There was not the slightest surprise in Pei Jingxiao’s reaction.
Instead, he laughed arrogantly.
"Hahaha..."
"That’s for hitting !"
"Serves you right!"
Realizing his laughter was a bit too loud, he quickly shut his mouth in fear of being overheard.
But as he himself said, he only wanted to retaliate against Wen Xu for hitting him, not to continue making things difficult for him.
So after returning a punch, he was ready to leave.
But when he withdrew his gaze and saw the person before him, he stopped in his tracks.
Mu Yunchu was being led in by the housekeeper, just five ters away from them.
She first looked at Wen Xu, whose face was still evidently wounded, then turned with so puzzlent to Pei Jingxiao, who stood there dumbly.
A few seconds later, she looked away again.
"Do you... know each other?" The old housekeeper’s voice sounded behind them.
His voice was mixed with a bit of suspicion.
The old housekeeper, who had served the Pei Family for decades, had seen all sorts of people and was the best at reading people’s expressions and moods.
Judging by the expressions on their faces just now, it seed the people present had at least t before.
Hence the question.
But among the few people present, it seed that no one was in the mood to answer his question at the mont.
Mu Yunchu was initially surprised to see Wen Xu here. She hadn’t calculated anything before leaving, but just for a mont, she understood a lot about the situation.
Wen Xu was even more surprised to see Mu Yunchu.
When he caught sight of her in the corner of his eye, he was still a bit uncertain.
Now, seeing Mu Yunchu standing not far from him, all he felt was joy. But he couldn’t show it in front of the Pei Family.
Pei Jingxiao was simply stunned.
If the old housekeeper hadn’t spoken, he probably would have started drooling.
"No, we don’t know each other."
Pei Jingxiao seed to feel the gaze from the old housekeeper and quickly adjusted his expression.
"We don’t know each other."
But that gaze seed to say that he very much wanted to know her.
The housekeeper’s gaze lightly swept over his face, showing no respect but rather an air of scrutiny.
However, he did not doubt Pei Jingxiao’s words.
His questioning gaze then fell on Wen Xu.
"Does Mr. Wen know her?"
Even though he was just a housekeeper here, he would not use titles like ’young master’ to address Wen Xu or Pei Jingxiao.
Although this made Pei Jingxiao quite displeased, he didn’t dare say anything.
It was said that there was a complex relationship behind the old housekeeper, rumored to be soone brought by his third uncle’s side.
In any case, it was best not to provoke him.
So now, hearing the old housekeeper specifically ask Wen Xu, and even ntion his na, gave Pei Jingxiao a sense of schadenfreude.
All he thought was that if Wen Xu didn’t answer well or said sothing to arouse the old fox’s suspicion, it would surely be reported to his second and third uncles.
He also wanted to know if Wen Xu really knew this pretty girl who had just arrived, so he listened carefully with pricked ears.
To his surprise, Wen Xu simply replied, "I know her."
The old housekeeper’s eyes changed for a mont.
"You know her?"
He turned his head to look at Mu Yunchu.
To say he wasn’t surprised would be a lie.
But he had another suspicion in mind.
They had just invited Wen Xu over, and right after that, Mu Yunchu showed up as a Feng Shui Master, volunteering at their door... coincidentally at such a sensitive ti when a new heir was being selected. It was difficult for the housekeeper not to suspect there was so other plot at work here.
Just like Pei Jingxiao thought, any slight inconsistency in Wen Xu’s answer would be imdiately reported to his second and third uncles.
Of course, if there was no issue, the report would be truthful.
But when it was reported, there would naturally be fewer malicious speculations.
Wen Xu said, "We’ve known each other for a long ti, she’s helped our police departnt solve quite a few cases."
"Over ti, we naturally beca friends."
Pei Jingxiao looked at Wen Xu in disbelief.
The old housekeeper’s pupils widened considerably.
It seed none of them expected Wen Xu to give this kind of answer.
This was tantamount to increasing suspicion on himself, not a smart move.
Pei Jingxiao thought, if he were asked this question, regardless of whether he knew the woman, he would definitely not admit to it.
Then Wen Xu said, "She is a well-known taphysics master in our city, didn’t you know?"
Everyone: "......"
Wen Xu uttered this with an utterly serious face, the more they thought about it, the odder it seed.
Watching him intently for a long ti, without a hint of change in his expression, they found they had nothing to say.
"Oh, I see." The old housekeeper’s eyes flashed as he said, seemingly innocuously, "What a coincidence."
"Indeed," Wen Xu replied, imdiately looking towards Mu Yunchu beside him.
Completely ignoring the old housekeeper’s scrutinizing gaze.
...
Just as Pei Jingxiao anticipated, after the old housekeeper escorted Mu Yunchu to the prepared guest room, he went directly to the rooms of the second and third uncles.
And relayed everything that happened in the courtyard to them without omission.
"Gentlen, could there be a plot here?"
There were only three people in the room.
Any movent, even a deep breath, was distinctly evident.
How could it all be so coincidental?
Mu Yunchu imdiately arrived afterward, claiming there was a Feng Shui issue with their villa.
"Do you think those two are in cahoots?"
"When that woman said there was a Feng Shui problem with the villa, did she ntion anything else?"
Recalling what Mu Yunchu had told him, the old housekeeper felt a chill of fear.
Never had he felt so ’exposed’ standing before soone.
The young woman, despite her youth, said things that were all incredibly accurate.
"She ntioned all the bizarre happenings that occurred recently in our villa."
It must be said, even if Mu Yunchu hadn’t approached them today, they originally intended to consult soone anyway.
Moreover, whether by coincidence or due to soone’s maneuvering, when Second Uncle Pei Jun called his old friend, the recomndation he received happened to be Mu Yunchu’s na.
They also went online to check this young lady’s ’achievents.’
Third Uncle Pei Hongli looked at his phone, where he had casually searched Mu Yunchu’s na online, finding mostly video clips from her past livestreams.
Pei Jun, lacking the patience for such content, sat idly by, occasionally tapping his fingers, and asked Pei Hongli if he was finished watching.
"Aren’t you done yet?"
It was killing soone with such an impatient nature like him.
Glancing at Pei Hongli’s bewildernt, "How on earth do you watch such long videos?"
He preferred having soone directly tell him the results of a problem.
Let alone these videos, when it ca to text, it was even more irritating.
His patience for videos lasted no more than a re ten seconds.
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