Scumbags
morning
The Pei family is trending again. Yesterday it was about Pei Ming cheating on his girlfriend with a female celebrity, and today it's about Pei Cheng abandoning his girlfriend and child to marry a third party.

Netizens online are criticizing the two brothers, saying that birds of a feather flock together and they're a family of scumbags.

In the city park, Xu Jinghao played within Xu Ling's sight, and the older boys and girls were very friendly to him.

Looking at the trending topics on her phone, Xu Ling smiled with satisfaction. The Pei family must be in a mess right now. Wen Lan's two sons, whom she was so proud of, have now become the targets of everyone's abuse.

However, before Xu Ling could gloat for long, Xu Jinghao inexplicably disappeared from her sight.

"Haohao! Haohao!"

Xu Ling visibly tensed up. She asked everyone who had been in the park, but the children didn't remember anything, and the adults hadn't paid any attention to her son either.

This terrified Xu Ling. Could there be human traffickers in broad daylight?

She began to regret and blame herself, wondering why she had looked at her phone and why she hadn't taken better care of the child!

Meanwhile, whether it was Qi Fei and Tang Ying in Jiangcheng, or Xia Wanfeng far away in Beijing, they all heard about this gossip.

They both sent WeChat messages to Mingwei at the same time. Qi Fei and Tang Ying were unaware of the situation; they were simply observing from the sidelines.

Xia Wanfeng was different; she knew that Pei Cheng's marriage to Tong Ziyan was completely clean, and that Tong Ziyan was by no means a third party.

She simply wanted to find out what was going on with the Pei family lately, and whether they had been cursed.

Mingwei couldn't care less about gossiping about Pei Cheng with the others; she was only concerned about whether Wen Jiani had succeeded.

Fortunately, Wen Jiani did not disappoint her; she received a message from Wen Jiani on her phone.

"nailed it."

Upon seeing the message Wen Jiani sent, Ming Wei smiled inwardly and immediately replied to Wen Jiani with a message:
"see you later."

In the park, Xu Ling searched every corner, but she couldn't find Xu Jinghao. In desperation, she had no choice but to call the police.

Besides calling the police, Xu Ling tentatively dialed Pei Cheng's number again, because it was Pei Cheng who had texted her to ask her out yesterday.

Surprisingly, the call actually went through.

"Pei Cheng, Hao Hao is missing!"

"Don't pretend with me." Pei Cheng was furious with Xu Ling. He was certain that the trending topics about him today were bought by Xu Ling.

"I really wasn't faking it. I've already called the police. Hao Hao is really missing!"

As Xu Ling spoke, she burst into tears again. She was truly anxious and worried about Xu Jinghao's disappearance.

Pei Cheng didn't quite believe what Xu Ling said, and his eyes were filled with disdain.

"You smeared me one minute, and then you said Hao Hao is missing the next. You're such a drama queen."

"I don't know what you're talking about, but Hao Hao is really missing! Please help me find him!"

Xu Ling cried harder and harder as she spoke, realizing that Pei Cheng was the only person she could rely on now.

She knew the Pei family's power in City C. If Pei Cheng agreed to help her find Xu Jinghao, the chances of finding her child would be much greater.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and then Pei Cheng's voice came through to Xu Ling again:

"You better not lie to me."

The child's disappearance is indeed a major issue. Xu Jinghao is, after all, Pei Cheng's son, and he cannot simply ignore it.

The next day, the rising sun illuminated the entire city.

In the room, Xu Jinghao, who had been crying all night, was now curled up in bed, fast asleep.

Throughout the day and night, Xu Ling, with the help of the police and Pei Cheng, still couldn't find Xu Jinghao, and she was truly on the verge of a breakdown.

She couldn't imagine what would happen if a child under three years old actually fell into the hands of human traffickers.

She cried her eyes out that night. She hated herself for taking Xu Jinghao out, yet she insisted on checking the trending topics on her phone. Just as she was about to call Pei Cheng again, she received a video message on her phone.

"Mommy! Mommy! I want my mommy..."

In the video, Xu Jinghao cried out for his mother at the top of his lungs, his little face turning red as he sobbed uncontrollably.

Seeing this video, Xu Ling's heart ached. As a mother, how could she bear to see her son so pitiful?

"If you want to see your son, come out and talk to me."

Upon receiving a text message from an unknown number, Xu Ling immediately dialed the number, but the other end did not answer her call.

Xu Ling guessed that the person who took Xu Jinghao away might be Tong Ziyan, since she could just go out and have a chat with him.
She was the only one who hated me the most and wanted Hao Hao to disappear the most, right?
It rained a little today, making the air much more humid and the temperature feel much more comfortable.

It was lunchtime, and it was a weekday, so the restaurant was not very busy. As agreed, Xu Ling was already waiting at her seat.

To her surprise, the person standing in front of her was Ming Weiyi.

Mingwei also caught Xu Ling's gaze, and she teased Xu Ling as she sat down, "Were you a little surprised to see me?"

Xu Ling didn't have time to banter with Ming Weiyi; she asked urgently, "Where's Haohao? Where is my Haohao?"

"What did you say? I don't understand?"

Mingwei poured herself a cup of tea and drank it leisurely.

"Give Hao Hao back to me! He's just a child!"

"He's still a child, aren't you?"

Not seeing Xu Jinghao, Xu Ling lost her patience. "What exactly do you want?"

Ming Wei also gave a cold laugh, "What do I want? I'd like to ask you what you want."

"What I do is none of your business. Pei Ming has already cheated on you with a female celebrity. Are you trying to get him to treat you better by meddling in the Pei family's affairs?"

Besides wanting to mock Ming Weiyi, Xu Ling also hoped that Ming Weiyi would stop interfering in the Pei family's affairs.

Mingwei also knew what Xu Ling was thinking, so she deliberately said, "This is why you will never be able to enter the Pei family. Your vision is far from sufficient."

These words stung Xu Ling once again; Ming Wei was deliberately trying to make her unhappy.

Xu Ling doesn't have time to compete with Ming Wei right now; her heart is only with Xu Jinghao.

"Give me back my child, do you know that's kidnapping?"

"What child? I don't know." Ming Wei refused to admit it, just in case Xu Ling was recording.

Xu Ling completely lost her patience. She yelled at Ming Weiyi in a fit of rage, "What exactly do you want?"

"What I want to do is entirely up to your performance."

"Are you threatening me?"

Mingwei nodded heavily. "Yes, time is of the essence. What if your son ends up in the Golden Triangle without even realizing it?"

Ming Wei also looked at Xu Ling with a hint of fierceness in her eyes. She wanted to tell Xu Ling that she could do what she said she would do.

Xu Ling was trembling with anger. "Ming Weiyi! How dare you!"

Mingwei smiled calmly, "Why don't you give it a try?"

Xu Ling was not to be outdone. She wanted to win in terms of momentum, "Haohao is Pei Cheng's son, a child of the Pei family!"

But Ming Wei remained calm, saying dismissively, "So what?"

Xu Ling was speechless. She knew that not only her, but even Pei Cheng couldn't do anything about Ming Wei.