Looking at the tangled expression on Lu Liuer's delicate face, An Xiabai couldn't help but think of the way she had fallen in love with Lu Ying at the beginning, and a smile appeared on the corner of her lips: "Feelings, it's not complicated to say that it's complicated, it's just a thought." Since you can't figure it out now, don't continue to think about it, the easiest way is to let time prove it slowly, and see people's hearts over time, right? “

Lu Liu'er nodded, but the melancholy between her eyebrows did not disappear.

An Xiabai patted her shoulder and comforted: "You still have time to think slowly, anyway, the man is unmarried and the woman is not married, so don't worry." ”

Soon after they finished speaking in the restaurant, it was time for the restaurant to close.

Because of the drizzling rain outside, An Xiabai deliberately found an umbrella to go back with Lu Liuer.

The night is obviously very deep, but the Lu family still has kind lights, and even the two lanterns in front of the door are far brighter than others' houses.

Zhou was waiting for her.

Realizing this, Lu Liu'er and An Xiabai hurriedly quickened their pace, and then they saw Zhou in the living room, as well as the two children who were supposed to be asleep.

"Why haven't you slept so late today?" An Xia Bai smiled and walked quickly to the children's side.

In the dead of night, Xiaodong Xiaoxue's eyes are still bright, and she doesn't look sleepy at all.

"The two of them, they can't sleep all the time." Zhou sighed and said, "I don't know what's going on today, it's time to come, but I'm still very awake, I don't want to sleep no matter how much I coax them, as soon as we carry them to bed, they will start crying." ”

"Don't be sick, right?" An Xiabai raised his hand worriedly, and used his soft palm to feel the temperature of the two children's foreheads.

It doesn't seem to be a problem, it's all normal temperature.

This is puzzling.

"What's going on with you two today, why haven't you slept until now?" An Xiabai grimaced at Xiao Dong, as if she wanted to scare him.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Dong was not only unmoved, but even opened his arms to her.

The same goes for light snow.

How can it be so clingy today?

An Xiabai raised his eyebrows, shook their hands with his left and right hands apart, and smiled at them while coaxing softly: "It's okay, my mother is here." ”

The two children pouted and babbled.

An Xiabai couldn't hear clearly, but when she got closer, she realized that they were called Dad.

Zhou and An Xiabai glanced at each other, and they both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

"It seems that they are not willing to sleep peacefully today because they have not seen the general." Zhou sighed and said, his gaze was full of love, "Your father went to fight in a distant place, and he will come back after a while, Xiaodong Xiaoxue is good, let's go back to sleep first, okay?" ”

The two children are usually very willing to listen to Zhou's words, but now they don't know what's going on, so they just hold An Xiabai's hand and are unwilling to let go.

"I guess I have my share in their anomalies today." An Xiabai vaguely remembered that he went to the restaurant early this morning to help, and he was busy until now when he came back, and it is estimated that the two children did not see their parents at home, so they were uneasy, and they didn't even want to sleep, right?

She squatted down, reached out and gently poked Xiao Dong's white and tender cheeks, and then took Xiao Xue's hand: "Don't be afraid, my mother will always be by your side." ”

It's also strange to say that when she made a promise, the two children seemed to understand, not only laughed, but were even willing to call her mother softly.

An Xiabai's heart softened into a puddle of water.

"It seems that they are really upset because they haven't seen you today." Zhou smiled and said, "Look at their eyes, after you made a promise, they all started to get sleepy." ”

An Xiabai turned his eyes and saw that it was true, so he asked Zhou Shixiang to take the children back to rest.

"You go and rest, too." An Xiabai also persuaded Lu Liu'er.

"What about you, sister-in-law?"

An Xiabai lowered his head slightly and said that he was going to the study.

She wanted to write a letter to Lu Li, but she didn't say it clearly because she was a little embarrassed, after all, she and Lu Li had not been separated for too long, and she began to miss it so much in just a few days, and it seemed a little shy to say it, so she simply didn't say it.

Lu Liuer also had something in her heart, so she didn't ask much, and after telling her that she had injuries on her body, she went back to her room to rest.

As soon as she left, An Xiabai went to the study.

The ink fragrance is still there, but Lu Li is not there.

When standing in his usual office study, the thoughts in An Xiabai's heart suddenly became more intense.

The letterhead was spread out, the green ink was polished, and the pen was lifted several times but he couldn't write, but a little green ink on the tip of the nose dripped because of the long-term stillness, and an ink-colored flower bloomed on the letterhead.

Forget it, let's write it another day.

An Xiabai sighed, put the dirty letter paper away, and then put down the pen.

A good night's sleep.

An Xiabai didn't have to go to the restaurant today, but she was worried that the restaurant was only in charge of Lu Liu'er, and she didn't know if Mo Simin would come today, so she went to the restaurant to help.

She went early, but someone else was even earlier.

