"What should we do?" Xiu Bingsheng was also bewildered at this moment.
He had hidden his gold, silver, and jewels for so many years, and now they had all been emptied out. The prison had been broken into, and the person inside was taken away.
Fortunately, Mrs. Liu also disappeared without a trace.
Someone wanted her dead.
But who was this person? Where were they hiding?
Was it the remnants of the Xin Family? Or were those he had harmed in the past coming back?
He did not know, but he was inexplicably afraid and terrified, wishing he could just die, yet he couldn’t bear to.
If he died, what would become of his son and daughter?
Xiu Bingsheng suddenly stood up, "Someone, someone!"
Immediately, two people entered the study, "Master?"
"Hurry, go and tell the madam, the young master, and the young miss to pack up their belongings and send them out of the city at once, go quickly!"
There was no time to wait, not a moment to lose.
Xiu Bingsheng secretly rejoiced that he still had a sum of Silver hidden away somewhere else, as long as he had that Silver, his children would never have to worry about food and clothing.
As long as they were not found out for who they were.
It was fortunate that he had arranged their registration long ago, just in case this day would come.
Mr. Yi also understood that Xiu Bingsheng had no other options, "Master, you must summon all your spirit now!"
"Yes, that’s right, I must summon my spirit. Where is Xunxun? Have Xunxun leave quickly!"
Xiu Xunxun, Xiu Bingsheng’s most beloved daughter. Although she was his daughter, at sixteen, she wasn’t seeking marriage but instead spent her days fawning and acting coyly before Xiu Bingsheng.
Sometimes she even sat on Xiu Bingsheng’s lap, feeding him food.
Affection between father and daughter was not to be taken issue with, but this was perhaps too intimate.
"Yes, I’ll go inform the Sixth Miss right away!" Mr. Yi said, and then left the study.
He was a clever man, and now he knew that being by Xiu Xunxun’s side was his only chance to live.
And Xiu Xunxun surely knew where Xiu Bingsheng’s Silver was hidden.
The sixteen-year-old Xiu Xunxun was exceptionally seductive and enchanting, dressing provocatively, with skin well taken care of, snowy and tender to the point where it made people want to bite into it, yearning to pull her into their arms and ravage her, to see if different colors would bloom on that snowy skin.
Being far from the fire that broke out in the back of the house, she remained calmly in her own courtyard, sipping on fine honeyed wine, attended to diligently by a maid.
Xiu Xunxun was a very cunning woman and was clear about what she wanted. In this house, as a courtesan’s daughter, if she did not rely on her father, she would be nothing. Knowing full well her father’s thoughts, she had no qualms about playing up to him.
Furthermore, aside from being pinched here and there, touched a little, and kissed a bit, she had not lost a woman’s most precious thing.
To gain so much, one must lose a little.
Seeing Mr. Yi approach hurriedly, Xiu Xunxun gave him a soul-enticing smile, both bewitching and coquettish, "Why has Mr. Yi come?"
Mr. Yi tried to calm his mind before speaking, "Sixth Miss, something has happened in the mansion. The Master has ordered his subordinate to help you leave immediately!"
"Leave?" Xiu Xunxun’s eyes narrowed slightly, a flash of panic showed in them, but she quickly composed herself.
"Has something happened?"
"The prison was broken into, the study was robbed, and the back courtyard caught fire. It seems to be the work of one person. The Master is worried about the young miss and wants you to leave the city with his subordinate right away!"
Upon hearing this, Xiu Xunxun immediately instructed the maid, "You all quickly pack up a little, we’ll leave with Mr. Yi right away!"
But then she remembered something.
If the father wanted her to leave, then her siblings would surely be leaving as well. If everyone left the city together, the chance of being caught would be greater.
She could not leave with them...