"Fourth Master, something's wrong! The cousin girl is missing!"
Early this morning, Spring Peach went to attend to Ruan Jiu as usual.
She called out several times at the door but didn't hear any response from Ruan Jiu.
When Spring Peach pushed the door open, the room was empty.
After Xie Jingchu learned about it, he rushed to Ruan Jiu's room in a hurry.
Looking at the messy quilt and the cold bed, a sense of uneasiness welled up in his heart.
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a grayish thing on the ground out of the corner of his eye.
He walked over, squatted down, dipped his finger in it, and then brought it to his nose to smell.
This is...
Sleeping incense!
Immediately, Xie Jingchu frowned tightly.
No good! A Jiu was drugged and taken away!
Who on earth could have abducted someone right under his nose?
He narrowed his eyes and took a long breath.
Trying to calm himself down.
Then, he opened his eyes and said, "Go to the Shen Mansion."
His voice was low and chilling.
Xie Jingchu led his secret guards and surrounded the Shen Mansion tightly.
He strode into the Shen Mansion with a menacing aura.
Seeing this, Shen Yu asked in confusion, "What do you mean by this?"
"Get Shen Ruoxi out," Xie Jingchu said in a terrifyingly low voice.
Hearing this, Shen Yu glanced at the secret guards around.
Although Shen Ruoxi had done something wrong before, he had personally gone to apologize on her behalf.
Why was there such a big commotion now?
"I sent Xi'er back to the capital immediately after that incident. She's been away from the mansion for five or six days," Shen Yu explained.
Xie Jingchu's eyes darkened again.
Frowning, he said, "A Jiu is missing."
Only then did Shen Yu realize the seriousness of the matter. He immediately said, "Then why don't you send people to look for her quickly! What are you doing here?"
"A Jiu has no enemies. The only one who might have a grudge against her is Shen Ruoxi," Xie Jingchu said.
After hearing this, Shen Yu frowned tightly. "But Xi'er left Qinzhou a few days ago."
After a pause, he continued, "Anyway, we have to find her quickly. I'll also send my people from the mansion to look for her immediately!"
Xie Jingchu looked solemn. For now, this was the only thing they could do.
On the other side.
Ruan Jiu slowly opened her eyes.
She found herself tied to a wooden stake, and her whole body was submerged in water.
Suddenly, a strong sense of oppression hit her, making it difficult for her to breathe.
The water had already reached her neck. If she struggled a little, the water would splash up and choke her nose and mouth.
Where was this?
She suppressed the fear in her heart and tried to calm herself down. She carefully observed her surroundings.
But it was so dark around that she couldn't tell whether it was day or night.
Just then, she heard a creaking sound as the door was opened.
She lifted her eyelids and tried hard to see who was coming in against the light.
When she saw who it was, Ruan Jiu was startled at first, and then immediately scolded,
"Shen Ruoxi, are you crazy! Why did you tie me here!"
Shen Ruoxi looked down at Ruan Jiu haughtily and said with a smile, "How do you like this place I prepared for you?"
This was the water prison she had built for Ruan Jiu herself.
Ruan Jiu saw a strange aura around Shen Ruoxi, and the fear in her heart intensified a bit.
She swallowed hard and pretended to be calm. "Miss Shen, please let me go first. We can talk things out."
"Let you go?" Shen Ruoxi sneered.
Then she squatted down, narrowed her eyes, and looked at Ruan Jiu. "Are you scared now?"
"Miss Shen, is there some misunderstanding between us?" Ruan Jiu frowned.
She didn't know why Shen Ruoxi had had an inexplicable hostility towards her since the first time they met.
Shen Ruoxi looked at Ruan Jiu with disgust. "Did you use your seductive face to seduce my brother?"
Hearing this, Ruan Jiu finally understood that Shen Ruoxi had misunderstood the relationship between her and Shen Yu.
She quickly explained, "I have a clean relationship with Shen Yu. It's definitely not the kind of relationship you think."
"But brother scolded me again and again because of you! He even sent me back to the capital without hesitation!" Shen Ruoxi roared.
After hearing this, Ruan Jiu took a deep breath.
She thought to herself that if Shen Ruoxi had behaved herself, why would she have been sent away by Shen Yu.
But now was not the time to argue with her.
Ruan Jiu forced a smile. "Miss Shen, please calm down."
But at this moment, Shen Ruoxi couldn't hear a word Ruan Jiu said.
Her whole heart was completely occupied by jealousy.
"I will never allow anyone to take him away. He's mine! Mine!"
"He's your brother. No one can take him away," Ruan Jiu continued to persuade.
But this sentence made Shen Ruoxi go crazy again.
Her eyes were bloodshot, her face was ferocious, and she roared like a madman. "I don't want to be his sister! I want to marry him!"
After hearing this, Ruan Jiu was immediately stunned. She looked at Shen Ruoxi in disbelief. "He's your brother. How can you marry him?"
Shen Ruoxi sneered. "So what if he's my brother? We're not blood-related. Why can't I marry him!"
Hearing this, Ruan Jiu suddenly realized.
It turned out that Shen Ruoxi was not Shen Yu's real sister, and she even had crazy feelings for him!
What should she do now?
While Ruan Jiu was in a daze, Shen Ruoxi's thin lips parted slightly.
"Ruan Jiu, now I'll play with you properly."
Shen Ruoxi covered her lips and smiled faintly. Her eyes curved into a crescent moon.
She seemed gentle, but there was no trace of a smile in her eyes, only a chilling coldness.
After saying that, Sikong walked over from the side with a black box in his hand.
Shen Ruoxi gently patted the box, looked at Ruan Jiu, and hooked her lips. "There are all kinds of treasures in here that I prepared for you."
Ruan Jiu nervously swallowed hard. "What are you going to do?"
Shen Ruoxi gave a strange smile and then opened the black box.
Unexpectedly, there were a dozen or so brownish-gray snakes coiled inside!
Ruan Jiu watched them wriggling constantly in the black box, opening their mouths and spitting out their forked tongues, making a hissing sound. A shiver ran down her spine.
A strange smile appeared on Shen Ruoxi's ferocious face. "Don't you think they're cute?"
"Shen Ruoxi, you're crazy!" Ruan Jiu scolded, her eyes full of fear.
"Hahaha, I'm just crazy. What can you do about it?"
"But this will kill people!"
"I've gone through so much trouble to tie you here. I never thought of letting you leave alive!"
Seeing that Shen Ruoxi had lost her mind, Ruan Jiu had no choice but to turn to Sikong for help. "Sikong, are you just going to watch her do this? Aren't you afraid that the Xie family will become enemies with the Shen family?"
After hearing this, Sikong pursed his lips, glanced at Ruan Jiu, and then lowered his head.
Seeing that Sikong was unmoved, Ruan Jiu had no choice but to shout, "Shen Ruoxi, if I die, Xie Jingchu will never let you go!"
"Hahaha." Shen Ruoxi laughed wantonly and boldly. "Don't worry. No one can find you, and no one will know it was me. You can just play with them here!"
Immediately, the suppressed hatred in Shen Ruoxi's eyes was released all at once.
Looking at Ruan Jiu's desperate face, all the unhappiness in her heart for days disappeared.
She hooked her lips and said coldly, "Sikong, release the snakes."