C57 (2/2)

”Who is it?”

Greenwood took a brief breath before saying, ”Take a guess. It was the kitchen lady from the military camp, Young Lady Su.”

Xiao Qian was stunned. He couldn't believe it. ”Who did you say came?”

”Mistress Su, it seems like there's something urgent. She's almost crying from anxiety. She said that the guards at the gate are not allowed to enter.”

After parting for a few days, Xiao Qian did not think that Su Zhi would actually come looking for him. After listening to Qing Mu's urgent words, he knew that she had met with trouble.

With that woman's personality, she wouldn't ask for help unless she had no other choice. She didn't know what kind of difficult problem she encountered this time.

Xiao Qian didn't dare to delay any further. He dismissed the servant girl who had come to deliver the message. This was equivalent to giving the madame some face.

He rushed to the back door and pushed it open with his palm. He saw a woman who had lost a lot of weight standing there looking at him pitifully.

Seeing him come out, she could no longer hold back her tears. ”General!”

Su Zhi ran over to him in tears, kneeled down and sobbed, ”Please help this commoner, General!”

When she hadn't seen Xiao Qian, Su Zhi had always warned herself not to cry. However, for some reason, the moment she saw him, she felt an inexhaustible sense of grievance and heartache.

Xiao Qian's heart thumped when he saw how her eyes were swollen like peaches. He couldn't bear to see her like this. ”If there's anything, please get up first. I won't make things difficult for you with me around.”

Su Zhi refused to get up, crying so hard that tears fell like rain. Breathing heavily, she said, ”Little Dou Zi, Little Dou Zi is missing …”

Hearing that the child had disappeared, Xiao Qian was startled. He hurriedly helped the unconscious woman up and ordered for a carriage to be sent over.

”Qing Mu, go and find the best painter in the entire capital. If the child is missing, you need to put up a portrait to search for him. In addition, he went to the justice courts to report that the children of the general's estate had been lost. ”In the end, use my keepsake to assign the soldiers on both sides of the capital and Xuan City. Send orders to go down and search carefully, don't let even an inch of land slip by. Even if you have to dig three feet deep, you must still find him!”

”Yes, sir.”

Xiao Qian helped Su Zhi up the carriage and rushed to Xuan City with her.

After not seeing her for a long time, the woman seemed to have lost a lot of weight. Her round chin was sharpened, and under her eye sockets, there was a faint sense of exhaustion that could not be ignored. It was not easy for a widow to bring two children.

”Where do you live with your child now?”

She wiped away her tears and replied, ”Spring Leaf Lane. I found an old house and moved there with the children.”

Xiao Qian understood and thought of something.

”Don't worry, as long as I am here, I will make sure that the child will be safe and sound before returning to your side.”

His words were like a tranquilizer that comforted Su Zhishan and calmed her restless mind by quite a bit.

Su Zhi was already exhausted from all the crying, so she didn't have much energy left. She only wanted to find her child and refused to collapse.

Seeing her exhaustion, Xiao Qian took off his shirt and draped it over her body. He consoled her, ”There's still some distance from Xuan City. You should take a short rest first. I'll call for you when it's time.”

Su Zhi shook her head and stubbornly refused to close her eyes to rest. She mumbled to herself, ”That child is still so young, so no matter what happens, he won't be able to ask for help. I really don't know where she's going. ”It's all my fault. If I had kept my child by my side all the time, this wouldn't have happened …”

It was fine to not mention it, but whenever Su Zhi mentioned her, she would scold herself unceasingly. The tears that spilled out from her eyes made people feel pity for her.

”Don't blame yourself too much, it's not your fault.”

Xiao Qian couldn't help but want to hug the crying woman in his arms.

In reality, he had also done the same. He did not feel that there was anything wrong with it. Even Su Zhi did not resist this warm embrace. She clung onto his clothes tightly, just like she had done with Dou Zi. She was relying on him and did not let go.

”You're too tired. I have to take a nap first.”

His large hand gently patted Su Zhi's back, as he comforted her with a gentle whisper.

Su Zhi was so frightened that she entered a generous embrace, as if she had done some heavy physical labor. When she found the place to rest on, she slowly closed her eyes.