Then, a servant from the city lord's household ran up and said, "It's terrible! Miss has gone missing again. The city lord is rushing back now."
Chi Qiangwei and Song Fanze exchanged a glance.
...
Inside the main hall, the city lord's wife sat on a chair, covering her face with a handkerchief and weeping, while the city lord sighed beside her.
When the city lord's wife saw the two of them, she seemed to see hope. She quickly got up and went over to them, saying, "You've finally come."
Chi Qiangwei: "When did Miss Meng go missing?"
The city lord's wife said, "Last night, I heard from her maid that she saw her mistress go back to her room after she fell asleep. When she went in this morning to bring her mistress a washbasin, she found that the room was empty."
"Has anything happened between you and your daughter recently? For example, did you have an argument, or did Miss Meng say anything that struck you as unusual?"
Chi Qiangwei had always felt strange and suspicious about Miss Meng's disappearance last time.
The city lord's wife said, "After Xiuxiu returned safely last time, the relationship between my daughter and me became even better. She would come over to chat with me from time to time."
“She said she would not get married and would stay with me and her father forever. At the time, I thought Xiuxiu was joking. Later, I selected a lot of portraits of young masters and sent them to her room for her to choose from.”
"Ever since my daughter was kidnapped, all I want now is for her to have a good future, and I won't force her to marry someone she doesn't like. Even if she likes a poor boy, I'll accept the servants in the manor."
“However, she said she didn’t like any of the portraits I showed her. No matter how many blind dates I arranged for her, she just couldn’t stand the men. I gradually felt that something was wrong with my daughter. So I asked her, ‘What kind of man do you like?’”
“My daughter told me that she would never get married in her life, and that’s when I realized that she meant it. Then my daughter and I argued about it.”
The city lord's wife cried, "Heroine, do you think this is the reason my daughter ran away? She was arguing with me, so she ran away?"
Chi Qiangwei: "We can't rule out that possibility."
The city lord's wife said, "She can marry any man she wants, but I really can't agree to her never marrying again."
"It's all my fault. She gets along well with that Miss Liu. She must be influenced by Miss Liu, which is why she doesn't want to get married."
“A woman who never marries will be ridiculed. Miss Liu is already eighteen years old, and many people are already talking behind her back. My daughter is of marriageable age. She has such a long life ahead of her. How can she bear it?”
Chi Qiangwei is a demon with a long lifespan. She didn't quite understand the city lord's wife's thoughts, but that's how humans have always been, so there was nothing she could say.
Chi Qiangwei comforted her, "Miss Meng may have her own reasons."
The city lord's wife said, "What reason could she have? At first, I thought she had someone she liked, but because of her lowly status, she didn't dare to tell me. Later, I asked her repeatedly, and she always said that she didn't have anyone she liked."
Chi Qiangwei said, "Then I'll go to Miss Liu's house to take a look."
The city lord's wife hurriedly said, "Alright, thank you so much, heroine. You must find my daughter. She's my only daughter, and I can't live without her."
Just as she and Song Fanzhe were preparing to go to Miss Liu's house.
At this moment, a servant rushed over and said, "It's terrible! Lord City Lord! Lady City Lord, Miss Liu is also missing."
The city lord's wife immediately stood up, a look of surprise on her face.
However, the servant did not leave. He continued, "Madam City Lord, I heard that Wan Rou, the eldest daughter of the Wan family, also disappeared last night."
"What?" The city lord exclaimed in shock. "Such a major event has occurred, and you're only reporting it now?"
These days he has been searching for the girl's hiding place on the cliff of Mingcheng.
This only emboldened these people to act even more recklessly.
Chi Qiangwei sensed something was wrong, and she thought of something and said, "Song Fanze, let's go check on the daisies first."
“Okay,” Song Fanzhe said.
A dozen minutes later, the two of them opened the door to the daisy and morning glory's home, only to find it empty.
Chi Qiangwei exclaimed, "Oh no! They've been captured too!"
...
Inside a spacious, sheltered cave, the sound of dripping water could be heard. There were many cages of various sizes placed there, guarded by several men dressed in gray.
The cage contained many young girls, their clothes and hair disheveled, their eyes lifeless.
The newly arrived girl kept sobbing softly.
One of the cages contained daisies and morning glories, as well as Wanrou.
Wan Rou stared in fear at the dark and terrifying place before her; her eyes were already swollen from crying.
In the cage next door were Miss Meng and Miss Liu, the two girls embracing each other.
With red eyes, Miss Meng said, "I'm sorry, Sister Liu, I've dragged you down."
Miss Liu said, "It's alright. We don't ask to be born on the same day, month, and year, but we do ask to die on the same day, month, and year."
Upon hearing this, Miss Meng took her hand and nodded firmly, "Yes."
The little daisy said from the side, "Don't say such discouraging things. Someone will definitely come to save us."
A girl in a yellow dress spoke up from the next cage, "No one will come to rescue us. We've been locked up here for over ten days."
Morning Glory clung to the iron bars of the cage, saying, "No, someone will definitely come to rescue us. The city lord has been searching for you diligently."
The girl in yellow continued, "Judging from your accents, you must be people from Stone City. Don't trust those city lords too much; they won't care about our lives at all."
Miss Meng spoke up, "My father won't abandon you."
The girl in yellow said, "So that's how it is. You're the city lord's daughter, then he'll definitely come to save you."
Miss Meng, “Even if I hadn’t been arrested, my father wouldn’t have abandoned you. He’s been searching for you these past few days; he just hasn’t found the entrance yet. I believe he will find it soon and come to rescue us.”
The girl in yellow lowered her head. "...So what if they come? That real person is not someone an ordinary person can handle."
At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing a gray robe walked in. He had a fierce face and a long black beard around his mouth and chin.
Accompanying him was a group of expressionless subordinates, one of whom looked somewhat familiar.
Xu An?
Wan Rou was shocked to see Xu An, who had recovered his health and could walk again.
When the girls in the cages saw the real person appear before them, they were filled with fear and all lowered their heads.
They still remembered a girl who was locked in a cage and became restless, which angered the real man. He was killed by his men, drained of blood, and then thrown off a cliff.
"Have you still not found Lord Death?" the real man said with dissatisfaction.
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