Qi Ran and Feng Hengzhi looked so serious that the two men being questioned quickly replied inexplicably, "It was when Linglong Pavilion caught fire a few days ago. I went to pick it up afterwards."
Seeing this, another person quickly agreed, "That's right, I picked up this box of lip balm from there too. The people in there are probably turned to ashes anyway, so these things are ours now that we picked them up."
Feng Hengzhi was stunned and his expression became even uglier.
He gritted his teeth and looked at the person in front of him with a bad face, "What did you say? The owner of this thing has been burned to death?"
The two people being questioned glanced at each other at the same time and silently moved to the side. "Yes, yes, what's the problem?"
Then, he ran away, "If you like this, you can take it!"
A quarter of an hour later, Qi Ran and Feng Hengzhi finally figured out the cause and effect of the matter.
It turned out that a few days ago there was a convoy coming from Shengjing.
According to people familiar with the matter, there was a thin-looking woman and an extremely beautiful woman in the convoy.
The characteristics they described exactly matched those of Sang Luan and Meng Youning.
The two of them found a place to sit down.
Qi Ran looked up at Feng Heng across from him, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Finally, he seemed to be unable to help himself, and he pouted and sniffed.
He clenched the wooden hairpin tightly in his hand, then slowly raised his hand and rubbed it against his head. "Youning, I treated you like that back then for a reason. How could you leave me like this without even giving me a chance to apologize?"
The more he spoke, the more sad and angry he became.
The previous scenes flashed through his mind unconsciously, those scenes of him pointing his finger at Meng Youning and cursing, and then he attacked her.
He had never felt so stupid as he did now.
Gradually, the sound that was originally just sobbing gradually became louder.
Soon, Qi Ran's face was covered with tears and snot.
Feng Hengzhi lowered his head without saying a word, silently playing with the lip balm on his hand.
He gently opened the outer box, and the rouge inside was instantly revealed.
He remembered that this was the only box of rouge that Sang Luan and he made together.
Moreover, the box in his hand is absolutely unique.
The sound of Qi Ran crying fell into his ears, and for a moment, he felt even more irritated.
He slowly placed the lip balm in his hand on the table, staring at it intently.
Then, she suddenly withdrew her gaze and carefully put the lip balm back into her arms.
He raised his head suddenly and said, "Could you please stop making that kind of noise?"
Qi Ran paused and looked up, wanting to say a few words. However, when she saw Feng Hengzhi's remarkably calm face, her crying suddenly subsided a lot. "So what do you think we should do now? We came out to look for someone, but now they're gone. Where can we find them?"
Feng Hengzhi frowned.
The next moment, he shook his head and said, "I don't believe it. Luan'er will definitely be fine. Compared to if something really happened to them, I think this is most likely a plan they came up with to get out of this situation."
Qi Ran's face was even more puzzled, and he tilted his head, "A plan to escape?"
Feng Hengzhi raised his eyes, met Qi Ran's gaze, and said word by word, "That's right, you don't even think about what we did back then. We must have completely hurt their feelings, so they just left."
He paused, "But as long as we can find them and tell them the whole story, they will definitely give us a chance."
Qi Ran was stunned, "But why did they do this?"
Feng Hengzhi opened his thin lips slightly, "Of course, it's so that this news can reach the ears of those who are interested. Aren't these interested people you and me?"
He pointed at Qi Ran opposite him, then pointed at himself.
Qi Ran looked as if he had suddenly understood something, "So that's how it is."
He raised his hand and quickly wiped the tears from his face, "I see, that means nothing happened to them, right?"
Feng Hengzhi nodded heavily, "That's right."
Qi Ran rested his hands on the edge of the table and leaned forward slightly.
He blinked. "How are we going to find them now?"
Feng Hengzhi tapped the tabletop lightly with his fingers, his expression puzzled.
After a long while, he slowly raised his head and spoke loudly, "I'm telling you clearly, although I still dislike you, in order to successfully find Luan'er, I don't mind sharing information with you. Let's share what we know now. Maybe we can discover something we didn't know before."
Qi Ran thought about it and quickly told Feng Hengzhi everything about Meng Youning.
Feng Hengzhi lowered his eyes and thought seriously.
Immediately, he straightened his expression and extended his hand towards Qi Ran, "You said you intercepted a letter between Luan'er and Meng Youning. Did you take that letter with you?"
Qi Ran nodded quickly and took out a piece of letter paper from his sleeve.
He handed it to Feng Hengzhi, "Here, I took it with me when I left."
He leaned forward and watched Feng Hengzhi open the letter. "I've read this letter countless times on the way here, and even before I came. I was hoping I could get some information from it, but there's really nothing useful in it."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the person in front of him staring fixedly at a certain place on the letter paper.
Qi Ran was a little suspicious and leaned forward slightly, "What's wrong? Did you find anything?"
Feng Hengzhi lowered his eyes and pointed at a certain spot on the letter paper, "Try to look at these lines of words at an angle."
Qi Ran squinted his eyes and read out what was written on the paper, "Heading south."
Qi Ran's eyes suddenly widened, and he turned to look at Feng Hengzhi beside him, "All the way south!"
Feng Hengzhi calmly put the letter away. "Yes, this letter should be the last one between them. It not only contains Luan'er's greetings to Meng Youning, but also reminds Meng Youning not to forget the place they agreed to meet."
He slowly stood up. "According to the contents of this piece of letter, their destination should be heading south. The first place they visit after leaving Shengjing is Jingu, which is where we are now."
He narrowed his eyes. "Based on the distance, they shouldn't be too far away from us. If we travel overnight, we should definitely be able to catch up with them. Furthermore, since they had already planned to leave, they must have packed everything in perfect order. It's impossible for them to carry a large amount of gold and silver."
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