Reborn back to the time before I sold my blood to support my scumbag boyfriend's college educat

"Brother, my sister-in-law went to work so early."

Xia Yichu arrived at Xia Zhiheng's house but didn't see Su Qingyan or the child; it was not even 8:30 yet.

"Yes, this morning she taught her first class. She had to take the child to Zhiqian's house to be taken care of by Aunt Chunhua before going to school."

Xia Zhiheng used to take them there, but these past few days he's been working late and coming home late. Su Qingyan saw him sleeping soundly and couldn't bear to wake him up so she could take the child there herself.

"Brother Zhiheng, is there any progress in Chen Zongyu's case?"

Pei Shizhou asked, hoping to find Chen Zongyu as soon as possible.

"There's been no progress yet, and we don't know where he's gone. We've done everything we could, now we can only wait."

Pei Shizhou's face darkened. Chen Zongyu had been spoiled by Pei Feng and Feng Yarou since childhood, and he wasn't very bright. It was beyond Pei Shizhou's expectations that he could hide for so many days.

"Pei Zongna's aunt said that the reason she didn't report to the police or inform Pei Zongna immediately was because she felt the child was an eyesore. Pei Zongna asked her to help take care of the child but didn't intend to pay her, so she wished the child would disappear."

Pei Shizhou was not surprised; the Pei family members were all selfish and would not do anything without their own benefit.

Just like Pei Hai and Pei Tao, the reason they were willing to pay for Pei Feng's living expenses to go to university was because they believed that Pei Feng could support their two families in the future.

Unfortunately, Pei Feng's family was ruined by Feng Yarou. If he had been devoted to Zhou Wenhui, the Pei family might have actually been able to live a good life in Kyoto.

After Pei Feng and Feng Yarou got together, Feng Yarou constantly whispered in his ear, preventing him from helping the Pei family. Most importantly, apart from the Zhou family, Pei Feng didn't have the ability to help the Pei family.

Pei Feng's choice of Zhou Wenhui was also partly orchestrated by his family; they even helped threaten Feng Yarou to prevent her from causing trouble. Therefore, Feng Yarou harbors resentment towards the Pei family and certainly doesn't want them to have an easy time.

"Is the chance of that child surviving extremely slim? Didn't Pei Zongna's ex-husband say anything?"

Xia Yichu knew that Pei Zongna was divorced. Her ex-husband and Lin Xingyuan were in the same industry, both being contractors. Lin Xingyuan had told her that he liked to cut corners and had a bad reputation among his peers. Few people hired him anymore; business hadn't been good lately anyway.

Her ex-husband is somewhat handsome and has a silver tongue; he's especially good at charming women. Now he's frantically trying to find girlfriends, specifically targeting women from wealthy families.

Therefore, he was hoping that Pei Zongna and her daughter would not appear in front of him and ruin his plans.

"No, her ex-husband's family didn't show up."

Xia Yichu sighed and didn't say anything more. Poor child, may you be reborn into a better family in your next life!

"Then let's..."

Before Pei Shizhou could finish speaking, Xia Zhiheng's phone rang. The group exchanged glances, and Xia Zhiheng quickly went to answer it.

"Okay, okay, I got it, I'll be right there."

Xia Zhiheng hung up the phone and looked at Pei Shizhou and Xia Yichu, saying, "Chen Zongyu might have been caught. I need to go over and confirm."

Other police stations called to say that a person suspected to be Chen Zongyu had stolen steamed buns from a stall owner that morning and was caught and beaten by the stall owner.

Passersby, worried something might happen, called the police, who took him and the stall owner back to the station. The police noticed the man resembled Chen Zongyu, but couldn't confirm it; the stall owner had slapped him several times in the face.

"Okay, you go quickly, Shi Zhou and I will go see Grandpa." Xia Yichu stood up and said.

"Xiao Chu, how about I take you home? We can visit Grandpa another day. I'm quite familiar with Chen Zongyu, and I'd like to go to the police station with Brother Zhiheng."

