Li Zhentian and Ouyang Lan walked into Tian Wu's room to see their sons. After entering the house, Li Zhentian saw Zhou Weimin, Li Longzhan and the maid with solemn expressions and panic. Seeing Li Zhentian and his wife entering the house, Zhou Weimin said: "Official, sister, you are back."
"Well. Weimin, you're here too." Then he walked over and sat on a stool in the room.
Women's intuition can sometimes be scary, especially if you are a mother. Seeing this scene in the room, Ouyang Lan asked directly: "Where is Yu'er?"
Mrs. Zhou replied hesitantly: "Yu'er, Yu'er..."
Li Longzhan immediately knelt down and said, "Dad, aunt, it's all my fault."
Seeing what Long Zhan said, Ouyang Lan believed in her own judgment even more and hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with Yu'er?"
Li Longzhan lowered his head and said: "Yesterday, my brother and I met my mother on the way back. Then I got out of the car and talked to my mother for a while. When we returned to the carriage, we couldn't find my brother."
Ouyang Lan suddenly grabbed Li Longzhan's collar and shouted: "Can't find it? What do you mean you can't find it!"
Mrs. Zhou came over and pulled Ouyang Lan, "We have arranged for many people to look for her, but she has not been found."
Ouyang Lan calmed down, her eyes became fierce, she stared at Zhou Weimin and her son, and said, "Is it because I didn't find them, or you lost them on purpose." She took out the dagger from her waist and put it on Mrs. Zhou's neck. , asked: "Say! Where did you hide my son?"
Li Longzhan stood up and held the wrist of Ouyang Lan's hand holding the dagger with both hands, and said, "Auntie! It's my fault that I don't care about my mother's affairs. If you want to kill me, just kill me!"
Ouyang Lan became more and more excited, holding the dagger in her hand and waving it around, trying to get rid of Li Longzhan's hand. At this time, Li Zhentian reached out and waved his hand, and a blast of palm pushed the three of them away. It had no power, and the three of them just took a few steps back. Li Zhentian then stood up, walked to Ouyang Lan, and said, "Lan'er, don't worry." Li Zhentian was also anxious about the loss of his son, but he still maintained his due calmness.
"I'm not in a hurry? My son is lost? Can I not be in a hurry! How did you become a father!" He looked at the mother and son with an angry face.
Zhou Weimin said sonorously: "Sister, God can tell you! This matter was indeed not done intentionally by our mother and son. If it was done intentionally, sister, you can kill me now with the dagger in your hand!"
Ouyang Lan said nothing when Zhou Weimin said this. Thinking of what Li Longzhan said just now, he said: "Longzhan, you just said that on the way back to the inn yesterday afternoon, the Yu'er people could no longer be found."
"Yes, it is."
"Then why didn't you inform us earlier? It's been eight or nine hours now."
Li Zhentian added: "Yes. Yesterday, the coachman said that he had sent you two back to the inn."
Zhou Weimin said: "I asked the coachman to say that. I thought that the officer and my sister would meet old friends, and I didn't want to disturb the fun between you. I thought that I would find some people to look for them quickly, and put them before the officer and my sister came back. It’s just a matter of finding Yu’er. But I never thought that there would be no news for so long.”
"Then you are really thoughtful!"
"Wei Min, this matter is no child's play. Friends can get together again at any time. If the child cannot be found, the consequences will be unimaginable."
"Officer, that's what you said."
Jian Xin came over at this time, not knowing what happened, and said: "Miss, the clothes to change are... ready." Seeing the scene in the house, her voice became weaker and weaker. Seeing everyone's solemn expressions, he asked: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Li Zhentian returned: "Yu'er is missing."
"Ah? Yu'er is gone!" Jian Xin looked surprised. Then he saw Ouyang Lan still holding a dagger in his hand, and was convinced that this was true.
Li Zhentian said: "Jian Xin, you should go to the Jiangxi League outside the south of the city now to find A Feng and Zhao Shu. By the way, if A Feng can find some people in the alliance who are good at finding people and things. Lan'er, you We and I will go to the Prince Consort's Mansion now and ask Brother Liu to arrange some manpower. Weimin, you and Long Zhan will find some more people to look for Yu'er's traces. Get moving."
After everyone heard this, they immediately took action. Jianxin rode on a fast horse and headed to the Jiangsu Alliance in the south of the city. Li Zhentian and Ouyang Lan got on the carriage and went to the Prince Consort's Mansion. Ouyang Lan was anxious and her body was trembling. Li Zhentian held Ouyang Lan's hand and comforted him: "Lan'er, it's okay. Yu'er must be okay."
Ouyang Lan expressed his gratitude, lay on Li Zhentian and cried. Yu'er is his only son. If something happens to him, how will he survive? The carriage galloped all the way to the Prince Consort's Mansion.
