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Chapter 439: Chapter 439: What Did He Do to Song Yu?
"Bro, aren’t you being muddled?" Si Xiaohui said in a fit of exasperation. "Even if it doesn’t matter, we should take more property during the divorce! Otherwise, wouldn’t you just waste two years of your prime? You’re already divorcing her, might as well go all out. Why are you still considering her feelings?"
Who doesn’t want to claim as much property as possible during divorce? Why on earth is her brother being so foolish?
That being said, she was upset at the timing of her brother divorcing Tong Yao.
Why now? Why not sooner? Why not later? His divorce comes just as their uncle faces trouble. If their uncle ends up in jail, their eldest brother is divorced and without his assets, their second brother is unemployed, will their family revert back to their old poor lifestyle?
Having tasted a life of wealth, Si Xiaohui dreaded returning to the days of poverty when they barely had enough to eat and wear.
Lin Fengying and Si Xiaohui shared similar thoughts. Their family home wasn’t even built yet. She had previously boasted in the village about building a new house. If everything fell apart now, and her younger son lost his job too, how could she still face the village?
Regret washed over Lin Fengying for pressuring Si Chen to divorce so swiftly. Now that Si Weimin hasn’t returned, she was at a loss about what to do.
"Xiaochen, how about we wait a while before proceeding with the divorce, until your uncle comes back."
Seeing Si Xiaohui and Lin Fengying’s reactions, Si Chen became cold. "A divorce agreement is legally binding. I came here today to inform you that Yaoyao and I are divorced. You don’t need to coerce her with suicide anymore. Even if you really jumped off a building, she’s not obligated to prevent you."
Upon hearing this, Si Xiaohui became frantic. "You didn’t get a penny from her in the divorce. This isn’t over. If our mom dies in anger and hangs herself in front of her shop, let’s see how she continues doing business."
She was thinking of taking over Tong Yao’s milk tea shop. How could she be the boss if her elder brother leaves empty-handed?
Si Chen showed no emotion, "Just change the shopfront."
Si Xiaohui choked, then looked unconsciously at Lin Fengying. "Mom, elder brother’s lost his mind. Say something!"
Lin Fengying was also worried, but now that the marriage was over, what more could be done? It was she who had forced her eldest son into divorce, causing him to lose everything. She no longer had the face to say anything.
Luckily, their eldest son’s hospital job was still secure. Right now, the priority was to figure out how to get Si Weimin out of this situation.
Thinking of this, she quickly tried to appease her eldest son. "Xiaochen, if you and Yaoyao have divorced, it’s done. I’ll introduce another good girl in the future, I guarantee she’ll be a city girl too. But now, help us think about how to help your uncle. The police took him away."
Si Chen furrowed his brows, "What did he do to Song Yu?"
Lin Fengying looked panicked. "What could your uncle do to Song Yu?"
Si Chen saw Si Xiaohui’s guilty expression and coldly said: "The police will investigate this thoroughly."
Hearing Si Chen say that, both Si Xiaohui and Lin Fengying grew even more panicked. It took a while before Lin Fengying finally explained truthfully.
"Xiaochen, actually Song Yu came to see Xiaohui the other day, then went out with your uncle. Then nobody knows what happened. Now the police have taken your uncle, and we don’t know what’s going on."
As she spoke, she begged him, "No matter what he did back then, he’s still your uncle, and your only uncle at that. I believe that if he were alive, he wouldn’t just stand by while your uncle gets into trouble. For the sake of us and your father, could you please go to the police station and check what’s going on?"
Lin Fengying and Si Xiaohui knew nothing, they didn’t even know where the police station was located, so they could only pin their hopes on Si Chen.
"If Si Weimin dares to challenge the law, he has to face the consequences under the law. There’s no use asking anyone for help." Si Chen’s eyes darkened. He almost concluded that Song Yu’s disappearance had something to do with Si Weimin.
"..."
Lin Fengying and Si Xiaohui turned paler at Si Chen’s words. If even Si Chen thought Song Yu’s disappearance was connected to Si Weimin, could it really be true?
Thinking further about Si Weimin’s multiple moves without reason, Lin Fengying almost collapsed.
"What do we do? Your uncle couldn’t have been that foolish, right?"
"If he was sober, he wouldn’t have done what he did back then," retorted Si Chen. 𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝙤𝒎
"..."
Lin Fengying’s face turned ghastly pale. Si Chen didn’t spare her a second glance before walking out.
Si Xiaohui wanted to stop Si Chen but dared not. Instead, she turned to Lin Fengying, "Mom, what should we do now?"
Lin Fengying was just a simple, rural woman with little education who had just arrived in the city. She had little contact with city dwellers and her mind was still in the village. How was she supposed to know what to do?
But she was anxious about Si Weimin and couldn’t ignore him. "Let’s go to the police station and find out what’s going on."
"You go if you want to. I’m not going." Si Xiaohui was scared to go to the police station. In her heart, she feared that if her uncle was really in trouble, what would happen to her and her mother?
In recent times, her uncle’s business hadn’t been good, and he hadn’t given her much money. She had already spent most of it.
The money her mother brought from the countryside was also nearly gone. If her uncle got into trouble, they wouldn’t even be able to afford the rent.
"Alright, I’m going alone," Lin Fengying was disappointed in Si Weimin. "It’s a shame that your uncle dotes on you so much, but now that he’s in trouble, you don’t even want to see him."
Si Xiaohui felt wronged, and defended herself. "What if they think I’m in league with Uncle and arrest me too?"
Lin Fengying was taken aback. Si Weimin had already been arrested, she couldn’t risk her daughter being arrested too.
Eventually, they decided that neither of them should go, and just wait at home for a few days.
But instead of good news, they only heard bad news.
The police followed the leads and discovered that Si Weimin had sold Song Yu. The police used the clues that Si Weimin provided to investigate further and found that Song Yu had been resold, but they hadn’t been able to locate to where exactly.
What shocked everyone even more was the fact that this wasn’t the first time Si Weimin sold people to unlawful factories. He’d previously participated in several abductions, using his status as a local to deceive and sell many people.
He had gradually stopped doing this after meeting Yuan Caizhen.
If Song Yu’s incident hadn’t happened, the crimes Si Weimin had committed might have gone unnoticed forever.
This time he had unwittingly uncovered a significant case; unfortunately, none of the other culprits who had committed the crimes with Si Weimin were found.
All assets under Si Weimin’s name were seized.
Judging from the extent of Si Weimin’s offenses, he would likely be in jail for a long time.
Upon hearing this news, both Si Xiaohui and Lin Fengying were stunned.
Their eldest son had lost his marriage due to their instigation, their younger son had lost his job, the rent was nearly due, and news of Si Weimin’s abduction had reached the village.
Lately, there had been a lot of commotion back home. The Song Family had caused a ruckus several times in the village, forcing both Si Boyi and Zhang Lijuan to move to the city.
At this point, they could not return to their hometown either.
