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Chapter 143 A Strange Phenomenon

“I don't need your inheritance. Keep it for your clan!” Li Mu rejected her offer instantly.

Shen Xingyue looked at him affectionately, “Honey, my heartfelt desire is to see you happy. I don't want you to worry about your finance. Please take up the offer!”

Holding her hand, Li Mu continued walking forward while enjoying the field scenery. He said to her, “You've shown me your love by marrying me. I cherish our relationship and do not want it to have anything to do with money.”

While talking to her, he pointed at the fields and said with a smile, “I know that you're worried that I will lead a difficult life in the future. You have left me an inheritance, though. I'll continue your business after I'm safe from danger. The goods in these mountains are my endless riches.”

Shen Xingyue smiled and hugged his arms with her hands.

“Honey, what if I lend you my money as the capital for you to run your business? Then, you help me take care of my people once you're rich. What do you think?”

Li Mu knew that she was making her final arrangements. She was worried about her clan and him!

She hoped that her husband could live happily ever after without any troubles. If he refused to agree with her arrangement, she would not be able to rest in peace.

“Alright, I'll take up the offer then. I'll take it as an incentive. And once I earn a profit, I will return it to your clan.”

“Sure!” Shen Xingyue happily agreed to it and put her head on his shoulder.

“Sister Xingyue, Sister Xingyue!” A cheerful voice came from behind.

Both of them turned around and saw two children running towards them.

They ran up to them and one of them said, “Sister, Second grandfather summoned you to his house. They have something urgent to discuss with you.”

After Shen Xingyue replied to them, she started walking back with Li Mu. The children blocked his way and said to Shen Xingyue, “Sister, Second grandfather instructed you to go back alone because it is a top-secret matter. Brother Li Mu would have to stay back here.”

Shen Xingyue felt a little odd after listening to them. It was something that she could not even tell her husband. What could that be? She was afraid that Li Mu would be angry with it. So she asked the children, “Is this Second grandfather's exact words? Are you two trying to bluff us?”

“No. Second grandfather gave us this direct instruction. You can ask Ming'er if you don't believe me!”

The other kid nodded. “Sister, this is from Second grandfather. Zixing is telling the truth!”

“This...” Shen Xingyue frowned.

Li Mu patted her hand and said in an understanding tone, “It's okay. You shall go with them. I'll be here enjoying the scenery and go back to look for you later!”

Shen Xingyue hesitated for a while and nodded her head. “Alright. Let me go back and see what is going on. I'll come back to you later!”

After seeing her off, Li Mu looked at the children and asked out of curiosity, “Hey, your sister has left us. Why do you stay back here?”

“We're here to keep you company!” One of them smiled.

“We're afraid that you'll get lost here!” The other child added.

Li Mu found them very interesting. Both of them were slender and beautiful. But their heads were shaved bald and shining brightly under the sun!

“You're Shen Zixing, and you're Shen Ming'er?” Li Mu asked.

“How did you know?” Shen Ming'er asked curiously.

“I can guess your names. Your name is Shen Ming'er and her name is Shen Zixing. Look, how great I am!”

“Brother Li Mu knows about the Eight Trigrams of Yin and Yang. He must be a powerful man!” Shen Ming'er shouted.

“Idiot! We told him our names just now. He is bluffing you!” Shen Zixing patted Shen Ming'er's head.

Li Mu laughed in a loud voice and pointed at them. “Both of you're so funny and beautiful. Why did you shave your heads? You two look like nuns!”

“How did you know we're girls?” Shen Ming'er asked curiously again.

“Well. Zixing and Ming'er are delicate names. Boys would have a more masculine name. That's why I think both of you are girls!”

Li Mu was shy to tell them the other reason. He could see their breasts enlarged quite clearly.

They thought that it was true and felt that their brother-in-law was a great man with great humor. They started to like him and strolled with him happily.

“Why are you still around? I won't go far. You don't have to keep me company.” Li Mu tried to chase them away.

They shook their heads simultaneously. Shen Zixing said, “Master asked us to keep you company so that you won't fall into the labyrinth. Please go ahead with what you want to do. We won't bother you!”

“Labyrinth? What did you say? What is that?” Li Mu asked puzzledly.

