That day, Mo Qian had just returned from listening to music at a teahouse when, shortly after, the butler rushed in with two men, their faces filled with panic and confusion.

"Young Miss, something terrible has happened!" the butler said, panting heavily.

“Young Miss, Master… Master… he’s dead.” Li Si, who was out doing business with the original owner’s father, choked out the words.

"Bang"

"What happened? How...how could...he...die?" Mo Qian's face showed three parts anxiety, five parts sadness, and two parts confusion. The teacup she was holding slipped from her hand.

Mo Qian ignored the teacup and hurriedly asked, her voice filled with deep sorrow.

Although Mo Qian already knew that the original owner's father would die, she couldn't just ignore the news without any reaction, otherwise it might cause some trouble.

Of course, after training in a few small worlds, dealing with these small situations is a piece of cake.

To be honest, Mo Qian had been wondering whether or not to save the original owner's father, since he was also a life at stake.

However, when the original owner's father left, he only briefly mentioned that he was going to do business in the south, without specifying the exact location.

The area to the south is vast, and I don't know where to send out notices. It's not that I haven't thought of asking Xiaobai for help.

But to sum it up, it's just an insignificant person, and I don't want Xiaobai to get hurt because of him. After all, I don't know if calculating the location would increase Xiaobai's burden.

Using the Time Travel Mirror wouldn't be useful either, since the original owner's father was constantly moving. Even if you knew where he was, he would have moved to another place in a while, so it would all be in vain.

Moreover, according to the original owner's memories, if it weren't for his fear of the Yue family, his father wouldn't have let him have an easy time. Before, he just ignored him, but after Gao Pan'er came, he would scold the original owner at the drop of a hat and take Gao Pan'er's side.

"The master... on his way south... encountered... a mudslide. The people who went with him couldn't dodge in time and... were all... swept away and died, sob sob."

"I fell ill on the way and couldn't get up. The master told me to stay at the next stop and recuperate first. Two days later, I recovered and hurriedly followed the route the master had taken."

They rushed there as fast as they could, and upon arrival, they learned from Wang Li, the only survivor and also a servant, that the master and his men had been caught in a mudslide, couldn't escape, and perished.

"Wang Li and I searched around there for three days and three nights before we found the master's body."

"If we can't bring him back, we'll cremate the master, sob sob." Li Si's voice was broken and choked with sobs, before it finally came together.

"Young Miss, these are the master's ashes." Wang Li, standing to the side, held out an urn, his face also filled with sorrow, and said in a low, mournful voice.

Mo Qian then turned her gaze to Wang Li, staring intently at the urn, and carefully took it from him.

"Father... Father... He... Father..." Her hands trembled involuntarily, afraid that she would drop it and scatter the ashes, so she carefully placed it on the table next to her.

She cried out, her head bowed, tears streaming down her face and falling to the floor. She slumped weakly into a chair.

"Miss, please accept my condolences. You can't collapse like this. Please stop crying," Du Juan said anxiously from the side.

"Master, is the master back?" A cheerful voice came from outside the door when the whole hall was filled with a sad atmosphere, followed by hurried footsteps.

Gao Pan'er heard a whisper and thought that the master had returned, so she hurried over.

If the master doesn't come back soon, I'll be tormented to death by that little bitch Mo Qian!

Now that the master is back, someone will be in charge. Let's see how that little bitch Mo Qian tries to cause trouble again!

Once she's in my hands, I'll tear that annoying mouth apart and pull out all her teeth!

Gao Pan'er entered the hall but didn't see the master. She felt a pang of disappointment, then realized something was wrong. The somber atmosphere in the hall was growing stronger, and with the sorrowful faces of those around her, even Mo Qian, that little bitch, had lost her usual arrogance, and tears streamed down her face...

"What's wrong? What happened?" Gao Pan'er asked helplessly, her face full of confusion, instinctively feeling that what was about to be said was not what she wanted to hear.

“Aunt Gao, Master… Master encountered a mudslide… and died.” Li Si replied with a sorrowful expression.

"No, how could the master have met with misfortune? I don't believe it, how could he be gone!"

"Lu'er is still so young, he hasn't grown up yet, how can he leave!"

Are you lying to me?

"Master, how could you abandon me and leave?" Aunt Gao looked utterly incredulous upon hearing Li Si's words, as if struck by lightning.

Then, seeing Li Si's sorrowful face, she couldn't help but cry out loud. Her voice was filled with genuine emotion; she was truly heartbroken over the passing of the original owner's father.

At this moment, the beauty of her tear-streaked face was gone, and she looked like an ordinary person with her hair disheveled as she sat on the ground.

Qingyan, who came with Aunt Gao, also looked devastated, her usual beauty gone, tears streaming down her cheeks.

My lord, why did you leave us like this! I haven't even become your concubine yet, how could you die like this! Before you die, let me become your concubine first!

The thought that Qingyan could no longer be a concubine, could no longer live a life of luxury, and would have to continue doing servants' work made her tears flow even more freely.

Li Si and Wang Li both wore expressions of sorrow.

The butler looked dazed, as if he didn't know what to do. He was also worried about the changes that would happen after the master's passing, wondering what he should do. His brows were furrowed.

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