Your Highness, please stop chasing me.

The person who came in said he was Mu Xue's uncle, but she had been following Princess Shengping for so long and had never heard that she had a younger brother.

Seeing that the innkeeper treated him with utmost respect and that he hadn't done anything out of line, she tacitly agreed that he should wait there for Mu Xue to return.

"Uncle, didn't Manager Wang say you went out of town? You're back so soon after finishing your business?" For the first time, Mu Xue acted like a child, asking all sorts of questions.

"Yeah, if I don't come back soon, I'll be homeless!" Cang Lin teased Mu Xue.

Mu Xue clutched her chest childishly, took a step back, and said warily, "The transfer documents have all been signed. It's too late for you to back out now! I'm not giving them back to you."

Cang Lin stared speechlessly at Mu Xue's actions. He put a hand to his forehead and said, "I really wouldn't go so far as to steal from you. If you like, you can have all my properties."

Upon hearing this, Mu Xue's eyes suddenly lit up. She strode forward, sat down opposite Cang Lin, and asked very seriously, "Really? How many properties do you own? Tell me, I want to hear it."

Cang Lin was both amused and exasperated. He reached out and patted Mu Xue's head, saying, "Here, take it all! I'll have Manager Wang make a list of my properties in Xiyu Kingdom for you later, so you can take a look."

He suddenly felt that he might need to earn more money.

Is this girl obsessed with money?

Su Su and Granny Kang, who were acting as invisible people, shared the same idea.

He thought that, given this girl's money-loving nature, if he ever ran out of money, she probably wouldn't even bother with him anymore.

Mu Xue: You're overthinking it. This young lady loves money, but she earns it honestly.

Seeing that Kang Mama remained silent, Mu Xue found it strange. If what Cang Lin said was true, that he and her mother were old acquaintances, then Kang Mama, who had always been by her mother's side, should recognize him!

Why do you seem like a stranger to me now?

“Granny, Uncle is Mother’s old friend. Don’t you recognize him?” Mu Xue said.

She suddenly felt a sense of wariness towards Cang Lin.

Although Cang Lin may seem carefree at times, he is actually quite shrewd!

Otherwise, in that ruthless city of Shanghai, he would probably have been assassinated a hundred or two hundred times over.

Upon hearing this, Granny Kang looked up at Cang Lin seriously, then slowly shook her head: "Miss, perhaps this old servant is too old, I really don't remember ever seeing this young master before."

Cang Lin smiled and said, "Granny Kang, it's been a long time, so it's normal that you don't recognize me." After saying that, he raised his hand and tore off the human skin mask from his face.

She turned around and smiled at Granny Kang standing behind her.

Her gaze towards him gradually cleared from confusion, until finally she stared wide-eyed in disbelief and exclaimed, "Young Master!"

Seeing the look in Kang Mama's eyes, Mu Xue understood that this girl had never shown her true colors from the beginning.

However, she looked at the human skin mask in Cang Lin's hand with curiosity.

Nobody knows how to make this thing anymore in modern times.

"Granny Kang, it's been so long! Look how grown up my sister's daughter is!" he said with emotion.

With tears in her eyes, Granny Kang said, "Young master, where have you been all these years? Since you left without saying goodbye fifteen years ago, Miss has been worried about you for a long time."

"It's a long story," Cang Lin said, unwilling to recount the past.

Mu Xue pouted to the side. "It's a long story, so let's keep it short. To put it bluntly, I just don't want to talk about it."

"Granny Kang, you've taken very good care of Muxue all these years," Cang Lin said.

It was the first time Mu Xue had heard him speak so seriously, and she was a little unaccustomed to it.

“Miss is a sensible child, it is my duty to take care of her,” said Granny Kang, wiping away her tears.

Cang Lin turned around. Only then did Mu Xue see the true face behind his mask.

Perhaps due to wearing a mask for many years, his face was somewhat pale. He had large, almond-shaped eyes with slightly upturned corners, and his eyes were full of stars, as if just one glance from him would make you unable to resist fulfilling all his wishes. Beneath his straight, high nose bridge were red lips that smiled, a smile that hadn't yet faded, and two small dimples that exuded indescribable cuteness.

Mu Xue's eyes widened in surprise. She exclaimed, "Uncle, you're so cute! You're such a adorable little boy!"

The smile that was just on Cang Lin's lips vanished instantly. He rolled his eyes at Mu Xue and hissed, "Shut up!"

Mu Xue choked. That incredibly cute face, paired with his expression, made Mu Xue unable to hold back her laughter.

She burst into laughter.

The once excited Granny Kang was also amused by the two people here. She smiled and said, "Miss, this is my husband's sworn brother. According to seniority, you should call him your uncle. You can't be so disrespectful to your elders."

Cang Lin waved his hand and said, "It's alright. She's always been a very easygoing person. There's no need to restrain her. Otherwise, she'll feel uncomfortable, and I won't be used to it either."

“But, young master, you are an elder after all. If outsiders see this, they will laugh at us,” said Granny Kang, looking troubled.

“Yes, Granny, we’re all out of the Mu residence now, so let’s not bother with those annoying rules anymore. We’re family now, so let’s just live freely. Don’t you think so, Uncle?” Mu Xue winked at Cang Lin and said.

“Yes, Xuexue is right. Let’s just live our lives in a good way, however we can. Why care about what others think?” Cang Lin agreed.

His thoughts coincided with Mu Xue's.

Susu listened in a daze, and thought she would need a long time to figure it out.

Susu called out, "Miss, do we have our own home now?"

"Hahaha, silly Susu, yes, we have our own home now." Mu Xue couldn't stop laughing again after being amused by Susu.

It's so good to have my own home!

While Mu Xue and Cang Lin were happily recognizing their family, she was completely unaware that two groups of people were frantically searching for her outside.

She left the Mu residence suddenly, without warning.

When Mo Shijie received the message, Mu Xue and the other two had already changed their clothes and entered the inn.

Therefore, Mo Shijie's men had no way of finding out where Mu Xue was staying.

Ye Shangyuan's men, who had been accompanied by his previous guards, were shaken off by Mu Xue halfway through the journey. Yu Nan City was not his territory to begin with, and most of his men had been lost in the Cangmang Mountains. He still hadn't found Mu Xue's whereabouts.

However, both groups were looking for the same person, and Ye Shangyuan was the first to know the news.

“Who is the other group?” he asked.

Ye San replied, "The men we sent out followed them back and said they entered through a side gate of the Prince Jing's residence."

"Mo Shijie?" Ye Shangyuan muttered to himself.

Ye San then said, "Master, Miss Mu has two people with her, an old woman and a young child. They shouldn't have gone far."

Ye San learned that Mu Xue was an ancient doctor, but also that she was quite wealthy.

Ye Shangyuan said, "Given her personality, she won't go to ordinary inns. She'll think of the same things we've thought of. Plus, she's traveling with two people, so we won't let them take any risks. Send people to secretly investigate each inn."

Ye San was puzzled. He said, "This afternoon, our people visited all the inns, but no one has seen Miss Mu."

“She must be staying at an inn she knows. If you just ask her, they won’t tell you. It’s best to stay at an inn with a private courtyard,” Ye Shangyuan analyzed.

Ye San accepted the order and said, "Yes, I will make the arrangements immediately."