More than half a month after leaving Hutuo Mountain, Bian Heng did not return until August 5th, Wa Emperor Calendar 3586. Without realizing it, he had been gone for nineteen days.
When Bian Heng returned to Hutuo Mountain, his expression was incomparably grave, his brows tightly furrowed. Thinking of how he had told Zhang Tie that he would be back in at most half a month, Bian Heng felt slightly embarrassed. But there had been a few twists and turns during this trip to Wa Emperor Palace, and some matters had gone beyond his expectations, which was why he had been delayed for several extra days.
Yet not long after returning to Hutuo Mountain, Bian Heng once again carried his little medicine chest to Tidewatch Courtyard in the rear mountain of Hutuo Mountain.
The gates of Tidewatch Courtyard were tightly shut. Bian Heng called out twice from outside, but there was unexpectedly no response from within. His body flashed, and he flew straight over the walls and into the courtyard.
There was no one inside Tidewatch Courtyard either. After walking around the courtyard once, Bian Heng discovered that everything there was exactly as it had been on the day he left. Zhang Tie's bedroom also showed no signs of having been occupied in recent days.
That brat didn't run off just because I was a few days late, did he...
Bian Heng frowned and muttered inwardly. He directly contacted Qin Mu through his crystal plate. "Where is Manager Jin, the one staying in Tidewatch Courtyard?"
"On the very day Master left Hutuo Mountain, Manager Jin ran into the sea. He has not returned to Tidewatch Courtyard or gone to Tiger Tuo Town these past few days!"
As Hutuo Mountain's chief steward, although Qin Mu had not kept watch over Tidewatch