Chapter 360: Only One Death! (Second Update)
Ye Shixian smiled and glanced at Hong Tao.
"Okay, I'm assured that you'll do things in a safe way."
Although she didn't like having someone around her, watching her every move at any time, she couldn't bear to keep Shaoyao.
After weighing the two options, Ye Shixian knew very well what choice she should make.
Hongtao was also very satisfied with her decision.
"Don't worry, Miss. I will save you the trouble."
She was reluctant to come at first. After all, she was a well-known maid in Murong's mansion. How could she be sent here to serve a poor girl for no reason?
As the saying goes, a phoenix in decline is worse than a chicken. Hong Tao actually looked down on Ye Shixian.
His father was exiled, his younger brother died of illness, and even his biological mother hanged herself. Who wouldn't say it was bad luck?
However, the master promised that as long as she completed the task here well, he would take her into the master's room in the future.
Faced with such a great temptation, Hong Tao couldn't resist and came.
After serving Ye Shixian, Hong Tao withdrew.
After leaving the room, she asked someone to call Shaoyao over, but after waiting for a long time, the maid who went to deliver the message came back by herself.
"Sister Hongtao, Sister Shaoyao said she is not feeling well. She might have caught a cold from the cold last night. She is afraid that she might pass on her illness to the young lady, so she dares not go out."
Hong Tao's face didn't look very good, but she didn't get angry in front of him.
"In that case, please let her take a good rest first. Her health is important."
It's not like she hasn't seen this kind of tactics before. The people below her had many reasons to be sneaky and cunning.
She had only been here for three days, and Shaoyao had already acted like this. He really didn't take her seriously!
Hong Tao was unwilling to swallow this humiliation, so she called the little girl back.
"Go tell her that I'm done with my work here and will come over to see her later."
Hongtao deliberately left Shaoyao alone, waiting for her to come over and admit her mistake. However, anyone with a brain would become uneasy after hearing what she said.
But after waiting for a long time, until Hongtao finished all the work in her hands, Shaoyao still didn't come.
Now her eight points of anger became ten points.
Hongtao went straight to Shaoyao's room, intending to teach this ignorant maid a lesson, but she called out several times outside the door and no one answered.
Hong Tao frowned and pushed the door open and walked in.
"Peony?"
The house was empty.
Hongtao realized something was wrong and searched the room carefully again, confirming that Shaoyao was indeed not there. Only the drawer at the head of the bed was half open, empty inside, with signs of having been rummaged through.
On the small table was a bowl of cold chicken soup, which was greasy and had an unpleasant fishy smell.
Hong Tao's face changed completely. She turned around and walked quickly towards Ye Shixian's room.
At this time, Ye Shixian was sitting at the table, holding a brush in her hand, thinking about where to start writing this letter to Ye Heng.
Murong Ye said that according to the time, he should have arrived in Tongbei by now.
Murong Ye also promised her that he would help find someone to deliver her letter, and also send some silver, warm clothes, etc.
She just sat there for a long time, until the ink from the pen dripped onto the paper, spreading a dark mark, but Ye Shixian still didn't write a single word.
Her lips were tightly pursed, her face seemed to be very conflicted and painful, and there was a hint of struggle in her eyes.
"Miss!"
Hong Tao walked in and interrupted Ye Shixian's thoughts.
Ye Shixian was angry, but she still suppressed her temper and asked, "What's wrong?"
Hong Tao stepped forward with a subtle expression.
"Miss, Shaoyao seems to have run away."
“Run away!?”
Ye Shixian didn't react for a moment.
"Yes. I went to look for her just now, but no one answered after I called outside the door for a long time. Then I went in and found that the room was empty. Shaoyao had disappeared—"
Crash——!
Ye Shixian stood up suddenly with a very ugly look on her face.
"When did she run away? Where did she go?"
Hong Tao was also shocked by her reaction and opened her mouth: "I, I don't know either..."
"Send someone out to look for it immediately!"
Because of anger, Ye Shixian's voice was shrill, and even her facial features were slightly distorted, making her look really angry.
Hong Tao responded while feeling surprised and confused in her heart. Wasn't it just a maid who ran away? Why was Ye Shixian so angry?
In the past, people outside had rumored that Ye Shixian was gentle and virtuous. Even after Hong Tao had been here for a few days, she still thought that she was a soft-tempered rich girl.
But at this moment, Hong Tao realized that she seemed to be wrong.
But she didn't have time to think about it. In the face of Ye Shixian's rage, she quickly went out and called everyone in the mansion over.
Of course, in this small villa, there were no more than ten servants in total. They stood there sparsely, looking at each other, none of them knowing what had happened.
But soon, they found out what had happened - Shaoyao took her indentureship and ran away secretly!
Of course, this was the statement Ye Shixian came up with to the outside world.
Anyone who heard this for the first time would subconsciously think that Shaoyao felt that life here was too hard and didn't want to stay any longer, so she did such a thing.
Hongtao asked everyone one by one, trying to find some clues, but after listening, she realized that no one knew when Shaoyao ran away.
As for where she went, it is even more unclear.
Ye Shixian was so angry that her face turned blue: "Go out and look for her! She was still serving in the mansion at noon. Even if she ran away, she must not have had time to leave the city now. Whoever finds her will be rewarded handsomely!"
Everyone responded in unison and quickly went out to look for it.
The courtyard soon became quiet, with only Hong Tao and Ye Shixian left.
Hong Tao hesitated for a moment, then asked, "We still have too few people. The capital is so big, it's not easy to find someone. Where do you think she is most likely to go?"
You can imagine how difficult it is to go like a headless fly to find a maid who wants to escape.
Ye Shixian almost bit her teeth.
Of course she understands this!
But Shaoyao has nowhere to go in the capital, so who knows where she will go?
Ye Shixian turned and went towards Shaoyao's room, and Hongtao hurriedly followed.
The moment she saw the bowl of chicken soup on the table, Ye Shixian immediately understood - Shaoyao must have heard her conversation with Shaoyao!
Shaoyao saw her staring at the bowl of chicken soup, and finally understood.
"Could it be that she happened to hear you saying you were going to send her back home? But even if that's the case, there's no need for her to run away, right?"
Ye Shixian didn't say anything.
Hongtao naturally wouldn't understand. Shaoyao's uncle's house was simply a hellhole. If she was sent back, she would definitely be beaten half to death.
Of course, more importantly, she would never have the chance to return to her hometown.
Because both Shaoyao and she knew very well that this time, Shaoyao was going to die!
All that awaits Peony is death!
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