boyutpedia Chapter 405: Pearl of the Sea
Chapter 405: Pearl of the Sea
"Uncle, do you know where the Xie Mansion is?"
A little girl in a purple-black dress, adorned with silver ornaments all over her body, stood at the gate of Xie's house and grabbed the butler Xie who had just returned from sending someone home.
Butler Xie looked at the little girl who stopped him and seemed to be smiling sweetly, but for some reason, he always felt that this little girl was creepy in his heart.
"Little girl, why are you asking about the Xie Mansion?"
The little girl tilted her head and said, "I am looking for the current head of the Xie family. Of course, I have something important to discuss with you."
Butler Xie felt as if his neck was bitten by something. He reached out to touch it but felt nothing. He just waved his hands and shook his head and left. "I don't know what Xie Mansion is. You've got the wrong person."
"Really? But the badge that fell off your body is the identity badge of the current head of the Xie family. Do you really not know the Xie family?"
Butler Xie turned around and saw a centipede standing on the shoulder of the little girl who had nothing on her just now. It seemed that the centipede was at least as long as an adult man's forearm. Coupled with the little girl's eerie smile, Butler Xie felt that the bite just now was also caused by the little girl in front of him.
"Who are you? What do you want to do with Xie Mansion?"
Butler Xie lowered his eyes and glanced at his hands. His fingertips were purple and a black line was running straight up across his wrist.
"Old uncle, I told you! I am looking for the current head of the Xie family. Maybe you didn't hear me clearly. Let me say it again. I am looking for the current head of the Xie family - Xie Yuchen!"
Butler Xie wanted to struggle one last time, but he heard Xie Yuchen's voice behind him.
"You are the saint that my father has been waiting for for a hundred years for the Canghai family - the Pearl of the Canghai!"
"You are the head of the Xie family who is kept by that prince—Xie Yuchen!"
The evenly matched auras of the two men at this moment could not blend in with anyone else.
"Hello, I am reporting from the Canghai family - Canghai Pearl! I think I should be the first one to arrive among the three mountains, five peaks and six villages."
Canghai Mingzhu and Xie Yuchen shook hands and made peace, sticking out their tongues and blinking their eyes mischievously.
"I have heard from my father that you are indeed the first one to arrive. But before I take you there, could you first detoxify the steward of my Xie Mansion?" Xie Yuchen said, pointing at the steward Xie with purple air on his face behind him.
Canghai Mingzhu just snapped her fingers, and a spider as big as an adult's palm crawled onto Butler Xie's body.
Butler Xie looked at the huge spider and wanted to slap it away, but found that he was powerless to move. He could only watch the spider crawl to his neck, open its bloody mouth and bite him.
Butler Xie closed his eyes nervously and waited for a long time without feeling anything. When he opened his eyes again, he looked at the empty space in front of him. He trembled and did not dare to look back, for fear of seeing his own body lying on the ground beyond recognition.
"Uncle Xie, I'm going to take Miss Canghai back first, you should go back soon too!"
Xie Yuchen's voice came from behind him. Butler Xie looked back and saw that Xie Yuchen and Canghai Mingzhu were about to step into the Xie Mansion.
Butler Xie felt himself all over, then looked at the shadows under his feet, feeling as if he had been reborn.
Xie Yuchen sat in the study with Canghai Mingzhu, "What would you like to drink? Tea, coffee, juice or beverage?"
"Tea, I want to try the tea outside to see if it tastes better than the one in our village."
Xie Yuchen looked at Canghai Mingzhu, who had just cast a spell on someone silently and smiled like a bad guy, and now she became like a little girl praised by everyone, with her legs dangling on the ground.
"What kind of tea do you drink in the village? Homemade or purchased from outside?"
Xie Yuchen had never heard his father talk about this before. He knew people who played with Gu, or these people were people that even Uncle Di and Uncle Qin didn't know.
"People in our village go out once a year, and every time they come back they bring back several truckloads of supplies. I don't know what kind of tea it is, but the maid who serves me said it's just ordinary tea."
Canghai Mingzhu briefly introduced herself.
"Our village is a relatively secluded one, but we can barely make ends meet. But it's not like before. If it were before, we might still be living in isolation. Now we have to do a census, and we can be found no matter where we hide. The black-hearted people in the village next door to us were arrested because they refused to cooperate. I heard they were all sentenced."
"What about you? Didn't you resist?" Xie Yuchen suddenly remembered that he was only ten years old at that time. There was a piece of information suddenly published in the newspaper, saying that a group of bandits were hiding in the deep mountains and forests. They were arrested for refusing to surrender. No one knew what happened to them later.
Canghai Mingzhu shook his head, "Our clan leader, ancestors, and elders solved the problem behind closed doors, but when they all came out, they just told everyone in the village to go out and say hello, and get themselves an ID card to avoid being the same as those idiots next door."
"But, I know that the clan leader and His Highness have communicated with each other. I don't know the details. I was still young and didn't know it at that time. What I know now is what the clan leader told me after I became a saint."
"Then is your village safe for you to come out alone?" Xie Yuchen looked at Canghai Mingzhu, who was probably only 28 years old.
"I wanted to come out a long time ago, but the tribe leader wouldn't let me out. They said that the people outside were bad people and would trick me and sell me off, and then I wouldn't see the tribe leader anymore."
When Canghai Mingzhu talked about this, she put her hands on her hips and pouted angrily.
"Then why did your clan leader let you out now?"
Canghai Mingzhu thought for a moment, "It was your information that was published by those people wearing hats, and then the tribe leader and his men agreed. I don't know why, the tribe leader clearly didn't agree to my release the day before, but after seeing the information in the newspaper early the next morning, he agreed and sent three or four of the best witchcraft masters in the village to accompany me."
Xie Yuchen suddenly frowned, remembering that when he met Canghai Mingzhu just now, he only saw Uncle Xie and Canghai Mingzhu, and did not find any trace of other people.
"Don't worry, they are hiding in the dark to protect me. But you are safe here, so they can leave without any worries. We are not really isolated from the world and living in caves. Before we came out, the chief gave us a card and a key, saying that if you can't stay here, go to this address and someone will arrange for us to rest here."
Xie Yuchen looked at the familiar key and the black card and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he was also worried. This little girl might have more than just the title of Saint in their village, and her status was definitely not lower than that of the tribe leader she mentioned.
"This tea of yours is delicious! Do you have any more? When I go home later, can I bring some back?"
Canghai Mingzhu held the teacup and drank tea happily.
"When you get back, I'll prepare some for you to take back and drink. If you finish it, you can send someone to Xie's house to get it. I won't be stingy with these cans of tea."
Xie Yuchen looked at the naive little girl who could be so happy with just a cup of tea.
Xie Yuchen and Canghai Mingzhu stayed in the study for an entire afternoon. They basically didn't talk about anything. They were just asked to recommend where in Yanjing the food was delicious, where the scenery was beautiful, and where the scenic spots were fun.
A day passed like this, and it was not until Xie Yuchen lay in bed at night that he felt that he had not been so relaxed for a long time.
Ever since Daddy and father were sent to another world, he has been on edge. He can't even sleep well at night, for fear that some blind person will attack him in the middle of the night.