uan, was exceptionally gifted in his studies. This brought great honor to the family, and wherever he went, people envied him for having such a promising son.But the fact is, none of the second wives...Su Yusheng nodded and sat down, glancing at Zong Yulian again. The girl's attention had already shifted to the breakfast he had brought.

I stared intently at a plate of glistening, translucent shrimp dumplings, my mouth watering.

He casually brought out the shrimp dumplings from his lunch box and offered them to her. Zong Yu Lian, taken aback and with a hint of bashfulness in her eyes, pretended nothing had happened and withdrew her hand.

Turning her head, she continued asking Fang Jinshi's words.

"What did the divine physician want to ask Su"

Fang Jinxiu was somewhat helpless. She wanted to stop Su Yusheng from getting too close to Yulian, but she couldn't find a reason to speak up and stop him.

Moreover, Yulian, that foolish girl, doesn't seem to have noticed the other party's intentions.

She pushed down on the jumbled thoughts and asked about what happened outside Muchu City a few months ago.

"What exactly happened back then"

Su Yusheng frowned and said, "Master Zhao is indeed with me and Master Fu in the woods when we found you."

"At that time, you were unconscious and injured. We could only bring you back first to treat your wounds."

Fang Jinshi impatiently interrupted him, "What about Zongyu"

"Haven't you sent anyone to look for him"

"Of course I've looked."

He hesitated for a moment, his expression tinged with puzzlement. “It’s strange,” he said, “we didn’t just find Brother Zong, there wasn’t even a trace of him nearby.”

There's one thing Su Yusheng still finds unbelievable to this day.

"Master Fang, were those assassins in the traps set up in the trees really killed by you"

A blood-stained snow, corpses littered the ground.

Su Yusheng still can't forget the shock it gave him back then. He had never seen so many dead people in his life, let alone the fact that the couple from the Zong family killed them all.

"Did someone help you"

Fang Jinshu didn't really listen to Su Yusheng's words after that. When he said he couldn't find Zong Yu, not even a trace of him, she fell into anxiety.

"How could he have disappeared without a trace"

"At that time, A-Yu had clearly fallen right in front of me."

Li Lie's sword thrust, piercing Zong Yu's body, flashed in Fang Jinxiu's mind. She clenched her fists in pain.

"How could you not find anyone."

"Didn't you even try to look properly!"

She suddenly raised her voice, startling Zong Yulian next to her so much that she didn't even dare to chew. In her heart, her elder brother was invincible.

From small to large, no one has ever been able to hurt her older brother.

No matter what happens to others in their family, the eldest brother will be fine.

So Zong Yulian didn't initially think the situation was too serious, although she was worried, with her sister-in-law around, she felt that her elder brother would definitely be back soon.

When she saw the restlessness in Fang Jinxiu's eyes, a feeling of unprecedented fear surged into Zong Yulian's heart, a fear even greater than when she was sold to the flower house by her own uncle.

The chopsticks in her hand clattered to the ground.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what happened to big brother"

That day, outside Muzhou City, Fang Jinshi hadn't told anyone about what happened before she fell into a coma. She hadn't told anyone that Zong Yu had been stabbed in the chest with a blade before she completely passed out.

Because even she herself was afraid to remember this scene, she had always been in the habit of making the worst preparations.

But when it came to Zongyu, she never wanted things to go that far.

"Sister-in-law, what do you say"

"What's wrong with your big brother Aren't you guys always together"

Fang Jinshu felt deeply pained as she waved goodbye.

Yulian noticed something was wrong and hurriedly got up to walk in front of Su Yusheng.

"You said, what's wrong with my big brother"

Su Yusheng glanced at Fang Jinshu. Matters concerning Zong Yu, even if he wanted Yu Lian to know, shouldn't be told by him.

"Divine Doctor, when we found you, there was indeed only you on the ground."

Afterward, not only did our people search every nook and cranny in the vicinity, but even the yamen officers who came to collect the body couldn't find any trace of Big Brother Zong.

"But you shouldn't be too despairing."

He watched Fang Jinshu silently endure her sadness, her eyes even reddened with suppressed tears.

He once thought that nothing in this world could stump a woman like Fang Jinshu, who was always so intelligent, decisive, and fearless in the face of danger.

Now it seems that everyone has weaknesses, and excessive concern can lead to chaos.

"You think, since there's no trace of Elder Zong anywhere, it's very possible he was taken away by someone"rother Yu, did Lord Gu ask you to go because he agreed to let you go home to visit your family"Zongyu shook his head and frowned."Pack your things and return to Beijing."Zhuge Yun was taken aback, "Di...