Chapter 323: Chapter 323 The Fool’s Cage (17)_1
I never expected the most cautious looking little girl to be the most abnormal of all!
Bella looked at Margaret with a face full of shock while Fu Qian also sighed secretly.
The significance of a straw man is to point out the exit of a fairy tale, which is undoubtedly unnecessary in this world.
Yet Margaret was seriously talking about finding a straw man.
This little girl seemed to be confused about the boundaries between the two.
In some sense, this was no better than Violetta’s condition.
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Bella, being a bit older and having just searched for a straw man, realized the problem almost instantly, hence her expression was extremely stiff at the moment.
“Souffle went out to look for us? We didn’t see her though!”
Hani, already a bit confused, didn’t think too much and simply asked subconsciously.
“Yes, since you all hadn’t returned, she waited for a while before hurrying out the door, probably just missed crossing paths with you.”
Margaret nodded and explained softly.
“You didn’t encounter any danger on the road, did you?”
“… No.”
Hani almost let something slip at that moment, but remembering Bella’s caution, she corrected herself in time.
To avoid Margaret noticing the bloodstains on her body, she didn’t say more and hurriedly ran off to change her clothes.
“Margaret.”
Bella was clearly also very unsettled, sitting down cautiously across from Margaret.
“Don’t worry, we’re fine. When did Souffle go out?”
“It’s been a while now, and then none of you came back, I was terribly worried at home.”
Margaret’s voice was almost breaking into a cry.
“It’s okay, we’re back now aren’t we! Souffle is even less scared, she’s smarter than all of us.”
Bella hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she chose not to correct Margaret about the straw man and instead took her hand to comfort her.
“You go and rest in the room for a while; I’ll cook in a bit.”
“Mm.”
Margaret responded obediently and nodded her head very sweetly.
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After Margaret returned to her own bedroom, silence once again fell upon the room.
“You rest at home, I’ll go out and look for Souffle.”
After sitting opposite Fu Qian for a while, Bella stood up with a complex expression.
“Let me go instead; Souffle will see through you in this state.”
Fu Qian replied calmly, giving Bella a reason she could not refute.
“No, it’s too dangerous.”
Bella bit her lip and still shook her head in the end.
“Don’t worry, it can’t be more dangerous than just now, and we need to inform Souffle about Margaret’s situation as soon as possible.”
Hmm?
Bella was clearly startled by Fu Qian’s last statement.
Realizing that Fu Qian had also noticed Margaret’s abnormality, Bella couldn’t help but look up at him, her eyes as if she was seeing a stranger.
This awakening, the youngest sister had given her a sense of unfamiliarity like never before.
“Yes, I’ve noticed that Margaret seems to be a bit confused between the two sides.”
Fu Qian didn’t avoid her gaze and spoke in a suppressed voice.
“And obviously, we don’t have much of a solution; we have to let Souffle know about this quickly.”
“But…”
If she ignored the fact that the other party was the youngest sister, his words certainly made sense.
But as an older sister, Bella instinctively didn’t want to let Violetta go out alone.
“I’m leaving now, you rest well.”
Unfortunately, Fu Qian didn’t give her a chance to argue further and walked straight over to the door.
“Why is Violetta going out again?”
The scene was just witnessed by Hani, who had just changed her clothes, leaving her somewhat puzzled for a moment.
“She’s gone to look for Souffle.”
Bella watched Fu Qian leave, and seeing that Hani hadn’t reacted yet, she didn’t bother to explain further.
“Oh!”
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When Fu Qian stepped outside, it was nearing evening, and the streets were sparsely populated as usual.
Glancing both ways, he decisively chose the opposite direction from the one he had come from.
His insistence on going out to search for someone was certainly due in part to Margaret’s predicament.
But, to be fair, he didn’t think Souffle could do much about Margaret’s situation.
What mainly aroused his curiosity was what Souffle could be up to.
Without any clues about the cage so far, he knew staying inside the house was definitely a dead end.
And, having looked around, the sisters seemed a bit off; beneath the calm surface of life, danger lurked everywhere.
He wondered if this seemingly most reliable elder sister could provide him with some insight.
However, reality was far from the mystery he had imagined; not long after walking along the main road, Fu Qian spotted Souffle.
This elder sister, surprisingly similar to Bella, was casually seated on a bench by the roadside, idly surveying her surroundings.
Contrary to Margaret’s description, her demeanor was anything but rushed; in fact, she looked quite relaxed.
If there were also a cake placed next to her, that would simply be too much.
Fu Qian couldn’t help but grumble internally, refrain from rushing over, and instead hid in the distance to secretly observe.
And quite soon, Fu Qian noticed something odd about Souffle.
Though she appeared to be resting, she wasn’t enjoying the scenery; her attention seemed to be focused solely on the pedestrians.
Every time someone passed by, not only did her attention snap to them, but she also made a great effort to conceal it.
Hiss, why does she also seem a bit off?
Just when he was preparing to observe a little longer, the Souffle in the distance suddenly got up.
Curious about what she might do next, he didn’t expect Souffle to look decisively in his direction without hesitation.
Had he been discovered so soon?
Fu Qian was startled by their eye contact.
While his position wasn’t exactly a blind spot, it was certainly an excellent location for Voldemort; how had she noticed him?
You must be cheating!
This was a bit troublesome; no matter the reason, it seemed there was no way to explain why he was hiding there secretly observing.
As Souffle approached step by step, Fu Qian’s thoughts raced.
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“Violetta! Why are you alone?”
Souffle quickly stood in front of her, her gaze sharper than ever before.
“Where’s Hani?”
“I… I don’t know.”
The one responding was Violetta’s bewildered voice.
Indeed, during the time it took for her to walk over, Fu Qian tried to surrender control of the body and returned to a spirit state behind her.
If he couldn’t explain it, then he wouldn’t.
Nothing could withstand interrogation better than a genuinely innocent soul.
Fortunately, Violetta’s consciousness quickly revived, and it seemed she was unaware of the short events that had just unfolded.
“You don’t know…”
Souffle’s frown deepened as she tried to find any signs on Violetta’s face.
Unfortunately, her bewilderment was so pure it was impossible to spot any flaws.
“Did you fall asleep again?”
After a few silent seconds, Souffle’s eyes finally softened.
Crouching down, she placed a hand on Violetta’s shoulder and wiped her sister’s face.
“It’s getting dark, let’s go home.”