I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 44 Shirley is missing

Everyone was having fun, but the housekeeper Lim was wandering hesitantly at the entrance of the ballroom, with a troubled look on her face.

The sharp-eyed Xia Qingdai saw her first, stopped dancing, turned her head and asked her: "Lim, are you okay?"

Although Lim didn't know her, Xia Qingdai was very familiar with her.

After all, they are the first batch of villains to enter her sight!

Moreover, during this period of time in the castle, she often saw Lim with the key hanging around his waist, walking around the castle in an airy manner, arranging various trivial matters.

From a lowly maid who was abandoned by her original owner and cautiously awaited her fate, she was promoted to the housekeeper of the castle. For Lim, this can be regarded as a career peak.

Xia Qingdai often passed by Lim and was infected by her vigorous energy.

Seeing that everyone stopped to look at her, Lim walked in, bowed to everyone first, and then replied to Owen with a worried look: "Mr. Owen, I'm sorry to disturb you, but Shirley is missing. .”

Originally, the disappearance of a maid was not a big deal and would not disturb the master's enjoyment.

But Shirley was different. Although she was a maid in name, she was actually adopted, and basically no menial work was assigned to her.

Every day I just do a simple cleaning of Owen's study, such as dusting the books inside with a feather duster.

The reason for this arrangement is of course because our housekeeper, Miss Lim, knows how to adapt to the situation.

The owner obviously loved this child who was suspected of being a "witch". As a housekeeper, even if she didn't know the right direction at the beginning, she should have turned the ship around immediately after seeing the owner's behavior!
  Shirley was the little person Xia Qingdai rescued from the fire. She was only five or six years old. In modern times, she was a child in the first class of kindergarten.

Xia Qingdai quite liked this little guy.

Every time she brought something good into the castle, she would never forget to share it with the little one.

Not only because the other party gave her the most power of faith, but also because she was the one who saved her with her own hands.

"What do you mean missing?" Xia Qingdai frowned.

When such a dance is held, the servants will naturally be very busy, and chaos is certain.

But the two little guys, John and Shirley, were unlikely to be of any help on such an occasion. They were bound to be put to sleep in the servants' room early. How could they disappear?

"Excuse me for now." Owen bowed to everyone, and then said to Lim, "Let's go and bring everyone who knows the information to the study."

"Yes."

Xia Qingdai also followed Owen. Brutner and the other three guests looked at each other for a while. They lost interest in dancing, so they simply went back to their respective rooms.

As Gauss walked up the stairs, he glanced back in the direction of Irving's study.

He always felt that the so-called "cousin" today was a bit unusual. Not only is his appearance unusual, his origins should be too.

Of course, he had never seen an Oriental before. This was just an inexplicable intuition.

After following Owen into the study, Xia Qingdai couldn't help but tremble.

There is no fireplace here, and the temperature is transmitted from the ballroom. Naturally, it is much colder than other rooms with fireplaces!

What's more, Xia Qingdai was still wearing a dress with bare breasts and arms. Even though she was approved for a fur, it didn't matter.

Owen thoughtfully asked Lim to go to the living room to get the wool blanket, and then he asked Xia Qingdai to sit on the single chair in front of the desk, while he took a seat behind the desk.

Not long after, Lim brought over a wool blanket and put it on Xia Qingdai.

At the same time, she also brought two maids over.

Owen asked, "Who discovered that Shirley was missing?" A rough maid stepped forward, knelt down and replied, "Mr. Owen, it's me."

"What's your name and what do you do?"

"Back to Mr. Owen, my name is Nana. I am responsible for lighting the fire in the fireplace and doing some cleaning work on the first floor."

Owen nodded slightly. No wonder he didn't see this maid named Nana very often.

Such rough servants generally have to avoid their masters when working and cannot appear in front of them easily. Otherwise, they will be in trouble and may be deducted from their money by the housekeeper.

Even though it is a small castle, it is also very hierarchical.

Owen then asked her: "When did you find out that Shirley was missing?"

"Just after seeing off the guests, my work was gone. I thought I would go back to the room and lie down. Passing by Shirley's bed, I took another look and found that there was no one on her bed."

"Is her bed warm?" Owen asked immediately.

The maid Nana shook her head: "It looks like she hasn't slept at all!"

"When was the last time you saw Shirley?"

The maid Nana thought for a while before replying: "It's dinner time."

Owen looked at Lim again: "What are the arrangements for tonight, Shirley?"

Lim pointed to another maid next to her: "Sir, I usually tell Shirley to go to bed after dinner. There is a dance today, there are many guests, and there are also many cheap servants outside, and their hands and feet are not clean. I am too busy. Come on, let the two little guys be arranged by John’s family. In the end, this prostitute only took care of her own boys, but not Shirley! Damn it!”

Lim's words were fast and messy, and seemed to be mixed with national curses. Xia Qingdai could only understand a few words.

All in all, Xia Qingdai understood the meaning. It's just that Shirley is not under her control today, and she has no arrangements.

She had to take care of the things in the castle first to prevent them from being taken away by some lowly servant from outside.

Mrs. John, the widow who took her husband's surname, immediately called out, saying that when she left the servant's room, Shirley stayed in it obediently, but then she came out to do her business, and who knows where that careless little thing went. went.

Xia Qingdai looked at the three maids in front of her and realized that they were all good at shirking their responsibilities!

Owen raised his hand to stop Lim from accusing the two inferior maids, and ordered: "Get everyone up, search inside and outside the castle, up and down, and we must find the person."

Then he shouted outside: "Paul!"

Paul, who had been waiting outside, came in and said, "Sir, what are your orders?"

"Go out and invite a few tenants, light torches and search the fields and ice together to see if there is anyone there."

"Yes!"

Who is responsible is not the point now. On a cold day, the most important thing is to find the child first.

If you are kept outside in this kind of weather, it can freeze to death.

Although it is said that the children of poor people have already become rich, Shirley is a child under six years old after all.

After the servants all acted according to Owen's instructions, Xia Qingdai nodded lightly to Owen, and in an instant, a scene of the disappearance of a living person was performed in front of his eyes.

After a while, she was back in the modern room.

She quickly lay down on top of the castle, overlooking the world below, looking for traces of the little Shirley. She had a wider view from a higher position.

(End of this chapter)