No matter how much Ding Muyun tried to persuade her, Mu Ziyue refused to go back and face Lu Xue.
After a night, Ding Muyun's attitude seemed to have changed somehow. She tried to persuade Mu Ziyue again.
"We can't solve any problems by throwing a tantrum with your brother. Since your brother is on Lu Xue's side now, why don't we make friends with the enemy for the time being and get closer to Lu Xue?"
Mu Ziyue looked at her as if she were crazy.
"Have you been bewitched by that woman? How could you come up with such an idea? I'd rather kiss a pig than get close to that woman!"
Ding Muyun sighed.
"I don't mean you should really get close to her. We're just doing this on the surface for now. It might change your brother's attitude."
Ding Muyun whispered something in Mu Ziyue's ear. Gradually, Mu Ziyue began to listen and reluctantly nodded.
"Will this plan really work?"
Ding Muyun smiled.
"Whether it works or not, we should stop arguing with your brother for now. It's no good for us. If we can really make your brother hate her, he'll surely kick her out. You don't have to make a big fuss."
Mu Ziyue thought it made sense. She gritted her teeth.
"Fine. I'll go back and deal with her."
Finally, Mu Ziyue returned to the Mu family mansion. As soon as she got back, she was ready to put on an act and outmaneuver Lu Xue.
But unexpectedly, just when she was ready to bury the hatchet, she couldn't find Lu Xue as soon as she stepped into the house.
Several butlers were running around upstairs and downstairs in a panic, looking completely lost.
Mu Ziyue frowned.
"Where's Lu Xue? Go and call her down. I have something to say to her."
Aunt Chen stood there hesitantly.
"Miss, we couldn't find her when we woke up this morning. We've been looking for her all morning."
Ding Muyun, standing beside her, seemed to be thinking and said doubtfully,
"That's strange. Maybe she got lost in the back garden? Our back garden is huge. People who aren't familiar with the way will surely get lost. I told her not to wander around yesterday, but it seems she still..."
"Miss Ding, we've already searched the back garden, but there's no sign of her. It seems Miss Lu Xue has left here."
"Left? How could that be?"
Both Mu Ziyue and Ding Muyun were shocked. They thought Lu Xue would surely cling to this place stubbornly, but they never expected that she would just leave.
This incident soon caught Mu Yuze's attention.
By the time Mu Yuze rushed back after getting the news, Lu Xue was long gone.
Mu Yuze left his work at the company and raced back. He parked his car at the entrance of the old mansion in a hurry and immediately snapped,
"Where's Lu Xue?"
The butler said hesitantly,
"We don't know she would leave either..."
"How do you know she left on her own?"
Mu Yuze was worried that as a girl who was new to this place, Lu Xue might get lost or go missing nearby.
But the butler shook his head and said firmly,
"Sir, we've checked the surveillance. Miss Lu Xue really left on her own. She even packed her luggage."
Mu Ziyue and Ding Muyun also didn't believe that Lu Xue had left on her own. They immediately asked the butler to check the surveillance again.
When the surveillance footage was shown to them, they were all quite shocked.
In the footage, Lu Xue calmly finished her breakfast, went upstairs to pack her clothes, and then walked out casually as if she were strolling in the garden.
She walked out openly without any attempt to hide. When she reached the entrance, the patrolling security guard even greeted her.
The surveillance followed Lu Xue until she walked about dozens of meters away. There was a car parked by the road.
A cute girl in her early twenties, wearing round - framed glasses, got out of the car. She shared a cup of yogurt with Lu Xue.
The two chatted for a while and then got into the car. The car soon disappeared from the surveillance's field of vision.
So... it was now certain that Lu Xue had left on her own, and she even had a friend pick her up nearby.
Mu Ziyue found it hard to believe. After all, this was just a girl from the countryside. How could she have a friend in the city, and this friend even had a car?
"Sir, what should we do next? Since Miss Lu Xue doesn't want to stay here, should we..."
The butler was in a dilemma and didn't know whether they should go looking for her.
Mu Yuze made a quick decision.
"Go and find her right away."
The butler looked embarrassed.
"Sir, we don't know where Miss Lu lives, and she didn't leave us any contact information. Just judging from the direction the car left in the surveillance, there's not much we can find out."
Mu Yuze was silent for a moment, then he turned around and walked out of the old mansion in a hurry and drove away.
If Lu Xue wanted to leave, she probably had nowhere else to go. The only place she could return to was the small courtyard in the countryside.
Mu Yuze recalled the route he took when he first went to pick her up and drove his car all the way to the muddy fields.
After driving around for a while, it was already dark when he finally drove into the village.
It had rained the day before, so the road was extremely muddy. Especially the roads near the village were narrow and winding.
The dilapidated asphalt road was bumpy, making the car bounce violently.