The whole family is reborn, and their five-year-old child becomes the darling of the entire capital.

Xiao Yuxi habitually wiped her third sister's tears with her hand. Halfway through wiping, she remembered that Yingrui had tied a handkerchief to her clothes, so she quickly took it off and used it to wipe the little girl's tears.

"Second sister." Xiao Yuxi looked at Mu Yunnan with a hint of help in her eyes.

Mu Yunnan was silent for a moment, then said, "Let's go back to the manor first to confirm the details. Do you remember which gate your mother disappeared through?"

“It should be,” Sanya said, counting on her fingers with her head down, “Southeast Gate.”

Sanya has always been particularly sensitive to direction since she was little. Xiaoyuxi nodded, trusting her words.

Mu Yunchen, on the other hand, spends the most time at home, both in his past and present lives, even longer than Yu Xi and Yunnan.

She astutely noticed the problem: "The southeast gate of the Mu residence is locked year-round because it's close to Aunt's courtyard, so Grandmother ordered it locked. There shouldn't be many people in the residence who have the key to the southeast gate."

Even he wouldn't choose the southeast gate as his first option when leaving the Mu residence, as it's desolate and rarely maintained, and the gate is usually locked.

Upon hearing Yun Chen's words, Yunnan asked with some confusion, "The southeast gate is still locked?"

“Yes.” Mu Yunchen nodded. “Aunt’s courtyard is over there. The gate was built to make it easier for Aunt to come and go. After Aunt left, it was locked. Now the servants go out to buy things through the north gate, not through this gate.”

“But…but,” Sanya mustered her courage and spoke cautiously, “I saw a pretty lady this morning, she came out of that door. I’m not mistaken, really.”

Sanya anxiously grasped her second sister's hand, holding back the tears welling up in her eyes.

This capital city is just too big. If her mother doesn't want her, she will truly be an unwanted child.

Moreover, she knew that her second sister wasn't their child, which explained why her mother often beat and scolded her since she was little. Their family hadn't treated her second sister well, and she'd also heard that her parents had asked her eldest sister to impersonate her second sister and deceive her family.

She knew her parents were not good. She felt very sorry for her second sister. If her mother really didn't want her anymore, she couldn't be a burden to her second sister and would have to become an orphan.

"Which maid must have taken the shortcut this way?" Mu Yunchen was a little unsure. "Wait a minute, last time I asked the steward for the key, he didn't give it to me. Which maid was so bold as to steal the key?"

Mu Yunnan shook his head, no longer caring about it. Anyway, that woman was dead, so be it. She had done all sorts of bad things in her past life, so it was better for her to die sooner in this life, for peace and quiet. She hadn't even had a chance to make a move before she had destroyed herself.

But clearly, another thing the little girl mentioned was more attractive to her.

Children were abducted on the street.

She knew that in her previous life, there was a group of people in the capital who liked young children, regardless of whether they were boys or girls. They even built a famous erotic palace to cater to this kind of business.

Yu Xi stormed in alone, imprisoned everyone inside, and rewrote the laws, which brought the storm to a slight end.

In the entire capital, only Yu Xi dared to confront the powerful and influential families. Among those imprisoned were many prominent figures in the capital, and some were even considered by others to be loving husbands.

However, it remains to be seen whether the group of people this child is referring to is the same group from a previous life.

However, Yunnan's thinking was simple: regardless of whether it was true or not, they would nip it in the bud.

"Do you remember where you escaped from?" Mu Yunnan looked down at her and asked her in as calm a tone as possible.

Sanya blinked, a little scared, and asked, "Are we going back?"

“You escaped, but there are many more children like you who did not escape.”

Sanya thought for a moment and nodded. "I know the way. When I escaped, I saw a blacksmith shop. I stayed in the capital for a few days and only saw that one. There was a chain hanging on the door that dragged on the ground. A few stalls away, there was a Wenlu Cloth Shop, and it was very crowded."

Wenlu Cloth Shop?

Mu Yunnan lifted the curtain and instructed the driver, "Change course and go to Wenlu Cloth Shop."

Even from a distance, the people from Wenlu Cloth Shop saw that the carriage bore the insignia of the Mu family and immediately came to greet it from afar.

"Oh, General Mu, your presence here is truly an honor for our humble establishment!"

Mu Yunnan grabbed the dirty little child and threw her to the shopkeeper of the cloth store who came to greet them, saying, "Clean her up and change her clothes."

"Okay, I'll make sure she looks beautiful. This child is so pretty."

The little girl on the bus just pointed in a direction; she has to go and check it out by herself.

"Mu Yunchen, take good care of Xixi. If Xixi gets hurt, you're as good as dead." Mu Yunnan smiled at Mu Yunchen, a cold glint in his eyes.

Mu Yunchen immediately sat up straight, firmly grasped Xiao Yuxi's hand, and looked determined.

Xiao Yuxi tugged at her second sister's sleeve, "Second sister, be careful, Yuxi will wait for you to come back."

Mu Yunnan's eyes instantly softened, and he gently ruffled her hair before jumping onto the roof and running in that direction.

Mu Yunnan climbed over the wall into the yard, which was in a mess. The tire tracks on the ground were extremely complicated, and there was no sound in the yard. Mu Yunnan pushed open the door, and apart from the messy boxes and ropes on the ground, there was nothing else.

However, Mu Yunnan took a light sniff and noticed a faint smell of blood in the air.

Did they even kill someone?

Mu Yunnan knew that they must have discovered someone was escaping, which was why they fled in such a hurry. However, looking at the small rooms separated by the walls, it seemed that they were carrying more than one child.

Mu Yunnan pushed open each door one by one. Apart from a mess of ropes and cages, there was nothing else, only the smell of blood grew stronger and stronger.

Mu Yunnan searched the entire courtyard, but apart from the smell of blood in the air, there was no bloodstain anywhere else.

how come?

Mu Yunnan frowned in confusion, then simply broke off a stick from the cage and tapped it one spot at a time. Sure enough, he found a hidden compartment in the innermost room.

Mu Yunnan was too lazy to find the mechanism, so he simply reached out and smashed the floor connecting to the basement.

The smell of blood wafted into my nose.

Mu Yunnan climbed down the ladder and saw a person covered in blood lying on the ground.

Mu Yunnan stepped forward; the child was about the same age as Yu Xi.

Mu Yunnan felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to cover his body with straw. He took a step, but his ankle was grabbed.

A faint voice rang out, "Help me."

Mu Yunnan hesitated for a moment before realizing that his voice sounded somewhat familiar.

So she bent down and brushed his hair to one side.

They stared wide-eyed in shock.

It's him?