When Shen Shixu heard this, he abandoned the meal he had barely touched and told Mo Yu to take him there at once. Mo Yu looked at his barely eaten meal, then at Xiao Jinyi, who was giving him an icy stare from the side.
"Perhaps you should finish your dinner, my lord, get a good night's rest, and set out tomorrow!"
Mo Yu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. "Bai He is in Pingcheng County. Things won't get too far out of hand."
Xiao Jinyi also set down his bowl and chopsticks and came over to persuade him. "Mo Yu is right. You've been busy all day and haven't even had a proper meal. You should at least eat first. Once you've finished, we can go to Pingcheng County together. A little delay won't hurt."
Seeing their son about to rush off to investigate without even eating, Shen Father and Shen Mother were heartbroken. Shen Mother pulled Shen Shixu over and pressed him into his seat.
She piled vegetables and meat into his bowl. "You can only leave after you finish all this."
Shen Shixu sat down obediently, picked up his bowl, and ate. But with the case weighing on his mind, he ate particularly quickly.
Shen Mother invited Mo Yu to sit down and join them, then asked the steward to prepare some dry provisions and water for them to take along.
Although Pingcheng County fell under Minglu City's jurisdiction, they would be traveling at night, when the darkness made the journey difficult. They probably would not arrive until the following morning.
Having the steward prepare food and drink for them was simply Shen Mother's instinct as an elder. Whenever a child traveled far from home, she could never resist packing something to eat