A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Chapter 789 Trouble

June 8th, around 4 PM.

The entrance of Yanjing No. 4 High School.

"Hey, bro, someone's coming out."

Upon hearing Li Mu's words, Bie Yan, who was standing across the street from the school gate, immediately craned her neck to observe.

After glancing at it twice, he said, "It's a boy, not Yiyi—"

"That's obvious, how could our daughter be out so early?"

Beside Bie Yan, a mature woman who looked to be in her early forties and had a capable demeanor rolled her eyes in annoyance.

Ye Lina.

Bieyan's ex-wife.

I work in a province in Guangdong.

She took a special leave of absence to come here for her daughter's college entrance exam.

Li Mu was indeed meeting Ye Lina for the first time, but they didn't have a deep conversation. This was because he had heard about her from Brother Bie, and...

Even in person, it's clear that she's a very assertive woman.

This is also the main reason why Bie Ge and she couldn't get along.

Through the conversation between the three of them, Li Mu could also sense that this person was indeed a man of his word, and that innate assertiveness was impossible to hide.

As expected, Bie Yan ignored his ex-wife upon hearing this, and instead turned to Li Mu, asking, "Li, what were you doing this night when you were taking the college entrance exam? Studying?"

"Ugh————"

Li Mu slowly drifted into his memories.

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"After dinner, I went for a walk, watched a segment of the evening news when I came back, and then did a quick review. Around 9 o'clock, my dad told me to go to bed immediately — that's all."

"So that means—we can't study too late, right?"

"Yes. At least that's how I am."

"good----"

As the two chatted, more and more students began to appear on the tree-lined path.

Even with police maintaining order, the parents still rushed towards the door, their numbers so great that they blocked the road.

But the traffic police didn't drive them away today; they just patiently managed the traffic.

And in the distance along the congested road, those vehicles that might be passing through on their way home were unusually quiet, refraining from honking their horns to urge them on.

Those who could find an alternative route did so, and those who couldn't patiently followed the traffic police's directions.

There's no way around it, these past two days have truly been big days.

Nationwide, everyone has shown the utmost patience towards these high school students taking the college entrance examination.

You can even see some cars with green ribbons hanging on them.

Any student taking the college entrance exam who sees this kind of vehicle and waves it will definitely stop to offer help.

After waiting for a while, the two finally saw Bie Yiyi's figure.

Without saying a word, he rushed forward and took his daughter out of school.

"Yiyi, how did the exam go?"

Don't start with just one sentence.

Before Yiyi could answer, her ex-wife glared at her: "I've told you a million times, don't ask nonsense! The exams are over! It's okay, girl, don't listen to your dad. Don't worry about whether you did well or not. Are you hungry? Mom will take you to eat. What do you want to eat?"

Before Bie Yiyi could answer, Bie Yan glared at her: "What do you mean 'what do you want to eat'! What if we get a stomachache if we eat out? Everything's ready at home, let's eat at home! Daughter, whatever you want to eat, we'll wait until after tomorrow's meal, then Dad will take you—"

'

Don't remain silent.

She looked at Li Mu as if seeking help.

Li Mu chuckled and shrugged, indicating that he couldn't help.

Then he asked, "Are you tired?"

One was concerned about her grades, while the other wanted to supplement her daughter's nutrition.

But only he, as the uncle, asked if he was tired.

It's not that the parents don't care about their children; it's just that at this critical juncture, everyone is somewhat distracted.

Bie Yiyi shook her head: "It's okay, not too tiring. And the questions weren't particularly difficult—wait a minute, I'm going to check the answers with the class monitor."

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As she spoke, Bie Yiyi broke free from her parents' embrace and walked towards a girl wearing glasses.

Bie Yan wanted to follow, but Li Mu stopped her.

The three of them watched from a distance as the two girls communicated, and then more and more students gathered around them.

Finally, the girl returned with a smile: "Hehe, we got the same answers to the last two big questions! I must have gotten them right!"

Upon hearing this, both Bie Yan and Ye Lina showed a hint of joy on their faces.

So, the family of three got into the car.

The car window rolled down, and Bie Yan nodded to Li Mu: "Okay, let's go back first."

"Okay, go ahead and drive slowly, bro."

OK.

Standing there, watching Brother Bie drive away, Li Mu checked the time before turning back.

The older brother's daughter is taking the college entrance exam, so it's only right that he come over to see her and show his appreciation.

This is a matter of friendship.

After watching the car leave, he got in and started walking home.

As he walked, he looked at the students around him and felt a strange sense of emotion.

Another group of people—

Perhaps because Yanjing City is promoting green travel today, there were indeed far fewer cars on the road. He arrived home smoothly, just past five o'clock.

After taking out his key and turning the doorknob, he saw his wife holding a plate of fruit and peeking in his direction.

"You're back! How did Yiyi do on her exam?"

