On the other side, ever since Li Qiyu left the meeting hall, she hadn't stopped for a moment. She followed Ming Yuezhu out to look for someone.
Just as she reached a corner, her hand was suddenly grabbed and she was pulled in.
Li Qiyu almost let out a scream. Song Jiaye quickly covered her mouth and made a shushing gesture. After making sure no one was following, he removed his hand from her mouth.
"Li Tong is missing," Li Qiyu said worriedly. She didn't even have the time to blame Song Jiaye for scaring her and quickly told him the news.
Song Jiaye was much calmer than she had expected.
"Li Tong is missing!" Li Qiyu thought he hadn't heard clearly and repeated it.
"I know."
"But it's Li Tong! Song Jiaye, how can you be so cold?" Song Jiaye's indifferent attitude angered Li Qiyu. She decided to break free from Song Jiaye and go look for Li Tong by herself.
How could Song Jiaye give her such a chance? He grabbed her hand and walked towards the car parked by the roadside.
"Song Jiaye, what are you doing? I'm not going back. Li Tong hasn't been found yet. If you're not going to look for him, I will!"
Song Jiaye was helpless and lowered his voice. "Li Tong is in the car."
Hearing this, Li Qiyu let out an "ah" sound. She didn't need Song Jiaye to pull her anymore and strode towards the car on her own.
Sure enough, Li Tong was there, playing with the Rubik's Cube that Song Jiaye had given him.
Seeing Li Qiyu, Li Tong stopped playing with the Rubik's Cube. He raised his head and happily called out, "Big aunt."
Li Qiyu reached out and hugged Li Tong. It was the feeling of surviving a disaster and getting something back that was lost.
This feeling was both blissful and heart - wrenching.
It was blissful because Li Tong was safe and sound. It was heart - wrenching because it would have been so much better if this false alarm hadn't happened.
"That's great, that's great. It's good that you're okay. You scared your mom and your big aunt to death."
Li Tong quickly shifted the blame. "It wasn't me. Uncle told me to do this!"
Reminded by Li Tong, Li Qiyu then remembered that the initiator of all this should be Song Jiaye. Otherwise, Li Tong wouldn't be in Song Jiaye's car now.
She glared at Song Jiaye. "For no reason, why did you kidnap Li Tong?"
Song Jiaye was extremely speechless and explained, "It's not kidnapping. I just asked Xiaotong to help me with something."
Li Tong was very loyal and spoke up for Song Jiaye at this moment.
"Yes, Uncle said that big aunt is in danger now and only Xiaotong can save big aunt. Big aunt, are you out of danger? Did Xiaotong help big aunt?"
Li Qiyu looked at Song Jiaye in confusion.
Song Jiaye explained, "I saw you being called up by Old Master Song. I was worried that they would make things difficult for you, so I asked Li Tong to act out a disappearance scene with me. Don't worry. I discussed this with elder brother in advance."
Li Yuanhua was also worried. They didn't know what was going on in the meeting hall. Ming Yuezhu and Li Xichi had never been close to Li Xiyu before. Even if they wanted to help Li Xiyu, Li Xiyu might not listen to them. As for Ming Yuexuan, although she had a good relationship with Li Xiyu, she was an unstable factor herself. She needed someone to watch over her.
So, Li Yuanhua was convinced by Song Jiaye. It was better to cause a little commotion than to let Xiyu make a fool of herself in front of Old Master Song.
Then, the two big men hit it off and used the innocent and naive Li Tong, who didn't know the dangers of the world, to act out a drama of getting lost.
Hearing that he had discussed it with elder brother, Li Qiyu finally felt relieved.
Otherwise, the family would have been worried to death.
At this time, Song Jiaye asked, "Did Old Master Song make things difficult for you upstairs?"
Li Qiyu shook her head.
Actually, after getting along with him, Old Master Song seemed to be a kind and amiable old man. Moreover, Li Qiyu really got along well with him.
Li Qiyu had always been thinking about a question: Why did pastimes like calligraphy and Go, which were common in ancient times, become exclusive activities for the elderly in modern times? As a result, she couldn't talk to young people at all, but she could resonate with the elderly everywhere.
Of course, on second thought, it wasn't difficult to explain. According to history, she could be regarded as an old monster of thousands of years.
Speaking of this, Li Qiyu remembered what Old Master Song had asked her to do. In a hurry, she quickly grabbed Song Jiaye's arm and said, "Song Jiaye, I suspect that Old Master Song is not engaged in legitimate business."
Hearing this, Song Jiaye was a bit skeptical.
Li Qiyu, a person who didn't even know what a mango was and was more like a child than Li Tong, could tell whether the Song family's business was legitimate just from a few words?
Song Jiaye asked, "Why do you say so?"
Li Qiyu said nervously, "Old Master Song told me himself."
"What?"
"He asked me to be a salt - carrier, a salt smuggler. I was completely stunned when I heard this. He's not an official. So the salt he asked me to carry must be smuggled salt. Smuggling salt is illegal. And he asked me to carry salt in front of so many people. Isn't he just pushing me into the fire pit? I really wanted to talk to them about the law at that time. But then I remembered what my father had said, that I should hold back my temper and not offend him, so I held back."
"Carry salt? Do you mean be a brand ambassador?"
"Yes, it's carry salt! You say, isn't it terrifying?" Just thinking about it made Li Qiyu feel scared. She was a law - abiding citizen and had never done anything illegal. How could they ask her to smuggle salt right away?
Song Jiaye asked, "Then how did you reply?"
"I said I needed to think about it and stalled for time."
Hearing this, Song Jiaye let out a long sigh of relief.
Fortunately, fortunately, Li Qiyu hadn't agreed.
Although Li Qiyu had completely misunderstood the meaning, it unexpectedly led to the same result. If Li Qiyu had known at that time that being a brand ambassador had nothing to do with smuggling salt and that it would bring high rewards, she would probably have agreed right away.
Song Jiaye didn't need to think to know what Old Master Song's intention was. He just wanted to control him by controlling the people around him.
If it had been in the past, Song Jiaye wouldn't have been so nervous. Anyway, Li Xiyu and he lived their own lives. He had already made up his mind to divorce Li Xiyu. Even if Li Xiyu became the brand ambassador of the Song family and got close to Old Master Song, it wouldn't matter to him.
But now, he couldn't be so unrestrained.
He didn't know what was wrong with himself. He would subconsciously panic when he heard that Old Master Song was looking for Li Xiyu. He was not only afraid that Old Master Song would do something bad to her, but also afraid that Li Xiyu would side with Old Master Song, which would put him in a dilemma.
Song Jiaye couldn't explain his chaotic feelings. He could only think.
Maybe it was because they were going to divorce and he didn't want to get entangled in other things, which would lead to endless troubles in the future.