Chapter 13 is in the newspaper.
"Whether I'm in cahoots with them or not, you can find out by checking."
Chu Ci rubbed his throbbing head and met her gaze.
"You can get major TV stations in Hong Kong to broadcast your granddaughter's missing person notice repeatedly, and have people investigate my background. That shouldn't be too difficult."
The old lady stared at her intently for a few seconds, then scoffed, "Don't think I'll believe you just because you say that."
She gives a beating and then a sweet treat.
"However, if you can really help me find my granddaughter, you will definitely receive a lot of benefits."
“We don’t need the benefits yet,” Chu Ci stood up from beside the psychic table and shook her head. “Let’s talk about it after we find the child.”
The child has been missing for a week, and the person who abducted the child has not come to demand a ransom... Based on her many years of experience, the child is probably in grave danger.
But of course, she couldn't say these things.
Picking up her coat hanging by the door, she turned to the old lady and gestured for her to follow. "I see where your granddaughter is. Tell someone to drive, and I'll give you directions."
"You know where my granddaughter is?" The old woman looked at her with increasing suspicion. "You figured it out?"
"I could tell." Chu Ci pointed to her eyes. "I'm a medium."
Although the old lady was from Hong Kong, she did not believe in ghosts and gods like other Hong Kongers, and she scoffed at so-called "spiritual mediums".
Rather than believing in psychic abilities, she was more inclined to believe that this was just the sorceress bluffing.
Or perhaps this medium was in cahoots with the people who abducted her granddaughter.
If it's the latter... the old lady's eyes suddenly turned sinister.
She'll make those swindlers pay the price for using her granddaughter to create hype.
Chu Ci walked out of the room, and Li Fushui followed, hurriedly grabbing her hand.
"Master, do you really know where my daughter is? Where is she?"
Chu Ci only knew how to get there; she didn't know exactly where the child was hidden.
"You'll find out once you follow me."
Li Fushui paused slightly, glanced at her youthful profile, hesitated for a moment, and then followed her again.
Seeing Chu Ci leave with his daughter-in-law, the old lady also led her people to chase after them.
Master Fang was excited and wanted to follow along to see what was going on.
"The master is very powerful. I think Ah Shui will definitely be able to find her daughter this time!"
She and several nuns followed closely behind, but were stopped by the bodyguards left behind by the old lady.
"Ladies, this is a family matter concerning our marriage," the bodyguard said coldly, without a smile. "I hope you will not get involved."
Master Fang was disappointed.
Even though her family was well-off, she didn't dare offend the Cheng family, so she could only grimace and reluctantly agree.
"Grandma," seeing the worry on Chu Ci's grandmother's face, Master Fang, wanting to improve her relationship with Chu Ci, took the initiative to comfort her, "Master is very capable, so don't worry about her."
Grandma forced a smile, her heart pounding as she watched Chu Ci leave.
This child has only been here a short time and has already offended the powerful Cheng family; how can she possibly let him go unnoticed...?
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Chu Ci got into the old lady Cheng's car and had it driven to Cheng's granddaughter's school.
"Start from here, walk this way."
Upon arriving at the school, she pointed in a direction.
The driver followed her directions and soon arrived at the store his young lady had visited before she went missing.
The driver stopped the car and waited for the medium to give another order, but to his surprise, she got out of the car.
"Madam," the driver turned to look at the Cheng family matriarch, whose expression was unreadable, "should I go and see what's going on?"
"Keep up with her." The old lady of the Cheng family stared at Chu Ci's back. "Don't let her get away."
"Yes." The driver quickly got out of the car.
He followed closely behind Chu Ci, smiling as he asked, "Master Chu, where are we going next?"
Chu Ci didn't speak. He stood in front of the small shop, closed his eyes, and recalled the route the little girl took back to school after leaving the shop.
The child seemed to have... turned right?
She closed her eyes and followed the route the little girl had taken earlier.
The driver couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"Master, there's demolition going on here, the ground is covered in stones, please be careful!"
Chu Ci ignored his words, recalling the route she had seen before, and continued walking in that direction with her eyes closed.
This is the old town, with alleys intertwined and intricate. She couldn't see which alley the little girl had entered, and could only guess in her mind.
The child looked to be eight or nine years old, and took small steps. It took him about five minutes to walk this way, judging by his pace and speed...
She finally stopped in front of a small alley in the distance and opened her eyes.
