Chapter 1629 - 1627: Past Lives and Present 65
Chapter 1629: Chapter 1627: Past Lives and Present 65
Chapter 1627
The newspaper article was quickly published.
It didn’t mention the identity of the person involved, only that it was a missing person notice.
Lady Xu didn’t reveal much information, only saying it was around a certain year when someone went missing from a certain county and town in the old hometown.
Although the town in the countryside is not big, children often go missing in the surrounding areas.
After so many years, who still remembers?
So, even if the news spread everywhere, there was still no response.
"Xiao Qingqing, I remember your old hometown is in this town!"
Xia Ruqing responded calmly.
"Yes!"
"Wait, no, my grandmother’s home is in that town!"
"That’s quite a coincidence, just happens to be your hometown!"
"You should go back and ask around, just in case you find something!"
Wenwen’s eyes sparkled brightly.
"Wouldn’t there be a lot of reward money?"
Xia Ruqing chuckled wryly.
"That town is so big, and so many children went missing back then. Where would I even start?"
Xiaoxiao agreed from the side.
"True!"
"In today’s complicated society, with so many human traffickers, it’s hard to say... sigh!"
Her expression turned somewhat grave, and Wenwen couldn’t laugh anymore.
Both of them sighed simultaneously.
Xia Ruqing shook her head.
"Forget it, let’s just think positively!"
She continued browsing the comments under the post and added.
"Actually, even Lady Xu doesn’t hold much hope!"
Wenwen and Xiaoxiao were both silent.
...
After two weeks of vigorous searching, all the messages vanished without a trace.
Even Zhao Junyao, who was always hopeful, felt a bit discouraged.
Xia Ruqing was also in low spirits.
"Well... maybe we should just let it go. We’re not the police, and even they can’t find anything. How could we?"
Zhao Junyao furrowed his brows, thought for a moment, and then shook his head.
"No way!"
"I, Zhao Junyao, never give up easily on anything!"
"However, from now on, let’s put this matter aside and focus on something else. At least let’s successfully sign the contract first!"
Xia Ruqing nodded sullenly.
"Yes!"
"I understand!"
After saying that, she gloomily returned to her workstation.
Seeing her lonely figure, Zhao Junyao felt heartbroken, but...
...
"Hahaha! Mom, have you heard? Zhao Junyao and the others want to use personal matters to curry favor with Lady Xu!"
Zhao Junqi and Shih Yueshu chatted while drinking tea, both looking radiant and cheerful.
Shih Yueshu also let out a cold sneer, sarcastically saying.
"Them? I think they’re really desperate!"
"Business people want profit; if you don’t sacrifice the child, how can you catch the wolf? Their little schemes are no match for us!"
Zhao Junqi poured a cup of tea for his mother, praising her.
"Mother, you’re wise!"
"We secretly dipped into our own pockets to reduce the price, they definitely didn’t see that coming!"
Shih Yueshu smiled confidently and smirked.
"Even if they thought of it, they probably wouldn’t dare spend that much!"
"This is a losing deal!"
"If we don’t take a chance, everything will be over, but they are different!"
"Even if they lose, they still hold most of the company’s shares!"
"Son, this is as far as I can help you!"
Shih Yueshu’s expression was dark and uncertain, staring steadily at her son.
Zhao Junqi gritted his teeth.
"Don’t worry, Mom!"
"I won’t let go of this group, I will take it back bit by bit, and by then, you’ll be the true mistress of this house!"
Shih Yueshu looked at her son with satisfaction.
"I hope so!"
"I hope my son can be successful and make me proud!"
"I will, just wait and see!"
Zhao Junqi promised confidently, his eyes full of determination.
...
Time passed quickly.
It had been a month since Zhao Junyao asked Lady Xu for a photo.
That evening, Zhao Junyao invited Lady Xu to dinner with a deep sense of guilt.
During the meal, he lowered his head apologetically.
"I’m sorry, I wanted to ease your worries, but ended up with nothing!"
Lady Xu smiled faintly.
"It’s no big deal!"
"Actually, I’ve been looking on my own for a long time and asking many people!"
"I also ended up with nothing!"
Zhao Junyao was silent for a moment, then boldly asked.
"I heard that having a name would make it much easier to search! May I ask what your daughter’s name is?"
Indeed, after searching for so long, he still didn’t know the little girl’s name, and Lady Xu hadn’t mentioned it.
So he finally asked.
Lady Xu was silent for a while, then gave a bitter smile.
"I’m sorry, actually, I don’t know either!"
"Back when I was divorcing my ex-husband, I accidentally tore the household registration book!"
"Later, my mother had a new one issued and even changed the child’s name!"
"I only know her last name is either Xia or Xu, but nothing else!"
Her mother probably resented her.
Resented her for being immature back then, for being stubborn, and for never coming back all these years.
As she spoke, Lady Xu began to cry, and Zhao Junyao gentlemanly handed her a tissue.
Both of them remained silent for a long time.
...
No name, just a rough last name, age, and gender.
It’s really hard to find, even the police might not be able to do it.
So... after thinking it over, Zhao Junyao decided to give up.
When Xia Ruqing heard the news, she sighed.
"So unfortunate!"
"This family’s affairs are really complicated!"
"How much resentment could a mother have with her daughter to go so far!"
Zhao Junyao gave her a gentle look, his tone slightly reproachful.
"Don’t talk nonsense!"
"Didn’t you also say there’s a saying about speaking without understanding the pain?"
Xia Ruqing pouted.
"But I’m speaking the truth!"
"Besides, I also have a special situation!"
Zhao Junyao glared at her.
"Does this special situation allow you to forgive?"
Xia Ruqing shook her head.
"Actually, I don’t know, but whether I forgive or not, I would definitely ask her why she left me?"
Zhao Junyao sighed, feeling defeated.
As someone who always succeeded, tasting failure for the first time was difficult to accept.
Xia Ruqing consoled him.
"It’s okay, it’s normal not to find such things!"
"Don’t be upset, let’s think about how to secure this deal!"
"Our sales team has already secured fifty-six orders! The total contract value is over a hundred million, we should have some chance!"
Zhao Junyao smiled wryly.
"No chance!"
"Zhao Junqi has already secured over a hundred orders! The total value is over two hundred million!"
"It seems this time, they are really determined to win!"
Xia Ruqing felt like she was facing a formidable enemy.
"That can’t be, if our performance falls behind, we’ll lose at the shareholders’ meeting!"
"You have to work hard; it’s your father’s wish!"
Zhao Junyao was silent for a while, said nothing, and the two parted ways to think of solutions.
...
In no time, most of the summer had passed.
As it was the peak sales season, all of Zhao Group’s products were selling brilliantly.
Zhao Junqi was digging out sales talents like crazy, desperately searching for clients.
Meanwhile, Zhao Junyao was falling behind due to a lack of adaptation to the environment and unfamiliarity with the process.
To joke, he was an emperor, not a sales representative going around securing clients!