91: Chapter 91 Shifting Responsibility

The two stared at each other, and the police officer reluctantly acted as a mediator.

"Both of you, stop arguing for now. The most urgent matter is finding your daughter, Youyou."

"Ms. Chen, you just said the last place your daughter was seen was at your house, right? Are there any surveillance cameras near your house?"

Chen Ling nodded repeatedly in affirmation: "Yes, yes, not only are there surveillance cameras near my house, but there are also cameras inside my house. I will have the Nanny copy the surveillance footage and send it over right now!"

Half an hour later.

The Nanny arrived with the USB drive.

Everyone gathered around the computer to view the surveillance footage.

In the footage, Youyou was playing with toys in the living room.

As she played.

She seemed to remember something and ran into her own room.

Immediately afterward, she secretly slipped out of the villa while the Nanny wasn't paying attention.

"Youyou ran out by herself?"

"Why did she run out?"

"Shen Yan! Did you say something to Youyou? Did you tell her to come find you!"

Shen Yan looked at Chen Ling and shook his head.

In the past, he thought Chen Ling just didn't love him, which was why she wasn't that good to him.

Now, he didn't think that way anymore.

Chen Ling loved no one but herself.

Whether it was him or their daughter, they were just things to be cared for when needed and set aside as decoration when not needed.

"Haven't you already changed Youyou's phone number? How could I possibly contact Youyou?"

"Also, why was the Nanny at home changed?"

Chen Ling pursed her lips and retorted without showing weakness: "What business is it of yours whether I change the Nanny or not?"

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, the police officer helplessly stood up and separated them.

"Enough, stop arguing!"

"If you truly care about the child, follow me now to check the surveillance footage near the villa and see which direction the child walked!"

Shen Yan listened and immediately stood up saying: "I'll go with you!"

Chen Ling followed closely behind.

"I'm coming too!"

The group walked side-by-side to the property management office near the villa.

Because the police led the way, they easily obtained the surveillance recordings from the property management office.

The surveillance recording showed that after leaving the house, Youyou walked in an easterly direction.

Since there were many main roads in that direction, there were also many surveillance cameras.

They followed the clues and kept checking, finally discovering that Youyou was very likely in a secluded alley without surveillance footage.

It was only then that Chen Ling genuinely started to worry.

"Youyou!"

"Youyou!"

Seeing how hard she was wailing, Shen Yan couldn't help but mock her: "You're searching so desperately now, what were you doing before?"

"If you don't want to raise Youyou, then give Youyou to me."

Chen Ling glared fiercely at Shen Yan.

"Who said I don't want to raise Youyou? I just haven't had time for Youyou because I've been too busy with work!"

Shen Yan let out a cold laugh and did not argue with her.

As long as they found Youyou this time, he would definitely not let Chen Ling raise Youyou anymore.

After all, if things continued like this, it was questionable whether his daughter could grow up safely.

After searching for several rounds.

The group found nothing.

"That's not right, the surveillance recording clearly showed she was around here..."

The police officer was completely baffled.

Unless Youyou could vanish into thin air, there was no way to explain why she disappeared within this area.

"Could Youyou have been abducted by someone?"

Suddenly, Chen Ling proposed a terrifying guess.

Shen Yan stared at her with gloomy eyes and said: "If anything really happens to Youyou, I absolutely will not let you off. I will make you wish you were dead!"

Chen Ling was startled by Shen Yan's gaze and dared not say anything more.

Immediately after, both of their phones rang at the same time.

"Jingling, jingling."

Shen Yan did not want to answer initially.

But since the phone kept ringing incessantly, he had no choice but to answer the call first.

"Old Chen, I'm busy with something else right now. Don't call me first..."

"I don't care what important business you have, stop everything and listen to me!"

Old Chen's voice sounded very excited, as if he had just learned some great happy news.

"A major company is publicly soliciting bids right now, and we happen to meet the qualifications for bidding. I think we can do both projects simultaneously—work on our own company's projects while submitting a bid."

"If we win the bid, do you know how much money our company will get?"

"Ten million! A full ten million!"

Chen Guangke was elated on the other end of the line, as if he had already secured that ten million.

"Old Chen, my daughter is lost. I truly have no mind to talk about work right now. Let's discuss whatever it is later."

After saying that, Shen Yan directly hung up the phone.

To him, family was far more important than work.

Thinking this, he looked up at Chen Ling.

At this moment, Chen Ling was also answering a phone call.

"How much? Ten million?"

"Okay, I understand. I'll go back to the company for a meeting right now."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Ling noticed everyone around her was looking at her.

She swallowed, explaining as if she were guilty: "There is an extremely urgent project at the company; I must go back now for a meeting."

"Anyway... anyway, you are all helping to search, so it doesn't matter if I'm not here..."

The police officer really couldn't stand it anymore.

"Your child is missing, and you're still thinking about work?"

Chen Ling glared.

"What do you know? That's ten million!"

"If you keep working like this, you won't earn ten million even if you never eat or drink for your entire life. What right do you have to lecture me?"

The police officer couldn't take it anymore and simply waved his hand, saying: "Suit yourself. Go wherever you want. It's none of my business anyway."

"A mother like you has no right to raise a child!"

Chen Ling was furious and was about to fight with the police officer on the spot.

Fortunately, Yang Jin was beside her to persuade her.

"Alright, stop arguing with him. I'll help you look for the child. You go back to the company for your meeting."

Hearing this, Chen Ling was deeply moved.

She said to Yang Jin with teary eyes: "A'Jin, you are so kind to me..."

Shen Yan truly couldn't bear to watch the drama these two were putting on in front of him.

He shook his head, turned around, and continued searching for Youyou.

This time, he did not follow the area shown in the surveillance footage.

Youyou was still a child with a small build; it was very possible she walked into a surveillance blind spot and went somewhere else.

Thus, they searched until late at night.

During this period, Chen Guangke sent him several messages.

["Where are you now? Do you need me and Xiao Wu to help?"]

["Reply to my message."]

["Should I call the people from the company to help you search together?"]

Because Shen Yan was focused on searching for the child, he did not see these messages in time.