Rebirth of the Prime Minister's Daughter: Not to be Trifled With

As Shen Shi passed by a fortune-telling stall, the stall owner looked at him and said in a low voice, "Brother, judging from your face, you must be troubled by something! Why don't you have your fortune told? I won't take your money!"

After listening, Shen Shi glanced at the fortune teller's stall owner and slowly sat down. The stall owner looked at Shen Shi and gestured for him to draw a character.

Shen Shi pulled out a piece of paper from a stack of characters. The stall owner looked at the character Shen Shi had pulled out, and then looked at Shen Shi.

He slowly began to speak: "Brother, are you here to find someone? And that person has been missing for some time now."

Upon hearing this, Shen Shi was immediately incredulous; how could anyone have noticed that?

Then, he looked at the stall owner and said in a low voice, "Please tell me, sir, whether I can find the person this time."

After hearing this, the stall owner looked at Shen Shi and said in a low voice, "Brother, you probably won't be able to find anyone. But it's a good thing you won't be able to find them either; you have to take things easy!"

After hearing this, Shen Shi looked at the stall owner, paid the money, thanked him, and left.

Shen Shi gradually relaxed, and then he turned and walked towards the Yuelai Inn. A short while later, he returned to the Yuelai Inn.

Shen Shi returned to his room, put away the hairpin he had bought, and quietly lay down on the bed. Soon after, he fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Shen Shi got up early. He gathered his subordinates and they went to a wonton stall on the street.

Everyone ordered a large bowl of wontons and ate them. After finishing their wontons, Shen Shi led his men back to the camp at full speed.

Shen Shi recounted the events that had transpired in the city over the past few days to his subordinates.

Upon hearing this, the subordinates' expressions turned extremely solemn. They couldn't believe that Su Nanxuan might be gone. "General, could it be that General Su is really gone?"

After hearing this, Shen Shi looked at his subordinates and said in a low voice, "This general also doesn't want to believe it, and I also hope that General Su is safe!"

Shen Shi led his men to the river below the cliff. By then, one of his men's neighbors and his neighbor's apprentice had already arrived.

The apprentice held an exceptionally large net and cast it several times, but still couldn't find any trace of Su Nanxuan.

The subordinate's neighbor looked at his apprentice and said in a low voice, "Apprentice, should we arrange for a few people who know how to swim to dive down and check the underwater situation?"

After listening, the apprentice looked at the neighbors, then at Shen Shi and the others, and said, "Master, this is indeed a good idea. It's just that we don't have enough resources on our side!"

After hearing this, Shen Shi looked at his apprentice, then at his neighbor, and said in a low voice, "Master, leave this to me!"

After Shen Shi finished speaking, he looked at his subordinates and said loudly, "Brothers, I need your help now. Those of you who can swim and are not afraid, please step forward."

After hearing this, the subordinates looked at Shen Shi and stepped forward one after another. Before long, more than twenty subordinates had stood up.

The apprentice was stunned by the sight! He looked at Shen Shi and said in a low voice, "General, we don't need so many men."

After listening, Shen Shi looked at his apprentices and selected a few with good physical strength. The apprentices looked at the water and pointed out the search area for each person.

Then, the men went into the water together, went to the designated spot, and dived to the bottom.

They searched meticulously, not missing a single clue, for this matter concerned the life and death of their brother who had shared life and death with them.

However, after searching for a long time, they found no trace of Su Nanxuan. So, they all surfaced.

At this moment, the apprentice looked at Shen Shi, shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice, "General, so much time has passed! Water flows, and General Su may have already been swept away by the current to another place."

Upon hearing this, Shen Shi led his men to continue searching carefully along the direction of the water flow, with his apprentices and neighbors following along with their tools.

Time flies, and more than two months have passed in the blink of an eye. Shen Shi and his men are still searching anxiously for Su Nanxuan's whereabouts.

That day, they passed by a small fishing village. Shen Shi looked around the village and decided to go in and ask the locals about their situation.

Shen Shi went inside and saw a fisherman holding a fishing net, preparing to come out.

Shen Shi glanced at the fishermen, then quickly stepped forward, took out Su Nanxuan's portrait, and asked with a slight smile, "Hello! Have you ever seen the person in the portrait?"

The fisherman looked at Su Nanxuan's portrait, then at Shen Shi, and shook his head slightly. "Never seen him! Our place is quite secluded; few outsiders come here."

After the fisherman finished speaking, he looked at Shen Shi, then took the fishing net, loaded it onto a small boat, and went out to fish in the river.

At that moment, another woman came out from inside.

Upon seeing this, Shen Shi immediately stepped forward with Su Nanxuan's portrait and asked in a low voice, "Miss, have you ever seen the person in the portrait?"

Upon seeing the portrait, the woman waved her hand and immediately ran away in fright. Shen Shi, seeing this, looked at the woman's retreating figure with a puzzled expression and shook his head slightly.

A short while later, an elderly man walked towards us.

Shen Shi glanced at the old man and greeted him with a slight smile, "Grandpa, why did that little girl run away when she saw me?"

After Shen Shi finished speaking, he pointed to the girl. The old man looked in the direction Shen Shi was pointing.

"You mean her? That girl has had a really tough life. She became mute at a very young age, and her mother left with someone else and abandoned her."

Upon hearing this, Shen Shi felt a pang of sadness. The old man continued, "But that girl was lucky. She found a handsome young man a while ago, but unfortunately, he was mentally challenged."

Upon hearing this, Shen Shi earnestly hoped that Su Nanxuan could also be found like that young man.

Seeing that Shen Shi hadn't spoken for a while, the old man asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

After listening, Shen Shi looked at the old man and shook his head slightly. Then, Shen Shi took out Su Nanxuan's portrait and showed it to the old man.

"I've never seen it before!" the old man shook his head. "But I'll keep an eye out for it for you."

After hearing this, Shen Shi looked at the old man, thanked him, and then left the small fishing village with his men.