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After finishing the New Year's Eve dinner, it had already grown dark, and Lady Guan and the others, having drunk alcohol, went to sleep early.
Xiao Ruo, who couldn't hold her liquor well, felt woozy after half a bowl but still remembered that the Kongming lantern hadn't been released. However, since Changer had already gone back to sleep, she took the lantern and left the courtyard alone.
After his bath, Fu Hanwen saw that the door to the young girl's room was open, yet there was no sign of her, which made him tense.
How could the girl, being that drunk, have gone outside?
Noticing that the Kongming lantern was also missing from the courtyard, Fu Hanwen hurriedly went out to look for it.
By this time, it was pitch dark, and the girl wasn't very sober. What if she had fallen somewhere?
Fu Hanwen's sword-like eyebrows furrowed with worry.
Fortunately, after searching half the village, he finally saw someone by the well.