Without waiting for Shen Zixing's answer, Shen Ming'er interrupted, “Labyrinth is a protective barrier to our clan. Those who do not belong to our clan will not be able to come out of it once they go in. It's a dangerous place.”

“Why did you say that?” Shen Zixing hit her head again.

This hit was harder than the previous one. Shen Ming'er pouted and looked very aggrieved.

Li Mu dragged her by his side and scolded Shen Zixing, “You girl. Why did you hit her? Stop bullying her!”

Then, he gave a touch on Shen Ming'er's head and found it funny to touch her shaved head.

Shen Zixing looked at her enviously and pouted. Li Mu went to touch her head and laughed. “Who shaved for both of you? It was so smooth. Good skill!”

“You touched our heads!” Shen Zixing laughed.

“So what?” Li Mu touched their heads another time.

“Master told me that the first person who touches my head will be my man after. And from today onwards, my hair will start to grow!” Shen Zixing said happily.

“Yes, Master told me the same thing too!” Shen Ming'er seconded.

“Your master must be joking. Don't listen to him!” Li Mu did not care about it at all. He thought it was just a joke and did not take it to his heart.

Both of them did not explain much and followed him wherever he went excitedly.

Li Mu wanted to tease them and deliberately asked, “I have not seen you before. Were you cultivating in the labyrinth before this?”

“Yes!” Shen Zixing answered, “We went for cultivation with our master in the mountain. We just came down from the mountain today!”

“Cultivation. What kind of cultivation?”

“Martial arts and spells. The skills we cultivated belonged to the Shen family alone.”

“Sounds mysterious. Is your master a god?”

The little girls did not know that he was joking around and answered in a serious tone, “Master is not a god. She is Sister Xingyue's Third Grandaunt, who loves her the most. She brought us down the mountain the moment she heard that sister Xingyue is back!”

“Is it something urgent that they want Xingyue to go and attend to?”

“I'm not sure. We're only the messenger. We don't know about the exact matter.” The little girl looked a little sly.

“Alright!” Li Mu nodded his head and did not ask further.

Three of them went around for a while and Shen Xingyue did not seem to be coming back any soon. Li Mu was a little worried and thought of going back to the village.

When he turned around, he shouted in shock. Subsequently, he rubbed his eyes while staring at the little girls.

He saw a layer of black stubble on their shaved head. Though it was short, Li Mu was sure that it was their hair.

Both of them were shocked by his facial expression. They looked at each other and screamed, “Ah! Our hair is growing!”

Li Mu looked at his hands and was confused. Did his hands have supernatural powers? This would be good news for all bald persons. As long as he touched their heads, their hair would grow!

“Brother, now you believe what we said, don't you? You got to marry us and become our man after we become a grown-up!” Shen Ming'er screamed.

“Nonsense. By the way, what is going on on your scalp? Are you trying to fool me by playing some tricks?” Li Mu questioned them.

“I didn't tell lies. It was because of you. Our master told us all these. She won't lie to us.”

“You're just kids. Even if Third Grandaunt didn't lie to you, both of you must have misunderstood her. Girls, do you know the meaning of “my man”?”

“Of course. It means husband. We know about it!”

“You know nothing. Let me ask you. Is Second grandfather a man?”

Both of them looked at each other and nodded. “Yes!”

“Is your father a man?”

“Yes!”

“Am I, your brother-in-law, a man?”

“Yes!”

“Listen carefully. I'm your brother-in-law. Of course, I'm a man. What your master meant is that one day a man will help you grow your hair. And I'm that man!”

Both of them did not seem to understand what he said. However, they felt that it was a profound mystery that sounded very reasonable.

They murmured for a while and agreed that his explanation was correct. That must be what their master was trying to tell them.

Li Mu went back hastily and pondered in his heart, “This place is a little dark. Labyrinth and speedy hair transplant don't seem to be any normal physical phenomena!”

The girls looked happy and followed behind him joyfully.

They came back to the village and Li Mu went to Second grandfather's house immediately. Some men blocked his way at the entrance and told him to leave because he could not attend the clan meeting. He said that Shen Xingyue would be back very soon.

Li Mu had no choice but to go back home. The girls followed him closely and made him very annoyed.

In Second grandfather's house, Third Grandaunt cried loudly and started scolding her brothers one by one. Even his late eldest brother was scolded by her.

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