In the middle of the night, when people are asleep, the whole Crescent Bay is peaceful, and occasionally there are a few barking dogs and birds.

The crisp sound of horses' hooves from far and near, it was unusually clear in the quiet night, and everywhere the horse's hooves went, the dogs barked, disturbing the tranquility of Crescent Bay. In the courtyard of the Niu family, the second boy and Xiaozhu were sleeping soundly together, and the silly girl was also sleeping sweetly in the house, only Xiaomo was sitting curled up, holding his chin with his hands, staring at the door motionless with his eyes open.

I have never been separated from Xiaoyue since I was a child, and I never understood what it means to be a sad Xiaomo, but this time I finally understood it thoroughly. It felt like something in my heart had suddenly fallen, empty, and uncomfortable.

Satsuki, where the hell are you?

The messy sound of horses' hooves stopped abruptly at the gate of the courtyard, only to hear a "hoo-", a figure jumped off the horse vigorously, Xiaomo instinctively rushed out, and when he saw the person who came, the tears that had been held in his eyes for a long time flowed down at once.

"Mother!" Xiao Mo buried his head in Su Yan's lap, his little hands hugged Su Yan tightly, and all his strength and courage completely collapsed the moment he saw Su Yan.

Xiaomo cried breathlessly, and his voice was choked: "Mother, Xiaoyue...... It's gone...... Xiaomo put Xiaoyue ...... Lost ...... Xiaomo didn't take good care of Xiaoyue...... Woo woo woo - I can't find Satsuki, I can't find ......"

A five-year-old child, without the company of his mother and without the favor of his father, how can he not be afraid when he encounters this kind of thing.

However, at such a sad and aggrieved moment, the five-year-old child did not forget to lower his voice and cry lowly, for fear that his uncle, who was asleep in the house, would listen to him and add to his uncle's worries.

Su Yan had never seen Xiaomo cry so sadly, and squatted down in distress and held Xiaomo's little face to wipe his tears, Xiaomo's face was full of tears, blaming him for not taking care of Xiaoyue's disappearance, and lowered his head to admit his mistake to Su Yan: "Xiaomo has searched all over Crescent Bay, but he just can't see Xiaoyue." Mother, what should we do? Where do we go to find Satsuki? Mother, you hit Xiaomo, it's Xiaomo who didn't take a good look at Xiaoyue, and it was Xiaomo who lost Xiaoyue. ”

Su Yan's heart was about to break when Xiaomo was crying, he hugged Xiaomo into his arms, and comforted him softly: "Xiaomo doesn't cry, with her mother's mother, her mother will definitely be able to get Xiaoyue back, Xiaoyue's fortune is great, and she will be fine." ”

When Shopkeeper Mu accompanied Father Liu to the Futian Inn, Su Yan had already fallen asleep. As soon as he heard that Satsuki was gone, he was so anxious that he immediately set off to come back. Because Daddy Liu's carriage was too slow, Su Yan was like an arrow again, so Shopkeeper Mu generously borrowed his horse to Su Yan. Su Yan had learned to ride horses before, and most of the grasslands in Inner Mongolia had slipped for her, mainly to deal with those high-end customers who loved horseback riding, and they didn't want to come here to come in handy.

Listening to what happened to Daddy Liu, Su Yan pondered in his heart, judging from the situation, it was more likely that Xiaoyue would be abducted. The possibility of being abducted is either to meet a trafficker or to meet an enemy, obviously, the former is more likely. Although I have heard from people outside that there are traffickers in other counties who specialize in abducting and selling children to buy them, Changping Town does not seem to have heard of similar incidents. It is also impossible for traffickers to go to the distant Crescent Bay to abduct and sell their children, and it is not easy for them to quickly transfer their children.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Su Yan felt that the possibility of Xiaoyue being abducted by traffickers was extremely small. Traffickers have always abducted and sold children neatly, leaving no trace, leaving no trace, where do they leave so many footprints on the river beach.

So before leaving, Su Yan asked the shopkeeper Mu if he had heard of anyone near Changping Town who wanted to find a child, or if there were any customs related to children.

Shopkeeper Mu is a businessman, the news is much better than others, after thinking for a long time, Shopkeeper Mu said in a deep voice: "I have never heard of anyone looking for children, but there is a custom, that is, Wuning Town, fifty miles away from the town, used to have the custom of underworld marriage, especially the sons and daughters of large families died before marriage, so they found a person with the same birthday at a high price, and buried them with the deceased." Because it is to be buried with the living, it is no different from the life of the grass, so this custom has been banned by the government many years ago, and in recent years, I have not heard of a marriage with the underworld. ”

Ghost Marriage...... I feel creepy when I hear two words, but fortunately it's forbidden, I hope Xiaoyue doesn't encounter this kind of thing.

"Sister, look down, it's not a way for you to look aimlessly, it's better to report to the official, let the official help find it, I hope it's bigger." Shopkeeper Mu had been thinking about Su Yan's mention all day, and after weighing the left and right, he was still a little tempted, so he thought about going to the Futian Inn to find Su Yan early the next morning, but who knew that he met Daddy Liu knocking on the door at night to ask Su Yan's whereabouts, and heard that Su Yan's niece was lost, so he hurriedly brought Daddy Liu over in person.

Where did Su Yan wait for the official errand to be dispatched, it was better to count on the official errand than to count on herself, and then she thought that if Xiaoyue really fell into the hands of some villain, she would not be able to fight herself, and it would be much more advantageous to have an official errand. Something like this happened, Su Yan was most worried about Xiaomo and them, where could they wait to report to the official, and finally had to ask Father Liu to help report to the official, and she had to rush back overnight. Daddy Liu is a happy person, and he agreed, and Shopkeeper Mu also said that he would accompany Daddy Liu.

It's the middle of the night, it's pitch black, and it's certainly not realistic to find someone in the middle of the night. Su Yan pulled Xiaomo and woke up the second boy and Xiaozhu, and asked them to go into the house to sleep together. Where did Xiaomo have the mind to sleep, tilted his head and asked, "Mother, aren't we going to find Xiaoyue?" ”

"It's dark now, where are we looking? Listen to your mother's words, sleep well first, and only when you are full of sleep will you have the strength to find someone. ”

Su Yan hugged Xiao Mo tightly in his arms and patted him lightly on the back, Xiao Mo grabbed Su Yan tightly: "Xiao Mo can't sleep." ”

"If you can't sleep, you have to sleep, if you are tired, how can you find Xiaoyue?"

Xiao Mo choked up: "Mother, we will find Xiao Yue, right?" ”

"Hmm."

"Satsuki won't lose it, right?"

"Hmm."

"Mother, you'll never leave Xiaomo, right?"

"Hmm."

"In the past, Xiaomo didn't understand what it was like for the storyteller to say that parting was bitter, but now Xiaomo understands, mother, it's really bitter." Xiaomo's little head arched towards Su Yan's arms, for fear that Su Yan would not be seen.

Su Yan sighed faintly, people always have to go through some things to understand some truths, and only after experiencing the pain of separation can they know how to cherish it, and the same is true for her Xiaomo.

"Okay, don't think about it, quickly close your eyes and sleep obediently, with your mother's presence, it will be fine."