Chapter 6

"Mother," Xiao Long immediately stood up when he saw his mother-in-law walking along and being helped by An Xin, then he glanced at Qiao Xin's uncle with a panicked look on his face as if he was asking for a favor there.

"You come?" asked his mother-in-law, Xiao Long nodded perfectly, then he held his breath so heavily. He was really afraid that his mother-in-law would ask about Qiao Xin's problems, especially now that Qiao Xin wasn't here. A thing that was quite heavy for Xiao Long to explain now. "You alone? Where is Qiao Xin?" continued her mother-in-law, and sure enough her mother-in-law immediately looked for Qiao Xin's whereabouts.

"Sister Liu, Xiao Long didn't come from home and visited here. Not at all. He has a business in the opposite city and some time ago had been on a long business trip, at this time he was just about to return home and he happened to be tired, so he stopped by. Of course Qiao Xin didn't come, the problem in Qiao Xin's office was not being a wife, but one of Xiao Long's employees, who was in another division who wasn't Xiao Long's secretary or anything, so she had to do other work and had to stay at home, that's why Qiao Xin didn't come," explained Qiao Xin's uncle. Having such support, Xiao Long immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then he nodded his head perfectly. It never occurred to anyone even if Qiao Xin's uncle would be willing to help him after all the bad things he told Qiao Xin's uncle.

"Oh just like that, I understand now." Xiao Long's mother-in-law smiled then she stroked Xiao Long's arm perfectly.

"I'm sorry mother. If my arrival tends to be rushed and I don't buy any souvenirs I—"

"Xiao Long, be quiet. What are you saying? I didn't think of anything at all let alone a gift from you. You go to work, go on a business trip. So how can you think of a souvenir with all that stuff, right? So I hope that visiting you often is enough to make me happy. How can you talk about souvenirs?" Xiao Long's mother-in-law said. Xiao Long smiled again, as he led his mother-in-law into the house, assisted by An Xin and also Qiao Xin's uncle of course. "I'm sure you're really hungry, right? Do you miss Mom's cooking?" guess the mother-in-law again. Xiao Long immediately nodded enthusiastically.

"Yes, ma'am! I really miss Mom's cooking! And I think, when I get home later, Mom has to prepare more. I'm sure if Qiqi also misses it, I brought Mom's homemade food, I'm sure Qiqi will really like it," Xiao Long said excitedly.

Her mother-in-law again nodded her head perfectly, then she immediately entered the kitchen with An Xin.

"I guarantee that you as well as Qiao Xin will like Mother's food," replied his mother-in-law excitedly.

Xiao Long just smiled stupidly, he had absolutely no idea whether this lie was true or not. Xiao Long felt that he had lied, and another thing that was bothering him even more was the fact that Qiao Xin wasn't in her hometown. It was a fact that proved that if Qiao Xin was nowhere to be found, Qiao Xin had gone somewhere, and Xiao Long was even more worried about it. Why isn't Qiao Xin everywhere? Even Xiao Long had sent many people to look for Qiao Xin's whereabouts, but his beloved wife was nowhere to be found. more than that, Qiao Xin's current state was pregnant. How could Qiao Xin go alone under such circumstances?

"Big Brother Xiao Long," Xiao Long looked up when An Xin called his name. The beautiful woman is now sitting in front of Xiao Long with an inquiring expression on her face. "I see your face is not as bright as usual, did something happen to Qiao Xin?" guessed An Xin then. What really surprised Xiao Long was that, when An Xin guessed it right, it was something he never imagined.

"You're just guessing but you're right too," Xiao Long replied in the end, even though it seemed to be honest right now was much more fun than staying silent. Xiao Long needed help, and that help had to come from one of Qiao Xin's own families. "Has Qiqi contacted you in the past few days?" Xiao Long asked again.

An Xin seemed to shake her head, then she frowned perfectly.

"She didn't call me, or ask how I was and how my mother was like she used to ask when she missed me. But she had sent you a message about five days ago, that said I was told to live well and should be able to take care of Mother. But unfortunately, after that the number is difficult to call, in fact it is almost inactive. I have absolutely no idea what happened to her. Or is the phone broken? Or is she too busy to forget to bring her cell phone? I don't understand what's going on right now. Really, what problem is Qiao Xin with you? Say it with me, I can help you to melt her heart again," An Xin excitedly said.

Xiao Long couldn't help but be silent, he was at a loss as to what to say. Saying that Qiao Xin ran away from home and their marriage was just a contract marriage? Then An Xin would immediately scream hysterically in front of her mother and would make her mother's pain even worse. But if Xiao Long didn't say anything it would all be the same, this matter was unsolved, and Xiao Long didn't get any clues. how could he not, in this hometown Qiao Xin had many friends, schoolmates and childhood friends. It could be that Qiao Xin was staying at one of her close friend's houses.

"We've been on strike for the past few days, then she decided to stay in the apartment while I was out of town on business for a bit, she threatened me to leave the house and turned off her cell phone. I'm afraid that if she really leaves, then what should I do? I don't know any of Qiqi's best friends here or anywhere, all I know is she only has one best friend in the company named Mei. So it's definitely impossible for Qiqi to hide there, just so you know, An Xin. Qiqi was so stubborn when sulking at me, she was even willing to hide in the office all night until Grandpa scolded me for not coming home. I was really confused about going home. I called her as well as you were not picked up because the number was not active at all. I just thought maybe she would actually run away from home and it would give me a headache because I would be scolded by everyone in my family. You know how pathetic I've been all this time?"

An Xin looked at Xiao Long, it seemed that she was quite sorry for what Xiao Long had said now, then Qiao Xin nodded her head, took a deep breath and looked at Xiao Long with an incredibly sweet smile.

"Brother Xiao Long don't worry, since you helped me with a fake date before, I'll help as best I can now. you have been so good to me, obey all my wishes, how can i ignore you? Of course I can't do it. With Qiao Xin's matter you don't need to be confused, in fact I have tons of blacklists and lists of Qiao Xin's friends, lists of men who said love to her, and lists of all of them. I know everything well and right, so Big Brother Xiao Long can entrust this matter to me."

"Is that true?" Xiaolong's spirit. He had absolutely no idea that An Xin would be this innocent, just like her older sister, so easily fooled to perfection. Xiao Long ignores all ethics and norms, even Xiao Long's guilt must be put aside for the sake of getting the addresses of Qiao Xin's friends. What was important now was Qiao Xin, nothing else.