"I...slept for two days?"

His voice was a little hoarse from not speaking for so long. Caiyun swiftly brought over the tea of ​​perfect temperature, moistening Lin Chunhuan's dry throat bit by bit. "When the sun rises, it will be three days."

"The Prince Consort hasn't returned yet. The owner and his wife are running back and forth all day long. They're so anxious that they've got boils on the corners of their mouths. It's really frustrating to see them."

Lin Chunhuan's hands and feet froze, and the hand holding the teacup was a little unsteady, "Huai Jin hasn't come back yet?! How could it be!"

Before Princess Lingyan was knocked unconscious, she only said the word "inn" but did not specify which inn it was. There was a small town not far from Cangjian Villa. It was not big, but there were two or three inns.

But Lin Chunhuan thought that although the town was not big, it had a large population. If he tied her up in the town and took her away, it would be too easy for her to be discovered, even if he chose a dark and windy night.

So there is only one inn left.

It was a black shop, occupying a place between the town and Cangjian Villa. No one knew who the owner behind it was, but the shop dared to receive all kinds of customers.

And for many years, no one had ever dared to cause trouble in that store.

Compared to the inn in the town, Lin Chunhuan was more inclined to believe that the inn Princess Lingyan mentioned was the black shop.

It was just that she was so tired and dizzy that day that she fell asleep before she could express her speculation. "Caiyun, before Huaijin left, did he say that he would not go to the town?"

"What are you going to town for?" Caiyun shook her head slightly. "Madam Chang said that the Yihe people don't have that much courage, so she told the Prince Consort to go directly to the Mingsha Inn."

"I don't know what went wrong. After the prince consort entered the inn, he never came out. The owner of the manor sent two groups of people to look for him, but they couldn't find him either."

"Princess, the lock on the second door hasn't been opened yet, and it's still dark. Why don't you rest a little longer?" Caiyun pursed her lips slightly. "I know you're worried about the Prince Consort, but it's useless to worry now. It's better to stay alert. Once the sun rises, everything will become clear."

It’s not that Caiyun doesn’t want to tell Lin Chunhuan more, but she has been taking care of him personally these days. Only when Madam Chang comes to visit can she hear a few words from the servants who come with her.

If she didn't know her master's temperament, and if she wouldn't give up until she knew the whole story, she wouldn't even tell him that Chang Huaijin hadn't returned yet.

But to Caiyun's surprise, Lin Chunhuan just nodded quietly, "Okay, I understand."

"You should go and rest too. I can do it alone."

Caiyun of course did not leave. She leaned against the headboard and dozed off until dawn. When she woke up, Lin Chunhuan was already dressed and sitting opposite Mrs. Chang at the table.

"I was so heartless that I couldn't bear to hurt her. It must have been that Lingyan Princess who hid Huai Jin. I should have killed her then! Why did I even promise her to find her a daughter?"

Mrs. Chang spoke in an angry tone, her hands clenched into fists, hitting the table again and again, but her eyes were so red that it made people's heart palpitate.

With the dark circles under her eyes, it was obvious that she had been having a hard time these past few days.

However, facing such a scene, Lin Chunhuan just lowered his head and put the millet porridge into his mouth one mouthful at a time. When Mrs. Chang was completely quiet, he slowly smiled and said, "Mom, there's no need to say anything."

"I'll go see Aunt Lingyan later and do my best to get her to tell me Huaijin's whereabouts." Lin Chunhuan lowered his eyes and smiled, slowly holding Madam Chang's clenched fist. "Besides, Huaijin may not have had an accident. Perhaps something happened that delayed him."

"He has his own considerations. With his abilities, he will never let himself suffer any loss."

Mrs. Chang's eyes were red again. She looked at Lin Chunhuan in front of her and nodded repeatedly. The satisfaction of being understood instantly filled her entire chest.

However, before she could hold Lin Chunhuan's hand back, the other party had already pulled his hand back.

Seeing Madam Chang staring at her empty palms in a daze, Lin Chunhuan pursed her lips and stood up, "Mom, we need to speed up the arrangement of manpower for the search for Huai Jin. Aunt Lingyan will be left to me. We will work on both fronts."

"At this moment, your daughter-in-law will not keep you."

Although his tone was still as gentle as before, Mrs. Chang didn't know why, she always felt that the person in front of her seemed much colder than before.

But she couldn't find any fault with it, so she could only respond awkwardly. When she left, she kept looking back into the yard.

"Princess, Princess Lingyan must hate you to death right now. Isn't it too dangerous for you to go there now?"

Lin Chunhuan turned around and glanced at the millet porridge on the table. After a few words, the edge of the bowl seemed to have cooled down. She did not touch it again. "It is not safe, but Aunt Lingyan asked to see me, and mother came to me to persuade me to save Huaijin. I can understand."

"What can I understand?"

Caiyun's eyes widened immediately. "Don't you, Madam Chang, know how dangerous this is? Even if you let Princess go, you should leave a few people behind to protect her!"

"Aunt Lingyan said that she only wants to see me. If there are other people present, she won't say a word."

When speaking of these words, Lin Chunhuan's tone was so calm as if he was talking about someone else's affairs.

Caiyun opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.

She understood her master's sudden indifference, and the fire in her heart burned, but she had no way to vent it. She could only roll up her sleeves and wipe away the tears on her face. "A mother-in-law is a mother-in-law, she can never be my own mother."

Looking at Caiyun's appearance, Lin Chunhuan couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.

Princess Lingyan asked to see her, and only her. Lin Chunhuan would not believe that she had no other intentions.

Mrs. Chang also understood this point.

But she was too anxious. According to the time calculation, Chang Huaijin had been missing for three whole days. During these three days, the people in Cangjian Villa had tried almost every possible way to find him, but there was no trace of him, whether he was alive or dead.

So even though Mrs. Chang knew that Princess Lingyan had been imprisoned for the past few days and there was no way she could know Chang Huaijin's whereabouts, but what if?

Just for this eventuality, even though Mrs. Chang knew that it might be dangerous for Lin Chunhuan to meet Princess Lingyan alone, she still decided to come and act as a lobbyist.

Can it be said that Mrs. Chang is not good to her daughter-in-law?

No, it’s just that blood ties cannot be severed. Compared with one’s own son, a daughter-in-law is ultimately an outsider. If Mrs. Chang missed the only chance to save her son for an outsider, she would regret it for the rest of her life.