The police officers who received the alarm call attached great importance to this case and immediately rushed to the residential area. Little Tuanzi watched the uncles and aunts in the same uniforms as her Second Uncle's and waited obediently.
Coincidentally, among the police officers handling this case, there was one who had met Miaomiao when she went to the police station to assist in solving a case last time.
After confirming that he hadn't mistaken the person, the police officer quickly called Second Uncle Lin.
Second Uncle Lin, who was on his way to another place, turned around immediately after receiving the news to pick up Little Tuanzi.
Seeing the flowers at the crime scene, Second Uncle Lin understood what was going on. He asked someone to send Little Tuanzi home and then sent a message to Lin Yao.
Knowing that Little Tuanzi was on her way home safe and sound, Lin Yao slowly let out a sigh of relief.
"Daddy, the money Second Uncle gave me is lost."
When she saw her father, Miaomiao immediately admitted her mistake, rubbing her hands. Some of her classmates had lost money before. After school, Miaomiao had seen from afar how the classmate's parents scolded him.
Since then, Little Tuanzi had been very careful with money, thinking that losing money was a big deal.
His daughter admitted her mistake as soon as she got out of the car, and it was for such an insignificant thing. Lin Yao's originally tense nerves completely relaxed, and he even felt a bit哭笑不得.
He picked up his daughter who was still rubbing her fingers and gently arranged Miaomiao's long hair: "It's not lost. Yao Mingxuan and Cheng Ruan picked it up and returned it to you."
"Really?!"
Miaomiao's eyes lit up, and she asked happily.
"Really. They're waiting for you at home. Let's go back." Lin Yao nodded with a smile. Seeing that Miaomiao was in such a good state, he immediately gave up the idea of asking what had happened during the time when Little Tuanzi was missing.
If his daughter didn't take it to heart, it wasn't a big deal, so there was no need to ask.
After getting home, Lin Yao was still a bit worried about letting the three kids go out to play alone for the time being. He asked Cheng Ruan and Yao Mingxuan to stay for dinner at home. After dinner, he would take them to buy fireworks himself.
The whole family was happily preparing dinner when the doorbell suddenly rang.
Grandma Lin went to open the door and saw a lady and a young girl visiting.
Grandma Lin knew these two all too well. The moment she saw them, her face fell.
"What are you doing here?" Grandma Lin held the spatula and blocked the door, obviously not wanting these two to enter.
"It's Chinese New Year. I've brought Taoyao to pay you a visit. My in - laws miss you very much."
One should not hit a smiling face. The lady reached out with a smile and put the gifts at the door, showing extreme flattery.
Grandma Lin glanced at the things on the ground, said nothing, and stepped aside to let them in.
It was Chinese New Year, and she didn't want to quarrel and invite bad luck.
After the lady and the girl entered the house, they walked straight to the sofa and sat down. The three brothers of the Lin family were sitting on the sofa playing video games. When they saw these two coming, they rolled their eyes directly and put down their game consoles in disgust.
Teenagers were in their hot - blooded years and didn't know how to hide their emotions. They just hated the people they disliked and didn't even want to do the superficial politeness.
"Oh, Xiaohui has grown so big. He's a real young man now. Come on, Taoyao, greet your cousin."
The lady lost face because of the three teenagers' disgust. She forced a smile awkwardly and tried to ease the atmosphere. She pulled the girl beside her and asked her to greet them.
The girl blushed unconsciously when she saw Lin Chenghui's delicate face.
Because of his myopia, Lin Chenghui wore a pair of delicate gold - rimmed glasses. He looked a bit like Lin Yao, both of them looking thin and gentle. Even at a young age, he had the shadow of being a handsome and elegant young man, with a bit of the charm of a so - called "gentle scoundrel".
His unique boyishness added a bit of youthfulness.
He was exactly the image of a top - student, school - hunk, and handsome young man that the girls in school fantasized about.
