This situation made people from the Ye family extremely anxious, especially for Mr. and Mrs. Ye Chengtian, who had not slept for the past three days.
Little Blue Rain was also unable to eat or drink. Among the four siblings, she had the best relationship with the Thirteenth Young Master. They were always together, perhaps because the Thirteenth Young Master was younger than her, allowing her to assume the role of an older sister.
This incident also concerned the Emperor of the empire, who paid close attention to the progress of the matter and sent out many people to help search for the whereabouts of the Thirteenth Young Master.
"Keep searching, and search carefully. You've all been searching for three days, yet you still can't find a five-year-old child," said Ye's family head, Ye Yi, in anger.
"It's been three days. Could Ye Lang have left the city?" Mrs. Ruan Linger, the family head's wife, furrowed her brow. Under the current circumstances, it was difficult not to think along those lines.
"He's just a child, how could he have left the city? Unless someone intentionally took him away," Ye Yi furrowed his brow, indicating that he had already ordered people to search nearby but was reluctant to consider this possibility.
If, indeed, Ye Lang had been taken out of the city, then it must have been with ill intentions, which would only bring them more headaches.
"Who dares to harm my son, I'll make their whole family accompany him in burial!" Ye Chengtian said coldly, his voice light, almost as if he were speaking to himself, but the firmness in his tone was unmistakable.
"Chengtian..." Long Anqi held Ye Chengtian's hand, her tone complicated, as if she had accepted something.
And at that moment, something unexpected happened, something that would surprise everyone without a doubt.
"Master of the house, Thirteenth Young Master, he..." a servant rushed in, looking extremely flustered and almost unable to believe what he was about to say.
"What's wrong? Do you have news?" Ye Yi said calmly, but the servant's expression made him feel uneasy.
"Thirteenth Young Master, he, he..." The servant seemed to struggle to catch his breath.
"What happened to him? You need to speak quickly!!" Long Anqi urged impatiently.
"Thirteenth Young Master has returned," the servant finally completed his sentence.
"What?! Where is he now?" After a moment of silence, the people in the room exploded, all grabbing the servant and asking, leaving the servant quite overwhelmed.
"Thirteenth Young Master has returned, and he has brought a little girl with him. They have already entered the house," the servant said, clearly trying to take credit for breaking the news before the Thirteenth Young Master's arrival.
At this point, nobody paid any attention to him. They immediately left him there and rushed to see Thirteenth Young Master walking in the courtyard, not far behind him was a little girl of approximately the same age. This girl was different from the average human, but at this moment, they didn't pay attention to this detail as they just wanted to hold the Thirteenth Young Master and see if he was injured.
The first to hug Thirteenth Young Master was Long Anqi, who appeared to be the weakest among them. She displayed more than 200% of her usual speed, reaching the Thirteenth Young Master and hugging him tightly.
"Baby, where did you go? Did you get hurt? Have you been hungry these few days..." Long Anqi checked the Thirteenth Young Master's body while asking affectionate questions, temporarily keeping others from attempting to hug the Thirteenth Young Master.
Thirteenth Young Master shook his head and slowly said, "No, there was good food, good drinks, and fun things."
"Good food, good drinks, and fun things?" Long Anqi continued to ask after confirming Thirteenth Young Master was okay. "Where did you go? Who took you, and who is this little girl? Oh, this little girl..."
At this point, Long Anqi seemed to notice that the girl standing next to them was different from a regular human. Yes, she was definitely not human.
The girl had big eyes, a small tiger tooth peeking out when she smiled, a pair of "cat" ears on her head, and a small tail behind her. This clearly indicated that she was a beastman.
The question was whether she was from the cat tribe or the tiger tribe, as the features of the two races were quite similar, especially in childhood.
Before long, Thirteenth Young Master provided an answer. "She's the one I bought. They said she's a first-class female slave from the tiger tribe."
Silence ensued. There wasn't a sound for a while. Everyone just stared quietly at Thirteenth Young Master, their eyes showing a peculiar expression.
"You bought her? Where did you go these past three days? And how did you manage to leave? Tell your mom slowly and carefully," Long Anqi asked curiously, eager to hear about her son's experience over the last three days.
Others were curious too, all staring at Thirteenth Young Master, waiting for his answers.
Before Thirteenth Young Master could speak, Long Anqi said again, "Let's head inside first, it's too windy out here." She didn't want her son to catch a cold, so she immediately carried him indoors.
It was better this way, everyone could sit down and have a cup of tea and talk slowly.
Once everything was settled, Thirteenth Young Master slowly began to tell the story of his past three days. Of course, many parts were vague and required everyone's guessing, considering his limited ability to express himself.
Luckily, the people present weren't ordinary. They could understand it for the most part, and their mouths were wide open from start to finish, clearly stunned by the experience.
First, Thirteenth Young Master described how he had left the Ye home. His answer shocked everyone present, not because it was complex, but because it was too simple.
"I just walked out like that, and no one stopped me. They didn't even pay attention to me," were Thirteenth Young Master's exact words.
That's right, no one in the entire Ye home had noticed him, allowing him to simply walk out, unnoticed, right under everyone's noses.
There were several reasons for this. First, there were too many people at the Ye home, and there were many children of his age. Aside from a few individuals, the majority of the Ye family members had never even seen the Thirteenth Young Master.
Secondly, although the Ye family investigates the origins of the people who enter, it is as difficult for outsiders to mix in as entering the imperial palace. However, they also have a blind spot - being lax towards the people coming out from inside.
Moreover, a five-year-old child certainly wouldn't raise suspicion.
Of course, this time there were many coincidences that led to the Thirteenth Young Master leaving without anyone knowing. It was just a simple act of walking out the main gate, which made everyone feel incredulous!