Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 731 - 726: Discovered She’s Missing

Zhuzhu did recognize Fang Pingying, but having seen her rarely, and especially after receiving inhumane treatment from Xu He recently, he became much more timid.

He glanced at Fang Pingying shyly for a while before stammering out in an extremely soft voice, "Mommy went to Auntie’s place."

Fang Pingying didn’t hear it very clearly, but vaguely caught a few words. She squatted down, took hold of Zhuzhu, and asked again uncertainly, "What did Zhuzhu just say, where did Mommy go?"

At this time, Zhuzhu didn’t respond, but Zhou Yunmei retorted irritably, "Are you deaf or what, didn’t Cuilan start working at that supermarket you recommended a while ago?" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

After saying that, she paused slightly, then immediately followed up with an almost accusatory tone, "Right, I wanted to ask you, what kind of job did you really recommend to her? She’s been there for so long, never had a day off, hasn’t been paid yet. Having Zhuzhu at my place is already too much, she didn’t even come back to provide living expenses. Where am I supposed to find money to feed her son?"

Zhou Yunmei’s words left Fang Pingying somewhat confused, she even ignored Zhou Yunmei’s dig about being deaf and quickly asked back, "When did Cuilan start working at the supermarket?"

Zhou Yunmei glanced at Luo Cuilan, thought carefully for a moment, and said, "About a month ago, my grandson wasn’t born yet at that time."

Fang Pingying remembered that Luo Cuilan took Zhuzhu to her place over a month ago, saying at most three days and then starting at the supermarket. This timeline seemed correct, but she hadn’t seen Luo Cuilan since.

Now, with Zhou Yunmei so sure that Luo Cuilan had come over, what exactly had happened?

Fang Pingying pondered and frowned, asking, "Are you sure she went to work at my supermarket?"

"Not your supermarket, then where? People said that supermarket is really good. Once Cuilan knew, she was so happy she couldn’t sleep for several nights, kept talking about how the supermarket pays well." Zhou Yunmei also sensed something wrong as she spoke, and after staring blankly at Fang Pingying and making sure she wasn’t just arguing, she frowned and asked, "You’re not telling me you don’t know about this, are you?"

Fang Pingying looked at her and nodded, "I indeed said that I wanted Cuilan to work at that supermarket, and Cuilan agreed. But then she said she needed to go back and arrange some things first and hasn’t come over since."

"That’s impossible, she also hasn’t been home for over a month." Zhou Yunmei was completely baffled, paused for quite a while before asking Fang Pingying somewhat bewilderedly, "Then where did she go?"

"Cuilan is your daughter, whatever has happened, you would know best." Fang Pingying couldn’t tell why, but after confirming Luo Cuilan was missing, she had a bad feeling, suspecting that it might be related to the people from the Luo Family.

After Fang Pingying finished speaking, Zhou Yunmei was silent, her mind continuously trying to figure out where Luo Cuilan could possibly be.

However, Zhuzhu, who had been listening to their conversation at the side, seemed to understand a bit and suddenly asked Fang Pingying with a mournful expression, "Auntie, is Mommy lost?"

Fang Pingying, not wanting to scare Zhuzhu, immediately pulled him close and coaxed, "She’s not lost, not lost, Zhuzhu, don’t cry, alright? Go back with grandma first, Auntie will help you look for Mommy."

Zhou Yunmei had come to demonstrate power, but with the incident involving Luo Cuilan, she became nervous and felt unease, no longer in the mood to say anything further. After confirming that Luo Cuilan really hadn’t gone to work at the supermarket, she hurriedly left.

After all, Luo Cuilan had left the scene in a huff with Luo Zhiming, and now that she was nowhere to be seen, Zhou Yunmei was somewhat worried.

On Fang Pingying’s side, since Zhou Yunmei hadn’t revealed anything, she wasn’t particularly concerned; considering Luo Cuilan was an adult and typically didn’t make enemies, it seemed unlikely that anything bad would happen.

But the more she thought about it, the more she found the situation peculiar.

Logically, given Luo Cuilan’s character, she would have definitely returned to work at the supermarket immediately after leaving Zhou Yunmei. Frankly, working at the supermarket was an excellent opportunity for Luo Cuilan, and she had been delighted to get the job, so there was no reason to think Luo Cuilan had backed out or anything.

As Fang Pingying was pondering this, Luo Zhiyong returned on his bicycle. Yaoyao, with sharp eyes, spotted him from afar and called out loudly, "Daddy’s back."

Luo Zhiyong got off his bike and patted the little ones on the head. Then, upon seeing Fang Pingying, and noticing her worried expression, he asked softly, "What’s wrong?"

Fang Pingying looked at him, hesitantly and with uncertainty, "It seems Cuilan is missing."

"What do you mean by missing?"

Fang Pingying explained, "Just now your mother, holding Xu He’s bastard, came here to make a scene. Zhuzhu was also here. Upon inquiring, we learned that Cuilan left Zhou Yunmei’s place over a month ago, but she hasn’t been seen working at the supermarket since."

Upon hearing this, Luo Zhiyong also became worried, but since he hadn’t been particularly close with this sister of his over the past few years, he knew less about her than Luo Honglan’s side did. He thought for a moment and speculated, "Could she have made a sudden decision to work somewhere else?"

"That’s not very likely; even if she went to work somewhere, she would have had some time off over a month..." As Fang Pingying considered a series of possibilities, she eventually rejected them, "No matter what, I feel this is abnormal. I know what it’s like to be a mother, and even if she doesn’t care about anyone else, she couldn’t possibly not care about her son, especially Cuilan."

Fang Pingying knew that whether it was during her pregnancy with Zhuzhu or his birth, Luo Cuilan had suffered a great deal, and due to her frail health, it was uncertain whether she could have more children. So Luo Cuilan, compared to other mothers, was even more devoted to her son. No matter what hardships she faced, to put it bluntly, as long as she wasn’t dead, she would never abandon Zhuzhu.

Upon this reflection, Luo Zhiyong felt the situation might be more serious, and he too was concerned. He discussed with Fang Pingying, "How about I go over and ask Luo Zhiming what exactly happened, and how Cuilan left?"

"Sure, go ask." After Fang Pingying finished speaking, she suddenly remembered something and immediately called out to Luo Zhiyong, who was about to get on his bicycle, hesitantly saying, "Wait, when you ask, pay attention to Xu He’s expression, or if you can’t find out anything there, go around asking if anything unusual has happened in the area recently."

For some reason, at that moment, Fang Pingying thought of Luo Cuilan threatening Xu He.

If it had been before knowing about Xu He poisoning Zhuzhu, perhaps Fang Pingying wouldn’t have thought Xu He capable of such malice, or wouldn’t have associated her with many issues. However, after the last incident, she felt that anything could happen.