After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 50 Du Huan Has Gone Mad

"Hibiscus is missing?" Du Huan visibly panicked. "I'll go find her right now!"

Bai Wanqing nodded, letting Xiao Liu follow him, while she herself led Ruixin out of the clinic.

Before leaving, she didn't forget to tell Manager Zhou, "Manager Zhou, if Furong returns to the clinic or the Bai family, please let us know. Ruixin and I will go to the backstreet to check!"

"Yes, Miss!" Manager Zhou didn't dare to be negligent and immediately sent someone to keep an eye on the Bai family.

Bai Wanqing wasn't riding a horse, so she could take a shortcut. "Miss, the Second Miss was terrified at the gambling den last time, so she probably won't go there again this time!" Ruixin said, stating her judgment.

But Bai Wanqing had a bad feeling. "No matter what, let's go and see!"

When Bai Wanqing and her group arrived at the back street, there weren't many people there yet. The business hours here are late, and it would probably take another hour or two before the number of people gradually increased.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way! You're not welcome here!" Three henchmen at the entrance of the gambling den threw a burly man out.

"I really won't cheat anymore, you can search me if you don't believe me! Please, just let me in!" Yan the Bearded Man pleaded, lying on the ground.

The gambling den employee spat and ignored him, then went into the gambling den, leaving Yan the Bearded Man alone lying there.

The few passersby pointed and whispered, "Evil people will be punished by other evil people!"

Yan Dahuzi, his eyes bloodshot, got up cursing and turned around to see Bai Wanqing not far away.

Bai Wanqing also saw him. Yan Dahuzi walked over, his face full of malice. "You bitch! It's all because of you that I can no longer enter the gambling den. Do you know that cutting off someone's livelihood is equivalent to killing their parents? Today I will make you pay the price."

After saying that, Yan Da Hu Zi went to grab Bai Wan Qing, but Bai Wan Qing took out fifty taels of silver notes from her bosom and placed them directly in front of Yan Da Hu Zi. Yan Da Hu Zi's eyes widened. He had been suffering these past few days.

Since he could no longer make money in the gambling den, he had no income. Not only that, those he had previously won from had robbed him of all his property, claiming that he should pay it back.

He was on the verge of starvation when a young lady from the Liu family approached him, asking him to slander Bai Wanqing. He had been living off that money, and he never imagined that Bai Wanqing would give him money.

"You bastard, what are you trying to do now!" Yan Dahuzi looked around warily, but didn't see anyone nearby.

He was terrified, afraid of falling into Bai Wanqing's trap. After all, he had lost every time he encountered this woman, and lost completely.

"Master Yan, you should know what I'm going to do?" Bai Wanqing's expression was serious, and a hint of ruthlessness was revealed in her eyes.

Yan the Bearded Man shook his head and waved his hand, "I don't know, but this time you're a smart woman. Since you paid to avoid trouble, I'll let you go this time."

Yan Dahuzi reached for the money, but Bai Wanqing quickly pulled her hand back, leaving Yan Dahuzi grasping at thin air and grabbing nothing.

"You woman, you're asking for it!" Yan Da Hu Zi immediately jumped up again.

Bai Wanqing remained calm and looked at Yan Dahuzi, asking, "Master Yan, you've been in this area for a long time, so you must know everything that happens here. How about I use this money to buy you some information?"

Yan Da Hu Zi's eyes darted around. He had been furious just moments before, but now he had calmed down. He seemed to have thought of something, and his gaze toward Bai Wan Qing was somewhat amused.

"I know what you want to ask!" Yan Dahuzi said smugly.

"Oh?" Bai Wanqing looked sharply at Yan Da Hu Zi. "Since you know, Mr. Yan, please tell me."

Yan the Bearded Man stretched out his index finger and shook it in front of Bai Wanqing. "Fifty taels isn't enough. Your second sister's life is worth at least five hundred taels, don't you think?"

Bai Wanqing's expression changed slightly, and she said in a deep voice, "Did you capture Furong?"

Yan the Bearded Man shook his head. “I didn’t! I just know a little bit. Although I like beautiful women, all the beautiful women I have are ones I won back. I don’t have a penchant for stealing people.”

"Snatch someone?" Bai Wanqing's eyes were murderous. Yan Dahuzi was shocked when he glanced at her. How could this woman have such an aura? Afraid of letting something slip, Yan Dahuzi quickly shut up. He was going to use this information to make money.

Bai Wanqing tried her best to calm herself down, constantly analyzing the people and things related to Furong in her mind. Fortunately, Furong didn't have many people to interact with on a daily basis, so Bai Wanqing didn't need to do much screening before locking onto someone in her mind.

"It's you! It's you!" Bai Wanqing told Ruixin to call for help, while she faced Yan the Bearded Man head-on.

"It wasn't me! It wasn't me!" Yan Da Hu Zi was intimidated by Bai Wan Qing's imposing manner and instinctively retorted.

"That's Young Master Zhang! He's the one who kidnapped Furong!" Yan Da Hu Zi wanted to say no, but his shifty eyes betrayed him, and his momentary hesitation also betrayed him. By the time he was about to say it wasn't Young Master Zhang, Bai Wan Qing had already run away.

Once outside the back street, Bai Wanqing saw Du Huan riding up on horseback.

