Feng Yiweng received the news of the Lu Family’s disappearance during an afternoon tea party. At that ti, she was with a few new sisters she had just befriended, sipping tea and gossiping about who-knows-what they had heard from sowhere.
"Have you heard? The newly moved-in Lu Family disappeared overnight. They’ve been missing for three days now, and still no one has found them." Sister A opened up mysteriously.
"The newly moved-in Lu Family?" Upon hearing the familiar surna, Feng Yiweng paused her hand holding the coffee and couldn’t resist asking.
"Yeah, it’s not clear whom they offended, but the whole family vanished overnight. Maybe they were retaliated against." Sister A shook her head, her mouth expressing regret while her eyes were full of gossip enthusiasm.
"I don’t think it’s retaliation; maybe the entire family went on a trip. It’s getting colder here in Shangjing, maybe they went to so island." Feng Yiweng’s eyes flashed with a mont of panic but quickly stabilized. She placed the coffee cup on the table and said naturally.
"How possible is that? Who goes on a trip without telling anyone? They didn’t even inform the company, and just disappeared. Even if they’re carefree, they’d at least pick up the phone calls from the company, wouldn’t they? Obviously, this indicates a problem at ho. If it’s not an enemy seeking revenge, what else could it be? Surely not to avoid debts." Sister A cleared her throat and spoke.
Hearing her companion’s speculation, Feng Yiweng’s fingers trembled slightly. For so reason, a face suddenly flashed in her mind, as if she already knew who it would be if anything happened to the Lu Family. She unconsciously pressed her slightly trembling fingers and crossed her arms, maintaining an expressionless look, making it unlikely for anyone to believe she was slightly frightened inside.
"This might not be the case. I heard from my uncle that the Lu Family wasn’t doing too well; soone influential disliked them and took much of their business. Even the bank was alerted. Although the Lu Family looks fine on the surface, they actually have holes everywhere. Maybe they realized they couldn’t continue business and ran off with the money. I don’t quite believe they were taken away by anyone. It’s a law-abiding society now; do you still think you’re watching a drama? If there’s an issue, just speak online directly." Sister B shook her head disapprovingly.
"You two should stop guessing here; among us, isn’t there soone familiar with the Lu Family? Why bother thinking too much? Just ask directly." Sister C nodded towards Feng Yiweng, hinting.
The other two redirected their gazes following Sister C, looking at Feng Yiweng as if they were wolves seeing at after three days of hunger, making Feng Yiweng’s skin crawl.
"You’re right." The sisters gave Sister C a thumbs up, and then eagerly asked Feng Yiweng, "Wenwen, your family is so close to the Lu Family, surely you have so news we don’t know. Tell us, was their family retaliated against, or rely fleeing because their company might collapse?"
"Well, I’m not sure. Our family had a falling out with them over so matters, and we haven’t been in touch for a long ti. I heard about the Lu Family’s situation from you guys." Feng Yiweng displayed a perfect look of disappointnt.
Upon hearing they wouldn’t get any gossip about the Lu Family, the excitent on so faces faded a bit, but their curiosity was piqued by another piece of gossip shortly after, and the atmosphere wasn’t too bad.
Seeing no more questions about the Lu Family’s gossip, Feng Yiweng internally sighed with relief, though at the sa ti, she couldn’t help feeling apprehensive and worried.
If possible, she hoped the Lu Family ran away to avoid debt, rather than being taken away as revenge.
Feng Yiweng looked preoccupied all afternoon. Upon returning ho in the evening, she locked herself in her room, feeling increasingly uneasy as she thought.
During dinner, Feng Aimin, who was usually absent due to work, surprisingly appeared at the dining table. This made Madam Feng look quite happy, and the atmosphere was good, lessening Feng Yiweng’s afternoon worry significantly.
But happy tis seed short. Just halfway through dinner, Feng Aimin began to sigh, and left the food on his plate untouched.
"Husband, what’s wrong? Is it work trouble, or is the food not to your taste today?" Madam Feng asked, holding Feng Aimin’s hand with concern.
"Neither, it’s about the Lu Family. I heard today that they’ve disappeared; their company employees reported the case, but there’s still no clue. I don’t know who Old Lu offended, but now nobody knows if they’re safe. Our families have been connected for over a decade, and I can’t shake this off my mind." Feng Aimin put down his tableware and said.
The chopsticks in Feng Yiweng’s hand abruptly hit the bowl, making a sound.
"What’s wrong?" Madam Feng asked as she turned to look at Feng Yiweng.
"Nothing, just lost my appetite. You eat." Feng Yiweng slamd her bowl and chopsticks on the table, turned around with a sullen face, and left.
Madam Feng looked at Feng Aimin, with a tone of confusion mixed with complaint, "Who upset her again? She’s starting to throw a fit."
"Ignore her, kids’ tempers co and go. She’ll be fine after so ti." Feng Aimin said, watching Feng Yiweng’s departing figure.
"I wonder who she got this stubborn temper from. I’m not like this." Madam Feng glanced at Feng Aimin.
"Don’t look at like that. Have you ever seen like that?" Feng Aimin replied with a slightly aggrieved tone.
Feng Yiweng didn’t listen to the conversation further, nor could she hear more. She returned to her room, slamd the door shut, and threw herself on the bed, feeling an inexplicable irritability, as if sothing bad was about to happen.
This feeling clung to Feng Yiweng, making her want to destroy everything within sight.
Gripping the bed sheets, she alternately tightened and relaxed her hold, eventually climbing out of bed. With a sullen face, she started mindlessly smashing things. The sound of breaking objects alard Feng Aimin and Madam Feng downstairs, who exchanged a look and hurried upstairs.
The Feng Family was destined for a restless night, but none of this had anything to do with Xu Ke yet. His revenge had not started; he had another matter to attend to.
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