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Ding Bao saw Mu Heqing's floor and was about to walk over when someone tugged at his clothes.

The girl who grabbed him was a little girl with a round face, probably not even five years old.

The little girl, her voice still sweet and her eyes filled with anger, said, "You bad guy! I remember you! You bullied my sister!"

The little fists kept hitting Ding Bao. Ding Bao was already annoyed by being hit by others, but now he was being hit by a little girl. He immediately swung his fist at the little girl.

But he missed, and instead picked up the little girl with both hands.

The man holding the little girl was a strangely dressed young man. He wore a black jacket embroidered with red flowers, and his short hair had a small braid made of red cotton rope hanging down from it. The braid was only as thick as his little finger. He was looking at Ding Bao with a puzzled expression.

Ding Bao's punch missed its mark, and he fell heavily to the ground, then remained motionless.

"Hit him! Hit him!" The little girl was very violent, kicking her legs wildly.

The young man stepped forward, glanced at Ding Bao, and sighed, "Ah, they're all dead. There's no point in fighting them now."

"Good that you're dead, good that you're dead!" The little girl wasn't afraid at all and clapped her hands repeatedly.

The young man asked, "Do you have a grudge against him?"

"He bullied my sister, I hate him!"

"Where are your family members? Why are you out alone?" the young man asked.

“My sister went to work, and my mother went to work. I was home alone. I was hungry. I don’t know how to cook. I didn’t run away on purpose.”

The little girl lowered her head.

"You're hungry? That's easy!" the young man exclaimed happily. "I'm a great cook, I'll cook for you. Where do you live?"

"Brother, can you cook? And Mom said we can't let strangers into the house." The little girl was very skeptical.

"If it weren't for me, you would have been beaten to death by this person. How dare you doubt me? Besides, I'm a very good cook. There was an older sister who ate my cooking for three years! Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find her for a long time."

The young man looked extremely sad.

"Big brother, don't be sad. What's the name of that sister you mentioned? Maybe I know her," the little girl comforted him.

The young man immediately broke into a bright smile and said, "Her name is Mu Heqing, and she is the person I like the most in the world."

…………

Seeing her colleagues and boss again, Mu and Qing felt as if they had been in another world.

The boss, Qian Li, sat opposite Mu Heqing and drank cup after cup of his Kung Fu tea.

"Xiao Mu, why don't you have some too? Don't young people like tea?" Qian Li had a smile on his face, his attitude was frighteningly amiable.

In all her years of working, Mu and Qing had never seen their boss treat them so well.

"Boss, I don't think I'm suited for this job..."

Mu Heqing wanted to resign this time, because given her current situation, it was no longer suitable for her to continue in this job.

"Oh, Xiao Mu, do you feel the salary is too low? No problem, no problem. You're going on a business trip to Qingcheng, this salary really isn't enough." Boss Qian changed his tone.

Mu and Qing were puzzled. All Ouyang Zhu had done was to make a promise to Boss Qian, so why did the boss treat her as if the company couldn't function without her?

Mr. Qian took a sip of tea and said, "Guihui Group has signed quite a few contracts with us. They specifically asked you to handle their business. Xiao Mu, if you have any difficulties, be sure to tell me. The company will do everything it can to help you. You must be tired. Here's what we'll do: give you a week of paid leave to rest."

His words implied that he disagreed with Mu and Qing's resignation.

Ouyang Zhu actually didn't offer any money or promises. If Mu Heqing resigns now, she'll be cutting off the boss's source of income. If she insists, the boss might cry.

Sifei really gave her a difficult problem.

The company's performance has fluctuated over the past few years. Once they've found a powerful patron, the boss is unlikely to want to step down.

If Boss Qian Li were a heartless boss, Mu Heqing would have turned her back and left by now. But he's actually a decent person, and her colleagues take good care of her.

Was she going to say that she was in danger at the company? Maybe the boss would tell her that danger was nothing, no business and no money was hell.

Oh well, I'll just try to come to the company as little as possible anyway.

They even gave her a raise.

Mu Heqing left the company with no choice; she never expected that her first pay raise would be for this reason.

She put on her helmet, started her electric scooter, and hadn't gone far when she heard a clear female voice.

"Miss, wait a minute, wait a minute, you've lost your ID card!"

Mu and Qing stopped their electric scooter and turned to look at the source of the voice. The person calling her was a girl with a high ponytail, who was holding up a card.

Mu Heqing patted her pockets. She had originally planned to come today to complete her resignation procedures, so she had brought her ID card with her. She didn't know when she had lost it.

"Thank you." Mu Heqing took the ID card from the girl.

"Luckily I found it, otherwise it would have been a real hassle to get a replacement." The girl glanced at Mu Heqing's ID card, saw the address on it, and looked slightly surprised. "You're from Huacheng too? Me too! Your house is so close to mine, just across the street!"

Mu Heqing put away his ID card and said in surprise, "What a coincidence! I haven't met many people from Huacheng here. Do you work here?"

She was more patient with the people from her hometown, especially since they had found her ID card.

The girl stuck out her tongue: "I'm a senior at Ancheng University. I'm currently doing an internship around here. I'll be graduating soon, but I don't know if I'll be working in Ancheng or Huacheng after graduation."

