CHAPTER 294: CHAPTER 294:

After much consideration, Chen Muxue went to buy some candied hawthorn skewers. When it was time for Xiaohua to finish school, she waited and waited, but eventually only got word from the Huo family’s coachman that Xiaohua had been taken away by her nanny.

Taken away?! From what Chen Muxue understood, Xiaohua’s biological father was not a decent person, and that Yin family was even more of a dragons’ lair and tigers’ den. Where could her nanny have taken Xiaohua?

However, judging from her nanny’s behavior last time, she probably wouldn’t take Xiaohua back to the Yin family, otherwise, she would have done it a long time ago, no need to wait until today. Maybe she just took Xiaohua out for a stroll, to play or something?

So Chen Muxue continued to wait. She waited and waited, until the flowers had withered, until night fell, but still, there was no sign of Fang Nanny bringing Xiaohua back. At this point, Chen Muxue couldn’t wait any longer.

Uh, even the little grasses in the yard couldn’t wait any longer; they were trampled on as she paced around, resulting in a large patch being crushed and a small circle wilting away.

Something’s wrong, very wrong, even if she took Xiaohua out to play, it should have been time to come back, right? But where is she?!

Chen Muxue could no longer hold back, deciding to go to the Yin family and investigate. If Xiaohua was taken back there, she would find out by asking around.

At the Yin household, Master Yin looked at Xiaohua, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

This daughter of his was clearly born without a spirit root; he had tested her five whole times, each showing that she was just an ordinary mortal.

It had been so hard to marry the Shui family’s Saintess and their first daughter was actually just a mortal. Naturally, back then, he found it hard to accept and left in a huff.

Who would have thought, looking today, how could this be a mortal? Clearly, she was a highly gifted Saintess in the making! Dual Spirit Roots, and one of them was even a supreme spirit root!

But how could this be? A person without a spirit root is destined to remain a mortal their whole life, that’s a known fact across the entire Immortal Cultivation World... Could it be that woman, nearing death, still tampered with the spirit root test?

Ha, no matter how hard she tried, in the end, wasn’t her daughter still destined to be used by him?

It was a surprise, indeed, a pleasant one. Marrying her in the first place was to get such a daughter. Later, he took on Concubine Shui with ulterior motives, hoping to give it a try, but she turned out to be a barren hen. Yet, she was so enchanting, with such alluring skills, she was not a bad concubine, so she stayed.

Unexpected, truly unexpected, to have such a happy surprise.

Xiaohua didn’t understand why her nanny brought her before this man. Her mother had repeatedly warned her before falling asleep to stay away from this man and to believe not a single word he said, proclaiming him to be an especially bad, bad person.

But why was the nanny pinching her neck from behind, not letting her leave?

Feeling the calculating gaze from Master Yin as though he was scheming something, Xiaohua shivered uncontrollably.

"Bring her with me." Master Yin turned a vase, revealing a secret door leading underground inside the room.

Chen Muxue banged loudly on the gate of the Yin family’s house, making the doorman cover his ears as he peeked out: "It’s so late at night..."

Seeing the poorly dressed Chen Muxue in front of him, he clicked his tongue: "Who are you? Do you know where this is? Banging on our Yin family’s gate at this hour, are you tired of living?!"

At this time, even the doorman could display the entire family’s disposition without omission.

"Did Xiaohua get taken back by her nanny?" Chen Muxue asked directly.

The doorman impatiently waved his hand like shooing away a fly: "Shoo, shoo, some Xiaohua’s nanny nonsense, get lost if there’s nothing!"