Regardless of whether it would fit, Xiaobai had already left, and she was Xiaobai’s Master. She couldn’t just abandon it like that, could she?
So, the Girl bent down, squeezed her head through, and followed it out.
The streets of Capital City were bustling, with pedestrians flowing like water.
Suisui had been out for quite some time, but she hadn’t seen any trace of Xiaobai.
She walked along, shouting "Xiaobai" and searching.
Then she bumped her head against someone’s thigh.
"Ouch!"
Rubbing her very sore little head, she looked up at the person she had bumped into, her eyes widening. "Pretty Sister! How can it be you?"
Xie Pan’Er was also quite taken aback. How had this little girl run into her?
Thinking about Xie Yingying’s current state, she instinctively took a step back and forced an awkward smile. "You recognize me?" she asked tentatively.
Xiaosuisui nodded vigorously. "I do, I do! You’re the Xie Family’s Third Miss, Xie Pan’Er."
"How do you know that?" After asking, Xie Pan’Er couldn’t help but feel she was being rather foolish. This girl’s family must have investigated the Xie Family because of Xie Yingying.
"Did your parents investigate the Xie Family because Xie Yingying offended you?"
When Xie Pan’Er asked this, she was quite cautious, her heart leaping into her throat. Heavens, Xie Yingying’s disastrous actions... please don’t let them bring trouble to Mom and Dad! Life for Mom and Dad in the Xie Family was already difficult. If they offended some important figure because of Xie Yingying’s disastrous actions, they would definitely be used as punching bags by the main branch in the future.
"Investigate the Xie Family?" Xiaosuisui shook her head. "I don’t know!"
Her reply was remarkably straightforward. She grabbed Xie Pan’Er’s arm and asked, "Pretty Sister, have you seen Xiaobai? It disappeared after coming out of the hole. I’ve been looking for a long time and still haven’t found it. I don’t know where it ran off to."
Xie Pan’Er did know that Xiaobai was this little girl’s pet rabbit.
Everything Xie Yingying was suffering now was because of that rabbit.
Xie Pan’Er’s heart ached with bitterness. Xie Yingying, blinded and disfigured by the rabbit, constantly tormented her.
Because no one in Yang City could treat Xie Yingying, the Xie Family and Lu Yunsheng discussed it and decided everyone should rush back to Capital City, traveling day and night by fast horse.
The Xie Family members were exhausted from the non-stop travel. Upon reaching Capital City, everyone was weary in body and spirit. Yet, that Eldest Miss Xie insisted on having preserved fruit from Zhiwei Restaurant, specifically demanding that Xie Pan’Er personally go and buy it.
Actually, Xie Pan’Er knew very well that Xie Yingying didn’t genuinely want preserved fruit from Zhiwei Restaurant; she was just finding ways to torment her.
"Sister hasn’t seen your rabbit. You should look somewhere else!"
Thinking of Xie Yingying’s torment, and then of this little girl whose words very possibly came true—to put it bluntly, a legendary ’crow’s mouth’—she desperately wanted to keep a wide berth from her!
"Oh! Then I’ll go look somewhere else." The Girl didn’t overthink it, turned, and left, planning to search elsewhere.
Xie Pan’Er went to Zhiwei Restaurant. Although it was already past noon, there was still a long line of people waiting to buy preserved fruit. Several types of preserved fruit here were special supplies, with only fifty portions sold daily before they stopped. Even the ordinary ones that sold particularly well required taking a number and queuing. As for the others, they were sold as available; whatever they had on hand that day was sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
Xie Pan’Er took a number and queued. She hadn’t been standing for long before she started yawning, her body utterly exhausted.
Suddenly, a loud shout erupted beside her, "Get away! Where did this damned rabbit come from, causing trouble here! Someone, quickly drive this rabbit away for me!"
Hearing the word "rabbit," Xie Pan’Er, already exhausted, couldn’t help her eyelids from twitching!
A rabbit? Could it be the one she was thinking of? The rabbit that could avenge its master?
Thinking of the little girl she had parted from not long ago, Xie Pan’Er wailed inwardly, Little girl! I miss you!