Transmigrated Genius: Fragile Heiress Reigns Supreme-Chapter 598 - 600: This Is Love (6)

"Didn’t I ask you to keep an eye on Fourth Miss? How could she disappear? Go find her, hurry!" Madam Jiang, holding her belly, was pacing back and forth in the room. She pulled Nanny Qiu and said, "Take the maids and search the mansion thoroughly. She’s impossible to have left. She must still be in the mansion."

Nanny Qiu was also very anxious. Sixth Lady even said that she was afraid Fourth Miss might do something foolish, and they must keep a close watch on her, but in just a moment, Fourth Miss vanished...

If she was feeling sad and was hiding alone somewhere to cry, that would be fine. But if she did something foolish, what would they do?

Thinking of this, she supported Madam Jiang to sit down: "I’ll take people to find her. You don’t need to worry, nothing will happen."

Madam Jiang hurriedly waved her hand: "Don’t mind me, hurry and go."

Nanny Qiu immediately ran out the door. Madam Jiang couldn’t sit still and also stepped out to look for her, holding her belly.

The maids and servants in the Man Mansion practically turned the place upside down. Nanny Fang scolded them while pointing at them: "Useless bunch, how can you not find a living person? You must have been negligent somewhere. Go search again. Go! If anything happens to Fourth Miss, just see if Lady doesn’t peel your skins!"

Nanny Qiu, sweating profusely, sent a young maid back to inform Madam Jiang and then took more people to continue the search. When she reached the side of the East Cross Courtyard, she suddenly remembered — could Sixth Lady have gone to the courtyard of the second house? There were only a few servants left to guard the gate and a few maids serving the Third Young Master, usually no one else. It was possible Fourth Miss went there.

With that thought, she took her group and hurried to the second house, carefully searching each place, and then decided to send people to check along Tongji River, fearing that Tong Xiyan might have jumped into the river.

Alas, still no results.

Until the time Tong Shen Zhi and First Master returned from the government office, despite searching all night, they found nothing.

First Master’s face changed. How could a perfectly fine person just disappear? Could it be that she secretly left the mansion again? He scrutinized the gatekeeping servants closely. Although they were frightened, their words didn’t seem to be lies.

Suddenly, a young maid from Madam Jiang’s side ran in hurriedly, face pale and forehead covered in cold sweat: "Something bad has happened! First Young Madam has fallen!"

Tong Shen Zhi’s expression changed as he stood up abruptly and asked, "Where?"

The young maid led a group of people running out, and Nanny Fang’s expression also changed. If something happened to Madam Jiang... then the Tong Mansion would truly collapse.

First Master, sitting in his chair with a grim expression, squeezed his tea cup and ordered coldly: "What are you standing around for? Go quickly to invite the doctor." Nanny Fang lifted her skirt and rushed out.

In the bedroom, Lady was pounding the bedboard with all her might...

Madam Jiang was taken back to her room, with the whole family busy upturning the place. They invited several doctors over, and just as everyone was at a loss, Tong Xiyan returned...

Tong Shen Zhi frowned, intending to scold her, but saw her with disheveled hair, wearing only an inner garment, her feet covered in blood marks. Each step left a clear bloody footprint. She staggered inside, her face as pale as paper, and knelt with a thud before Tong Shen Zhi. Without tears, her voice came out dry, like an old woman: "Big Brother, I’ve let you down, let Sister-in-law down!"

"Get up!" Tong Shen Zhi frowned, pulling her up, and instructed the nearby maidservant: "Bring some shoes."

Tong Xiyan seemed oblivious, looking at Tong Shen Zhi and holding onto his sleeve, she asked, "Where is Sister-in-law, where is she? I want to see Sister-in-law!"

Tong Shen Zhi replied, "The doctor is inside."

Tong Xiyan, with bare feet, ran to the door and knelt down again, stiffly kneeling, tears falling as she said through the door: "Sister-in-law, I’m sorry to have implicated you. If anything happens to the nephew, let me repay with my life, I’ll repay!"

"What nonsense are you saying!" Tong Shen Zhi pulled her up: "If you’re alright, quickly go back and rest. Nothing will happen to your sister-in-law here."

Yet Tong Xiyan saw darkness before her eyes and fainted into Tong Shen Zhi’s arms.

"Fourth Sister!" Tong Shen Zhi, holding her, rushed into the side room...

Fortunately, Madam Jiang only sprained her foot from the fall. The fetus in her belly was unharmed due to her advanced pregnancy. However, Tong Xiyan’s feet, it was unclear where she’d been walking, were bloody and mangled.

Madam Jiang shed tears continually upon seeing her. First Master seemed to age a dozen years in an instant. He angrily slapped the table and said: "Send the divorce paper to the government office, divorce!" He then turned to look at Nanny Fang: "You personally take people to Jiang Mansion and bring back Fourth Miss’s belongings."

This matter had to be handled by Nanny Fang to be settled properly.

Nanny Fang, already seething with anger, pointed at Nanny Qian and Nanny Lai on the side and said: "You two come with me. If anyone tries to stop us, we’ll set fire to Jiang Mansion. At worst, we’ll give our lives in exchange!"

The next morning, before Nanny Fang and her group could set out, Jiang Shilin came. He knelt before First Master, returning with anguish: "Father-in-law, it is true I was wrong to take a concubine at this time, but... my mother, she... " He paused and then continued: "I promise you, I’ll divide residences and live separately; today I’ll find a place and move out!"

First Master originally did not think taking a concubine was such a significant matter, but taking one at a time like this showed disrespect to Tong Xiyan and the Tong Family. How could he swallow this insult: "Say no more, the divorce papers have already been sent. From this moment, Jiang and Tong Mansions will have no ties. I am not your father-in-law!" With that, he waved his sleeve: "Leave now!"

Jiang Shilin’s body trembled: "How could this be!" After uttering those words, he looked at First Master, pleading: "Xiyan would not wish to divorce me. Father-in-law, I beg you let me see her once."

First Master frowned deeply, full of anger, as Nanny Fang rushed out from the bedroom, scolding: "Lord Jiang, you have the nerve to show your face to our Miss! If I were you, I’d bash myself to death at the door. It’s said one thoroughly reads the sages’ books, but looking at you, your reading must have been wasted." Having finished, she spat: "Just take your concubine away. I’d like to see how prosperously you’ll multiply your descendants and what high-door lady you’ll then marry, offering homage to that Bodhisattva mother of yours!"

Jiang Shilin turned ashen, unable to utter a word. What could he say? He was responsible for all of this — it was all his fault!

He crouched aside, gripping his head in pain. At this moment, Daijuan and Nanny Qiu supported Tong Xiyan as she stepped in slowly from outside.

At the sight of her, Jiang Shilin’s eyes brightened, and he called out: "Xiyan."