"Where do you want to go?"

Mu and Qing were unusually inclined to chat; the girl had clear eyes and seemed to have no ill intentions.

"Going back to Huacheng would be the best thing. I still want to go back to Huacheng. Last time I went home, Huacheng had changed a lot. I felt like an outsider."

"It's changed a lot?" Mu Heqing asked.

The girl nodded and said, "Yes, Huacheng has been teeming with crows lately. I've never seen so many crows before."

A crow? Mu Heqing's mind raced.

The two chatted for a while, then the girl with the high ponytail glanced at her phone and said anxiously, "Oh dear, I have to go back to my internship. Let's chat next time, miss!"

"Oh, then I won't bother you any longer. Thank you for finding my ID card."

Mu and Qing realized that they had been talking for a while.

"Okay, let's chat again next time!" the girl said with a bright smile.

Mu and Qing were charmed by the girl's smile, and at the same time found her words amusing. They hadn't even exchanged contact information, so how could they possibly chat again next time?

She turned around, got back on her electric scooter, and rode away, while the girl who had been anxious stood there, staring in the direction she left.

Mu and Qing returned home and first called her mother.

"Mom, how's things at home lately?"

"It's fine, what else can you do? What about you? Do you want your dad and me to come see you?" Mu's mother thought Mu and Qing were homesick.

"No, no need, I'm fine."

As soon as Mu and Qing spoke, they regretted it. They knew that what she said would make her mother suspicious.

"Qingqing, don't you want your old mother anymore?"

"No, I was just asking you," Mu Heqing explained anxiously.

"Your dad and I will come to see you tomorrow," Mu's mother promptly confirmed the trip.

"No, no, no, I'm on vacation. I'm going home tomorrow." Mu Heqing sighed. Everyone around her was decisive and efficient.

"real?"

"Really, I wanted to give you a surprise." Since Mu and Qing were going back to Huacheng anyway, this was the only thing they could say.

"My dear daughter, what's so surprising about this? Just tell me when you get back. Your dad and I will cook for you. And let me know when you've booked your train tickets."

Mu and Qing had no choice but to agree, as her mother had no other option.

After she booked her train ticket, she received another message from Jiang Mu, inviting Mu and Qing to dinner at a restaurant the next day.

Mu Heqing clicked her tongue; she had a feeling that something was off about Jiang Mu.

If Jiang Mu were a genuinely good person, she would have no reason to doubt him, but he clearly wasn't. If she still considered Jiang Mu a good person, she would be a fool.

But he was too enthusiastic towards her. Aside from initially approaching her because of the Kyushu Manor, whether it was a genuine or fake chance encounter, Mu and Qing had an indescribable feeling about it.

He wouldn't like her, would he?

If that's true, then that would be troublesome.

Or is he essentially a person who seeks danger?

Mu Heqing recalled his initiative to contact Bao Yan. Deng Qian had a long-standing friendship with him, so it wasn't surprising that she would face Bao Yan. But what about Jiang Mu?

Mu Heqing re-examined her relationship with Jiang Mu. When she was with Jiang Mu, she would always be led by him and would subconsciously feel that he was relatively harmless.

When they first met, Mu and Qing wanted to stay away from him, so how did they end up getting closer and closer?

I have to go back to Hwaseong tomorrow, maybe next time.

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Mu Heqing declined Jiang Mu's invitation. Jiang Mu was a man with a magical charm, so it was better not to meet him. Otherwise, once Mu Heqing saw his face and heard his words, he would immediately forget his warning.

We absolutely must never see each other again.

Mu and Qing brainwashed themselves.

Jiang Mu quickly sent a disappointed emoji, then asked her if going to Huacheng was going home. After receiving an affirmative answer from Mu Heqing, he expressed that he really wanted to go to Huacheng.

Mu and Qing sensed that Jiang Mu wanted to go with them, and immediately said that they had business to attend to in Huacheng, but would definitely take him to Huacheng next time.

I'm really looking forward to it; I've been looking forward to it ever since we met at the coffee shop.

cafes?

Mu Heqing recalled that time when she went to see the Sifei Art Exhibition and saw those paintings that disgusted her, it was Jiang Mu who took her away. They went to a coffee shop, and she personally made empty promises to Jiang Mu.

She said that if Jiang Mu went to Huacheng, she would take him to see it.

Ah, Jiang Mu was so looking forward to it, waiting until now?

Haha, there's no need to have such high expectations.

[I'll definitely do it next time.]

Mu and Qing replied again.

After seeing Jiang Mu off, Mu and Qing packed their luggage. It had been a long time since she had returned to her hometown, and she was still a little excited.

However, she needed to confirm the matter of the crow. If it really was Yu Hai, the good brother of the Nightmare, then what did he want to do?

Mu and his high school classmates were all strange guys, and Yu Hai was no exception. He had many birds that looked like crows, and he and the Nightmare usually appeared at the same time.

This time, however, he did not appear in Ancheng; instead, his bird appeared in Huacheng.

What does he want to do?

She can now ask Sifei what exactly happened when she went to find Yinyin.

This technique is called placement.