C58 (2/2)

However, who would ever come out here to travel?

”General!”

Just as he was thinking, Su Zhi's scream came from ahead of him. He put away the pendant and looked at her.

The lady was so frightened that her face turned pale. She covered her mouth as she pointed at the reeds by the river.

Amidst the dense reeds, there was a small cloth bag that was also covered by mud. It had already been dried by the sun.

”This is …” I put it on myself this morning... ”

Su Zhi's voice trembled with fear that even she could hear. In a place where the reeds were lush, the water was deep. Even if the river was not strong enough to drown a robust adult, a two or three-year-old child …

She did not dare to think about it. She took off her shoes that were stuck in the mud and ran toward the river with her bare feet.

Xiao Qian saw the danger and immediately caught up. ”Dangerous!” ”Don't go!”

Su Zhi could not care less as she tumbled down the muddy path and crashed into the riverbank.

She moaned in pain and struggled to get up. She took off the cloth bag with cartoon patterns embroidered on it from the reeds and collapsed to the ground in fear.

Beside him was an endless river. Although it was not bottomless, it was still able to devour weak and helpless lives.

Su Zhi collapsed completely. She lay prone on the riverbank, not daring to take a step forward. She was afraid of the scene of her child being submerged in the water.

The sound of her crying was filled with despair and grief, which made Xiao Qian's heart hurt.

He rushed forward and squatted down to hug the woman who had broken down in her emotions. He said pitifully, ”Don't be sad, the child will definitely be fine. First, pull yourself together.”

Su Zhi looked at him with tears streaming down her face, her beautiful face.

She shook her head and showed the cloth to him, then pointed at the cartoon kitten on top and said, ”Little Dou Bao, I've embroidered a lot of things that you like …” ”There's a lot of embroidery, and all kinds of little kittens …”

Seeing that she was crying pitifully, Xiao Qian hugged her tightly. He consoled her as he cried, ”I know that my child is still here, but she is still fine. Maybe when she got tired of playing, she would go back on her own. Don't worry, we'll look for it later. ”

He carried Su Zhi up the muddy path and carefully put her in the car.

He turned around and instructed the servant, ”Go. Have the county magistrate send out a few of the better ones to carefully search through this section of the waterway.”

Afterwards, he drove the carriage to Su Zhi's courtyard.

At this moment, the neighbors who had been looking for him for more than half a day were gathered together, discussing with each other. Seeing a luxurious carriage coming down the alleyway, everyone guessed which noble young master it was.

Xiao Qian stopped the carriage, lifted the curtain, and let Su Zhi off the carriage.

Auntie Gu was the first to probe inside. When she saw that she had returned, she gave a startled cry before rushing forward to hold her back. ”Little Su, you're finally back!” Have you seen any children along the way? ”

Su Zhi shook her head in a daze, choking on her sobs, ”Where's A Jin?”

Gu Sister-in-Law patted her cold hands and comforted her, ”A Jin is fine. She was left at Aunt Bai's house by my son. She was just crying so much that she wanted mother and sister.”

The neighbors all knew that Su Zhi had gone to seek help in the capital, but they had never expected that the person she had brought back was actually a first-class, good-looking young man.

He also saw Xiao Qian's calmness and extraordinary bearing. He was definitely not an ordinary noble family's young master.

”Xiaosu, who's this?”

Su Zhi was in a trance and did not explain Xiao Qian's origins.

It was best not to divulge his identity, lest he help her and cause trouble for her.

Xiao Qian didn't say anything, but he already understood that the child hadn't returned home yet. No one had found his trail, so he said to himself, ”I've sent people to the river to look for him. We can't let go of other places. Let's go take a look first.” ”You're tired, go meet A Jin, just take it as a rest.”

When Su Zhi turned around to look at him, Xiao Qian had already left in his carriage.

Seeing her gloomy and gloomy expression, her eyes red and swollen, Aunt Gu knew that she must have cried loudly, drained of all her energy, and supported her to Aunt Bai's house to see A Jin.

When they met, the mother and son held their heads and cried again. A few women who were usually on the same side as them talked to each other for a while before they managed to persuade her.