Chapter 2675 — Yushan's Lie
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"To a hotel. Not the one we went to before, though—we can't stay in this town. We'll head to the city next door!" Zhao Qibing feared that someone in the town might recognize Yuning and cause unnecessary trouble. He had already mapped out the route and settled on a five-star hotel in the neighboring city.
"Oh..." Uncle Zhu nodded, and a rough idea began to form in his mind. "Young Master Bing, you aren't thinking of... forcing yourself on her, are you? Wouldn't that stir up conflict and war between our Hidden Zhao family and the Hidden Rain family?"
"Haha, Uncle Zhu, you're only looking at the surface. You haven't seen the interests at stake beneath it..." With that, Zhao Qibing laid out all his earlier analysis and plans for Uncle Zhu.
Hearing Zhao Qibing's analysis, Uncle Zhu saw the light at once. Now that something like this had happened to the Rain family's eldest daughter, this was no time for assigning blame—the proper course was to turn a bad thing into a good one. What Zhao Qibing said did make real sense. Once Yuning became his wife, everything would be smooth sailing.
Still, could this matter be turned to Wei Zhao's advantage somehow? Uncle Zhu resolved to find an opportunity to inform Wei Zhao of it at the first chance. If Wei Zhao could make use of it, all the better; if not, he would at least have done his duty.
Back at the Hidden Rain family, a long time had passed since Yushan and Yuning left with no word, and Yuxiaocheng was finally growing anxious. He dialed the pager Yuning carried. This pager only worked within the Hidden Rain family's grounds—it was much like an intercom system and could not reach the outside world.
Yuxiaocheng had been afraid Yuning might contact Wei Zhao at will, so he had restricted her communications.
When the call went through, however, it showed that she was out of range and the call was restricted. Yuxiaocheng was startled at once! That meant the pager had been turned off, or she had already left the area where the Hidden Rain family's signal could reach!
But there was no way Yuning would turn off her pager, and it charged by solar power, so it could not have run out of battery. The only possibility was that something had gone wrong!
At that thought, Yuxiaocheng dialed Yushan's pager. Yushan's pager did connect, but no one answered. He then switched to Yushan's cell phone, and it was the same—it rang but no one picked up. Cold sweat broke out instantly on Yuxiaocheng's forehead.
"Someone come!" Yuxiaocheng roared.
The one who came was Yuqi. Yuliu was dead, and Yuqi had now taken over Yuliu's former duties, becoming Yuxiaocheng's attendant.
"Go have people search the area around the family's mountain range for Yuning and Yushan. Report back to me the moment there's any news!" Yuxiaocheng ordered.
"Yes, Patriarch!" Yuqi accepted the order and hurried off to find people to search the area around the family grounds for Yuning and Yushan.
Yuxiaocheng, meanwhile, had his brows tightly knitted, hesitating over whether to tell his father about this. In the end, he decided to wait. If it turned out to be a false alarm, he would not disturb his father. The Rain family's old ancestor had recently touched the barrier to the peak of the early Heaven rank and had a very good chance of advancing to the mid Heaven rank, so lately he cultivated at every spare moment. Yuxiaocheng did not want to intrude.
But soon enough, word came from Yuqi's side—and it was very bad news. They had found Yushan on the family's back mountain, but he had been knocked unconscious and was still in a coma. Yushan was alone, and there was no trace of Yuning anywhere near him!
The news made Yuxiaocheng's heart sink. He quickly ordered Yuqi to intensify the search and widen its scope, while having Yushan brought to him at once. Yuxiaocheng needed to find out exactly what had happened.