Pawning lifespan, starting from a low-level martial arts world to transform into a dragon.

Chapter 90 Guanshi

That evening, Madam Guan Rongci finished her Buddhist prayers as usual and returned to her residence.

A maidservant met her in the corridor, bowed respectfully, and casually remarked, "Madam, the young mistress came looking for you today, but you weren't there. Should I go and fetch her now?"

Guan Rongci assumed that Guo was there to discuss her return to her parents' home and didn't take it seriously. She casually said, "She has already told me about her return to her parents' home, so there's no need to bother her anymore."

"Yes." The maidservant wisely refrained from further words and bowed her head as she withdrew.

After a while, the maid who was helping with washing up brought a copper basin and hot water. Guan Rongci washed her face as usual and slowly sat down in front of the dressing table.

Her personal maidservant stepped forward and removed her hair ornaments one by one.

Guan Rongci closed her eyes and twirled her prayer beads, softly reciting scriptures. She chatted and laughed with the maid beside her from time to time, appearing kind and approachable.

While changing her clothes, she walked to the bedside and noticed that a corner of the bedding was slightly messy, as if someone had moved it. She frowned involuntarily.

Guan Rongci asked casually, "Who came to redo my bed today?"

The personal maid looked puzzled and asked strangely, "The doctor changed the bedding just now, and Tao'er and the others had already made it up when they left this morning. No one has touched it."

Upon hearing this, Guan Rongci felt a sense of unease.

She habitually touched the bed frame, then suddenly asked, "Besides you, who else has been in my bedroom today?"

The maid said, "When the eldest young mistress came to see the madam this afternoon, she waited in the room for a while."

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Guan Rongci suddenly spoke up, "You all get out."

The two maids serving beside him exchanged glances, not daring to ask any more questions, and hurriedly left the room after bowing.

After closing the door, Madam Guan quickly walked to the bedside, lifted the covers, pulled a thin key from around her neck, and inserted it into the hidden lock on the bed board.

With a soft "click," the wooden board popped open, and she reached inside, only to find nothing.

The dark compartment was completely empty.

Her banknotes, gold and silver, land deeds—all the things she had accumulated over the years—had vanished.

The color drained from Guan's face instantly, turning deathly pale.

Undeterred, she anxiously groped around in the hidden compartment, then forcefully yanked off the blankets, lifted the bed board, and peered inside. She found it completely empty, with nothing left behind.

"Someone come here!"

A sharp question burst from Guan's mouth.

The maids and servants waiting outside heard the shouts and rushed into the room in a panic.

Guan stood before the bed, staring intently at the empty, dark compartment, saying nothing, her face clouded with a frighteningly gloomy expression.

A surge of anger mixed with panic suddenly rose from the bottom of my heart.

Suddenly, Madam Guan looked up sharply, her eyes bloodshot. She glanced at everyone and asked, "Was it only the eldest young mistress who entered my room today?"

The maids and servants looked at each other in confusion. One of them mustered her courage and stepped forward, saying, "Yes, yes—only the young mistress is here."

Guan Rongci walked over step by step and asked in a cold voice, "Is there anyone else besides her?"

"That's all."

Guan Rongci suddenly grabbed the vajra from the table and struck a maid in the temple.

The maid was caught off guard and took a hit.

A dull thud rang out, and before the maid could even scream, blood splattered from her head, and she collapsed limply to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, the maid who had been chatting and laughing just moments before was now lying in a pool of blood, her fate unknown.

"Useless things, what are you all good for? Who gave her permission to enter my bedroom?" Guan Rongci was clearly genuinely angry.

The people in the room knelt down with a thud, trembling as they replied, "The young mistress often comes here—how could we dare to stop her!"

No, how would she know what's under the bed?

Guan Rongci suddenly remembered something, looked at the maids and servants kneeling in front of her, and a hint of murderous intent was faintly revealed on her face.

She dropped the vajra, turned and rushed out the door, heading straight for Guo's courtyard.

The old nanny who had followed him for many years hurriedly chased after him.

When they arrived at the Guo family's courtyard, they found it dark, quiet, and empty.

Guo's personal maid Chunying was not there, nor was the old woman guarding the gate; the entire courtyard seemed to have been emptied out.

Guan pushed open the door to Guo's bedroom. She saw that the bedding was neatly folded and most of the things in the wardrobe were gone. Guo obviously did not plan to return in the short term and wanted to stay at her parents' home for a while.

Guan gritted her teeth and forced out those three words: "You slut!"

At this moment, she finally figured out a bit of the flavor.

Guo said she wanted to go back to her parents' home to visit relatives and asked her to nod and let her go.

She didn't think much of it at the time, assuming it was just a normal walk, and agreed.

But now it seems that it was clearly an embezzlement and absconding!

That vile woman somehow found out about the information and dared to steal valuables from the hidden compartment while she was worshipping Buddha!

"Send someone to find the eldest young mistress immediately and bring her back to see me!" Madam Guan roared. "She only left this afternoon, she can't have gone far. We can catch up with her tonight."

"Yes."

The old woman beside him immediately obeyed the order and hurried away.

Guan Rongci returned to her residence from Guo's house.

At this moment, the entire inner quarters of the Feng family were gradually becoming gloomy.

The candlelight flickered in the night wind, gradually dimming.

That night, Madam Guan, the first wife, slept very restlessly, keeping her eyes open the whole time.

She thought it was because she couldn't control her murderous intent and had developed a murderous urge, which was why she acted that way.

So he got up again in the middle of the night and quickly recited some scriptures for a while, until he finally drifted off to sleep just before dawn.

When it was three-quarters past dawn, she got up as usual, quickly washed her face, and went straight to the side hall.

At this hour, the morning light had not yet fully entered the hall.

Guan Rongci sat in the shadows, her face expressionless.

She twirled the prayer beads between her fingers rapidly, making a soft, grinding sound, while silently reciting scriptures in her heart.

Half an hour later, the steward of the backyard, Xu Changnian, rushed over, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, and said cautiously, "Madam, we've checked all the estates outside, and the young mistress didn't spend the night there last night. As for the Guo family, I've already sent someone to inquire, but we won't have any news until tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Guan Rongci abruptly stopped moving the prayer beads in her hand, her closed eyes snapped open, blazing with fury, and her body swayed involuntarily.

The nanny standing nearby reacted quickly and rushed over to help him up.

Guan thought to herself that Guo's words were clearly directed at her.

It was my own carelessness.

Now, most of her life savings and the safety net she had prepared for herself have been wiped out, which is worse than death for her.

Guan felt a tightness in her chest, making it hard to breathe.

She gripped the prayer beads tightly, a hint of resentment rising in her heart.

Guan Rongci suddenly realized that she had broken the precepts against greed, anger, and ignorance, and quickly lowered her head to silently recite the Buddha's name.

After a while, Guan Rongci calmed down and said in a low voice, "Report any news to me immediately."

"Yes, yes!" Xu Changnian bowed repeatedly and withdrew.