Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me-Chapter 600 - 311: He Has Changed (Part 2)

Butler Jin’s face froze, and not daring to deceive him, he shook his head and truthfully said: "We have meticulously searched along both banks of the river, as well as all the villages, wharves, and towns, but..."

"Still no news?" Shi Fengju said, "Does that mean Miss Wan should be fine, right?"

Butler Jin’s mouth opened, but he dared not contradict and could only nod: "Yes..."

Shi Fengju seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, saying: "That’s good! That’s good! No news is good news!"

At least, he still had hope, didn’t he? Heaven still left him hope, Sang Wan still left him hope! What he actually feared the most was coming here and seeing that chilling corpse under the white cloth; then, he would lose everything!

"Keep searching, search thoroughly! Don’t miss a single spot! If I find out anyone dares to slack off, don’t blame me, Shi Fengju, for being ruthless! Whoever saves the Madam, a reward of ten thousand taels! Quick, pass on my command!" Shi Fengju said again.

Butler Jin shivered, glanced at him with a measured look, and could not oppose, so he bowed and replied: "Yes, this servant will convey the orders immediately!"

Butler Jin sighed inwardly, knowing that, in fact, after so many days of searching, if there were any news it should have come by now! But everyone knew the young master and Madam shared deep affection, and without the young master issuing the order in person, no one dared to stop, thus they continued this futile effort. Butler Jin had thought to promptly report to the young master as soon as he arrived with news, suggesting that most likely Madam had perished in the water and probably even her bones were gone. Among the several servants that followed, two male servants were fortunately rescued, Liu Ya and the two daughters-in-law also survived, that old woman was gone, her body was found, only the Madam...

But no matter what, this was the fact, and although no one spoke of it, they had already resigned to this belief in their hearts. Butler Jin planned to prompt the young master to give the order, to quickly proceed with whatever needed to be done, as dragging on for too long was no solution either.

Yet at this moment, seeing Shi Fengju like this, the decision Butler Jin had firmly settled in his heart started to falter, and he didn’t dare to bring it up again. Obediently, he did whatever Shi Fengju said!

Early the next morning, Zhuang Weixian came with Liu Ya from a village they had been searching to see Shi Fengju. Upon seeing him, Liu Ya called out "young master" and knelt on the ground, crying sorrowfully. Zhuang Weixian wanted to comfort her but felt it inappropriate, so he could only pat Shi Fengju’s shoulder with a light sigh of consolation.

Seeing Liu Ya, Shi Fengju also felt an intense wave of heartache, but sighed: "You and your Master share a deep bond like sisters; it’s good that you are here safe and sound. Surely your Master also would be glad to know this. Enough, don’t cry anymore, stand up!"

Hearing this, Liu Ya cried even harder, sobbing: "young master, it’s all because I’m useless, I failed to protect Madam! young master, you can scold me, beat me, and I’d feel better in my heart!"

Shi Fengju spoke indifferently: "Miss Wan always treated you like a sister, she wouldn’t like me scolding or hitting you, besides, this isn’t your fault! Enough now, stop crying, tell me about the situation then, how have you all been searching these days? Did you find anything?"

Liu Ya, further heartbroken, cried for a while before climbing up from the ground and reported to Shi Fengju the situation at the time in detail. When speaking of the current search efforts, she grew guilty and anxious, and tears threatened to fall again: they had searched back and forth, yet there was no sign of Madam!

Shi Fengju trusted Liu Ya because he knew that others might do things half-heartedly, but Liu Ya would definitely not! She would be just as worried about Sang Wan’s safety as him! Since she was saying this, the current situation must indeed be dire!

He still shook his head, insisting: "Miss Wan will be fine, your Master will certainly be alright! Maybe she got injured and someone saved her and took her back home. Send people to ask in all the medical halls and medicine shops, in these past days, whether anyone has come to buy injury medicine, tonic soup, or other medicinal materials for colds and such!"

"We’ve sent people to ask already!" Zhuang Weixian replied hastily, but seeing Shi Fengju’s dissatisfied gaze, Zhuang Weixian quickly altered his answer: "Of course, there might have been some oversight, some carelessness! Let’s have people go again, and again!"

With tearful eyes, Liu Ya said to Shi Fengju: "young master, please rest awhile, you can’t collapse from exhaustion, Madam would be heartbroken if she saw it!"

Shi Fengju felt a suffocating heartache and wished he could pierce a few holes with a sword for release, sighed, and without paying heed to Liu Ya, asked for the direction by the river, then rode his horse towards there.

Liu Ya busied to follow but was held back by Zhuang Weixian. She glared at him, only to hear Zhuang Weixian say: "Send two Xiaosi to follow at a distance, what are you going for! Alas, Fengju is in pain, let him have some time to himself!"

"Only someone unaffected like you can speak so nonchalantly! You don’t know how upset the young master is, how can he calm down!" Liu Ya uttered with a sniffle.

Zhuang Weixian felt wronged, thinking how could I be nonchalant? You ungrateful girl, these past days I’ve been searching with your people every day, and you still talk to me like this! Forget it, if not because the situation is serious, I’d really have a good settling of accounts with you!

"What else can we do? At this point, we can only try our best and leave the rest to fate! Alas, don’t take it the wrong way, what I’m about to say may sound harsh, but looking at the situation now, I’m afraid your Madam has—"

"Afraid of what?" Liu Ya nearly breathed fire from her eyes, glaring at him.

Zhuang Weixian saw her about to explode and felt a bit intimidated, but he did not waver and firmly said: "I’m afraid things are more likely to be grim than not!"