It was a servant sent by Lord Mo, and he was ordered to ask An Xiabai if he had found Mo Simin's whereabouts.

"I guess I've found it." An Xiabai didn't want to tell the prince directly, so he told the little maid that he had found Mo Simin, and now she lives in a friend's house in the capital, and she is very safe, so let him go back and report to Mo Qiyan without worry.

The little guy left as he said, and before the words fell, Mo Qiyan's face became gloomy.

"She's lying." Mo Qiyan calmly analyzed, "Si Min is in the capital, and she is the only friend who gets along well, how can she have a second good friend?" ”

After Mo Qi deduced such a conclusion in his heart, he immediately began to distrust An Xiabai.

However, his suspicions were not placed on the surface, but in the dark, and he asked his people to follow An Xiabai, but the people sent did not find Mo Simin at all, nor did they get any news related to Mo Simin.

Mo Qiyan began to get scared.

If her daughter didn't live in the Lu family at all, and she didn't live by An Xiabai's side, then where was she in the huge capital, and how was her life?

Mo Qiyan was so worried that he didn't sleep well for days.

In the end, he decided to go to An Xiabai in person and ask her relevant questions.

An Xiabai must know her whereabouts.

Because Mo Qiyan was afraid that An Xiabai would not want to tell the matter, when he went to the restaurant to interrogate, he deliberately brought several of his own people, all of whom were good people.

His arrival surprised An Xiabai, and the battle also startled her.

She half-frowned, and asked displeasedly, "Lord Mo, what do you mean by this?" ”

It's noon now, and it's time for the restaurant to open for business, and Mo Qiyan brought his own thugs over, isn't it making trouble?

In case the thugs didn't scare her guests lightly or severely, how would she open her doors in the capital to do business in the future?

The more An Xiabai thought about it, the more angry he became: "I have something to say, I can obviously say it in private, right?" ”

"Mrs. Lu, don't worry, I brought someone over, in fact, I don't have the intention of making trouble, I'm just worried about Simin and want to ask about Simin's whereabouts." Even when he touched An Xiabai's angry gaze, Mo Qiyan's face remained unchanged, "I hope Mrs. Lu can understand my father's feelings, she hasn't been home for several days." ”

She understands Mo Qiyan's feelings, and who can understand her feelings?

An Xiabai was furious: "Master Mo, I have already ordered someone to report it, isn't it, Si Min is very safe now, and the reason why she hasn't gone home is because she doesn't know what kind of attitude she should use to face you for the time being." ”

Mo Qiyan knew very well what his daughter cared about.

"Madame's matter, I will explain it to her well." Mo Qiyan was silent for a moment, and said with an obscure expression, "But before that, I have to see him first." ”

Speaking of which, he still suspected that he had concealed Mo Simin's whereabouts.

An Xiabai only felt a faint pain in his head: "If I knew, I would definitely say it, after all, you are her only blood relative, just Lord Mo, I don't know where Simin lives now." ”

Mo Qiyan's heart suddenly cooled half: "Since you don't know where she is, how can you be sure that she is absolutely safe now?" ”

"Because the person who brought the news said that she was safe," An Xiabai sighed and turned sideways to make a way, "The one who reported the news is the third owner of the restaurant, he will come over later, Lord Mo, if you have something to say to him, why don't you go to the upstairs box and wait for a while?" ”

Mo Qiyan thought that he had waited for several days, and it would be okay to wait a little longer, so he walked upstairs.

As a result, his indifferent face collapsed instantly when he saw someone coming.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Mo Qiyan subconsciously wanted to stand up from his position and salute, but the prince waved his hand and held the person before he saluted.

"Now we are outside the palace, and we don't have to stick to the etiquette of the court." The prince smiled, and then sat down opposite Moqiyan.

Mo Qiyan looked at him, and sighed with emotion in his heart: "I didn't expect that the third owner of the restaurant would be His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Lord Mo's surprise was expected by the prince, after all, he himself had never thought that one day in the future, he would become the owner of a certain restaurant, and he was willing to spend time and energy to deal with many troublesome things in the restaurant.

The prince smiled faintly: "Lord Mo, this is not the point, I think the focus of our conversation now should be Simin." ”

By the way, he's here for Mo Simin today.

Mo Qiyan's expression changed, and he didn't even notice that Prince Dao's name for Mo Simin was not quite right.

Calling the name directly is inevitably too intimate.

"When I was downstairs just now, I heard Mrs. Lu say that the only person in the capital who knows Simin's whereabouts is you, the prince, is this true?"

The prince nodded without hesitation and admitted: "Don't hide it, Si Min was personally placed by me, she is safe now, you don't have to worry about her." ”

The prince's words were so intimate, no matter how dull Mo Qiyan was, he could hear that something was wrong.

He breathed heavily, his brows furrowed, and several questions arose in his mind, but he didn't know how to speak.