Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute
Chapter 429 Voided

Chapter 429: Chapter 429 Voided

Lu Siyuan snorted disdainfully, "I’m only putting up with you because you’re Shen Mianmian’s dad. Don’t think for a moment that I’m afraid of you."

For Shen Jianhua, these words were a great insult. He glared at Lu Siyuan with a warning, "If it weren’t for the fact that you’re still young, I would’ve taught you a lesson long ago."

"Well, thank you very much for that!" Lu Siyuan said with a sneer, pushing the cart away.

Shen Jianhua wanted to stop him, but then he thought better of it. He hadn’t gotten any useful information after asking for so long, and Shen Mianmian wasn’t with him. Continuing to question with the risk of alerting the school teachers would only make him look foolish.

"Uncle, there’s no one in the school, and no one outside either. Did my sister just vanish into thin air?" Zhou Siyu stared intensely at Lu Siyuan’s retreating figure, thinking of the more than a thousand yuan at stake!

With that money, she could live like a city dweller while studying in town, no longer having to worry about being looked down upon. Now, Shen Mianmian was nowhere to be found.

Just the thought of Shen Mianmian taking the money and living a good life in the city made her seethe with jealousy.

"Don’t panic just yet." Shen Jianhua, after all, had the wisdom of his years. "Let’s go check with your aunt first. She might have caught her."

"Then let’s hurry over there." Zhou Siyu started to run, but after two steps, she stopped. "Uncle, what if she comes out of here while we’re gone?"

Shen Jianhua pondered for a moment, "Then you go, and I’ll wait here. If she’s over there, you come back and tell me."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Siyu hurried off toward the school’s back gate. As she reached Zhou Lanfang, she had yet to speak when Zhou Lanfang asked anxiously, "Siyu, did your uncle catch her?"

Zhou Lanfang had been on watch for half the day without seeing a soul, let alone Shen Mianmian.

The trees here were rather small, providing no shade from the sun, and she had sweated profusely, nearly succumbing to heatstroke.

Once she found the mischievous Mianmian, she vowed to give her a good thrashing to vent her anger.

Hearing Zhou Lanfang’s words, Zhou Siyu’s face turned sour. Could it be true that she had disappeared into the ground? How could a living, breathing person just vanish?

"Aunt, are you sure no one came out? You didn’t leave your post, did you?"

"I don’t think so!" Zhou Lanfang felt a bit guilty and shifty, avoiding Zhou Siyu’s gaze.

Zhou Siyu noticed her aunt’s tone and demeanor were off and pressed her immediately, "Aunt, did you leave at any point?"

"I—I didn’t leave, I was just so tired I dozed off for a bit, not for long, less than half an hour," Zhou Lanfang admitted, regretting her decision now. She shouldn’t have slept, but she had been worried about the money all night and hadn’t slept well. Then she had woken up early, and sitting here in the heat and boredom had made her drowsy.

"Aunt, how could you fall asleep?" Zhou Siyu was furious but tried not to be too harsh. "My sister must have taken the chance to leave while you were asleep."

"Could it be?" Zhou Lanfang clung to a sliver of hope. "I didn’t sleep long or deeply! If someone had passed by, I definitely would have woken up."

"You snore so loudly, it’d be a miracle if my sister woke up because of you."

Zhou Siyu stomped her foot in frustration and walked away.

"Siyu, Siyu..."

Zhou Lanfang called out to Zhou Siyu’s retreating figure a few times, but Zhou Siyu paid her no mind. After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Lanfang still followed after her.

"Didn’t catch her?" Seeing the two approaching, Shen Jianhua immediately went up to them.

Zhou Siyu pouted in complaint, "My sister slipped away while Aunt was napping."

Of course, Shen Mianmian couldn’t have sprouted wings. There was no one at the school and no one outside. She must have escaped through the back gate. The thought was infuriating. At a time like this, her aunt managed to fall asleep.