Oishi's alarm blared, and he immediately summoned his servants, "Quickly, go find them!"
He then sent someone to report to the authorities, and went out with them, instructing Fang Yi to stay home and keep watch, and to send someone to inform them if there was any news.
After searching for two days without finding anyone, Su's father became so angry that he vomited blood. A doctor was called in, who said that he had suffered too much shock and, without proper treatment, probably wouldn't live much longer.
Da Shi knelt on the ground, utterly devastated and helpless. Su's father, lying on the bed, slowly woke up. "Go find your mother..."
Da Shi nodded wearily. "Father, don't worry, I'll go look for her right now. Don't be anxious, I will definitely find Mother."
Even the Guan family mobilized their connections to find Su's mother, but she seemed to have vanished into thin air; they couldn't find her no matter how hard they looked.
Liu Huan and his group were completely unaware of this. They hurried and finally arrived at the border of Qingyang County. They stopped by the river to rest and eat something.
Su Cheng jumped into the river to catch some fish, but was woken up by the shouts and curses from the side, "Get away, you stinking beggar!"
He stopped his advance into the river and felt uncomfortable seeing a disheveled woman being pushed. He walked over to the group of people and asked, "What are you doing?"
Seeing that Su Cheng was well-dressed and looked tall, the group of people dared not say anything more and left in a jostling manner.
"Go away, go away, don't bother with a crazy beggar."
After the group left, Su Cheng knelt down beside the lady and gently asked, "Madam, are you alright?"
The person on the ground didn't speak, but kept muttering something, which he couldn't understand.
He took a silver ingot out of his pocket and placed it on the ground. "Take this and buy some food."
After saying that, he got up to leave, when he heard a name.
'Huanhuan, Xiaoshi'
He turned around abruptly, confirming that it was the person on the ground who spoke. He trembled as he squatted down and brushed the hair away from the woman's face. It was the face he had been longing for.
The people on the ground didn't recognize him and curled up in fear.
"Mother~"
Su Cheng called her softly, but she didn't respond, lost in her own world.
Su Cheng stood up, his lips parted and he hesitated for a long time before finally managing to call out, "Second Brother... Second Brother..."
Su Yi and the others were a bit far away. When Liu Huan heard the sound, she thought Su Cheng had already caught a fish, so she nudged Su Yi, who was standing next to her, and said, "I told you to go catch some fish, hurry up."
Su Yi raised an eyebrow, "Together?"
The two went over together and found that Su Cheng hadn't gone down, and there were no fish beside him. He was just standing next to a dirty woman.
Seeing his expression, neither of them understood what was wrong. Liu Huan quickly ran over and asked, "What's wrong, young man?"
It took Su Cheng a long time to squeeze out two words, "It's Mother..."
Liu Huan and Su Yi stared wide-eyed, and the two knelt down tremblingly. Liu Huan straightened the woman's body, and what came into view was that familiar face, but it was unbelievably old, with unfocused eyes and no energy.
"Mother, what are you doing here?"
It takes a day to get to Qingyang County from here, and two or three days if you walk.
Liu Huan hugged her tightly, buried her head in her shoulder and cried, "Mother, what's wrong with you?"
Su Yi and Su Cheng knelt to one side, both with tears in their eyes.
That's right, this is Su's mother, who has been missing for several days. She plans to go find Huanhuan and Xiaoshi on her own and has been gone for several days.
Because of her poor mental state, these past few days, apart from muttering about looking for someone, her mind has been in a state of chaos, and she doesn't know what she's doing.
Liu Huan's crying startled Su Wan and Guan Chang. When they came over and learned that the dirty lady was Su's mother, Su Wan knelt down and the two of them hugged Su's mother and broke down in tears.
Hearing the crying brought Su's mother to her senses. She looked up with a blank expression and asked, "Why are you crying too? Can't you find your daughter and son either?"
Liu Huan took her hand and placed it on her face. "Mother, it's me, Huanhuan. I'm back."
"Huanhuan?" Su's mother was stunned when she heard this name.
"Yes, Huanhuan, I'm back."
Mother Su shook her head, then painfully pulled her hand back to cover her head. "No, Huanhuan is lost, and Xiaoshi is lost too. I need to go find them."
As she was talking, she seemed to be in too much pain and fainted again.
Liu Huan turned around and said, "Shitou, Mother has fainted."
Su Cheng picked up his mother and the group returned to the carriage. Without even eating, they sped off towards Qingyang County.
Su Wan and Liu Huan held Su's mother tightly, their hearts aching at the sight of her filthy appearance.
The two cried uncontrollably. Su Cheng, who was outside, personally drove the car, shortening what was originally a day to just a few hours.
Upon seeing the panicked Da Shi outside the city, Su Cheng shouted, "Big Brother!"
Da Shi turned around and saw that it was his third brother. He went to greet him, but before he could speak, the curtain of the carriage was lifted. "Big brother, get in."
As soon as Da Shi got on the carriage, he discovered that his mother, whom he had been searching for for several days, was on the carriage. He didn't say anything, covered his face, and trembled all over.
Su Cheng drove the carriage directly to the gate of the Su residence. Midway, Su Yi had already turned to the clinic, grabbed a doctor, and started running again.
The arrival times at both locations were roughly the same.
When Fang Yi saw that Su's mother had been found, she quickly helped her put her on the bed. Before she could ask Su Cheng and the others what had happened, Su Yi brought in the doctor.
"Move aside a bit, let this old man take a look."
After taking her pulse, the doctor said, "There's nothing seriously wrong, she's just too tired. When she wakes up, I'll cook her some mild porridge."
Su Wan hesitated for a moment and said, "Then, my mother is like this..."
"As I said before, a mental illness requires a mental cure. This illness cannot be solved by taking medicine. Now that you are back, spend more time with her, and everything will fall into place."
After seeing the doctor off, the group lingered around Su's mother, unwilling to leave. Fang Yi didn't know how to start the conversation, while Da Shi, filled with self-reproach, lowered his head and remained silent.
Su Yi said, "Let Mother sleep, let's go out."
Once inside the main hall, Daishi recounted what had happened during this period, saying, "If you hadn't come back, I don't know what I would have done."
When Xiao Shi heard that it was because of him, he slapped himself twice, saying, "It's me, it's my fault for being unfilial."
Liu Huan grabbed him from the side, "Brother..."
Hearing her call him "little brother," Da Shi and Fang Yi finally focused their attention on her. "Huanhuan?"
"Big brother and sister-in-law, it's me, I'm back."
Fang Yi hugged her and cried for a while, then said, "It's so good that Shi Tou was able to find you. You've suffered so much all these years."
Liu Huan's eyes stung with tears. She had no idea that Su's mother had changed like this over the years because of her.
Su Yi asked in a deep voice, "Where is Father?"
The big rock was buried even lower. "Father also fell ill because of Mother's situation and even vomited blood. He's resting now."
Upon hearing this, Su Cheng headed towards the courtyard where his father slept. He pushed open the door and saw his father trying to get up.
He rushed over and helped him up, saying, "Father, your unfilial son has returned."
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