CH 582

582: Xiao Ye’s Disappearance

The huge waves were eventually repelled through the joint efforts of all the students. Theresa excitedly clapped her hands in celebration. She thought Xiao Ye was still with the old lady so she immediately went back to find her.

Before she reached the old lady, she heard a panicked cry.

“Something happened! Something happened!”

“Is there a wood type, water type, or light type magician?! Or pharmacist?! An old lady has had an accident and needs to be treated!”

“What happened?!”

“It looks like an old lady was seriously injured and is bleeding a lot up ahead. I don’t know who did it. They even dared lay their hands on an old lady.”

“Scoundrels! To dare harm people in Zhongyang! They must have some guts!”

“I’ve lived here for so long, and this is the first time I’ve seen something so bold.”

“Did anyone see who did it? There should be people who walk by this street; someone must have seen something, right?”

“Normally yes, and this would have been discovered immediately, but didn’t you see the unusual wave just now? The waves were so big, we were all focused on them. Who would have been paying attention to anything else? There are no witnesses I’m afraid.”

“Then the perpetrator is lucky. If caught, the person would have been stoned to death already. Now we can only hope the old lady saw who it was that hurt her. The city law enforcements will definitely help her seek justice.”

“Yeah, I don’t know who did it, but I know the old lady. I’m a regular customer of hers. She sells these delicious sugar cakes at her booth every day. I’ve never heard of anyone with a grudge against her. Who would hurt her so badly? Was it a burglary? But how much money could a small sugar cake vendor make? Too strange!”

Theresa had a bad feeling when she heard the discussion. No way it could have been the same old lady right?

She pushed her way through the crowd and ran to the place where the old lady was. People cursed at her but she didn’t care. She saw the old lady in a large pool of blood. Her breathing was shallow and her heartbeat weak.

Theresa’s own heart skipped a beat. She didn’t care about anything else and immediately poured a bottle of recovery and another bottle of healing potion into the old lady’s mouth.

After the two bottles, the old lady looked like she was about to wake up. Her heartbeat regained a normal rhythm and her pale face flushed with some color as well.

“This old lady met a good person. Those two bottles are worth a lot!”

“Yeah, that girl is kind. She shoved me away just now so I thought she was a jerk. But it turned out she was just trying to save people. I feel so embarrassed for scolding her earlier.” The person shouted over to Theresa, “Hey girl! I’m sorry for cursing you out earlier!”

“Me too, me too. I apologize. But if you had just said you were trying to save people, all of us would have given way. There was no need to shove so hard. . . ”

“You can’t say that. People were in a hurry.”

“The old lady’s waking up but those are some expensive potions though. Us ordinary people would never be able to afford them.” Someone sighed enviously.

The value of a single bottle was beyond the reach of ordinary people. Just one would have cost a family several years of savings, so in their world, a potion was a rare and elusive thing.

“She’s awake! The old lady is really wake!”

Theresa didn’t care what the crowd was saying. She focused on helping the old lady.

The old lady opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was Theresa’s anxious face.

Thinking about what happened, the old lady couldn’t even speak before her eyes clouded over with tears.

“The child! Someone kidnapped the child!” The old lady had been kind and responsible all her life, but a good child was taken right in front of her under her watch. She felt immeasurably guilty.

“Who did it?” Theresa clenched her fists. Who dared take Xiao Ye? No matter who it was, she would make them regret ever being born.

“I do not know. I was standing here holding his hand waiting for you to come back. Suddenly I felt dizzy and my mind became fuzzy. I felt someone try to pull the child from me. I tried to stop them, but I was pushed away. Then my head seemed to have hit something hard. After that, I don’t know what happened.”

The old lady, trying her best to recall what happened, had a regretful look on her face.

“I don’t blame you for this matter. It may have been a magician who made the move. Don’t feel guilty about it. You were implicated because I asked you to look after the child. Please take this money and purchase some supplements to heal yourself.”

Although Theresa had taken cared of the immediate wounds, the old woman still needed to nourish her body well to be completely healed.

Thinking about how the old lady was an innocent who suffered a disaster while caring for Little Bun, Theresa took out her money bag and gave it to the old lady. There were about fifty gold coins inside, and though it was a pittance for her, for ordinary people, it was an extraordinary sum.

The old lady blamed herself for losing the child so she refused the money. Theresa didn’t force her and gave up.

She was anxious about Little Bun so she didn’t stay long with the old lady once she found out what she could. She said farewell and hurried back to campus after promising to tell the old lady if the child was found.

Xingguang Holy Academy, Assistant Principal’s Office.

“What are you talking about?! How is Xiao Ye is gone?! How could you have let him run off on his own?! How old are you and you can’t even keep track of a little baby who’s not even two yet. Girl, you can’t even watch a small child. . . ” blah blah blah. . .

The assistant principal was so angry his beard huffed nonstop. Every time his mouth open, a series of accusations came out. Theresa couldn’t get in a single word.

She finally couldn’t bear it anymore after a full five minutes of his scolding. She interjected and told him about how it was actually a kidnapping.

“Xiao Ye didn’t get lost by himself! He was kidnapped by someone! Assistant Principal, you have to think of a way. The kidnapper, we don’t know what they want with Xiao Ye. If something happens to Xiao Ye, how are we going to explain it to Junior Sister Feng Wu?!”

Theresa finished speaking with a sad face.

The assistant principal was taken aback. He never expected someone to dare kidnap Feng Ye. I mean who was Feng Ye? This was the elf king we’re talking about. How bold was this person to dare fight against the elf king? The guts!