Chapter 318: Missing or ran away

When Old Mrs. Xiao heard the words "Tang Chen," her eyes went straight.

She had always coveted Ye Chen's big villa, dreaming of moving in.

Even, she really wanted to die there when she got old.

There are some superstitious sayings and beliefs among the people, for example:

When you are about to die, it is best not to die in the hospital, otherwise you won't find the way home.

Another example, you must wear burial clothes before you die, otherwise you won't have clothes to wear on the other side.

Another example, if you are in a luxury mansion before you die, you can be reborn into a wealthy family in your next life and enjoy glory and wealth.

Therefore, Old Mrs. Xiao also longed to be able to live in a top-tier luxury villa like Tang Chen until she died of old age.

Last time, she ordered Xiao Hailong to grab the villa, but the Xiao family's bodyguards were beaten like dogs, and Xiao Hailong was beaten extremely miserably.

Since then, although the old lady had given up the idea of grabbing it by force, her greedy heart was still alive.

Hearing that Xiao Changqian and Qian Hongyan had designed to scam that villa, she was incredibly excited!

At this time, Xiao Hailong and Xiao Weiwei had just returned from outside. Entering the villa and hearing this, they were both excited!

Xiao Hailong walked quickly to them and asked, "Dad, you just said Mom went to scam Ye Chen's villa? Did she succeed?"

Xiao Weiwei was also excited, "Yes, Dad, did she succeed?"

Xiao Changqian sighed, "The last WeChat message she sent me said she had already scammed Ma Lan's cash, the house she's living in, and Ye Chen's Tang Chen villa. It's confirmed that it's mortgaged to us! Ye Chen will send the property deed over soon! We're rich this time!"

Before Xiao Changqian could finish, Old Mrs. Xiao laughed incredibly excitedly, "This is really great news, really great! In that case, when the bank comes to seal this villa, we can just move into Tang Chen! Hahaha, that uneducated poor shrew Ma Lan deserves to be scammed! It's best to scam her until she's ruined!"

Xiao Changqian said with a bitter smile, "Mom, even if the villa thing works out, we still have to share it with the scammer. To keep this villa, we have to pay the scammer tens of millions. But that doesn't matter. The key is that Hongyan is missing! I can't reach her no matter what, and the people she set the trap with are also unreachable. They've all lost contact!"

"Lost contact?" Old Mrs. Xiao was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "Changqian, could she have run away with the money?"

"Run away?" Xiao Changqian blurted out, "That shouldn't be, right? Why would she run away?"

Xiao Hailong also said, "Grandma, Mom couldn't have run away with the money, don't worry!"

Old Mrs. Xiao shook her head and said, "Don't say such things now! The Xiao family is not what it used to be, and Qian Hongyan knows it in her heart. She also knows that the Xiao family can't return to its former glory, and since you put all the money in her hands, what if she doesn't want to live a hard life with you and runs away with the money?"

Speaking of this, Old Mrs. Xiao said seriously, "What if she has already sold the scammed villa and exchanged it for tens of millions or hundreds of millions in cash? Then she has even more reason to run away. Maybe she has already gone abroad and can never be found again!"

Xiao Changqian said, "Mom, Hongyan has been married to me for so many years. Although we often quarrel, our relationship is still very stable!"

Old Mrs. Xiao said coldly, "That's because she didn't have money! Before, she had to rely on us to live, but now? You gave her the financial power, so she doesn't need to rely on you anymore!"

As she spoke, Old Mrs. Xiao added, "And! She scammed Ye Chen's villa today, and her net worth suddenly increased several times. Now that she has tens of millions in assets, you're not her husband in her eyes! You're a burden!"

Xiao Changqian's expression froze.

Although he didn't want to admit that what Old Mrs. Xiao said was the truth, deep down, he vaguely realized some problems.

If Qian Hongyan really got her hands on tens of millions, she might really do something like this. After all, this woman is the same kind of person as Ma Lan, both greedy for money and obsessed with money.

Now, he, his son, his daughter, and even his mother had all become burdens. She might really choose to run away with all the money!

Thinking of this, Xiao Changqian's face was uncertain, and he said, "I'll call Ma Lan and ask."

After saying that, he took out his phone and dialed Ma Lan's number.

This time, the call connected quickly.

Xiao Changqian heard the call connect and hurriedly said, "Ma Lan, I'm your brother-in-law..."

As soon as Ma Lan heard his voice, she felt itchy with hatred!

This old dog! Qian Hongyan scamming her must be something he knew about!

And maybe it was this old dog who was planning it behind the scenes!

Thinking that she had suffered a huge loss today, Ma Lan wished she could ask about Xiao Changqian's ancestors for eighteen generations on the phone!

However, thinking that Qian Hongyan, that dog, had already been sent to the black coal mine, she could only suppress the anger in her heart and said disdainfully, "Xiao Changqian, my husband and I have already left the Xiao family, who are you being a brother-in-law to?"

Xiao Changqian was also uncomfortable hearing this, but he was asking for information, so he naturally couldn't annoy her, so he could only say awkwardly, "Ma Lan, I was wrong, okay?"

Ma Lan then snorted coldly, "Tell me, what do you want?"

Xiao Changqian hurriedly asked, "Ma Lan, did you see Hongyan today?"

Ma Lan immediately denied, "No, ever since we were at Chen Shuyi's villa last time, I haven't seen sister-in-law again. Why?"

"No?!" Xiao Changqian cursed in his heart, aren't you clearly lying?

Today, Qian Hongyan was live-streaming to me on WeChat, reporting to me when she arrived at your building, reporting to me when she got into your BMW, and reporting to me when she was playing mahjong

You even reported to me how much money and how many things she won from you, yet you actually tell me you haven't seen her?

Although Xiao Changqian was very angry inside, he could only suppress his rage and say, "When Hongyan went out today, she said she was going to find you to play mahjong. Have you really not seen her?"

Ma Lan felt a bit guilty; after all, the three people who played mahjong with her today, along with a group of thugs, had all been sent away to dig coal. If their families found out it had something to do with her, they might retaliate. If they reported it to the police, she would have no way to defend herself!

Therefore, she could only deny it to the end!

So she said impatiently to Xiao Changqian, "You are really interesting. Can't I keep track of whether I've seen her or not? If I haven't seen her, I haven't seen her!"

Xiao Changqian didn't care about whether he would expose anything and said hurriedly, "Ma Lan, don't hang up yet. Tell me the truth, have you seen her or not? Where did she go? She sent me a WeChat message this afternoon saying she was playing cards with you, and even said she won my son-in-law Ye Chen's villa in Tang Chen. How can you say you haven't seen her?"

Ma Lan said hurriedly, "Xiao Changqian, you are really interesting. When did our family's villa ever get won by you? Besides, I said I haven't seen Qian Hongyan, so I haven't! I can't stand her enough as it is, how could I possibly play cards with her!"

Having said this, she guessed in her heart that Xiao Changqian must be the mastermind behind the scenes.

So, she gritted her teeth and said, "Xiao Changqian, your wife might have run off with someone and eloped, using playing mahjong with me as a cover! I heard that she previously kept a young gigolo in a KTV about the same age as your son Hailong, and the two of them were always talking about saving money to fly away together!"