Chapter Thirty-Eight: Encounter

  This daughter is indeed unpopular.

  Old Master Zhou had a flash of thought in his mind and hadn't spoken yet when Zhou Liu Lang came in from outside.

  "No one is stopping you from going," he said.

  The young man walked with big strides, his face showing signs of fatigue from staying up all night.

  "Get in, I'll take you there," he said.

  "Sixth Son!" both Mr. and Mrs. Zhou called out at the same time.

  One anxious, one worried.

  "It's just a small matter, what's the point of doing this? Report to the government office and let people search for him on the streets, isn't that enough? Why are you siblings following him around?" Mrs. Zhou stepped forward, grabbed her son, walked in front of Jingniang, and stretched out her hand to grab her, "Jingniang, your body is not well." Then looked at her son, "Sixth Lang, you've been outside for a night already, you can't go out again."

  Zhou Liulang looked at Cheng Jiaoniang, and Cheng Jiaoniang also looked at Zhou Liulang.

  The same plain-colored cloak, fur-lined hood, standing beside Mrs. Zhou, a perfect pair of golden boys and jade girls.

  "It doesn't matter," said Shūroku, shaking off his mother's hand and walking out first.

  Mrs. Zhou was startled and hastily called out to him, while also taking the opportunity to pull her hand back, following him as he walked away.

  "Go, go." Old Master Zhou waved his hand impatiently, "Do whatever you want to do."

  Anyway, with Liu Lang watching her, she can't escape.

  Liu Sizhang had lived in Yuzhai Bridge for so many years, and for the first time he felt that it was a bit noisy and unbearable.

  "I've asked several times already, that kid went east, I didn't know his face, so I took a closer look, otherwise who would remember." He repeated this sentence for the fourth time since last night.

  What kind of kid is this? Whose young master has gone missing? Otherwise, why would the yamen and even the soldiers from the military office have come?

  It doesn't seem like it. That one has a rustic air all over him, like an outsider coming to the capital for the first time, and he's just a groom who feeds horses.

  "Along this side? Or that side?" asked Jingniang.

  Liu Si couldn't help but take another look at the young woman. The hood covered her face, but he could still see that the exposed skin was smooth and jade-like, and her voice was a bit unpleasant to listen to, he didn't know what she looked like...

  "Speak up," Zhou Liu Lang frowned and ordered.

  Liu Si was startled and looked at this handsome young man who seemed familiar, having come last night.

  "This side...or that side..." He scratched his head and thought seriously, "This side..."

  One hand stretched out to point, but then thought better of it.

  "Which side, which side, he's walking along that side."

  Jiangniang stepped forward, and Zhouliu followed closely behind her.

  "Get on." he said.

  Jiang Niang didn't react, Zhou Liu Lang reached out and grabbed her arm.

  "Get in." he muttered.

  Jiang Yao turned her head to look at him.

  Zhou Lang grabbed her arm and stared at her without saying a word or letting go.

  A temporary stalemate.

  A horse carriage came galloping over, the curtain was lifted, and Qin Langjun poked his head out with a tired look from staying up all night.

  "It's all my fault, it's all my fault." He said straightforwardly without any courtesy, "Yesterday I got drunk and caused trouble."

  "What business do you have here!" Zhou Liu Lang glared at him and said, releasing his hand.

  Jiangniang stepped forward with her feet.

  Qin Langjun let out a soft sigh and gazed at the small figure wrapped in a large cloak and hood, standing in the morning light.

  "Miss. There are always unexpected things, Miss, don't blame yourself too much." He said, bowing again and raising his head to look at Cheng Jiaoniang with a few more worried expressions.

  As soon as the word "self-blame" was spoken, Jingniang's footsteps slightly paused.

  The maid behind her couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness again.

  Jin Geer is lost, and regardless of whether it was Zhou Liulang's sudden hijacking that caused the chaos, in the end it was because neither of them thought to bring him along, so he blames himself, and his wife blames herself even more.

  "It's all my fault, mistress. I forgot about Young Master Jin, it was my mistake." She choked out, tugging on Madame Chong's sleeve.

  "There's no such thing as an accident in this world." Jingniang raised her head and looked at Langjun. "Wrong, it was wrong."

  Watching the two masters and servants go forward, Zhou Liulang took a step forward, Qin Langjun looked at him, and he also looked at Qin Langjun.

