This incident developed much faster than Gu Sisi had expected. After that day, she heard no news from Jiang Lihao.
However, there was still someone in the villa who provided her with quite a bit of amusement, making the days not seem boring at all.
"Sis Sisi, look! I've got two layers of flab now!" Yang Qian wailed as she sat on the sofa.
Gu Sisi was cracking melon seeds and watching TV. She turned her head and saw Yang Qian pinching the flesh on her belly, looking on the verge of tears.
With a pair of teary eyes looking extremely aggrieved, her other hand wasn't idle either. She was grabbing all kinds of snacks as if afraid they would slip away.
Gu Sisi sized Yang Qian up and down and finally came to a conclusion.
"Yeah, you've put on weight."
Gu Sisi grabbed another handful of melon seeds. The few melon seeds in front of her were in sharp contrast to the mountain of snacks piled up.
Gu Sisi was quite curious. How could she keep eating all day long? She was like a bottomless pit.
"I knew it!" Yang Qian cried and pleaded for help. "Sis Sisi, what should I do?"
As she spoke, she grabbed a fried chicken leg and stuffed it into her mouth, taking big bites and chewing. "My mom might not even recognize me..."
"Qianqian," Gu Sisi said seriously with a straight face. "Maybe you should eat less."
"Wuwuwu, I want to," Yang Qian paused for a few seconds and said with a mournful face. "But I can't help it. They're so delicious."
"..."
Thinking that Yang Qian was still young and had a fast metabolism, Gu Sisi didn't force her to eat less. She just reminded her a few more times. Their boring life in the villa seemed harmonious.
Until a phone call broke the calm.
It had only been five days since the two of them had been alone. Gu Sisi and Yang Qian were watching TV when suddenly Gu Sisi's phone rang.
She glanced at the caller ID and raised her eyebrows. She didn't understand why her uncle would call her. After all, relatives usually only got in touch during festivals.
"Uncle, what's up?" Gu Sisi stood up, walked to a quiet place, and looked at the shrubs outside the villa.
The greenery was full of vitality. Gu Sisi asked absent - mindedly.
"Sisi, why aren't your parents at home? Where have they gone?" the other end asked urgently.
Gu Sisi was also taken aback. "Not at home? That can't be!"
"I'm right at your doorstep. I've knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered."
"Wait a minute," Gu Sisi was a bit confused about the current situation. "I'll call my parents and call you back later."
After saying that, Gu Sisi hung up the phone immediately.
It should be noted that Gu Sisi's uncle had always lived in another city. Unlike Gu Sisi's parents, her uncle did some small business with uncertain profits. When she was a child, Gu Sisi remembered that he often bought her small toys and snacks.
After all, children had no resistance to such things. So, Gu Sisi had always had a good impression of her uncle.
Gu Sisi quickly called her mother. Sure enough, the voice prompt on the other end said that no one answered. She then called her father, but this time the phone was turned off.
Gu Sisi panicked and called her uncle back.
"What's going on? Have you gotten in touch with them?"
"Uncle, listen to me," Gu Sisi walked upstairs. "You ask the neighbors first to see if they know anything about my parents. I've called them but no one answered."
"Okay."
After they hung up, Gu Sisi immediately packed some necessary small items and headed out.
She knew that it was impossible for her parents to be out of touch at the same time, so she was even more worried.
"Sis Sisi, where are you going?" Yang Qian asked with a snack in her hand.
"Just a little thing. Tell Sister Hu not to prepare lunch for me. I'll be back soon."
Yang Qian slowly sat down again, chewed and swallowed the snack. "Okay~"
Gu Sisi was extremely flustered. She hailed a taxi and rushed home.
As soon as she got home, sure enough, she saw her uncle pacing in front of the door. There was also a gift box at the door. It seemed that he had come specifically to visit her parents.
"Uncle, how's it going?"
Gu Sisi's uncle wore thin - framed glasses, which was inconsistent with his usual business image. At this moment, he was also extremely anxious.
"I've asked a lot of people, but they all said they weren't sure."
"Ah?" Gu Sisi was stunned. She quickly took out her keys and opened the door.
The two of them walked around the house and met in the living room. They shook their heads. There were no clues in the house, and they didn't see a single person.
The two of them rushed to the places where Gu's mother and father often went, even the park, but they didn't see anyone.
"Uncle, maybe we should call the police!" Gu Sisi's face turned pale. She thought of a possibility. Could it be that the people who kidnapped her last time knew the address of her parents and abducted them?
"Wait a minute," seeing Gu Sisi rushing towards the police station in a panic, her uncle grabbed her. "We don't know how long they've been missing. If it's less than 24 hours, the police won't take care of it."
This made Gu Sisi even more panicked. "The last time I called them was a week ago."
Gu Sisi felt extremely remorseful. She blamed herself for not keeping in touch with them often. Now she was like a headless fly.
"It's okay. Don't cry. We'll keep looking," her uncle comforted Gu Sisi. Gu Sisi knew that crying couldn't solve the problem.
She regained her motivation and continued to search in the community. She didn't believe that in such a small area, no one would know where her parents had gone.
"Auntie, have you seen my parents these days?"
It was an old community, and everyone knew each other. The auntie stopped. "Oh, Sisi, you're back! What's wrong? Can't find your parents?"
"Yeah, no one answered the phone, and no one's at home," Gu Sisi said urgently. "Auntie, when was the last time you saw my parents?"
"Let me think," the auntie put down the shopping bag in her hand, squinted her eyes, and thought deeply. Suddenly, she took a deep breath and said to Gu Sisi, "Three days ago. I saw your mom in the supermarket."
"Okay, thank you, auntie."
This answer didn't help Gu Sisi much. After several previous inquiries, most people confirmed that they had seen her parents three days ago.
Gu Sisi continued to ask people, trying to confirm the most recent time.
"Excuse me, have you seen these two people?"
Gu Sisi hadn't stayed in the community often, so she didn't know everyone. There were new households moving in and old ones moving out. Gu Sisi even brought photos of her parents on her phone.
The person Gu Sisi asked was a man on a motorcycle. He was about to drive off. When he saw someone coming, he took off his helmet, looked at the photo, and frowned.
"I... I think I saw them yesterday."
Although his tone was uncertain, Gu Sisi got excited. She grabbed the man's riding suit, her eyes shining.
"Where?"
"Let me think..."