"Hello, cousin. My name is Li Taoyao. It's the Taoyao from 'The peach tree is lush, its blossoms are bright'."
"Oh."
Lin Chenghui just responded coldly, turned his head away, and didn't even want to give her a look.
The girl's eyes immediately welled up with tears when she saw that this cousin completely ignored her. She looked so delicate and pitiful, as if she had suffered a great grievance.
"You're not going to cry, are you? My brother did respond with an 'oh', right? Don't tell me you're going to cry just like this. Are you really that fragile?"
Taking advantage of his young age, Lin Chengzhi deliberately taunted the girl mischievously.
Now Taoyao was in a dilemma, not knowing whether to cry or not.
"I don't want to play anymore. It's really bad luck on Chinese New Year. Brother, let's go find Miaomiao. I think Fourth Uncle is showing cartoons for Miaomiao in the audio - visual room."
Lin Chengzhi rolled his eyes at the girl. Suddenly, the video game in his hand didn't seem interesting anymore. He pulled his two brothers and ran upstairs.
Seeing the three teenagers give up the game, Lin Yao asked curiously, "Why did you come up?"
"Don't even mention it. The relatives from Grandma's side are here again. Fourth Uncle, let's go play with Miaomiao. I really don't want to see that old lady."
Lin Chengzhi's face was full of disgust, clearly expressing his feelings.
Lin Yao smiled helplessly. The relatives from his mother's side were really annoying, so it was no wonder the three boys reacted so strongly.
"Go ahead. Miaomiao and her friends are in the room."
Lin Yao let the three teenagers into the room and then went downstairs to take a look. His mother was kind - hearted and thin - skinned. If she couldn't handle it, he would play the role of the bad guy.
"Oh, isn't this Fourth Brother? The old lady often talks about you. She said she was most worried about you. She specially asked me to give you her regards."
When the lady saw Lin Yao coming downstairs, she quickly put on a smiling face and greeted him. This was really the purpose of her visit today.
Lin Yao responded with a polite and distant smile: "I can't bear such concern."
"Oh, we're all family. There's no such thing as not being able to bear it. Come on, let me introduce you. This is the daughter of your Second Cousin. I mentioned her to you before."
The lady pulled Taoyao over and introduced her.
Lin Yao rummaged through the corners of his memory and finally found some information about this girl. He sneered.
This family still didn't give up after all these years. They were still thinking about this matter?
"There's nothing to see."
"Fourth, it's time for dinner. Call the kids down."
Seeing her son's face getting darker, Grandma Lin directly called everyone for dinner, interrupting their conversation.
No matter what, she couldn't let her granddaughter go hungry. It was time to start dinner.
Lin Yao nodded slightly, ignored the lady directly, and went upstairs to call the kids for dinner.
Not long after, a group of naughty kids ran downstairs happily and took their seats at the table.
Out of courtesy, Grandma Lin also invited the lady and Taoyao to sit at the table.
Originally, it was a happy family dinner, but suddenly two strangers with a bad relationship were added. The atmosphere during this dinner was extremely awkward.
Even Cheng Ruan and Yao Mingxuan felt that something was wrong and sat there quietly.
At the whole dinner table, only Little Tuanzi was concentrating on eating.
Seeing Miaomiao struggling to chew on the bone, Cheng Ruan finally couldn't help it. She tugged at Little Tuanzi's corner and whispered quietly, "Miaomiao, don't you think something's wrong?"
"What? What's wrong??"
The extremely low - EQ Little Tuanzi didn't understand at all why Cheng Ruan was speaking so quietly. She suddenly raised her head and asked loudly with an innocent face.
Suddenly, Miaomiao's voice attracted everyone's attention.
When Cheng Ruan saw so many pairs of eyes looking at them, she involuntarily covered her face with her hands. She wished she could bury herself in the ground. Finally, she just said weakly, "It's nothing... Just keep eating..."