Once back in the space, Mo Chenchen felt at ease. Regardless of where she was, she simply lay back on the grass.

Wow! That feels so good!!

Mo Chenchen didn't make things difficult for herself. She wanted to sleep for a while, just a little while, just a little while...

Mo Chenchen had no idea that she had slept for a whole day in a short while, and the Mo family finally discovered that she was missing on the second night after she ran away, which caused a huge uproar.

It was late at night, and the person on duty to deliver meals to the twelfth young lady today was Xiao Xi, the little maidservant of Aunt Wang.

Xiao Xi is young, but she is cunning. Taking advantage of Aunt Wang's soft and easy-going nature, she often cheats and swindles.

She spent the whole day chatting with her close girlfriends, and then secretly slipped out of the mansion through the back dog hole to look at the street scene for a while. It wasn't until dusk and her stomach started growling that she suddenly remembered that she seemed to have forgotten something.

"Tsk, what a hassle, I still have to deliver food to that good-for-nothing." Xiao west pouted, looking unwilling.

She scoffed inwardly, thinking, "A young lady indeed? She's not even as well off as a maid."

In her opinion, delivering food to a twelfth young lady who couldn't cultivate and could even be trampled on by servants was simply a waste of her time.

She dawdled as she went to the kitchen and received a portion of leftovers that had long since gone cold. This was the usual practice; the kitchen staff knew that the Twelfth Miss was not well-liked and always gave her the worst food.

The portion that truly belonged to Twelve had already been divided up by the kitchen staff. She would bring one home today and another tomorrow, and this went on for ten years.

Xiao Xi, carrying a food box, grumbled as she walked towards Mo Chenchen's secluded and dilapidated courtyard.

"I'm so unlucky to have such a master. It makes us servants ashamed too... It'll be over soon, she'll be married off soon and finally won't be an eyesore anymore..."

She muttered some foul language under her breath, walked to the door, and, too lazy to knock, pushed it open forcefully.

The door wasn't bolted and creaked open. The room was dimly lit, but by the light streaming in from the window, one could see that the bed... was empty?

Xiaoxi was taken aback at first, then dismissed it. "Hmph, he must have gone to the outhouse. What a hassle!"

She casually tossed the food box onto the ground and leaned against the doorframe to wait. After a while, seeing no one, she grew impatient and called out towards the outhouse outside, "Miss Twelfth? Dinner's ready!"

As expected, no one answered. Xiao west started to feel uneasy and went straight to the outhouse to look for someone. When she went in, no one was there.

Now she was genuinely panicking. Where was he?

The old Mo Chenchen is gone, and that's that. Probably no one will even notice or care.

But things are different now! The Lin family has offered betrothal gifts. Although the eldest son of the Lin family has lost his genius and become a cripple, he is still a member of the Lin family!

The marriage has been arranged, and the bride will be married in seven days.

If they can't deliver the person by the appointed time, it will be a disgrace to the Lin family!

The Lin family is far more powerful than the Mo family. If things really come to a head, the Mo family will definitely be in deep trouble!

And she, the maid who was responsible for delivering the food, was the first one to be pushed out to take the blame!

Thinking of the possible consequences, Xiao west turned pale with fright. Forgetting about the cold food, she turned and ran, stumbling and staggering all the way to Aunt Wang's residence.

Aunt Wang was just about to pick up her embroidery needle to make a double thank-you note for her son when she saw Xiao west rushing in in a panic, and her heart skipped a beat.

I heard from the maid Xiao west that the twelfth young lady is missing. We've searched inside and outside the house, but we can't find her anywhere.

Aunt Wang's face turned deathly pale, and tears began to stream down her face. She clutched a dark cloth tightly in her hands, muttering, "You said Chenchen is missing? Where could he have gone? What are we going to do?"

Aside from crying, the woman didn't move an inch, nor did she think to go out and look for help or ask for assistance.

Xiao west, watching from the side, was both anxious and angry. "Stop crying! Go out and find someone to help!"

I'm usually so grateful that my master is so easy to control, but now I'm so annoyed. What kind of person is this? He can't handle anything at all.

Seeing that she couldn't rely on Aunt Wang, Xiao west stamped her foot and had no choice but to run to the Thirteenth Young Master's courtyard.

Thirteenth Young Master Mo Tianhao was also born to Concubine Wang. He is Mo Chenchen's younger brother. He is nine years old this year and has three spiritual roots, which is quite good. He has a much higher status than Mo Chenchen.

Mo Tianhao had just finished cultivating and was about to rest when he heard Xiao west say, "Miss Twelfth is missing." His first reaction was disbelief.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Where could my sister have gone? She's probably hiding somewhere!"

Xiao west was so anxious she was jumping up and down: "Thirteenth Young Master, it's true! I've searched everywhere—in the house, the outhouse, the courtyard—where anyone could hide! She's really not here! Nobody's seen her all day!"

Seeing Xiao west's anxious and fearful expression, which didn't seem fake, Mo Tianhao's heart skipped a beat, and he truly panicked.

Although he usually disliked his sister for not being able to cultivate and intentionally distanced himself from her, he also knew that in the entire Mo family, only this sister from the same mother was truly good to him and secretly saved the best things for him.

Of course, she didn't get anything good either.

In his subconscious, he felt that his sister marrying that crippled young master of the Lin family was a good match.

He never intended for anything to happen to her!

"Why didn't you say so earlier!" Mo Tianhao was both anxious and angry. He pushed Xiao Xi aside and, without caring about anything else, ran straight towards his father Mo Yunyuan's main courtyard.

The lights were on in Mo Yunyuan's study at this moment.

Not only was he there, but several elders of the family were also present.

They were discussing the marriage alliance between the Lin family and the Mo family, analyzing why the Lin family had approached the Mo family.

Mo Tianhao rushed to the main courtyard in a hurry, but was immediately stopped by Mo Yunyuan's personal guards.

"Young Master Thirteen, the Patriarch is discussing important matters with the elders, and no one is allowed to disturb them."

"I have something very important to tell my father immediately!" Mo Tianhao said urgently.

The guard said expressionlessly, "Thirteenth Young Master, please postpone even the most important matters."

Seeing that he couldn't get in, and thinking of the danger his missing sister might be in, Mo Tianhao didn't care about anything else and shouted loudly towards the study, "Father! Father! My sister is missing! Twelfth Sister is missing! We can't find her!"

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