Chapter 78: Return to the Goddess's Embrace
Why did she pretend to be sick? Shen Tingyu was wondering.
A weak voice came from the yard, and the voice gradually rose: "Yihan, who's here?"
The girl's eyes were still alert. She pried at the crack of the door, refusing to open it. "Sister Xiaofang, this is a strange man. It's better to be cautious when Brother Miao is not here."
Xin Hongying put away her noble demeanor and became even more affable than usual. "My last name is Kang, and I've come to visit Chef Miao."
The girl glanced at the man and the doctor behind him. She felt uncomfortable with the man's aura and said in a slightly cold tone, "Brother Miao is not here, Mr. Kang, please go back."
Bang!
The gate closed again with lightning speed.
The faint sound of several conversations penetrated the wall.
"Sister Han, who is that person outside?" Another cold voice sounded.
I don't know what they said, and then there was no sound.
Xin Hongying was turned away. A strange look flashed in his eyes, and he said slowly and calmly, "Strange, very strange."
Shen Tingyu knew that these words were spoken to her, and she nodded, which was indeed a bit strange.
The doctor behind him didn't know what was going on and thought he was talking to himself, "Master Kang, do you still need me to treat the lady in the yard?"
The doctor didn't care. Her consultation fee would not be refunded whether the patient saw the patient or not. However, after she received the money, she still had to ask about it before she felt at ease.
Xin Hongying waved her hand and said, "Let's stop today. I'll come back when it's convenient for you."
Turning around, he ran into Chef Miao who was coming back from shopping at the corner of the street. He was furious: "Why are you near my house? You actually followed me secretly!"
Xin Hongying was slightly startled, and her deep, cold eyes narrowed. "I didn't come here to follow you. I just left your house, and I came to ask you something."
Chef Miao glared at him angrily, his expression impatient: "Didn't I tell you very clearly today at Manhualou? I won't say anything, just give up."
Xin Hongying's calm eyes swept over the sparse pedestrians on the street. "Are you sure you and I want to have this conversation here? I must get to the bottom of this today."
Chef Miao thought for a moment, then walked past him, carrying his things and waving his sleeves. "Then come with me."
He opened the door with the key and said coldly, "Come in."
Turning around, he called out softly, "Fang Niang, I'm back. There are guests."
The weak female voice responded, "You're back. Is this the Young Master Kang from earlier?"
The pretty girl he had just met came out from a room on the side and looked at him in surprise, frowning slightly, but said nothing more.
A girl in white stood behind her, helping a pale-faced woman out from the inner room. Chef Miao came forward and, smiling, helped the woman sit down on a stool.
"Fengda, be careful not to catch a cold. I brought back some food from Manhua Tower. It's all your favorite."
Xin Hongying nodded and greeted the woman softly.
"Mr. Kang." Fangnian smiled and nodded in response to his greeting, his eyes on Xin Hongying, as if asking something with his eyes.
Chef Miao understood, put down what he was carrying, and explained, "Mr. Kang, I have something to discuss with you. It won't be long. Please wait here for a while. I'll be right back."
Xin Hongying waved her hand and said, "I heard that Madam has been ill for a long time. I found a doctor in the clinic who may be able to relieve Madam's worries and restore your health."
The doctor was very understanding. She nodded, put down the medicine box in her hand, and said softly, "Madam, let me take a look at you."
Chef Miao looked at the doctor, his eyes filled with complex emotions.
Shen Tingyu noticed that the two girls looked at each other, their eyes still full of hostility towards Xin Hongying, as if they were naturally hostile. It was quite strange, and he couldn't help but look at them two more times.
How strange!
Do they know the tyrant?
And you have a grudge against him?
The sight gradually faded away until it was blocked by a wall, but the doubt remained.
If the system was there, she could use the system's 365-degree navigation scan to quietly find out the identities of the two girls and then come back safely.
But now that the system was being upgraded, she instinctively became more cautious and stayed quietly in the purse hanging around her waist.
In the quiet room on the other side, Chef Miao lowered his voice and said, "I know you are here for Wu Ni Xiang."
His eyes were pious, and he made a mysterious gesture with a resolute expression: "But Wu Ni Xiang is a sacred object of our Miao people. Give up. No matter how much money you pay, or even if you cure my wife, I will not tell you its whereabouts."
"Swear to protect our clan's sacred objects until death."
Xin Hongying sneered and said slowly, "Protect until death?"
"You might have even forgotten the gesture your tribe uses to kowtow to the goddess."
Chef Miao's expression changed, his eyes fixed on him, his voice rising: "How did you know that my people would kowtow to the goddess!"
"Tell me quickly! Who are you? Are you also..." His eyes gradually showed some hope.
Xin Hongying shook her head: "I'm not Miao."
no.
The light in Chef Miao's eyes gradually dimmed. He felt like he was being teased. He clenched his fists, his arm muscles bulging slightly. "Are you kidding me..."
Xin Hongying interrupted him and continued, "But I have a way to clear your name. As a way of atonement, you can return to Miaojiang and return to the embrace of the goddess."
Chef Miao's pupils suddenly contracted violently, his clenched fists loosened as if losing strength, and his voice became hoarse: "How do you know so much..."
"You... who are you?!"
Xin Hongying coaxed him: "Do you want to go back?"
Before his mother died, her tears of grief were so clear that Chef Miao swallowed nervously. He wanted to go back, he wanted to go back so badly...
The cold voice became firm and gentle, "I can help you, believe me, as long as you tell me the whereabouts of Wu Nixiang, I can let you go back!"
Chef Miao murmured, "Go back..."
He really wanted to go back to the holy place in his childhood memories and return to the arms of the goddess. That was the sense of belonging that he had been missing for a long time but longed for in his heart after leaving his hometown and his mother passed away!
Fang Niang's weak cough was heard from the room outside at the right time: "Cough..., cough cough cough..."
The coughing sound was weak, each one softer than the last, as if he could cough up blood at any time, which affected his heart. Chef Miao's eyes changed slightly, the desire in his heart gradually faded away, and he felt a little regretful.
Fangniang is weak and cannot travel by boat or by train. How could he bear to abandon her?
Chef Miao slowly closed his eyes, a tear slipped across the corner of his eye, and he wiped the tear away with his calloused, no longer white hands. His voice was no longer angry.
He took a long breath and raised his hand to see the guest off.
"Go away and don't come back. I swore in front of my mother that I would take the secret of the holy relic into my coffin."
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