Chapter 432: Brother

Cen Yueyi murmured, "Something's wrong..."

Xing Xing also murmured at almost the same time: "Something's wrong..."

Cen Yueyi couldn't help but look at Xingxing: "Really? You also think that my sister is suddenly not picking on you, isn't that a little strange?"

Xing Xing groaned and rubbed her cheeks gently: "I do think that something is wrong with Second Miss Cen, but it's not like she didn't find fault... Sister Cen, did you notice that Second Miss Cen is dressed much more simply today?"

Jiangtai Marquis's Mansion was actually a rather dreary mansion. For example, Cen Yueyi always dressed elegantly. Cen Yuehua was different. She was the wife of Jiangtai Marquis, and many good things came from her.

In the past, when Xing Xing met Cen Yuehua, Cen Yuehua's head and hands were covered with jewels. But this time, Cen Yuehua had very few ornaments on her body. She even had only a ruby ​​hairpin of ordinary quality to decorate the scene.

It’s not that Xingxing judges people by their clothes, but the difference between this and Cen Yuehua’s usual behavior is quite large.

When Cen Yueyi heard Xingxing say this, she thought about it and found it was true.

The maidservant suddenly thought of something and said angrily, "...Ah? Could it be that the Second Miss is imitating our First Miss?"

Cen Yueyi and Xingxing both looked at the maid.

The maid held it in for a while, but couldn't help it. She lowered her voice and said angrily: "...When I went back to the courtyard to get something, I saw the second young lady putting on a pitiful look and pestering General Yu..."

Cen Yueyi's expression changed slightly.

The maid hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Miss. General Yu obviously doesn't like Second Miss. I was far away and didn't hear what General Yu said, but he looked unhappy and was obviously very impatient. He even waved his sleeves and asked Second Miss to stay away from him."

Cen Yueyi bit her lip and said nothing.

The maid was still a little upset. Her chest heaved with anger when she thought about it: "...Second Miss, this is too much!"

Cen Yueyi's face turned slightly pale, and she obviously didn't want to say anything more about this topic. She just said, "Okay, I know. Don't say anything more."

The maid opened her mouth but said nothing.

Cen Yueyi was absent-minded for a while, and when she came back to her senses, she saw Xingxing looking at her with a worried look on her face. She couldn't help but chuckle softly. Although her face was still a little pale, she whispered to Xingxing seriously and firmly: "I believe in your big brother."

Xing Xing was immediately delighted and nodded heavily: "Yes! Sister Cen, my elder brother likes you very much! He will definitely not let you down!"

Although Xingxing is still young, when she suddenly heard these words from her, Cen Yueyi couldn't help but feel embarrassed. She turned her head and coughed softly.

Xingxing smiled with her eyebrows curved.

The Marquis Jiangtai's mansion did not invite any opera troupe to perform, and the banquet ended shortly after it began.

Mrs. Wei, Bai Xiaofeng and Su Rouer were all very tired and leaned against the carriage with their eyes closed to rest.

When the carriage returned to the mansion, Xingxing saw that it was still early, so she said something to her family, called the coachman and the servants, and went to Fan Pingfang's courtyard.

After Hao Ge'er came back, An Ningxin's health got better day by day.

A few days ago, she asked someone to send some New Year's goods such as dried chicken and dried fish that she smoked herself to Yu's house.

However, after all, little An Cheng has not been found yet, and even when An Ningxin smiled, there was a hint of sadness on her brow.

Xing Xing thought that it was still early today, so she came over to see An Ning Xin again.

When they reached the alley, Xing Xing opened the car curtain and was about to jump down, but her hand paused slightly.

She looked around in confusion, but didn't see anyone - strangely, she seemed to feel like someone was staring at the door.

But as she looked around, the feeling of being stared at disappeared.

Xing Xing rubbed her face, not quite sure if she was wrong.

"Hey, Sister Xingxing is here!"

Hao Ge'er was holding a small wooden lantern in his hand and was running happily towards the door with Ling Jie'er. Seeing Xing Xing standing in a daze on the carriage outside, he called her cheerfully.

Xingxing came to her senses, got off the carriage with a smile, took out two pieces of candy from her pocket, gave one to Haoge'er and one to Lingjie'er.

The two little ones liked Xingxing very much and kept chirping around her.

Suddenly, Lingjie, with candy in her mouth, asked Xingxing in a vague voice: "Sister Cheng, what, when will you come back?"

Hao Ge'er stood there in a daze.

Sister Ling was just over two years old and too young to explain to her clearly why Sister Cheng, with whom she had played for a long time, had disappeared.

Fan Pingfang coaxed her, saying that Xiao Ancheng had gone out to play somewhere else and would be back after a while.

In Lingjie'er's little understanding, Xingxing is also a sister who will come back after a period of time, and Xiao Ancheng has now also become a sister who will come back after a period of time.

Sister Xingxing is back, when will Sister Cheng come back?

Although Hao Ge'er is older, he already has the idea that his sister has been abducted. At this moment, he suddenly thinks of his sister and stands there with tears in his eyes.

Suddenly, Haoge dropped the small wooden lantern in his hand, opened his mouth and cried out, "Sister! Sister!"

Lingjie was frightened by Haoge and started crying too.

Amid the cries of the two children, a hoarse voice of "brother" came out of nowhere and sounded like an auditory hallucination.

Xingxing even wondered if she had heard it wrongly.

However, Hao'er's eyes lit up and he cried even harder: "Sister! I heard you calling me!"

The little fat boy ran out.

As a result, he ran too hastily and fell to the ground halfway through the run.

The fall was quite heavy this time, and Xing Xing hurried to help him up. She saw that the little fat boy's palms were bleeding.

Ling Jie'er was so scared that she cried even louder!

An Ningxin and Fan Pingfang who were in the room both ran out.

An Ningxin didn't know what happened. She just heard her son crying and calling for his sister. Her heart ached: "Brother Hao!"

Xingxing handed Haoge'er to An Ningxin and ran out without bothering to explain.

However, the alley outside was empty, with only her family's carriage still parked outside.

The driver was sitting on the carriage, cracking melon seeds out of boredom.

Xing Xing chased him out and asked, "Did you see anyone outside the door just now?"

The driver was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "Didn't you see it?"

Xingxing looked around but couldn't see anyone.

But when Xingxing was about to turn around and leave, she noticed something was wrong somewhere on the ground in the alley.

There are more fallen leaves and snow here than anywhere else.

Xing Xing looked up suddenly, and saw that there was something clearly wrong with the big tree covered with yellow leaves and snow.

It was like... someone was staying up there, trampling down the snow and fallen leaves.

Thinking back to the anxious cry of "brother" I had said earlier, the last word was so short, as if someone had covered my mouth.

Xingxing's brows furrowed even deeper.