Xia Yuanfang knew that she had neither power nor influence. If she wanted to demand an explanation from a place like Imperial Royal First Military University of the Beichen Empire, brute force would not work.
She could only show weakness—be weak enough to make even those hard-hearted people feel guilty—before she could achieve any effect.
When Xia Yuanfang tried to enter the military academy, she was stopped by the gatekeeper for a while.
As Xia Chujian's registered relative, she was allowed to visit.
But Wufu was not. By the rules, he could not enter.
But Wufu was still so young. How could she leave him alone outside the campus gates?
Wiping away tears, Xia Yuanfang choked out, "Chujian has gone missing. This child is the Xia family's only remaining bloodline. How could I dare leave him by himself?"
"If he gets lost too, I won't go on living either. The Xia family might as well die out completely!"
The gatekeeper immediately went pale.
Of course he knew Xia Chujian. He also knew that this first grade freshman was a rising star at the academy.
In her first semester at the academy, Xia Chujian had broken numerous records.
In her second semester, she had participated in Starry Sky Exploration and was said to have earned many merits as well.
Her disappearance had made some people secretly delighted, but even more people regretted it. They all said she was too outstanding, so Heaven Did Not Grant Long Life.
Xia Yuanfang did not yet know what those people at the academy were thinking. If she had, she probably would have wanted those who were secretly delighted to experience what "Heaven Does Not Grant Long Life" felt like...
She waited in the academy's gatehouse for a while as the gatekeeper reported the situation to