Chapter 820 Prince Woods Is Missing

When the sun was about to rise, and the lights were at their darkest, the Cao mansion was suddenly plunged into chaos. The night had been quiet and serene just a few seconds ago, but the sound of quick footsteps and low whispers broke the peace.

In front of the Magnificent Hall, some Cao Clan disciples who were on night patrol had found an almost unconscious figure tied up with rope. When they came close to investigate, they were shocked to see that it was the chief of the Xiao Clan, Raef.

But this was not the only astonishing thing. There was a piece of paper on Raef, and written on it were the words that stunned all the Cao Clan members. It said, "Prince Woods is missing!"

One of those disciples who were on duty immediately reported this to Lucilla. The moment she received the news, she rushed to the Magnificent Hall herself to find out what was happening.

"Chief..." Once she got there, she only found the disciples who had found Raef, and they cried out her name at once.

"Where is chief Raef?" Lucilla asked urgently, and her face was tight with worry.

"We have taken him to the inside, chief!" one of them responded.

Lucilla nodded at this and immediately proceeded to the hall where she found Raef on a chair. The disciples had untied him already and left him to rest, but he hadn't regained consciousness yet.

"Chief, here is the note that we found on chief Raef." At this time, a disciple handed over a piece of paper to his chief.

Lucilla's face darkened as she read the writing on the paper. She thought that it could be a trick, but she was also concerned about the one who had knocked Raef out. The fact that the person was able to knock him out and disappear without a trace showed that whoever he was must have been quite powerful. Besides, she wondered why the mysterious person did this to Raef instead of someone else.

The words on the paper took her attention, and she couldn't bear to neglect it, not if there was a possibility that it was true. She immediately motioned for one of the Cao Clan disciples to come closer and said, "You, go and find Master Lucas and take him to the Magnificent Hall. The rest of you, stay here and keep an eye on chief Raef. Make sure that the con

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She let out a deep sigh. She had just discovered that Woods was missing just as the paper said, and nobody saw Mary leave. And now, her sister Juey was lying instead on the bed, naked. What exactly happened last night?

She looked around for more clues, but there was no sign of any fight or struggle in the room. It was as if no one had ever been there. However, Prince Woods was missing, and he was most probably kidnapped.

And there was another piece in the confusing puzzle: the person who left the paper and tied up Raef to draw the Cao Clan's attention. If he was the one who kidnapped Prince Woods, then why would he leave the paper? If it wasn't him, what was his part in all these? Did he deliberately provoke the Cao Clan? Or worse, could this be a conspiracy by the Qi Clan? But then, the Qi Clan wouldn't do such a preposterous move as kidnapping Prince Woods, even if they wanted to overthrow the Cao Clan. They wouldn't do such a stupid thing, because it would only bring them trouble.

If it weren't the Qi Clan, who else would target the Cao Clan? Her uncle Tod and uncle Freddy didn't have any reason to do so. If something happened to Woods, the whole Cao Clan would be in big trouble, and her two uncles wouldn't benefit from it at all.

The more she thought about it, the more confused she became. She felt an oncoming headache from all the stress. In fact, she may not have realized she had fallen into a trap that someone had set for her.