24 Lost (Revised)
◎Does he hate himself that much?◎
A villa in the suburbs of Beijing.
Jiang Yan slowly woke from her slumber. She instinctively reached out to hug the person beside her, but her hand was empty. She struggled to open her eyes and tried to look for Cui Huaifeng.
Jiang Yan, exhausted, slowly rose and sat on the edge of the bed. She propped her heavy head up with one hand and glanced around the room. Cui Huaifeng was nowhere to be found. Was he outside? Jiang Yan didn't know.
Jiang Yan sat blankly by the bed for a long time before she finally came to. She turned her head and looked out the window. It was already past noon. She rarely slept at this time. The most important thing was, where was Huai Feng?
For some reason, Jiang Yan's heart was beating very fast. She called the servants into the house loudly.
"Where's Masaru?"
"This...I don't know." The servant shook his head.
Jiang Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he seemed to have a vague idea of the answer.
"Tell the others in the courtyard to search for Zheng Jun and his personal servants throughout the courtyard. Go find Zhu Jin, quickly!"
"Yes!" The servant saluted and hurried away.
After the quarrel, Jiang Yan kept looking for opportunities to apologize to Cui Huaifeng, but every time he mentioned it, Cui Huaifeng just told him lightly that it was nothing.
He was acting as usual, but Jiang Yan felt more and more uneasy. She couldn't tell why, but she just felt something was wrong.
Jiang Yan could only console herself by saying Huaifeng was still sulking. Bringing it up would inevitably annoy him, but perhaps things would get better over time. All she could do was treat him even better.
Until yesterday, when Zhu Jin was out on some business, Cui Huaifeng suggested he go to his villa in the suburbs of Beijing to relax. Since it was a rare request from him, Jiang Yan agreed without giving it a second thought.
Cui Huaifeng remained silent on the way to the villa, but when he got to the room, he hugged himself first.
Jiang Yan couldn't contain his excitement and immediately got him to the bed. They kissed and rubbed each other, and halfway through, Cui Huaifeng said he wanted to drink some water. Jiang Yan wanted to get up to drink it, but he insisted on going by himself. Jiang Yan couldn't refuse him, so she let him go.
She remembered that after Cui Huaifeng finished drinking, he handed her a cup as well. Then what happened? She had no recollection of it at all...water!
She rushed to the table and checked the teacups that the two had drunk from and found nothing wrong. She then lifted the lid of the pot and found that there was still half a pot of water left in it. There was a thin layer of particles at the bottom of the pot, which was invisible unless you looked carefully.
How could he possibly come into contact with something like this when he was in the mansion all this time, unless it was Zheng Pu...
How much he wanted to leave me...
Jiang Yan laughed at himself, clenched his teeth, and his eyes were sore.
Jiang Yan rested her hands on the edge of the table, her head finally lowering after a long pause. She stared at the porcelain pot in a daze, then suddenly caught sight of a piece of paper. She had been so focused on the pot that she hadn't noticed anything else on the table. She took the paper, which was written in Cui Huaifeng's handwriting.
From now on, we will part ways and wish you good health.
Jiang Yan's hand holding the note trembled slightly. She clenched it tightly and tore the note into pieces with a wooden face.
An hour later, the servants and Zhu Jin arrived.
"We haven't found Zhengjun or his servants inside or outside the courtyard, and neither are we found in the main house..." The servant lowered his head, not daring to look at Jiang Yan at all.
Jiang Yan looked at Zhu Jin and said, "Send a team to search the city, and you will lead a team to search outside the city. Move quickly."
"Yes." Zhu Jin probably guessed it, so she didn't say much and just did her work.
After everyone left, Jiang Yan sat slumped in a chair, hunched over, her face pale. A shadow enveloped her, and the room fell into a dead silence.
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A horse-drawn carriage hurried past the woods several kilometers away from the capital.
Zheng Pu lifted the car curtain, stuck his head out to look around, and only returned to the car after confirming that he had not been caught up.
There were only a few bags in the car, and one of them, a pear blossom branch, was particularly conspicuous among the luggage.
Cui Huaifeng looked very calm. The curtains fluttered as the carriage moved forward. The scenery kept changing, and a different patch of green could be seen from time to time.
After a while, he turned his head and a line of tears slid down his cheek.
——
Jiang Yan sent people to look for him for three whole days, but there was no news.
She seemed to have...really lost him.
His warmth, his voice, his presence, everything about him, all disappeared.
The clear water droplets fell one by one, and Jiang Yan couldn't control it.
Am I crying? Jiang Yan wondered.
But why, just a few angry words, could he be so cruel and decisive to leave me?
Did he hate himself so much? He hated himself so much that he didn't even have any hope for himself.
He wanted to leave me, but I refused to let him do so!
He is hers for the rest of her life, he can only belong to her! Let alone if he just leaves the capital, she will definitely find him even if he runs to the ends of the earth!
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Three months later, Zhu Jin pushed the door open and walked in, saying respectfully:
"Master, there is news about Zhengjun."
【Author’s words】
No prize guessing game: Why is Zheng Pu so skilled at buying medicine?
It is known that my updating speed is touching (I'm kneeling down), and it is also known that the system's time to thank you for the nutrient solution and the king ticket is only seven days, so after revising the article, I will also update the nutrient solution to thank you all my little cuties. If there is no update in this chapter, then it will be in the previous chapter. If there is any omission, thank you very much.
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