Chapter 1591: Running Away from Home (3)
Actually, Yang Baihe went missing yesterday, but Yang Peili didn't take it to heart at all. Right now, all the attention in the house is focused on Yang Rusong's imperial examination. Besides, that child often goes to town by herself, so everyone has grown used to it.
But on the night of the disappearance, Yang Baihe did not return home. The next day, Yang Anshi woke up groggy and went to her daughter's room, only to discover that Baihe's clothes and valuables were all gone. It was only then that she started to panic.
Luckily, the people from the second household had returned. Yang Baichuan was quickly sent to the town, but as it turned out, Yang Baihe had not gone to the Tian Family.
After all, Yang Baihe had been the precious darling of Yang Peili and his wife for more than ten years. Though they later realized she wasn't destined for wealth, their love and care for her never diminished. Because of this, Yang Peili still set aside his pride to plead with the village chief and seek out Yang Ruxin for help.
After all, they were from the same village and shared the Yang surname. The villagers wouldn't truly turn a blind eye, so everyone spared some time to look for her.
Yang Ruxin also sent Shadow Nine, Gu Can, and Shadow Eleven, Long Qia, to search for her.
Feng Caie expressed strong disapproval of Yang Baihe's running away from home: "Father, isn't this just her trying to shirk work? I'm not trying to talk back here, but given the state of our family now, shouldn't my sister-in-law learn to pull her weight a bit? If she keeps living like such a lazy good-for-nothing, forget rich suitors—even rural men wouldn't be interested in her."
Yang Anshi, who was lying on the heated brick bed, couldn't tolerate her daughter being criticized like this. Even though her daughter wasn't destined for wealth, she was still her lifeblood. Nevertheless, as she was about to slap the bedding in anger and curse, she locked eyes with Yang Peili's dark and threatening gaze. She froze in fear, not daring to speak.
"Baihe does indeed need to learn how to work," Yang Peili said with satisfaction as he noticed Yang Anshi's silence. He couldn't help but give her a reminder.
Feng Caie, however, gave a mocking laugh but said nothing more. She turned and went to prepare the meal. Although she also didn't want to work, her father had made it clear that if she kept behaving as she had before, it would negatively impact the Boss's imperial examination. Then she'd regret it. So now, she was on her best behavior. She figured that once her son became an official, she'd have people waiting on her.
Elder Feng even decided to keep Yang Ruohuai by his side, saying that the child had been spoiled rotten by his parents and needed proper guidance. Whether this guidance would actually work was another matter altogether.
Finding people like Yang Baihe was child's play for Gu Qingheng's Shadow Guard. Unless the target was an advanced expert or specially trained personnel, searching for them was relatively challenging. But for someone like Yang Baihe, there was hardly any difficulty.
Sure enough, in less than half a day, Gu Can and Long Qia located her.
Miss Baihe had taken her belongings, along with ten taels of silver from the box in front of Yang Anshi's storeroom, and left the village early in the morning. She went straight to town.
Of course, she knew her family would definitely come looking for her, so she cleverly found an inn at the edge of town, rented a room, and hid inside.
Even though she was running away from home, she wasn't about to let herself suffer. During the day, she disguised herself and went out to buy over a dozen meat buns and two roast chickens.
When Gu Can and Long Qia found her, she was sitting in her room gnawing on a meat bun.
The two didn't disturb her. Instead, they returned to report to Yang Ruxin.
"Keep an eye on her. Let her buy whatever she wants today, but tomorrow, take the silver she's carrying," Yang Ruxin said with a laugh. She had no intention of informing the people back at the old house right away. They needed to suffer a bit before she'd consider it.