Willis’s face grew even darker.


    He picked up his phone and called the bodyguards responsible for Helena’s protection. “You were supposed to watch over Helena. Where is she?”


    The bodyguard spoke respectfully, “Helena said we’ve been guarding her for so many days and needed a break. She granted us two days off, saying it was your decision.”


    Willis raised his lips slightly, almost smiling. The usually gentle and obedient woman had actually falsely imed his orders.


    He asked coldly, “Where did she go?”


    Sensing his displeasure, the bodyguard cautiously replied, “She didn’t say.”


    Willis hung up the phone and dialed the maid’s number.


    Her phone was also turned off.


    Frowning, Willis instructed his assistant, “Check the surveince.”


    “Yes, Mr. Santana,” the assistant promptly led a team to the hospital’s surveince room.


    Ten minutester, the assistant called, “Mr. Santana, all the surveince footage showing Mrs. Santana has been deliberately deleted.”


    Willis clenched the phone in his hand, gradually applying more force, almost deforming it.


    After a moment of contemtion, he stood up and walked towards the Nephrology department.


    Entering Helena’s grandmother’s ward, he knocked on the door and entered.


    Zena was tucking in her old mother with a nket.


    Seeing Willis, she raised an eyebrow without much expression and asked, “Anything wrong?”


    Willis calmly said, “Mom, Helena has been discharged. Do you know where she went?”


    Zena chuckled, “You’re her husband, and you don’t know where she went. How would I know?”


    “She misunderstood me and left in anger. A young girl with an injured hand running around is dangerous. Please tell me where she went so I can find her.”


    He spoke politely, but there was a hint ofmand in his tone.


    Zena, perceptive as she was, noticed.


    She pulled a chair and sat down, crossed her legs, grabbed a handful of melon seeds, and nonchntly said, “In those two years when your health was poor and your temper was bad, she served you diligently. Day and night, she took care of you with all her heart. Now that you’re recovered, you don’t need a caretaker, so naturally, you don’t want her anymore.”


    Willis’s gaze deepened, and he pursed his lips in silence.


    Zenaughed at herself, “Well, it’s true. In your eyes, my daughter is just a maid. Now that you’re back on your feet, you don’t need a maid, so naturally, you don’t want her.”


    Willis curved his lips, “I’ve never treated her as a maid.”


    Zena gave him a sidelong nce, “Don’t just say nice things. If you want her, be more dedicated. If you don’t, divorce her straightforwardly. My daughter is beautiful, has a good temper, is intelligent, and skilled. Even if she gets divorced, she’s only twenty-three. What kind of guy can’t she find? There are plenty of divorced men nowadays, it’s not a big deal.”


    Willis’s lips curved a little more, but the smile didn’t reach his eyes. He said coolly, “You’re busy; I’ll keep looking.”


    He turned and left.


    The door made a rather loud sound when closed.


    Zena clicked her tongue twice, saying to the olddy who was dozing off on the hospital bed, “Mom, look at his temper. I said a few words to him, and he got angry and mmed the door. Helena followed him; who knows how much grievance she’s suffered.”


    The olddy moved her eyelids but didn’t speak.


    “When she got married, those rtives behind our backs ridiculed me, saying I sold my daughter to a disabled man for money. Thinking he stood up, I thought Helena’s good days hade, but I didn’t expect him to be restless again. Marrying someone from a different background is looked down upon; they’ll bully you if they want to and humiliate you as they please.” Zena turned away, secretly wiping the corners of her eyes.


    The olddy sighed, taking her time to say, “It’s my fault for burdening her.”


    “Mom, please don’t say that. It’s because I’m useless,” Zena’s throat felt dry.


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    In the middle of the night, lying on therge bed in his bedroom, Willis tossed and turned, unable to sleep.


    After much contemtion, he suddenly thought of a ce.


    He immediately put on his clothes, took his team, and rushed to Parvis Vige.


    Parvis Vige was Helena’s grandfather’s hometown.


    Helena grew up there.


    When the group arrived at Parvis Vige, it was already three or four in the morning.


    Willis got out of the car, pushed the courtyard door, but it didn’t budge.


    Helena should be asleep by now, and he didn’t want to wake her. Willis opened the car door, reclined the seat, and closed his eyes, intending to take a short nap.


    After all themotion, tiredness overwhelmed him, and he drifted into sleep as soon as he closed his eyes.


    When he opened his eyes again, the sky was already bright.


    Willis pushed open the car door and got out.


    One of the bodyguards hurried over, saying, “Mr. Santana, someone is talking in the yard, and it sounds a lot like Helena.”


    Willis nodded slightly, walked to the courtyard gate, and pushed it.


    This time, the gate opened.