It was Shen Xingyue. The person who called her was Shen Xingyue!

The three women in the house became nervous immediately. He Xiaoyu asked excitedly, “Is Li Mu together with you now? Where are you?”

Shen Xingyue sighed and her tone sounded a little disappointed.

“He was with me before. But he has left to somewhere else.”

Though He Xiaoyu knew about the situation, she asked deliberately, “What do you mean? What do you mean that he has left to somewhere else? Where did he go?”

“I’m not sure where he went. He left without saying anything, not even a goodbye to me!”

“You have had a conflict, haven’t you?”

“Not really. We were happy with each other. I guess he has misunderstood me. That’s why...”

“You said that he had misunderstood you. What happened between you guys?” He Xiaoyu continued probing even though she knew clearly why Li Mu ran away from her. She asked this so that the other party would not be suspicious about her.

Mrs. Hong gave her a thumb-up and signaled her to continue probing Shen Xingyue.

Lin Wan found a pen and a piece of paper to write a note to He Xiaoyu. She glanced at the words and saw the phrase “ask about his whereabouts” on it.

He Xiaoyu nodded and wondered how to probe further to get more information from Shen Xingyue.

“You don’t have to ask about the details.” Shen Xingyue said, “In short, he has misunderstood me and left me alone by running away.”

“Where have you been?” He Xiaoyu asked.

“We went back to my homeland. I’m still at home now!” Shen Xingyue said carelessly.

“Why did you call me?” He Xiaoyu asked her the question directly.

“I want to explain to Li Mu concerning the misunderstanding. I thought he might go to find you after this?” Shen Xingyue said honestly.

“Me?” He Xiaoyu gave a wry smile. “He wouldn’t have dumped me from the very first place if he wanted to look for me. Do you think he still has the face to find me?”

Shen Xingyue went silent for a while. Then, she said, “Please don’t blame him for doing that. He was forced to do it out of helplessness. It’s to protect you and Dongyang Group.”

“He abandoned his fiancee and evaded his responsibility. Are you sure he was forced to do these out of helplessness? He left everything and let me clear up the mess for him. Are you sure he did this out of helplessness as well? I don’t know what has happened between the two of you. But in any case, you should have a basic discernment of right and wrong!”

“Xiaoyu, it’s not what you think it is. To be honest, though I never reprimanded him in the past, I used to disagree with some of his deeds and actions!”

Shen Xingyue said softly.

“But I looked at it differently now. You’ll never know how much pressure the word Clan can bring to oneself. One can be lowly and insignificant before it. I deeply understand this feeling. My pressure comes from my family’s good intentions. His pressure came from others who had a malicious intention against him. So I can empathize with him!”

“Clan? What clan are you talking about? Whose clan, by the way?”

“Stop asking me about it. I just want to let you know that he could not resist the pressure and had no choice but to run away. He would have to see his career being destroyed, and see you and your dad became the victims if he was to stay back. He was not running away but offering himself by giving up his ordinary living to save everything that he had treasured.”

Lin Wan lowered her head while He Xiaoyu looked at her with a complicated expression. Her heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Of course, she understood Shen Xingyue’s hints. She had been contemplating a lot during this period. She had stopped blaming Li Mu a long time ago because she knew that there was nothing much he could do. What he did was to protect her and the Dongyang Group. Indeed he had done his best in this.

“Do you have any method to find him?” He Xiaoyu asked the question that concerned all of them the most.

Again, Shen Xingyue fell into silence.

Lin Wan lifted her head immediately and made signs to He Xiaoyu.

She got the signals and nodded.

“You’re older than me so you’re my senior. I’ll call you Sister Xingyue then. To be honest, I have been looking for him and I even used my contacts to list him as a fugitive. I wanted to force him to come out. But somehow he managed to hide very well. Also, he has two girls to be his helpers. Do you happen to know who they are?”

“I know them!” Shen Xingyue said in dissatisfaction, “They’re my younger sisters!”

Lin Wan wrote a few words for He Xiaoyu at once and took the paper up to show her.

He Xiaoyu followed her cues and said, “So it turned out that they are your sisters. What have you done? Why did you let them get together? It seems like they are powerful fighters because they have killed many people. They have become real wanted criminals. The kind that would be sentenced to death.”

“What?” Shen Xingyue exclaimed, “Are you serious?”

“The police told me this news. You can check it on the website too. In Xilin City, a dozen of people went missing mysteriously. The police deliberately reported that the suspects were one old man and one young girl to not cause fear to the public. In fact, Li Mu and the girls did it. The real suspects are a man and two girls. And the suspects in the surveillance video are them.”

“How could this happen? How could this happen?” Shen Xingyue murmured. She had completely fallen into the trap. “If what He Xiaoyu said was true, Li Mu would be in great danger, wouldn’t he? No way. I have to track them down immediately.” She thought.

“Xiaoyu, is the police taking any action recently?”

“The police refused to disclose the specifics. But I learned some information through my contacts. Your two sisters are evil. And their killing methods are strange. The police are secretly tracking them down in a wide range. In order to hunt them down, they would probably use extreme methods. The girls may be strong. But how are they are going to fight against guns and bullets?”

