CHAPTER 296: CHAPTER 296

Chen Muxue squinted and realized the person approaching was none other than Xiaohua’s wet nurse, Fang Mama.

"Is it true that the Yin Family doesn’t have many people?" Chen Muxue scratched her head, pondering for a long time only to encounter an acquaintance.

However, Fang Mama now appeared hollow-eyed and stiff, seemingly very different from their first meeting.

Connecting this to the bug that attacked her before, Chen Muxue suspected that the Yin Family might be the legendary Witchcraft Family.

Playing with bugs and controlling others—aren’t these typical traits of witchcraft?

Thinking this, Chen Muxue suddenly felt anxious because if that’s the case, Xiaohua’s situation might not be good. Even if she goes to retrieve Xiaohua now, who knows if she’s already been infested with some strange Gu Worm?

Fang Mama slightly bowed to Chen Muxue: "Miss Chen, Xiaohua is originally from the Yin Family; she has merely returned home. If Miss Chen doesn’t mind, the Yin Family is willing to compensate with gold and silver for the care given. It seems Miss Chen is quite short on money."

Since Master Yin knows about Xiaohua, he must have privately investigated Chen Muxue’s affairs. Moreover, if someone takes the effort to inquire, learning about Chen Muxue’s situation isn’t difficult. Such a small Sect suddenly in everyone’s sight, without making any effort to maintain secrecy, will certainly have much of their general situation uncovered with a little investigation.

However, details are harder to learn because they aren’t very conspicuous, so others won’t pay much attention, such as the fact whether any children around Chen Muxue possessed Spirit Roots previously. Even if people knew they didn’t have them before, they might assume some Magic Artifact was used to conceal their powers.

Yet, not just Master Yin knows about Chen Muxue’s situation. Since Fang Mama found Xiaohua last time, Chen Muxue also gleaned a lot of information from that conversation. Still, the Yin Family is somewhat sizable, making it hard to investigate well in the Capital City without a base. But regarding the Yin Family being unkind to Xiaohua and her mother, Chen Muxue could discern some glimpses.

And now they’re telling her the Yin Family took Xiaohua back? How could Chen Muxue believe such nonsense?

Fang Mama herself has no Cultivation, and last time believed Xiaohua was still poisoned with Absolute Spirit Powder, thus also without Cultivation. But now, who knows where the Yin Family took Xiaohua. If a cultivated person from the Yin Family saw Xiaohua, they would naturally know her poison had been lifted.

Xiaohua’s mother hid Xiaohua’s Spirit Root before her death, which shows doing so might actually be beneficial for Xiaohua. Now, with her Spirit Root restored, Xiaohua is taken back by the Yin Family...

Furthermore, no matter how desperate for money, Chen Muxue would never sell a child. After spending days together, she has come to see herself as the guardian of the four children—though twice in life unmarried and childless, she wouldn’t dare easily claim the title of their mother, but she still has the confidence of a close guardian.

"Mama’s words are amusing; wasn’t it Mama who cried last time saying the Yin Family is no good? Stop fooling around, where is Xiaohua?" said Chen Muxue, instinctively reaching behind, only to grasp nothing and pause in surprise.

This time, she was alone. Because of the Black Qi, she has become somewhat repellent to the iron pot and thus isn’t carrying it with her now.

Fortunately, she hasn’t relaxed in her Cultivation during these days, so she shouldn’t be too scared for now...right?

Despite her heart pounding wildly, Chen Muxue managed to maintain a calm expression on her face.

Fang Mama mechanically said, "Miss Chen, I advise you to accept the gracious offer rather than be forced into a harsher one; you should leave quickly."