"s.h.i.+tou, Little s.h.i.+tou——" Yu Xiaocao felt her heart thumping as she raised her head to listen to the sound. When she looked up, she saw her older brother anxiously searching and calling for her younger brother in the crowd.
"Xiaocao, Xiaolian, have you seen our younger brother? After the monkey show ended, he was lost in the crowd!" Seeing that his two younger sisters were still here, Yu Hang's heart was half relieved. But his younger brother was gone and he kept looking around them anxiously while he talked to his two sisters.
"I didn't see him. Wasn't our younger brother with you the entire time?" Yu Xiaolian remembered the words the old man had just said and tears began forming at the corners of her eyes.
Yu Hang appeared worried, remorseful, and full of self blame… all kinds of emotions were intertwined together. He frowned and said impatiently, "We were together before the monkey show dispersed. When the young girl was walking around to receive money, Little s.h.i.+tou squeezed into the crowd and gave her two copper coins. Then, we were separated by the crowd when it began dispersing. When I searched for him after that, I couldn't find him."
When Yu Xiaocao saw how his brother was blaming himself for his carelessness, she quickly comforted him and said, "Don't worry, maybe he was just pushed by the crowd to another place. Let's go look for him again! Besides, he has Little Black with him, so there shouldn't be any problem…"
Although Xiaocao had said that, she was still quite worried about her younger brother. If Little White had been the one following him, then he would've been of some use. Little Black was too unreliable. It was likely that while they were being kidnapped, Little Black would've thought that the kidnappers were playing a game with him!
Yu Hang said to his two younger sisters, "Let's split up and search for him. I'll go search in this direction and the two of you will search for him in the other direction. Make sure that the two of you don't stray off from each other!"
Yu Xiaocao didn't randomly search for her younger brother like a headless fly as Yu Hang did. Instead, she crouched down and stroked Little White's soft fur. She softly said, "Little White, are you able to find Little Black's scent in the crowd?"
Little White and Little Black had grown up on mystic-stone water given by Xiaocao. In addition to that, wolves inherently have a stronger sense of smell. Little White raised his head, closed his eyes, and sniffed the air lightly. Within the chaotic crowd, Little White was able to catch a whiff of a familiar scent. He lifted his right front leg and pointed to a direction.
Yu Xiaocao was overjoyed and said, "Little White, quickly take us there! Xiaolian, let's follow Little White, he has found something!"
As Yu Xiaocao and her sister followed behind Little White towards a certain direction, not far away from them, a group of senior servants were anxiously looking around.
"Did you find the young master yet?" The person who spoke was a well-dressed senior servant, and she was anxiously questioning the guards who had gathered around.
A large man dressed as a guard shook his head in disappointment and said, "No! There were too many people watching the monkey show. When the show ended, everyone was pus.h.i.+ng and shoving as they dispersed. It's unknown where the young master ended up…"
"Then why aren't you hurrying along looking for him? If anything happens to the young master, none of us will escape from punishment!" The senior servant was quite regretful that she didn't bring out more guards with them when she brought the young master out to play. If she had done that, then they wouldn't have carelessly lost the young master.
This senior servant was the wet nurse to the Tianjin Commander's, Commander Sun, only son. It was almost the New Years, so Commander Sun's wife brought her son to Tanggu Town to accompany her husband to celebrate the New Years. It was unknown which servant had blabbed to the young master about Tanggu Town's lively market, but he pleaded with his mother to let him out for a walk. The commander's wife thought that her young son wouldn't face any danger since it was still bright out and the region was under her husband's jurisdiction. Thus, she asked her son's wet nurse and several guards to accompany the young master to take a stroll. Who would've known that they would be the one to lose the young master!
