Duan Rong entered Xiao Zongting's courtyard and found no one in the front yard. He walked to the kitchen door, poked his head inside, but still didn't see Zhu Xiaoqi's figure.
Duan Rong walked to the moon gate leading to the backyard and looked in, finding Xiao Zongting sitting in the yard, eyes half-closed, puffing on his pipe.
Duan Rong lifted his foot and walked in, with an old hen in his hand clucking!
Xiao Zongting exhaled a smoke ring and lifted his eyelids to glance at Duan Rong!
Duan Rong walked over and said with a smile, "Where are Miss Yu and Xiaoqi? Haven't seen them around?"
Xiao Zongting sat up a bit straighter and replied, "Tonight marks the seventh day since Bai Jiao passed! They said they went to the street to buy more offerings..."
Duan Rong's heart skipped a beat, and he let out a murmur, only then remembering that Xiao Baijiao had been gone for seven days!
