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Chapter 4298: 5.0050 A Sense of Déjà Vu

"Don't worry, I reckon whoever tries to trick her will probably end up in bad luck," Long Hui shook his head and whispered. "Furthermore, my cousin handles matters with extreme decisiveness."

"If someone truly provokes her... they might find themselves in deep trouble."

Long Xiangyun glared at her brother in annoyance. "Brother, your opinion of this person is getting higher and higher."

Long Hui silently lowered his gaze, merely thinking to himself: That's because we've suffered so many losses at her hands; those are all evaluations accumulated from painful past experiences.

"Who said I was worried about her!" Long Xiangyun huffed and turned, running towards the bustling street. "Brother, my ivory comb broke, buy me a new one."

Qiao Mu retracted her gaze from Long Xiangyun and turned it towards Princess Qing Xuexue, who was pushing through the crowd, buying various things for Fragment Little Six.

Mo Lian raised an eyebrow and said, "Suspicious?"

Qiao Mu shook her head. "If Qing Xuexue didn't want to return Little Six to me, she could have ordered an attack on us that day at the Princess's mansion."

"But she didn't; she even said she didn't want to hurt anyone and told us to leave," Qiao Mu whispered. "A person's eyes cannot lie. She's just playful, not bad."

"And I can feel that... powerful water spirit energy on her."

"A power second only to Sacred Water," Qiao Mu softly stated. "If she had truly fought me on the Heavenly Battle Stage that day, I might not have been able to defeat her with just the power of Sacred Wood."

Unless she used other means, such as talismans, poison arts, or summoned earth and water spirit energy, using Sacred Water to overwhelm the nine layers of spiritual water within Qing Xuexue.

Mo Lian smiled slightly, taking his little wife's hand, looking proud.

He knew that as long as his Qiao Qiao calmed down, she was the one who could see through situations and people's hearts the clearest.

His Qiao Qiao was very smart.

"Although Little Six dislikes her, he doesn't reject her," Qiao Mu whispered. "Fates gather and fates disperse; who can truly explain it?"

"They don't have many days left to be together anyway, so let them be."

"Qiao Qiao, you're so good," Mo Lian smiled, squeezing Qiao Qiao's small hand. His gaze fell upon Young Master Songfeng, who was following behind Qing Xuexue, and he frowned slightly. "That person?"

Qiao Mu slightly lowered her gaze, deep in thought. "I think... I've seen him somewhere before."

"Hmm?" Mo Lian was slightly startled, then curled his lips and hummed, "Wasn't it at Spring's Delight Pavilion?"

He had also seen the male madam of that Spring's Delight Pavilion. Mo Lian remembered meeting this person, the Seven Flowers, and Fan Mengfanyou once or twice when he went to find Grandmaster Qiao.

"No," Qiao Mu shook her head, her brows tightly knitted. "No, no. Not Spring's Delight Pavilion."

But she felt as if there were some things in her mind that didn't quite connect.

If she could find the pattern, she could naturally uncover this mystery.

Mo Lian was surprised by her words. He turned and gazed deeply at Young Master Songfeng.

"Qiao Qiao, this is easy to handle," he leaned in close to her, whispering a few words in her ear.

Qiao Mu nodded. "Mmm, be careful."

"Of course." Mo Lian squeezed her small hand, pulling her towards a nearby stall. "Qiao Qiao, do you want some tofu pudding?"

"Yes," Grandmaster Qiao's eyes lit up. Without her husband leading her, she took small steps and walked towards the stall.