Chapter 1573 - 1568: Mrs. Liu Has Awakened

Mu Xiaxia was at the Red House with Red Lady, and Mu Xiaxia had asked for an advance of eighteen taels and hasn’t appeared since.

That Red Lady and the shop’s assistant kept asking Mu Shuangshuang what happened, looking anxious.

However, Mu Shuangshuang didn’t say much, just brushed off Red Lady with Zheng Zhi.

Back at the residence of the fourth house of the Old Mu Family, Mu Dajiang and Mr. Mu were already impatiently waiting.

By the time Mu Shuangshuang returned, it was already past noon.

The old man hadn’t eaten lunch, nor had Mu Danian. They were all waiting for Mu Shuangshuang to return.

As soon as Mu Shuangshuang entered the courtyard, Mr. Mu approached, "Did you find her?"

"No, but I’ve already asked a friend for help, went to the government office, and had the arrest officers look for her!" Mu Shuangshuang casually said.

"The government officers will handle this?" Mr. Mu asked.

"They will! A missing person from the county is a big issue, it concerns the County Magistrate’s political performance!" Mu Shuangshuang replied.

"But why last time the head officers all had their own affairs and said they wouldn’t handle it?" Mr. Mu questioned with doubt.

"I don’t know!"

Mu Shuangshuang didn’t have the heart to tell the old man that maybe Mu Dade didn’t want the people at the government office to help find the person.

But none of this was important.

"Fourth Uncle, tell me, how much money do you have at home that is kept by Xiaxia?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

"About... thirty taels, I guess!" Mu Dajiang himself wasn’t sure.

Thirty taels, plus Mr. Mu’s ten taels, and Red Lady’s eighteen taels, that would be fifty to sixty taels.

Where did the remaining forty to fifty taels come from?

"Does Xiaxia know any wealthy friends?" Mu Shuangshuang was very anxious at heart, but she knew that no matter how anxious, she had to endure.

The heart cannot be chaotic because once it’s chaotic, saving Xiaxia wouldn’t be an easy task.

"No! Although she works outside, she never stays outside for long!" Mu Dajiang shook his head firmly.

"What about Fourth Aunt? Could she know something you don’t?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

"Shuangshuang, to be honest with you, your Fourth Aunt went mad and only repeats those few words mindlessly. Even if she knows something, she can’t tell you!" Mu Dajiang said with a mournful face.

"Take me to see her!" Mu Shuangshuang said.

Mu Dajiang led them into the house.

The room was kept clean and tidy, although the stench hadn’t completely dissipated.

Entering the room from the side door, Mrs. Liu, with wet hair, stared straight ahead, her eyes unfocused, yet she kept muttering the same words every day like chanting scriptures.

Mu Shuangshuang walked up to Mrs. Liu and held her face.

"Fourth Aunt, now I need your help. Tell me, what did Xiaxia say before she left!" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

Mrs. Liu stood motionless, her mouth still repeating those words.

At first, it was okay to hear, but over time, it really was like chanting scriptures.

A surge of anger suddenly arose in Mu Shuangshuang’s heart, "Enough! What’s the point of mumbling these now, will mumbling bring Xiao Chu back? If you truly feel guilty, get better quickly and join us in finding him!"

After Mu Shuangshuang’s words, Mrs. Liu still did not respond.

"Fourth Aunt, Xiaxia is also missing now, tell me, did she mention anything to you?" Mu Shuangshuang continued to ask.

On the side, Mu Dajiang couldn’t bear it anymore and stopped Mu Shuangshuang from asking further, "Shuangshuang, don’t ask your Fourth Aunt anymore. She doesn’t know anything, she knows nothing!"

"Not ask? Then should we just hide at home, blaming the heavens, blaming others?

I don’t understand what you think is the point of all this! Xiao Chu went missing, and no one will blame you.

My Fourth Aunt shouldn’t have taken the wooden bucket, shouldn’t have come to the county, and ultimately, isn’t it better if she hadn’t given birth to Xiao Chu, my grandfather shouldn’t have had Fourth Uncle, and if we keep pursuing this line of thinking, should there be no one in this world at all?"

The Old Mu Family’s people are best at enduring grievances.

Being scolded? Endure!

Being disdained? Still endure!

Even when beaten, they think it’s because they were ugly that they got beat!

Others are not at fault, only this kind of thinking made Mu Shuangshuang unable to feel any respect.

She didn’t believe in such things. No one is without mistakes, as long as your intention was not malicious before doing it, and you earnestly make amends afterward, you can be forgiven.

"Shuangshuang..." Mu Dajiang opened his mouth to say something but was stopped by Mr. Mu.

"Old Fourth, Shuangshuang is right, it’s not your fault or Xiaxia’s mother’s fault at all! It’s clearly someone intentionally kidnapped our grandson Xiao Chu from the Old Mu Family!

It’s clearly someone trying to trick Xiaxia for her money, and not only that, they took the person along too!" Mr. Mu complained a few sentences.

But those words woke Mu Shuangshuang up.

They tricked the person away and the money as well.

Mu Xiaxia isn’t a three-year-old child, she wouldn’t be easily taken by surprise.

So, this person should be someone Xiaxia knows, if not someone she completely trusts, how could she so easily be cheated out of such a significant sum of money as a hundred taels?

Mu Shuangshuang vaguely had a rough guess in her mind.

It also confirmed that the person who tricked Xiaxia was a familiar face, and going further, perhaps Xiao Chu’s disappearance is related to this person who fooled them for money.

"Fourth Aunt, tell me, who was with Xiaxia last, who was it!" Mu Shuangshuang asked excitedly, increasing her grip on Ms. Liu’s clothing.

Ms. Liu: "If I hadn’t gone in to get the wooden bucket..."

"Enough, if you must say this, then let me tell you the truth, it is your fault, you lost Xiao Chu, you lost Xiaxia.

Xiao Chu is now captured, tortured, beaten, manipulated, all because of your incompetence as a mother, do you see it? Xiao Chu is all bloodied, asking you: Mother, why did you abandon me..."

Mu Shuangshuang imitated a child’s voice, imitating it vividly, and the moment she called out "Mother," the previously wooden Ms. Liu suddenly reached out, covered her ears, and let out a piercing scream.

"Ah... Xiao Chu..."

This scream, as if stimulated, made the person at least have some response to external stimuli.

"Jinhua, Jinhua..." Mu Dajiang rushed over and held Ms. Liu tightly.

Ms. Liu, confused, opened her eyes, feeling like she had slept for a long time.

However, many things seemed fresh in her memory.

"Daddy Xiaxia..." Ms. Liu opened her mouth, but her voice was hoarse.

"You’re awake, you’re awake!" Mu Dajiang cried tears of joy.

Ms. Liu also burst into tears, "What about Xiao Chu? What about Xiao Chu? I just saw him all bloodied asking me why I abandoned him, I didn’t abandon him, I didn’t!"

Ms. Liu indeed restored her senses stimulated by Mu Shuangshuang.

Mu Shuangshuang breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, "Fourth Aunt, these things are not what you saw, they were put into your mind by me. Now not only Xiao Chu is missing, but Xiaxia is also missing. Tell me, what did Xiaxia say before she left, don’t leave out a single word!"