However, after this incident, Madam Song, who was previously hesitant to stay, now had no choice but to stay.
After all, Song Ya Lan had disappeared in Lian’an Town. She was not the biological daughter of Madam Song. Naturally, there were some matters that she had to be particularly cautious about. Now that Song Ya Lan was lost in Lian’an Town, and Madam Song had triumphantly returned to the Prefecture City, news of this could cause more controversy.
If Song Ya Lan were her own daughter, the matter could be let it rest. However, she was only her niece. If people with ulterior motives were to start rumors, gossip would inevitably arise.
Therefore, even just to save face, Madam Song had to stay here.
Madam Song gave Ji Xinhe a rather rueful smile: "This event today... Sigh, I’ve really caused you a lot of trouble."
She didn’t expect that a simple outing would result in so much upheaval.
In the future, she absolutely could not allow that disgrace, Song Ya Lan, to go out!
"It’s okay." Xinhe smiled, and had Xiaoyu lead Madam Song and the others to the guest rooms in the backyard.
Only when the Song family members had left, did Xinhe casually return to her taishi chair. She took a sip of her tea, and a hint of coldness surfaced in her smile: "Indeed, some people are naturally arrogant."
Shulan asked: "Since Miss Song dared to run away, there must be some one backing her up. Now that she has escaped the control of the Song family, she might pose a threat to Madam in the future. This Miss Song towards Madam..."
Shulan couldn’t help finding it strange. Just where had her madam offended Song Ya Lan?
"Of course she has support. Didn’t you hear what Madam Song said earlier? The maternal home of the Song family’s third wife, which is also Song Ya Lan’s maternal grandfather’s home, is her biggest source of support." said Xinhe calmly. "However, don’t worry too much about this. All we will need to do is find out who Song Ya Lan’s maternal grandfather is. If she really can stir up trouble with the help of her maternal grandfather’s family, then it would be quite a credit to her ability."
However, in Ji Xinhe’s eyes, a person as foolish as Song Ya Lan, who is no better than Sun Yaowen, doesn’t possess the capability to create such trouble.
"Understood."
By the time the evening’s work had been completed, it was already dark. Xinhe looked outside: "The event at Hua Man Lou should have started by now, right?"
"Yes, a message just arrived from Hua Man Lou. Everything is going as planned, and the girls should have just started to perform."
"Have someone keep a close eye on everything. Even though Hua Man Lou has its feet firmly on the ground for now, it is inevitably going to attract attention. We’d better be cautious. The new talents we are introducing this time have been personally trained by me for half a year. It’s also a grand event of such a scale. If anything goes awry, the loss will be significant."
"Understood." Xiaoyu responded and then turned to leave.
"Shulan," Xinhe said.
"Madam?"
"Arrange for some reliable people to take good care of Madam Song. Don’t let anything improper happen. If the Song family has any requests, try our best to meet them. We must not be negligent," Xinhe said.
"Madam, rest assured. I have already given the orders."
"Alright."
They had already had dinner earlier. Madam Song was still upset about Song Ya Lan’s incident and, having no mood to chat with Xinhe, went back to her courtyard early. Song Ya Lan had not been found yet, so it was destined to be a sleepless night.
"Has there been any news from the people Madam Song sent out to search?" Xinhe asked.
Shulan shook her head: "No, I heard that the Song family in the prefecture city also sent people here to search. Almost the entire Lian’an Town has been turned upside down. Song San Miss disappeared in Lian’an Town. How far could a young lady possibly run? But she still hasn’t been found."
Xinhe raised an eyebrow: "What about the family of the third wife? Have they been searched?"
"They were searched, I heard. But we were told that they haven’t seen Miss Song. There was nobody."
Xinhe’s eyes sparkled with a hidden meaning. She sneered: "Just because they say they haven’t seen her doesn’t mean she isn’t there?"
They were probably hiding her deliberately, waiting to blame Madam Song for negligence.
After all, a girl from the Song family was lost while under Madam Song’s supervision. Wouldn’t she bear a great responsibility for this? This is clearly revenge aimed directly at Madam Song.
Ji Xinhe understood this logic, and Madam Song surely did as well. This Song Ya Lan, indeed has some skills.
However, Xinhe had no intention of meddling in others’ affairs. This is the Song family’s internal matter. Why should she interfere? Besides, the second wife of the Song family was not so incompetent. Song Ya Lan would not be her match. As for how the situation would unfold, Xinhe would just wait and watch the drama unfold.
She took this opportunity to investigate the Song family thoroughly.
Once her plan was set, Xinhe became more relaxed. Although she did not sleep, she was still worried as the event at Hua Man Lou was not yet over.
Since she was now pregnant, Mu Houchu didn’t allow her to go to such places. Therefore, she could only stay at home and wait for news.
At this time, Hua Man Lou was filled with crowd noise. There were only 1,000 admittance tickets, but the entire Hua Man Lou was packed. Some people who couldn’t get in gathered outside Hua Man Lou to watch the excitement.
The town of Lian’an hadn’t witnessed such bustle in decades, which was a rare sight.
Madam Chen, looking cheerful, stood on the stage and enthusiastically announced: "After more than half a year of training, our Hua Man Lou has brought out the second batch of new talents. Although it took some time, they are all top-notch! None of you will be disappointed!"
A cheer immediately erupted from the audience: "Good!"
"Today we are introducing ten girls! Our girls will start their performances one by one, and the first to take the stage is our new talent, Mu Yun!"
The atmosphere in the Flower House instantly reached a fever pitch. The ten girls took the stage in turn, and the cheers from the audience grew louder with each performance. Some even started arguing over which girl was better, with tempers flaring to the point of nearly starting a fight.
However, who would have known that after the ten girls finished their performances and everyone thought that the event was about end, the ten girls together took the stage again. The music sounded, and they began to perform a group dance.
After their dance was over, the crowd below went wild. They shouted the names of the girls they liked and were incredibly excited.
Madam Chen laughed: "The ten girls we are introducing today form a girl group called Hua Jin. From now on, whenever any of these ten girls performs, they will perform together. What do you all think?"
"Good! It’s better when they are together! They look so much better together!"
Madam Chen grinned, very pleased with herself. After all, these ten girls had been trained for half a year and had achieved a very high degree of coordination. Naturally, their group performance was much more spectacular than solo performances.
Just then, a voice from the crowd abruptly interrupted: "Yo! These ten girls look very familiar. Aren’t they the ones from Yihong Courtyard?"
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