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After getting back on the carriage, it was a long time before Chen Mu became dispirited.

Bai Li stared at her expression for three days. When she reached the foot of the city, she finally couldn't help but speak up.

"Isn't it just a trafficker? Your heart got stuck when you saw him. After that, you also taught them a lesson. Why aren't you letting him go?"

When the pear broke out, the sound was still quite loud.

Chen Mu recovered from his contemplation and sighed lightly when he saw Bai Li's worried and furious gaze.

"Don't make wild guesses, you don't understand my depression."

How was she unable to let go of the peddler? What she couldn't let go of was that there were too many things around her lately, so many that she had to deal with them herself.

He felt that the people around him were changing, and so were the things around him.

She had always thought that she was smart, had seen through everything. However, after the matter of Ox Head Mountain and the traffickers, she found out that she also seemed to be one of the people in the Bureau.

The people in the station could not see the situation.

She was a pawn, a pawn in the hands of others, and she didn't know it.

Unknowingly, her actions had become more and more passive.

The feeling of having the initiative handed over to someone else made her feel uncomfortable.

Regardless of whether it was Qin Tianshui, Lin Mo, Chu Lin, or the masked man, she could not see through anyone.

And they seemed to be extremely familiar with her.

What was even more terrifying was that this familiarity surpassed even herself.

Perhaps she had underestimated those people.

"I don't want to understand." "I just don't want to see you looking half-dead. It would be a disappointment."

"No one forced you to look." Chen Mu Mu opened the curtain and looked at the distant city gates. After a moment of silence, she said, "We're about to reach our destination. After entering the capital, don't follow me anymore."

"What do you mean by 'I'm following you'?" Bai Li was annoyed. "What do you mean by 'I'm following you'? We're definitely traveling together."

"Yeah, but after we arrive at our destination, we don't need to travel together anymore." Chen Mu Mu Mu spoke slowly, "Since different paths lead to different goals, I will help you find an inn."

"You …" Bai Li looked at her and nodded. "That's good too. We each have our own business to attend to."

She was the one who shamelessly followed her. Previously, she was the one who played the fool. Now that they were faced with each other, there was no room for them to avoid it. Thus, they could only accept it.

She lowered her eyebrows and looked out the window, her voice weak, "I know you have a grudge against me, but we do have a friendship that comes along. It's hard to know if we can still be friends once we reach the capital."

Having known Bai Li for a few days, he had a rough understanding of her personality. Other than the deeper parts, Bai Li was actually a simple woman.

He dared to love, to hate, to take responsibility. Even if he was a little cunning, those little tricks of his were harmless.

Although the current Chen Mu Mu didn't dare to trust others and couldn't be considered a close friend, but for business people, they were all friends within the four seas. She naturally wouldn't exclude Bai Li.

He smiled. "Friends, of course."

As for her, the more friends she had, the better. If it wasn't for the fact that her bad intentions were too obvious, she would basically not refuse anyone who came.

"I'll be staying at the Wang Jiang Lou. If you're free, you can come and find me at the Wang Jiang Lou at any time."

Of course, Chen Mu Mu would not say "the upright person does not accept stolen goods of unknown origin" when taking away the treasures that Li Mo and Wang Hu had looted. Since she lacked money, even if Shangguan Bai gave her the fees for her hard work and travel, she would still take it down the path of picking up the money without batting an eye.

Besides, robbing a trafficker's money was not a vulgar method.

She happily accepted the items and divided them into four parts, one for each of the four who accompanied her.

She didn't mind at all. The two coachmen and White Pear were poor, so she definitely wouldn't refuse.

Therefore, even if she had not found the Prince Of Ten Thousand Streams Murong Yu, Bai Li was still just a rich woman.

She couldn't be happier than for a rich woman to spend money in her restaurant.

"Wang Jiang Lou?" "It looks like the name of a restaurant."

"It's a restaurant." Chen Mu Mu smiled faintly. "It's just opened. When the time comes, I'll have to ask you to come and support us."

"Naturally." Bai Li replied, his eyebrows twitching, "So the reason you're friends with me is because of the money in my bag."

"How can you say that?" Mentioning this matter, Chen Mu Ke spoke in a righteous tone, "If I lack money, I won't have to give you the spoils of war from before. If I don't, I'll earn even more."

Bai Li glanced at her and said, "Don't you have the nerve to not give it to me?"

She was also one of the victims of the traffickers' capture. Later on, she subdued the trafficker and even contributed greatly to their efforts.

That was why Chen Mu Mu Mu couldn't bear to not give her the money that the traffickers had scrubbed away from her.

Chen Mu Mu Mu didn't want to bicker with her on this topic, so after chuckling twice, she didn't refute her words.

But the pear stimulated her memory. She thought for a while and curiously looked at her.

"You reacted so much. What did you miss?"

He had actually gotten so angry that he castrated the culprit and even sent it to that group of bandits at Ox Head Mountain.

Who didn't know that the bandits had always been an overgrown trash. If those traffickers fell into the hands of the bandits, they would at least lose a layer of skin even if they didn't die.

However, Bai Li did not sympathize with the traffickers at all. Trafficking in human beings was a matter that was wicked. If she was not smart, she would not even know where she was crying at the moment.

Although they did not have a good impression of bandits and bandits, but if the traffickers fell into their hands, White Pear would definitely be delighted.

