Li Xiangping didn't expect that this kid would dare to retort to him directly. Before he could flare up, he suddenly heard a familiar childish voice: "Dad, Mom."
Li Xiangping looked in the direction of the voice. Outside the dark door, a tiny, long - missed figure came running in.
Li Yuanhua also heard the voice. He was like a man stunned by a blow. He didn't dare to believe that the voice was real. He even didn't dare to turn back - because if he did, it would prove that he had just been hallucinating.
It wasn't until Li Tong, who was a bit dirty all over after trotting in, threw himself into Ming Yuezhu's arms and came into Li Yuanhua's sight that Li Yuanhua dared to believe his eyes.
His child had finally come back.
Li Yuanhua and Ming Yuezhu hugged Li Tong and cried bitterly. Especially Ming Yuezhu, who never showed her emotions and was always cold to everyone, hugged Li Tong tightly and refused to let go. Her tears fell like broken pearls.
Li Qiyu was deeply touched by the reunion of the family of three. Standing aside, she also wiped away her tears.
At this moment, Li Xiangping and Jiang Yongfeng, sitting on the other side of the sofa, secretly let out a long sigh of relief.
The family of three hugged and cried for a long time. Seeing that the child was turning red in the face from being held so tightly, Li Xiangping finally said, "Okay, okay. It's good that he's back."
Reminded by Li Xiangping, Ming Yuezhu was the first to react and asked Li Tong about the truth of his disappearance.
Actually, Li Tong didn't know that he had been missing for a whole night. He just felt that he had slept for a very long time. When he woke up, he had already been brought to the Li Mansion.
So he could only mutter, "I don't know. Uncle Liu saved me."
"Uncle Liu?"
Hearing this name, the sharp - eared Ming Yuezhu and Li Yuanhua sensed something was off. Who was this Uncle Liu?
Li Tong pointed his little finger at the man at the door and said, "Look, Uncle Liu is there."
Everyone looked in the direction of Li Tong's finger. At the door, there stood a man rubbing his hands nervously.
He didn't want to interrupt the happy scene of the family, so after Li Tong came in, he had been standing at the door without saying a word.
As soon as Li Qiyu saw the man's face, her expression changed immediately.
Uncle Liu? This man was none other than Accountant Liu!
Jiang Yongfeng and Accountant Liu were so bold. Accountant Liu actually dared to come to visit so openly?
Li Qiyu was just about to expose him, but then she thought it wasn't right. Last time, she had asked Ming Yuexuan to pretend to be Li Xichi's best friend. She herself hadn't shown up. Although she knew about Accountant Liu and Jiang Yongfeng's past now, she didn't have solid evidence. If she exposed him now, with Jiang Yongfeng's ability, she could easily turn black into white.
Of course, Li Qiyu definitely didn't believe that Accountant Liu was so kind - hearted as to save Li Tong.
Thinking of this, Li Qiyu decided to wait and see what they were going to say.
Hearing that Accountant Liu had saved the child, Li Yuanhua stepped forward quickly to express his gratitude and invited the man into the living room as he spoke.
Li Qiyu watched as Accountant Liu walked in. After exchanging a glance with Jiang Yongfeng, he sat down on the sofa a bit nervously.
Although the child was back, since he had been missing for a day and night, Li Yuanhua still had many questions to ask.
"How did you find Xiaotong?"
"Well, I saw him on the side of Lehua Road. At that time, he was sleeping beside a flower bed. I didn't know he had fainted. I thought he had gotten separated from his family, so I planned to take him to the police station. But I had something urgent to deal with at that time, so I left the child at my place and went out to handle it. I just got free now. Fortunately, your child is smart. He knew his home address, so I brought him back to you."
Li Yuanhua looked at Accountant Liu with some suspicion in his eyes.
First of all, this man's story was full of loopholes. Taking an unknown little boy to his home and then saying he forgot to deal with it? And if he was really that busy, where did he get the time to care about a fainting child on the roadside?
Li Yuanhua asked, "May I ask what your job is, sir? And I still don't know your name."
"Oh, I'm an accountant. My surname is Liu."
"Mr. Liu, we're really grateful to you for bringing Xiaotong back. Why don't you stay for a meal? It's our way of showing our gratitude."
Accountant Liu glanced in Jiang Yongfeng's direction and readily accepted. But he also began to hint at Li Yuanhua.
"I've even delayed my work today because of your child."
Li Yuanhua had been in the business world for a long time. If he couldn't understand this veiled meaning, he wouldn't be worthy of being the boss of Li's Department Store.
He nodded and said, "Of course, of course. You're our great benefactor. I definitely won't let you suffer losses for nothing."
Li Qiyu had been standing by without saying a word, quietly observing.
There were many doubts about this incident.
First, although Ming Yuezhu and Li Yuanhua had divorced, they hadn't made it public. Moreover, Li Yuanhua had never given up pursuing Ming Yuezhu. To outsiders, they still seemed deeply in love. And in order to protect Li Tong, the Li and Ming families had long decided to keep it a secret. Even the servants had been told to keep their mouths shut. Otherwise, Li Tong wouldn't have been kept in the dark and only just found out the truth. So the person who could have told Li Tong about his parents' divorce could only be someone who knew the inside story of the Li and Ming families.
Second, Accountant Liu kept saying that he had picked up Li Tong on the road, but he clearly knew Jiang Yongfeng and knew that this child was the grandson of the Li family. Given his relationship with Jiang Yongfeng, he could have come to Jiang Yongfeng immediately and told her that the child had been found. If Jiang Yongfeng had found the child, she could have earned a great merit in the Li family, instead of taking so long to bring the child here.
Third, whether it was Ming Yuexuan's test of Accountant Liu last time or his cheeky request for a reward this time when he came to the door on his own initiative, it all proved that this man was suspicious. Anyway, Li Qiyu didn't believe that he was so kind - hearted that he would really pick up the precious grandson of the Li family without trying to extort a fortune!
Li Qiyu wasn't the only one with such thoughts. Li Yuanhua and Ming Yuezhu weren't stupid either. They made an excuse that they were going to take Li Tong downstairs to wash up and left the hall with Li Qiyu, then went back to their room.
The first thing they did when they got back to the room was to ask Li Tong the truth.
"Xiaotong, tell Mom, Dad, and Aunt the truth. Did that Uncle Liu really save you?"