After leaving the traffic police brigade, Shen Jiyuan did not go to the company. He took a break and handed over all the matters that needed to be handled to President Tang.

So they simply let Xie Wujie drive the car back.

As soon as Shen Jiyuan entered the living room, he saw Zhao Tong and Shaoyao sitting side by side on the sofa, staring intently at the melodramatic TV show on the television.

Hearing footsteps, Zhao Tong and Shaoyao turned their heads to look at the door. When they saw Shen Jiyuan carrying Shen Ji in, their eyes lit up.

"You're finally back." Zhao Tong jumped up from the sofa. "Come on, let's talk in your study."

Shen Jiyuan frowned, and when he saw the two children, he swallowed back the words that were about to come out.

He put Shen Ji down, patted his head and said, "Go ask Uncle Chen to wash some fruit for you. You and Shaoyao play in the living room, don't run outside."

Shen Ji frowned. "Dad, I want to hear it too!"

Shen Jiyuan's face darkened. "Listen to nothing! Go play somewhere else, or I'll beat you up."

Shen Ji snorted, his lips practically pursed into a teapot shape.

Fine, I won't go!

Humph.

Anyway, he could get Ye Ye to cheat for him: "Ye Ye, listen in on their conversation."

Sijiu responded with an "oh".

Sure enough, a conversation between the two could be heard from the study shortly afterward.

"Those people all confessed yesterday," Zhao Tong said in a deep voice. "The owner of the toy store you went to yesterday is named Zheng Nan. Some of the Ultraman toys he sells are indeed sourced from Lingdu."

According to his confession, the "goods" he obtained from Lingdu were not sold directly to children.

"They only sell Lingdu toys when children and parents wearing Jiaxiang Private School uniforms go together."

"Furthermore, there will be coded communication before the sale."

At this point, Zhao Tong asked, puzzled, "How did you know the code word?"

Shen Jiyuan was taken aback, his deep eyes unconsciously darkening slightly. He didn't know any secret codes; it was all said by that brat Shen Ji.

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered Shen Ji's confident demeanor, as if he were very familiar with this kind of transaction.

His brows furrowed slightly without his noticing.

Why is a three-year-old child so familiar with this kind of thing?

Could this also be something Su Qian taught her?

"What's wrong?" Zhao Tong nudged him with his elbow.

Shen Ji lowered his eyes and shook his head. He paused for a moment before saying in a deep voice, "I don't know. Xiao Ji told me all of this."

"Xiao Ji?" Zhao Tong was also taken aback, then exclaimed in surprise, "Su Qian taught him?"

Shen Jiyuan didn't speak, although from the current perspective, this was the only answer, and there was a 99% chance that this kid had learned it from Su Qian.

But he always felt that something was wrong.

He didn't know if it was his imagination or if Shen Ji was really different from other children, but sometimes he felt that the brat was not a three-year-old at all.

Thinking of this, Shen Jiyuan shook his head again. What was he thinking?

Shen Ji is really driving me crazy; he's come up with such a bizarre idea.

"I think so," Shen Jiyuan said.

Zhao Tong clicked his tongue and said, "This Su Qian is really a genius. But it's good that you brought Peony with you yesterday and managed to get the code word out, which bought you some time."

"Otherwise, by the time we get here, all we'll be doing is collecting your corpse."

Shen Jiyuan's expression was grim. "Those people had guns. Have you apprehended the armed men?"

Zhao Tong shook his head. "Only the boss, Zheng Nan, and his thugs were caught." He then added, "Do you know who called the police yesterday?"

Shen Jiyuan was taken aback. "Not Xing Zhong?"

Zhao Tong shook his head and said in a deep voice, "It's the same person who called the police last time claiming Su Qian had died unexpectedly..."

"Although the other party still altered their voice and used an unknown virtual number, after repeated analysis and confirmation by the technical department," he said, taking a breath. "It has now been confirmed that the two calls were made by the same person."

Shen Jiyuan frowned. "The person who called the police... wasn't Lu Nian?"

Zhao Tong shook his head. "It shouldn't be."

Shen Jiyuan frowned even more deeply. Was it Lu Nian?

Why did he arrive so promptly yesterday, and why did he manage to take the brat away without any mishap?

Thinking of this... Shen Jiyuan suddenly paused.

He suddenly remembered something: when Lu Nian took the child away, he only took Shen Ji, but at that time, there was actually more than just the brat in the stroller.

Peonies were also in the stroller.

If it were someone else, since they came to rescue people, they would definitely take both children with them.

There's no such thing as taking one and leaving one behind.

He was in the middle of a fight and his attention was limited, so he hadn't thought of it yet.

Now, upon careful reflection, he suddenly realized that when Lu Nian led his men away, he did not actually ignore the peonies, but rather... he simply threw the peonies to the other side of the wall.

Shen Jiyuan's eyes narrowed. The school's walls were actually quite high, relatively speaking, to protect the children's safety.

Throwing something from that height could easily cause a child to fall and get hurt.

Without any hesitation, Lu Nian threw the person over!

If they weren't fully prepared, how could they so confidently throw their child away?

In other words, Lu Nian already knew that there was someone on the other side of the wall, and that it was someone he trusted extremely.

Shen Jiyuan suddenly stood up from the stool. He walked out of the study and stood in the corridor, craning his neck, but he didn't see the brat or Peony.

His face darkened, and he asked Uncle Zhong, "Uncle Zhong, where are Xiao Ji and Shao Yao?"

Uncle Chung pointed outside and said, "He's playing with the dog outside."

Shen Jiyuan simply went downstairs to the courtyard, and sure enough, he saw Shen Ji and Shaoyao, the two little rascals, playing enthusiastically with their wild dog dad.

Shen Ji looked up and saw him come out. She called out happily, "Dad."

Shen Jiyuan beckoned to him like he was teasing a dog, "Come here."

Shen Ji ran over excitedly and hugged his leg, secretly wiping the mud off his hands.

The next second, two small handprints appeared on Shen Jiyuan's gray and white sweatpants.

"..."

He bent down and lightly punched Shen Ji on the head with a thud. "Looking for death, aren't you?"

Shen Ji chuckled and openly wiped the mud off his hands on his pants before stretching out his arms and saying, "Daddy, hug me."

Shen Jiyuan picked him up from the ground, then beckoned to Shaoyao, "Shaoyao, come here, Uncle has something to ask you."

Peony, pursing her lips, came running over excitedly, "Uncle Shen, what's wrong?"

Shen Jiyuan asked, "Yesterday in the alley behind the toy store, after you were thrown over the wall by an uncle, did you encounter any strange people?"

Peony was stunned, her eyes widening in surprise. "Little chick!! You guessed right!"

"Uncle Shen did ask me that question!"

"You're amazing!"

Shen Ji said smugly, "Otherwise, I'd be the boss and you'd be the follower!"

"Hmph." He stretched out his hand. "A bet's a bet."

"You have to make sure your uncle doesn't poop or fart for three days."

Shen Jiyuan: "..."

Peony scratched her head. "Okay, I'll call my uncle in a bit. He says he's the best man, so it should be okay, right?"

Shen Ji nodded and said, "Uncle is so great."

Shen Jiyuan asked speechlessly, "What are you betting on?"

Shen Jidao said, "I'm betting you won't ask him about being thrown into school yesterday."

Shen Jiyuan, ever the quick-witted one, blurted out without thinking, "So, what's your bet?"

"My bet is that, Dad, you'll eat pan-fried buns with chrysanthemum petals and slurp rice noodles through your nostrils!"

"..."

You brat!

They didn't beat him enough!

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