CHAPTER 217: 217: MYSTERIOUS GLASSES MAN

"What are you still lying there for? Come in!" After speaking, the man with glasses entered the room.

Huhu dared not walk through the door again but obediently entered from the entrance and closed the door.

Inside the room, the lighting was very dim. Apart from a sofa and a TV, there was almost nothing in the living room.

On the wall behind the sofa, hung a huge painting. At first glance, it looked like an abstract ink splatter painting, but upon closer inspection, it resembled a medieval execution scene.

A poor woman was being pushed towards the gallows, and the onlookers’ expressions were both indifferent and twisted, while the executor seemed to wear a kind of perverse excitement on his face.

The man with glasses sat down boldly on the sofa, while Huhu obediently knelt across from him.

"How’s the investigation going?" he asked.

[He seemed to be unaware that Feifei had already gone missing.]

"I don’t want an ’it seems’; I want a precise answer."

The man’s voice was very calm, but Huhu shivered all over, hurriedly saying: [Yes, he said he didn’t know about Feifei’s disappearance. If it wasn’t for me, he would have thought Feifei was just ’disappearing’ again like usual; he was already used to it...]

Huhu, afraid of being interrupted, recounted in full detail the story of going to find Mu Qing, not daring to leave anything out.

Of course, except for the part where it felt somewhat jealous of Feifei.

After Huhu finished speaking, it noticed the man with glasses was lost in thought, so it dared not disturb him and continued to kneel quietly.

"You’re saying he even asked you to tell him if there was any news of Feifei?"

[Yes, yes. I even did an about-face to go back and take a look. When I was there, he seemed reserved and didn’t show much pain, but after I left, he was clearly very upset...]

"So, he really doesn’t know that Feifei has gone missing?" the man with glasses pondered.

Huhu dared not interject. It knew he didn’t like others interrupting his train of thought.

"Alright, leave it at that; go on with your own business."

[Should we continue investigating Feifei’s case?]

"Since there are no leads, there’s an eighty to ninety percent chance things are bad. Don’t wait; I’ll send someone else to get close to him."

Huhu quickly said: [Why don’t I go?]

The man with glasses looked up at it.

Huhu calmly said: [After all, I’ve already had contact with him and am Feifei’s friend, so I can continue using this identity to approach him.]

The man with glasses didn’t know what he was thinking, but he stared at it for a long while before finally saying: "That’s a good idea, you go then."

[Thank you for your trust, master.]

Unfortunately, Huhu didn’t know that after it left, the man with glasses let out a cold laugh: "A dog is still a dog. After long enough, it will stray from its loyalty!"

Mu Qiuniang stayed in the room for a while, confirmed that the man with glasses had no other activities, and left after noting the address.

The next day, Mu Qiuniang received a call from Gong Xihe, telling her he had sent several juniors to deliver "materials" to her, and they should arrive in the next few days.

"Alright, when they arrive, have them call me directly."

"Yes, martial aunt."

...

Mu Qiuniang asked him if there were any useful people in the Capital City because she needed to investigate some matters, and ordinary people wouldn’t be suitable.

Gong Xihe understood immediately: "There are people, but... martial aunt, they might trouble you with some things."

"If it’s not too troublesome, it’s fine."

"I just worry these youngsters have nothing better to do and might bother you. I’ve given them orders not to disturb you, and your contact information hasn’t been passed around. Now, if I give them your contact number, they’ll be thrilled as they specialize in handling these special matters. I’ll have them call you later."

Half an hour later, Mu Qiuniang received a call from one of the disciples of the sect.

"Martial aunt, I am the 672nd generation disciple of our sect, Gong Leitian. I am honored to serve you."

Upon hearing these proper and grave words, Mu Qiuniang couldn’t help but laugh: "Xiao Gong said you work in a special department and handle special matters?"

"Yes, martial aunt. I am the minister of a special department in the National Security Department, fully responsible for handling national supernatural incidents."

"I have some personal matters that need your assistance. Can you handle them?"

"Martial aunt, any supernatural incident cannot be considered private. Any matter might evolve into one that threatens national security, and our department must treat it with due seriousness, never dismissing it as minor."

"Alright, I am currently at the Mu family home in the Capital City. You can come directly to find me."

"Mu family in the Capital City? Martial aunt, is it that reclusive family?" Gong Leitian was a bit surprised.

"Yes, a few hundred years ago, it was my original family."

"Martial aunt, I understand. Then I’ll visit accordingly."

For hundreds of years, martial aunt was either within the Hidden Immortal Sect or in ’closed cultivation,’ never contacting any families. He thought martial aunt’s family had long been gone.

It was unexpected that during his entry into the secular world, the Sect Leader instructed him to pay extra attention to this reclusive family which had connections to martial aunt, no wonder the sect took such good care of the Mu family.

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Since it’s already decided to ’look after’ the Mu family in the Capital City, Mu Qiuniang could not possibly stay in an outside hotel, having moved back to the Mu family’s old residence at the request of the old patriarch long ago.

The Mu family’s old residence is already a centuries-old relic. If not for Mu Qiuniang’s master’s secret technique left outside the ancient residence, this old house would not have safely stood till now, perhaps having already turned into ashes amidst the flaming years of war, dissipated into smoke and ashes.

As for the Mu family, was it not because of this old house that they avoided calamity after calamity?

Back then, there were those who wanted to destroy the Mu family’s old residence under the guise of ’abolishing feudal superstitions,’ but the then-great old patriarch of the Mu family was a decisive figure, directly ordering all descendants to return and shut the old residence’s doors for several years, not venturing out.

Fortunately, the old residence had its own granary, and the backyard had much land, initially for growing flowers, but during that exceptional time, all the precious foliage was cleared to make way for vegetables.

In this way, by conserving resources, the Mu family survived that difficult time. However, the great old patriarch of the Mu family couldn’t hold on and closed his eyes with the arrival of spring.

As the eldest of the Mu family, Mu Qiuniang was naturally placed in the largest courtyard of the old residence with dedicated servants attending to her.

This shows how much emphasis the Mu family places on her.

Jiang Nuo was in a hurry that day; he left early the next morning after attending the old patriarch’s birthday banquet and didn’t get to realize Mu Qiuniang’s importance to the Mu family, or he would have been speechless with amazement.

A woman who looks so young is surrounded by a group of old men who respectfully call her Granny...

Perhaps, Jiang Nuo also finds it hard to accept having a bunch of white-haired, white-bearded disciples himself at such a young age.