Cannot find module 'i2c-bus' even we have npm install i2c-bus

We hit a weird error(Error: Cannot find module 'i2c-bus') even we have done npm install i2c-bus, we have also checked:

$npm list|grep i2c-bus
├─┬ i2c-bus@3.2.0
│ ├─┬ i2c-bus@1.2.5
│ ├── i2c-bus@3.2.0 deduped

the error is as follows, please kindly be advised:

Error: Cannot find module 'i2c-bus'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
at Object. (/home/pi/Dexter/GrovePi/Software/NodeJS/libs/grovepi.js:2:19)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
at Object. (/home/pi/Dexter/GrovePi/Software/NodeJS/libs/sensors/base/sensor.js:3:20)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)