Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 60 Shameless

Yan Ciwan followed Chao Yuanzhi to Taoran Ju.

Chao Yuanzhi's expression was extremely ugly all the way. Before entering the bedroom, he reminded in a deep voice.

"My wife is ill and cannot chat with you for too long. I can only give you a cup of tea at most."

Yan Ciwan nodded perfunctorily: "Got it, open the door quickly."

Chao Yuanzhi glanced at the old woman guarding outside the door.

The old woman understood and walked forward and opened the door.

Yan Ciwan immediately stepped over the threshold and walked in, followed closely by Chao Yuanzhi.

Because the doors and windows were closed, ventilation in the house was difficult, and Yan Ciwan felt a little stuffy as soon as he entered the room.

She walked around the screen and saw Liu lying on the bed.

At this time, Liu was in a very bad spirit, with two dark circles under her eyes, obviously she had not rested well, and she looked sick. Fortunately, her complexion was still okay, and her condition was not so serious that no medicine could cure it.

Liu didn't expect Yan Ci to suddenly show up at the party, and immediately sat up by supporting herself on the edge of the bed.

"Ah Ci, why are you here?"

Yan Ciwan walked over quickly and sat down beside the bed. While carefully examining Liu's face, he said, "I heard that you were ill, so I came to see you. What's wrong with you? Is it serious? Have you seen a doctor?"

Liu was very emotional. She grabbed Yan Ciwan's hand and was about to say something when she caught a glimpse of Chao Yuanzhi's figure out of the corner of her eye. Her expression changed slightly and then she closed her mouth and remained silent.

Yan Ciwan noticed her abnormality and immediately turned to look at Chao Yuanzhi who followed in and said.

"I want to talk to my wife alone for a while. Can you please leave for a moment?"

Chao Yuanzhi stood still: "No, my wife is weak, I have to stay here to look after her."

"I just wanted to say a few words to my wife. It won't burden her body."

But no matter what Yan Ciwan said, Chao Yuanzhi refused to leave.

Seeing that he insisted on staying here, Yan Ciwan was annoyed, but there was nothing he could do about it.

At this moment, Liu suddenly held her hand and whispered, "I have caught a cold. I have already seen a doctor. The doctor gave me a prescription and told me to rest at home."

Yan Ci Wan felt like she had put something into his hand. Yan Ci Wan immediately held her hand with his other hand and spoke with concern.

"Madam, please take good care of yourself."

Liu replied softly, "I will."

"Did you see Alu last night?"

When she mentioned her daughter, Liu's eyes suddenly turned red and she choked up.

"Alu came back because she was worried about me. Last night she sat where you are now. She held my hand and talked to me for a long time, just like you did. Then I fell asleep without realizing it, and when I woke up I found that Alu was gone. The master sent people to look for her everywhere, but they couldn't find her. I'm very worried about Alu. Is she in danger?"

Yan Ciwan soothed her gently, "Don't worry, Alu is very smart, she will be fine. Can you tell me what you talked about with Alu last night?"

"She asked me how I got sick and what happened at home recently. Then she talked about Lan Ying. She said she didn't kill Lan Ying, and the real murderer was someone else. She also told me some daily trivia. That's about it."

Yan Ciwan asked again: "Did you notice anything unusual last night?"

Liu shook her head: "No, everything is normal."

"Did you go out yesterday?"

Liu still shook her head: "I have been feeling very uncomfortable these past two days. I have been lying in bed the whole time and have not been going anywhere."

Chao Yuanzhi reminded him, "It's time for a cup of tea."

Yan Ciwan shook Liu's hand vigorously and said gently, "I will do my best to find A'Lu. Take good care of yourself. I will come to see you again when I have time."

Liu looked at her eagerly: "You must find A'lu!" Chao Yuanzhi walked over, held Liu's wrist, and pulled it out with a force that seemed gentle but was actually strong.

"The most important thing for you right now is to take good care of yourself. A-Lu is my daughter. I will do everything I can to find her. Don't worry."

He held Liu's hand and looked at her deeply.

This should have been a warm scene, but it made Liu's face even paler.

Chao Yuanzhi held her shoulders and made her lie back on the bed.

Chao Yuanzhi lowered the bed curtain to block Liu's view of the outside world, then turned to look at Yan Ciwan and ordered her to leave with an expressionless face.

"You've already met the people you wanted to meet, and you've asked all the questions you wanted to ask. It's time to leave."

Yan Ciwan stood up and glanced at the embroidered shoes placed on the footstool beside the bed.

She keenly noticed that there was some mud on the edge of the sole.

Chao Yuanzhi sent her out of Taoran Ju, and then called the butler Chao Fu to ask him to send Yan Ciwan away from the Chao Mansion.

Yan Ciwan suddenly said, "I have seen scars on Madam Chao's body."

Chao Yuanzhi, who was about to turn around and go back, stopped.

He looked at Yan Ciwan and said expressionlessly, "Maybe she bumped into it accidentally. She is always so clumsy."

"You and I both know exactly how Madam Chao got the injuries. Now that Chao Lu is missing, Madam Chao, as the last person to see Chao Lu, plays a vital role in finding her. I may come to your house again to visit Madam Chao. I hope that General Chao can take good care of Madam Chao and not let her get any more unexplained injuries."

Yan Ciwan's words were extremely impolite, and he almost engraved the word "threat" on his forehead.

Chao Yuanzhi was so angry that his face turned blue and his eyes were like knives, piercing her.

"Chaolu's disappearance may not be related to the serial murder case. Don't use chicken feathers as an excuse!"

Yan Ciwan said slowly, "Chaolu had just come out of the government office when she disappeared inexplicably. It's hard to say if the murderer didn't know that Chaolu had reported the case to the police and was worried that she would identify him in the future, so he took the initiative and kidnapped her to silence her."

Chao Yuanzhi said in a deep voice: "This is just your guess."

"But you can't deny that it's a possibility, right?"

"I won't argue with you about this. Just go and investigate your case. I have other things to do. Sorry, I can't keep you company!"

After saying this, he flicked his sleeves, turned around with a gloomy face and went back to the house.

Chaofu made a gesture of invitation to Yan Ciwan.

Yan Ciwan said he would go somewhere else to have a look.

Chaofu refused directly.

Yan Ciwan took out the token of the Inner Guard Palace again and waved it in front of him.

Even Chao Yuanzhi, the head of the family, couldn't go against the Inner Guard Palace, let alone a small housekeeper. Chao Fu was forced to bow his head and dared not say a word.

He let Yan Ciwan wander around the mansion, and he followed her silently.
He kept staring at Yan Ciwan without blinking to prevent her from doing anything tricky.

Yan Ciwan first went to Tingfeng Courtyard, which had been cleaned up. After a round, he did not find anything wrong.

Then she went to Qionghua Tower where Chao Yue lived.

Chao Yue was not at home at this time, and there were only a few servants doing cleaning in the Qionghua Tower.

Qionghua Tower is divided into two floors. Seeing Yan Ciwan was about to go upstairs, Chaofu couldn't help but speak out to stop him.

"That's the master's bedroom. How can you, an unmarried girl, just barge in there without permission? Aren't you afraid that people will say you have no shame if they find out?"

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