Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

Chapter 308 – Clues Left Behind

Nan Luo and Feng Ao Kuai knew what Long Qian Xing planned to do but they were currently trying hard not to say:

Young Commander Long, no matter how eye catching it is, if she purposely go away, we might never be able to find her.

However, they couldn't say it.

"How did you lose her?" Feng Ao Kuai turned to look at Nan Luo. Whenever it was regarding Nan Hua, he turned from a quiet boy to a very noisy one. He would never try to shut his mouth when he was talking about Nan Hua.

Nan Luo's face turned dark. "I don't know. I'm pushing her a bit to the side in order to avoid the crowd. When I feel that someone push me and turn around for a moment, she disappeared in the next moment."

At this moment, Feng Ao Kuai really wanted to say that Nan Luo should never ever lost his line of sight from Nan Hua. Even blinking was forbidden. Their little sister was very capable in making use of people's slight distraction to launch an attack.

She was a very dangerous person.

But in their eyes, she was still no different than a cute sister that they had to pamper at all times!

"I'm sorry, alright?" Nan Luo was frustrated by the glare Feng Ao Kuai sent to him. It was not like he lost sight of Nan Hua on purpose.

"Luo, Ao Kuai!"

"Cousin Ao Si?" Nan Luo turned his head around and found Feng Ao Si was rushing over in their direction.

Feng Ao Si nodded. He was about to speak when he saw Long Qian Xing stood there. His words were swallowed back to his throat as he changed what he wanted to say. "Someone said that they see a girl in blue dress passing into this alley. Probably she wants to try escaping from the crowd. However, they can't see what's inside the alley from their angle."

Honestly, what he wanted to say was that someone saw something in light blue color flashed into the alley. But if he said that for real, Long Qian Xing would find out about Nan Hua's martial skill, wouldn't he?

"But she's not here."

"Did she pass far before the smoke?" Nan Luo asked again.

Feng Ao Si shrugged. He didn't know. The person whom he found also couldn't exactly say the time but he knew that the heavy smoke appeared after that 'flash of blue' entered the alley.

"In that case, Whoa." Nan Luo lost his balance when he stepped on something. He frowned. "I though the street here is good and it's just a smoke powder. Why is there a rock…"

Nan Luo didn't manage to finish his words because the one below him was not a rock but rather a wood carving on the shape of rabbit. He couldn't be more familiar with this carving because he could remember that he wanted to throw it out so badly when he saw it in the past.

However, Nan Hua kept it inside her pouch…

Did this fall off from her body?

"This is Hua'er's." Feng Ao Kuai picked the wooden rabbit and then turned to look at Long Qian Xing. "Do you remember this, Young Commander Long?"

"Yes." Long Qian Xing nodded. It was the small rabbit he made for Nan Hua as replacement for his crude gift to her. Since it was here, right on the spot not far from where the maidservant fainted, it meant that Nan Hua was on the scene when Princess Yue was kidnapped.

At this moment, Long Qian Xing came into a realization. Could it be that Nan Hua got dragged into the kidnapping?

"Search for any mark of blue cloth or a necklace in diamond shaped." Long Qian Xing didn't know whether Nan Hua wore his necklace because he didn't see her. But if she wore it, it might fall off too.

"Or a hairpin that look similar to mine but more feminine. She wore it when we got out," Nan Luo added.

Nan Hua didn't have many ornaments that she liked to use even though Old Master Nan poured his savings for her. Thus, the one Nan Hua wore most of the time was the one he gave to her.

Long Qian Xing nodded.

While they were discussing, Feng Ao Kuai was looking at the ground where the rabbit fell off. He could see a line was made forcefully on the ground and his eyes narrowed. "I'm going to search in this area."

"Wait for me! I'll follow you." Feng Ao Si was stunned.

Nan Luo thought for a moment before following Feng Ao Kuai. He knew that in terms of analyzing and so on, Feng Ao Kuai was better than him. Just like last time… he made a fun of himself when he roamed around the forest while Feng Ao Kuai met Nan Hua first.

He was so annoyed that he nearly couldn't sleep for the night.

They walked past the alley and continued to roam around. After some time, Feng Ao Kuai finally found what he wanted to. It was a bamboo stick tied with a piece of blue cloth. Looking at the location, it seemed to have fallen from quite a distance.

"Did they use the roof to escape?" Nan Luo asked with a frown.

Long Qian Xing's eyes turned grim. "That's not impossible."

With so many people focused on the accident, who would have the time to check whether there were strangers passing by their rooftop? Not to mention, not everyone had keen senses to detect them.

"Did she write something?"

"Do you really think she'll have the time to write?" Long Qian Xing was speechless.

The three brats: "…" actually, we do think that way.

However, they said nothing and just looked at the bamboo stick intently. Nan Luo was sharp and quickly detected that the surface was not as smooth as it was. He rubbed his hand on top of the bamboo stick, detecting some crooked words written on it.

His lips twitched when he knew what Nan Hua was writing.

"What is it?"

"Forest."