"They said he got the last two big math problems right. If that's true, his score definitely won't be bad."

As Li Mu spoke, he took a segment of orange from the plate.

"The journey has been quite smooth so far. I'm considering whether I should tie a green ribbon around my neck tomorrow too—"

"I was thinking of tying her up today—by the way, did you see Brother Bie's ex-wife? How was she?"

"His personality does seem quite assertive, but I haven't gotten to know him well enough to know the specifics."

As the two were chatting, a cell phone suddenly rang.

Fan Yongbing didn't take it seriously and carried the fruit platter into the study.

Li Mu followed him inside.

I must say, these oranges are quite delicious, sweet and sour.

This woman has quite a good appetite.

Just then, his wife, who had picked up the phone, paused in surprise: "Huh?"

"What's wrong?"

"It's Sister Liu."

"Who? — Liu Xiaoli?"

Li Mu was surprised for a moment, and amidst his wife's nods, he asked a rather pointless question: "What does she want with you?"

Xiao Fan thought to herself, "How would I know?" and then answered the phone directly, turning on speakerphone: "Hello, Sister Liu, what's wrong?"

Although his face was full of doubt, his tone was as gentle as a spring breeze.

They were unusually close.

It's so fake it's unbelievable.

Li Mu was about to roll his eyes, but the next second he was stunned when he heard Liu Xiaoli's words: "Bingbing, is Qianqian with you?"

"----ah?"

Xiao Fan was taken aback: "Qianqian? With me?"

"—Isn't he/she here?"

"No, isn't she filming in Hengdian? Sister Liu, what's going on? What happened?"

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, then the voice came through again: "No, it's just that I can't get in touch with her. I wanted to ask if she's back yet—she's not with you, is she?"

"No, I haven't seen Sisi in ages. It must have been several months—"

"Okay, I got it. Sorry to bother you, I'll hang up now."

"Um."

After hanging up the phone, Fan Yongbing looked puzzled: "What's going on?"

"How would I know—"

Li Mu didn't take it seriously.

A living person can't just disappear into thin air, so the only reason he could think of was: "They probably had another fight with Sister Liu. In a fit of anger, she ran away from home—if all else fails, you can ask Mimi."

I asked her why—

Xiao Fan rolled her eyes: "These two, mother and daughter, are really something. How old is Qianqian? She's still arguing with her mother."

Look.

That's where the interesting part lies.

Neither of them considered the possibility of the girl's disappearance.

It was just a petulant act of sulking and being upset, nothing more.

Around 8 PM, Liu Xiaoli called again: "Hey, Bingbing—is Qianqian really not with you?"

Compared to the doubts and uncertainties of the afternoon, this time there was an added sense of panic.

then----

"Honey, Sister Liu is going to call the police."

"?"

In the living room, Li Mu, who was playing with his son, looked puzzled and asked, "Huh?"

"Really, she said that Sisi told her at 10 a.m. that she was going through the procedures to replace her passport, and then her phone was switched off."

She didn't know what was going on; she just couldn't find anyone. She was panicking and wanted to call the police!

"???"

Li Mu frowned, his eyes full of doubt, and asked, "The problem is, neither of us really knows. Did she ask Yang Mi?"

"That's what I said too. She said she asked, and Yang Mi is already in Yanjing, back to prepare for her final exams. She doesn't know where Qianqian is."

"Even she didn't know? These two are so close, and she didn't even know?"

"I suspect that's why Sister Liu is panicking. If it were just a normal tiff, even Mimi wouldn't be unaware of where she went—what should we do?"

"Well----"

Li Mu thought for a moment, then took out his phone: "I'll ask her. This girl might not have told Sister Liu the truth; she might be helping to cover it up."

As he spoke, he dialed Yang Mi's number.

The call connected quickly: "Hello, Brother Li."

"Are you in Yanjing?"

"Yes, Brother Li—did you come to ask about Xixi's whereabouts?"

"Hmm, where did she go? And what's going on with her mom? Did they have another fight?"

"—No. Brother Li, don't worry, Qianqian will be fine."

Upon hearing this, Li Mu immediately looked at his wife.

A knowing glint appeared in his eyes, as if to say, "See? I told you so." "So—you know what I mean?"

'

While the girl remained silent, Li Mu chuckled softly, "Ha, alright, just say it. If you don't tell me, Sister Liu is going to call the police. If she does, and the big star Liu Yifei goes missing, this will blow up. Don't cause any trouble, just tell the truth."

"Okay."

Upon hearing that Aunt Liu was going to call the police, Yang Mi, realizing that things might get serious, quickly said, "Qianqian has already left for France. She boarded the plane in Shanghai this morning around 10 a.m.

"----where?"

"France, let's go find her father."

"Well----"

The couple was truly dumbfounded.

At the same time, I realized that this matter might be much more troublesome than I had imagined.