When Mo Qianshang saw them, more than half of the entire village had arrived.
Sensing the tense atmosphere in the air, Mo Qianshang secretly reviewed her recent actions in her mind and found that she had not offended the village chief's family in any way, which put her mind at ease.
She raised a polite smile, looking calmly at the large group of people gathered at the courtyard gate, and asked, "May I ask what brings you all here?"
"You still have the nerve to ask what's wrong? You may not be old, but you've been a mother to several children for a while now. Your third son has kidnapped Liu Xiaoyu to the mountains and can't find her. You have to make your third son hand her over!"
Looking at the village chief's angry yet stern old face, Mo Qianshang felt extremely strange.
The village chief, who usually loves to smooth things over, is surprisingly concerned about Liu Xiaoyu's disappearance today.
It's true what they say, you don't know the pain until the stone hits your own foot!
Thinking of this, the smile on Mo Qianchang's lips immediately turned into sarcasm, and her voice also carried a hint of coldness.
“Village chief, we’re all from the same village. If someone’s gone missing, just tell me properly, and I can help you find them. But…”
“Abduction is a very serious charge. If you have no evidence and you are just making false accusations against my child, even if I can find the person, I will never help them.”
"You!" The village chief was furious, pointing his finger at Mo Qianshang for a long time without letting go, and then his eyes became bloodshot.
But Mo Qianshang seemed not to see it at all, completely unconcerned. Glancing at a spot in the yard that had been dirtied by the children, she casually picked up a broom and swept the floor, as if no one was outside.
The village chief was so exasperated by her appearance that he had no choice but to grit his teeth and plead with her since finding the person was the priority.
“Young Lady Mo, I was too harsh with my words just now. Xiaoyu is still a girl, and she's still young. It will be dark in a little over an hour. Please don't hold it against me. How about we go up the mountain together to find her?”
Judging from these words alone, it did seem like she was admitting her mistake and had a good attitude. But as soon as Mo Qianshang put down the broom and looked up, she saw both families staring at her with eyes full of anger, as if they wanted to skin her alive.
The corners of her mouth curved upwards even further, and the sarcasm in her words was practically overflowing.
"A friendly reminder: when you ask for help, you should have the right attitude. With your faces all looking so downcast, I really don't dare to help you. If you secretly sabotage me, I'll be in deep trouble."
"Besides, my third son is also missing right now." As she said this, Mo Qianshang's sharp eyes, as if equipped with radar, immediately locked onto Liu Xiaolan, who was hiding behind her parents.
Seeing the other person's eyes darting away and trembling under her gaze, Mo Qianshang's smile suddenly turned sour.
"I just happened to hear that my child apparently had an argument with someone before deciding to go up the mountain. How shameless of an adult to treat a child like that!"
Mo Qianshang spoke frankly, but Liu Xiaolan dared not admit it at all. She quickly nudged Liu Li's arm with her elbow, signaling her to change the subject and urge Mo Qianshang to go find someone.
Unexpectedly, before Liu Lishi could speak, Mo Qianshang threw out a message to the crowd behind her as she walked into the house.
“I can go up the mountain with you to look for people, but let me make this clear: my main purpose is to find my third son. As for the others, they can only be there as a side task.”
"Furthermore, I was sent by you to find this person. If I discover anyone who harbors ill intentions towards me, I will show no mercy. I hope some of you have a point of view and don't come crying and blaming me after you've been hurt by me."
That would only make people sick!
After finishing her words, Mo Qianshang quickly returned to the house, casually packed some things with her, and then looked at Qin Baiyi with a slightly embarrassed expression.
"You've roughly heard the situation. I'll need to trouble you to look after the other three children. I have to go and find Zixuan."
"Zixuan will come back," Qin Baiyi replied expressionlessly, but her tone was very firm.
"Whether he can come back is up to him. As his mother, it is my duty to go and look for him after he has been gone for so long and is in this situation."
Seeing that Qin Baiyi seemed to have nothing to say in response, and considering that the darker it got, the more dangerous it would be in the mountains, Mo Qianshang didn't linger any longer. She gave Qin Baiyi a gesture of thanks and left.
"Thank you for your hard work, kids. I'll remember to come back as soon as possible this time."
Hopefully.
The two cold words were carried to her ears by the wind. Mo Qianshang was momentarily speechless, but quickly put them out of her mind and focused on climbing the mountain.
As for the village chief and his group, she quickly left them behind, and eventually they couldn't even see her shadow anymore.
When other villagers learned of the situation, they also spontaneously helped to search for the person.
In any case, Liu Xiaoyu is very likely to be the village chief's future granddaughter-in-law. If we can help find her, then once she finds a place to settle down, wouldn't we be able to get closer to the village chief and get a better piece of land to build a house?
After walking in the mountains for a long time, Mo Qianshang still couldn't find any trace of Liu Xiaoyu. The little girl seemed to have vanished into thin air.
Just when she was feeling lost and hopeless, she heard a series of sounds, like birds flapping their wings, accompanied by the rustling of fallen leaves.
She immediately concealed herself and quietly waited among the dense forest to observe the situation.
A boy, about the same height and build as the third brother, was chasing pheasants with a slingshot, completely unaware that a venomous snake, as thick as half an arm, was coiled in a tree very close to him.
The venomous snake's cold gaze was even more eager than the boy's stare at the pheasant; it clearly considered the boy its dinner for the night.
As the figure with the boy drew closer, Mo Qianshang was almost certain that it was the third son.
Just as she confirmed the other party's identity, the venomous snake had already silently crawled from the treetop to the ground, and even cleverly covered its long body with withered leaves.
Everything is ready, except for Qin Zixuan arriving nearby...
Initially, Mo Qianchang planned to deal with the venomous snake directly to prevent the third brother from being harmed.
On second thought, ever since the third brother started learning martial arts, he has been like a mischievous monkey, always wanting to run into the mountains. She can't follow him around every day, so she still needs to make him more cautious.
So Mo Qianshang simply changed to a more comfortable position, leaning against the tree trunk, quietly watching the third brother get closer and closer to the poisonous snake.
Perhaps it was his sudden heightened sense of danger, but when he was about ten steps away from the venomous snake, Qin Zixuan suddenly stopped, letting the pheasant continue to flap its wings and pave the way for him.
Not seeing Qin Zixuan continue forward, they suddenly noticed a venomous snake hiding under the leaves, which seemed to flick its tongue in displeasure.
Immediately afterwards, the venomous snake leaped into the air and opened its blood-red maw to bite the pheasant.
The pheasant instinctively tried to struggle, but it was no match for the sharp fangs. Finally, exhausted, it kicked its legs a couple more times and completely lost its life.
The pheasant that had been following him suddenly disappeared, and Qin Zixuan's eyes immediately reddened. But the venomous snake didn't give him a chance to grieve; it abandoned the poisoned pheasant and attacked him...
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