Rebirth on the wedding night, being doted on by the scumbag elder brother

Chapter 116 Disappeared

She felt extremely guilty. She didn't even know when the young lady disappeared. What if something really went wrong... Thinking of this, Zhilan felt upset and full of self-blame.

Ye Yunzi shook her head. "Get up. It's not your fault. I didn't think it through and didn't let you follow me, so we got separated."

"But..." Zhilan lowered her head and said nothing, refusing to get up.

"Zhilan, let's go home."

Ye Yunzi's tone became much more serious.

Only then did Zhilan look up at her and stood up.

Ye Yunzi turned around and nodded to Shen Siyan, "Shen Siyan, thank you so much today. The Ye Mansion is just ahead, so you don't have to see me off. Just be careful on your way back."

"Okay." Shen Siyan felt warm in his heart when he heard Ye Yunzi's caring words.

He stood there, watching Ye Yunzi walk further and further away, until she turned the corner and disappeared, then he reluctantly withdrew his gaze.

"Ye Yunzi!" he murmured in a low voice.

Ye Yunzi sneaked into the Ye Mansion from the back door without disturbing any servants.

Zhilan followed her silently, obviously still upset about being separated.

In the Zijin Courtyard, Yu Shu was busy hanging up lanterns one by one. The lit lanterns made the entire courtyard as bright as day. As soon as Ye Yunzi stepped into the courtyard, she was attracted by the lively scene.

"Oh, miss, you're back." Yu Shu laughed so happily that her eyes almost narrowed into a line.

Ye Yunzi looked up at the colorful lanterns, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, a smile emerged.

Yu Shu's eyes fell on the lantern in Ye Yunzi's hand, with a complicated expression, and she couldn't help asking: "Miss, where did you get this lantern?"

"This one!" Ye Yunzi looked down and saw a wolf-shaped lantern. She shook her head and said, "Someone gave it to me."

"A gift?" Yu Shu's eyes widened with shock.

"What's wrong?" Ye Yunzi looked confused. She didn't think there was anything wrong with receiving the lantern. After all, lanterns were being sold everywhere on the streets today, and Shen Siyan might have bought it for her casually.

But what Ye Yunzi didn't know, Yu Shu knew clearly. Sending lanterns is a very particular thing. It means that the sender has someone in his heart. The lanterns are like tokens of love. Accepting them means accepting the other person's feelings.

My young lady is such an innocent little lamb. Yu Shu wanted to explain, but after thinking about it, she swallowed all the words and just said, "It's late, young lady, go to bed early."

"Yeah." Ye Yunzi returned to the house and placed the lantern on the table.

……

The outside world was bustling with people, but in a corner of the Ye Mansion, it was a completely different scene - dead silence and so eerie that it made people break out in cold sweats.

Ye Zi was curled up at the foot of the wall, digging into the corners with her fingers. Her once smooth nails were now mottled and no longer as soft and beautiful as before.

Her eyes were empty and she kept muttering something. If you listened carefully, you could hear that it was all curses against Ye Yunzi, as if she wanted to send her to the eighteenth level of hell.

With a creaky sound, the door of the ancestral hall slowly opened, and a maid walked in with a box of cakes in her hand, which she gently placed on the ground.

"Miss Fourth, today is the Qiqiao Festival. Please try these cakes." The maid said softly.

Ye Ziru stopped scratching the wall, her body frozen in place, without looking back. The maid looked at Ye Ziru's figure huddled in the corner. For some reason, the dark back made her feel a chill. "Fourth Miss?"

The ancestral hall was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. The air was filled with the scent of sandalwood, as if it wanted to drive away all the evil spirits here.

The maidservant was frightened and put down the wooden box hastily, wanting to slip away.

Ye Ziru turned around at this time, staring at her with a pair of dark eyes, and asked quietly: "Where is my mother?"

The maid had just retreated to the door, but when Ye Ziru asked this, she stopped and said, "Third Aunt, she is now in the courtyard taking care of her pregnancy, and she is safe and sound."

"Why doesn't she come to see me?" Ye Ziru's voice was erratic. She had lost a lot of weight in the past ten days and looked frail and pitiful. "Why didn't anyone come to let me out, Daddy, Auntie..."

"Fourth Miss." Although the maid was afraid, she still felt sympathy. Her brows knitted into knots and she said, "Third Aunt is pregnant and there is a risk of miscarriage. The master asked her to take good care of the baby and not run around."

Ye Ziru looked confused and didn't hear a word the maid said.

She just knew that no one would come to save her.

"Miss Fourth, I'll leave first." After the maid said this, she turned around and ran away.

In the huge ancestral hall, Ye Ziru was the only one left. No matter how lively the outside world was, it had nothing to do with her. She was trapped here, counting the days one by one.

No one will come to rescue her.

She seemed to be abandoned by the Ye family, left here to fend for herself.

Ye Yunzi, this is all Ye Yunzi's fault. Ye Ziru's face turned pale, and her eyes were filled with rage. "Ye Yunzi, it's all your fault. You've been the one behind all this, causing me to end up like this!"

Ye Ziru stretched out her hand again and continued to scratch the wall, treating it as Ye Yunzi and scratching it hard. A creepy sound was heard in the silent ancestral hall.

……

the next day.

The maid came to bring food to Ye Ziru. She pushed open the wooden door and saw that the pastries that were delivered last night were still in their original places, untouched.

The maid walked over and lifted the wooden lid, and sure enough, the pastries were already cold.

"Fourth Miss, I've brought you breakfast." The maid called out and put the food on the table.

There was no response for a long time.

The maidservant had become accustomed to Ye Ziru's elusive appearance, most likely hiding in some corner.

"Fourth Miss?" She looked into the corner. It was empty. There was no sign of Ye Ziru. "Fourth Miss?"

The maid approached cautiously step by step, calling out as she walked.

There was a big hole on the wall in the corner, and it was obvious how much effort and time Ye Ziru had spent on it.

At this moment, the maid suddenly discovered something and screamed, her hands and feet turned cold with fear. The area around the hole was covered with blood.

"what!"

"Fourth Miss, where is Fourth Miss?" she shouted in panic.

The ancestral hall was empty, and the people who were supposed to be locked up inside were nowhere to be seen.

"Oh no! The fourth young lady has escaped." She exclaimed and hurried to report the news.

……

Over at Zijinyuan.

Ye Yunzi got up early in the morning and wanted to go to the garden to see the seven-hearted begonias she had planted a few days ago. These seven-hearted begonias were very delicate and needed to be carefully cared for. They would wilt if neglected.

The Ye Mansion was deserted in the early morning, and there were almost no servants to be seen.

Ye Yunzi walked through the rockery and along the path. When she looked up, she saw the tranquil pond. The lotus in the pond was in full bloom, pink and white, with green leaves as the backdrop, a beautiful picture of the morning mist in the lotus pond.