Tianxin said with a smile in her voice, “That’s good to know. It’s late. Mubai, do retire to bed soon.”

“Okay.”

“Good night,” Tianxin concluded warmly.

Mubai kept his phone, stopped his car by the roadside, and lit a cigarette.

As throngs of cars rushed him by, he chuckled to himself.

So what if Xia Xinghe had disappeared, why was it his responsibility to find her?

She was a grown woman, she could find her way home.

Mubai turned his car back home but as a safety measure, ordered some men to investigate Xinghe’s present situation. At least that way he would know she was still alive and finally have an idea what had happened to her in the past few years.

He was interested to find out how a woman with such a sizeable amount of alimony could end up in her state.

morning, Mubai received updates on Xinghe for

she was taken in

had been keeping each other afloat. Their life took a turn

earn money, Xinghe had to take on

waitress… She spent her times doing all sorts of

reticence and reluctance to socialize. This meant that none of her work lasted longer than a

working environment to another had taken a

still surprised when he thought back to their encounter yesterday. It seemed like she had aged tremendously

could barely recognize her

their chance encounter yesterday, he wouldn’t have known how much

that puzzled him. Why hadn’t she

was impossible to burn through the amount he’d given in a short period of

serious expression. It would appear

his whole family was already seated, having their

was the first to wake up since he had an early bedtime the

for me,” Mubai ordered one

Xi Lin’s hand and led him out of

Xi took a delicate bite of her barley porridge with a porcelain spoon before asking, “Why did you leave so suddenly yesterday? You are the reason we were gathered there, you know? How

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