The alley was dilapidated, winding, and very narrow, and there were two bungalows inside that had already been demolished.
"This is it. That's where the child went into this alley."
The child planned to take a shortcut back to school from here, but unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance here. Such a remote place gave that "acquaintance" the opportunity to commit the crime.
Chu Ci went in first, and the driver looked at the width of the alley and then at his own car.
It's so narrow, a car definitely can't get in!
Seeing that Chu Ci had already gone quite a distance into the alley, he was worried about losing him, so he could only hurriedly wave towards the car and jog to catch up with Chu Ci.
"Master, could you please wait a moment?"
He spoke to Chu Ci in a gentle and polite manner.
Compared to the old lady who didn't believe in ghosts and spirits, this driver was quite reverent towards them. He would burn incense in the car on the first and fifteenth of every lunar month, praying for a smooth drive.
They naturally dared not be too negligent in their treatment of Chu Ci, the medium.
"Master, this alley is too narrow; cars can't get in. Our elderly lady has trouble walking, so could you please slow down?"
Chu Ci did not slow down. "I saw someone kidnap your young lady in this alley. Your young lady has been kidnapped for a week, and it will only become more dangerous the longer it drags on."
Although she had a premonition that her youngest daughter might have perished, she still couldn't let her guard down until she saw the body.
The driver opened his mouth, thinking that what she said made sense. He turned his head to look at the alley entrance, where bodyguards had already followed.
He breathed a sigh of relief and followed Chu Ci with peace of mind.
Chu Ci recalled the route the little girl took back, and led the driver, turning left and right along the way, until they soon arrived at the place where the child had met the "acquaintance".
Upon arriving at this place, Chu Ci became even more cautious.
She checked the direction repeatedly and finally headed towards a small alley.
After following Chu Ci for a few steps, the driver spotted something with sharp eyes. "This is our young lady's hair clip!"
Upon hearing his voice, the old lady panicked and her steps became erratic. She hurriedly directed the bodyguards who were with her.
"Quick! Go check it out!"
The bodyguard retrieved what the driver had found and handed it to the old lady.
The moment the old woman saw that thing, her legs went weak.
"Yes, this is our very thing!" She clutched the hair clip, almost losing her balance.
A recent Disney animated film called "Beauty and the Beast" has become very popular, and a limited-edition princess hair clip has even been released in France.
Her granddaughter has always loved the female lead, Belle. There are only fifty of these hair clips in all of Hong Kong, and she managed to snag one to give to her granddaughter. Her granddaughter loves it and wears it every day.
But then they appeared here...
Her mind went blank, and the old lady collapsed.
Li Fushui came up from behind and helped the old lady up, advising, "Mom, if you're not feeling well, you should go back first. I'll go with the master to find Sheng Sheng."
The old lady was almost fainting, but upon hearing her words, she struggled to open her eyes.
"Let you go? You'd rather we all die quickly so your niece can take your place!"
Her eyes widened in disgust as she forcefully slapped her daughter-in-law's hand away. "Get out! I don't want to see you!"
"mom……"
Li Fushui felt extremely wronged.
"She's my daughter, how could I possibly wish for her death? What mother would curse her own daughter like that!"
The old lady completely ignored her, grabbed the hand of the bodyguard beside her, and struggled to her feet.
"Help me walk, I want to see this medium find Sheng Sheng with my own eyes!"
"Mom!" Li Fusheng stood in front of her mother-in-law, her face full of worry. "Shengsheng is the child I carried for ten months and gave birth to. I am her biological mother. How could I possibly hurt her!"
"Besides, there are so many people watching here, what can I do to Sheng Sheng?"
The old lady ignored her, her face deathly pale, panting heavily, and had her bodyguard help her continue walking.
Li Fushui almost cried when he saw the old lady being so stubborn.
"Mom, please go back. If something happens to you, how am I supposed to face Sheng Sheng's father? Please, don't make things difficult for me, okay?"
"Hypocritical bitch! Get out of my way!" The old woman flung her hand away and glared at her fiercely. "Bodyguard, get this bitch out of here and don't let her show her face again!"
The bodyguard looked at the old lady, then at the young mistress, and finally chose the old lady who paid him his salary.
“Madam, please step aside.” He gently pushed aside Li Fushui, who was blocking the wall. “Miss Shengsheng has been missing for so long. Finding her is the most important thing now.”
