Crown Jewels

Chapter 141

"Fu Sinian is a playboy by nature. He can't turn his eyes away when he sees a woman in Pingkang Square. He spends a lot of money for such a lowly brothel girl. He is not a person worth making friends with. You can't be fooled by his smooth talk!"

You Zhi became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke, and his voice became more passionate when he revealed his true feelings, but he didn't see the darker and darker face of the woman in front of him.

"Lan Qing—"

"A brothel girl is lowly, Fu Sinian's behavior for her shows that her character is not good..."

Shen Lanqing endured it, but You Zhi's words became more and more intense, so she had to interrupt.

"Youzhi—"

The woman's voice was lifeless and calm, You Zhi came back to his senses in a daze, and called out Lan Qing in confusion.

At this time, he seemed to realize that after he had spoken for so long, Shen Lanqing in front of him didn't give him half a response, but just stood there quietly.

Seeing You Zhi finally regained consciousness, Shen Lanqing frowned and stretched her brows slightly.

She looked up at the man opposite, her face was calm, her tone was calm but also indifferent.

"I have a first name and a surname, and my name is Shen Lanqing."

"Although we are both in the academy, we are not familiar with each other."

"So, I trouble Young Master You to pay more attention in the future, so as not to cause misunderstandings by others."

These words made You Zhi completely dumbfounded, he stared blankly at Shen Lanqing, embarrassment spread across his face.

Thinking of Fu Sinian just mentioned, Shen Lanqing didn't look at You Zhi, but said to herself.

"I don't care about other people's affairs, and you don't need to tell me."

"I only know that "Returning the Ancients and Returning" once said something, so I can't say what my classmates are right or wrong!"

The woman's voice was extremely calm, but it made You Zhi inexplicably feel ashamed of being pointed at her nose and scolded.

The man's face was blue and red, and he wanted to poke his neck to let her open her eyes, but the woman opposite was Shen Lanqing, and You Zhi didn't have the courage.

After saying this, Shen Lanqing's tone paused, looking at You Zhi with a kind face, he seemed to think of something.

The corners of Shen Lanqing's lips curled up in a mocking arc, and her eyes dimmed and became lifeless.

"One more thing, since Mr. You said that he is from my hometown——"

"Then you should also remember that my mother is also the despicable maiko you just said!"

These words, Shen Lanqing said every word, there was still no superfluous expression on her face, but her eyes were fixed on the person in front of her.

You Zhi staggered, only to feel that a heavy hammer hit his heart hard, making him feel ashamed and wishing he could get into the cracks in the ground.

"Lan Qing, I'm sorry, no, I didn't mean that?"

Before You Zhi could finish his defense, Shen Lanqing interrupted him by raising his hand.

The woman Yuan Shan's eyebrows and eyes showed a little impatience, and she didn't want to listen to his explanation, so she just forced him to nod slightly and turned to leave.

The sound of the copper bell echoed melodiously in the academy, and Fu Sinian did not wait for Shen Lanqing to come back until the teaching class was completely over.

While he was dejected, he couldn't help but simply asked Gu Baozhu who was still teaching.

Only then did he know that Shen Lanqing had gone to Zangshu Pavilion.

Resting at noon, two or three scholars went to eat five meals together. Fu Sinian searched around in the library, but did not see Shen Lanqing.

Fu Sinian was a little anxious, so he didn't stay in the academy for dinner.

He didn't have any important classes in the afternoon, so he simply led a horse in the racecourse.

The clatter of horseshoes kicked up a thousand layers of soil on the official road, and it was quite a posture of riding a horse.

On the way, we bypassed Huangling and returned to Fangjian Fu's Mansion from the southern suburbs.

Fu Sinian came back after a long journey, looked at the plaque of Fu's mansion in front of him, and felt a little more at ease in his heart.

He traveled like this, just to see if the coachman he sent to escort Qing Dai back to Lingnan has returned.

In doing so, there was actually no hope at all.

