Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

At this time, the middle court was already full of people who had come out to attend the meeting after hearing the gong. Yan Bugui was discussing the situation with Liu Haizhong, while Wang Sufen was standing by with an anxious look on her face.

"Lao Liu, my sister-in-law came to me just now and said that her husband's Lao Yi was missing, and asked me if I had seen him go out. I was the one who opened the gate early in the morning, and I was cleaning my bike in the yard the whole time, so I didn't see Lao Yi leave the yard at all. Lao Yi must have disappeared!"

"Hiss!" Liu Haizhong took a breath of cold air, and he obviously realized the seriousness of the matter. A living person just disappeared like this, so would the boss be held responsible? Would it affect his position?

"Could it be that Old Yi went to the black market at night and got caught?" Liu Haizhong thought of a possibility.

"No way, didn't Lao Yi tell me that he was going to the black market?" Wang Sufen said from the side.

"Never mind. Let's have everyone search the yard and nearby first. If nothing works, we can go to the police station to check the situation. This person is missing, which is a big deal. We can't delay any longer."

"Yes, yes, let's quickly hold a meeting and arrange to find someone."

Afterwards, the three of them finished talking. Liu Haizhong coughed twice and said, "Okay, everyone, be quiet. We're going to have a meeting. We called everyone here early in the morning because the Yi family's sister-in-law found that Old Yi was missing. Old Yan didn't see Old Yi go out after he got up and opened the door."

"So I hope that every family can send a man to search the neighborhood, and the women and children who are free can search in the yard. Let's put it this way, those in the front yard should search to the east of the alley, those in the middle yard should search to the south, those in the back yard should search to the west, and the rest should search in the yard. I know that all the neighbors have things to do at home early in the morning, but human life is at stake, so I hope everyone can do their part."

"Okay, I'll go help find it."

"You're right. Human life is at stake. Everyone should help."

"I'm going with my son!"

Just as everyone was shouting to go find someone, Xiao Dang squeezed in from the gap in the crowd. She had been wandering around for a long time but couldn't find Qin Huairu, and now she was anxious when she heard that everyone was leaving to find Yi Zhonghai.

"Grandpa, wait a moment!" Xiaodang said anxiously.

Liu Haizhong looked at Xiaodang and asked curiously, "Xiaodang, what can I do for you?"

"Grandpa, my mom is missing too. I just looked for her in the crowd but couldn't find her."

"What! Qin Huairu is missing too?" Liu Haizhong was surprised.

The crowd was in an uproar. The disappearance of one person was already a big deal, but now both of them were missing. It was like the sky was falling!

"No way, Qin Huairu is missing too?"

"Of course not, didn't you see Xiaodang come out to look for him?"

"Just now I was wondering if Yi Zhonghai was caught in the black market. Now Qin Huairu is also missing, so he must not have gone to the black market."

"Do you think the two of them are secretly having an affair?"

"No way? There's a huge generation gap between the two. Yi Zhonghai is Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu's master!"

Sha Zhu, hiding in the crowd, listened to everyone's guesses without saying a word, but the smile on his face betrayed him.

He thought to himself: Li Dadan's guess was right! They were indeed the ones who had an affair and ended up being locked in the cellar. However, these two were really patient and hadn't said a word until now. Could it be that they were so tired last night that they were still sleeping?

Liang Ladi, who was standing by, pulled Sha Zhu's arm and whispered, "Hold on a bit. Why are you laughing at such a serious matter? Don't let it get out of hand!"

"Yes, yes, I promise I will definitely hold back."

"Everyone stop talking and go look for it quickly if there's nothing to do. Jie Cheng, take your brothers with you to look for it as well," Yan Bugui urged.

"Dad, I'll go right away." Yan Jiecheng agreed and was about to leave with his two younger brothers.

At this time, a voice came from the cellar of Sha Zhu's house, "Everyone stop looking, I'm in the cellar!"

"Old man? Why are you in the cellar? Are you okay?" Wang Sufen was the first to rush towards the cellar.

Others followed suit, and those who were quick-witted were already thinking, Since Yi Zhonghai was in the cellar, what about Qin Huairu? If they were both in the cellar, was there some unspeakable secret?

"Old Yi, who locked you in the cellar?" Yan Bugui also asked.

"Old Yan, don't worry about this for now. My dear, please ask Sha Zhu to bring the key and let me out." Yi Zhonghai said as he stood hunched on the steps of the cellar.

"Yes, yes, Zhuzi, where is the key to your cellar?" Wang Sufen asked.

"I remember that my cellar was not locked. How come it was locked? I'll go home and get the key." Sha Zhu pretended to be confused and honest, as if the matter had nothing to do with him at all.

Soon Sha Zhu went home and got a bunch of keys. He picked out a key and inserted it into the keyhole. With a light click, the lock was opened by Sha Zhu. Yi Zhonghai hurried out of the cellar when he saw this. He was afraid that if someone went in to check, it would be bad. Qin Huairu was still hiding in the corner inside, shivering.

"Old Yi, why were you locked up in the cellar?" Liu Haizhong asked.

"Hey, it's a long story, so I'll make it short. Last night I had a stomachache so I went to the bathroom. When I came back I seemed to see a black shadow flash nearby and then disappeared. I was afraid it was a thief so I hurried over to check, but I found myself locked in the cellar." Yi Zhonghai explained.

I can only say that it is worthy of the words of Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, the two behind-the-scenes masters of the Siheyuan. At first glance, this statement makes some sense, but it is bullshit when you think about it carefully. You were locked in the cellar, why didn't you call for help? Is that mouth left for eating dry food?

"Old Yi, have you seen Qin Huairu? Xiaodang said that his mother Qin Huairu is also missing." Liu Haizhong continued to ask.

"Qin Huairu? I didn't see her. Could she have fallen into the toilet when she went to the bathroom at night?" Yi Zhonghai said.

"It's possible. Why don't we go to the toilet first? If someone really falls into the pit toilet in the public toilet, he might drown!" said a resident.

The crowd was about to head towards the public toilets. Sha Zhu saw this and thought, "I haven't seen enough of this excitement yet. Why is the show over before the other heroine even appears?"

So Sha Zhu said, "Everyone go ahead, I'll go into the cellar first and take a look. If everything is fine, I'll lock the door and go back." After saying that, Sha Zhu walked towards the cellar.

Yi Zhonghai suddenly became anxious. Qin Huairu was still in the cellar! If she was discovered, wouldn't everything be exposed? Yi Zhonghai shouted anxiously, "Zhu Zi! You can't go!"

"Uncle Yi, why can't I go to my cellar? Besides, didn't you say there was a thief? It's normal for me to go check if anything is missing, right?"

Yi Zhonghai was choked and speechless. Indeed, this was Sha Zhu's cellar, and since he said there was a thief, it was normal for him to go and see if anything was missing.