Luo Dahu's family was eating and drinking well, but Xiaohua was looking for Shu Jiaying everywhere in the village. She couldn't find her, so she had to come to the house of Village Chief Xu.
At this time, the Xu family had just finished dinner. Grandma Xu was cleaning up the dishes and was about to go to the kitchen to wash them. Seeing Xiaohua coming, she politely asked, "Xiaohua, have you eaten?"
Xiaohua took a look at the few leftovers on the table and secretly swallowed her saliva. She said insincerely, "Grandma, I've eaten. Is the village head uncle home?"
"Yes, he is in the back room."
He turned and called towards the head of the Xu family's room, "Wentao, Xiaohua is looking for you, please come out quickly!"
"Here we are, let her wait."
Village Chief Xu had taken off his clothes and was about to take a rest, but he hurriedly put them on again. When he left the main hall and saw Xiaohua looking anxious and about to cry, he quickly asked, "What's wrong, Xiaohua? Did your aunt and uncle bully you again?"
Village Chief Xu had already heard about how Luo Dahu's family treated Xiaohua, so when he saw Xiaohua, he subconsciously guessed that this was the case.
But Xiaohua shook her head.
"No, Uncle Head, I can't find Sister Jiaying. I walked around the village and didn't see her. Uncle Head, do you think Sister Jiaying was kidnapped back home by her father and not allowed to come out? Can you take me to Uncle Shu's house? I just want to confirm it."
Based on what Village Chief Xu knew about Old Man Shu, he felt that it was unlikely that Shu Jiaying was kidnapped by Old Man Shu. Moreover, based on Shu Jiaying's current personality, she should not be kidnapped so easily by Old Man Shu.
But seeing Xiaohua's tears welling up, Village Chief Xu hurriedly comforted her, "Don't worry, Xiaohua. Nothing will happen to your sister Jiaying in this village because she's always cautious and down-to-earth. If she's not in Guangming Village right now, she's most likely gone to Fengyun Town."
"Sister Jiaying just came back from Fengyun Town in the afternoon, and she even bought me some candied lotus seeds in town. I can't imagine what urgent matter she had. Why would she go to Fengyun Town after dark? So she must have been in trouble.
Uncle Village Head, I beg you, please accompany me to the Shu family. As long as someone from the Shu family clearly tells me that Sister Jiaying is not here, I will give up immediately.
"You girl..."
Unable to persuade Xiaohua, Village Chief Xu had to agree to take Xiaohua to visit Old Man Shu's house.
After saying goodbye to Grandma Xu, the two of them went out, but when they arrived at the Shu family, the old man Shu and his family had already turned off the lights and gone to bed.
Originally, Village Chief Xu had no intention of disturbing Old Man Shu's family, but unable to withstand Xiaohua's constant nagging, he had no choice but to knock on the wooden door of the Shu family compound.
Knock knock knock...
After knocking for a long time and no one came to open the door, Village Chief Xu had no choice but to spread his hands to Xiaohua.
"We can't help it. Old Shu and his family are probably all asleep. How about this? We'll come back tomorrow morning. If your sister Jiaying is really at the Shu family, everyone will be home tomorrow morning, and you'll know it then."
"But……"
Xiaohua suddenly thought of what happened to her father and was afraid that Shu Jiaying would also fall into the river like her father. She wanted to say it out loud, but was afraid that it would come true, so she would rather choose to believe what Village Chief Xu said.
"Okay then. I'll come to the Shu family with the village head tomorrow."
"Well, it's getting late and the village roads are difficult to walk on. I'd better take you home first."
Xiaohua nodded.
"Thank you, Uncle Village Chief."
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