However, Fu Sinian was a little irritable, restless in the academy.

In this state, he simply found something for himself to do.

But who would have imagined that the moment Fu Sinian arrived at the gate of Fu's residence, he saw a familiar groom open the side door to welcome him in.

When the coachman saw him, it was obvious from his expression that he had something to report.

"Son—"

Fu Sinian frowned, stepped towards the threshold with long legs, and asked directly.

"How about the girl you sent back to Lingnan a few days ago?"

The coachman choked slightly when he heard the words, and put his hands behind his back a little uncomfortably. This was what he and Fu Sinian had to explain.

"My lord, it's all because of the old slave's failure in handling affairs!"

After saying these words, Fu Sinian knew that things might change.

Fu Sinian had a bad expression on the driver's side, but he didn't dare to show off, so he had to tell the truth.

"My lord, two days ago this old slave sent Miss Qingdai to the carriage, and after only half a day's running, I arrived at the gate of Lin'an City."

"Because it was late at night, the old slave thought about staying at the post at the gate of the city for one night, and continued on his way during the day."

Fu Sinian nodded, but his thinking was correct, even if people are not tired, horses still need to rest.

"The old slave put Miss Qingdai in the station, and went to feed the horses and drink water alone."

"Miss Qingdai never went downstairs to eat, so the old slave sent the proprietress upstairs to deliver some food."

"It was fine at first, but who would have thought that the next morning, when the old slave knocked on the door of Miss Qingdai's room, there was no movement inside."

"The old slave anxiously called the female shopkeeper to go up and take a look, but there was no one in the wing room!"

"Miss Qingdai doesn't know when she just disappeared."

Fu Sinian was slightly taken aback by these words, and immediately asked.

"Why do people disappear for no reason? Are there signs of struggle or fighting in the room?"

The coachman also realized something, but shook his head seriously and said.

"There will be no traces of struggle. The old servant searched the wing room and found that not only Miss Qingdai was missing, but even the silver and soft bundles that you gave her were gone, and the bedding on the bed was also flat, without any wrinkles."

Hearing this, Fu Sinian walked around twice, and suddenly recalled in his mind that night in Pingkangfang, when he told Qing Dai that he wanted to send her back to Lingnan, she was not as happy as she expected.

The inn left traces, since there were no traces of struggle, it is tentatively deduced that Qingdai could not have been plotted against.

Then...the most likely reason for the disappearance is that Qing Dai took the package and left at night!

According to this logic, it can be seen that Qing Dai didn't want to go back to her hometown in Lingnan, so she ran away halfway.

Fu Sinian guessed the truth of the matter more than half, only nodded to the coachman but didn't get entangled.

Since Qing Dai has not been plotted against, and she does not want to accept her arrangement to return to her hometown in Lingnan, it is up to her to choose her own path.

He is not a god and Buddha, he will save others because of a momentary soft-heartedness, so it is impossible to take care of her for a lifetime.

"Hey--"

"Master, why are you leaving so soon, Madam has been talking about you for a long time."

The coachman's shout made Fu Sinian, who was walking away, pause slightly, with a three-point apology on his face.

"Uncle Li, there are still classes at the academy, and I can't make it in time today. I will come back in two days to say hello to my mother."

"I'm fine, you tell mother not to worry about it!"

After finishing speaking, Fu Sinian jumped on the horse resolutely, stretched his legs and grabbed the rein tightly with his hands, leaving only the handsome and vigorous back of the groom, and the dust kicked up in the air when the horse's hooves trampled on the ground.

Fu Sinian, who returned to the academy, continued to work and rest as usual, and never paid attention to the rumors.

Sure enough, Fu Sinian didn't express anything in the world, and the rumors came and went quickly.

The rumors of incongruity were quickly blocked by the decent test results in the hands of the head of the mountain.

All the scholars looked at the instructions on the rice paper in front of them, which belonged exclusively to the head of the mountain. They couldn't care about others, they couldn't protect themselves.

(End of this chapter)