Chapter 218 Here We Are

“Leader, we’ll reach the house after the corner upfront.” Xiaowu turned around and pointed respectfully at the corner not far away.

Cheng Xiaoxiao looked in the direction where Xiaowu had pointed to and found that there were only walls and walls in sight. There was no sign of the house that Xiaowu had mentioned.

Not just the courtyard, she didn’t even see any gate or door.

But she believed in Xiaowu!

After all, Xiaowu handpicked the place himself. Based on his loyalty to Chu Yunshen, she believed that the house would definitely not be too bad.

Just as Cheng Xiaoxiao restrained her curiosity, Mu Bai, who had been silent for a while, was irritated. He muttered behind Chu Yunshen in a low voice, “From the looks of it, the place must be shady. This time, he even said that he wanted us to disguise as a circus. I think the whole thing is shady…”

“Tell me, why is it shady?” A cold voice interrupted Mu Bai’s nagging.

“Well, it is because we don’t look like a circus!” Mu Bai blurted honestly since he thought that it was Xiaowu who asked him.

It was not until he finished speaking quickly that he realized the voice that asked him just now did not sound like Xiaowu’s, but it was Chu Yunshen’s voice.

“Master, I did not mean that. I did not say that your idea is not good… I just feel that we look weird… Imagine, three men with a Persian cat…” Mu Bai had already felt the chill aura on Chu Yunshen’s body and his sharp glare.

Therefore, Mu Bai tried to explain himself as much as possible, hoping to redeem himself.

“It’s fine.”

Chu Yunshen’s voice was flat, and there was no emotion in it.

But when Mu Bai heard these two words, he quickly breathed a sigh of relief, regardless of Chu Yunshen’s tone or the meaning behind his words.

Mu Bai was too young to understand Chu Yunshen’s tricks. Cheng Xiaoxiao could guarantee that Mu Bai would feel Chu Yunshen’s evil soon.

As Cheng Xiaoxiao expected, while Mu Bai beamed in joy, Chu Yunshen’s elusive voice faintly came from in front of Mu Bai.

“After moving the things, go to the next door.”

Mu Bai’s smile froze instantly. He stared at Chu Yunshen’s tall figure in disbelief, trying to attract Chu Yunshen’s attention, “Why should I go next door? Why me?”

“We will have a show tonight.”

Chu Yunshen gently turned his head and looked at Mu Bai without turning his body.

The frozen smile on Mu Bai’s face gradually disappeared. “Are we going to perform? So you want me to check out the situation?”

At this time, Mu Bai had already turned on his crazy questioning mode, but Chu Yunshen ignored his useless questions and slowly walked forward.

“Why me? Isn’t Xiaowu always responsible for this kind of thing?”

This was where Cheng Xiaoxiao admired Mu Bai. When Chu Yunshen gave an order, Xiaowu would agree immediately even if he had questions.

Mu Bai was different.

He was always able to express all his doubts in a short period of time, and he had the tendency to get to the bottom of the matter. However, his technique was useless because it depended on whether Chu Yunshen was willing to answer his questions.

When would Chu Yunshen be willing to answer Mu Bai’s questions? It was when he was in a good mood, which was so rare that even a dimwitted person like Cheng Xiaoxiao could clearly feel the difference. As for other times, Chu Yunshen would only reply what was necessary, such as right now.

“I need him to do other things.”

Mu Bai watched Chu Yunshen walk in front of him with a pout on his face. Unfortunately, Mu Bai did not get any response from Chu Yunshen other than a gloating smile from Xiaowu who was at the front.

Life had finally taken action against Mu Bai, the “psychopath”!

What goes around comes around.

Cheng Xiaoxiao disliked Mu Bai even more as compared to Xiaowu. Now that she witnessed how Chu Yunshen “taught” him a lesson, she was over the moon, and she felt much better now.

Her drowsiness and boredom disappeared without a trace as Xiaowu and Mu Bai joked around.

Finally, they passed the corner that Xiaowu had pointed at.

As soon as they turned the corner, Cheng Xiaoxiao felt that her vision had widened a lot. Everything in front of her brightened up. It was different from the narrow paths that could not allow two people to walk shoulder to shoulder. Only this section of the road could be called “alley”!

Not only was her vision suddenly clear, but there were also sounds of people talking around her, as well as the noise coming from the street outside the wall not far away.

Had it not been for Xiaowu and Mu Bai to cheer up the mood, Cheng Xiaoxiao would have been bored to death.

Now that she heard these slightly noisy sounds, she was extremely happy. This was what it should be like on normal days. The eerily quiet and complicated paths just now were too depressing.

It was still Xiaowu leading the way. When he continued forward, he paused for a moment when he passed by a wooden door. He turned around, mouthed silently to Chu Yunshen, and made some gestures with his fingers.

Cheng Xiaoxiao guessed Xiaowu’s mouth shape with all her might. From the looks of it, she could probably tell that Xiaowu was saying “This is it.”

Chu Yunshen did not stop walking. Instead, he carried the cat and glanced at the gate.

