Lin Wan did not look gloomy like she used to anymore but showed a charming smile on her face.

“Finally, I can get to meet that wicked guy. I’ll make sure he will pay back for what he has done to me when I get hold of him!” She thought.

Mrs. Hong was happy for her. But she was worried after seeing her young lady so excited. She knew what Lin Wan was thinking and could imagine how she would ravage Li Mu.

“That may not be a good idea. Li Mu could be very stubborn sometimes. He had even abandoned his wife and child. Their little affection left might also disappear if she continues to use her way to tackle him. He is like a wild donkey that prefers the soft approach.” She thought.

Mrs. Hong started nagging Lin Wan at her ears and repeatedly telling her not to make trouble. She advised her that she might as well use the energy to give birth to more children than torture Li Mu purposelessly.

Surprisingly, Lin Wan listened to her advice. After thinking through the pros and cons, she agreed to heed Mrs. Hong’s suggestion with a smiling face. She had decided to be a submissive woman and live a happy life with Li Mu in the future.

On the contrary, He Xiaoyu was worried and anxious because she did not think she had any chance to be with Li Mu again. Firstly, it was because she was not capable enough to fight with Lin Wan. Secondly, she had owed her too much so she felt shameful to fight with her over him!

Lin Wan noticed her anxiety and openly comforted her, asking her not to worry about it. They were good friends but they could still fight fairly to get him. As long as both sides did not use any evil tricks, their agreement would still be valid until one of them won his heart.

He Xiaoyu also told Lin Wan solemnly that if she was to lose to her, she would for sure keep her promise and never intervene with their life again. However, she would continue to be her best friend without thinking of getting him anymore.

Mrs. Hong smiled and kept quiet while pondering how clever her young lady was. Without any conflict, she gradually turned her opponent into her ally. As long as Miss He was still intact with her conscience, she would feel embarrassed to fight with Lin Wan. Mrs. Hong was quite sure that she would become Lin Wan’s best friend in the end.

A few days later, Fifth Aunty brought Li Mu’s parents to meet with the group. It was easy to get some hair and nails from them since they were in their hand. They did not even tell them the truth. After playing some tricks, Lin Wan got what she wanted from them.

She passed their hair and nails to Fifth Aunty who started the ritual by swiftly performing the movements. Then, she burned their belongings with the talisman paper and blew on the ashes. The ashes were lifted up and scattered all around. A few of them were dumbfounded looking at it.

However, it turned out to be a failed one. There were no signs, no hexagrams, and no hints. There was nothing. What Fifth Aunty blew away was just a cloud of ashes only.

“How could it be?” Fifth Aunty felt embarrassed as her accomplishments in this magical skill were well-known in the Lin Family and she had never missed it. Why was it a failed one today?

She carefully recalled the process just now. Their hair and nails had no problem. And the talisman to find their son was alright. The ritual was well performed. “This is weird! What’s gone wrong?” She thought.

Lin Wan and Mrs. Hong were shocked to see Fifth Aunty failed and did not get to trace Li Mu’s whereabouts. They felt that something must have gone wrong somewhere.

Both of them glanced at Fifth Aunty and she said with a blushed face, “It’s okay. There is plenty of material here. I can do the ritual again.”

This time, she was much more careful than the last time and the whole process was done perfectly. When the ashes were blown up, the result was still the same. The ashes fell everywhere without showing any sign.

Their faces darkened and Lin Wan furrowed her brows tightly.

Miss He was standing at the side watching the whole process. Though she was unsure what was happening, she knew something had gone wrong from Lin Wan’s face. She could not help but ask, “Failed?”

Lin Wan was not in a mood to talk to her as she was pondering why it turned out to be in this way while staring at the falling ashes.

Mrs. Hong explained to her in a low voice, “Yeah, it’s failed. Fifth Aunty had performed the ritual two times but did not see any result out of it. It’s weird. The sign should have appeared after the ritual performance, regardless of whether Li Mu is alive or not. But nothing was shown.”

“That is to say, regardless of Li Mu’s current condition, we should know his whereabouts as long as the hair and nails belonged to his parents. Am I right?” He Xiaoyu asked.

“Yeah. You’re right!” Mrs. Hong nodded.

“What about they are not his biological parents, or one of them is not?” Suddenly, He Xiaoyu popped out with this question.

Three of them turned to her together with their eyes wide open.

He Xiaoyu was a little shy and said embarrassedly, “It’s a casual thought. You don’t have to take it seriously. I’m not slandering uncle and aunty. But I thought, who knows, maybe it is the reason behind it!”

“Xiaoyu, you’re so clever! It must be this reason!” Fifth Aunty shouted excitedly.

She, a bystander, could analyze the situation better than them. Three of them were cultivators so they kept thinking something might have gone wrong in the ritual. Yet, none of them thought about the material they used for the ritual performance. On the contrary, Miss He was an ordinary person. So it was easier for her to find out the crux of the problem.

Fifth Aunty shouted, “Lin Wan, Mrs. Hong. I guess this must be the reason. His parents or at least one of them is not his biological parent.”

