Is it not working?
Shen Yuan raised an eyebrow and walked slowly toward Chu Yuning.
Seeing that his face was purple and the veins on his forehead were bulging, Shen Yuan squatted down and lifted his eyelids to take a look. His pupils were unfocused and his eye sockets were bloodshot. He was obviously so angry that his blood was blocked and he was unconscious.
Shen Yuan clicked her tongue. What could have happened to make her so angry?
Is it because Chu Qiuyue disappeared?
Shen Yuan chuckled, surprised that Chu Yuning was so nervous about this younger sister.
As she was thinking this, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Chu Yuning holding a bundle in her hand out of the corner of her eye.
Chu Yuning held the folded cotton bundle tightly in her hand. Even though the owner of the hand was unconscious, it still took Shen Yuan a great deal of effort to pry the hand open.
It seems that Chu Yuning is very nervous about this burden.
After Shen Yuan pulled the bundle out of Chu Yuning's hand, she opened it and found that there was only a pair of pearl hairpins and a few taels of silver inside.
Shen Yuan picked up the silver and tossed it in her hand, estimating it to be about five or six taels.
According to the girls at Zuichunlou, Chu Yuning swindled about five or six hundred taels of silver from Zuichunlou, and now only five or six taels remain. Apart from the eighty taels he gave her, the rest should have been taken by Chu Qiuyue.
No wonder Chu Yuning fainted from anger. It wasn't because Chu Qiuyue disappeared, but because Chu Qiuyue took all his belongings and disappeared!
"Miss Chen, how is Scholar Chu?" The villagers in the ancestral hall asked with concern.
Shen Yuan clapped her hands, stood up, and said, "I won't die for now!"
"It's good that she's not dead." The villagers breathed a sigh of relief and dispersed, no longer paying attention to Chu Yuning lying on the ground.
Chu Yuning lay there next to his bed, without even a blanket to cover him.
Winter weather is cold, and cold air rises up from the ground.
Although there was a stove burning inside, Chu Yuning was still woken up by a chill. He opened his eyes groggily, feeling only that his arms were sore and numb, and his legs were stiff.
Chu Yuning braced herself against the ground to catch her breath before sitting up.
He turned and looked at the villagers inside the house, and found that they were all resting and chatting on their own beds, and not one of them cared about him who had fainted from anger!
He was so cold that he was woken up!
An indescribable emotion spread through Chu Yuning's heart. In the past, wherever he went in the village, there was always a group of people surrounding him.
But now, these people from his own village are so indifferent to him!
He had previously thought that once he passed the imperial examination and became an official, he would repay the villagers of Chujia Village.
Now it seems that the people in this village don't deserve it at all!
Once he recovers, he will leave this village and never come back!
Chu Yuning packed his bag, stood up, and walked into the courtyard. He saw Shen Yuan brewing medicine there and asked, "Have you found out anything about my sister?"
Shen Yuan held a palm-leaf fan and gently fanned the small stove under the medicine pot, as if she hadn't heard Chu Yuning's voice.
Chu Yuning asked again.
Shen Yuan then raised her head and looked at Chu Yuning standing in front of her. "Are you talking to me?"
Chu Yuning said irritably, "There's only you and me in this courtyard. If I'm not talking to you, who else can I be talking to?"
"You didn't name anyone, nor did you mention their name, so how do I know you're not just talking to yourself?"
"..." Chu Yuning took a deep breath and lowered her posture to ask, "Miss Chen, I'm really in a hurry. If you have any news about my sister, please tell me as soon as possible!"
Shen Yuan then replied, "We haven't found any trace of her yet, but we can be sure that she hasn't left the village."
"What do you mean you haven't found any trace of her? Aren't there many guards protecting the village? Didn't you notify them to find my sister quickly?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan raised her eyes and glanced at Chu Yuning. "Do you think you're the main character in a storybook, with everyone revolving around you?"
"I..." Chu Yuning choked.
Shen Yuan continued, "The guards surrounding the village are on the orders of Magistrate Sun to watch over the villagers of Chu Family Village. In other words, their task is simply to guard the village and prevent the villagers from running away, not to help you find your sister."
"But...but I'm really anxious, I have to find her right away."
Chu Yuning angrily flung her sleeves and said, "If you won't help me, then I'll go out and find it myself!"
After saying that, he turned around and rushed out of the ancestral hall.
Seeing this, Shen Yuan picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at Chu Yuning's knee.
Chu Yuning staggered from the impact.
Shen Yuan stood up and walked towards Chu Yuning, her tone cold and hard: "Someone has already gone to look for you. You are not yet well, so you are not allowed to leave the ancestral hall."
Chu Yuning turned her head and asked, "Who?"
Shen Yuan did not answer, but Chu Yuning quickly thought of someone, her pale and thin face instantly turning icy, "You actually expect a mute to find my sister?"
"I advise you to watch your mouth, otherwise, I might switch your medicine for mute medicine one day if I'm in a bad mood."
Upon hearing this, Chu Yuning pursed her lips tightly, swallowing back the sarcastic remarks that were about to come out.
Giving him a drug to make him mute—I'm afraid Shen Yuan is really capable of doing something like that!
Chu Yuning pursed her lips, her tone somewhat awkward, "You've only known that Young Master Xiao for a few months, and you trust him that much?"
trust?
Shen Yuan lowered her eyelids, her eyes filled with complex emotions. In fact, the only person she trusted now was her grandmother.
Her feelings for Xiao Ling were not so much trust as an understanding of his abilities and character.
In other words, she trusted him not because of their relationship, but because of him as a person.
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