Two Days Later...
Horst Manor...
A maid walked towards Ford's study to inquire if there was anything the Horst lord required. For the last two days, the lord of Horst Manor seemed incredibly preoccupied with his thoughts and hardly had the presence of mind for a meal.
Even the lady, Emily had been sighing occasionally in boredom throughout the first day as she missed her daughter that had not returned. Eventually, she went into her room to cultivate and had not exited since.
Everyone could tell that Ford could not occupy himself with cultivation as there were quite a few things that require his attention and the lack of the solace rendering activity was causing him to get crankier by the hour.
As this maid walked closer to the Study door, she was fearful that she not be the one on who he would vent his frustrations.
During this kind of mood, Ford was known to say some pretty hurtful things and sometimes his yells worked just well.