Pei Shizhou was still uneasy. He couldn't rest easy until he saw Chen Zongyu being arrested with his own eyes.

"Oh well!"

Xia Yichu didn't stop him. It was good that Pei Shizhou went; he could help out if anything happened.

Having made the decision, no one wasted any more words. Pei Shizhou drove Xia Yichu home first, dropping her off there. He greeted Xia Guoan, asking him to take good care of Xia Yichu, before leaving with Xia Zhiheng.

When the two arrived at the police station, they saw a man reeking of a foul stench sitting with his head down in a chair by the window, looking utterly wretched.

The stall owner has been released by the police, and he was quite helpless. He said that this was not the first time the beggar had eaten his buns. At first, he felt sorry for him and gave the beggar the unsold buns when he closed up shop.

For the next few days, the beggar lingered at his stall and wouldn't leave. The stall owner gave him two steamed buns to send him away, telling him to come back at noon and not to interfere with his business.

Once, all the steamed buns were sold out, and the beggar started cursing at the stall owner. The stall owner was also quite angry; if the beggar hadn't cursed at him, he was planning to buy him a lunchbox.

But the beggar's attitude chilled him to the bone, and he decided that from then on he would not give him any leftover buns.

The beggar was furious. This morning, when the stall owner wasn't looking, he not only ran up to steal the stall owner's buns, but also deliberately knocked over all of the stall owner's buns. Enraged, the stall owner chased the beggar for two blocks and beat him up.

"Raise your head."

Xia Zhiheng spoke to the beggar. Pei Shizhou stared intently at him; the beggar looked very thin, unlike Chen Zongyu at all.

However, since Chen Zongyu had visited Pei Shizhou at the company last time, Pei Shizhou was basically certain that the person in front of him was Chen Zongyu.

"Deputy Director Xia, he hasn't said a word in over an hour since he was arrested. We thought he was mute. But the stall owner says no, that the beggar had cursed at the stall owner before."

"Okay, we understand. You can go down now, I'll talk to him."

The police officers didn't know if he was Chen Zongyu, so they didn't detain him. They just put him in an office. Fearing he might go crazy, they handcuffed him to the window.

"Yes"

The beggar kept his head down and didn't say a word until everyone else left.

"Zhiheng, it's actually very simple to find out if he is Chen Zongyu. Just have a doctor examine him and you'll know."

The beggar felt uneasy upon hearing Pei Shizhou's voice, and his body visibly stiffened after he clearly understood what Pei Shizhou said.

"Yes, I almost forgot about that. Chen Zongyu is impotent."

"Ah... I'm going to kill you all."

The beggar struggled frantically with a ferocious expression, and now it was clear that the beggar was indeed Chen Zongyu without even needing a doctor's examination.

"Chen Zongyu, where's the child? Where did you take the child?"

Xia Zhiheng confirmed that he was Chen Zongyu and quickly asked about Pei Zongna's daughter. Then, Chen Zongyu fell silent again.

"Chen Zongyu, it will do you good to tell the truth. If we wait until we find the child, it will not do you any good."

No matter what Xia Zhiheng said, Chen Zongyu refused to speak.

"Chen Zongyu, don't think we can't do anything to you just because you don't talk. Tell me, did you kill the child? You beast, the child was only a few months old, how could you bear to kill her?"

Chen Zongyu completely broke down because of Xia Zhiheng's words.

"I didn't, I didn't kill him, I didn't kill anyone."

Chen Zongyu clutched his head in pain. He really hadn't killed anyone; he'd never even dared to kill a chicken since he was a child.

He was starving and had no money for food; all he wanted was money. It was all Pei Zongna's fault for disregarding their sibling bond; if she had given him even a little money for food, none of this would have happened.

And then there's Pei Shizhou, whose business is so big. Not only do they not give him money, they won't even give him a job.