Chapter 71 Ying has me in her heart

"General, Miss Shen is here."

Kong Linyu stood at the door of Pei Zhouwu's room, reporting that Shen Xi'an had arrived. As soon as he finished speaking, a childish voice rang out.

"I'm coming, Ah Zhou, I'm coming."

A Zhou!

Kong Linyu's eyelids twitched when he heard this title.

That little girl is really brave. Apart from Pei Zhouwu's relatives, who else would dare to call him like that?

But Pei Zhouwu didn't say anything. Instead, he smiled happily. Kong Linyu naturally didn't dare to say anything. After watching the little girl run into the door, he bowed to Pei Zhouwu and left.

"Azhou."

Chen Ximei smiled and ran into Pei Zhouwu's arms, and Pei Zhouwu also squatted down and hugged her.

She was so small that he could hug her whole body with just a gentle embrace. His movements were light but revealed a heavy sense of satisfaction.

That night, he was filled with so much sorrow that he didn't even have the time to take a good look at her or hug her.

"Have you eaten?" he asked gently.

"I have eaten. I am very full."

"Where's mother?"

"Mother and grandmother are in the house."

Pei Zhouwu raised his eyebrows slightly, finding it funny and asked again: "Did you run away secretly?"

"Yes."

Shen Xi'an nodded heavily, with a look of pride on her face.

"Meimei is so great, she's really smart." Pei Zhouwu followed her words and praised her according to her thoughts.

As expected, she grinned with her eyebrows curved, and said proudly: "I am very smart. My mother said that I am smart."

"Yes, Xixi is the smartest."

If it weren't for her, he wouldn't have been able to find Su Yueying so quickly.

Chen Xi'an held his face with her small hands, rubbing and poking it, and did not forget to praise him.

"A Zhou, how come you are so good-looking? I think you must be more beautiful than the person in your mother's painting. I want to be as good-looking as you when I grow up."

"certainly."

Pei Zhouwu nodded affirmatively. How could his daughter not be pretty?

And another thing, Su Yueying hid his paintings.

This is enough to show that Ah Ying must have him in her heart. Since she has him in her heart, then everything is fine.

"I came to see you that day, but the uncle outside said I couldn't come until two days later. Is two days today?"

"Yes, today."

"Great, I can finally play with Azhou."

Pei Zhouwu smiled back and picked her up with one hand. He went to the table, took out two pieces of cake, stuffed one into her hand, and then carried her to the door.

"Mianmei, do you want to play games with Azhou?" He asked coaxingly, as if he was teasing a child.

"I do." Chen Xi'an chewed the cake and said vaguely but surely, "I do. I really do."

Pei Zhouwu had a smile in the corner of his eyes, and his radiant eyes were sparkling with scheming.

"Well, let's play hide and seek and hide so that mom can find us, okay?"

"Okay, okay." Chen Xiyi was not on guard against him at all. He was really easy to fool. She waved her hands excitedly and almost dropped the half-eaten cake. "I like it. I like playing games."

"So good."

She is truly his good daughter.

*

Soon, there was a commotion in the inn because a child was missing.

Liu Fuying sent everyone out, including the coachman and the people around Old Madam Shen, to look for the person. They almost turned the entire inn upside down, but they could not find any trace of the person.

"Oh my god, I'm finally alone."

Kong Linyu waited for a long time, and finally there was no one around Liu Fuying.

"Madam is General Shen's family?"

He called out to Liu Fuying, and although he was confused, he still did what Pei Zhouwu instructed.

Liu Fuying's forehead was covered with sweat. He had just returned from taking a bath in several hot springs in the past few days. He thought that since he couldn't find anyone in the inn, maybe the child went to the hot springs in the back mountain.

They stayed here for a few days, and most people knew that they were the family members of General Shen's mansion. Regardless of Shen Xiunian, he was, after all, a meritorious general who protected the peace of Yunnan. Therefore, the people in the inn treated his family members as guests of honor. No one should be so bold as to kidnap the children of the general's mansion.

"Who is this?"

"Madam, don't panic. I am a soldier in the army. I was among those who sent General Shen back to the palace that day. This is my military badge."

Liu Fuying lowered his eyes to look at the military badge he handed over.

Engraved on the plaque was his name and his position in the army: a captain.

"The doctor said that hot springs are good for healing, so I came to this hot spring villa. I didn't expect to meet Mrs. Shen. I saw you from a distance yesterday. The innkeeper said you are General Shen's wife. Just now I heard someone shouting that a child was lost and saw Mrs. Shen's anxious face, so I guessed that your child was lost. I don't know if it was a boy or a girl. I just remembered that when I went to the hot spring before, I saw a little girl going up the mountain. I don't know..."

"Which direction are you going?"

Liu Fuying asked anxiously, since she was a little girl, she might be her eldest daughter.

"There." Kong Linyu pointed back, pointing to the road winding up the mountain.

Liu Fuying looked over and then frowned, "That road in that direction is not open to anyone."

"Yeah, I was also confused, but I didn't think much of it at the time because I thought there was an adult following us. Oh, and it seemed that the child was wearing goose yellow clothes."

"Yes, it is."

The goose yellow dress was changed for Meimei by Liu Fuying herself in the morning.

"Don't worry, Madam Shen. I'm fast. I'll go to the inn and ask everyone to go up and look for it together. You can go ahead."

"Thank you very much."

Kong Linyu nodded and stepped back. It was hard to tell what his expression was like when he turned around. Anyway, he had only told a few lies in his life, and for the sake of his general, he was willing to risk it all.

Behind him, Liu Fuying also took a step and walked upwards in the direction he had pointed.

But when she was halfway there, she stopped with some suspicion.

When I looked back, there was no one there.

For some reason, she always felt that something was wrong, but at the moment, nothing was more important than Mimi's safety.

She just hoped that she was overthinking it.

All the people she brought with her went their separate ways to look for people, and she couldn't find anyone else to go with her, so she could only try to take a look first.

There are many slippery places in the hot spring mountain. A child so young doesn't know the depth and might get into an accident. Xi'er is not as quiet as Xiyun. She always finds ways to be naughty. She is braver than her and dares to go anywhere without being afraid of anyone.

After walking for a while, Liu Fuying saw something and suddenly quickened his pace and ran.

Then he squatted down and picked up a pearl flower that had fallen on the ground.

It’s Mimi’s pearl flower!

After holding the pearl flower tightly, she walked faster.

Finally we reached a place that looked like a mountain top and the road became flat.

Looking from a distance, there is a house ahead.

She was uneasy and held the pearl flower in her hand even tighter. There was no point in looking back and she could only keep moving forward.

However, as she walked, she began to wonder why the house in front of her looked familiar.

As we got closer, the more obvious something was wrong.

It was a bamboo house.

and……

The strong sense of familiarity pulled at her heart, causing it to beat violently and irresistibly. The familiarity was mixed with a kind of fear that made her want to escape, causing her breathing to seem to stop.