While the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were arguing, Chu Ci had already arrived at the place where the "acquaintance" had taken the child away.
A week later, the traces at the scene had almost disappeared, but it happened to rain in Hong Kong the day before the disappearance, leaving two deep tire tracks at the scene.
Noticing the two tire tracks, Chu Ci breathed a sigh of relief and called to the driver, "Drive your car to this intersection, I'll take you to find the person."
The driver didn't ask any further questions and quickly nodded, "Okay. Master, please wait a moment."
He hurriedly returned the way he came and ran into the old lady being helped over by her bodyguard.
Seeing him return, the old lady's heart leaped into her throat, and she hurriedly took two steps forward, "How is it? Did you find the young lady?"
"Not yet. The master told me to go get the car, and she'll take us there to find someone."
"Alright, you and you too." The old lady pointed to the two of them. "You two go with him to the car. Be quick, run there, don't delay!"
"Yes!" The two people she called out and the driver jogged to get the car.
"master!"
The old lady walked to the alley entrance and saw Chu Ci standing there, so she quickly leaned on her cane and went over.
"Master, where is my granddaughter?!"
From the moment she saw her granddaughter's hair clip, it became irrelevant whether the medium was the one who kidnapped her granddaughter.
All she wants now is to find her granddaughter.
As long as she finds her granddaughter, nothing else matters!
Chu Ci shook his head heavily, "I don't know yet. I only know the way, but I don't know what kind of place it is."
The driver quickly brought the car over, and Chu Ci took the initiative to sit in the passenger seat. The old lady also hurriedly got into the car.
"Mom, I'll go with you!"
Li Fushui also wanted to get on the bus, but the old lady pushed him off with her cane.
"Get out! I don't want to say anything unpleasant in front of outsiders. If you dare to stop me from going to see Shengsheng again, don't blame me for being impolite!"
"mom……"
Li Fusheng's eyes reddened with grievance, but the old lady slammed the car door shut and ordered the driver, "Go!"
The driver obediently started the car and drove in the direction Chu Ci had indicated.
After driving for more than half an hour, Chu Ci soon realized that they were simply going in circles.
In that case, the child's chances of survival are really slim.
"What's going on?" The old lady also noticed something was wrong and glared at Chu Ci. "Are you playing me?"
Chu Ci didn't speak, and saw a familiar intersection.
"Go in from this intersection this time."
The driver glanced at the old lady, and seeing that she did not object, he drove the car over.
Upon entering this intersection, you are greeted by a large area of dilapidated houses awaiting demolition.
Chu Ci saw the familiar red brick house with a black door in the distance.
"The third house from the left is that one. Park your car in front of it, but don't get too close to the house, or you might damage the evidence."
The car stopped some distance from the house. The purple-red couplets in front of the door were faded and bore familiar characters.
"May everything go smoothly, according to your wishes, and may you receive divine favor."
Horizontal scroll: "Smooth Sailing"
The old lady hurriedly got out of the car, but Chu Ci grabbed her arm.
"Wait, let others go in and take a look first."
She smelled the faint stench of decay in the air and gave the driver a wink.
The driver paused for a moment, then seemed to realize something and swallowed hard.
He pulled the bodyguard who rushed over, saying, "Let's go in together."
The two people went inside, and the driver screamed and scrambled out.
She started vomiting violently as soon as she came out. "In...inside...ugh..."
The driver pointed inside and gagged painfully.
The bodyguard came out from behind, glanced at the old lady, and then lowered his head and pursed his lips.
"Madam, Miss..."
The bodyguard didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear.
old lady:"……"
The old lady took two steps back, as if struck by lightning, and fainted.
Chu Ci quickly called the police. After giving a statement amidst Li Fushui's cries, he was sent home.
Grandma breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she had returned safely. "Have you eaten?"
Chu Ci shook his head. His grandmother gave the Cheng family a thorough dressing-down.
"Such a wealthy family, yet so stingy, they won't even give us a meal!"
Fortunately, she left lunch for Chu Ci and told him to come and eat as soon as possible.
Chu Ci was eating when Master Fang ran over with a newspaper.
"Master, you are amazing! The Cheng family's granddaughter had been missing for so long, and no one could do anything about it, but you found her!"
She handed the newspaper to Chu Ci, "Look, these reporters are all praising you as a reincarnation of a fortune teller!"
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