The gate of the courtyard was closed, and there was nothing on the wooden door. However, there was a burst of rough laughter coming from the wooden door, and the voices of many men chatting.

Their accent did not sound like the local accent of the capital, and it did not even sound like the language of Chu.

Cheng Xiaoxiao had heard a few words that were similar to modern Mongolian, and of course, it could be the local language of other ethnic groups.

It seemed that Xiaowu was right. The people living here were definitely the group of Hu merchants who possessed Datura.

When they walked past the courtyard, Xiaowu stopped in front of a wall.

The wooden door of this house was slightly better than the door of Hu merchants’ house. Even the wall was newer, unlike the wall of Hu merchants’ house where bricks were exposed and cracked.

It was not that Cheng Xiaoxiao had amazing eyesight, nor was it that she was extremely observant. It was all thanks to the ability of the Persian cat. As a cat, she could always notice some small details that were easy to ignore by humans. The instinct of cats always let her observe the safety of the surrounding environment when she came to a new place.

Xiaowu had already opened the copper lock on the wooden door. As soon as the door was pushed open, Cheng Xiaoxiao was choked by the dust and musty smell.

At this moment, Cheng Xiaoxiao was determined to take back the words that the ability of a cat was good. Reality always quickly gave her a slap in the face.

There was clearly Xiaowu in front of Cheng Xiaoxiao, and she was in Chu Yunshen’s embrace.

However, Xiaowu, who was at the front, only slightly covered his nose. Chu Yunshen did not even frown, probably because the dust that spread to him was almost negligible.

She, on the other hand, was coughing and sneezing. Her big brown eyes were even full of tears, and her small nose was much more moist than usual. It seemed that even her snots were coming out.

Cheng Xiaoxiao suspected that someone had secretly fed her some pungent chewing gum, and now she could not stop this suffering.

If she had known it was like this, she might as well not restore her sense of smell.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was still coughing, and soon she felt a warm breath on her back.

It was Chu Yunshen who was using his palm to calm her down. His technique was a little clumsy, but fortunately, there was no big mistake. Under Chu Yunshen’s gentle touch, the cat finally slowly calmed her breath.

Finally, she stopped coughing. It was really a tough and unforgettable experience.

Feeling that the cat’s breathing had calmed down, Chu Yunshen did not stay at the door anymore. He then carried the cat and gestured for Xiaowu to go in.

Only then did Cheng Xiaoxiao realize that they had already wasted a lot of time at the door because she was feeling unwell.

“At least Chu Yunshen has some conscience,” Cheng Xiaoxiao thought.

But when she thought about how Chu Yunshen had dodged her in the carriage, she was still a little pissed off.

Cheng Xiaoxiao originally wanted to rub Chu Yunshen’s arm out of habit, but after a trace of dissatisfaction flashed through her eyes, she forcefully stopped her movements.

However, Chu Yunshen did not notice her tiny movements at all because he was looking around the courtyard in front of him. Hence, he missed the best time to make amends with Cheng Xiaoxiao. When he wanted to reach out and touch her, Cheng Xiaoxiao arrogantly twisted her body and jumped into this medium-sized courtyard.

The courtyard that Xiaowu rented was really just right, except that it was empty and there was nothing at all.

There were many messy branches on the wall of the courtyard, stretching through the wall into the courtyard.

It seemed that the courtyard of Hu merchants next door should be planted with a lot of old trees. Otherwise, there would not be so many thick branches that extended into their courtyard.

There were houses on all the four sides of the courtyard. As for how these houses were to be used, Cheng Xiaoxiao had not yet been able to go around to check them out, so she was clueless.

Forget it. She could wait until after Xiaowu and the others cleaned up the houses.

Cheng Xiaoxiao looked at the thick layer of leaves under her feet with slight disgust. She picked up the rotten leaves on the front paws with her other paw. Probably because of these branches, the ground of the courtyard was covered with layer after layer of leaves.

“Don’t you find it dirty?”

After the cat jumped away, Chu Yunshen lowered his head slightly. At this time, he was looking at the cat who was looking around on the ground with his pair of profound eyes.

“It’s none of your business!”

“Don’t hug me if you think I’m dirty!”

“So, was that why you didn’t let me touch you? Was it because I was dirty?!”

At this moment, Cheng Xiaoxiao felt that Chu Yunshen’s mysophobia was acting up again. This time, he must be disgusted with her again. Then, she thought of Chu Yunshen’s evasive eyes…

So, after Chu Yunshen finished asking, she gave Chu Yunshen a fierce look. Then, she did something that made the three men present flabbergasted.

Cheng Xiaoxiao rolled on the ground full of rotten leaves. It was as if she didn’t roll enough, because she made two turns rolling on the ground.

Alright!

Cheng Xiaoxiao looked at her body with satisfaction and revealed an evil smile.

In order to punish Chu Yunshen, she was going all out.

At this time, the cat’s body was full of the leaves that she crushed when she rolled around. Some of the leaves were dry, very brittle, and easily turned into powder. At this time, they all blended into the cat’s snow-white fur, unable to shake off.