Marriage in crisis

Chi Xi and I looked at each other and murmured, "Did we really leave the yard? Where can we go?"

Chi Xi looked at me and said, "Then let's go to the backyard and have a look. Has she gone to the courtyard?"

"It's so late, she goes to the courtyard alone? It's impossible!" I questioned a little.

"We have been playing in the courtyard for the past two days. Maybe she is used to it?" Chi Xi guessed.

I nodded. Indeed, in the past two days, we played in the small courtyard whenever we had time, just to signal to those foreign ghosts that there was someone here, and she was not allowed to go there.

I pulled Zhang Xuejuan and turned around and walked back to the backyard, but I was thinking in my heart that Ting Nan is really a very brave kid. He dared to run out alone in the dark. Dabao really didn't have such an idea.

We walked back and forth, but still alerted my dad. He put on some clothes and walked out of the room, looked at us and asked, "What's going on?"

Zhang Xuejuan was extremely embarrassed. She looked at my dad nervously and kept apologizing, "Uncle, Tingting Nan ran away!"

My dad looked at me in confusion. I said briefly and motioned to my dad, "You can go back to the house and sleep. We can just look for him. It's so late and it's dark, so he won't go far!" "

I was afraid that Zhang Xuejuan would be even more uneasy if she saw my father coming out.

My dad nodded and advised Zhang Xuejuan, "Don't worry, she's familiar with this place, it'll be fine! Don't worry!"

"Hey! It's our fault for disturbing your rest!" She kept nodding and humbly smiling.

Chi Xi quickly said, "Stop talking so much and go to the backyard!"

My dad waved for us to look for her quickly, "Then go quickly. If you find her, don't hurt her. Talk to her nicely!"

I pulled Zhang Xuejuan and walked back hastily.

The space in the backyard is actually quite large, with a piece of bamboo, a well, and a row of houses that were originally used for servants, but they have long been turned into utility rooms and are usually locked and not opened.

Opposite the bamboo is a large pond full of lotus flowers. There is an octagonal pavilion connected to the circular corridor for the convenience of viewing the lotus flowers in the pond.

In the middle of the night, I saw lotus leaves swaying, shadowy.

We called a few times, but apparently no one was there.

Chi Xi's feet were quick and she ran to the back door. She took a look and found that the back door was unlocked and closed. She stretched out her hand to open the back door and walked out directly. I followed her out quickly. Zhang Xuejuan was not familiar with this place and she also stepped in. The feet are shallow and follow behind me.

The door of the small courtyard is not locked. It has been very popular in the past two days. We took the children to play here until very late every day before returning to the front yard to sleep, so there was no trace of anyone coming here in the past two days.

Chi Xi pushed open the small courtyard door and shouted, "Tingnan!"

no respond.

Chi Xi quickly walked in and turned on the lights in the small courtyard. I scanned it and found that the rocking chair under the wisteria trellis was empty.

I quickly walked into the small building, followed closely by Zhang Xuejuan. It was quiet inside, with only the sound of our messy footsteps and the sound of stepping on the wooden floor, making it feel particularly empty.

Chi Xi was the first to rush up to the second floor. As soon as he took a step, there was a crisp sound under his feet. Chi Xi immediately looked at his feet, then bent down and picked up a small object.

"What is it?" I quickly walked over, stretched my head and asked, Zhang Xuejuan behind me also looked over.

Immediately, Zhang Xuejuan was shocked, "This is Tingnan's catch!"

I immediately looked at the thing in Chi Xi's hand. Chi Xi handed it to me. I took it and looked at it. It was a small clip used by girls to hold up their hair. There was a cute little rabbit head on it, and Chi Xi had just kicked the rabbit's ears off.

I looked at Zhang Xuejuan, "Are you sure it's Tingnan's?"

"Yes, she still wore it when she slept!" Zhang Xuejuan's lips trembled a little and she looked at me in disbelief.

My heart thumped and I looked at Chi Xi!

Chi Xi immediately said to the two of us, "Don't move! I'll go up and take a look."

She then walked towards the third floor in three or two steps, and ran down again after a while, shaking her head at me, "Not here!"

"Sister-in-law, are you sure she was wearing it just before going to bed? Didn't it fall off while we were playing here these days?" I asked Zhang Xuejuan again very carefully.

"I'm sure it was still there when I touched her head before going to bed. I even asked her to take it off to sleep, but she said it would itch when the hair comes down and pricks her face!" Zhang Xuejuan's tone was very sure, and her voice was a little trembling.

I felt panicked for no reason, and I said unwilling to admit it, "That means Tingnan has been here just now!"

Chi Xi looked at me with exclamation marks in his eyes!

We both know, what does this mean?