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"I don't have any instructions." Chen Mu pondered for a moment before picking up the most important piece of information, "How long until your young master returns?"

"I've already sent a message to Young Master. Young Master will be back in about an incense's time." Rong Ba could be considered to be familiar with the two of them, his words were relatively at ease, and he explained, "After all, from Xingyu Village to our Linzhou City, there is still some distance to travel."

Chen Mu Mu nodded as he stated, "When he returns, tell him to come meet me. I have something urgent to tell him."

"Alright, once young master returns, I will pass on the young lady's message to young master." Rong Ba paused for a while and laughed, "Actually, Lady Chen does not need to be anxious. From what I see, Young Noble is extremely worried for you guys, even if you did not pass the message, the first thing that Young Noble did when he returned was to look for you guys."

Chen Mu Mu snickered, "Seems like I'm in a hurry."

She always thought that she was calm, but inside, she wasn't steady either.

He couldn't even wait for a while.

Of course, it wasn't that she couldn't wait, it was that she was afraid Shangguan Bai would do something on the way back and cause her some trouble …

However, since Shangguan Bai was mature, he should know the importance of some things.

Since she was already here, she should have had the worst plan.

As he thought of this, he felt much more at ease.

Seeing her like that, Lu Jinfeng patted her shoulder and comforted her: "Don't worry, Shangguan Bai is a smart person."

He should have known better why they had come to him and why they had not died after the fire.

"I hope so." Chen Mu took a deep breath and said.

Lu Jinfeng was a little amused: "Didn't you just confidently believe him before? "How are you not sure now?"

"He's still young, after all." People who are too young are always inconsiderate.

One had to know that for people of Shangguan Bai's age, it was precisely when they were on the verge of having a single muscle in their blood.

The corner of Lu Jinfeng's mouth twitched: "Shangguan Bai is still young?"

Even older than him and Chen Mu Mu, in his opinion, this fellow should have already married several wives!

"You wouldn't understand even if I told you." Chen Mu glanced at him before following behind the maidservant.

They were separated by thousands of years, and he didn't have to understand them all.

Lu Jinfeng looked at Chen Mu Mu Mu Mu's leaving figure, sighed and shook his head, then turned and followed the servant who led the way to wash up.

He was clearly around the same age and he looked exceptionally mature all day. Furthermore, he said that his IQ couldn't keep up with hers and that this girl was also an exceptional one.

However, even if it was of the highest quality, he still had to accept it.

Who asked him to … He had taken a fancy to her.

If he didn't understand it today, he would have plenty of time in the future.

Shangguan Bai had arrived faster than he had expected. Chen Mu Mu Mu Mu had just washed up, and before her hair had even dried, a maidservant had come to inform him that Shangguan Bai had arrived.

Chen Mu had originally wanted to wake up from his sleep, and only chat about his future cooperation with Shangguan Bai when he recovered his spirits. Now that Shangguan Bai was back, she could only comb her hair briefly before heading to the living room to meet her master.

He was still dressed in a snow-white satin robe and had a white fox fur cloak draped over his shoulders. He looked energetic from afar, but when he walked closer, he actually looked like he was worn out by the wind.

When he saw Chen Mu Mu Mu running out before she had even finished combing her hair, Shangguan Bai's eyes stared at her sleepily for a while. After a while, the corners of his mouth curled up as he said: "You came really fast, I haven't even cleaned up my body of dust yet."

"You're not late either." There were only Shangguan Bai and Rong Ba present, so Chen Mu Mu was impolite. He found a chair and sat down, and asked curiously: "Didn't Rong Ba say that it would take a long time to travel to and from Xingyu Village, why did it take less than half an incense's worth of time for you to arrive?"

"I guess it's because I'm worried about you." Shangguan Bai said, his clear eyes seemed to have a deeper meaning as he looked at her.

Chen Mu laughed lightly: "You sure have intentions, but even if you do have intentions, you won't be able to fly over here right?"

"I'm already halfway there." Shangguan Bai's long eyelashes flapped and he hid the oddity in his eyes. But when he looked at her, there was still a bit of care in his eyes. "I heard that your family had a big fire last night, what's going on?"

Chen Mu bit his lips. "Didn't you personally go to the Apricot Rain Village to see it? Could it be that you can't even tell what it is? "

"I smell fuel." Shangguan Bai poured her a cup of tea. "Normally, even if you accidentally set fire to it, it wouldn't burn so thoroughly. I heard from the villagers that the fire yesterday was completely red."

Shangguan Bai paused for a moment, looking at the teacup swaying in the wind. "Someone wants to kill you?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Chen Mu Mu helplessly threw up his hands. "If it wasn't for the large number of people who came and poured so much fuel on the ground, we wouldn't be in such a sorry state."

These two factors were indispensable. If it was just an assassin, she would definitely beat them until all their teeth fell out.

If only one or two people were to set the fire, with Lu Jinfeng and his wariness, the other party would not be able to take advantage of them.

They had fallen so miserably. It could only be said that the other side was very scheming and had sealed off all escape routes for them.

