Chapter 308 Missing

Wei Sanniang was already getting restless when she saw that Xingxing had not returned for a long time, so she asked Jiang Mengniang to go out and look for Xingxing.

Jiang Mengniang had just looked around but couldn't find her, so she wanted to go back and see if Xingxing had come back. She came back at about the same time as Xingxing.

Seeing Xingxing coming back, Wei Sanniang quickly grabbed Xingxing, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked around: "... I was scared to death, you haven't come back for a long time, I thought something happened to you."

Xing Xing quickly apologized, feeling very guilty: "Third Aunt, Cousin, I'm sorry, I saw a weasel chasing a kitten in the garden, so I wanted to help chase it away... I'm sorry for making Third Aunt and Cousin worry."

Wei Sanniang's face was full of kindness: "I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay."

Jiang Mengniang also smiled and wiped the sweat off Xingxing's forehead with a handkerchief: "It's okay, you ran so fast... do you want some more food?"

Xingxing touched her stomach and found that she was a little hungry again!

Everyone here was having their meal in a harmonious atmosphere, but Li Lanzhu, who was sitting two tables away, was getting a little restless.

She came over and asked Xing Xing: "Did you see Wang Qian'er when you were outside just now?"

Xing Xing shook her head: "No. What's the matter?"

Li Lanzhu was a little anxious: "...She has been out for a while and hasn't come back. I don't know where she went."

This time, Wang Qianer asked Li Lanzhu to come, saying that although they had the same surname, Wang, she had never been to the Wang family in Huibei Lane. She heard that their garden was nice, so she wanted to come and take a look.

Li Lanzhu was always generous to her friends, so she agreed to come down and bring Wang Qianer to Wang's house.

However, only Li Lanzhu's name was written on the invitation in Li Lanzhu's hand, so Li Lanzhu did not bring any maids with her, only Wang Qianer.

Just now Wang Qianer said she was going to the restroom and she hasn't come back yet.

Xing Xing thought for a moment and consoled him, "Maybe he was delayed by something like me. Sister Li, don't worry... If it really doesn't work, just go for a walk in the garden and see if you can run into him."

Li Lanzhu nodded randomly and left.

However, until the end of the meal, Xingxing didn't see Li Lanzhu and Wang Qianer come back.

Mrs. Wang showed up again. She was smiling and looked very charming. She said that she had specially invited famous actors from the city to perform at her house for everyone's entertainment after the dinner.

Sure enough, most of the ladies were very interested in this and showed surprised expressions.

This was a fatal blow to the elderly couple. Wei Sanniang enthusiastically took Jiang Mengniang Xingxing to find a good seat to listen to the opera.

Xingxing also loved listening to opera. She glanced at Mrs. Wang, who was chatting and laughing with the other lady, and murmured in her heart. She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that Mrs. Wang's laughter didn't seem so genuine and seemed too superficial.

Forget it, Xingxing thought, who cares about her? She is not a member of the Wang family anyway.

Let Mrs. Wang and her husband's nephew do whatever they wish!

It is more important to listen to opera.

Xing Xing was about to happily sit down with Wei San Niang, but she saw Li Lan Zhu coming over with an anxious look on her face and asked Xing Xing, "Have you seen Wang Qian Er?"

Xingxing still shook her head.

Li Lanzhu seemed to have been searching for a long time, with beads of sweat on her head.

She stamped her feet in annoyance: "Where did this girl go?"

After saying this, she wiped the sweat from her head with a handkerchief and continued to look for it.

Xing Xing thought about it and said to Wei San Niang, "Auntie San, you and your cousin go to watch the show. I'll take Hu Ya to help Sister Li look for it."

Last time when Si Ge'er accidentally bumped into Wang Qian'er and broke a porcelain bowl, Li Lanzhu stood up and spoke fair words for her. Xing Xing still owed him this favor.

Wei Sanniang and Jiang Mengniang gave Xingxing a few instructions, then let her leave with Huya.

Li Lanzhu's eyes sparkled with sparkle and she was somewhat moved.

"Although you're not a very good person, you're not that bad either. You're just OK." Li Lanzhu reluctantly said a nice word to Xing Xing.

Xing Xing pursed her lips and smiled, not taking Li Lanzhu's words to heart at all: "Then I really have to thank you, sister."

Xingxing brought Huya and accompanied Li Lanzhu to look for Wang Qianer in the garden.

Li Lanzhu kept searching but couldn't find anyone. After getting worried, she became furious: "...Where on earth did Wang Qian'er go? I searched the entire garden but couldn't find even a piece of her clothing!"

Xingxing was also confused.

Where could the person have gone?

How come a living person has disappeared?

Huya suddenly thought of something and whispered to Xingxing, "Miss, there's still a place we haven't been to."

After a pause, Hu Ya meowed.

Li Lanzhu's body trembled and she looked at Hu Ya with strange eyes.

Why did a good maid suddenly start to meow like a cat?

Xingxing understood instantly.

Yes, there is also that remote yard they haven’t been to yet.

Can……

In that place, wasn't Mrs. Wang talking to her husband's nephew...

However, Mrs. Wang has already returned, so I guess her nephew should have left as well, right?

Xingxing was a little hesitant.

But Li Lanzhu became anxious: "What do you mean? What kind of nonsense are you and your servant talking about?"

Xingxing made up her mind, took Li Lanzhu's hand and called her "Sister Li".

Li Lanzhu's face immediately turned red, her lips moved but she couldn't utter any words, and it was obvious that she was in a state of confusion.

In the end, Li Lanzhu still tried to maintain her dignity. She said something that was originally very powerful, but it sounded a little soft: "...Just say it if you have something to say!"

Xing Xing said, "There's also a yard quite far away that looks abandoned. I accidentally walked into it when I was chasing a kitten. I'm afraid Wang Qian'er might have gotten lost there as well."

Upon hearing this, Li Lanzhu said anxiously, "Then let's go over there quickly. If there are any problems, I'll talk to my cousin's mother-in-law."

Only then did Xingxing realize that Li Lanzhu was related to the Wang family and had to call Madam Wang her cousin.

Xingxing, Huya and Li Lanzhu, the three of them went to the remote courtyard.

However, as I approached the dilapidated and remote courtyard, I saw an old servant with gray hair sweeping fallen leaves in the courtyard.

There was no one else in the yard.

Li Lanzhu hurriedly asked the old servant whether he had seen a girl in lavender clothes.

The old servant exclaimed, as if remembering something, and gestured, "Isn't it that there is a sweet-scented osmanthus hairpin on the head?"

Li Lanzhu's eyes lit up: "It's her! Did you see her? Where is she?"

Wang Qianer was indeed wearing an osmanthus hairpin.

The old servant said, "I saw a girl like this when I was working at the gate of the mansion just now. The girl seemed to have something to do and left the mansion in a hurry."

Li Lanzhu was stunned: "Gone?"

She couldn't believe it: "I've been looking for her so much that I'm going crazy. She's gone?"

The old servant said, "I am old and my eyesight is blurry, so I can't tell you for sure. Why don't you ask the concierge again, young lady?"

Li Lanzhu ignored everything else and ran to the gatehouse.

Xingxing hurriedly took Huya and followed.