Chapter 322 - Chapter 322: 322 (1/2)

Chapter 322: 322

It had been three days since Wei Ruo and Lady Yun returned to the Military

Prefecture.

The two of them didn’t notice anything unusual upon their return, not until Jing Hu reported to Lady Yun that Wei Yichen hadn’ t returned home for three days.

Lady Yun’s face changed drastically. She immediately summoned everyone in the household to Cangyun Garden to inquire about the situation.

Besides Wei Ruo and Wei Qingwan, there were also Guard Jing Hu, two house managers – grandmother Li and grandmother Zhang, and the kitchen maid. Wei Ruo, grandmother Zhang, and Cuiping had been in town with Lady Yun during these days, so naturally they knew nothing about the situation. Lady Yun first confirmed with Guard Jing Hu and the servants in the house that Wei Yichen indeed hadn’t appeared at home these past few days.

Upon confirmation, Lady Yun’s face visibly paled.

“Madam…” Cuiping stepped forward, worried.

Lady Yun raised her hand to stop Cuiping’s movement. She needed to clarify this matter first; her son Yichen must be safe!

Next, Lady Yun turned her gaze to Wei Qingwan: “Why didn’t you report to the officers when your elder brother didn’t come back for several days?”

A hint of panic flashed in Wei Qingwan’s eyes, but she quickly lowered her head and replied: “Wasn’t my elder brother supposed to go back to his school?

“Your elder brother wasn’t planning to go back to his school recently. He was supposed to stay at home and wait for my news,” Lady Yun said.

“I had no idea. These past few days, I had been attending classes at Tongzhi Prefecture and was unaware of my elder brother’s schedule. I had not heard any mention of him planning to go to town instead of returning to school,” Wei Qingwan explained.

“However, Jing Hu just informed me that the day your elder brother disappeared was the day he went out to look for you! Afterwards, he, along with those who went looking for you, vanished! Could this have anything to do with you?”

As she spoke, Lady Yun’s body and voice were trembling.

Wei Qingwan explained: “That day, on my way home, I took a detour to a classmate’s house and got home late. But my elder brother already knew I was home. It was he who informed the house staff to call off the search for me.”

Lady Yun asked the household staff, and they confirmed her explanation. “Yes, that’s correct. That day, just after the hour of Chen, the young master sent Xiaonan to notify us. He said the second miss was found, and she was just taking a detour to drop off a classmate. There wasn’t any problem, so he told everyone to go back and rest. Only then did we servants return to the house.” “If the person was found, why is Yichen still missing?” Lady Yun didn’t understand.

Wei Qingwan’s tears fell as she knelt on the ground with a thud.

“It’s my fault, I should have clarified what happened! I didn’t even know my elder brother has been missing for three days, it’s my fault!” Wei Qingwan apologized repeatedly, taking the blame onto herself.

“Enough, if you didn’t know about this, I don’t have anything to blame you for.” Lady Yun waved her hand, then signaled grandmother Li to help Wei

Qingwan up.

Wei Ruo watched Wei Qingwan from the side – something told her that the matter wasn’t as simple as it seemed. Wei Qingwan didn’t appear to be as innocent and ignorant as she was pretending to be.

But she couldn’t pin down where exactly the problem lay.

After questioning the servants, Lady Yun didn’t gather any useful information, so she immediately arranged for a messenger to report to the government office. She also instructed Jing Hu to take a letter to her husband at the military camp.

Lady Yun wouldn’t normally bother her husband with household management, but since such a significant event had occurred, she didn’t know what to do.

Next, Lady Yun turned to Wei Ruo and asked her subconsciously, “Ruo, do you have any good ideas?”

“First, let’s call everyone who went to look for the person that day and ask them one by one. Some useful clues might be found from them.” Wei Ruo replied.

According to Jing Hu, everyone in the house had initially gone out to look, but later Wei Yichen said the person had been found and asked everyone to return home, leaving only six guards, who have a death pact with the Wei family, by his side.

Now that Wei Yichen and those six guards were nowhere to be found, all they could do was to search for clues among the guards who had returned home.

“Very well, Ruo, you handle this.” Lady Yun immediately handed the matter over to Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo did not refuse, because she also wanted to know what Wei Qingwan was hiding from them.

Hence, Wei Ruo called each of the household staff who had gone out to search for Wei Qingwan to her own residence, one by one, to inquire about what had transpired three days prior.