The enemy of her enemy was her friend. Perhaps just for this reason, she could be friends with bandits.

Chen Mu Mu waved his hands and pushed Bai Li's gossiping face away.

"I don't want to tell you."

Everything that was lost was important.

For example, if the Prince Of Ten Thousand Streams's Hutian Jade were to be taken back on a whim one day, she would have nothing to compensate.

Another example would be Lin Mo's extremely precious pearl. If he knew that it had been lost by her, wouldn't he want to fight with his life on the line against her?

Not to mention that she had the unparalleled and unique Golden Needle and Silver Needle.

Thinking about it made her heart clench, if not for the fact that those traffickers had already handed over to Ox Head Mountain's contact bandits, she would probably have beaten them to death.

What the hell? He even dared to steal her things?! This was outrageous!

He didn't know who the person behind the traffickers was, but they were willing to endure the pain of being castrated rather than tell her where the items were.

On the other hand, she handed the traffickers over to the people from Ox Head Mountain. One of the reasons was to vent her anger, while the other was to use Ouyang Yue's hand to find out who the traffickers were.

She had a feeling that if the trafficker had a mastermind behind him, he would target her. Then, there would be more actions to be taken next time.

Once the investigation was conducted, she would be in control of the situation and wouldn't always be tricked.

Of course, he couldn't tell these words to Bai Li.

Who knew if Bai Li was actually in cahoots with the traffickers. Until now, she still could not think of a reason why the traffickers had so much guts to wait for them at the foot of Ox Head Mountain.

Everyone knew that the bandits of Ox Head Mountain were extremely strong and tyrannical. No matter how arrogant the traffickers were, how dare they squat in their territory?

Furthermore, the females who were always taken away by the bandits would become despicable wives, with no way of entering, how could those traffickers calculate that they could leave the Ox Head Mountain and at what time?

The vase was very beautiful. If someone got too close to the vase, it would bring him trouble.

Chen Mu's laughter was laced with estrangement, and Bai Li sighed with resentment in his eyes.

"You don't believe me."

Her tone was firm, with a hint of heart-wrenching pain.

"I don't really believe it." Chen Mu Mu was very honest, "Your appearance was still too strange. I'm still in a daze."

The truth was unpleasant to hear, but sometimes the straightforward truth was even more admirable than the transparent hypocrisy.

Bai Li exhaled gloomily and fell silent. Looking at the city gate that was just inches away from her, her tone was firm.

"Chen Mu Mu, you will believe me one day."

Chen Mu agreed, but he didn't agree in his heart.

The capital city was bustling with activity. Since no major events had occurred recently, the city guards hadn't thoroughly investigated the situation. Chen Mu Mu Mu, Bai Li and the rest of the group easily entered the city.

Since he agreed to arrange lodging for the unfamiliar Bai Li, Chen Mu went to arrange a place for the two coachmen and Bai Li to stay.

White Pear obediently entered the inn, but the two coachmen tactfully rejected her good intentions.

"The mission of sending young lady safely into the city has been completed. We need to report back to the chief."

Speaking of Ox Head Mountain's chief, Chen Mu Mu Mu Mu suddenly remembered Lu Jinfeng's reason for insisting to stay in the Ox Head Mountain, and did not forcefully urge him to stay.

"When you come again, I'll definitely show you around the capital."

He did not know if there would be a next time, but the soldiers and horses encircled by the imperial government would arrive at the Ox Head Mountain in two days.

The two coachmen rushed back to get along with Ox Head Mountain. After saying their goodbyes, they hurriedly left.

Bai Li cleaned up the room and saw that Chen Mu Mu Mu was still standing at the entrance of the inn in a daze. She then patted Bai Li's shoulder.

"You should be going back. Is it convenient for me to follow you?"

Chen Mu Mu shook his head, "Maybe another day. I just returned, there should be more work to do over there."

The tavern was not yet open, and after reporting to Ning Yuan and Chen Qingyun that she was safe, she would need to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Who knew what kind of situation the Princess Qingxia was in? She wanted to waste too much time at the Prime Minister's Estate, so she wasn't willing to let Bai Li, the ticking time bomb, run to her base.

Seeing Bai Li's dejected expression, Chen Mu Mu's heart softened for some reason. After pausing for a moment, he said, "You also need to find Murong Yu quickly so that he won't be distracted by other girls. Once I'm done with this period of time, I'll definitely come and play with you."

Bai Li was still a little disappointed, but she still nodded. "Alright, I'll wait for you."

It had been almost ten days since her disappearance, and he had no idea how Chen Qingyun and the rest were doing.

Chen Mu Xin was worried, and after bidding farewell to Bai Li, he went to Wang Jiang Lou's territory. He didn't expect to be shocked by the depression of the restaurant when he had just entered.

The walls collapsed, the tables and chairs were broken, and the floor was covered in dust. It was like a rubbish dump.

The new tables and chairs she bought, the rafters she just decorated, the waitresses she just trained …

He didn't see any of them.

What made her even more depressed was that the restaurant was empty. Not even a single person could be seen.

Ning Yuan, Xiao Mao, Chen Qingyun, Rong Rongliu, seemed to have been swept away by a gust of wind.

After walking around for a while, Chen Mu Mu Mu sighed helplessly.

Those unreliable friends of hers wouldn't think that she was dead and they would just take her fortune and go their separate ways, right?

Suddenly, his heart felt even more stifled.