They did not reply to her but dashed out of the door to look for Lu Mu’s parents. This question could only be answered by his parents.

It might be inappropriate for them to ask them directly. Therefore, Lin Wan and Mrs. Hong decided to use the Magic of Hypnotizing. The old couple told them everything about the secret they had been hiding for the past twenty years.

It turned out that both of them were infertile. And for the sake of their family, they went to adopt a child from the orphanage. Yes, the child was Li Mu.

No one knew anything about Li Mu’s biological parents as he was an abandoned child. Someone had dumped him at the orphanage entrance. It was impossible to know who his parents were.

Lin Wan was so anxious that she almost cried. She could not help but scream at the old couple, “Why did you want to adopt a child? Why couldn’t you get your own child?”

Mrs. Hong pulled her away immediately. It was pointless to talk to them, who were heavily hypnotized right now. They would have given birth to their own children if they were capable of it.

Then, would their child’s name be Li Mu if they gave birth to their own child? Well, they might call him this name, but it would not be the Li Mu that we knew now.

As if everyone was riding on a roller coaster and falling from the highest spot. Who would expect that they would encounter such a weird thing? What should they do now as the old couple was not Li Mu’s biological parents?

Miss He remained calm and spoke to Lin Wan, “This is an accident and it’s not uncle and auntie’s fault. They have raised Li Mu to be who he is now. You shouldn’t blame them. We can find other ways to go about.”

“What else can we do?” Lin Wan said sadly.

“The girls’ parents. If we get hold of some Shen Family members and force them to tell us their parents’ whereabouts, will it be...”

“It’s a good idea!” Mrs. Hong echoed her view. “As long as we could find the girls’ parents, we can perform a magical ritual to find them regardless of whether they are alive or dead. Then we’ll be able to find Li Mu.”

Lin Wan was happy to hear that. She hugged He Xiaoyu and kissed her twice on her cheek deeply. A broad smile was on her face again.

Immediately, they started their action plan. Fifth Aunty and Mrs. Hong sneaked into the vicinity of the Shen village. Within a day, they found that Shen Zixing and Sheng Ming’er’s parents had passed away. Their dead bodies were buried in the ancestral graves. The Shen Family’s ancestral graves were not in the village but in a wasteland outside the village.

It had always been Lin Kun taking charge of digging tombs. A night later, Lin Kun brought a few of their clansmen to follow Mrs. Hong to the Shen Family ancestral graves.

After identifying the girls’ parents, Lin Kun waved and the group of men went forward to the tomb. They started digging the grave. Subsequently, they opened the coffin and the corpse bones were exposed under the moonlight.

After Mrs. Hong took their hair and nails, she ordered them to put the corpses back into the coffin. Lin Kun spoke to her, “Mrs. Hong, you can go back first. We can handle it ourselves. You should go back now so that Miss Lin doesn’t need to wait in anxiety.”

“Can you guys do it yourselves?” Mrs. Hong was a little worried.

“It’s just burying two dead corpses. Don’t worry. We’ll be able to handle it ourselves. We’ll come back once we have restored the graves to their original states.”

Mrs. Hong thought for a while and felt that he was reasonable. Indeed, there was not much to be worried about. So she gave him some instructions and left the place.

After Mrs. Hong left the place, Number Six came and asked Lin Kun, “Brother Kun, what should we do now?”

“Stop whatever you’re doing now!” Lin Kun ordered, “Hey, are you dumb? I asked you to stop right now!”

A few of them stopped their work and looked at him puzzledly.

Lin Kun smirked and said, “It takes time for people to come and look for the corpse. It’s not enough for us to take their hair and nails. I guess we have to play on the safe side and make sure the Shen Family cannot use this magic to find them.”

The brats said, “Brother Kun, tell us what you want us to do.”

“It’s something easy to do. Let’s play a musical chair and exchange the corpses around so that the Shen Family can’t find these two corpse bones.”

Number Six smiled and said, “Alright, we’ll throw away all these bones and leave these two as empty graves!”

Lin Kun hit his head and scolded him, “Bullsh*t! This is so immoral! How dare you come out with this idea? Don’t talk nonsense. All of you listen to my instructions!”

Number Six touched his head and smiled, “Okay, it’s just a casual thought. We’ll listen to you. So tell us what to do now!”

“Did you see the big grave there? I’m sure it must have belonged to an important figure from the Shen Family. Let’s exchange their bones with these two’s!”

“Alright!” The brats laughed and agreed to the plan.

All the men dug the grave together. And within a short while, they saw a coffin. As they were opening the coffin, one of them shouted, “Brother Kun, come over here. It’s an empty coffin!”

Lin Kun went near to see and discovered that it was indeed an empty coffin with nothing in it.

It was strange. Why did the Shen Family bury an empty coffin here? He had no time to think about it anyway. So he spoke to his men, “It’s getting late now. We can’t open another coffin anymore. Let’s put the corpse bones in this coffin and tidy up the other graves. Hurry up as we don’t have much time left.”

A few of them placed the bones of the girls’ parents into the empty coffin and then tidied up the other graves. At last, they slipped away quietly when the moon was still up.