Chapter 1769 - 1325: Courting Death (4)

Chapter 1769: Chapter 1325: Courting Death (4)

Her memory was exceptional; even though she hadn’t deliberately memorized the Xie family’s landline number, she had dialed it before, and had personally written it down in her phone book. So, in just a blink, Kang Li recalled the Xie family’s landline without any hesitation. She pulled out her phone and dialed the number straight away.

No need to say, Kang Li’s phone was produced by a company under JL.

And JL was shorthand for Kang Li’s own name.

North City.

Xie Family.

"Hello, who is this?"

Old Xie was sitting in the living room chatting with someone when he heard the landline ring. He casually picked up the receiver.

"Grandpa Xie, it’s Kang Li."

Kang Li introduced herself.

"Ah, it’s Li Li! A couple of days ago, I talked with your grandpa on the phone and heard you took the kids back to your hometown. Is it cold over there? Are you and the kids doing all right?"

Old Xie grinned as he asked Kang Li.

Kang Li: "It’s about as cold as North City. The kids and I are fine. Grandpa Xie, you and Grandma Xie, and everyone else at home are good too, right?"

"We’re all very well."

Old Xie laughed, "You’re calling Grandpa Xie’s house right now—did something happen, are you looking for Grandpa Xie?"

Undoubtedly, Kang Li gave a positive answer; then she told Old Xie what she’d heard from Bun and the other two, then asked: "Grandpa Xie, that kid named Hu Yuhang—is he from your compound? Is he missing right now?"

When Old Xie heard Kang Li mention "Hu Yuhang," his smile froze on his face. After a moment, he looked grave: "That child is indeed missing. But more accurately, he was lost at the mall when his grandma took him there."

Kang Li: "Understood. Grandpa Xie, let the family know—the kid is in our village. I’m going to see him now, and I’ll bring him home with me. They can pick him up from my house."

Old Xie: "Okay." He hung up.

"Is there news about Hang Hang?"

The speaker was the person chatting with Old Xie. He was Old Gao of the Gao family—the grandfather of that little girl, Gao Xinyue, who’d searched for Guo Guo in kindergarten because of Xie Chenyu.

He’d come to visit the Xie family today, chatting with Old Xie, and happened to talk about Hu family’s only grandson going missing.

"Yes, it was spotted by my old friend’s granddaughter. Hang Hang and the children were taken to the northwest. I’ll call Xiao Hu now and let him know." As he finished speaking, Old Xie quickly dialed the Hu family’s landline.

As soon as the Hu family got Old Xie’s call, they heard there was news of their precious grandson, and were so happy they cried tears of joy.

No need to add, the Hu family was Xu Chunxia’s ex-in-laws.

"You sure about the news?"

Hu Father gripped the receiver, voice trembling.

Old Xie: "If I’m calling you, you can trust it’s real news. What do you plan to do next?"

"I’ll pack up right now and head out to fly to the northwest."

Anyone able to live in the same compound as Old Xie is clearly a person of some standing, which means Hu Father naturally has connections.

Sure enough, after finishing his call with Old Xie, he searched the phone book for an old friend in Kang Li’s hometown city. After a quick chat, arrangements were made for a car to meet Hu Father at the airport.

"I’ll go with you."

Hu Mother had lost her grandson in the mall. For days, she had been crying nonstop. Now that there was real news, she couldn’t sit still for a second.

"If we both go, who’ll watch Xiao Chuan?"

There was a nanny at home, but if their son had an episode, the nanny couldn’t handle it.

Hu Mother wiped her tears: "But I just want to see Hang Hang as soon as possible."

"I’ll go. Flying there takes at most two and a half hours. Then I’ll take the car Old Qiao arranged for me to Aoli Village. It’ll take another two hours tops. When I see Hang Hang, I’ll call you."

The son is sick, and they finally got a grandson—he is the Hu family’s future. Hu Father would never allow anything to happen to his grandson.

A shadow crossed his gaze; Hu Father was not planning to let Xu Chunxia, his ex-daughter-in-law, off easy.

To team up with others to abduct his Hu family’s grandson—now that’s some nerve!

"Do you think she held a grudge because we wouldn’t let her visit the child at home, so she resorted to taking Hang Hang away from us like this?"

Hu Father knew exactly who "she" meant. He said sternly, "No matter her reasons or her intentions, I’ll make sure she understands the consequences of abducting Hang Hang!"

"I could wring her neck!"

Hu Mother said viciously.

She’d left the Hu family of her own accord, took the compensation they gave, and promised never to show herself in front of their family again—especially never appear before her grandson. Now, just because they wouldn’t allow her into the compound to see the child, she went so far as to steal him. How could there be such hateful people?

Before summer break, Kang Li took Min Rui and the others back to North City; on the same day, Xu Chunxia took a train and headed back to North City too. About half a month later, her old case was cracked by the police, but sadly, only less than twenty thousand yuan was recovered for her.

The rest had all been spent by the men and their accomplices who had swindled her.

And although Xu Chunxia was not exactly a spendthrift, she never really kept a tight budget either.

She used the recovered money to buy a small courtyard house, hired people to renovate it, bought various furniture, and after all that, still had some left—so she dashed to the mall and Friendship Store for a shopping spree.

By the time she realized what she’d done, she had less than two thousand yuan left.

Even as she began to regret it and vowed not to spend frivolously, she couldn’t fight her impulses. When her cosmetics ran out and she forgot to buy more, she’d go to the mall again and always pick the expensive, big-name brands.

Until she was down to just seven or eight yuan.

Knowing this would soon leave her penniless, Xu Chunxia grew anxious, but couldn’t think of a good way to get money. Suddenly, her mind flashed to the Hu family, remembering she’d given them a grandson.

And just like that, a plan quickly formed in her mind.

—First cozy up to the Hu family, next ask for money. If they refused, use the kid as leverage. If still refused, blow up the whole thing if necessary.

As it turned out, when she tried to contact the Hu family, she couldn’t even get in through the compound gates, and Hu Mother mocked her over the phone, warning Xu Chunxia that if she kept pestering them, she’d land herself in jail.

Infuriated, Xu Chunxia started to cook up a new scheme, leading to her teaming up with others to quietly abduct the Hu family’s grandson.

She instructed her accomplice to keep an eye on the compound where the Hu family lived, hoping someone would wait in ambush and snatch her son away with ease.