Female-dominated society: My husband is clingy and I can't shake him off

Chapter 273 I Lost Her

Shen Zicen turned his head and looked at Niannian with a sharp gaze. Although the two were more than ten meters apart, Niannian still felt a chill down her back and couldn't help but hunch her shoulders.

Under Shen Zicen's intense pressure, the man trembled as he opened the door.

Shen Zicen's face was gloomy. He had really spoiled Nian Nian too much lately.

As soon as the door opened, Xiao Dengzi, who was happily saying goodbye to her family, turned around and was met with Shen Zicen's gloomy expression. Her smile instantly vanished.

He called out softly, "Master."

Before Shen Zicen could respond, Xiao Dengzi carefully moved his feet, trying to get as far away from Shen Zicen as possible.

She was afraid of her usual master, let alone him, who was always so gloomy.

Xiao Deng crouched down as he entered the room. Once inside, away from Shen Zicen, he ran straight to Niannian.

She hugged Niannian tightly, "Hey, did you make Master angry?"

It was clearly a question, but her tone wasn't one of confirmation; rather, it made it obvious that she was certain Nian Nian had done it.

Niannian pried her hand away, lowered her head, and remained silent.

Xiao Dengzi noticed that she was in a bad mood, so he took her to the training room.

"Come on, come box with me."

As soon as Shen Zicen stepped out, he began searching for Qian Duoduo. Now that he was certain that she had returned, he was determined to find her.

However, the pedestrians on the road were in a hurry and did not see Qian Duoduo at all.

If it weren't for that little brat, Niannian, he would have already reunited with Duoduo.

At this moment, Qian Duoduo had already circled around to the back door of the escort agency. It was the first time she had realized that the walls of this escort agency were so high.

She could only climb in through the back door, never expecting that she would have to climb the wall to see her husband.

Qian Duoduo jumped upwards with all her might and grabbed the wall next to the door.

I don't know if it's because she hasn't exercised in a long time or what, but her arms have no strength at all, and she can't flip herself up at all.

This was even more difficult than sneaking into that old house before; all he could do was kick his legs haphazardly.

"Squeak-"

?

Upon hearing the sound, Qian Duoduo, who was hanging on the wall, tilted her head slightly to look at the back door.

She accidentally kicked the door open.

Qian Duoduo jumped down and clapped her hands.

If I'd known the back door wasn't locked, why bother climbing the wall?

Qian Duoduo looked around furtively, and only after confirming that no one had seen her disheveled state did she swagger inside.

……

After standing at the door for a moment, Shen Zicen decided to look elsewhere.

Last night, Duoduo came with Yanli, so it's very likely that she's gone back to find Yanli now.

So, Shen Zicen ran all the way to Yanli's place, and without even knocking, he jumped over the door and went straight in.

"Bam—"

A loud bang startled Su Yanli so much that she almost dropped the bowl in her hand.

"Yanli, hasn't Duoduo come back yet?"

Shen Zicen was eager to see Qian Duoduo, so he didn't beat around the bush.

Su Yanli assumed that Shen Zicen was in such a panic because he wanted to verify with him whether that person was indeed Qian Duoduo.

So, Su Yanli slowly took a sip of porridge and said, "Of course I'm back."

As he drank, he was still savoring the memory, remembering the papers Qian Duoduo had placed by his bedside that morning.

He knew she had made him breakfast from the picture of a bowl with a few grains of rice inside.

Shen Zicen thought Qian Duoduo was here, so he ran behind the screen to check and went into the room inside, but he didn't see Qian Duoduo anywhere.

"Dodo? Dodo?"

Su Yanli looked at Shen Zicen's actions and then realized what he was looking for.

He stood up and stopped Shen Zicen from opening the wardrobe. "She didn't come here."

"Ah? But..."

Shen Zicen was so anxious that her eyes reddened.

"I lost her."

"How did she get lost? Did she go back?"

Su Yanli also thought she had become that woman again, and her pupils gradually constricted, filled with fear and unease.

"No, she was locked outside the security company and then disappeared."

Shen Zicen thought it was his fault that Qian Duoduo disappeared.

Hearing this, Su Yanli was no longer worried. "Duoduo won't get lost. Maybe if you go back to the escort agency now, she'll be waiting for you there."

"Really?"

Shen Zicen's eyes lit up instantly.

Upon receiving Su Yanli's affirmative answer, Shen Zicen immediately turned around and rushed back.

Duoduo is still waiting for her at home; she can't keep her waiting too long.

Su Yanli's calm tone gave him a strange sense of peace; he believed that Duoduo was definitely waiting for him.

He has to be faster, even faster.

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Qian Duoduo rushed to the study, deciding not to go anywhere else and to stay there quietly.

If Ah Cen realizes what's happening, she'll definitely come to the study to find her.

Qian Duoduo was strolling around the study when his gaze fell on a portrait on the desk. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the person in the portrait was himself.

I glanced at it briefly in the morning and didn't see the background. Only then did I realize that the painting depicted me as I looked when I first met him.

However, it was at the entrance of Feihua Pavilion, and it looks like it was drawn by A-Che.

She looked at the portrait, its edges already worn and frayed, and saw tear stains on it.

Thinking that Shen Zicen might have been looking at this portrait every night before.

She also shed tears of heartache; the slap Shen Zicen delivered last night was still echoing in his ears.

He hit so hard, his face must be swollen now.

So, Qian Duoduo wiped away her tears and went to the cabinet behind the bookshelf to rummage for ointment.

When she saw Shen Zicen this morning, the half of her face that she saw was intact, so she guessed that the other side was hit and the scar was probably on that side.

Just as Qian Duoduo was rummaging through drawers and cabinets, Shen Zicen kicked the door open with a bang.

He didn't know why, but his intuition told him that Qian Duoduo was here.

However, when he looked around and found no one there, he instantly stopped breathing, his heart felt like it was being tightly squeezed and couldn't beat.

"Ah Cen?"

A familiar voice came from inside. Shen Zicen looked up in disbelief and saw Qian Duoduo slowly walking towards her from behind the bookshelf.

Shen Zicen rushed forward excitedly and threw herself into Qian Duoduo's arms, whispering "Duoduo" in a restrained voice.