Yun Shu hummed in response.
She scanned her surroundings.
Suddenly, she spotted a wooden plank that had fallen on the ground not far away.
A child found the plank’s shape amusing and picked it up, joining other children in play.
The distance was a bit far, but from her vantage point, the shape of the cut plank looked good.
“Yun Shu, what are you looking at? Did you even hear me?” Ruan Xi, seeing Yun Shu’s lack of response, immediately questioned.
Yun Shu withdrew her gaze. “Nothing, let’s go.”
Ruan Xi shrugged.
He had noticed that despite his astonishingly handsome features, Yun Shu simply didn’t want to spare him a second glance!
It was truly a waste of his envy-inducing face!
…
As soon as Yun Xiao Jing and Zhan Xiao Li jumped off the carriage, they ran off.
The two four or five-year-old little ones, with their short legs, were incredibly fast.
In a blink of an eye, they disappeared from sight.
When Qiu Lu drove the carriage to the Night King’s mansion and lifted the curtain, he was stunned.
He broke out in a cold sweat. “Where are the Young Lord and Xiao Jing?!”
They were clearly in the carriage just moments ago!
After his surprise, he peered closer.
There was a hole in the back of the carriage!
A super-large hole!
Big enough for the two of them to escape!
“The Young Lord and Xiao Jing have escaped, quickly, quickly go find them! I will report to the King!”
A moment later.
After hearing Qiu Lu’s report.
Zhan Tian Ye slammed the table.
“How dare they!”
A while later.
Zhan Tian Ye saw the damaged carriage.
Looking at the large hole in the carriage, he narrowed his eyes. “They possess such a sharp weapon?”
“This subordinate also finds it very strange. What kind of sharp weapon is it? They are only four or five years old, yet they managed to use a sharp weapon to create such a large hole in the carriage! Your Highness, they are still young, they might encounter danger.” Qiu Lu was extremely worried about Zhan Xiao Li and his companion’s safety.
Zhan Tian Ye’s aura turned icy, and he coldly commanded, “Go find them immediately.”
“Yes!”
At the same time.
The two little ones were hiding in a small alley.
The alley was deserted.
They huddled in a corner, conversing in low voices.
“Am I very capable? I said I’d bring you out, and I did, right?” Yun Xiao Jing was beaming, exuding a sense of childish pride.
Zhan Xiao Li nodded, admitting that Yun Xiao Jing was more skilled at escaping. He looked at the main road not far away and said, “I want to leave the city. I want to find my mother.”
He had heard that his mother was outside the city with the Regent. Since his mother wasn't returning to the capital, he would go find her himself.
“Go outside the city to find Mother?” Yun Xiao Jing was surprised. Mother was in the capital!
Why go outside the city to find her?
Suddenly, Yun Xiao Jing understood.
Zhan Xiao Li believed his mother was someone else.
He furrowed his small brows, feeling conflicted. Should he tell Zhan Xiao Li that their mother was the same person?
While he hesitated, Zhan Xiao Li had already gotten up to leave.
Yun Xiao Jing immediately followed.
His eyes darted around, and he grabbed Zhan Xiao Li’s arm. “Have you ever considered that we have the same mother? Look how alike we are! And, we might be twins!”
Zhan Xiao Li stopped and looked at Yun Xiao Jing, somewhat angrily. “Don’t talk nonsense! My father never said I was a twin.”
Yun Xiao Jing pouted. “That’s because he doesn’t know!”
“Alright, let’s part ways here. You want to find Mother by yourself.” Zhan Xiao Li found Yun Xiao Jing a bit noisy and also delusional, talking nonsense. He didn’t want to walk with Yun Xiao Jing.
“You’re crossing the bridge and burning it!” Yun Xiao Jing was very angry.
Though Zhan Xiao Li didn’t want to talk, he felt he had to clarify. “I’m not crossing the bridge and burning it. I never said I wanted to go with you in the first place.”
“You!” Yun Xiao Jing was stunned, then he realized that Zhan Xiao Li had indeed never said he wanted to go with him.
So, he had been the one being overly familiar?
“Do you really not consider that your mother might not be the person in the portrait you had?” Yun Xiao Jing’s eyes turned, and he asked.
Other women simply couldn’t give birth to such adorable children like them, could they?
Zhan Xiao Li snorted. “I don’t want to doubt Mother!”
Yun Xiao Jing patted his forehead. “You’re too stupid!”
“You’re the stupid one!”
“You’re an idiot! You’re mistaking a thief for your mother!”
“Your mother is the thief! My mother isn’t! Don’t follow me! I don’t want to see you anymore!” Zhan Xiao Li shouted, his eyes red with anger.
He couldn’t allow anyone to slander his mother!
With that, Zhan Xiao Li ran off.
Yun Xiao Jing’s eyes also turned red with anger.
He stubbornly gritted his teeth.
“I don’t want to acknowledge my brother anymore!”
“Brother is too stupid!”
“Brother is mistaking a thief for his mother!”
“When will Brother become smart?!”
After Yun Xiao Jing finished speaking in a huff, he realized he wasn’t that angry anymore.
He took a deep breath.
“Forget it! Since you’re my brother, and you don’t know the truth, I forgive you! You were almost abducted by human traffickers last time. If you go out of the city by yourself this time, won’t you be captured by bad people?”
“Sigh!”
Yun Xiao Jing thought for a moment and then followed.
…
The sky slowly darkened.
While waiting for news of Zhan Xiao Li, Zhan Tian Ye also received another piece of information.
What happened in the teahouse today!
“Your Highness, at the teahouse, this subordinate personally saw those cockroaches swarm like mad, crawling only towards Miss Li and the other lady.” Qiu Lu said with a strange expression.
At the time, witnessing that scene in the teahouse had made him uncomfortable, and recalling it now made him even more so.
It was too unnerving.
They were a dense mass.
Despite his extensive experience, he had never seen so many cockroaches.
“Were the homes of the Second Miss Li and the Zheng family’s young ladies recently overrun with rats?” Zhan Tian Ye asked coldly, his eyes narrowed.
Qiu Lu remembered then. “Indeed, they were.”
However, the four families had managed to suppress the news.
Although some rumors had spread, they were quickly dismissed as falsehoods by the four families.
Therefore, he hadn’t paid much attention to the news when he heard it.
Zhan Tian Ye’s gaze was as sharp as a knife.
“Poisonous snakes frequently appeared in the mansion, and now coupled with the unusual abundance of rats and cockroaches in the capital, there must be a connection. After we find Xiao Li, investigate thoroughly and see who is trying to stir up trouble in the capital! Ascertain their objective!” Zhan Tian Ye commanded coldly.
“Yes.”
At this moment, their men were spread throughout the capital.
Where was the Young Lord hiding?
Just then.
Someone suddenly came to report.
“Your Highness, we’ve found the Young Lord! This subordinate and others did not act rashly. The Young Lord bought quite a few steamed buns and pastries, carrying a small bundle. Judging by his route, he seems to be heading out of the city.”
Zhan Tian Ye’s aura became so cold it could freeze everything. “He is indeed intending to leave the city.”
For a mother who had abandoned him, Zhan Xiao Li was actually willing to leave his father!
He had painstakingly chosen a mother for Zhan Xiao Li, only for Zhan Xiao Li to want to leave!
He tightened his lips. “I will go see him personally! Tell the guards at the city gate to let him leave the capital!”