Lantern Festival night turned into a night of terror; when Wufu heard that a child had been kidnapped, she couldn't help feeling dreadful. Perhaps because she had been an orphan herself in a previous life, she found nothing more distressing than seeing a healthy child turned into an orphan, especially due to abduction — utterly innocent and pitiable.
Wufu, dispirited and joyless, got into the carriage to return home. Ah Jiu saw that her little face had lost much of its brightness and felt correspondingly displeased.
"Don't think too much about it. Lord Wen should be able to find the children. He's the official in charge, trust him," Ah Jiu patted her hand.
Wufu forced a smile and said, "That's all we can do."
She was neither an official nor a savior; upon hearing such news, she was inevitably distressed, but she couldn't become a heroine and search the entire city. That was a job for the officials — otherwise, what could the people depend on?
