The newly opened path led directly to the corner gate of the backyard. Mu Qingcheng had planned this path to protect the main gate from being breached. Yun Qing fetched two large locks and locked the hanging flower gate. From now on, all of them would only enter and exit through the back door.

The girls followed Moyu into the bamboo forest. Su Qingyan and Zipei were the calmest, only slightly nervous. Linglong clung to Zipei's arm in fear, wishing she had kept her eyes closed the entire way. Zijin, a bit braver than Linglong, also clutched Zipei's other arm tightly, not daring to look around. Muyao, on the other hand, followed Moyu like a curious child, peppering her with questions.

They circled around in the bamboo forest and finally reached the back door of the house. As soon as they entered the house, the sun shone brightly, shocking the girls speechless.

Yun Qing and Mu Qingcheng were sitting in a small flower hall in the courtyard. Yun Qing was drinking tea, the same tea she had brought with her from the inn, but it was now completely cold. Mu Qingcheng was eating a snack; she hadn't even had breakfast, and it was completely cold, so she could only eat a snack.

"Cousin, cousin, I brought you a lot of delicious food."

Mu Qingcheng smiled when she heard the voice and hurried out to greet it.

"It just so happens that my sister hasn't eaten yet. Let's see what delicious food the lovely Mu Yao brought her."

Mu Yao ran the fastest, followed by a group of girls. She was the first to run to Mu Qingcheng, carrying a food box, and presented it to her like a treasure.

Mu Qingcheng took the food box and touched Mu Yao's head lovingly, and the pride of being an older sister arose spontaneously.

Yun Qing wanted to laugh when she heard her calling her sister. She was still a child who had not grown up, but insisted on being someone else's sister. This time she was finally satisfied.

Since all the people who came were girls, Yun Qing did not come out to greet them and continued to sit in the flower hall.

Mu Qingcheng greeted everyone with a smile: "Sister Su, why are you all here?"

Su Qingyan said, "This house has been uninhabited for twenty years. How can we not clean it up properly? I'm afraid Zijin and Zipei alone won't be able to finish it."

"Greetings to the young lady."

Zijin and Zipei quickly saluted Mu Qingcheng. This was the new etiquette they had learned from Linglong. They had practiced it countless times, and today they finally had the chance to use it.

"Oh! Not bad, not bad. It seems you have learned a lot in the past few days!"

Mu Qingcheng quickly helped the two of them up, and the two were extremely happy to receive the praise.

"Oh, by the way, let me introduce Yun Qing to you. To the outside world, he is my brother Mu Qingguo."

Mu Qingcheng went back and pulled Yun Qing in front of everyone: "He can't see yet, please don't be offended."

Except for Zijin, the other girls were seeing Yun Qing for the first time. They were all stunned. It turned out that this was Mo Yu's master. Not only were they stunned by Yun Qing's appearance, but they were also overwhelmed by his imposing aura, afraid to even raise their heads.

Su Qingyan was a worldly-wise person, so she brought Linglong with her and walked forward to pay her respects to Yun Qing in a proper manner.

"Su Qingyan greets Master Mu! Thank you for your care."

Yun Qing didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

Zijin and Zipei were so frightened by Yunqing that they dared not even speak, let alone greet him. They had forgotten all about etiquette. Only when they saw Su Qingyan saluting did they suddenly remember. Zipei was a little braver and pulled Zijin forward to salute.

"Zipei greets the young master. I am the young lady's new maid."

This was Zijin's second time meeting Yunqing, and she was so frightened that her legs went weak: "I, I'm Zijin, meeting you, sir."

"Hmm!" Yun Qing was not very satisfied with these two people. If it were in the past, these two would probably not even be worthy of being Mu Qingcheng's maids. But now this is the only way for now.

"You must serve your young lady well in the future."

"Yes!" The two answered in unison, and Ru Lin Daxie quickly stepped aside. Now only Mu Yao was left.

For some reason, Mu Yao's face turned pale ever since she saw Yun Qing. She hid behind everyone, and now everyone's eyes were on her.

Mu Yao was so frightened that she dropped to her knees and bowed deeply to Yun Qing.

"Mu Yao greets... greets..."

Before Mu Yao could finish her words, Mo Yu jumped in fright and quickly grabbed the child. Smiling, he explained to everyone, "This child must have gotten scared on the way here. Haha! Well, it's getting late, let's get back to work!"

He pulled Mu Yao aside, turned his back to the crowd, and gave her a fierce look. Mu Yao was so frightened that her eyes immediately filled with tears, but she didn't dare to cry.

Mu Qingcheng couldn't stand it. Mo Yu actually dared to bully her new little sister. She snatched Mu Yao from Mo Yu's hands and said a few words of comfort.

"Come on, sister will take you to the study. There are many books there."

Everyone found a room to clean up.

Mo Yu quietly walked to Yun Qing's side and lowered her voice, "Master, I think that Mu Yao might recognize you?"

Yun Qing frowned. Anyone who could recognize him was definitely not an ordinary person. He never paid attention to the noble ladies in the capital, and he had never even heard of Mu Yao.

"You said she was abducted? She lived in the capital before? She wants to follow her brother back to his hometown in Nanyue?"

"Yes, that's right."

Yun Qing pondered this carefully and muttered to himself, "Beijing, Nanyue, surnamed Mu?"

Suddenly, the corners of his lips curled up into a smile with an understanding look on his face. Mo Yu felt something was wrong when she saw it.

"Go and quietly take her to the front door without anyone seeing me. I'll be waiting there."

"Ah!" The master wouldn't kill me to silence me, would he? He even wanted me to be a leper. Unfortunately, he had to obey his master's orders.

In the study, Mu Qingcheng and Mu Yao were wiping the bookshelf. They covered their mouths and noses with a cloth and wrapped their hair with cloth.

Mu Yao was a little absent-minded, and seemed to be hesitant to speak several times behind Mu Qingcheng.

Mu Yao wondered in her heart, how could that horrible man be with Sister Mu? Sob… Did her poor Sister Mu even know who he was? Would she be killed by that horrible man?

No, she had to remind Sister Mu, or they should run away together!

Mu Yao was about to speak when Mo Yu walked in and said to Mu Qingcheng, "Miss Mu, Miss Su was looking for you just now. She wanted to ask which room you were staying in tonight."

Mu Qingcheng exclaimed in surprise: "Oh! How could I forget such an important thing? I'll go now."

"Sister Mu Yao, please wait here for me. I'll be back soon." After saying that, he ran out of the study.

Mu Yao was about to say that she wanted to go too, but Mo Yu stopped her.

Mu Yao was so scared that she was about to cry again. Mo Yu could only sigh for her in his heart. She could have fallen into anyone else's hands, but had to fall into his master's hands.

Mo Yu didn't want to say anything more. He came up and covered Mu Yao's mouth with his hands, then picked her up by the waist, just like a child trafficker stealing on the street.

Mo Yu carried Mu Yao out of the study, immediately flew onto the roof, and climbed over the eaves and walls to the front gate of the front yard.

At the main entrance, the light suddenly dimmed, and the surroundings became eerie and gloomy. Gusts of cold wind made the vermilion door creak, as if one were in the underworld.

Mu Yao had never been to the main gate before, and she stared at it in fear. Suddenly, she heard sobbing cries.

"Ah—ah—ah, ghost, help! Wuuuuuu…"

Mu Yao was so frightened that she screamed, her legs went limp as she sat down on the ground, holding Mo Yu's legs with her hands and feet and refusing to let go.

Mo Yu sighed! Look how scared the child is, will he get sick?

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