Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 116 Tang Xu, I Don't Have a Mother Anymore

Upon seeing this message, Tang Xu's mind went completely blank for several seconds.

After taking the elevator down to the underground parking lot, she got into her car and then opened her mobile banking app to check the remittance information.

It turned out that Qin Yun had forwarded it to her.

Tang Xu quickly dialed Qin Yun's number.

The phone is not connected.

In fact, ever since Song Yuqiao was photographed, Qin Yun took Song Yuqiao away from the Qin family and lost contact with her. Tang Xu has not received any news from them since.

Then today, Qin Yun suddenly transferred this sum of money to her.

Judging from this amount, it is almost certain that this is all of Qin Yun's savings.

Why would she give her this money?
Tang Xu stared at his phone for a moment, then called Song Yuqiao again.

Nowhere.

She called Song Luobai again.

Still no luck.

Considering that Song Luobai's boarding school was very strict and it was common for phone calls to be unreachable, Tang Xu quickly found his homeroom teacher's phone number and called him.

"Song Luobai has taken leave and hasn't been to school for almost a week," her homeroom teacher told her. "You're his sister, how come you didn't know?"

Even after hanging up the phone, the homeroom teacher's rhetorical question still echoed in my ears.

Yes, she is the older sister, but she is an older sister who knows nothing.

Especially after receiving this transfer, she knew nothing about the current situation of the mother and her two children.

This made Tang Xu feel flustered and scared.

Soon, Tang Xu drove to the Qin family.

She was unfamiliar with the Qin family and relied solely on her childhood memories. When she finally found the Qin family villa, she discovered that everyone who lived there had already moved out.

Just then, some people were moving things out. Tang Xu recognized a middle-aged woman directing things inside and outside the door, but before she could remember who she was, the woman saw her and walked over to Tang Xu's car, calling out, "Miss Tang?"

Tang Xu quickly remembered that this was Qin Xia, the nanny who had worked for the Qin family's matriarch for more than ten years.

Tang Xu quickly got out of the car and said, "Hello, Aunt Qin."

Qin Xia's gaze was not friendly; her cold and indifferent expression bore a resemblance to Qin Yun's.

"What brings Miss Tang here?" she asked.

Looking at the villa in front of her, Tang Xu asked, "Has the Qin family moved houses?"

Qin Xia said, "Isn't it going to be auctioned off? Moving out is like moving to a new house."

Tang Xu didn't pay much attention to these things, but she vaguely sensed something.

After Qin Jian and his wife kidnapped her last time, the Qin family faced a purge.

Most middle-class families cannot withstand such a reckoning.

Those who were purging them, in particular, possessed powerful methods that they simply could not resist.

Yan Shiyu was likely involved in this, and Jiang Muchen's forces may also have been involved.

This is precisely why Tang Xu is unwilling to pay attention.

At present, the speed of this purge is simply astounding.

In such a short time, the Qin family's villa has already reached the point of being auctioned off.

Tang Xu didn't inquire further about this issue, but simply asked, "Has Auntie come back?"

Qin Xia shook her head. "She hasn't come back since she took Yu Qiao away last time."

"Does anyone in the Qin family have contact with Auntie? Do they know about her recent situation?"

Qin Xia shook her head again. After a moment of silence, she said, "If your family had done something like that to your daughter, you probably would have cut off all contact with them too." Tang Xu hadn't expected her to say such a thing.

This must be why Qin Xia, despite clearly disliking her, was willing to talk to her.

"What, you can't find them either?" Qin Xia asked.

Tang Xu couldn't quite describe her feelings; she was filled with worry and distress. In the end, she simply thanked Qin Xia, turned around, got into her car, and left.

As Tang Xu drove away from the Qin family villa, she almost couldn't resist calling Duan Siwei to ask him to help her find out where Qin Yun was.

But Tang Xu paused when she had already flipped to Duan Siwei's name.

A moment later, she swiped Duan Siwei's name, exited the contacts, and drove directly to the police station.

It happened to be the same police station that handled her kidnapping case last time, so they were quite familiar with the place and quickly opened a case to help her investigate the disappearance.

Tang Xu was not idle.

She contacted everyone in her contacts who might know the truth, went to many possible locations, and even found a private investigator.

As night fell, Tang Xu sat in a 24-hour fast food restaurant, her cup of soy milk going from hot to cold without her finishing it, and there were still no messages on her phone.

Police investigations follow established procedures, and she anticipated it wouldn't be that quick, while private investigators might not actually be useful.

She knew she would likely be waiting in vain tonight, but she just didn't want to go home.

She used to be unafraid of being alone.

But tonight, sitting in this shop and watching all sorts of people come and go makes her feel a little more comfortable.

At least when she looked up, there was always someone in the same space as her in the store.

In the latter half of the night, many people like her who were huddled in the shop had already fallen asleep, but she remained stiffly seated in her chair, watching the city slowly transform from desolate to bustling, from darkness to dawn.

Just as the first rays of dawn appeared on the horizon, Tang Xu's phone finally rang.

She answered the phone quickly.

The person on the other end of the phone was the police.

“We found that the mother and her two children boarded an outbound cruise ship a few days ago for a six-day, five-night trip. They should be back today and disembark at the port. You couldn’t contact them before because there was no signal at sea. Try again after they disembark and enter the country. We will continue to monitor the situation.”

Finally, there was clear news, but Tang Xu's heart was still not at ease.

Upon learning that they would be disembarking at the pier in Haicheng today, Tang Xu immediately booked a plane ticket and flew to Haicheng.

She waited outside the pier for a long time, watching wave after wave of tourists emerge from inside. It was almost the very last time that she finally saw a familiar figure.

Song Yuqiao and Song Luobai, two equally young and thin figures, lagged behind the crowd, both looking lost and pale.

Qin Yun was not seen.

Two police officers were walking behind them.

Tang Xu's stomach suddenly started hurting again.

She couldn't help but press her hand against her stomach, lean against the pillar beside her, and slowly squatted down.

At the same time, Tang Xu's phone suddenly rang again.

She answered the phone.

It was still the police.

"We just received news that Ms. Qin Yun went missing on the ship last night. It's said someone witnessed her falling into the sea. Because the cruise ship was en route, there's almost no chance of rescue or recovery. The local police have taken over the investigation..."

Tang Xu's mind was buzzing, and she could barely hear what was being said on the other end.

After a long while, she noticed someone walking up to her.

Tang Xu slowly raised her head and saw Song Yuqiao and Song Luobai's pale and tired faces.

"Tang Xu," Song Yuqiao called out, her voice hoarse and trembling slightly, "I don't have a mother anymore..."