And Little Brian also lost her appetite, unable to eat or drink. Among the four siblings, she was closest to Little Jason; they were always together, perhaps because only Little Jason was younger than her, allowing her to play the role of the older sister.

This matter also concerned the emperor of the empire, who was equally attentive to its development and sent many people to help search for Little Jason's whereabouts.

“Keep searching, search carefully! So many of you have been looking for three days, and you still can't find a five-year-old child?” William York, Head of the York Family said angrily.

“It’s been three days already. Could Liam York have left the city?” Mrs. Ryan, Lady of the House said with a frown. Given the current situation, it was hard not to consider this possibility.

“He’s just a child, how could he possibly leave the city unless someone deliberately took him away.” William York frowned. In fact, he had already sent people to search the surrounding area, but he was unwilling to consider this possibility.

If Little Liam had been taken out of the city, then someone must have had ill intentions, and the consequences would be even more troubling for them.

“If anyone dares harm my son, I’ll make their whole family pay with their lives!” Ethan York said with a light snort. His voice was soft, perhaps talking to himself, but the determination in his tone was unmistakable.

“Ethan...” Angela Long held Ethan York's hand, her tone very complicated, as if she had come to terms with something.

And just at that moment, something unexpected happened—something that absolutely no one anticipated.

“Master, Young Jason, Young Jason he...” A servant rushed in, his expression full of panic and disbelief.

“What is it, is there news?” William York said calmly. The servant’s expression made him feel a bit uneasy.

“Young Jason, he, he...” The servant was still catching his breath.

“What about him? Hurry up and say it!!” Angela Long urged anxiously.

“Young Jason has come back.” The servant finally finished his sentence.

“?! What did you say? Where is he now?” After a moment of silence, everyone in the room erupted, grabbing the servant’s clothes and bombarding him with questions, leaving the servant both flustered and flattered.

“Young Jason has come back, and he brought a little girl with him. They’ve already entered the house.” The servant said, clearly having rushed ahead of Little Jason to deliver the news, with a hint of wanting to take credit.

At this moment, no one paid him any attention. They immediately left him behind and rushed out, not even noticing the servant’s mention of a little girl.

When William York and the others reached the front yard, they saw Little Jason walking in the middle, with a little girl about his age not far behind him. This little girl looked somewhat different from ordinary humans, but at this moment, they didn’t care about that—they just wanted to hug Little Jason and check if he was hurt.

The first to hug Little Jason was the seemingly weakest among them, Angela Long. At this moment, she moved at two hundred percent—no, even more—of her usual speed, rushing to Little Jason and scooping him up in her arms.

“My little darling, where on earth did you go? Are you hurt? Have you been hungry these past few days...” Angela Long checked Little Jason over while fussing over him, at the same time pushing aside anyone else who wanted to hug Little Jason.

Little Jason shook his head, then slowly said, “No, I had good food and drinks, and there was fun stuff too.”

“Good food, drinks, and fun?” After making sure Little Jason was fine, Angela Long continued to ask, “Where was this? Who took you there? And who is this little girl? Huh, this little girl...”

At this moment, Angela Long seemed to finally notice that the little girl standing to the side was different from humans. Yes, that’s right—she wasn’t human at all.

The little girl had big eyes, and when she smiled, her little tiger teeth showed. On her head were a pair of “cat” ears, and behind her was a small tail. All of this clearly indicated to everyone that she was a beastkin.

The question was, was she from the cat tribe or the tiger tribe? The features of these two races were quite similar, especially when they were young.

Very soon, Little Jason gave the answer: “I bought her. They said she’s a top-quality female slave from the tiger tribe.”

“……”

Silence. For a moment, no one made a sound; they just quietly looked at Little Jason, their eyes showing a strange expression.

“You bought her? Where exactly have you been these past three days? And how did you get out? Now, slowly and carefully tell mommy everything.” Angela Long asked curiously, very eager to know about her son’s three-day adventure.

Everyone else was curious too, all staring at Little Jason, waiting for an answer.

Before Little Jason could speak, Angela Long added, “Let’s go inside first, it’s windy out here.” She didn’t want her son to catch a chill, so she immediately carried him inside.

That was for the best—everyone could sit down, have some tea, and talk things over slowly.