Seeing that Aunt Liu was still gloating about her misfortune at this time, Shi Chunfen's face was obviously much uglier. She originally wanted to go back to her seat to rest and see if there was any news from others, but now she couldn't sit still for a moment, so she got up and continued searching.
Seeing her leaving with a displeased look on her face, Aunt Liu curled her lips, feeling particularly happy.
She thought that the Spring Equinox would steal the show today, but she didn't expect that even God was helping her to cause such a thing. She suddenly felt that this dragon boat race would become interesting.
While everyone was looking for people, eight dragon boats had returned to the dock one after another. It was impossible for the people in Caobang not to host the dragon boat meeting and continue to help them find people, so in less than a moment, most of the people looking for people had dispersed.
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When Shi Chunquin looked at the dragon boats returning one after another on the river, an idea suddenly came to her mind. She suddenly thought of something. She took Li Yan and ran to Weng Zhenhai and asked anxiously: "Besides these eight dragon boats, are there any other dragon boats at the dock today?"
Other ships leaving?”
Weng Zhenhai was stunned and instinctively answered, "It is true that two merchant ships set out today, but they left quietly before the dragon boat race."
Shi Chunfen continued to ask, "What time was it before? Was it before my cousin disappeared or after she disappeared?"
"Probably after she disappeared." Only then did Weng Zhenhai understand what she meant, "Do you suspect that your cousin was taken away by a merchant ship and that's why you couldn't find her?"
"Yeah." Shi Chunfen nodded affirmatively, "She is not such a senseless person and would not go missing on an occasion like today, so there must have been an accident." As for the accident, she fell into the river and was swept away by the current.
It's unclear whether he left or wandered into a merchant ship and was taken away from the dock.
Of course Shi Chunquin hoped that she would be safe and sound, but now that things had happened, she didn't feel confident.
Hearing her worries, Weng Zhenhai quickly said: "It would be easier if she got on the merchant ship. Our Caogang people will never hurt her. When the merchant ship arrives at the next stop, they will report to us.
I will send someone to bring her back."
"That's all it can do." Shi Chunquin sighed.
The Dragon Boat Festival was still being held, and she couldn't force Caobang to stop everything and go find her cousin. Not to mention that Caobang wouldn't agree, and she herself was too embarrassed to ask for it.
Seeing that she was worried, Weng Zhenhai continued to comfort her, "Don't think so much. The results of the dragon boat race have already been announced. After we finish awarding the prizes to the champion team, we will slowly check your cousin's affairs. Maybe she will have come back by herself by then."
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Before Shi Chunfen had time to answer, she happened to see Weng Xiaohuan passing by, and quickly stepped forward to stop her, "Xiaohuan, do you know where Arun went?"
Weng Xiaohuan originally wanted to ignore her, but when he heard Chu Run's name, he couldn't help but frowned, "Didn't he go looking for someone with you?"
Shi Chunfen shook his head, "When I look for it, it disappears."
Weng Xiaohuan immediately became worried, "No way, Fourth Master has always been very accountable when doing things."
Weng Zhenhai interrupted from the side, "Will he be with his parents?"
Shi Chunquin sighed, "I didn't see my second uncle and my second aunt either."
Weng Zhenhai looked around and found no trace of these people. Then he realized that something was unusual, "How could it be such a coincidence that all the family members were missing?"
Caobang has been staying near the water all year round, and naturally knows many human tragedies in which one person fell into the water and the whole family rescued him, only to be washed away together in the end.
Weng Xiaohuan's face suddenly turned pale, and she held Weng Zhenhai's arm tightly, "Brother, do you think..."
"No!" Weng Zhenhai replied categorically: "After Madam-in-law's cousin disappeared, I have asked people to strengthen the management of the river. If someone falls into the water, it is impossible for our Cao Gang to not know about it."
Weng Xiaohuan felt relieved now, but he was obviously still a little uneasy, "That's strange, where did Fourth Master go?"
Chu Run, who was concerned about them at the moment, was staring dumbfoundedly at Yu Atu who was hidden under the pier bridge by Chu Quan. He turned his head and glared at Chu Quan, "Brother, you did a good job indeed!"
While he was accompanying Chu Quan to watch the dragon boats, Chu Quan made excuses to leave for a while. It was also during that time that he happened to see Yu Atu passing by the pier. At that time, he didn't think too much or pay special attention until later.
No one could find any trace of Yu A-Tu, so he thought of taking a look here, and saw Chu Quan following him furtively. Only then did he realize that Yu A-Tu's disappearance was related to Chu Quan.
Chu Quan took two steps forward suddenly, stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, "Are you crazy? Why are you so loud?"
Chu Run pushed him away and said angrily: "I should be the one to ask you what you are doing! Where did Yu Atu offend you? Why did you hurt her and hide her here?!"
"Who hurt her?" Chu Quan became anxious, "I just pushed her, she couldn't stand firm and fell!"
Chu Run didn't believe it, "If that's true, why didn't you save her? You clearly have a guilty conscience!"
"Don't talk nonsense, I didn't do it at all!" Seeing that Chu Run couldn't be fooled, Chu Quan gritted his teeth and said frankly: "At that time, she discovered that I was tampering with the dragon boat, and she also claimed that she would tell Shi Chunfen about it.
That’s why I pushed her in a fit of passion. Believe me, I really didn’t mean to hurt her!”
"Taking tampering with the dragon boat?" Chu Run quickly grasped the key point of his words, "Why did you do that?"
No wonder I pulled him over and told him that I wanted to visit the dragon boat as soon as I arrived at the pier. It turned out that this was my intention.
Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Chu Xiu sighed, "Who told Chun Equinox to be against us all the time? I didn't like her, so I wanted to mess up this dragon boat race so that she would not be happy in front of her grandmother. Who knew she was so unlucky?
, just as she started, she was hit by her cousin."
"Haha..." Chu Runsheng laughed angrily at his logic, "Are you unlucky? I think you are lucky! If Yu Atu hadn't stopped you from doing whatever you want, the dragon boat would have sunk during the race.
, the entire Chu family will be implicated by you!"
"How can it be that serious?" Chu Quan curled his lips nonchalantly, "Everyone participating in dragon boat racing is proficient in water skills. Even if the dragon boat really sinks, they will not have any accidents. At most, the competition will not go smoothly.
That’s all.”
"You said it lightly!" Chu Run was angrier than ever before, "Did you know that the people who drowned were all water-based people? In such a fast river, you are making fun of human life just for your own selfishness. I think you are
crazy!"
With that said, he quickly took a few steps forward and reached out to touch Yu Atu's breath, "She is still alive, we have to save her immediately!"