Chapter 295 - 293: The Runaway Child

Hearing Xiaoqiao’s words, the online friends were momentarily stunned.

"What... what’s going on?"

"Brother Zhang and Sister Liu’s son... called Lv, the child’s surname is Lv?"

"Whoa, what kind of plot is this?"

"I get it, his child must follow his surname, and you don’t deserve it!"

"Brother Zhang’s bitter expression really has the demeanor of someone ready to take over!"

"As long as I can marry the goddess, let the child take whatever surname they want!"

"This devotion is too pure, I’m about to be moved to tears!"

"Is loving someone considered being labeled as a simp by you? She goes to the hotel with others, but it’s always my money she’s using. Isn’t this love?"

"I remember you said you always kick off the blankets when you sleep. Have him cover you at night so you don’t catch cold!"

"Brother, respond to her, when she’s happy, she’ll respond to me..."

"36! Besides 6, it’s still 6!"

"Turns out everyone here is a seasoned simp, I am in awe!"

"Did you all misunderstand? Maybe the child is called Zhang Xiaolv?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Seeing the comments on the screen, Xiaoqiao hurriedly explained: "Everyone misunderstood!"

"Brother Zhang and Sister Liu got together later, it’s their second marriage!"

"The missing child, Lv, is actually Sister Liu’s son with her late ex-husband..."

The online friends, upon hearing this, all showed expressions of realization.

"Damn! You should have clarified earlier!"

"Exactly, I thought this was another Green Grassland story."

"I imagined a story about a simp willing to be a stepfather after winning over the goddess."

"Thankfully there’s no infidelity! True love still exists in this world!"

"Liu, you’re married! But I still love you, I’m willing to wait for you to get a divorce!"

"If you don’t want to divorce, then I’ll wait until you’re widowed!"

"If you’re well, I’ll remain on standby until old age!"

"Brother Zhang: Haha, persistence pays off! Liu’s husband has finally passed away, I’m ready to step in!"

"Boohoo... the touching story of a stand-in, I’m crying, how about you?"

"I wet my pants! From laughter..."

Lu Heng also nodded along.

He had been a bit puzzled before, wondering why the child’s surname was different from his father’s, so he had asked about it.

So it was a second marriage!

That’s no problem then.

Then, he asked, "Young Friend Qiao, when did this child go missing?"

Hearing this, Xiaoqiao replied, "Immortal, Lv went missing five days ago!"

"For the details, I’ll let Sister Liu explain to you!"

After speaking, he whispered a few words to Sister Liu beside him.

At first, Sister Liu looked troubled, seemingly very unwilling to speak.

But later, after Xiaoqiao said something, she reluctantly nodded, agreeing.

"Hello, Immortal!"

Sister Liu greeted Lu Heng nervously.

If it were just an ordinary fortune teller, she might not have been so nervous.

But with all the accolades Xiaoqiao had given Lu Heng before,

In Xiaoqiao’s description and introductions, Lu Heng had already become an all-knowing Immortal.

Anything he wanted to know, he could calculate it with a pinch of his fingers, knowing five hundred years ahead, five hundred years back.

"Ms. Liu, you need not be overly nervous!"

Lu Heng noticed her nervousness and tried to comfort her.

But his speaking only made Sister Liu more nervous.

Her hands were slightly trembling, and her face turned a bit pale.

Seeing this, Lu Heng wisely closed his mouth.

"Sister Liu, you don’t have to be afraid, the Immortal is a good person!"

"You can tell the Immortal when Lv went missing."

Xiaoqiao encouraged from the side.

After hesitating for a while, Sister Liu slowly began to recount: "Six days ago, it was Saturday, a school holiday."

"In the morning, my child stayed home to do homework."

"By noon, he came to our restaurant for lunch and never left after eating."

"In the afternoon, when there were fewer customers, I checked the earnings and found over five hundred yuan missing."

"I first asked the cashier, she said she didn’t know what happened, she hadn’t taken the money."

"The cashier is related to me, so I trusted her and didn’t press further."

"In the evening, after checking the accounts again, I found another three hundred missing."

"On that day alone, a total of nearly nine hundred yuan was missing..."

She sniffed and continued: "Our restaurant, although old and doesn’t lack customers,"

"Mainly makes small profits but has quick turnover; the profit per dish is not much."

"So this nine hundred yuan was not a small amount for us."

"I asked the staff if anyone had touched the cash register, and everyone said no."

"So, I had my husband check the surveillance footage..."

Here, she pursed her lips, and a look of sadness appeared, with a hint of sobbing: "After checking the footage, to our surprise, it was our child who took the money."

"I immediately went home and found him, asking if he had taken the restaurant’s money."

"He kept insisting he hadn’t taken it, which made me very angry."

"I couldn’t control my anger and gave him a beating."

"Afterward, he admitted to secretly taking the money and spending it all."

"I asked how he spent it, and he said it was for charging in games, buying characters and skins."

"After hearing this, I got angrier. My husband and I work tirelessly from dawn to dusk, barely making much money."

"And yet, he secretly took money to charge in games, so I lost control and beat him again."

"The next day, nearly a thousand yuan were missing from the cash register again."

"After checking the surveillance, it was the child who took the money again."

"I was so furious, I didn’t care about anything else, and went home directly from the restaurant."

"But when I got home, no one was there; the child was missing."

"I called his smartwatch, but it said it was turned off."

"Then, I called his friends, but everyone said they hadn’t seen my child that day."

"I also sent messages to his grandparents, but both said the child hadn’t gone to their places."

"I didn’t think much of it then, just assuming my child was hiding somewhere."

"However, by evening, he still hadn’t returned home."

"I called relatives and classmates, but they all gave the same answer, they hadn’t seen my child that day..."

As Sister Liu spoke, tears began streaming down her face.

Choking on sobs, she continued: "It was then I realized my child might have run away from home."

"I reported it to the police immediately, but... but..."

"It’s been so many days, there hasn’t been any news of my child... sob sob..."