Gongsun Gua was stunned for a long time after hearing Yan Wan's words. He seemed to be lost in his memories. He thought, perhaps she wasn't the way he thought she was back then?

But he couldn't feel her affection. She had clearly said that she didn't love him and that everything she did was just to take advantage of him.

Yan Wan watched Gongsun Gua remain motionless for a while, then tentatively asked, "Did you remember something bad?"

Gongsun Gua's thoughts were interrupted by Yan Wan's voice, and he reverted to his cold and aloof demeanor. Gongsun Gua said in a deep voice, "What you said is somewhat interesting. I'll go back and think about it carefully. Maybe I'll talk to you again. Oh, you just said you believe that the person you mentioned loves you. Why don't you guess how long it will take him to find you?" Gongsun Gua said with a sinister smile. Anyone can talk big, but few can actually do it. At least in the years he'd been experimenting, very few people had managed to reach that level.

"He will do his best to find me as soon as possible," Yan Wan said confidently. She had said that she believed in Ji Mohan.

"Heh, quite the boast. Let's wait and see," Gongsun Gua said disdainfully, hoping that this group of people would be more interesting and give him a different answer.

——

Inn.

It was already bright daylight when Jiang Bai slowly woke up on the soft couch. He turned his head to look at the bed and found that Jing Xi was no longer there. He looked outside and found that the sun was already high in the sky. He usually woke up around 5 a.m., so why was he sleeping so late?

He felt a vague unease and hurriedly put on his clothes, wanting to see if Jing Xi was outside the inn.

"Jingxi, Jingxi!" Jiang Bai called out loudly as he finished dressing and searched for Jingxi.

But there was still no response from Jing Xi, and Jiang Bai became a little anxious. At this moment, Li Shang's voice rang out from the second floor, "Young Master Jiang, have you seen the Prince and the others? And that girl Shangguan Wei'er, she's been missing since early this morning." Li Shang thought that Shangguan Wei'er had been kissed by him yesterday, so she was hiding out of embarrassment.

But he had been waiting since morning and had not seen Shangguan Wei'er. He was worried that something might have happened to her.

"No, Young Master Li, Jing Xi is also missing. I wonder if Prince Han went somewhere with them?" Jiang Bai asked doubtfully. He felt that given Ji Mo Han's personality, he wouldn't take the people away without permission.

"His Highness gave no instructions yesterday," Li Shang replied truthfully.

Just then, fireworks signals sounded from Ji Mohan in the distance. Upon hearing them, Li Shang hurriedly ran towards the source of the signal. Seeing this, Jiang Bai followed Li Shang, asking as they ran, "Young Master Li Shang, is there any news about Jing Xi and the others?"

“Young Master Jiang, let’s go quickly. The prince just fired a red signal firecracker. He wouldn’t fire that signal unless there was an emergency,” Li Shang replied. In all these years, this was the first time he had seen the prince use a red signal firecracker. There must be some emergency.

"Okay, let's hurry over there. Maybe Jing Xi is among them," Jiang Bai reassured himself.

——

The servant led Ji Mohan to the gate of Gongsun Gua's courtyard and then took his leave. Ji Mohan intended to push open the gate and go in directly, but suddenly heard someone approaching, so he jumped up a tree to the side and hid.

At this moment, two men in black carrying two sacks jumped into Gongsun Gua's house. Upon seeing this, Ji Mohan directly picked a leaf from a tree, carefully controlling his strength, and used the two leaves to easily cut two openings in the two sacks.

Ji Mohan squinted and saw that the sacks were full of girls, some of whom he happened to recognize. He wondered to himself, why did Gongsun Gua kidnap Yan Wan, Jing Xi, and Shangguan Wei'er? What was his purpose?

After Jing Xi and the other woman were escorted into the mansion, Ji Mohan jumped down from the tree. It seemed he was certain that Yan Wan was also there.

He reached for the signal firecracker at his waist, glanced down at its color, and fired it without hesitation. Although he had never used the highest-level command before, it was all worth it for Yan Wan.

Presumably, all the guards inside and outside the city, as well as his subordinates, will see this red signal and rush over quickly.

Li Shang was the first to arrive and asked, "Why did you issue a red order? Is there something particularly important?"

Ji Mo said coldly, "Yan Wan is missing."

Ji Mohan said calmly, as if he had found this to be perfectly natural.

Li Shang was furious. He hadn't used the red signal firecracker in so long, and this time it was lit because the princess had gone missing and they needed to help find her.

Li Shang wanted to condemn Ji Mo Han's wasteful approach, but then she heard Ji Mo Han continue, "And Miss Shangguan and Miss Jing have both been kidnapped by Gongsun Gua."

Li Shang's words of condemnation instantly choked her throat. Shangguan Wei'er had also been kidnapped?

At this moment, Jiang Bai also caught up and heard Ji Mohan's last words, "Miss Jing has been kidnapped by Gongsun Gua!"

Jiang Bai asked, "Jing Xi, is she also missing?"

"Yes, Gongsun Gua did indeed kidnap Miss Jing," Ji Mohan answered truthfully.

"Where are they now?" Jiang Bai asked anxiously.

Ji Mohan pointed to the door in front of him and said simply, "It's inside."

Upon hearing this, Li Shang prepared to push open the door and enter, but was stopped by Ji Mohan.

"Li Shang, Gongsun Gua is a poison doctor. Don't touch anything in his mansion without permission, or do you think you've lived too long?" Ji Mohan grabbed Li Shang's hand as he tried to push the door open and said sternly.

"Yes, Your Highness, I understand." Li Shang patted his chest in relief, still shaken. If the prince hadn't reminded him, he might have already lost his life.

"Yes, be careful and stay calm," Ji Mohan instructed.

"Yes, Your Highness."

——

Yan Wan was tied up in an empty room. After Gongsun Gua left, while she was still thinking about how to escape, the door was opened from the outside, and the people outside threw in two burlap sacks, opened the sacks, and left.

Yan Wan glanced at it and suddenly froze. Why were Wan'er and Wei'er also brought here?

After they closed the door, Yan Wan moved with difficulty towards Jing Xi and Shangguan Wei'er. She gently shook Jing Xi's body, but Jing Xi showed no signs of waking up. She then raised her hand to shake Shangguan Wei'er, but before she even touched her, Shangguan Wei'er peeked out and looked around.

Yan Wan patted Shangguan Wei'er, who turned around abruptly and found Yan Wan there as well. She asked in a low voice, "Sister Yan Wan, what are you doing here? Were you also kidnapped?"

Yan Wan nodded slightly and said, "You weren't drugged, so how did you get in?"

"I pretended." Shangguan Wei'er smiled and continued, "I saw Sister Jingxi being kidnapped, so I pretended to faint and was brought here." Yan Wan looked at the excited Shangguan Wei'er, not expecting that there was someone here who volunteered.