"What’s impossible? Didn’t you see what’s written here? And this Aunt Li, who brought her in the first place? Did you find out her home address, her name? Such a person came into your home, and you all weren’t the least bit alert?" Mei Shuping now wanted to summon his own son to give him a good scolding, and as for that Ye Qing, sending her to a mental hospital would be getting off lightly.

In these years, this woman had not stopped causing trouble in their home.

"Aunt Li was introduced by Aunt Wang next door, saying she’s from the north..." Xie Lingzhi only now realized she didn’t even know where Aunt Li was really from.

"I...I didn’t ask much either. All I knew was when your Aunt Wang introduced her to me, she said she was from the H River area, an old woman whose son had died, leaving her and her husband to fend for themselves. It sounded quite pitiful to me, so I asked Aunt Wang to bring her over for a trial. I thought she was quite nimble and the cooking suited our tastes, so we kept her. Who would have thought they had ulterior motives?" Old Mrs. Mei regretted it now, not having thoroughly questioned someone who was a stranger when they came into their home.

The old lady thought as long as someone was diligent and cooked to their taste, it was fine. Xie Lingzhi felt as long as someone was there to serve the two old people, it was fine. Mei Shuping usually didn’t bother with such household trifles, assuming his wife had it all handled.

No one expected something like this to happen now. The child had disappeared from their own home.

"Could it be fake? Could Aunt Li have purposefully fabricated these things to confuse us? Regardless, let’s report it to the police first, find the child and then talk." Xie Lingzhi couldn’t believe her own son would do such a thing and raise a child for someone else. She felt it was their negligence that allowed a trafficker into their home. Having taken care of Hua Hua for so long, he looked so much like her son when he was young; how could he be someone else’s child?

"Report to the police? What if it’s true? If it’s true, and we report it, won’t everyone in the compound know? We’ve happily raised someone else’s grandchild for so long, wouldn’t we be laughed at to death?" Old Mrs. Mei didn’t want to report it to the police, she didn’t want the people in the compound to laugh at their family anymore.

Now Ye Qing had lost her mind, and only Mei Langchi knew the truth, so Mei Shuping let out a powerless sigh, quickly called his second son, and asked them to come over and take the old man to the hospital first.

He and his wife then went to the courtyard to ask their son for clarity.

Liang Qian was at home dealing with pig trotters, having seen freshly slaughtered pigs at the market today. She bought four, planning to send them to Xiao Wan tomorrow and have Hongmei handle them, so Xiao Wan could have some nourishment.

No one expected the call from the old house to say something had happened to the family, asking them to come over.

When Liang Qian heard the old house had another incident, she was annoyed, feeling there was no peace wherever they went. If Mei Shuqing hadn’t dragged her along, she wouldn’t have moved.

But upon reaching the old house, they found out Hua Hua had not only gone missing, but also discovered there was an issue with his identity.

He’s not Xiao Chi’s, but Ye Qing and that Li Liangsheng’s?

"What’s going on? Didn’t Xiao Chi finally deny it and even bring out the identification papers? How come now they’re saying the child isn’t his again, how does this keep changing?" Liang Qian didn’t understand what was going on with the child.

"We’re confused about it too. Second brother, you and your wife first take our dad to the hospital, and I’ll go to Xiao Chi’s with Xiao Zhi to figure this out. See what’s really going on."

Mei Shuqing nodded, asking no more questions. This matter needed to be addressed quickly. If the child truly wasn’t Xiao Chi’s, it would be one thing, but if he truly is Xiao Chi’s, it’s possible that Aunt Li is indeed a trafficker.

Brazenly taking the child from the house, they cannot be allowed to get away with it.

Mei Shuping instructed the old lady to sleep at home first, and then went to Xiao Chi’s courtyard with his wife. Ever since the child had been discharged, he had isolated himself in the courtyard, refusing to see anyone.

Mei Shuping and Xie Lingzhi anxiously knocked on the door for quite a while, but got no response from inside.

Xie Lingzhi even called out loudly outside the door, telling her son that Hua Hua was missing. There was still no movement from inside.

"What should we do? The child heard Hua Hua was missing, yet has no reaction at all," Xie Lingzhi said outside the door, face full of anguish and heart anxious.