Chapter 313: Chapter 313

"Taking the blame? What blame?" At this time, someone asked very confusedly.

The Young Miss replied irritably, "Don't you understand? She means... eh, how did you come back again?"

At this moment, everyone was stunned because they saw something that was basically impossible—Xiaoyao had actually returned.

The person who had just asked the question was Xiaoyao, who had suddenly returned. However, Xiaoyao didn't seem to have come out from inside the room, but had returned from outside.

This meant that Xiaoyao hadn't been unable to get out because the secret passage was blocked, but had gone out and then returned for some unknown reason.

"I came back to find you and Nangong Suxin." Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"What, did you miss us? Do you think leaving without saying goodbye was very inappropriate?" The Young Miss jumped over and put her arm around Xiaoyao's shoulder with an ambiguous expression on her face, looking very intimate. Of course, this intimacy wasn't that kind, but the kind between two good friends.

"No." Xiaoyao shook his head. "I don't have the mood to care about you two."

"If you don't have the mood to care about us, what are you doing back here? Aren't you afraid these people will catch you?" Nangong Suxin pulled the Young Miss over, blocking the contact between the Young Miss and Xiaoyao. Even if you don't care, there are still differences between men and women—what a bad influence.

At the same time, Nangong Suxin's words were actually mocking the Mo Family Head, making his old face turn red.

"What do you mean these people catching me?" Xiaoyao pretended not to know, because he didn't want this matter to be known by the Young Miss and others.

"Stop pretending. We all know." The Young Miss said irritably.

"Pretending what? What do you know?" Xiaoyao still didn't give in. Maybe the Young Miss was trying to get information from him—this wasn't unheard of.

Now everyone seemed to feel that Xiaoyao didn't have any thoughts about the Mo family and even wanted to protect them. From any perspective, Xiaoyao had already been benevolent and righteous.

"I know my grandfather wanted to eliminate you today because of that Divine Calculator's fortune telling." The Young Miss said.

"Hehe, there was such a thing, but it's nothing. Anyway, I'm fine, so let's end this matter here." Xiaoyao smiled and didn't continue with this topic.

If there's a grudge, take revenge. Of course, if there's a favor, repay it too. Although the Mo family wanted to kill him this time, after all, the Mo family was the place that raised him. He could still tolerate the Mo family's behavior once. Of course, he wouldn't keep tolerating it forever. He had also said he hoped the Mo family would take care of themselves.

After this incident, when he faced the Mo family in the future, he would handle things more freely. This was also a good thing. Otherwise, if the Mo family came to ask him for help, as long as he could do it, he would definitely agree.

Xiaoyao's promise was more useful than many things and was what many people hoped to obtain. Even the Demon Cult could leave the Dongfang sisters behind for Xiaoyao's promise, which was enough to explain everything.

Therefore, what the Mo family lost might be more than what they wanted.

"Let's not talk about this. Since you know these people have ill intentions, why did you come back?" Nangong Suxin interjected and continued asking.

"I had no choice. There are even more ruthless people outside. I came to find you for protection." Xiaoyao said helplessly. "I should have checked the almanac before going out today. I'm really too unlucky."

"Ah, what did you say? There are even more ruthless ones outside? Who? Which person dares to bully you? Sister will stand up for you." The Young Miss patted her chest and blocked Xiaoyao behind her, looking like she was protecting him.

"It's not one person, but a group of people plus one person. However, this one person is more ruthless than that whole group. I had no choice but to ask for your help." Xiaoyao said with a bitter smile. Today he felt he must have offended Tai Sui—he was really too unlucky.

Xiaoyao never expected that he had just escaped from the Mo family when, very unluckily, he ran into another trouble. No, to be precise, it was two troubles—troubles from different people that appeared in this place at the same time. This was no longer coincidence but bad luck, and consecutive bad luck at that.

Originally, Xiaoyao had just escaped one trouble, but now he faced another trouble, and more than one.

"Who are they all?" Nangong Third Miss asked. She wanted to know who they were so she could arrange countermeasures. Since they could make Xiaoyao retreat here, they probably weren't simple characters.

"Actually, you know both groups of people. One is that old man who sold musical instruments before. He still hasn't given up. Seeing me alone, he wanted to catch me. Fortunately, I ran fast, otherwise I'd be kidnapped by him right now." Xiaoyao said with some resentment, though the resentment was directed at his own bad luck.

"That old man is seeking death, isn't he? Susu, keep an eye on him this time. Let's finish him off." The Young Miss was angry. To repeatedly cause trouble for Xiaoyao, she felt such a person could be eliminated.