"Miss Bai, do you have news of Furong?" Du Huan's face was pale, and beads of sweat were faintly visible on his forehead. It seemed he had just run around to many places and was genuinely worried about Furong. "It's Zhang Changyun, the Second Young Master Zhang. He kidnapped Furong," Bai Wanqing replied immediately.

Upon hearing that it was the Second Young Master Zhang, Du Huan immediately rode his horse to the Zhang family. Bai Wanqing told Ruixin to go back first and inform Manager Zhou and Uncle Liu, while she herself jogged all the way to the Zhang family.

When she arrived at the Zhang family's residence, Du Huan had already knocked Zhang Changyun to the ground, and the Zhang family's servants were all lying on the ground, unable to restrain the somewhat crazed Du Huan.

Unexpectedly, Du Huan still possessed some martial arts skills. The Zhang family's steward lay on the ground groaning in pain, completely disregarding his second young master.

Du Huan grabbed Zhang Er Gongzi by the collar and shouted angrily, "Are you going to talk or not?!"

Zhang Changyun covered his head with his hands, curled up, and begged for mercy, "I really don't know! Why would I kidnap the second young lady of the Bai family? We've already broken off the engagement, and it was our Zhang family who proposed it. There's absolutely no reason for it!"

Zhang Changyun refused to admit it, and Du Huan gritted his teeth, anxious and at a loss for what to do.

Bai Wanqing approached and patted Du Huan on the shoulder. Du Huan paused for a moment before reluctantly letting go. Zhang Changyun, whose neck had been choked, was now panting heavily as he was finally released.

Bai Wanqing bent down and glared angrily at Zhang Changyun, who was still feigning grievance, "I really didn't tie up Miss Bai, Miss Bai, you have to believe me! You've got the wrong person."

Bai Wanqing coldly curled the corners of her lips and whispered in his ear, "So how did you pay off your gambling debts?"

Bai Wanqing wasn't sure either, but if Zhang Changyun really had kidnapped Furong, then there was only one motive for it.

Zhang Changyun was clearly hesitant, and Bai Wanqing noticed his hesitation. Bai Wanqing, using a psychological approach, said, "Zhang Changyun, if you tell us now that we have found Furong and she is alright, our Bai family will spare your life. But if something happens to her, not to mention the Du family or the Huang family, my Bai family alone is willing to risk everything to make you and your entire Zhang family perish with her."

Zhang Changyun wasn't afraid of Bai Wanqing's threats, but Du Huan's appearance just now frightened him. The Bai family's power might not be that great, but the Du family was different. The Du family could crush the Zhang family as easily as crushing ants.

Bai Wanqing's words weren't directed at the Bai family, but rather at the Du and Huang families, who wouldn't let him off the hook in the future.

It's all that bitch Bai Qinglian's fault for instigating him to do such a foolish thing. Nobody told him that Bai Furong had gotten involved with the Du family!
"She...she was sold out of the city?" Zhang Changyun said through gritted teeth.

"Which way did they go?" Du Huan felt a pang in his heart when he heard the word "sell," and he picked up Zhang Changyun, who was lying on the ground, once again.

"Heading west, towards Huizhou!" Zhang Changyun said, trembling.

Without a word, Du Huan forcefully threw the person back to the ground, mounted his horse, glanced at Bai Wanqing, and said, "Miss Bai, there's no time to lose, I can't take you with me."

Bai Wanqing nodded, "You go first, I'll be there shortly."

Du Huan couldn't wait any longer. The thought of Furong being sold made his heart leap out of his chest, so he spurred his horse and galloped away.

Soon Ruixin arrived with the Bai family. Bai Wanqing asked Uncle Liu to take Zhang Changyun back. The Zhang family's steward tried to stop him, but there were too many Bai family members. He had just heard that it was indeed his young master who had sold the Bai family's daughter.

They couldn't reason with him, and they couldn't fight him, so they could only watch helplessly as Zhang Changyun was taken back to the Bai family.

Bai Wanqing, who stayed behind, was worried about Du Huan being alone and wanted to find a horse to follow him. Just as she was looking around, she saw a familiar figure.

Without saying a word, she went straight for the man.

"Young Master Lin, can I borrow your horse?" Bai Wanqing said anxiously, pulling on Lin Yunche's reins.

Lin Yunche raised an eyebrow and did not give in, but seeing Bai Wanqing's anxious look, he did not refuse.

Bai Wanqing looked up at him and said, "Please, I need to go out of the city for a while. Can I borrow your horse? It's a matter of life and death!"

Lin Yunche frowned, grabbed Bai Wanqing's arm, and pulled her onto the horse, asking without further ado, "Which way?"

Bai Wanqing leaned into Lin Yunche's arms. She was somewhat annoyed, but it was not the right time, so she could only suppress her anger. "In the west, on the way to Huizhou."

Lin Yunche nodded slightly and drove Bai Wanqing directly out of the city from the west.

Once outside the city, the two rode even faster!

Bai Wanqing stared ahead, but Du Huan was nowhere to be seen.

Bai Wanqing calculated in her mind that Furong had left early in the morning and had only been at the Du family's house for half an hour without entering. Now that she had been taken out of the city, it had probably been five or six hours. If they were to enter the county town of Huizhou, it would be much more difficult for Bai Wanqing and the others to find Furong immediately.

Bai Wanqing frowned and urged, "Young Master Lin, can you hurry up a bit?"

(End of this chapter)