When Gong Qinghua returned to the river bank, the figures of Yang Liu and Yang Mei had long disappeared.
He asked the captain, "Where have the two maids who were with Young Master Shangguan gone?"
The captain shook his head, "Not long after the young master walked into the grove, they also left. They didn't tell me where they were going."
It was only then that Gong Qinghua realized that he had been tricked!
Darn it!
If the maid hadn't spoken to him just now, he might have had some suspicions. However, as the maid was sneakily paying attention to him, when he wanted to leave, she went up and stopped him. Consequently, he did not harbor any suspicions!
Little did he know that as soon as he had entered the bamboo forest, they had slipped away!
Gong Qinghua glanced around, and was furious for the first time.
Daybreak was upon them.