She ran into the study and the bathroom, then to the wardrobe and balcony as well. But Qing Shu was nowhere to be seen.

  “Madam is missing.” Ning Meng mumbled.

  Ye Luo followed closely behind. But he knew Qin Shu was not in there. She would have answered after much commotion with the door out there.

  Housekeeper Shi came in too, “How was it? What happened to Madam?”


  “Housekeeper Shi, Madam is missing.” Ning Meng broke into tears.

  “What? Madam is missing?” Housekeeper Shi was shaken at Ning Meng’s answer too.

  Sir would be furious and worried if he got to know that Madam was missing.

  The history from the previous year repeated itself again.

  He did not expect the same incident to happen again after so long now that Madam was pregnant. She ran away from home again.

  “What should we do, Housekeeper Shi? Sir is going to be furious when he gets to know about this. She was pregnant. What if? What if?” Ning Meng dare not continue to speculate what might happen to the pregnant Madam.

  Wang Ma rushed over after hearing the commotion. “What happened?”


  “Madam disappeared.” Housekeeper Shi helplessly sighed.

  “She disappeared?” Wang Ma was shocked at Housekeeper Shi’s answer. This scenario was too familiar. “What should we do? What’s wrong with Madam this time? Aren’t she and Sir getting close? Why did she run away again?”


  “The main point now is whether to find her first or to inform Sir of her disappearance first.” Housekeeper Shi said.

  His main concern was who would call Sir and inform him of Madam’s disappearance.

  Ye Luo rationally suggested, “Let’s search for her within the compound of Bright Garden. If we can’t find her within the compound, we will inform Sir and send out more people to search for her at the same time.”


  “Okay, then you call Sir, and I’ll send out more people to search for Madam.” Housekeeper Shi left the crucial task to Ye Luo and escaped.

  Ye Luo was caught off-guard and was rendered speechless for being entrusted with the most crucial task.

  “Go ahead and call him. Madam probably just went out to have fun and will be back soon. Let Sir know not to worry too much.” Ning Meng said, keeping a positive note.

  But every one of them totally ignored Ning Meng’s remarks. Every time Ning Meng said that Madam went out for a stroll for fun and would be back soon, it would mean that she had left Bright Garden.

  Housekeeper Shi dispatched everyone in Bright Garden to search for Qin Shu around the house compound.

  No matter house big the compound of Bright Garden was, within a short period, they had already searched every inch of Bright Garden with the number of staff they had around the house.

  Housekeeper Shi’s mood darkened as the staff reported their search to him one by one at the courtyard.

  “We can’t find Madam.”


  Housekeeper Shi walked back into the house in despair when the last of his staff came back with the depressing news that they couldn’t find their Madam.

  Ye Luo was standing in the hall.

  “You may call Sir and tell him we couldn’t find Madam after searching the entire compound of Bright Garden.”


  Ye Luo walked out with his mobile phone after hearing Housekeeper Shi’s words. He then called Shi Yan’s number, thinking that it would be better to let Shi Yan inform Fu Tingyu of their Madam’s disappearance.

  Once Shi Yan picked up the call, Ye Luo immediately went straight to the point without waiting for Shi Yan to speak. “Madam went missing.”


  Shaken by Ye Luo’s words, Shi Yan was momentarily speechless before he found his voice again. ” What do you mean? What do you mean by missing?”


  “No one answered when we knocked her at her room this morning. So, I kicked the door open. She wasn’t in the room. We searched every corner of Bright Garden, but we couldn’t find her.” Ye Luo briefed Shi Yan on everything that happened earlier that day.

  “Perhaps she just went out to buy something?” Shi Yan made a wild guess.

  “I’m not sure. Or Madam might have gone to look for Sir.”


  Ye Luo said so because Qin Shu did that in the past.

  A little helpless over the situation, Shi Yan said. “Let me inform Sir then. Let’s hope that she just left Bright Garden to come to see Sir.”


  Every one of them was hoping for the best, praying hard that history never repeats itself.

  Shi Yan kept his phone and went to look for Fu Tingyu once he hung up on Ye Luo.

  Fu Tingyu was busy at work when Shi Yan found him. He stepped towards Fu Tingyu, “Sir.”


  Fu Tingyu’s eyes were still glued to the monitor of his computer when he answered, “Yes? Tell me.”


  “Sir, Ye Luo called just now, saying that Madam was not in Bright Garden.” Shi Yan tactfully broke the news to Fu Tingyu.

  Fu Tingyu’s paused everything he was doing at the news. He cocked his head and stared at Shi Yan. “Speak clearly in one go. What do you mean Madam was not in Bright Garden?”


  “Ning Meng knocked at her room this morning. But no one answered. Ye Luo kicked the door open and found that she wasn’t in the room. They searched every corner of Bright Garden but couldn’t find her anywhere.” Shi Yan could feel the cold sweat forming on his forehead.

  Fu Tingyu immediately stood up at the news. The mouse in his hand dropped to the floor with a thud.

  Shocked at the sudden movement of Fu Tingyu, Shi Yan immediately comforted him, “Sir, don’t get too anxious. She probably just wanted to come and see you. Didn’t that happen all the time in the past?”


  Shi Yan’s words seemed to calm Fu Tingyu’s anxious heart a little. He sat back down on his chair.

  About two hours ago, Qin Shu put on male clothing and a wig. Then, she left with her backpack with only the portrait of her mother, her laptop, and some other items for her disguise.

  With Boss in her arms, she left Bright Garden unnoticed before the daybreak.

  With her current martial art level, she could freely enter and leave the Bright Garden without being discovered.

  She turned back to take a last look at the Bright Garden. She had been up thinking the entire night, but her thoughts just got messier, and she felt even more miserable.

  She loved Fu Tingyu, but did he love her?

  The Little Munchkin would always be there, taking the spot between them.

  Fu Tingyu never wanted to mention the Little Munchkin to her too.

  If he found the Little Munchkin, would he take her into his arm without a doubt?

  She took a deep breath and looked up at the moon, which was disappearing as the sky brightened up.

  Boss raised his head and stared at Qin Shu with his emerald eyes. He obediently stayed very still in her arms, as if he sensed and understood that she was unhappy.

  At the Bright Garden, with his fingers tightly gripped around his phone, Ye Luo suddenly thought of Boss, the cat. He immediately searched for the cat in Bright Garden.

  Ye Luo knew Boss’s favorite hideout and spots he would usually hang out after having the cat around the house for such a long time.

  Ye Luo searched for Boss around Bright Garden but couldn’t find him anywhere.

  Doubt filled his eyes.

  Not giving up, he made another round of searches around Bright Garden. He even searched corners that Boss seldom went to, but to no avail.

  Finally, he tried to lure Boss with a plate of cooked fish and went around Bright Garden one more time. Still, he couldn’t find Boss anywhere.

  Boss was Qin Shu’s pet. It was perfectly normal for her to bring him along if she was to leave.

  Ye Luo looked at the plate of fish in his hand with no emotion.

  The Ye brothers spent some time searching the entire Jiangcheng for Qin Shu but couldn’t find her. They confirmed that she wasn’t in the city by nightfall.

  Shi Yan was distressed when he got the news. The sun had already set, and yet, they still couldn’t find Qin Shu.