  "What's she afraid of?" Zhou Liuang said, "So humble and condescending."

  Qin Langjun shook his head.

  "Yes, just sympathy." He said, looking at Rokuro, "Rokuro, you don't understand."

  More people on the street dispersed, looking for lost little brothers.

  The crowd bustles, and before you know it, the day is gone, night falls, street lamps shine brightly, and this prosperity is like a heavenly paradise on earth.

  But Jin Ge'er couldn't bear to look and instead walked while thinking of crying.

  He waited in the house, left and right, but his wife did not come, nor did he see anyone from the Chen family. He really couldn't wait any longer, so he wanted to go to the Chen's house to ask about it. As he slowly walked out, he got lost on the way.

  Ask passersby, and it's impossible to say which Chen family this is anyway.

  "Chen's family? There are countless Chen families in Beijing." The passerby laughed.

  Jin Ge'er wiped his nose with his sleeve, and the snowy winter night made his legs feel sore.

  That wound hurts.

  Because of being bitten by a wolf on the road, he entered the Chen family. The young lady was treated well by the master's family, and this follower was also treated well by the lower people in the Chen family. A special house was given to him, three meals a day were delivered by someone, clothes, shoes and socks were washed and cleaned by someone, it was simply being served as a big brother.

  As a result of being supported, he has been in Beijing for nearly twenty days and hasn't gone out the door. Apart from knowing that this family's surname is Chen, he knows nothing else.

  "Watch your step!"

  A drunkard's shout startled Jin Ge, who dodged in a fluster but accidentally bumped into a nearby tree, prompting even louder laughter, mostly from women's giggles.

  Jin Ge'er covered his head and looked around nervously, only to find that he had unknowingly walked to who-knows-where.

  This place is even more lively than the mansion where I live.

  Lanterns shine brightly, as bright as daylight, people surge forward, noisy and earth-shaking, the sounds of singing, silk and bamboo instruments, mixed with the scents of rouge, powder, wine, food, and various flavors swirling in the cold winter night.

  Jin Ge'er was taken aback.

  This scene, even on the fifteenth day of the first month in Jiangzhou, was never as lively as this.

  Next to him was a woman's giggle, which was the one who had just made the sound. Jin Ge'er stared blankly and saw four or five women standing in front of him, dressed in thin clothes on a winter night, revealing a patch of white skin on their chest.

  Jin Ge'er's eyes widened in fright, and he hastily covered his mouth with his hand again.

  The silly appearance again caused the women to burst into a fit of giggles, their flowers trembling wildly, and a wave of ripples rising from their chests, which made the men beside them stare with their mouths agape, drooling unknowingly.

  "Idiot!" A man slapped him on the head, bringing him back to his senses. "Don't lose face!"

  The man touched his head, accompanied by the woman's giggles on the other side, hurriedly wiping away his saliva, not daring to look over again, and with a few more parts of shyness, he saw Jin Ge'er standing stupidly beside the tree next to him.

  "You're still young and already learning from others to visit brothels! You're good for nothing!" He scolded in a low voice.

  Scolded and sighed, couldn't help but rub his eyes.

  "This kid looks familiar somehow?" he muttered to himself.

  "Club, don't cause trouble, hurry up and go find a place to stay." The man beside him urged, just as he lifted his foot to take a step, he heard a loud shout.

  "Ha, Brother Jin?"

  Someone's calling my name! Is it my wife who has come?

  Jin Geer suddenly looked over and saw a huge head in front of him, and was so frightened that he jumped up and his legs went soft, falling to the ground.

  "Brother Jin?" The several men who had already walked away heard the commotion and turned back to look, also startled. "What are you doing here? Where's your wife?"

  It's them...

  Looking at the seven men standing in front of him, although they had only met twice before, but because of that fierce battle with the wolf pack, the memory was deeply etched, and he instantly recognized them. In this vast and dreamlike night scene, he finally saw some familiar faces. Jin Ge felt a surge of long-suppressed grievances and fears.

  "My daughter is gone!" he wailed loudly and burst into tears.

  Wishing everyone a happy new year, everything goes as wished, good health and happiness for the whole family! At the end of the year, after finishing the update, leave a like and watch the Spring Festival Gala on New Year's Eve (*^__^*)? Hehe……(。。)