"You mean the sword Ning Zhi sent isn't in the storeroom?"

"No, the Mu residence did not receive General Ning's sword today. This servant would never forget General Ning's gift. Indeed, we did not receive it."

Mu Yunnan nodded. "Alright, go and deliver the account book to Grandmother first. I'll ask about it again tomorrow."

Mu Yunnan felt that Ning Zhi must have sent it, but the steward would certainly not lie.

So where was Ning Zhi sent?

"Second sister." Mu Siliao bowed while holding the box.

Mu Yunnan glanced at her indifferently, nodded, and was about to leave.

Musiliao hurriedly spoke up, "Second sister, please wait."

Musiliao opened the wooden box containing the sword, revealing the sword inside. "This is a sword that Brother Yuan An asked me to deliver."

Yuan An is Ning Zhi's courtesy name.

Mu Yunnan looked at her with some doubt. Did Ning Zhi and she have such a good relationship?

Perhaps she didn't marry Ning Zhi in her past life.

Out of kindness as an older sister, I advised her, "Don't be deceived by these men's sweet talk."

That's right. Even though Ning Zhi seems fine on the surface, she's worried that her sister might be deceived emotionally.

After all, she now calls Yuan An "brother" and even gave him a gift, so their relationship must be quite close. However, they weren't together in their previous life, so something must have happened.

In her previous life, she didn't care about the concubine's child, and she wasn't sure who the child married, but she did know that Ning Zhi hadn't married in his previous life.

But Mu Siliao clearly didn't think so. She had heard that the Ning family intended to form a marriage alliance with the Mu family, but the person chosen was not her, but Mu Yunnan.

If she were to reveal to Mu Yunnan that she had an unusual relationship with General Ning, then given Mu Yunnan's strong-willed nature, he would certainly not agree to the marriage.

Musiliao blushed slightly and said shyly, "Second sister, Yuan An... brother is a good person. He is not an irresponsible person."

"You..." Mu Yunnan didn't know what to say, her expression was rather complicated, but she couldn't say anything about other people's feelings. Maybe they would turn back after hitting a wall.

Everyone has their own destiny.

She didn't care.

"Thank you, little sister. I'll take the gift. You... please be more mindful of this in your daily life."

Happy birthday, Second Sister.

Mu Yunnan glanced at her, nodded casually, and didn't respond further.

I always felt a little awkward listening to my second sister.

Mu Yunnan shook the sword and found it to be a fine sword. He pondered where it would be more appropriate to place it.

Mu Siliao watched Mu Yunnan leave from afar before her smile faded.

She doesn't have much time left. If all else fails, she'll have no choice but to drug him.

Musiliao gazed intently at the stars above her head.

She never wanted to be like her mother, a lowly concubine who lived cautiously, relying on the master's favor.

Only Ning Zhi, a newly promoted general with a weak background, who was promoted from within the Mu family army, was a suitable match for Madam Ning, even though she was ambitious but incompetent. Once she married him, they would have no choice but to treat her well. Moreover, he was very clean, didn't even have a concubine in his household, and was an only child. He was indeed the best man she could possibly meet.

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When Xiao Xian woke up, there was a fair-skinned little girl watching him by the bedside. Seeing that he was awake, she jumped up and shouted, "Yingrui, Yingrui, quickly tell Second Sister that he's awake!"

Xiao Xian was momentarily dazed, then looked at the little girl in front of him with a hint of surprise.

That's the person he's looking for!

Xiao Xian grabbed the little girl's hand as she tried to run away, and the little girl looked at him with her big, round eyes full of confusion.

He forced a smile, afraid of startling her, and asked, "What's your name?"

The little girl tilted her head, so cute that it made his heart skip a beat; she was even more beautiful than he had imagined his master to be.

"My name is Mu Yuxi."

His surname is Mu, which is the wife's surname.

It must be her.

The long one looks like the small portrait he kept.

Xiao Xian reached out and touched himself, only to find that his clothes had been changed. Looking around, he realized that his own clothes were gone.

Xiao Xian hurriedly tried to get up to find his keepsake, but winced in pain and lay back down on the bed.

His meridians...

It seems to have broken...

How should he protect his master?

Feng Yue came in with the medicine. Seeing that he was awake, she handed the medicine to him. Seeing that he held it steadily, she let go of his hand and picked up Xiao Yuxi.

"Your injuries are quite severe, but don't worry, there's hope. As for your meridians, if you trust me, I can help you reconnect them, but I can't guarantee that I can."

Xiao Xian finished the medicine in one gulp before looking up at her. "I believe you."

Seeing his determined gaze, Feng Yue smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll help you reattach it once your wound has stabilized."

When Mu Yunnan heard that he had woken up, he rushed over and found it somewhat amusing to see that his face was calm and expressionless.

In his previous life, he always wore a fake smile when facing others; he had never seen such an expressionless face before.

It's kind of funny to look at.

Do you know who lives in that place?

"upstairs?"

"Correct."

Xiao Xian shook his head. "They're not with the people who imprisoned me. However, those people upstairs are repeat offenders. Once someone escapes, they immediately move to an empty house. They stumbled into my room by accident. If you want to catch them, it's actually very simple. Find a girl and dress her up as if she's come to the capital to find her relatives. Then, the girl's mother pretends to have something urgent and runs away, leaving the little girl alone. In no time, someone will come and kidnap her."

Xiao Xian spoke with extreme calmness, his maturity unlike that of a child who looked only five or six years old.

"A little girl?" Mu Yunnan pondered as he looked at Xiao Yuxi, wondering if her third sister could act again.

Seeing her gaze turn towards the young master, Xiao Xian hurriedly interrupted her, "She won't do!"

"Huh?" Mu Yunnan was suddenly interrupted from his thoughts and was somewhat bewildered.

“She…” Xiao Xian racked his brains for a solution, “She’s too young. Yes, too young, at least about my age.”

Xi Xi is too young? Mu Yunnan looked at Xi Xi's small figure. Her third sister looked about the same age as her, didn't she? Wasn't she also kidnapped?

Xiao Xian's eyes lit up when he saw Mu Yunchen peeking out with half his head out. "He's good!"

Mu Yunnan looked at Mu Yunchen, who had run over to find Xiao Yuxi to play, and hesitated, "He's not a girl."

Xiao Xian only cared about protecting his young master and didn't care about what others thought. He just wanted to shift the blame.

"So what? Let your hair down, put on women's clothes, what's the difference between you and a girl?"

Mu Yunchen met her second sister's probing gaze, then looked at the person she had picked up on the bed yesterday. She was a beat slow to understand, then pointed at herself and said, "You mean me?"

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