Why Did You Provoke Her? She Can Tell Fortunes!-Chapter 186 - 159: Should Someone Like Mu Yunchu File a Police Report?
Mu Yunchu wanted to plead, but was retorted by Zhao Fang: "You misunderstood, I just want to take her to change clothes."
With such a response, Mu Yunchu had nothing more to say.
However, her concern for that little girl did not lessen in the slightest.
After returning to the room, Mu Yunchu took out the item that the little girl had secretly placed in her hand during the commotion.
She opened her palm to reveal the small paper figure she had sent to monitor the situation yesterday.
However, without the support of Spiritual Power, it had already turned into an ordinary piece of paper.
The reason Wang Xiaoque gave her this item was intriguing, making one curious about its deeper meaning.
It indicated that this girl, no more than ten years old, had realized their purpose here was not simple.
After a day, communication between Wen Xu and Mu Yunchu in the evening had become very natural.
He wrote:
’What does she mean?’
Mu Yunchu paused and replied with two words:
’Rescue.’
Perhaps she wanted Mu Yunchu to take her away from here.
Wen Xu said:
’Then we can tell the director and choose her as a prospective child.’
Mu Yunchu thought so too.
Wen Xu was about to rest, but noticed that Mu Yunchu had no such intention.
Having been here for three days, tonight was the time to go out and explore.
Mu Yunchu drew two Invisibility Talismans, using them on Wen Xu and herself. As the two left the room, to others, it appeared as if the door merely opened and closed again.
Seeing Cheng Ye standing not far away, intently watching the room, Mu Yunchu pondered for a moment, then used a Silence Talisman, capable of eliminating any sound they might make while walking or any other actions. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
For Wen Xu, this was his first such experience, and he found it quite marvelous.
He couldn’t help but stretch out his hand two meters in front of Cheng Ye and, finding that the latter did not react at all, looked at himself again.
Realizing that Mu Yunchu was about to walk far ahead, he accelerated his pace to catch up with her.
They spent the evening accomplishing almost everything that couldn’t be done during the day, inspecting the orphanage thoroughly. Even the security cameras at the entrance, installed for safety, couldn’t capture their images.
Wen Xu couldn’t help but think that someone like Mu Yunchu... should perhaps be registered with the police.
He was grateful she was a ’good person’.
No suspicious rooms were found, and Zhao Fang’s earlier mention of a room for sick children turned up nothing applicable.
The orphanage was only this large. Could it be that the children she mentioned had already been sent away?
If that’s truly the case, wasting any more time here with them might become pointless for Mu Yunchu.
While pondering the possibilities, a sobbing sound seemed to come from a room upstairs.
It lasted only for two seconds, but both heard it.
With a glance between them, not a word more was needed, and Mu Yunchu and Wen Xu climbed the stairs in unison.
The sound came from the room Zhao Fang had mentioned.
They walked to the window and peered inside.
Wang Xiaoque was kneeling in front of Zhao Fang.
In a thin vest, the former shivered, visible red-purple marks on her body, while the latter held a stick about as thick as sugarcane.
Wang Xiaoque appeared to say something, and the next moment, Zhao Fang, in a fit of rage, struck her with the stick.
At this age, the skin is naturally tender. Coupled with her full strength, a hit left an immediate red mark.
The scene was utterly shocking.
"Tell me, why did you purposely get close to those two people?" Zhao Fang grasped Wang Xiaoque’s jaw, "What are you trying to do? Are you planning to tell them about everything that happened to you, about our orphanage?"
Since breakfast, when Wang Xiaoque willingly sat next to Mu Yunchu, Zhao Fang had been wary of this possibility.
After all, similar incidents had occurred with previous potential adoptees.
Her gaze became increasingly dangerous, "You seem... particularly eager to leave?"
"Should I send you away, like your former little companions?" Zhao Fang said.
Wang Xiaoque seemed to realize something, quickly clutching Zhao Fang’s leg, crying and pleading: "Director Mom, I really didn’t want to reveal anything about our orphanage."
"I just really like the beautiful sister and brother who came this time."
"I really wouldn’t do such a thing."
The girl’s long eyelashes, damp with tears, clung together, looking exceedingly pitiable.
For a fleeting half-second, a trace of rare hesitation flashed in Zhao Fang’s eyes, quickly disappearing, as if it had never been there.
Because she had no intention of lowering the stick, instead raising her hand and delivering two more hits.
Fearing that Wang Xiaoque might get seriously hurt, Wen Xu wanted to make a noise to draw Zhao Fang out.
But that would clearly startle the snake.
However, they couldn’t just stand by and watch.
So Mu Yunchu and Wen Xu swiftly returned to their room. After ensuring Cheng Ye, who appeared to be dozing outside the door, hadn’t noticed anything amiss, they quickly set a restriction on the room.
Then, they opened the window.
Wen Xu didn’t know why she did this, but it was evident she didn’t want Cheng Ye to hear.
He couldn’t help but doubt her identity further.
Just how good was his hearing?
Amidst his thoughts, Mu Yunchu had already started moving.
She stood by the window, the cold wind outside rustling her clothes, the edges of her robe gently fluttering. Her eyes, cold as if covered by frost, fell lightly on a pile of firewood in the unnoticed corner of the backyard.
It was said that heavy snow had fallen a few days earlier, and although it had already melted, patches of dampness remained on the firewood.
Mu Yunchu raised her hand, pinching a newly drawn talisman between her fingers, the runes on the talisman paper glowing faintly red in the moonlight. She murmured a few words, her gaze suddenly turning fierce.
With a wave of her hand, she tossed the talisman paper into the air. The Fire Talisman ignited without wind, transforming into a burst of intense flame, seemingly with a spiritual nature, slicing through the night to land precisely on the firewood pile.
Such damp firewood, if ignited by an ordinary person, might take several tens of minutes, if it could even be lit at all.
But the fire brought by the talisman seemed to grow from within it.
Initially, it was merely a flickering little flame, but soon, the fire grew, crackling loudly, illuminating the surroundings.
After accomplishing all this, she closed the window, as if it had nothing to do with her.
All that was left was for Zhao Fang and the others to discover the fire.
Suddenly, someone shouted, and several people rushed out. The commotion was significant; even Zhao Fang couldn’t attend to Wang Xiaoque, startled into running out, staring at the burning firewood in a daze.
"How could it catch fire?"
"Quick, put out the fire! Quickly! Don’t let the children get hurt!"
As if realizing something, she quickly dashed upstairs, only to run into Cheng Ye coming downstairs.
