Yue Rujing responded, "Yes, yes, yes, the child is just playing around, he’ll be back soon!"
Yue Rujing smiled in response, arranging for the guests to be seated, but the smile didn’t reach his eyes.
If it were truly just because he was playing around, how great it would be if he ca back soon.
The Princess wasn’t seen coming out to greet, nor was the Prince seen, but because Yue Rujing was deftly managing the scene, everyone remained in high spirits, and the banquet proceeded happily.
After lunch, the guests were gradually sent off, leaving only those who were from further away or had close relations with the host of the Ningwang Residence.
As night fell, Gu Youyou, who hadn’t seen her husband and son all day, beca increasingly uneasy.
"Ajing, why isn’t Zijin back yet?"
Yue Rujing was chatting and joking with the Xiao brothers and Jie Zhonglin when he saw Gu Youyou coming out wrapped in a cloak and couldn’t help but be startled, quickly saying, "Why did you co out? Didn’t Senior Brother say you shouldn’t co out?"
"Where is he?" Gu Youyou’s expression didn’t look good.
Yue Rujing didn’t dare to tell anyone about the matter, so the Xiao brothers and Jie Zhonglin were also unaware of the truth. Yue Rujing only told them that Jin Zijin had so urgent matters and would be back soon.
Then he kept stringing them along until now; they had arrived late, and till now, they hadn’t seen Jin Zijin.
Yue Rujing smiled and said to Gu Youyou, "Senior Brother is sending off the guests; once he’s finished, he’ll be back."
He was sweating coldly inside, thinking to himself: Why hasn’t he returned yet? If he didn’t know that no one in this world could be Jin Zijin’s match, he might have suspected that Jin Zijin had also been abducted.
Just as he uttered this lie, it was imdiately exposed by the clueless Xiao Jinyan.
"How co I didn’t see Brother sending off the guests? Haven’t the ones who were supposed to leave already gone?"
Everyone: "..."
Xiao Jinfei had already sensed sothing amiss and fiercely pinched Xiao Jinyan on the thigh.
Xiao Jinyan cried out, "Brother, why are you pinching ?"
Xiao Jinfei wished he could knock so sense into his foolish brother.
Gu Youyou’s expression gradually turned cold and she said, "What’s really going on? Where’s Xuyao? You said Zijin went to see off the guests, then where’s Xuyao?"
Yue Rujing, awkwardly, said, "Xuyao... is with Senior Brother!"
Gu Youyou gripped her cloak tightly, helplessly saying, "Don’t lie to , do you think I’m stupid?"
The others also looked at Yue Rujing, considering it inappropriate for him to still be hiding the matter at this point.
"Princely Heir Yue, what’s really going on? Please don’t hide it from us."
Xiao Jinyan finally stopped being foolish and nervously said, "Yes, tell us so we can think of a solution together. We have not seen Brother or Xuyao ever since we’ve arrived."
Seeing that Senior Brother hadn’t returned yet, Yue Rujing was also extrely worried and could only tell the truth to everyone.
"Xuyao is missing, and Senior Brother went to find him!" He looked at Gu Youyou but still didn’t ntion that Jin Xuyao had been taken away and a Blood Letter was left behind.
"Many guests said they saw him go to the back mountain, and that he was climbing a tree to pick plum blossoms; we guess he probably wanted to pick them as a gift for the Commandery Princess!"
Everyone was silent for a mont, no one spoke.
Seeing Gu Youyou, whose face was pale and standing in the cold wind, Jie Zhonglin quickly said, "Princess, why don’t you go back first? Perhaps the child got lost while playing at the back mountain; we’ll go together to look for him, and we’ll find him soon."
Gu Youyou’s mind went blank when she heard Yue Rujing saying it wasn’t a big deal.
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