To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 264 Looking for someone

  The bearded man hurried back to the restaurant, and walked in through the back door.

  The strong man was washing dishes by the well.

   "Brother, is Xiao Qi back?"

  The burly man didn't lift his head, brushed the bowl and said, "I didn't come back, didn't you go to pick up Xiao Qi?"

   "I didn't receive anyone. I met a student who said that Xiao Qi had a stomachache and left early."

  The strong man put down the bowl and raised his head: "Have you slipped away to play somewhere?"

   "It's possible. This bastard, you must give him a good lesson when you come back!"

  The brawny man chuckled: "Xiaoqi is just at the age of fun, so just say a few words about him. Think about it, when we were so old, we still ran all over the mountain."

  The bearded man frowned and nodded.

   The two didn't think much about it for a while.

   After all, I have lived a rough life for so many years, and the children of poor families are not freed. From the bearded man's point of view, it is a fairy-like day for Xiao Qi to go to school with enough food and clothing.

   And all of this is because Xiaoqi found a good aunt!

  Good aunt?

  The bearded man suddenly came to his senses, and slapped his forehead: "Why did I forget, Xiao Qi has an aunt now, and Xiao Qi didn't come back on time, so I have to go and tell my aunt."

  The strong man nodded again and again: "Yes, I want to tell my aunt so that my aunt won't worry."

   "Brother, you are busy." The bearded man put down these words and walked quickly into the kitchen.

   It was time for the restaurant to serve guests, and as the only cook, Xiuyue was naturally busy.

   Standing in the spacious kitchen with beards, Baba watched Xiuyue squeeze fish **** into the pot neatly.

  The extruded fish **** are the same size, like longan.

  The bearded man forgot Xiao Qi for a moment, pointed to the stage and asked, "Auntie, there are so many, why are you still doing it?"

  There are several deep plates on the table, and each plate is full of round and small fish balls. It looks like it has just been picked up and is still steaming, but the color of the fish **** in several plates is slightly different.

  Xiu Gu focused on the movements of her hands and explained with a smile: "There are many diners who like to eat fish ball pot. Today I made several different fish balls, including eel meat, yellow croaker meat, crucian carp meat..."

  Whiskered man can't help drooling just listening to it.

  There are so many details about a fish ball pot, and it is so lucky to have such an aunt.

   "Da Lang, what are you doing here? Why don't you see Xiao Qi?" Xiuyue fished out the floating fish **** with a strainer, poured them into the maroon empty plate she had prepared earlier, then wiped her hands and looked at the bearded man.

   "Ah, by the way, I came in just to tell my aunt that Xiao Qi didn't come back."

  Xiuyue was taken aback for a moment, and the smile on the corner of her mouth suddenly disappeared: "Why didn't you come back?"

  After hearing the bearded man, Xiuyue's expression became more solemn: "I'll go talk to the girl and ask some people to go out and look for it."

  The bearded man was frightened by Xiuyue's seriousness: "No need, aunt, children are playful, and they will come back when they are hungry."

  Why are you still so inspiring?

  Xiuyue didn't think so.

  Although it has been found out that Xiao Qi is not the little prince, Xiao Qi's life experience is inseparable from the Zhennan Prince's Mansion after all, so he can't be careless about his sudden failure to come back on time.

   "It's time for dinner, the food in the restaurant is so delicious, Xiaoqi is reluctant to come back?" Xiuyue asked the bearded man.

  The bearded man suddenly panicked.

  Auntie is right. With such delicious food, who would be willing to play in the mud outside?

   Too bad, Xiaoqi won't be kidnapped, right?

  At this moment, Hongdou came in to serve the dishes, Xiuyue hurriedly said: "Hongdou, please ask the girl to come here."

   Not long after, Luo Sheng walked into the kitchen.

"What's wrong?"

   "Da Lang didn't pick up Xiao Qi today."

  Luo Sheng immediately looked at the bearded man.

  The bearded man hurriedly told the situation.

   "Du Da, you and Lu Wu will look for it along the way. Once there is news about Xiaoqi, one of them will report it immediately."

  Seeing the bearded man and the strong man going out from the back door, Xiuyue was quite disturbed: "Girl, if Xiao Qiwan is not playing for fun but has encountered something, Du Da and the two of them may not be enough..."

   "You can take care of the spoon with peace of mind, and I will ask a few more people to look for it quietly."

   There was a wine shop where dignitaries gathered, and the less Xiao Qi had a sense of presence in front of these people, the better.

  Luo Sheng left the restaurant through the back door and walked down the street.

   At this time, the sun has set and the crescent moon hangs on the treetops.

  The entire Qingxing Street is lively. The red lanterns under the eaves of each shop are lit up, and the orange light intertwines to illuminate the clean bluestone road.

  There are also places where the light cannot reach, forming dark corners on the street, which are difficult to attract people's attention.

  Luo Sheng stopped in a dark corner not far from Youjian Restaurant.

  A young man looks surprised by her presence.

   "Come here." Luo Sheng said lightly.

  The young man hesitated for a moment, walked up to Luo Sheng, frowned and said: "Little lady, we don't know each other, do you want me to do something?"

   "Are you from my father?"

  The young man almost jumped up, trying his best to look puzzled: "Sorry, I don't know what you're talking about—"

  Luo Sheng turned around: "Then I'll go ask my father."

   "Girl, stop!" The young man couldn't pretend anymore, and turned to Luo Sheng in front of Luo Sheng, cupping his fists and saluting, admitting his identity.

  Luo Sheng didn't talk nonsense, and ordered: "The chef's nephew Xiao Qi is missing, call your people to look for it, and call me back if you have any news."

   "Yes!" The young man replied, until he gathered his companions who were usually responsible for secretly protecting the restaurant, he still couldn't figure out how Miss Luo discovered it.

  Luo Sheng returned to the lobby of the restaurant and waited silently.

   The process of waiting for someone is always difficult, and the tea in front of me is unknowingly refilled one cup after another.

   Wei Han looked at all this and frowned secretly.

  Miss Luo seems to have something on her mind.

  No, it should be said that Miss Luo has always had something on her mind, and today's abnormality shows that she has encountered a new situation that she did not expect.

  Wei Han is a very simple person, if you can’t figure it out, then ask.

  Luo Sheng drank his tea with lowered eyes, when the light above suddenly dimmed.

  She looked up unconsciously, and saw that familiar handsome face.

   "What's the matter, my lord?"

   Wei Han found that he was standing and blocked the light, glanced out of the corner of his eye, and moved a stool not far away to sit down.

  The female shopkeeper who had just greeted the guests was walking back, and was stunned when she saw this.

   That's her stool!

  Your majesty, how can you grab the shopkeeper's stool and sit on it?

  The female shopkeeper shook her head, hid at the other end of the counter and opened the ledger.

  She remembered that the money that King Kaiyang paid in advance was almost spent, and it was time to pay...

   Wei Han sat down, very satisfied with the height, and asked in a soft voice: "Did Miss Luo encounter any trouble?"

  Luo Sheng held a teacup and looked at him calmly.

  If Shi Yan hadn't been asked to find someone, she would have suspected that Shi Yan had informed him.

   Wei Han was obviously not defeated by Luo Sheng's silence, and said softly, "I can help."

  (end of this chapter)