After crossing, I was forced to hold on to my thighs and build a kingdom

Jin Chu felt her head buzzing and her eyes turned red with anxiety.

Wang Weiyue looked apologetic and said cautiously to Jinchu, "Sister Jin'er, it's all my fault. I didn't take good care of Zhao'er."

Huizhen slapped her brother and said, "You little bastard! I told you over and over again to take good care of Zhao'er. You agreed to it, but it went in one ear and out the other. You didn't take it seriously at all!"

Wang Weiyue, who was beaten by his sister, did not dare to hide. He just shrank back and kept admitting his mistakes: "I was wrong. I thought if I left for a while, nothing would happen."

"You're still quibbling! You thought nothing would happen, but what happened? Where's Zhao'er?" Huizhen, extremely angry, kicked her brother's calf.

With a "pop", Wei Yue covered his calf and squatted down, not daring to speak anymore.

Huizhen got even angrier when she saw this. "Why don't you say anything? Do you think you can get away with it by not saying anything?"

Seeing Huizhen about to hit her brother on the ground again, Jinchu quickly stepped forward and grabbed her hand to stop her: "Alright, Huizhen, stop hitting Yuedi. He doesn't want to do this. The most urgent thing is, we need to find out what happened. When did Zhaoer disappear?"

Huizhen finally put down her hand, tears welling up in her eyes. She looked at Jinchu, sobbing, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't insisted on taking you to the capital today, or if my brother hadn't been so unreliable, Zhao'er wouldn't have been lost..."

"Huizhen, don't blame yourself. No one wants this to happen."

Jin Chu sighed, "Even if I don't go out with you today, the food at home will eventually run out, and then I'll still have to go out. What happened today just happened a little early, and it's not your fault, brother and sister. After all, a thief can be a thief for a thousand days, so how can you be on guard against thieves for a thousand days!"

Seeing his usually cheerful sister crying, Wang Weiyue raised his hand and slapped himself twice in regret.

Before Jinchu could appease her sister, she hurried to persuade her brother: "Brother Yue, stop fighting! Sister Jin'er doesn't blame you. Calm down first and tell me in detail what happened today."

Wang Weiyou glanced at his sister and then told her the whole story.

It turned out that after Jinchu and Huizhen left in the morning, the two of them reviewed their books for a while. Near noon, they both felt hungry and thought about how to solve the problem of eating.

When Jinchu left, the family left some food for him and asked Zhaoer to heat it up at noon for the two of them to eat.

However, Wang Weiyuan felt that Jinchu was not at home, so it was not convenient to have a meal at Zhaoer's house, so he kindly took Zhaoer back to his home for lunch.

So the two brothers went to Huizhen's house together. They had a very good lunch. Huizhen's uncle and aunt were very welcoming. Grandpa even gave Zhaoer an apple.

After lunch and a short rest, the two prepared to go back to Jinchu's house to continue studying.

As a result, not long after he walked out of the door, Wang Weiyue suddenly remembered that there was a copybook at home that his elder brother had written for him when he was just starting to learn calligraphy. Zhao'er had just started practicing calligraphy, and that copybook could be used for Zhao'er to practice.

So he asked Zhao'er to wait for a while, and he turned back to look for the calligraphy copybook that had been buried at the bottom of the box for several years.

When he went out to look for Zhao'er with the calligraphy, he found that Zhao'er was no longer there.

He called out twice and looked around, but couldn't find the child. He thought Zhao'er might think he was too slow and the child had no patience, so he simply ran home first.

So he quickened his pace and walked towards Jinchu's house, but when he arrived home he still didn't see Zhaoer.

Wang Weiyou then became anxious and hurriedly walked along the original route while shouting and searching carefully again.

The result was still disappointing. He returned to Jinchu's house and searched along several nearby roads for a long time, but still found nothing.

He was helpless and could only wait in agony at Jinchu's house, hoping that Zhaoer had gone out to play and would come back after having enough fun.

Finally, Jinchu came back, but Zhaoer didn't come back yet.

"How long have you been away?" Jin Chu pondered for a moment and asked Wang Weiyou.

Wang Weiyue tilted his head and thought for a moment: "About a cup of tea."

After hearing Wei Yue's answer, Jin Chu could only smile bitterly.

Zhao'er was an obedient child. Since he had promised Wei Yue to wait for him, he would not run around. But in the end, he disappeared in a short while.

It seems that even God is helping Liu Fudan.

Wang Weiyou had good intentions originally, but he didn't expect that it would be such a coincidence that during the time he was away, Zhao'er must have met Liu Fudan or Wang Ernao.

Jinchu gave up her fantasy and asked Weiyue: "Can you take me to Aunt Sun's house? I suspect that it was her family's Fudan who took Zhao'er away."

"Yes," Wang Weiyou agreed decisively.

Zhao'er disappeared due to his negligence, so it is his responsibility to find Zhao'er.

Now, let alone just accompanying Sister Jin'er to Aunt Sun's house, he would not hesitate even if he was asked to ask Aunt Sun himself.

Jin Chu actually didn't want Wang Wei Yue to help her charge forward. She simply didn't know the way to Sun's house, but she couldn't say it directly, so she could only ask Wang Wei Yue to accompany her.

Seeing the two of them leave as soon as they said they would, Huizhen became anxious. She shouted, "I'm going with you too!"

Jin Chu turned around and refused her: "You can't go. You stay at home. If Zhao'er really ran away because he wanted to play, then he would be worried when he comes back and there's no one at home."

Seeing Huizhen's worried look, Jinchu comforted her, "Don't worry! I'm just going to Aunt Sun's house to ask about the situation. I'm not going to fight with her. I'll be back soon."

Huizhen stayed reluctantly.

Because they were in a hurry, the two of them walked very fast and arrived outside Sun's house in a short while.

At dusk, wisps of smoke were rising from the chimney of the Sun family's house.

Jinchu knocked on the gate and shouted, "Is Aunt Sun home? I'm Jin'er. I have something to talk to you about today!"

Sun, who was sitting in front of the stove, was startled when she heard Jinchu's voice. "Why did this sharp-tongued, stubborn girl suddenly come to our house today? She's definitely up to no good!"

Thinking of this, Sun couldn't help but stop her busy hands, held her breath, pretended that she was not at home, and did not respond to Jin Chu outside the door.

Jin Chu called out twice more, but there was still no response from the yard. She knew that Sun must be pretending not to be at home and didn't want to open the door for her.

Jin Chu cleared his throat and said to the deaf-mute Sun from inside the door, "Aunt Sun, there's smoke coming out of your chimney! If you can't hear me again, I'm going to break down your door!"

As she finished speaking, Sun's voice also rang out: "Oh, Jin'er, I didn't hear you when I was cooking just now, so I opened the door a little late. I didn't mean to neglect you!"

With a creaky sound, the courtyard door opened, revealing Sun's hypocritical smiling face.