Chapter 26

Chapter 26

Upon hearing Li Xia's voice, Li Hui stepped forward to examine Li Xia carefully, checking if she was hurt. He then looked behind her.

"Brother, Mother and I got separated after leaving the tea house. Have you seen Mother? Is Sister safe?" Li Xia said, looking around for Lu and Li Xin.

"Little Sister is fine."

Since Li Xin was fine, it meant Lu had encountered some trouble. Li Xia's expression darkened. Based on the distance, they should have already come out. If they hadn't appeared, it likely meant something had happened. No, she had to go back and check.

Li Xia pushed Wang Lan, whom she had been holding, towards Li Hui. "Brother, this is the lady I rescued on the way. Please make arrangements for her. I'm going to find Mother and the others." Without waiting for Li Hui's response, Li Xia turned and went against the flow of the crowd to search for Lu and the rest.

"Come back," Li Hui called out, but Li Xia's figure had already disappeared into the crowd. Wang Lan was still gazing at Li Hui. Li Hui sighed and first brought Wang Lan to Li Xin.

This was a noodle shop where several ladies who had come out and some injured people were present. During the explosion, the crowd was startled, and Li Xin was pushed down. Fortunately, Li Hui noticed and pulled her back, preventing her from falling. However, her foot was sprained. Li Hui carried Li Xin out of the crowd and brought her to the noodle shop to rest.

Li Hui himself couldn't rest. He brought people to maintain order at the intersection, preventing the crowd from panicking.

Liu Mian asked Dan Mo and others to block outsiders, then knelt down to check Li Xin's foot. Li Xin's foot was severely swollen. "Miss, your foot is too swollen. We need to find a doctor to examine it."

"Auntie Liu Mian, I'm fine. Please arrange for someone to check if Mother, Second Sister, and Second and Third Brothers have come out," Li Xin said, more concerned about Lu, Li Xia, Li Chou, and Li Guang.

"The lady has Chunlu Granny attending to her. She should be safe," Liu Mian reassured, carefully putting socks on Li Xin's swollen foot, which was too swollen for shoes.

"Were you the ones who started the fire?" Li Xia asked the black-clothed men, word by word, as she approached them.

The men looked at each other, not taking Li Xia seriously. One of them swung his sword at her, intending to kill her.

Li Xia sidestepped the attack, snatched the sword, and kicked the man away. As she did so, she threw the sword at another man, killing him instantly. Mid-air, she spun, using the wall for leverage, and unleashed a wind blade at the remaining men, killing them.

Li Xia's fluid movements caught the men off guard. The man she had kicked tried to flee but was pulled back by Li Xia's wind suction and fell. Recalling the panicked fleeing citizens and the fallen Wang Lan, and worrying about Lu, Qiu Shui, and the others' whereabouts, Li Xia's anger grew. She kicked the man viciously. "Let you start a fire, let you start a fire!"

After venting her anger, Li Xia heard footsteps and an uncertain voice call out, "Is that Second Daughter?"

Lu had led her group out of the tea house but was pushed around by the crowd, separated from her servants. Fortunately, Chunlu Granny held onto her hand, preventing them from being separated.

The two forced their way to a corner and looked around. "Granny, where is Second Daughter?"

"Madam, we got separated in the crowd," Chunlu Granny said, sweating profusely from the pushing and shoving. She wiped Lu's sweat with a handkerchief. "Madam, let's go out first."

"No, I need to find Hui and Xin," Lu said, unwilling to leave without her children.

"The young master and young miss may have already gone out," Chunlu Granny said, concerned for Lu's safety and wanting her to leave quickly.

But they might also be waiting for her somewhere. Lu didn't want to take the risk. She stood up to search for Li Hui and Li Xin, with Chunlu Granny following. The two struggled against the crowd but couldn't find Li Xin or Li Hui. Instead, they found separated servants like Qiu Ju, Qiu Shui, and Liu Xiao.

Qiu Ju and Qiu Shui, who hadn't seen Li Xia, were extremely worried. They followed Lu, searching. The observant Qiu Shui spotted a figure resembling Li Xia in the alley and couldn't help but call out, "Miss!"