They searched until dawn, but still found no trace of Bai Xiaoruo.

This was the first time she hadn't come home this late, and Xuan Mingyu couldn't sleep at all.

The Ji family was keeping a close eye on things. Without alerting them, they pulled up the surveillance footage from the area near the Ji family's residence. Throughout the day, apart from Ji Shushu and Ji Ziqian going out together at noon and returning together in the evening, they didn't go out again, and there was no trace of Bai Xiaoruo.

Perhaps this has nothing to do with Ji Ziqian, but if Bai Xiaoruo didn't go to find the two siblings from the Ji family, where would she have gone?

Information about her maternal grandfather is currently unavailable.

One message after another went cold, and Xuan Mingyu really didn't know where else to look for Bai Xiaoruo.

Wasn't she going to visit her grandfather? Or did she encounter bad people or danger on the way?

Xian Mingyu specifically instructed Uncle Bi, Aunt Qin, and Xia Xia that they absolutely must not tell their grandparents that Bai Xiaoruo had not yet returned home, at least not yet, so as not to worry their grandparents.

......

The Bai family.

Bai Xiaoruo was lying on the floor of the storage room, and drifted off to sleep in the middle of the night when suddenly a large bucket of cold water was poured over her.

She was suddenly awakened by the cold, and was completely dazed.

Especially now that it's the dead of winter, the storage room is already cold without heating, and with this big bucket of cold water, Bai Xiaoruo is both wet and cold.

His hands and feet were still bound by ropes, and he could not move. His wrists were marked with marks from the previous struggle.

Bai Xiaofu stood in front of Bai Xiaoruo with a smug look on her face, holding an empty bucket in her hand.

It's obvious without even thinking that she was the one who poured that bucket of water.

Bai Xiaoruo didn't utter a sound. Even though her body was really cold, so cold that she was almost numb, she still wouldn't bow down to Bai Xiaofu.

"Hmph, Bai Xiaoruo, I told you, there's no good end to going against me, but you just wouldn't listen, testing my patience time and time again. How can you be so shameless? Seducing Brother Ziqian time and time again, you've really taken shamelessness to the extreme!"

"Ziqian and I... there's nothing between us... nothing at all... you're making it sound so filthy!" Bai Xiaoruo's lips were trembling with cold. Even though she was in pain, she would never allow Bai Xiaofu to spout nonsense and insult her relationship with Ziqian.

"You shameless hussy! How dare you call Ziqian's name like that!" With that, Bai Xiaofu kicked Bai Xiaoruo's arm hard, and not satisfied, she kicked her thigh as well.

Bai Xiaoruo rolled on the ground in a sorry state, tears welling up in her eyes from the pain, but she had no way to resist Bai Xiaofu.

"Go to hell! I would have saved myself the trouble if I had killed you when you were a kid!" She kicked her waist twice more, and then kicked her thigh again where she had just kicked her.

This is so much fun! I've finally found a chance to teach Bai Xiaoruo a lesson. How could Bai Xiaofu let this opportunity slip by so easily?

Ten minutes later.

Bai Xiaofu's legs got tired from kicking, and she was a little sleepy. She grabbed the bucket in her hand and smashed it directly onto Bai Xiaoruo. "I'll stop here for today. I'll be back tomorrow~ Be prepared to die, you bitch! Hahahaha~" She laughed loudly, opened the door and left the storage room, locking it again.

After Bai Xiaofu left, Bai Xiaoruo, who was lying on the ground, slightly opened her eyes. Her body was covered in wounds from the torture, and she was only breathing weakly. She was about to fall asleep at any moment, but she still tried her best to stay awake.

She firmly believed that someone would come to save her, that they definitely would.

But as she thought about it, she felt a little sad again... When would someone come? Why hadn't Xian Mingyu come to find her yet? Was he really too busy and had completely forgotten about her?

She suddenly began to sob softly, not because of physical pain, but because she was thinking of many things from her childhood.

Those happy times before I was seven.

After my mother left, my childhood after the age of seven was entirely dark, without any light...

Mom, why didn't you take me with you when you left? Why did you leave me all alone, to live such a painful life?

If I die now, will I be able to see my mother immediately?

No, she can't die like this... She still wants to see Xian Mingyu one more time and tell him all the things on her mind.

Even if it's the last time we see each other, that would be fine.

***

The first thing Xuan Mingyu did after waking up the next morning was to call Gu Yao to ask him about the situation.

There was disappointment, but also new information. Although they still couldn't find out who Bai Xiaoruo's maternal grandfather was, they knew the exact location of the nursing home. Even though they still didn't know Bai Xiaoruo's whereabouts, perhaps going to the nursing home and seeing her grandfather would provide some clues.

She hasn't come back all night, and Xian Mingyu can't calm down at all.

Hsien Ming-yu drove to the nursing home listed in the information.

Because there was no photo of Bai Xiaoruo's maternal grandfather, Xuan Mingyu had to search for each elderly person one by one and ask them individually.

"Do you know Bai Xiaoruo?"

......

"Was a little girl here yesterday?"

......

"About this tall, with big, round eyes..."

......

He asked many people, and the response was always negative.

Just as Xuan Mingyu was about to leave in disappointment, a strong and powerful voice called out to him from behind.

"Young man, you're looking for me, aren't you?"

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