Chapter 432 - Chapter 432: Chapter 432: She Came Back Unscathed_1 (1/2)

Chapter 432: Chapter 432: She Came Back Unscathed_1

Wei Qingwan, who came in with the two, also knelt down.

The old Master Wei and Madam Wei were watching the three people kneeling in front of them and realised something was wrong.

“Where is Ruoruo? Why didn’t she come with you?” the old Madam asked anxiously.

Wei Yifeng and Wei Yipeng bowed their heads, feeling guilty and not daring to speak.

“I asked you a question. Where is Ruoruo?” The old madam’s tone was urgent.

“Speak up, what did you two do wrong?!” The old Master fiercely slapped the case of his hand rest.

Wei Yifeng nervously confessed to losing Wei Ruo, “Today…the streets were bustling…we carelessly lost Ruoruo…”

“Outrageous!” The old Master exploded, his face full of anger, “You two grown men, with maids and guards around you, how can you lose a perfectly fine person?”

The heads of Wei Yifeng and Wei Yipeng hung even lower.

Wei Qingwan knelt silently by the side of the two.

“Speak up! Tell me where you were, how could you lose her?” The old Master shouted angrily, quite upset with the two.

“We…we were on the street… It’s almost New Year, and the streets are full of people. Suddenly, a stream of people rushed us that we didn’t expect and scattered us.” Wei Yipeng explained.

“Scattered while walking on the streets? Didn’t you have guards with you? How could ordinary crowds rush at you?”

The old Master was not so easily fooled. Even if the number of guards in the Wei family had been reduced to save expenses, there were still four guards accompanying Wei Yifeng and the others when they went out.

But these four strong, armed guards wouldn’t be scattered by ordinary crowds.

Wei Yipeng’s face was full of tension, he certainly could not explain this, because the four guards were deliberately neglecting to protect Wei Qingruo by their command.

But at this moment, facing the old Master’s inquiry, they certainly couldn’t admit that they were the reason Wei Qingruo had disappeared.

Wei Yifeng was more calm than Wei Yipeng, he explained to the elders, “We don’t know why this happened either. The crowd was not like ordinary people, they aggressively moved forward without any regard for us.”

Hearing Wei Yifeng’s seemingly plausible explanation, the old Master began to believe their story a bit.

Then Wei Yifeng took the initiative to admit his mistake, “It’s my fault, I didn’t react in time. I only had time to protect Wanwan. By the time I realised, Ruoruo had disappeared.”

“Didn’t you look for her? Even if scattered, people won’t go too far, how can she not be found?” the old Madam anxiously asked.

“I don’t know why that happened, as far as I know, Ruoruo should have waited for us in place. But we couldn’t find her anywhere around, I found it very strange too!” Wei Yifeng explained.

Wei Yifeng implied that the issue was with Wei Ruo, suggesting that it could be that Wei Ruo herself had wandered off, causing them to lose her.

The old Master’s face visibly darkened.

The old Madam quickly intervened, “Ruoruo has just come to Capital City and isn’t familiar with the place. Most likely she got carried away by the crowd to an unfamiliar place.”

The old Master sneered and said, “Who knows? What if she took this opportunity to escape? How am I going to answer to Marquis Xuanping Residence?”

The old Madam quickly reasoned, “She can’t escape. Where can Ruoruo go? She doesn’t even know the way out. She’s alone without money or luggage, she can’t even leave the city.”

Hearing the old Madam’s words, the old Master’s expression eased a bit.