“Oh goodness! Oh god!” Shen Xingyue just came to know about cultivation so she did not know how to react. After listening to the news, she was frightened and horrified.

“Sister Xingyue, if you know how to find them, do let me know right away. To be honest, I don’t care whether your sisters are still alive or not. My concern has always been Li Mu. I can’t let him die just like this!”

“I, I...”

“Sister Xingyue, please don’t hesitate anymore. Li Mu will continue to be in danger if you hesitate to tell me the truth. I’m sure you won’t want to regret it for the rest of your life, or live in guilt every day.”

Shen Xingyue was so anxious that she was about to cry. With a weeping voice, she said, “My mother told me that we can track them down through their parents. But...”

Lin Wan and Mrs. Hong’s eyes lit up and both seemed excited. Then, they looked upset because they were so anxious that they had made the mistake of forgetting about this magic. Li Mu’s parents were in South Seas and they could have used their hair or nails to perform the ritual and trace his whereabouts.

Lin Wan could not sit still anymore. Subsequently, she got up and dashed out. She made a lot of noise when she opened the door.

“What’s going on at your side?” Shen Xingyue asked in alertness.

He Xiaoyu responded quickly as she knew that Lin Wan had found a solution after seeing her actions. Immediately, she whispered over the phone, “Someone has come. I’ll talk to you again!”

“Alright!”

Mrs. Hong ended the call and started slapping herself. She kept scolding herself when she was hitting herself, “What an idiot! Such a stupid woman!”

“Mrs. Hong, is there a way to track him down?” He Xiaoyu asked eagerly.

“Yeah, we had forgotten about the Magic of Tracking Down Blood-related Family Members because we were too panicked. Thanks to her reminder, now we remember that. Lin Wan’s in-laws are spending their retirement years in the South Seas. We only need their hair and nail to perform a ritual to track Li Mu down.”

He Xiaoyu was overjoyed. She said happily, “So Shen Xingyue’s call was a timely one. She has helped us a lot, hasn’t she?”

“Yeah. Without her reminder, we would never think about this method.” Mrs. Hong smiled beautifully after saying it.

“Xiaoyu, the Shen Family is indeed our lucky star. The girls have helped Li Mu change his bones successfully, and their young lady, in a way, brings Li Mu back to us.”

He Xiaoyu laughed along with her. And she looked happier instead of gloomy and worried.

Both of them laughed for a while and He Xiaoyu asked, “Mrs. Hong, I have been curious about this. All of you are veterans in martial arts and know a lot of magic skills. Can you all move faster than the bullets then?”

“How can that be possible? No human can move faster than bullets. We’ll die if a bullet hits our vitals! To be honest, we use guns quite often and we are very good at using them. Gun is the most reliable weapon!”

“Really? Mrs. Hong, where do you hide your gun then? May I have a look at it?”

“Silly girl! Guns are forbidden in the mainland. Who would dare to bring it along wherever they go? I’ll show you my collection once we are back in the South Seas.”

“Alright. I have your words. Mrs. Hong, what about Shen Xingyue? She has increased her lifespan. Will she be afraid of bullets too?”

Mrs. Hong laughed loudly and pointed at her forehead with her finger.

“What do you think? Increasing lifespan can only increase her luck which helps her not die immediately because of her illness. That doesn’t mean she has an immortal body. She will still die when her luck is bad!”

He Xiaoyu had learned a lot from her. And suddenly she realized that practicing martial arts and magical skills might not be that useful. She only needed to practice how to use guns.

By the way, Miss He was quite good at guns. She had won many champions and her skill was as good as a professional sniper.

Mrs. Hong read her mind and smiled, “Don’t ever think that with a gun you can do whatever you want in the underworld. An advanced-level cultivator can control your mind instantly without giving you a chance to shoot him!”

“What if he can’t control me?”

“If he can’t, then it depends on how precise your shoot is. Everyone will die if the bullets hit him!”

Both of them giggled again. Subsequently, Mrs. Hong said while she was laughing, “The purpose of practicing martial arts and magical skills is to prevent other people from controlling you. It’s a way to protect yourself! After all, guns have many disadvantages too. For example, the number of bullets is limited and you can’t go out with the arsenal every day. Also, once the bullets are out, what should you do then?”

“Alright. I got it now. I’ll do my best in practicing cultivation!”

“That’s right. I can teach you if you want to learn. You don’t have to call me your master. We’re not in a teacher-student relationship. It’s more like a sister helping her friend in her cultivation practice.”

“Thank you so much, Mrs. Hong!”

Mrs. Hong nodded as a response to her thanks.

He Xiaoyu rolled her eyes and said mischievously, “Mrs. Hong, after teaching me the skills, won’t you worry that I...”

Mrs. Hong rolled her eyes, and she said confidently, “I’m not worried at all because Li Mu is already Miss Lin Wan’s husband. No one can take him away from her. Neither you and Shen Xingyue nor any other women!”