Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 228 Traces of Life (New book has been released, please support!)

"I don't know what happened, and I didn't have any other options. I just raised my daughter like this."

After saying this, the woman looked at her daughter with bright eyes and satisfaction.

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan felt a little sorry for what happened to the mother and daughter.

"Haven't you looked for her again?" Jiang Xuan heard what happened to the woman and asked her in silence for a moment.

"I have looked for it. Of course I haven't looked for it." the woman answered immediately.

"My husband is an orphan, so naturally, he has nowhere to go. When I first found out he was missing, I went back to my parents' home and asked them to help me look for him, even though I was pregnant."

"At first, my father helped to look for it, but later he got older and his body couldn't take it anymore, so he couldn't go out to look for it anymore."

"Later, my younger brother and his wife were in charge of the family. As a widow with a child, there was no place for my mother and me at home."

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan frowned unconsciously.

He didn't know. If what the woman said was true, he really couldn't imagine how the mother and daughter had come this far.

Jiang Xuan collected his thoughts for a moment and listened to the woman continue speaking.

"Later, with my daughter, I no longer had the courage to wander around. I just wanted to raise her first. I'd be very satisfied if I could find a stable place for her to grow up safely."

"Then why did you choose to settle here?" Jiang Xuan asked.

After hearing Jiang Xuan's words, it was no longer the woman who spoke this time, but her daughter Xiaoxiao.

The little girl spoke first, saying to Jiang Xuan, "Sir, you may not know this, but there was a big brother named Jiang. I heard that it was because of him that Captain Wei and his men could no longer collect protection fees."

The girl blinked and continued, "So this area is now considered a relatively safe place, and I can earn some money to make a living, so I opened the store here with my mother."

The woman smiled when she heard her daughter say this, and then said, "Xiaoxiao, what you said is true. We didn't believe it at first when we heard the news, but when we came here, we found that it was just as the rumors said. So we followed Boss Yu and took advantage of him."

After hearing what the woman said, Jiang Xuan felt a little helpless. It was obvious that the woman in front of Jiang Xuan also regarded him as a thug hired by Boss Yu, or at least someone who was hired deliberately.

But Jiang Xuan had no news of Lao Yu yet, so he had to ignore this for the time being.

The most important and urgent thing for him now is to find out where Lao Yu is.

Therefore, upon hearing the woman's words, Jiang Xuan seemed to have grasped some important information from her words and asked her, "Excuse me, Boss, are you referring to the Boss Yu from Yuji Clothing Store?"

"That's right, sir, do you know Boss Yu?" the woman asked.

Jiang Xuan nodded and said to the woman, "We do have some acquaintance. I came here to look for Boss Yu, but I didn't see him in person. I only saw his apprentice. I don't know when I first recognized him as such a disciple."

"Is Boss Yu not in the shop? Come to think of it, I really haven't seen Boss Yu recently. Boss Yu cares a lot about the shop! I've never seen him not come." When the woman said this, there was some confusion on her face.

Although the woman spent most of the day in the shop making clothes and rarely went out, if Boss Yu was in the shop and they were on the same street, she would not completely miss him.

"Boss, do you know where Boss Yu will go? Could you tell me so that I can go look for him?" Jiang Xuan said to the woman in a very sincere tone.

Seeing Jiang Xuan's face full of worry about Boss Yu, and because she herself was also a little worried about Boss Yu's apprentice, the woman no longer hesitated and told Jiang Xuan the village where Boss Yu grew up.

"Sir, I don't know exactly where your home is, but I know that if you walk along this road until you reach the intersection, then follow the narrowest road all the way to the village."

As she spoke, the woman slowly walked to the door of the shop and pointed the way to Jiang Xuan.

"Thank you!" Jiang Xuan said to the woman.

"Thank you, sir!" The woman smiled and shook her head.

Jiang Xuan strode forward, about to leave when he turned back and walked into the shop. "Boss, could you please make me two sets of clothes? I'm sure you've made so many that you can probably gauge my shape. There's no need to measure me. I'll pick them up later."

After saying that, Jiang Xuan didn't care about the reactions of the mother and daughter, and threw a small bag of silver to the girl of about eleven or twelve years old, and it landed steadily in the girl's hands.

With that, Jiang Xuan turned and left.

When the girl opened the purse, she was surprised at first, then she was filled with joy.

"Mother, can we make clothes worth so much money?"

……

Following the path pointed by the woman, Jiang Xuan quickly entered the village.

Jiang Xuan asked a little boy about Lao Yu's residence, and soon found Lao Yu's home.

"He should have made some money, why is he still living in such a tight spot?" Jiang Xuan thought to himself as he looked at the old house and the dilapidated door in front of him.

"Boom! Boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Following a knock on the door, Lao Yu's voice came from the room.

"coming!"

When Jiang Xuan heard Lao Yu's voice, he was surprised and happy.

At least he was now certain that Lao Yu was safe, and it seemed that he had really thought too much and had misunderstood his apprentice.

"Squeak!"

The door opened, and Lao Yu's face appeared clearly in front of Jiang Xuan.

However, Jiang Xuan didn’t know if it was just his illusion, but he always felt that Lao Yu’s face looked a little weathered, and he didn’t seem as young as when they first met.

"Shouldn't it be like this? Didn't we solve the issue of collecting protection fees? Having an apprentice and not caring about business will make people age?" Jiang Xuan thought to himself.

Soon, Lao Yu's voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Who are you?" asked Lao Yu.

"Oh, I'm here to pick up a plain brocade robe on someone's behalf. I wonder if Boss Yu has repaired it?"

After hearing what the person in front of him said, the expression on Lao Yu's face became better, and even the sense of vicissitudes of life was reduced a little.

"Oh? Are you here on behalf of Mr. Jiang?" Old Yu's voice also rose a little.

"Yes." Jiang Xuan smiled.

"Come, please come in first, and don't stand at the door and talk." Old Yu invited Jiang Xuan into the house. During this time, his tone and actions could not hide his joy.

Jiang Xuan also smiled along with Lao Yu and followed him into the house.

Old Yu's house is just as it appears from the outside, neat and clean. There is nothing special about it once you enter, and it exudes a strong bachelor's atmosphere.

At first glance, there is no sign that anyone else has lived there.

(End of this chapter)