"Just by thinking about it, we know how dangerous the situation was." Shangguan Bai placed the teacup swaying slightly in his hands on the table, a bit of nervousness and lingering fear could be seen between his brows. "Then how did you escape?"

Since the other party was able to achieve such a feat, they must have never thought of letting them live. Since all escape routes were already sealed off, where in the world did Chen Mu and the others come from?

"There's a tunnel under the house we live in. That's where we came from." Speaking of the tunnel, Chen Mu Mu Mu looked depressed. "That tunnel wasn't dug by us, but at the back of our house. If it wasn't for the fire last night, we probably wouldn't have been able to find it for the rest of our lives."

With such a long hand reaching out to her backyard, how could she not be angry?

"The tunnel is very long, roughly half an hour's journey. After we walked out of the tunnel and entered the forest for a while, we saw your manor. "Considering how familiar we are and how homeless we are, you should be willing to take us in for a few days."

"Just for a few days?" Shangguan Bai asked, his tone sounding a little disappointed.

Chen Mu was taken aback for a moment before he chuckled. "It's fine if you don't mind eating at your place, but are you afraid that we won't stay for long?"

Shangguan Bai smiled softly, his smile warm and sunny. "You can stay as long as you wish."

"I'm talking about us, not just me." Chen Mu Mu smirked. "You don't mind raising so many people?"

"Shangguan family doesn't lack this kind of money." "Besides, your Chen Mu Mu Mu is worth far more than these little schemes. If I cooperate with you, I'll only make money and not lose out. So what if I support you?"

"I knew you wouldn't be so easy to deal with." The corners of Chen Mu Mu's mouth twitched. "However, since you said so much, I'll take advantage of you. I'll be more at ease now." Who told him to think that even if the whole family ate and drank with him, she would not only create a value for him?

Since Shen Bai didn't even feel like he was at a disadvantage, naturally, she wouldn't feel that she was in trouble.

"Do you want to stay here?" Shen Bai still smiled warmly, "Now that your house has been burnt down, Xingyu Village will not go back for the time being. This is your best place to stay. "If you don't like it, I can just live in another place. There are still several other residences in the Shangguan Family."

It meant that he wasn't short on money.

The kid really wanted to punch out.

It didn't matter if he was rich. That was someone else's problem. Yet, to show off in front of others and make others feel stifled, it was truly hateful.

Chen Mu Mu shook his head, "There's no need to go through all that trouble. Let's just stay here for a few days. We still have other plans."

Pausing, he caught the main point in Shangguan Bai's words. "How do you know we won't return to Xingyu Village for now?"

She had a plan, but she hadn't said it yet.

"A few days ago, a group of killers barged into your house and were subdued by you guys. The officials arrested those killers and brought them back to be interrogated. In the end, the killers admitted that they were responsible for all the cruel murders, including those in the Apricot Rain Village and the Luo Family Village." Shangguan Bai smiled softly, but a cold light flitted past his eyes. "These killers were sentenced to death afterwards, but those people committed suicide out of guilt before the death had even passed."

Shangguan Bai looked at Chen Mu Mu Mu, "When people die, the case will naturally go away. And who is the culprit behind this, where are the gold and jewels they stole?" Most importantly, those people are already on the case. Last night, you were still attacked. "

This meant that there was a problem with the government. If they returned to Xingyu Village, could it be that the government would find out who burned down their family and give them justice?

Chen Mu Mu Mu was not such an innocent person, and neither was Shangguan Bai. Thus, once he caught a glimpse of the ten, he could roughly guess what was behind it.

Chen Mu chuckled, "Seems like I've underestimated you. You're smarter than I thought."

"If I wasn't a smart person, why would you cooperate with me?" Shangguan Bai smiled and poured some tea into her cup, "You said you only need to stay for a few days, do you have any plans?"

Chen Mu Mu Mu wasn't someone who had rushed over to the hospital in a panic. He believed that he wouldn't be her only option, even if he had fallen to his current state.

She would bring someone to look for him. Firstly, she would believe in him, and secondly, she had her own plans.

"Didn't you tell me that after the new year, you would open a business in the capital and all over the country?" Chen Mu took a sip of his tea and asked, "Does that still count?" And when will you be going to the capital? "

"Of course it is. It's just that I have some matters I need to attend to, so I can't go to the capital for the time being." Shangguan Bai muttered to himself for a bit, "Wait until the matters of the Linzhou are settled, it will be around half a month, are you in a hurry to enter the capital?"

"If I have a good discussion with you, I will leave tomorrow." Chen Mu Mu frowned, "You should know more or less about the situation of our family, so they shouldn't stay in the Linzhou City for too long. If those people knew that we're not dead yet, they would have definitely tried to kill us again.

Furthermore, there was still a problem with the Prefecture Overseer. If they were brought to the Prefecture Overseer in the name of investigation, it would be easier for those people to torment them.

She didn't want to give the initiative to someone else, she couldn't even decide her own life.

Going to the capital was the only choice they had.