Here's what happened: After that conference, no one dared to come to Fang Yan's door to borrow money or to morally blackmail her anymore.
However, quite a few people came to her to inquire about the county market.
These past few days, whenever she returned from selling braised food in the county town, almost every day people would come to her door asking her all sorts of questions.
Fang Yan also shared her thoughts with them warmly and without reservation.
She couldn't make decisions for others; she could only share her own insights with her in as much detail as possible.
Then let them make their own decisions.
The adults were talking, but Little Fish couldn't understand them and found it boring, so he ran to Zhang Zongde's house to play with his older brother and sister.
Since moving here, Xiaoyu has been playing with Zhang Zongde's grandchildren.
Children should have a carefree childhood, playing with their peers every day.
In addition, Zhang Zongde's grandchildren were quite good, so Fang Yan didn't keep Xiao Yuzai in check.
I also feel comfortable letting him play with them.
However, on this day, after she finished cooking and took a large bowl of braised meat to Zhang Zongde's house, intending to pick up Xiaoyuzai, Zhang Zongde's grandson said in surprise, "Third Aunt, didn't Xiaoyuzai already go home?"
“Yes, we were playing outside, and then he said he needed to poop, so he ran back home,” Zhang Zongde’s granddaughter confirmed.
They were having a great time at the time.
Also, Little Fish knows the way home by himself, so no one accompanies him back.
"Third Aunt, hasn't Little Fish come back yet?" Zhang Zongde's granddaughter realized something was wrong and asked nervously.
Fang Yan's heart suddenly panicked, and she swayed, almost losing her balance. "You...you mean, Xiao Yuzai has already returned?"
But he didn't go home.
Fang Yan almost choked up and cried as she said those last words.
Aunt De quickly helped her up, "Don't worry, don't be anxious. Maybe the child saw something fun on the way and went to play. Let's go look for her right away and mobilize the whole village to search. We'll find the child soon."
Aunt De told her grandson to go find Zhang Zongde, "and have your grandfather find more people to help find Xiaoyuzai."
He went out with Fang Yan to look for the child.
“Aunt De, let’s split up and search. I’ll search eastward from here, and you can search westward from here. We’ll meet in the open space later.”
Fang Yan tried to calm herself down and said to Aunt De.
The route she drew up practically encircled the entire village; barring any unforeseen circumstances, they should be able to find Little Fish.
However, the unexpected happened as soon as it was said...
She had only been separated from Aunt De for a few minutes when she saw a child running towards her. "Third Aunt, are you looking for Xiaoyuzai? I just saw someone carrying Xiaoyuzai and running towards Lion's Roar Ridge. Unfortunately, I was too slow and that person got away. I only managed to pick up one of Xiaoyuzai's shoes."
As he spoke, he handed the little shoes in his hand to Fang Yan.
If Fang Yan had been able to calmly remind herself that this might be someone else's scheme and that she shouldn't be easily fooled, then she could have remained calm.
When she saw Xiaoyuzai's shoes, her composure crumbled instantly; they were indeed Xiaoyuzai's shoes!
"I'm going to chase after the child now. Could you please go find Uncle De and ask him to bring some men into the mountains to meet me?"
Time is precious; every second wasted could mean the child is lost forever.
Fang Yan immediately decided that she would go into the mountains first to chase after the person, leaving clues along the way so that Zhang Zongde and the others could find her.
“Okay, Auntie, I’ll go right away.” The child immediately agreed.
However, as soon as Fang Yan's figure disappeared into Lion's Roar Ridge, he immediately turned around, avoiding all sight, and ran towards the Zhang family's small building...
"Hahahaha!" Hearing that Fang Yan had finally taken the bait, Huang Hongmei laughed happily. "You little slut, this time I want to see what skills you have to come back from Lion's Roar Ridge!"
Thinking that once Fang Yan died, the money she had recently earned would fall into her own pocket, Huang Hongmei laughed even louder.
“Mom, Fang Baishuang said that as long as we lure that person into Lion's Roar Ridge, she has a way to make sure that bitch never comes back.” Li Ermei also happily chimed in.
Ever since Fang Yan made a scene about dividing the family property and learned that Zhang Laowu and Huang Hongmei actually planned to leave the entire Zhang family to her brother-in-law Zhang Baocai, Li Ermei has been deliberately trying to make her presence known to Huang Hongmei, hoping that Huang Hongmei would give their branch a share of the pie because of how obedient and hardworking she is.
Despite her "loyalty," Huang Hongmei didn't even glance at her, treating her like a beast of burden and ordering her to do chores, such as "going to fill the big water vat in the kitchen."
Just when Huang Hongmei was convinced that Fang Yan, who had entered Lion's Roar Ridge, was doomed to die, Fang Yan, who had run halfway up the mountain, gradually realized that something seemed a little wrong!
She ran around the county town selling braised food every day, unaware of the most turbulent things in Lion's Roar Ridge.
I only heard Aunt De mention it once, "If you need to go there recently, remember not to go into the mountains, just stay at the foot of the mountain."
Since she didn't usually need to go into the mountains, Fang Yan didn't ask any further questions.
She had only run a short distance into the mountains when she saw Little Fish's other shoe.
Fang Yan bent down to pick it up and continued running deeper into the mountains. There she saw a corner of the clothes that Xiaoyuzai was wearing that day, hanging on a branch.
It looks like someone was running around with the baby fish when they accidentally got scratched by a tree branch.
Because all the clues were presented so naturally, Fang Yan didn't think much of it.
Until, after running a little further, she saw the corner of the pants Little Fish was wearing today, also hanging on a tree branch, she suddenly stopped and calmly looked back at the path she had come from...
It seems that the three things are about the same distance apart, as if the other party is afraid that if the distance is too long, she will not be able to see them.
The more Fang Yan thought about it, the more she felt that someone was deliberately using Xiaoyuzai's things to lure her into the mountains.
After discovering this situation, she did hesitate about whether to continue.
But what she couldn't be sure of was whether the clues she had were the result of the other party stripping Xiaoyuzai of her clothes, tearing off pieces one by one, and using them to lure her in.
Or was Little Fish being held by the other person in the deep mountains ahead?
Even if there's only a 50% chance, even if you know that the other party went to great lengths to lure you to the deep mountains, they definitely have some ulterior motive.
Even with mountains of knives and seas of fire ahead, she had to continue forward.
Because, perhaps, the little fish is waiting for her to rescue it!
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