Chapter 943 Auntie is not a stepmother (18)
"Master! Master! The young lady is missing!" Xun Yiming had just returned home from outside when Xun Linyuan's maid Siyu came running to him in a hurry to ask for a meeting. As soon as she opened her mouth, she told him that Xun Linyuan was missing.
"What did you say? Why is Yuan'er missing? Where did she go today? Didn't she bring anyone with her?" Xun Yiming became worried when he heard this and asked anxiously.
"The young lady took Sixue out, saying that she was going to Fuyun Building to try out new dishes. During dinner, the young lady sent Sixue to the dim sum restaurant to buy dim sum. But when Sixue returned to the private room of Fuyun Building, she found that the young lady was missing. Sixue searched for her for a long time and couldn't find her. She was worried about the young lady's reputation and didn't dare to tell anyone else, so she had to run back to the mansion to look for her..." Siyu trembled all over as she recounted the whole story of Xun Linyuan's disappearance. She knew that if the young lady could not be found, then she, as the head maid, would definitely not end up well, and she was already panicked and anxious.
"Who are Yuan'er's close friends? Send someone to their home to ask, and think carefully, maybe she has gone somewhere else..." Xun Yiming was extremely anxious. His biological mother died early, and his biological father was extremely hostile to the siblings. He and his sister depended on each other and had a deep relationship. He was most worried that something would happen to her.
Xun Yiming ordered his servants to look for his sister one by one, and then he took people to Fuyun Building, intending to start the investigation from there.
However, more than an hour had passed since Xun Linyuan disappeared, and there were many people coming and going in Fuyun Building, many of whom had complicated identities. Xun Yiming had no clue where to look for her and could only worry.
So, why did Xun Linyuan disappear?
Because she finally had the "bravery" to pursue true love and chose to elope with her lover.
Originally, the liar did not want to elope with Xun Linyuan. After all, although he was so bold as to deceive the eldest daughter of the Xun family, he actually just wanted to deceive the girl's feelings and then get some money to use. At most, he would hold her hand and take some small benefits. He did not dare to do it for real. After all, no matter how bad the reputation of the Xun family was, there were people in the family who were officials.
However, Xun Linyuan was obsessed with love and read many stories about rich young ladies eloping with poor scholars. In the stories, the young lady's family members were very disapproving at first, but after the poor scholar studied hard and passed the imperial examination, the attitude of the young lady's family members immediately changed 360 degrees, from opposition to approval. The young lady's eloping for love also became a wise eye for talent, and so the eloping pair became a couple of talented man and beautiful woman, and the family was reunited in the ending.
Xun Linyuan took this as the truth, and began to often talk to her fraudulent lover about eloping, saying that once the matter was settled and her fraudulent lover passed the imperial examination, they would not be separated and would receive the understanding and blessings of their families.
The cheating lover knew how much he was worth. He would not be able to pass the imperial examination even if he was given another three hundred years. However, Xun Linyuan's words touched his greedy heart. That was a done deal. He thought, if the eldest daughter got pregnant and gave birth to a child, would the Xun family really be willing to give up her and the child? If the Xun family softened their hearts, wouldn't he be able to gain status through his son? Would he not have to worry about his whole life? If the Xun family really abandoned the eldest daughter, then at most he could take the eldest daughter and run away, and then see whether to keep her to serve him or sell her...
So just like that, the liar lover who was brainwashed by Xun Linyuan and had lost all his rationality except for his greed, just got hot-headed and eloped with Xun Linyuan. He also took her away from the capital and planned to go to other places to avoid the limelight.
Xun Yiming searched for Xun Linyuan for half a month, but still couldn't find even a strand of her hair.
He was so anxious that blisters appeared at the corners of his mouth. He couldn't eat or sleep. He was worried and anxious, fearing that his family had really given up on Xun Linyuan.
As soon as Xun Xiu found out that Xun Linyuan was missing and had not returned after a night, he immediately said without hesitation that he wanted to protect the family's reputation by having Xun Linyuan "die of an acute illness." Xun Yiming of course disagreed and had a big fight with Xun Xiu.
But after half a month and then a month, after being tortured, he learned from Sixue that Xun Linyuan had an affair with a man outside the family. So even Xun Yiming's grandparents agreed to abandon Xun Linyuan and let her "die of sudden illness".
During the argument with the three people, Xun Yiming became so angry that he finally fainted.
When he woke up in the middle of the night, he was already the successful Xun Yiming from his previous life.
"Who are you?" Xun Yiming asked when he saw a young strange woman lying in front of the bed. He didn't remember having such a concubine.
"Husband, what's wrong with you? I am your wife Xiuniang. Are you still not awake?" Xiuniang asked anxiously.
"Impossible, my wife is Xun Zhou, and her maiden name is Duanrong, not Xiuniang!" Xun Yiming said with a cold face. He was not so stupid as to not recognize his own wife.
However, when Xiuniang heard her words, she was horrified and immediately touched his forehead: "Husband! What nonsense are you talking about? Did you faint before and hurt your brain?"
"I don't have a brain injury!" Xun Yiming couldn't help getting angry and waved his hand to slap Xiuniang's hand away.
"Husband, I will find a doctor to check you right away." Xiuniang was certain that he was mentally ill, so she turned around and went out to find a doctor with tears in her eyes.
Xun Yiming was about to say something when suddenly a large and dense memory rushed out of his mind. He couldn't help but cry out in pain and cover his forehead.
After a while, the memories forced their way into his mind, causing him to break out in a sweat from the pain.
When he finally digested this memory, he felt as if struck by lightning. He was so shocked that he couldn't think.
He had clearly become the imperial tutor of the current dynasty and was writing memorials in his study, but the memory that had just emerged told him that he was only 24 years old, had passed the imperial examination two years ago, and became a minor official. His wife was indeed the Xiuniang who had just left, and was not Zhou Duanrong, the legitimate daughter of the Earl of Anyang in his own memory.
Xun Yiming finally figured out his current situation. It turned out that he had become his 24-year-old self, but a completely different self.
In this life, his aunt did not become his stepmother. She was burned to death in the bridal sedan on the street on the day she married his father. His father, who was inhumane because of this, believed the slander and thought that his biological mother had poisoned him. He became very hostile to his brother and sister and wished to kill them.
In this life, his father's career was not smooth and he was disgraced, which forced him to work hard to start from a minor official. The wife he married was not up to standard and his family background was much worse than that in his previous life.
What's worse is that his beloved sister eloped with a scammer a month ago and there has been no news of her since, and it is unknown whether she is alive or dead.
Originally, the liar should have been exposed by the stepmother, but now that the aunt and stepmother are gone, the sister can't escape this disaster at all...
(End of this chapter)
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