Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1655: Chapter 1656: Numb...

Peony was a beautiful and talented girl at the Nuan Huan Pavilion, one of its cash cows. The clients she received were all either rich or noble, serving two purposes: earning money for the Slayer Tower and collecting intelligence for it.

Upon hearing this, Gong Juechen asked, ”Can Peony tell which country that person was from?”

The subordinate immediately replied respectfully, ”I have already asked Peony. She said she has never met anyone from outside Xiyun, so she couldn’t tell which country that person was from.”

Gong Juechen immediately ordered, ”Go to each country and capture someone who can speak Xiyun with an accent. Let Peony identify them. We must find out which country that person is from.”

”Yes, Building Master!”

Going to other countries to capture people who speak Xiyun with an accent and bringing them back for Peony to distinguish would take a lot of time. Now, all Gong Juechen could do was wait.

”Also,” Gong Juechen ordered again, ”have Ronghua place more of our people along the way from the King of Xiyun’s mansion to the Imperial Palace. Anyone who dares to target Xiao Changyi’s sons will be killed without mercy.”

”Yes, Building Master!”

Xiao Changyi is currently outside looking for An Jing. The children of Xiao Changyi and An Jing, he must take good care of them. Anyone who dared to have ill intentions towards those children, Gong Juechen would be the first to make sure they disappeared without a trace.

There weren’t many people who truly cared for Gong Juechen, but Xiao Changyi and An Jing happened to be those who genuinely cared for him.

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When Xiao Changyi arrived at the place where he and An Jing used to live by the mountain, it was May 26th. It had been five days since An Jing’s disappearance, and he hadn’t found a single trace of her.

The lock on the gate had already rusted. Xiao Changyi didn’t use the key to open it but climbed over the wall into the courtyard.

Meng Zhuqing and the others were very worried but still kept watch outside the courtyard, allowing Xiao Changyi to stay alone inside.

The courtyard had been uninhabited for a long time. No matter how well it had been tidied before they left, it now appeared somewhat run-down.

Xiao Changyi stood in the middle of the courtyard, looking at the somewhat dilapidated courtyard, yet found it extremely familiar. In his mind and before his eyes slowly emerged the scenes of the simple and warm days he had spent here with An Jing.

If he and she hadn’t left this place and stayed here, would everything have been different?

Would his foster father not have died?

Would she not have gone missing now?

Xiao Changyi walked to the edge of the corridor, sat on the steps that were only two layers high, closed his eyes, and his mind was filled with An Jing. When he opened his eyes, his mind was still filled with An Jing, leaving him at a loss for what to do.

Simply keep his eyes open and let all his thoughts, every part of his body, think of An Jing.

Since An Jing went missing until now, Xiao Changyi hadn’t slept, nor had he eaten much. His body was very fatigued, but Xiao Changyi himself didn’t feel it at all.

He just sat there quietly, thinking of An Jing until all his nerves were numb, with his heart feeling no pain at all.

”Jing Er...” Even though he was numb and couldn’t feel the pain, Xiao Changyi unconsciously murmured An Jing’s name.

She was his life.

Xiao Changyi and An Jing had many beautiful memories, and Xiao Changyi just sat there, reminiscing.

Even when it got dark, he remained sitting there, sleepless, and deep in his memories.

Meng Zhuqing and Meng Lanqing climbed over the wall, trying to persuade him a few times. Seeing that Xiao Changyi did not respond to their calls, they had no choice but to let him continue sitting there, as if he were already dead, as if he were already a corpse.