Chapter 206 Anyone can be confused, but you can’t
Chunxi has offended a lot of people recently.
There's no need to talk about Wei Lingze and the Mo family. That night, she and the princess got drunk and beat up about twenty or thirty ladies from aristocratic families. If her mother and Zheng'er were captured by an enemy, she really didn't know which enemy it was for a moment.
Chunxi did not respond to Qian's words. She went into the house and waited for a while. Cao Wu came back in a hurry.
Seeing Chunxi, Cao Wu's face suddenly darkened and he glared at Qian: "I already said I would find a way to deal with this matter, why did you go to find Ah Xi?"
Cao Wu returned alone and had not found Wang and the child. Qian couldn't hold back her tears, "You've been looking for them all day and still haven't found them. What else can you do? It's so cold at night, and Zheng'er has no milk to drink and must be starving. You can't bring yourself to ask Ah Xi for help, but I don't care about face. I'll kneel down and kowtow to Ah Xi."
The couple was about to quarrel, and Chunxi quickly interrupted: "Brother, I'm back now, tell me what happened."
After Chunxi finished speaking, he asked A Li to go to the kitchen to cook two bowls of vegetarian noodles.
Cao Wu and Qian had no appetite to eat.
"Eat something first. We still need to look for someone tomorrow, and Zheng'er needs to be fed when he comes back."
Chunxi persuaded him, and Cao Wu picked up his chopsticks and started eating with big mouthfuls. Qian, crying, also picked up her chopsticks.
After eating the noodles, Cao Wu recounted in detail what happened today.
The incident with Cao Wen was indeed a big blow to Wang, but she was just a little depressed. She didn't like to brag to her neighbors about her daughter's good marriage and having a third-rank official as her son-in-law. She was still clear-headed.
The whole family went out shopping today. Wang was quite happy. They also went to a store to eat wontons and steamed lamb together. However, not long after they came out of the store, Wang and Zheng'er disappeared.
Cao Wu first searched several neighboring streets, then went to Cao's father's grave, and finally even went to Qian's father and mother's place, but still couldn't find anyone. He just went to the night patrol to report to the police, but the people in the night patrol were lazy and didn't take it seriously.
Chunxi fell silent after hearing this.
Her mother has not behaved abnormally in the past few days and has not mentioned her again. It is unlikely that she is hiding on purpose to force her to go home.
Moreover, her mother loves her eldest grandson Zheng'er very much and would not joke with him casually.
After a while, Chunxi said, "I will have someone guard the Night Watch and also send someone to help look for him. If there is any news, please inform Big Brother immediately. It's getting late today, Big Brother and Sister-in-law, you should go to bed early."
Chunxi was about to get up and leave when she finished speaking. Qian couldn't help but stand up as well: "There's an empty room at home. I'll go change the sheets and bedding. Why don't you stay here today, Ah Xi?"
Chunxi's current attire is out of place in this family. Qian was afraid that she would be perfunctory to them like the night watchmen did, so she felt at ease only if Chunxi stayed.
"No, I'll go back in a carriage. It'll be quick."
Chunxi refused outright and walked out. Just as she took a step, Qian rushed over and grabbed her arm: "Ah Xi, no matter what grudge you have with Mother, you are still mother and daughter after all. Mother hasn't been anywhere recently. She suddenly disappeared. Maybe she was taken away by your enemies. Or maybe you insisted on sending Ah Wen into exile, driving Mother to despair. You can't just leave like this."
"The matter has not been investigated clearly yet, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Cao Wu roared angrily, stared at Qian with wide eyes, and even raised his hands.
Qian shrank back in fear. Chunxi pulled Qian behind him and looked at Cao Wu coldly: "Brother, have you learned to beat women now?"
Cao Wu withdrew his hand, sat down with a stern face and stopped talking.
Chunxi turned to explain to Qian: "What my sister-in-law said is right. No matter what, I am still my mother's daughter. Now that she and Zheng'er are in trouble, I will not ignore them. But many people know that my mother and I have fallen out. I haven't been back to my mother's house in recent days. If there really is an enemy who wants to take revenge on me, the more I show that I care, the more dangerous it will be for my mother and Zheng'er, isn't it?"
Qian's mind was in a mess at the moment, and she could only regard Chunxi as a lifeline. She held Chunxi's hand tightly and asked, "What should we do now? If you don't care about mother and Zheng'er at all, will they just kill people?"
"No," Chunxi directly denied this speculation. "If someone really wanted to take revenge on me, they would definitely find a way to contact me. Whether it's for money or my life, they would make demands. If I don't care about my mother and Zheng'er at all, what's the point of them killing people?"
"But……"
Qian was still uneasy, so Chunxi interrupted her directly: "Sister-in-law, since you can't think of a better way now, then listen to me. I promise you that I will do my best to find mother and Zheng'er safely. Okay?"
Chunxi has been very calm since the incident. Qian Shi just felt that Chunxi was even a little cold, but now, looking at Chunxi's bright eyes, she calmed down unconsciously.
Yes, she couldn't think of any other solution and could only listen to Ah Xi.
Qian gritted her teeth, suppressed her uneasiness, nodded, and finally let Chunxi go. Chunxi kicked Cao Wu and signaled him with her eyes to come out with her.
After leaving the hospital, Cao Wu apologized softly: "Axi, I'm sorry, I was so angry just now, I shouldn't have hit your sister-in-law. I will apologize to your sister-in-law later."
Chunxi's expression remained serious, and did not soften at all because of Cao Wu's words: "You are the head of the family now. No matter what happens, others may lose their minds, but you cannot. You must remain calm and sober."
Cao Wu was very ashamed. As the eldest brother, he was far inferior to his younger sister. He wanted to apologize, but Chunxi said first, "I don't want to hear the apology. Big brother, just think about the consequences before you act in the future."
After saying this, Chunxi got on the carriage and went home.
The house was brightly lit, but Shen Qingyuan was not there. There was no one to discuss countermeasures with her, and no one told her that everything would be fine as long as he was there.
She seemed to have returned to the years she spent in the Wei family. No matter what happened, she had to find a way to solve it on her own.
But it's different now.
She is Mrs. Shen now, and she has a backer whether Shen Qingyuan is there or not.
Chunxi did not suffer from insomnia. She took a bath, lay down and fell asleep quickly.
The next morning, just as she was about to have breakfast, Shen Qingchi came.
"In a few days it will be my father's fiftieth birthday. Although we can't have a grand celebration because of my mother's situation, we should still get together as a family for a meal. I went home and asked my grandmother and father, and they said it would be better for my eldest sister-in-law to host the birthday banquet."
Last time at the Night Patrol, Shen Qingchi pretended to have a stomachache and escaped danger, and was not punished by Princess Hengyang. Yun Wantang did not blame her. Instead, she was grateful for her rushing out to protect herself at that critical moment and gave her a lot of supplements to nourish her body.
During this meeting, Shen Qingchi's face looked much rosier.
Shen Qingchi carefully examined Chunxi's face and asked with concern, "I see that your sister-in-law doesn't look well. Is it because your brother is not at home and you haven't had enough rest?"
Chunxi didn't even raise her eyelids as she said quietly, "I've had a good rest recently. It's my sister's eyesight that's not good."
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After breakfast, Chunxi and Shen Qingchi returned to the Marquis' Mansion.
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