AWDC Chapter 47

Chapter 47: Mu Chuang’s Mindset Towards Lin Xi Changes

“Father, have you looked closely? We share the same surname.” Mu Chuang didn’t want to say he was his son, using a roundabout way to make him understand, “Even if I’ve made some mistakes, you can’t really just chop me down, can you?”

It would have been better if he hadn’t said that, because as soon as he did, Old Master Mu got even more angry, “It’s precisely because you’re my son that I’m in an even more difficult position. I can’t possibly disregard human life for your sake, can I? How could I have given birth to such an idiot like you?”

Mu Chuang felt uncomfortable being called an “idiot,” but the current situation made him realize the seriousness of the matter, so in the end, he had to swallow his anger and shamelessly come up with a terrible idea, “You’ve handled so many cases, surely you can think of a way to find loopholes?”

The way he said it made it seem like he didn’t realize his mistake, but was instead giving someone else advice, which made Old Master Mu even more furious.

“You confounded thing! If it were as easy as you say, would I have come to you? ” Old Master Mu was so angry that his beard was trembling, and he was just short of slapping him. “Go to the prison yourself and meet the person you ordered, then think of a way to solve it yourself.”

After he finished speaking, he flung his sleeves, opened the door, and stormed out, leaving Mu Chuang dumbfounded.

“What the hell? He wants me to solve it myself? What kind of father does that?” He supported his forearm with one hand and rested his chin on the other. “I’ll go. I want to see what kind of fool was willing to listen to me.”

After saying that, he found a servant to accompany him, but in reality, he was just having him lead the way. When he arrived outside the prison, he waved him away.

The light inside the prison wasn’t very bright, but it didn’t affect the ability to discern people’s outlines. As soon as he entered, a middle-aged man who had been beaten black and blue came into his view, currently locked in chains.

“This is?” He carefully distinguished the man’s features. At first glance, he looked somewhat familiar, and on closer inspection, even more so. “Wu… Liang… De?”

As he pronounced each word, the other party slowly raised his head.

“Heh heh…” Wu Liangde twisted his face into a smile, a contemptuous smile. “Young Master Mu, you’ve played a good game. You promised so confidently that you wouldn’t let your father catch me, but now how did you get me arrested?”

“Isn’t it just because the stolen goods weren’t distributed to you? Why did you betray us so quickly? You were the one who instructed us to do it in the first place, and you were the one who provided us with their escort route, saying it was to deal with Zhao Yuming. So now, we’ve fallen into your hands, what’s the meaning of this?”

His barrage of words gave Mu Chuang so much information at once that it would be rude not to “thank” him.

“Speak, keep talking,” Mu Chuang said with his arms crossed and a fake smile. “Tell the truth, and if there’s even one untrue word, you’ll suffer.”

He was worried about not being able to find anyone to understand what the original owner had been doing recently, and what entanglements he had with whom. This person in front of him was a major breakthrough point, and he absolutely couldn’t miss the opportunity.

“If you can convince me, I’ll have my father give you a lighter sentence.” He continued to add, his purpose being to get the other party to reveal even more information.

“Playing dumb when you know the truth, despicable and shameless.” Wu Liangde cursed in his heart, but he was honest on his lips, and like pouring beans, he told the story of the grudges and love affairs that Mu Fang had made, as well as the case of instructing him to do bad things.

Mu Chuang listened in silence, slowly digesting the large amount of information he had suddenly received.

From Wu Liangde’s mouth, he learned that Zhao Yuming was very fond of Lin Xi and had offered a high price to redeem his indenture from Mu Fang, but Mu Fang refused, and so the two became enemies.

As the chief  (head escort) of Changshun Escort Agency, Zhao Yuming also had some strength and had openly and secretly tripped up Mu Fang a lot, causing the hatred between the two to deepen.

A few days ago, he had received a job from the local wealthy man Yang Sheng, helping him transport a batch of goods to another place, but Mu Fang revealed his whereabouts to the local bandit leader Wu Liangde and instructed him to rob the goods in order to damage Changshun Escort Agency’s reputation in the area, and then face huge compensation, ultimately achieving the purpose of revenge.

Mu Fang had confidently guaranteed that he would never let his father catch him, but…

“The old man is quite capable. He actually managed to arrest him so quickly.” Mu Chuang ridiculed in his heart, “According to the style in TV dramas, shouldn’t county magistrates take money to avoid disasters and ignore things after eating their fill? My ‘father’ is really idle, doing things so conscientiously.”

“However…” He suddenly grabbed the most important piece of information, which was that the Zhao Yuming of this world also liked Lin Xi, and had even reached the point of openly snatching him from him.

“Hmph!” He supported his elbow with one hand and his chin with the other, and began to calculate in his heart, “If you want to snatch someone from me, you have to see if you have the ability.”

After silently finishing this sentence, he realized that his situation was a bit wrong. How could he have the feeling that his treasure was being coveted by someone else as soon as he knew that Zhao Yuming liked Lin Xi, and even wanted to protect him at all costs?

Logically speaking, Lin Xi already had that kind of preference, and Zhao Yuming was excellent overall, so he shouldn’t stop him, but why…

Not only did he want to stop him, but he also wanted to take Lin Xi for himself, and even felt a sense of crisis from the bottom of his heart, as if he was afraid that his things would be snatched away by others, and suddenly felt flustered.

Realizing this, Mu Chuang was stunned, directly ignoring Wu Liangde in front of him, and fell into a long silence.

Wu Liangde had been babbling there, and even though he had run out of saliva, he didn’t see Mu Chuang respond in the slightest. Finally, he couldn’t help but remind him, “Young Master Mu, I’ve said so much, did you even hear it?”

“Ah?” Mu Chuang came back to his senses. Just now, he only knew that the other party was babbling, and didn’t hear clearly what he was saying at all. Now that he was suddenly asked, he suddenly felt that he had missed a lot of information. “…Cough… You continue.”

Wu Liangde: …

“Damn it,” he cursed in his heart, “Are you deliberately messing with me?”

“I’ve said everything I should have said. What else do you want to know?” An impatient look appeared on his face. “I’ve said so much, what do you plan to do? If you really dare to execute me, I will definitely drag you down with me.”

“Heh!” Mu Chuang smiled indifferently, retracted the hand supporting his chin, shook his sleeves with a rather elegant gesture, and displayed the word “evil” to the fullest. “Drag me down? Don’t you take a look at what my father does, and don’t you think about whether you can still get out after coming in? You’re being stubborn with me in this place. Are you worried that the guillotine in my house is rusty?”

After saying that, he suddenly thought of something, and a sly smile appeared on his face.