Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 493 - 71: Don’t Underestimate Your Opponent

Li Mumu didn’t quite understand what the old lady from the Ma Family meant.

"You want me to take care of her, no problem."

"But how do I keep a share of incense offerings?"

Seeing the confused look on Li Mumu’s face, the old lady from the Ma Family explained, "I hope you can take her as a registered disciple."

Ah... this...

Li Mumu thought to herself, I haven’t even fully grasped the teachings of the Guiding Bodhisattva, and now you’re asking me to take her as a disciple?

"To be honest with you, I don’t really understand this area. How about I go back and consult some experienced seniors?"

Or should I directly burn incense and ask the Bodhisattva?

Realizing that Li Mumu wasn’t particularly willing, the old lady from the Ma Family sighed and said, "It seems this child really doesn’t have a fate with you. Never mind, just take it as an old woman’s idle talk."

It’s not that, I genuinely don’t understand...

Li Mumu looked at the little kid sitting on the bed, staring at her eagerly, and inexplicably felt a bit guilty.

Although the old lady from the Ma Family never mentioned this topic again since then, she still decided to pray to the Guiding Bodhisattva once she got back, or find a way to contact her senior fellow disciple, Zuo Yan.

Upon leaving the hospital, Li Mumu looked up at the sky, realizing it was already evening.

She turned back to look at Jiang Yinyin and Zhou Qing, and saw that both girls were dazed and groggy, seemingly still not completely recovered from the shock.

They were supposed to gain some experience, but after hearing a bunch of stories about immortals and monsters, it should be... okay, right?

Li Mumu herself was certainly not affected; compared to the events she experienced since her own arrival in this world, the story told by the old lady from the Ma Family was bland like plain water, except for the bit about taking that child as her registered disciple, which gave Li Mumu a little scare. The rest was uninteresting.

But those two girls didn’t share her resilience.

Knowledge contamination.

The term suddenly popped into Li Mumu’s mind.

Could such knowledge be polluting for ordinary people?

The answer... might certainly be yes.

In the future world where she came from, entities expressing shocking opinions online often had brains functioning like single-thread processors, incapable of integrating complex factors into their reasoning; even a single piece of knowledge could crash their system.

In this world, knowledge could be polluting.

Shit, what do I do? Li Mumu felt somewhat overwhelmed for a moment.

She could handle anything herself, but these two kids... Although there was a hospital right behind them, this didn’t seem like something a hospital could fix, could it?

Should she take them to the Special Service Bureau now?

Just as Li Mumu made up her mind, Jiang Yinyin suddenly spoke, "Miss, there’s a rat."

A rat? Where?

Li Mumu followed her gaze but saw nothing.

At dusk, the visibility was limited, but even so, given her eyesight, she shouldn’t have missed seeing a real rat... unless what she saw wasn’t a real rat!

A chill crept up behind Li Mumu silently, making her shiver unconsciously.

Something was off.

She also sensed the almost imperceptible presences around her as well as the malice hidden within those presences.

Think I’m Hello Kitty just because I’m not showing my claws?

But in such a public setting, Li Mumu couldn’t just open three pairs of eyes and give them a harsh one.

"Miss?"

"Don’t say anything, let’s go back... no, let’s change places first."

It was a long way back to the Special Service Bureau from here, and Li Mumu couldn’t ensure that there wouldn’t be any accidents along the way, so now the only option was to find a place for the two of them to rest properly and see if they could come around.

...

"Big brother, this is the floor plan of the Shen Family Mansion."

Wang Yunxiao took the sketch from Youtiao and glanced at it, cursing in his heart the damn big households. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

The Shen family didn’t live in an ordinary house; it was almost a small castle, with the front and back gardens alone covering thousands of square meters. This building in the Seaside District was quite famous, known as the Shen Mansion.

Yulan Road, Shen Mansion.

There were security guards standing posts at both the front and back doors, and dogs were kept in the yard. Youtiao, relying on counting windows, had drawn a simple floor plan, but honestly, it wasn’t very accurate and could only serve as a reference.

"This is the information on the people of the Shen Family."

Youtiao handed over another piece of paper: "The head of the Shen family, Shen Jianzhen, is ostensibly just a university professor, but a professor can’t afford such a grand house. He also has a brother who does business overseas, reportedly specializing in foreign goods trade and has made a fortune over the years."

"He has three sons, the eldest son Shen Zhidong is in real estate, and all the tube houses in this area are properties of the Shen family, earning him the nickname Half-City Shen. The second son, Shen Zhibei, works in the municipal government, said to be a leader in the Education Bureau. The youngest son, Shen Zhinan, is a playboy, an idler who only knows how to spend money."

"Besides, he also keeps a mistress outside, reportedly having several concubines, but it’s not known where they are housed."

Wang Yunxiao nodded, the facade of the Shen family had not exceeded his expectations.

The Shen family in Cangzhou followed the same pattern.

From the outside, they appeared as the nouveaux riches who had risen in the past few decades by capitalizing on opportunities, possessing all the trappings of a grand household as well as all of its flaws.

Even a prodigal son had been nurtured.

You can’t just kill the entire family because they made some extra money and did some not-so-legal things behind the scenes.

For instance, the issue with the Imperial Jade Seal this time, Wang Yunxiao certainly had the capability to investigate thoroughly, subjecting those who didn’t tell the truth to severe torture and tracing back to the main instigator step by step.

It might be satisfying, and then what?

Would Wang Yunxiao need to face legal responsibilities himself?

There’s an old saying, "He who starts the trouble should end it."

After you’ve done it, can’t others do the same?

The Shen family had a hundred ways to absolve themselves of guilt, just as they had done in Cangzhou; when they realized they couldn’t beat you, they would throw out a scapegoat who would admit to the wrongdoing.

To tackle them, you needed solid evidence, striking where it hurts.

Otherwise, relying solely on Wang Yunxiao’s word, the problem would remain unsolved.

Where should he start? For a moment, Wang Yunxiao was also unsure. Although the Shen family seemed full of handles and loopholes, honestly, those were minor issues that wouldn’t shake the foundation of their household. Acting rashly would only alert them.

And the people of the Shen Family were not fools; did they not know that the news about the Imperial Jade Seal had leaked?

It was unclear what they would do next.

While Wang Yunxiao hesitated, Matuan came back from outside, bringing some not-so-good news.

Li Mumu and her two followers hadn’t returned to the station.

Wang Yunxiao hadn’t planned to return to school tonight. He had specifically left someone at the station to escort the three girls back. But at the appointed time, they didn’t show up and no one knew where they had gone.