"I know. If he runs away, I'll have people drag him out too." Nangong Third Miss nodded, then went to give orders. She gave her orders right here without contacting people outside, using some military-exclusive communication methods.

"If he knows we're here, he probably won't come over again." Nangong Suxin said. "Who's the other group?"

This old man wasn't hard to imagine, because he had been setting up his stall here for so long before. Anyone could think he would always stay here waiting for opportunities, and unluckily Xiaoyao happened to be alone.

"The other group is that Fourth Prince. I don't know what deep hatred there is, but he chased me for several streets when he saw me." Xiaoyao waved his hand and said very innocently.

"Fourth Prince? That Fourth Prince who once schemed against us? Damn, he still dares to look for you? I haven't even gone to settle accounts with him yet. Very good, today let's settle the account from when he schemed against us before." The Young Miss was angry. This was simply provocation. Even without Xiaoyao, she would beat up the Fourth Prince if she saw him.

"Fourth Prince—he's been very unlucky recently. I don't know when someone set him up, causing him heavy losses. Now he can't even afford to support retainers and can only follow rules and start over from scratch." Nangong Suxin said.

"Serves him right. Such people need to be taught a good lesson. We should thank whoever set him up." The Young Miss looked gloating.

"No need to thank me. It's what I should do." Xiaoyao said at this moment, making people momentarily confused about what he meant, but they quickly made the connection.

The Young Miss looked at Xiaoyao somewhat surprised and asked, "Could it be that the person who set him up was you?"

"Mm, but I didn't do it on purpose. He caught me and wanted me to help him refine pills. I refined them, but I also took the pills away." Xiaoyao waved his hand and said.

Looking at Xiaoyao's indifferent expression, obviously not taking this seriously, the Mo family members now seemed to understand more clearly what they meant to Xiaoyao. Even the Fourth Prince, who could become the king of Heavenly Wind Kingdom in the future, he didn't take seriously and had set him up so ruthlessly. What did they count for in comparison?

Moreover, this seemed to be something from several years ago. Back then, Xiaoyao could already do such things. What about now? That goes without saying.

"So that's how it was. I heard he was in the pill business before, with a very capable alchemist behind him who could refine high-quality pills. Business was always good, and he got a large order, then purchased a batch of precious medicinal materials, spending most of his fortune. But later the pills weren't delivered, and he lost a huge sum of money." Nangong Third Miss said based on the information she had. She had also speculated that this alchemist had set him up, but didn't expect this alchemist to be Xiaoyao.

"He caught you?" The Young Miss cared about this point.

"Mm, when I was in the New Moon Empire, he had nothing to do after losing, so he caught me to refine pills for him." Xiaoyao said indifferently.

"Caught you? He's really seeking his own death. I heard that batch of materials wasn't small and could refine many pills. Where are the pills?" Nangong Third Miss asked. She was very curious—those were materials that could bankrupt the Fourth Prince.

"You've already eaten them. You think it's simple for you to become experts so quickly? You think those pills were ordinary?" Xiaoyao said. He wasn't lying. Most of the Fourth Prince's stuff was given to Guxing, the Young Miss, and Nangong Suxin, keeping them supplied with pills for cultivation.

"That seems right. The pills in our hands aren't cheap. Thinking about these past years, what we've consumed could equal a Mo family." The Young Miss nodded and said.

"In that case, should we thank the Fourth Prince?" Nangong Suxin said playfully.

"From one perspective, you should indeed be grateful to him..." Xiaoyao said.

"Then I'll be gentler and just break both his legs to express gratitude." The Young Miss said, nodding.

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This is also called gratitude?

"This is how you express gratitude to him."

"Yeah, if it weren't to show gratitude to him, I'd beat him until he couldn't take care of himself." The Young Miss said, raising her fist. As a local tyrant, being schemed against by someone made it strange if she could swallow this anger.

"Let's go. Let's leave this place first, then I'll find a chance to disappear." Xiaoyao didn't want to stay here much longer either. He had no choice but to come back.

"Then let's go. By the way, how did you know we were here?" Nangong Suxin pulled Xiaoyao and walked forward, not giving others a chance to say anything. Others also had nothing to say—who would have the nerve to ask Xiaoyao to stay here now?

"With such strong auras from you all, it would be strange if I didn't notice." Xiaoyao said casually.

"So that's how it was." The Young Miss and others felt relieved. Although Xiaoyao's strength wasn't great, his senses were very keen. With the kind of aura they had just displayed, as long as one wasn't too far away, they would definitely be able to sense it.