Yesterday, after Li Yu was knocked unconscious, the people from Zuichunlou arrested him and locked him in a woodshed. When Li Yu woke up, he didn't know how long it had been. He was lying on the hay, looking at the skylight on the roof, and there was still a trace of light. Li Yu felt pain all over his body, especially his left chest. He endured the pain and tried to get up with great difficulty. At this time, a person lifted his back, helped him sit up, and said gently: "You're awake. Are you okay?"
With the faint light, Li Yu could clearly see the face of this person, it was Xiaolan.
"It's you, why are you here? Where are we?" Li Yu sat up with difficulty and looked around. It was pitch black and he couldn't see clearly what was around him.
"It must be the woodshed. How are you? I think you seem a little uncomfortable."
Li Yu said bravely: "I'm fine, cough." The pain in his left chest forced him to cough.
"It's okay. I see you're vomiting blood."
A voice came from outside the door. "It's time to eat. It's time to eat!" Then he opened the door, placed a plate of food with an unknown color at the door, then threw in a few steamed buns, closed the door, and heard the sound of a lock closing again. The man complained: "Damn it, I don't work here, and you ask me to deliver food!" It was the boy named Qian.
Seeing that this man dared to do this to him, Li Yu shouted with all his strength, "My father is Li Zhentian, how dare you imprison me! Let my father know that he will not let you go!"
The man surnamed Qian replied: "Who knows who you are talking about! That's how I am. If you don't accept it, come out and beat me!"
"You! Ahem!" Li Yu was so angry that he felt pain in his left chest and it was difficult to even stand up.
Xiaolan supported Li Yu and said, "Okay, okay, don't be angry."
Xiaolan walked over, brought the dishes over, picked up the steamed buns on the ground, handed them to Li Yu, and said, "Eat something."
"How can you eat if you don't give me chopsticks?"
Xiaolan spread her hands and said, "Let's do it."
"Start?" Li Yu said in disbelief. However, now that I was really hungry, there seemed to be no other way. I reached out my hand and picked up something from the vegetable, then threw it into my mouth. I closed my eyes and started chewing. After chewing only two mouthfuls, I spit it out. He came out and said, "What is this! It tastes so bad!" But seeing Xiaolan's indifferent expression, she continued to eat the steamed buns and vegetables.
Li Yu said in surprise: "You can eat this? Isn't it delicious?"
Xiaolan replied: "It would be good to eat some."
Li Yu really couldn't understand Xiaolan's thinking. He sat there angrily and didn't move, gently rubbing the left side of his chest.
Xiaolan handed over a steamed bun and said, "Then you can eat some steamed buns."
When Li Yu saw the steamed buns, he said with a look of disgust, "How can you eat them if they have fallen to the ground?"
Xiaolan said "Oh", then carefully tore off the outer skin of the steamed bun bit by bit, and handed it to Li Yu: "I have already torn off the dirty parts, you can eat it."
Li Yu took the steamed bun. Although it was tasteless, he felt better than being hungry. He ate the steamed bun bit by bit, but saw Xiaolan eating the torn off steamed bun scalp. Li Yu said: "Don't eat it if it's dirty, or you'll get a stomachache."
"It's okay. You can't waste food."
Li Yu didn't know what to say and continued to eat the steamed bun in his hand.
Xiaolan asked: "What's your name?"
"My name is Li Yu. What's yours?"
"My name is Fang Xiaolan, you can just call me Xiaolan. How old are you this year?"
"I am seven years old this year. Xiaolan? It seems that my mother's name also has the word "lan" in it."
"Seven years old! You are so brave. Judging from your appearance, your mother must be a very lucky person."
"Of course. My father is very kind to me and my mother!"
"Really? That's great." Xiaolan was a little disappointed.
"How old are you? Where is your family?"
"I am ten years old this year. My father, I don't know where he is. The person you saw yesterday, the person who brought me here, is my mother."
"Your mother is too cruel. She actually wants to sell you!"
Xiaolan said helplessly: "Oh, there is no way. My brother is sick and urgently needs money for medical treatment. We don't know anyone here and can't find any work, so we can only sell me to my brother for medical treatment. But now , I don’t know how my mother and brother are doing?”
Seeing that Xiaolan was very worried, Li Yu said: "When I have a rest, I will jump out, and then I will go find my father. When my father comes, he will definitely take you to see your mother."
"Your father? By the way, don't say it. I think they seem to be very afraid of your father. Except for that thing named Qian!" Xiaolan's deep resentment can clearly be heard in the latter sentence.
"Actually, I don't know. Anyway, some people do treat me better when they hear my father's name."
"Li Zhentian, right?"
"Yes, it is."
"But why do you want to help us?"
"I...I" Li Yu actually didn't know what his reasons were. I just heard my parents often say that people should not bully the weak and should help those weak people who need help, but I was embarrassed to say it out loud.
"I think you knocked over my mung bean cake and you have to return it to me. After you return it, it's none of my business."
"ah?"
"Ah, what. You said if you hadn't stood there, would I have bumped into you? If I hadn't bumped into you, would my mung bean cake have fallen off?"
Xiaolan was a little speechless, sitting there and talking to herself: "I don't know if you and I can go out yet."
