Chapter 1260: Chapter 1256: Deceiving Wang San

"No need to pack valuables, I’m just going for one day, I’ll be back soon!" Mu Dade said with a serious face.

In fact, he didn’t want Mrs. Jin to know he was going to the county to see Ruan Xiao Jiao, so he deliberately said such things about not packing valuables.

When Mrs. Jin heard his words, she indeed no longer suspected anything. Not only did she help Mu Dade pack the valuables, but she also privately gave him twenty taels of silver.

She said, "This trip will be tough on you! Twenty taels of silver may not be much, but it’s a token of my regard!"

Nowadays, both Mu Dade and Mrs. Jin can receive lots of money and gifts from many people, and it can be said that for the most part, they accept everything that comes their way.

So they were quite well-off, and Mu Dade took the silver while also praising Mrs. Jin.

For a moment, Mrs. Jin was filled with fighting spirit: "Master, don’t worry, with me watching over things at home, I’ll definitely fight that little brat to the end. No matter how fierce she is, she can’t beat me!"

Mrs. Jin’s confident demeanor also brought some comfort to Mu Dade’s heart.

This way, it’s fine. Mrs. Jin is busy with matters at the Old Mu Family, and he can stay in the county for a few more days without worry!

...

The Third Branch of the Old Mu Family burned for a whole hour, and under the cover of night, Lu Yuanfeng helped move the two little kids from the third branch to his home to sleep in his bed.

As for Yu Si Niang and Mu Dashan, they went to stay at the school, and Mu Shuangshuang went to find Fu Xiaonan to stay for the night.

By the time dawn broke the next day, Mu Shuangshuang hurriedly headed home.

At this moment, the kitchen had become ruins, the ground a complete mess with half-burnt items scattered around like a garbage dump.

But fortunately, last night was thrilling but not dangerous, only two wooden houses were burned.

No one was hurt, and the two inhabited houses at some distance from the wooden ones were also fine!

Mu Shuangshuang entered the courtyard alone, conducting a thorough search!

Logically speaking, at this time, she shouldn’t be able to find anything.

But last night, Mu Shuangshuang forcefully blocked the bystanders from entering her courtyard, so at this time, everything in the courtyard was as it was last night.

After searching for a while, she found an oil canister under a big tree in her courtyard, seemingly left behind intentionally or not by the person who set the fire.

There were also two extra footprints on the courtyard wall.

Mu Shuangshuang could barely distinguish that they were a man’s footprints, uneven, either due to a limp or a leg injury.

The scope had been narrowed down enough to almost confirm who it was, and Mu Shuangshuang didn’t hesitate, heading straight to the village chief’s house. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The village chief had already heard quite a bit about last night’s incident, but it wasn’t as direct as hearing it from Mu Shuangshuang herself, the victim, in person.

Mu Shuangshuang explained the incident and presented the evidence she found to the village chief.

The village chief frowned deeply, pondering for a long time: "Shuang, there are only three men with a limp in our village: one is Xu Dafu, over eighty, who shouldn’t be able to climb a wall!

The other one has both legs broken, and then there’s one more, let me think, seems like it’s Wang San!"

"Wang San?" Mu Shuangshuang repeated in confusion.

Could Wang San be involved with Xia Guagua? Impossible, right?

"That rascal, he ran naked in the village not long ago, scaring many young wives into staying indoors.

I spoke to that scoundrel about it, and he kicked me out!"

The village chief’s expression was grave when Wang San was mentioned.

It’s no wonder he felt this way, having Wang San as a villager was a disgrace for him as the village chief.

Unfortunately, there was no reason to take action against him!

Wang San is a bit of a rogue, but aside from that incident of going out undressed, others hadn’t reported much on him.

So the village chief never made a move on Wang San!

"Shuang, though it’s very likely Wang San did it, the evidence is still incomplete!

It’s best not to act on it until we have concrete evidence, then we can report to the government and have him thrown in prison!" the village chief advised.

Mu Shuangshuang didn’t respond, as she had never intended to send Wang San to prison; it would be too easy on him.

Besides, the relationship between him and Xia Guagua was still unknown!

There were too many things waiting for Mu Shuangshuang to uncover, and she was already quite impatient.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with the village chief, Mu Shuangshuang deliberately took a detour past Wang San’s house on her way back.

Still the same shabby house, with a fence too low and broken to block anything, Mu Shuangshuang spotted Wang San, wearing old clothes, feeding chicks in the yard at a glance.

He seemed to be in a good mood, with a bright smile that made the wrinkles on his face seem even more frightening.

Perhaps Mu Shuangshuang’s gaze was too piercing, Wang San couldn’t help but turn to check his surroundings.

Upon seeing her, he was almost frightened out of his skin, hastily stepping back, exclaiming, "What... what are you doing? Don’t come in here!"

Mu Shuangshuang took one look at Wang San’s face and had no desire to look a second time.

"I won’t come in, it’s Xia Guagua who would come in, right?" Mu Shuangshuang smirked, a hint of a cold smile on her face.

"You... what nonsense are you spouting?" Wang San said with a guilty stutter!

"Nonsense? Wang San, don’t you know in your heart what you did? Who was it that climbed into our third branch’s yard last night and set our kitchen on fire?"

Mu Shuangshuang widened her eyes, her gaze fixed intensely on Wang San!

"No... not me!" Wang San was completely panicked, cold sweat pouring out.

"Not you? I’ve already reported it, just wait for the government officials to come arrest you!"

Leaving those words, Mu Shuangshuang walked out of Wang San’s yard!

As soon as she left, Wang San plopped down on the ground, not daring to move a muscle!

After a while, as if suddenly realizing something, he scrambled up and hurried out of his own yard!

Once he left, Mu Shuangshuang, who was hiding in the shadows, emerged.

She followed Wang San, trailing him until they neared the Old Lu Family’s place—

"As expected, he’s looking for Xia Guagua!"

Given the current truth, Mu Shuangshuang felt more disgusted than triumphant!

She could swear, Xia Guagua must have promised Wang San something; otherwise, Wang San would never have dared to set the fire!

Wang San carefully avoided the other people of the Old Lu Family, heading to the outside of Xia Guagua’s room.

After mimicking a cat’s meow for a while, Xia Guagua sneakily emerged from her room!

Xia Guagua’s face looked displeased, and upon seeing Wang San, she lowered her voice to question him: "Why are you here? Didn’t we agree not to meet recently? What if someone finds out?"

"Guagua, something big happened. If I didn’t come, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to see you again!"

With a pitiful look on his face, Wang San stood there, but with his ugly face, Xia Guagua found him repugnant!