"My son is missing, why are you alright?"
"Yeah, why are you just standing here?"
"Cheng Shisi, you come here right now!"
Cheng Shisi was so frightened that he was completely at a loss for words.
At this moment, Cheng Shanshan timely pulled him back to her side and protected him behind her: "I understand how anxious you are, but Fourteen has just returned, so why don't I ask him first?"
"...Okay, then ask away."
The old women immediately shut their mouths, but their eyes remained fixed on Cheng Shisi.
Cheng Shanshan half-squatted down in front of Cheng Shisi and rubbed his terrified head: "Shisi, shouldn't you have been sleeping in your room last night? Why did you come back from outside?"
"I……"
Cheng Shisi's eyes showed some fear: "I only know that I suddenly fell asleep last night, and when I woke up I was on the edge of a cliff. Fortunately, Fantuan pulled me up, otherwise I would have fallen."
Did you suddenly fall asleep?
Was she drugged?
Why did I wake up on the edge of a cliff?
She didn't know about others, but because they were guards raised by Cheng Shisi, they were all very dependent on him and were practically inseparable from him.
If he was drugged and taken away, why didn't the guards make a sound?
At this moment, she looked at the rice ball, wishing it could speak and answer all the questions in her heart.
While pondering this, someone suddenly cried out, "On the other side of the cliff, did my man fall off?"
"No...no, that won't happen."
“He said he would protect me for the rest of his life, how could he possibly die?” Everyone present had tears in their eyes, and their voices choked with emotion: “No, I have to go to the edge of the cliff to see.”
"I'll go too."
"Let's go together."
The group consisted entirely of women, and they hurriedly arrived at the edge of the cliff.
The howling wind was extremely eerie. Cheng Shanshan began to investigate carefully as soon as she arrived. Cheng Shisi pointed to a large rock and said, "That's where I woke up."
It was a rock hanging over the edge of a cliff.
Some people wanted to get closer, but halfway there their legs gave way and they collapsed to the ground.
At the same time, someone exclaimed, "Look! There are so many footprints here!"
"Why are all the footprints heading towards the edge of the cliff?"
"Could it be..."
Suddenly, everyone fell silent.
In the ensuing silence, some people could no longer hold back their tears.
Of all these people, Cheng Shanshan was the calmest. She followed the footprints, big and small, until she reached the edge of the cliff where the footprints ended.
Without the slightest struggle, or even a pause, it truly resembled the rhythm of jumping off a cliff.
But why?
One or two is one thing, but all the men agreed to jump off a building?
No explanation makes sense at all!
Just as Cheng Shanshan was filled with doubt and confusion, the women behind her all went from sobbing to crying loudly, and their tearful appearance made her frown involuntarily.
Her expression drew criticism from some people: "Although you and Prefect Huo haven't been married long and your feelings for each other may not be that deep yet, don't you feel any remorse for acting like it's none of your business?"
Before Cheng Shanshan could speak, someone mocked, "I bet she's not only not in pain, she's actually quite pleased with herself!"
“She wasn’t even worried when her father was lost, so how could she possibly care about a Prefect Huo? That kind of person is truly heartless.”
Cheng Shanshan was originally quite anxious.
After all, this happened so inexplicably, and even Huo Mingchen has disappeared.
But their accusations amused her: "Now that we've neither seen you alive nor dead, why are you crying so early? Can I take that as a happy celebration? After all, your so-called couples and such probably don't have as good a relationship as mine, right?"
What are you saying!
"Cheng Shanshan, how could you do this!"
Everyone pointed at her, their eyes filled with intense anger.
Before he could even speak, the two women in front of him suddenly collapsed to the ground, followed by a third, a fourth...
"What happened?"
After ten people in a row, everyone panicked.
While they were looking at each other in bewilderment, Cheng Shanshan went over to check on them and found that they had all fainted due to exhaustion caused by long-term lack of food. She quickly took out a bottle of nourishing pills and fed them to one of them.
The person next to him asked in surprise, "What did you feed it?"
"A lifesaver."
Cheng Shanshan handed it to the woman next to her who had been scolding the loudest earlier: "One pill for each of you, hurry up and feed them."
The other person was taken aback for a moment: "Me?"
"Yes, it's you."
Without saying a word, Cheng Shanshan handed it to her directly.
The other party originally didn't want to listen, but somehow ended up doing it anyway.
The woman who had fainted soon woke up. They were quite reasonable, and when they learned that she had taken Cheng Shanshan's medicine, they even blushed a little.
...
Another night has passed.
Cheng Shanshan has been looking for someone almost constantly.
She couldn't believe that so many people could just suddenly disappear.
Seeing how exhausted she was from all that running around, Bai quickly and forcefully held her down, saying, "Shanshan, you just saved someone yesterday, are you going to collapse like this?"
“Yes, we know you’re worried about Mingchen, but you should eat something.” Aunt Dong said as she ladled out a bowl of wild vegetable soup for her. “Otherwise, Mingchen will blame me for not taking good care of you.”
"good."
To avoid worrying the two of them.
Cheng Shanshan immediately drank the wild vegetable soup in one gulp.
After she finished drinking, Bai offered to give her another bowl, but she couldn't drink anymore and hurriedly left.
The streets outside were deathly still.
Everyone's face seemed to be covered with a gloomy expression.
If this continues, they won't find a man, and they'll die first, won't they?
When this thought popped into Cheng Shanshan's head, she felt a chill. Suddenly, the indifferent old woman from yesterday walked towards her and said, "Madam Prefect, please give me some food. I'm starving."
"I'm so hungry too."
"What are we going to do? Will we all starve to death?"
"Won't."
These two words come from Cheng Shanshan.
In this situation, she didn't care about anything else and went straight to the vegetable greenhouse with her basket on her back. When she filled the basket with bok choy, everyone's eyes lit up: "You actually stole bok choy?"
“There’s no one to guard us, so I said we should eat.” Cheng Shanshan said as she set up a large pot and started boiling cabbage in hot water: “Those who want to eat, hurry up and line up; those who don’t, stand aside.”
"I... I'll eat it."
The first one was unwilling.
Then came the second, the third...
When the warm cabbage soup went down their throats, everyone felt alive again: "I... miss my deadbeat husband, his cabbage soup was so delicious."
"..."
Cheng Shanshan felt that she was being looked down upon.
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