Chapter 182: Her Disappearance Six Years Ago
"...disappeared?" Calix’s brows arching, his entire countenance expressing his bewilderment over Edward’s statement, "Did you just say... she disappeared for more than one year?"
Edward tightened his jaw, nodding once before rephrasing his previous words, "Mrs. Charlene vanished from high society. To be exact, the Li family secretly sent her to a faraway place."
The mention of the Li family alarmed Calix, morphing his expression from shaken to shock laced with disgust. His face all scrunching up, he peeled his eyes from Edward, staring at the file in his hands.
"The Li family had a hand in my wife’s disappearance? Did they deliberately keep her whereabouts hidden?"
"Yes, Boss Xu. Six years ago, Mrs. Charlene vanished around March. She only reappeared the next year during the summer."
Edward diligently reported more about the surprising discovery.
"Mrs. Charlene had no friends. She had just graduated from her university around that time. It seemed like no one outside the Li family noticed her disappearance. From how this was played out, it’s obvious that the Li family deliberately hid her."
Calix unconsciously tightened his hold on the file, almost leaving marks on the edges of the printed papers. He still had a hard time adjusting his mind to Edward’s remarks.
’She disappeared in March... around two months after the accident six years ago... Then, she returned after more than one year.’
Following that thought, Calix’s gut twisted. His mind quickly pictured the likely scenarios that led the Li family to conceal Leslie’s whereabouts.
The further he expanded the possibilities, the sicker he felt in his stomach.