Originally, Bai Banxia planned to close the door and deal with Baishui and his wife, but she had to ask them to apologize to her mother, but Xiaocao disappeared, and she suddenly lost her mood.
There was Xiaocao's little rose flower on the bed in the room. She didn't know how much she liked the flower head that Bai Banxia and Ma Xiaoyu made for her. She would not take it off unless she was going to sleep.
Bai Banxia felt a pain in her heart. She had already thought of something and hurriedly called Qi Zhen to look for it separately. The two of them searched the backyard and toilets, but could not find any trace of Xiaocao.
"There are footprints here." Qi Zhen pointed to the bottom of the backyard wall and said.
Bai Banxia hurried over to check. The footprints were very small and undoubtedly belonged to Xiaocao. There were no other footprints nearby, indicating that Xiaocao climbed over the wall and left alone.
Bai Tian and Zhang Lingzhi also rushed over. Zhang Lingzhi blamed himself and said: "It's all my fault that I just looked at myself and cried, and didn't look at the child. She must have heard what we were arguing about."
"Mom, don't blame yourself. It's already dark. Qi Zhen and I can just go look for it. You guys just wait at home. Maybe someone will see it and send it back to us," Bai Banxia said.
"Otherwise, it would be faster if we split up and look for it?" Bai Tian asked.
Bai Banxia shook his head, "Don't go out tonight, Qi Zhen and I will definitely find Xiaocao."
Without further ado, she and Qi Zhen walked out the door, only to see Baishui humming a tune in the yard with a look of gloating on his face.
Bai Banxia glared at him fiercely, okay, she didn't have time to talk nonsense with him, if he could afford it, he wouldn't go out, it would make him feel better if he did.
There were too many weeds outside the back wall. Apart from a few footprints made by grass, there were no other traces, and the clues were lost for a while.
"Let's go to Liu's house and have a look." Qi Zhen suggested when he saw her anxiously.
Bai Banxia felt a pain in her heart. If Xiaocao took the initiative to return to the Liu family, how desperate would it be?
The Liu family is an abyss to her, a place with endless nightmares, but if she has nowhere to go and doesn't want to trouble others, she can only go back to the most terrifying place.
"Xiaocao must be afraid of causing trouble to us." Her nose was sore and her voice was a little more choked up. "That silly child is so sensible and makes people feel distressed. Generally, children as old as her can understand nothing. I'm afraid that if adults quarrel, it's just a matter of time.
Hide and watch the fun."
Qi Zhen patted her shoulder to comfort her, "I will find it."
"I didn't take good care of her." Bai Banxia blamed herself.
She has never raised children, she has never made many friends since she was a doctor in her previous life, and she doesn't know how to take care of others.
Just like when she met a patient with psychological problems in her previous life, she was helpless and suggested that the patient see a psychiatrist. She could only cure the body but not the mind.
She only healed Xiaocao's body, but not her heart.
"When we find her, we must try our best to enlighten her. I don't know how to comfort people. Please help me." She whispered.
Qi Zhen was stunned. How could he comfort others? But when he saw that she was so worried that she was about to cry, his heart softened and he nodded and said, "Okay."
The two found Liu's house and jumped on the wall to take a look. There seemed to be no sound of grass.
Bai Banxia thought for a while and finally knocked on the Liu family's door.
It was Liu San's wife who opened the door. She was surprised and even a little nervous when she saw Bai Banxia.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
Bai Banxia stared into her eyes and asked, "Xiaocao is gone. Have you returned to your home?"
Liu San's wife was even more surprised, "No, how could she come back?"
"Didn't you bring her back?" Qi Zhen suddenly asked with a dark face. He had a murderous aura around him, which was very scary.
Bai Banxia almost forgot how murderous Qi Zhen was when he met him for the first time. He was quite capable of intimidating people.
Liu San's daughter-in-law shivered after being stared at, "Really not, what are we doing catching grass? Moreover, the head of the family and I have never treated the children harshly. It's just that the old lady doesn't like her."
Her expression didn't look like she was telling lies. It seemed that Liu Xiaocao really didn't go back to Liu's house.
Bai Banxia was about to leave in a blink of an eye, but Liu San's wife called her to stop her.
"I don't know what happened, but that child has been said to be a broom star since she was a child. She was said to have killed her own father. She feels very inferior and may commit suicide. You should find her as soon as possible."
Bai Banxia gritted her teeth, "I know."
She didn't want to thank Liu's third daughter-in-law. Even though Liu's third daughter-in-law was not the murderer who had been abusing Xiaocao, they allowed Mrs. Liu to abuse Xiaocao because of a stupid filial piety. Are they innocent?
What she said now was just to make up for the guilt in her heart and make herself feel better, but it did not do Xiaocao any good at all.
The two left Liu's house and had no clue for a while.
Suddenly, Bai Banxia looked towards the back mountain, "I understand, let's go up the mountain now."
Qi Zhen narrowed his eyes, "You said she went to the place where she was thrown?"
Bai Banxia had a sore nose, "She probably felt that her life was useless and wanted to go back to the mountains to fend for herself, so she left her favorite hair flower behind."
"Let's go." Qi Zhen pulled her, and the two of them quickened their pace.
When they arrived at the back mountain pass, Zhang An and the security team were already preparing for training. When they saw the two people, they thought they were here for training, but they noticed something was wrong with their expressions.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhang An asked.
"The grass is gone, let's go up the mountain to look for it." Bai Banxia replied.
Zhang An frowned, "There are wolves on the mountain at night. It's not safe for you two to go up the mountain. How about we arrange for a few people to go with you?"
"No, let's go back quickly. You guard the mountain pass. If there is a wolf attack, you can respond to us." Bai Banxia hurriedly refused. The situation in the mountain was changeable, and she could not let others follow her and take risks.
"Okay, you should pay more attention to safety. Maybe the child did not go up the mountain." Zhang An comforted, "I also asked people to go door to door in the village and ask, maybe they can find it."
Bai Banxia felt in her heart that it was impossible for Xiaocao to go to someone else's house, but it was always right to try.
"Okay, I'll bother Uncle Zhang." Bai Banxia said and walked up the mountain with Qi Zhen.
Many people behind him couldn't help but sigh. Some lamented Xiaocao's pitiful fate, while others lamented the commotion in the Bai family just now. Needless to say, it must have irritated Xiaocao.
It's late at night, the temperature has dropped, and the sounds of wild beasts can be heard from time to time in the mountains. What will a five-year-old child encounter in the mountains?
"I know you are impatient, but you can't rush up." Qi Zhen suddenly stopped her, "Xiaocao is only five and a half years old. Even if you want to go back to the place where you were thrown before, you may not be able to find it. The mountains are so big, you have to
Only by looking for her traces can we find her faster."
Concern leads to chaos. Bai Banxia also knew that she was too impatient at the moment. She took a few deep breaths and tried to calm down.
"You're right, we can't rush around like headless flies, let's look for traces carefully," she said.
