"I’m sorry..." Liu Ya looked at him apologetically and struggled to stand on her own but failed, instead she staggered and bumped towards his chest.
Zhuang Weixian was caught off guard and exclaid "Aiyoh" as he stepped back, and from that angle, the two appeared entangled in an embrace.
The clerks and Xiaosi quickly turned their faces away, daring not to look anymore: the young master really has—extre tastes!
"Don’t move recklessly!" Zhuang Weixian stabilized her, looked her over, and sighed, "You’ve endured to this point with injuries all over; if you hadn’t run into —"
What would have happened if she hadn’t t him? Zhuang Weixian’s heart skipped a beat, and shaking his head to dismiss the thought, he lifted her by the waist.
Seeing her trying to struggle, he sharply commanded, "Stop moving! You should save your energy to seek your master later!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Ya indeed stopped struggling, but his words made tears well up in her eyes again. Oh, Mrs. Wang, what if sothing happens to her!
As Liu Ya predicted, the two servants who were left on shore imdiately relayed the news back to Shi Mansion. Mrs. Wang broke out in a cold sweat with her illness seeming to have disappeared, yet her face was as pale as paper. Her body started to tremble slightly as she stamred, "What should we do! How should we handle this! How could this happen! How could this be! When Fengju returns, how am I to explain it to him! And the Sang family, how should I explain it to the Sang family!"
Mrs. Wang turned and sharply scolded the servant, who knelt down on the ground and dared not move, not daring to utter a single word in his defense. When the master encounters an accident, no matter the reason, it’s due to the slave’s negligence in protection. Even his death would not absolve him of his guilt, let alone that he returned unscathed!
"Aunty, please calm down," Gu Fangzi said with tears in her eyes and a sob in her voice, her heart contentedly saying, "We can’t bla them for this, who would have expected the ferry to have an accident in the middle of the river?"
She then asked the servant, "Has anyone been sent to search along both banks? So many people were on the boat, there’s no news at all?"
Relieved, the servant quickly replied, "Replying to Miss, upon my return to report the news, Xiaoshun has already asked people to help search. I am not aware of the current situation. Madam, please do not worry, Mrs. Wang has good fortune, she will surely be safe!"
"Shut your mouth!" Mrs. Wang said angrily, "None of you serve properly, and yet you still argue! What if sothing happens, what then? How will we handle this!"
Mrs. Wang was extrely anxious, while Gu Fangzi stood by her side, tearfully persuading and signaling the servant to leave. The servant couldn’t wait any longer and quietly snuck away.
"Aunty, what we need most now is to quickly find soone. Why don’t we let the head housekeeper of the mansion lead a search himself! Ti is of the essence, and we cannot delay!" Gu Fangzi finally managed to calm Mrs. Wang and quickly suggested.
Mrs. Wang was utterly distressed and couldn’t think of anything else. Whatever Gu Fangzi suggested naturally seed right, and she said suddenly realized, "Yes, yes, we must quickly find soone and send them there at once! Mrs. Jiang, quickly have soone summon the housekeeper!"
Mrs. Jiang kneeled to take the order and went to pass on the ssage, then returned and said, "Madam, should we also urgently inform the young master?"
Mrs. Wang froze, and was silent for a mont.
With Sang Wan in trouble, by all ans, her husband Fengju should not be kept in the dark. Yet Mrs. Wang couldn’t help feeling guilty—she was really feeling guilty! Afraid that her son would resent her upon his return. As a mother, she knew very well how much he cared for his wife. Although she was not very satisfied with Sang Wan, to say she hated her would be too much, and she certainly didn’t want to see her son heartbroken over this issue.
Mrs. Wang couldn’t help but feel overwheld with regret, pounding her leg and saying, "It’s all my fault, this useless old woman’s fault, why did I have to fall ill?! That old teacher is just a trickster too; what about going to Mount Tai to offer incense and seek talismans, didn’t I recover without them!"
"Aunty, how could the Bodhisattva’s words be inaccurate!" Gu Fangzi hurriedly said, "From Fang’er’s humble view, although sister didn’t bring back the talisman and incense, she encountered this misfortune, which definitely reflects your piety! Perhaps the Bodhisattva was moved seeing your devotion, and you naturally recovered!"
This statent did seem reasonable! Mrs. Wang paused, her expression turning even grimr as she wept, "So that ans Miss Wan, she might have—"
She might have gone, bearing this calamity for her!
"No, no, it won’t be!" Gu Fangzi quickly said, "Aunty, don’t think too much, it definitely won’t be like that!"
Mrs. Jiang, seeing Gu Fangzi diligently persuading but diverging further from the topic, secretly sighed and felt compelled to remind again, "Madam, sooner or later, we cannot hide this from the young master, in my old servant’s opinion—"
"But what if the cousin rushes back and on his way—"
"Enough!" Gu Fangzi’s words were cut off by Mrs. Wang who hadn’t forgotten Fengju’s last encounter in Handan. If it happened again, her old life would truly be at an end, so she made a quick decision, "Fangzi is right, we cannot tell Fengju about this directly! Just, just tell him that there’s an urgent matter at ho, and he must hurry back without delay! Go quickly! Oh!"
Mrs. Wang sighed deeply. Mrs. Jiang was right, they couldn’t keep this from her son forever; telling him sooner would be better to prevent future resentnt that might affect their mother-son relationship.
Gu Fangzi initially intended to keep this from Fengju temporarily, but seeing that Mrs. Wang had already given such instructions, she had no choice but to comply, and once again tried to persuade Mrs. Wang with kind words.
Seeing that Mrs. Wang was still troubled, Gu Fangzi listened and quickly discerned sothing from her concerns. Although Mrs. Wang worried about her daughter-in-law’s safety, she was more concerned about explaining why her daughter-in-law had gone out alone and faced dangers. Even with the words of a Bodhisattva as evidence, Mrs. Wang still felt the evidence was insufficient.
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