On the day of Shen Ruyun and Zhou Yanbang's great joy, the people Jiang Yuanbai sent to search for Jiang Youyao returned disappointed. Around Marquis Ningyuan's Mansion and its vicinity, no one resembling Miss Jiang the Third was found. Thereafter, Jiang Yuanbai seemed even more melancholic. Either the person he yearned for in his heart was unwilling to meet him, or Jiang Youyao was no longer in Yanjing City, or she was still in Yanjing City, yet unable to move about freely.
Either situation appeared to be unfavorable. For Jiang Yuanbai, the second seemed particularly heartbreaking. As time went by, his displeasure and disappointment towards Jiang Youyao had almost dissipated, overwhelmed by the instinctual concern of a father.
On the contrary, Madam Jiang the Elder turned unusually firm. She stated that, since the search had turned up nothing, there was no need to continue looking in the future.
