ASTRP -Chapter 120 White Lotus Was Kidnapped

Feng Jingge nodded. “Alright.”

The two returned to their spots and had just sat down cross-legged when the knocking at the door suddenly stopped.

Just as Feng Jingge thought the person outside had left, Prince Yu’s voice sounded from beyond the door.

“Miss Feng, I know you’re inside. I already saw you just now.”

Feng Jingge frowned and looked at Xiao Jinghan.

She had been the one who opened the door earlier, so the person Prince Yu should have seen was her — meaning Xiao Jinghan’s body.

So how could he have seen her face?

“He’s bluffing?”

Feng Jingge lowered her voice and asked.

“Sit still obediently. I’ll open the door.”

After Xiao Jinghan spoke, he rose and walked toward the door.

Outside, Prince Yu stood before the entrance with tightly furrowed brows.

He had already spoken so clearly, yet the door still had not opened. Doubt began rising in his heart.

He had directly called her out by name and still no one answered. Could it be that he had mistaken what he saw?

Just as Prince Yu began doubting himself, the door creaked open.

“Feng Jingge” stood behind the door, looking at him coldly.

“Does Your Highness need something?”

Prince Yu’s eyes lit up, instantly growing excited.

“Miss Feng, it really is you. Looks like I didn’t mistake you.”

“Is Imperial Uncle inside?”

Xiao Jinghan did not answer. He merely glanced at Prince Yu before turning and walking inside.

Seeing this, Prince Yu quickly followed him in.

He even remembered to close the door behind him.

The moment Prince Yu saw Feng Jingge, he rushed over in a few strides and sat across from her before immediately starting to complain.

“Imperial Uncle! Were you deliberately avoiding me and refusing to see me?!”

Feng Jingge glanced at him indifferently.

“When have I ever avoided you or refused to see you?”

“Yesterday and the day before, I went to the Prince Regent’s Manor three times a day — morning, noon, and evening. Every time, they said you weren’t there.”

Feng Jingge lied without hesitation.

“I never returned to the manor those two days.”

Prince Yu immediately believed her.

“So that’s how it was.”

“You came looking for me morning, noon, and night. Was something urgent going on?”

At the same time, in a spacious room elsewhere, Liu Qingqing slowly opened her eyes.

The first thing she saw was a long table.

Confused, she rolled her eyes around and surveyed her surroundings, only to realize she was inside an unfamiliar room.

She was tied to a chair with ropes and unable to move.

A rag had been stuffed into her mouth. Her terrified cries all turned into muffled whimpers.

Normally, she stayed inside the manor and only occasionally went shopping.

And even when shopping, she had never made enemies.

Th-this…

Who exactly had kidnapped her?!

Did the Prince know she was missing?

Would he come save her?

Countless questions surged through Liu Qingqing’s mind when faint sobbing suddenly reached her ears.

There was someone else in the room?!

Her eyes brightened with joy.

With another person present, she felt far less afraid.

Unable to move because of the ropes binding her, she desperately twisted her head backward.

A familiar figure in the corner entered her sight.

The joy in Liu Qingqing’s eyes instantly vanished, replaced once again by panic.

Ping’er?

Her attempt to speak only came out as muffled sounds because of the rag in her mouth.

Ping’er noticed Liu Qingqing had seen her, and her expression immediately became excited.

The two continuously made muffled sounds at each other, though Liu Qingqing could not understand a single word.

As time passed, the initial excitement of seeing one another gradually turned into fear and panic, and eventually despair.

Inside the huge room, there were only the two of them.

Yet the people who kidnapped them never appeared.

After some time, the sky darkened.

The room became darker and darker until it was impossible to see one’s own hand in front of their face.

Liu Qingqing was terrified.

Terrified that she might die here without anyone ever knowing.

As the night deepened, the sounds of insects and frogs echoed outside, and Liu Qingqing eventually fell asleep like that.

She had no idea how long she slept before opening her eyes again.

To her surprise, the room’s door was slightly ajar.

Shock exploded in her heart.

Could it be that after she fell asleep last night, the kidnappers had entered the room?

Thinking this, she hurriedly lowered her head.

When she saw her clothes were still intact and showed no signs of having been removed, she instantly let out a huge sigh of relief.

Thank goodness.

Thank goodness.

While silently rejoicing, Liu Qingqing twisted her body slightly.

That small movement filled her with overwhelming joy.

The hands tied behind the chair could move now!!!

Over the next stretch of time, Liu Qingqing twisted and struggled with all her strength.

After expending tremendous effort, the rope binding her hands suddenly fell to the floor with a snap.

Once her hands were free, she immediately yanked the rag from her mouth and hurriedly untied the ropes around her body as well.

She was finally free again!

Liu Qingqing quickly stood up, intending to rescue Ping’er too.

But the moment she rose and took two steps forward, her legs gave out, and she crashed heavily onto the ground.

The noise was loud enough that she panicked about being discovered. Ignoring the pain, she hurriedly crawled over to Ping’er.

Seeing that Ping’er was still unconscious, Liu Qingqing reached out and patted her face.

Ping’er woke up and, upon seeing Liu Qingqing before her, her pupils shrank as excitement instantly filled her expression.

“Shh…”

Liu Qingqing quickly gestured for silence.

Ping’er nodded excitedly.

Liu Qingqing swiftly untied the ropes binding Ping’er.

The two supported each other as they stood and cautiously left the room.

When they saw no one around, joy flooded their hearts, and they hurriedly escaped.

Only after finally reaching the noisy streets and seeing crowds of people passing by did Liu Qingqing and Ping’er truly feel alive again.

Without even pausing to recover, the two hurried back toward the Prince Regent’s Manor.

What they did not know was that their stumbling, frantic figures had already fallen into someone’s eyes.

That person stood by a window, watching the two women.

Beneath the mask on his face, the corners of his lips curled upward into a cold sneer.

A peach-pink figure appeared behind him.

“Master, Liu Qingqing and the other woman have already left.”

“I saw.”

The woman in peach froze for a moment.

Where had Master seen them from?

“Return to your rouge shop and wait for the fish to come to you.”

“Yes, Master.”

Inside the teahouse—

Prince Yu frowned at Feng Jingge, obvious suspicion in his voice.

“Imperial Uncle, will this method really work?”

Feng Jingge stood up and looked down coldly at him.

“Whether it works or not, you already know the answer in your heart.”

With that, she turned and walked out.

Prince Yu hurriedly stood and chased after her.

“Imperial Uncle, wait—”

Feng Jingge stopped and turned sideways to look at him.

Prince Yu quickly circled around to block her path.

With a smile plastered across his face, he asked, “Imperial Uncle, are you certain the person in my manor is truly the Princess of Western Ling?”

Feng Jingge’s brows lifted slightly, her voice carrying a chilling coldness.

“What? Are you suspecting that I lied to you?”

“N-no, no, absolutely not.”

Prince Yu’s heart tightened as he hurriedly denied it.

Feng Jingge pressed her lips together and shot him a cold glance without saying another word before turning and leaving the private room.

Xiao Jinghan waited outside for her. Seeing her emerge, he naturally followed behind her.

The teahouse was not far from the Prince Regent’s Manor, so the two walked back on foot.

Halfway there, Xiao Jinghan asked, “What exactly did you tell Prince Yu?”