Chapter 217:
The ships that passed through this lake area that day totaled twenty-three in all. He personally interrogated them one by one, fearing any oversight and checking meticulously, but no matter how he questioned or investigated, the result was that no ship had ever rescued a young lady from the lake.
His Wanwan was forced to jump into the lake, yet no one went to save her.
This was the fact that Lu Ziyan had determined after spending nearly a month.
His Wanwan was soaking in the icy lake bottom, waiting for him to save her.
Waiting for him to save her!
Lu Ziyan was dazed in expression. When he stepped onto the deck, the sweeping cold wind made him shudder violently.
His whole person suddenly seemed to fully come back to his senses, losing the walking dead, dazed and trance appearance of these past days. His eyes shone brightly, his ghostly pale face flushed with a sickly tide of red, and his body leaped up fiercely. Everyone only heard a ‘plop’, and he had already jumped into the lake.
Even Ming Feng and Ming Jian, who were following closely behind him, had no time to stop him. Seeing this, they were greatly alarmed and both jumped into the water.
The soldiers who could swim also kept jumping into the water one after another.
At the same time, also on Dayang Lake, Pei Yuqing boarded the Li Family merchant ship that Xie Wanning had taken that day. Behind him followed only a few guards, along with two men who looked like servants being escorted.
The two men who looked like servants stepped forward to lead the way, taking them to the second floor and pointing to a guest room. They said fearfully, “We dare not deceive Your Lordship. This is the room where the young lady stayed that day.”
In front of him was the most ordinary wooden door, but this handsome young man, who exuded nobility all over, seemed to face a great enemy. His feet took root, and he hesitated to take even a single step closer.
It was this room…
Pei Yuqing stood motionless, his eyes gradually reddening. In the stagnant and somewhat terrifying atmosphere, the few guards following behind him did not dare make the slightest sound, for fear of disturbing the Young Lord’s thoughts.
After a long, long time, with a ‘creak’, the wooden door was slowly pushed open. The hands pushing the door were even trembling slightly.
In the narrow side room, besides a simple wooden bed, there was only a small table for placing a water kettle. There were no other furnishings.
After the group entered, the room was packed full.
Such a place was the last residence of that delicate young lady in her lifetime.
Pei Yuqing’s heart ached with twisting pain, and a fishy sweetness surged in his throat. He forced it down and slowly walked to the window.
His hand rested on the window, his gaze fixed straight on the lake surface.
Under the winter sun, Dayang Lake shimmered with ripples, peaceful and serene.
It did not look at all like a place that had swallowed over a thousand lives in a short time.
He stood quietly for a long time, until the sun set in the west and the temperature visibly dropped.
After another cough, Pei Shu stepped forward from behind him and advised, “Young Lord, let’s head back first. The sky…”
Pei Yuqing lightly raised his hand and turned to look at the two servants who had been silent as cicadas in winter. “Where is that mother and daughter’s room?”
The servant hurriedly said, “It’s right next door. Please follow me.”
This time, the door was directly pushed open by them.
The layout was much the same, but there was a lingering stain on the floor of this room. The evening glow streaming in from the window shone right on it, making it very clear.
…It looked like it had been cleaned, yet the bloodstain stubbornly remained.
This was the mark of two lives.
The two guiding servants paused in their steps before walking inside.
One of them muttered almost inaudibly, “…What a sin.”
Ordinary people naturally would not hear it, but everyone present were experts with profound internal energy, and all heard it clearly.
