My Lord, my wife said she doesn't have time to talk to you.

Fu Shiyan did not respond to Fu Lei's words.

While writing, he asked, "How is the investigation of my little sister going?"

"The latest clue is that a month ago, someone saw a person who looked like a nanny and a young lady passing by the Yue Lao Temple on the East Mountain of the Imperial City. We have left people near the Yue Lao Temple and will continue the search." Fu Lei said respectfully.

Fu Shiyan frowned, obviously dissatisfied with the result.

"Where is the eldest brother?"

"There is still no news from Fu Feng." Fu Lei caught a glimpse of his master frowning, and his voice of reporting became smaller and smaller.

"Check again." There was a hint of worry in the cold voice.

Fu Lei immediately bowed and left.

The next day, the sun gradually rose, and the birds in the peach blossom forest behind the house chirped.

Huaying stretched lazily, was in a daze for a while, then got up and washed.

After making breakfast, I went to Fu Shiyan's room and saw him sleeping on the table. I couldn't help but frown.

"Didn't I tell you to rest early last night? Why did you fall asleep on the table? Is your leg injury better?" Huaying went over and helped him to the bed to rest.

Fu Shiyan looked at her concerned eyes and said with a smile, "I'm a grown man, I'm not that squeamish."

Huaying was dazzled by his smile and blurted out, "Fu Shiyan, has anyone ever told you that you look good when you smile?"

Fu Shiyan......

"Is your leg injury better?" Huaying asked again, and the answer she heard from Fu Shiyan was what she had hoped for.

The deep worry slowly dissipated, and I thought that the treatment by the doctor who seemed to have no medical skills was just okay...

At this time, Fu Yi, who was far away in Tongxin Hall in the town, sneezed several times... He looked at the bright sunshine outside the window and felt that it was not cold.

Huaying took out all the bedding in the room to dry in the sun, washed the clothes, said something to Fu Shiyan, and then went into the mountain carrying a backpack.

I originally wanted to go with Dongxue, but seeing that their door was closed, I thought they must have gone to the fields.

Huaying went into the mountains to pick mushrooms, wild vegetables, and bamboo shoots, and walked deep into the forest driven by curiosity.

At the beginning there was a small path, but as I walked along, I saw weeds half a person's height in front of me, and no traces of people walking on it were seen.

She took a wooden stick and walked slowly in front of her to explore the way. After walking for a long time, she didn't encounter any mountain products. At this time, on the vine above Huaying's head, a green snake with its tongue sticking out slowly approached her.

Huaying felt something strange and looked around vigilantly. Besides the sound of her moving the grass, there seemed to be a rustling sound.

She looked back nervously but didn't see anything. Huaying turned around and continued to walk forward, but before she took two steps, she fell into a deep pit.

Huaying, who was hurt by the fall, quickly checked her limbs. Fortunately, she was not injured, just a little scrape on her elbow. Looking up, she saw that the mouth of the pit was covered with weeds as tall as a person. No wonder she fell in.

Huaying guessed that this should be a trap dug by a hunter to catch animals.

The bottom of the pit was four meters above the ground, and the air was filled with a strong smell of dampness. She tried to climb up several times but failed.

Huaying was not discouraged. She sat on the ground and looked around to see if there were any usable objects. Apart from the damp walls, there were only weeds hanging in the air that she had knocked down.

Huaying stood up, braided the weeds into a pigtail, pulled them hard, and slowly climbed up, watching as she got closer and closer to the pit entrance.

Huaying prayed in her heart that the grass must be strong. With a plop, Huaying fell into the pit again.

Sitting on the ground at this moment, she felt like crying. She didn't know if it was because she realized that no one was coming to save her outside, or because her butt hurt, or because she regretted not listening to Dongxue.

Tears fell to the ground one by one, as if crying would make me feel better.

Fu Shiyan, who was always quiet while copying books at home, was writing when a drop of ink from the tip of his pen dripped onto the manuscript, instantly staining a large area.

I crumpled up the manuscript paper and threw it on the ground, then picked up a new piece of paper and prepared to write again, but for some reason I felt a little irritable today and couldn't continue writing.

Putting down the brush, Fu Shiyan slowly walked out of the room, looking at the bedding drying in the yard, thinking that at this time of day, Huaying would have returned from the mountains.

He picked up his cane and went out, looked around at the door for a while and then returned to the yard.

Huaying tried a few more times, but she still failed even after pulling out all the grass around the pit. Looking at the pit entrance that was only half-high and she couldn't get out, she really hated herself for not growing taller.

Touching the damp and steep wall, Huaying had an idea. She quickly took out the small shovel that she had put in her backpack in the morning to make it easier to pick wild vegetables, and worked hard to dig small holes in the wall, hoping to climb up by stepping on these holes.

The sun slowly set in the west. Fu Shiyan copied a thick manuscript, cooked a meal, and put the quilt into the room, but Huaying still did not come back.

He picked up his cane and went out again. The women who came back from the forest were too embarrassed to look at the handsome man who had just arrived in the village and still had fair skin. The girl Yuzhu from the village chief's family recognized him and asked, "Brother Fu, it's getting dark, are you going into the mountains?"

Fu Shiyan asked in a deep voice, "Have you seen Huaying?" The villagers all had an impression of the newcomers to the village. Not only were they prettier than them, but they also spoke softly, unlike them all with loud voices.

The women all shook their heads. They were only busy digging wild vegetables and chatting about whose man was snoring, and did not notice whether any girl came up the mountain.

There was a little boy in the crowd, who went up the mountain with his mother to pick vegetables. He saw a beautiful sister going up the mountain to the bamboo forest to pick bamboo shoots.

Then he told his mother in a low voice, and the woman repeated it to Fu Shiyan.

Yuzhu wanted to go with him to look for it, but was rejected by Fu Shiyan.

The women went back to the village, talking and laughing, talking about how Fu Shiyan was better looking than the men in the village, and whether he snores when he sleeps. Someone in the crowd whispered something, and there was another burst of laughter.

Huaying dug slower and slower as he reached a higher place. His feet were placed on the foot holes dug on both sides of the bottom. He gradually became exhausted and his stomach growled with hunger several times.

She thought that she would eat all the meat left from the chicken when she got home. She wondered if Fu Shiyan would miss her when he saw that she didn't go home, and would he eat all the meat and leave nothing for her...

Huaying, who was digging a hole, started crying again. She was so tired that her hands were covered with blisters.

Following the cry of an animal, Huaying stopped crying and thought, "No way, who can tell me what animal's sound this is?"

She was so frightened that she dared not even breathe, for fear of attracting something that shouldn't come.