Fortunately, it's Saturday, so Zhu Qinghao doesn't have to go to school to teach students; otherwise, the school would definitely have noticed her absence.

Zhu Qinghao has complete peace of mind about Xiang Yu, her best friend since childhood.

She died at home in her previous life, which Xiang Yu did not know, but she searched for her tirelessly for several years and did her best to take care of her family.

Fortunately, after the Zhu family was sent to the countryside, they were taken in by the Xiang family. She only moved out again after agreeing to marry Liu Yansong.

Even so, Xiang Yu was the first person to discover that she was missing.

She found Liu Yansong and asked him about Zhu Qinghao's whereabouts, but he confidently told everyone that Zhu Qinghao had gone to the countryside with someone to find her family.

But she didn't believe it. She thought Zhu Qinghao couldn't possibly leave without a word; if she was going to leave, she would definitely say goodbye.

So she reported it to the police, hoping to find her best friend with their help.

But after searching for a long time, there was still no news, so the police were no longer willing to waste time and energy on this matter.

No one could have imagined that Zhu Qinghao would be hidden in the basement of the sealed-off Zhu family villa. Xiang Yu had secretly gone in to look for her, but she had overlooked the hidden basement.

Having no other option, Xiang Yu had to place an advertisement in the newspaper to find the person, but in the end, there was still no news.

So she could only console herself, thinking that perhaps Zhu Qinghao had indeed heard news about the Zhu family and had gone to find them without saying goodbye. News was scarce there, so they couldn't receive her message.

She herself is a junior high school teacher, and she has to teach classes on weekdays. She only has time to look for people during the winter vacation.

When she finally found the place where the Zhu family had been sent to the countryside the following summer after searching all of Kyoto, she learned that Zhu Qinghao had never contacted her family.

At this moment, she had a vague idea that Zhu Qinghao was probably in grave danger.

She suspected Liu Yansong, but she had no evidence whatsoever, not even proof that Zhu Qinghao was dead.

Zhu's family was cut off from all communication with the outside world, so they were unaware that Xiang Yu had written them many letters before.

It wasn't until Xiang Yudu found them that they realized their child had long since disappeared.

They all knew that Zhu Qinghao couldn't possibly not contact her family and friends; either she had lost her freedom, or...

At this time, Wen Chuyi and her unborn child had just died. The Zhu family, who had already suffered greatly, were devastated when they heard the tragic news of Zhu Qinghao's death.

Zhen Zhu and Old Mrs. Zhu collapsed in front of Xiang Yu, making Xiang Yu feel extremely guilty.

She always believed that she hadn't taken good care of Zhu Qing, otherwise Zhu Qing wouldn't have disappeared, and Zhu's grandmother and aunt wouldn't have fallen ill.

After returning to Beijing, she tried to save money and send money and supplies to the Zhu family every month, but very little of it ever reached them.

She wasn't unaware, nor was the Zhu family, but only if everyone pretended not to know could the Zhu family receive even a small amount of information.

...

Thinking of all that Xiang Yu had done for her, Zhu Qinghao's heart softened, and the thought of their upcoming meeting even brought a faint smile to her lips.

As soon as she arrived at the Xiang family's door, she ran into Xiang Yu, who was dressed neatly and about to run outside, looking rather anxious.

"Little fish~"

Xiang Yu was suddenly called out, paused, and then looked at her in surprise.

"Okay? I was just about to come find you. Hurry, come inside."

Xiang Yu was overjoyed and quickly walked over, took Zhu Qinghao's hand, and headed home.

Zhu Qinghao smiled faintly, looking intently at her friend whom she hadn't seen for seven years, and let her pull her into the house.

After bringing her back into the house, Xiang Yu poured her a glass of water and watched her drink it before starting to talk to her.