Translator: Storm in a Teacup
“I do not dare to…”Crouching beside the well, Hong Yu kept crying for a long time. Even her eyes turned puffy.
Seeing this, Ye Chengzhi couldn"t help feeling anxious as if his head was exploding. He shouted, “You don"t dare to go back, but you dare to kill yourself! Have you lost your mind?”
“But I… I lost Miss An…”
After Hong Yu bought fruit back, she couldn"t find Miss An. She thought An Rushuang might have come here to find Ye Chengzhi, but it turned out she was not here. Suddenly, Hong Yu felt something was wrong and got panicked.
After discussion, Ye Chengzhi and Hong Yu split up to find An Rushuang. However, half a day pa.s.sed. Nothing was gained. They ran into each other in the front of the yard. It was already the mid-day now.
Even so, Hong Yu didn"t give up talking nonsense.
“If anything bad happens to Miss An, there is no point for me living in this world…”
“But you have to go for the An Family first. Lord An and Lady An may come up with some solutions…” said Ye Chengzhi with frustration.
“No, I do not dare to…” cried Hong Yu, “If I go back now, even Nanny Liu would kill me, let alone Lord and Lady…”
“Humph!” Ye Chengzhi couldn"t help swinging his arms and said, “So do you mean that Miss An would come back after you jump into the well? Stupid enough! Let"s keep searching! If Miss An was lost on the Eastern Street, someone must have met her!”
Saying so, Ye Chengzhi hurried outside, but he happened to run into a woman. Clutching her head, the woman screamed out. Although Ye Chengzhi was tall, he was actually not strong enough. Being run into, Ye Chengzhi couldn"t help stepping backwards before he looked at the woman. The woman was plump, dressed in reddish purple. With a chubby round face, she looked extremely honest. Even if she did not smile, a few laugh lines could still be seen around her slender eye corner.
“Mrs. Wu?”
The woman lived in the yard nearby, whose husband was Wu Laoer, a chronic invalid. So she was the backbone of the family. During the time when Ye Chengzhi settled here, he had diagnosed for Wu Laoer for several times and they had get acquaintance with each other.
Seeing it was Ye Chengzhi, the woman laughed and patted him on the shoulder. “You are even weaker than me. Hey, where is your master? I bring some fresh fruits for you.”
“Thank you, Mrs. Wu. Master is at home. Sorry I have to go now. I have to look for…” said Ye Chengzhi.
“Who are you looking for? Tell me. Are you looking for your girlfriend?” she asked.
Saying so, she patted Ye Chengzhi on the shoulder.
“Who is there? A girl? Are you…?”
“Mrs. Wu, no, it"s a “he”…” said Ye Chengzhi hurriedly, blus.h.i.+ng, “He"s a servant of my friend. His master was lost in the Eastern Street. He is really worried now. Do not make fun of him!”
“Ah, someone"s missing!”
Eyes wide open, Mrs. Wu looked at Hong Yu"s puffy eyes and said carefully after calculation, “Do you know that gentleman? Best not to get involved in this matter.”
She heard Wu Laoer talking about a girl and a gentleman quarreling on the Eastern Street before they went away…
Frowning, Ye Chengzhi looked at her seriously and felt she might know something, “Mrs. Wu, do you know anything?”
Hearing this, she quickly shook her head, “No! How could I know about the man you said? I"m just being curious.”
Ye Chengzhi took a sigh before saying, “The gentleman is from a prestigious family. His family has not been informed of this issue. If they know, I"m afraid everyone on the Eastern Street wouldn"t have an easy life.”
“Everyone on the Eastern Street?!”
Mrs. Wu was extremely frantic after hearing this. She did not want to get involved in this trouble!
With his eyes lit up, Ye Chengzhi suddenly held her arm and looked at her, “Mrs. Wu, please tell me what you know or what you have heard! As long as those officials do not come here, we can still survive. But if they come here, do you think we"ll have an easy life from then on? Mr. Wu is still recovering; we cannot afford to suffer those things!”
Swallowing, Mrs. Wu also held Ye Chengzhi and said carefully, “Chengzhi, I did hear my husband mentioning a matter, but I"m not sure about that… people always say that those who do not know should not be blamed, right? I…”
Before she said the full sentence, Hong Yu rushed to grab her tightly.
“Please… please tell me what you know! Please… I can do anything for you in return…”
Saying so, Hong Yu couldn"t help crying.
She was indeed worrying about Miss An. If nothing happened, Miss An would not disappear!
Hearing Hong Yu"s voice, Mrs. Wu could confirm she"s a girl. Being held on the arm, Mrs. Wu could clearly feel Hong Yu"s figure, especially her curvy b.r.e.a.s.t.s.
Looking at Hong Yu, she found the girl was indeed familiar. Suddenly she recalled Ye Chengzhi"s master went on a coach to diagnose for a family and the girl was exactly the one in red dress who came that day.
So the gentleman should be the lady.
To her astonishment, Mrs. Wu began to feel panicked. There was no need to worry too much about a man missing; but if it was a girl, it would be destructive to her fame!
“Follow me! Go and see my husband. I just heard a little from him. I don"t know the whole thing!”
Saying so, she threw the fruit onto the ground and took them home.
Seeing everyone looked anxious, Wu Laoer told everything he knew to them and added, “I heard from w.a.n.g that the girl is the daughter of the Zhao family. Cough… cough… Perhaps you could go to the Zhao family and see if they are there. Besides, Zhao Laoda is not a kind person.”
Mrs. Wu kept nodding and said, “True enough! They have moved to this district for a month. I only met Zhao Laoda twice. He is an alcoholic, fat and disgusting. He loves glaring at people as if he"s a living ghost! Give me a second. I"ll call our neighbor Zhang, so we can go there together!”
Saying so, Mrs. Wu hurried out.
Hong Yu and Ye Chengzhi also followed up and went to Zhao Laoda"s. Going through the humid alleyway, they suddenly felt a strong smell of blood when they opened door.
As they saw what happened inside the door, all of them were so shocked that they even felt hair standing on end.
“Ahhhhh!” screamed Mrs. Wu before she hurried outside and shouting, “Help!”