Chapter 156: How Did It Happen?

When his mother straightforwardly asked him, breaking the unspoken tension, Bai Yunxing wasn’t surprised.

Earlier, before they moved to the county, back in Niantao Village that night, his mother had already tested them once.

Even though he didn’t understand what “transmigration” meant at the time, he knew what “switching places” implied.

Despite his mother’s occasional whimsical ways, unlike typical adults, it couldn’t hide her intelligence and sharpness.

“Twelfth Young Master of the Capital Mu Manor, Mu Qinyun, greets Mother,” Bai Yunxing said, kneeling down. His young yet steady eyes looked at Jiang Dai, waiting for her response.

Time seemed to pass both quickly and slowly. The waiting was the hardest part.

Under Bai Yunxing’s gaze, Jiang Dai appeared to be deep in thought, but only she knew what was truly on her mind.

【Wait, wait, wait!】

【Capital Mu Manor? A local? Mu Qinyun, that name sounds like a protagonist!】

【Mu Manor, Mu Hu, Mu Family Army, is this the Young Master of the General’s Estate reborn into the second son’s body?】

【Does this mean we can latch onto a powerful ally? Go to Jingcheng?】

Jiang Dai’s mind was a whirlwind of thoughts, all sorts of ideas popping up.

Bai Yunxing spoke slowly, “Mother, it wasn’t that I deliberately hid it. It’s just… it was too unbelievable, and at the time, I hadn’t figured out your and Father’s background, so I didn’t dare speak rashly.”

Outside, eavesdropping, Bai Yunqi thought: 【Excuses, all excuses. Look how composed Mother is.】

【But, Second Brother’s identity is indeed surprising. A local, and from the General’s Estate.】

Bai Yun’an mused: 【Second Brother still couldn’t hold his ground. Explaining eagerly puts him at a disadvantage.】

【He’s lucky I didn’t use my abilities on him back then, only on Bai Yunqi, otherwise, he might have been scared out of his wits.】

【And what about this Bai Yunqi? If he’s not from the apocalypse, how does he have such skills? Could it be Immortal Cultivation? Or Western magic?】

Juanjuan, who could only hear her mother’s inner thoughts and not the conversation, was puzzled: ??

She only knew that her mother had a lot on her mind, chaotic yet excited and happy.

Why did her mother seem so composed in Eldest Brother and Third Brother’s thoughts?

Jiang Dai looked down at her kneeling second son and asked, “So now that you’ve figured out your parents’ background, you’ve decided to speak up?”

Bai Yunxing nodded, then shook his head, choosing to speak the truth.

“Father and Mother are kind, intelligent, and perceptive. I intended to grow up under your care and then achieve great things. But unexpectedly, a spy from the Northern Barbarians appeared here.”

“This person is called Bei Lanfeng, a strategist under the Third Prince of the Northern Barbarians, ruthless and indifferent to human life. Yet he appeared in Taoyuan County. I contacted people from the Mu Family Army, but somehow the information leaked, and Bei Lanfeng found out.”

“That’s why tonight’s incident happened.”

Bai Yunxing glanced at his mother and continued, “Therefore, I came to confess to you, so you and Father can be prepared. I will try to contact the Mu Family in Jingcheng, to seek protection for the family, for my brothers and sisters, and for you and Father.”

Jiang Dai felt a headache coming on.

【Now, instead of securing a powerful ally, we might just die earlier.】

【Do we have to flee to Jingcheng like refugees? We’ve only just had a brief period of peace!】

While Jiang Dai felt the headache, Bai Yunqi and Bai Yun’an outside didn’t feel the same.

Instead, they were eager, both feeling a murderous intent.

Bai Yunqi thought: 【This is simple, just kill them. They’re spies anyway, eliminate them completely; this is my specialty.】

【Ah… Bai Yunqi, you’re such a good person, doing good deeds without leaving a name, quietly and silently. No wonder you have been struck by lightning and can still possess a body! It’s all karma!】

While the eldest silently praised himself, Bai Yun’an recalled when he used his mental powers to search the area, locking onto a few people, and…

【That hill not far away is interesting. It’s remote, yet there are many people there, all in contact with those men in black.】

【Looks like I need to check it out when I have time, but going there will consume a lot of abilities. Favorability Points shouldn’t be wasted like this.】

Bai Yun’an glanced at his Eldest Brother without a word.

【Better let Eldest Brother check it out. Just a little hint, and he won’t be able to resist going. After all, Eldest Brother has a warm heart!】

Juanjuan, hearing her two brothers’ inner thoughts, was puzzled: ?

Why are they thinking about killing again?

But both want to kill, and Third Brother is scheming to send Eldest Brother.

Third Brother… is indeed too clever, too smart.

Juanjuan felt that she had learned a lot from following Third Brother recently.

In truth, it wasn’t just Third Brother; she could also learn from Eldest Brother, Second Brother, Mother, and even Father’s money-making methods.

Many of these ideas were so novel and intriguing that even though Juanjuan couldn’t fully grasp them yet, understanding just a bit was already immensely rewarding.

Inside the room.

Jiang Dai looked at Bai Yunxing in front of her and asked, “What are your thoughts now? What’s the best plan moving forward?”

Since the situation involved enemy spies and assassins, Jiang Dai naturally chose to consult someone local.

The young man before her, the son from the General’s Estate, had connections, a background, and was well-versed in the court’s affairs. He was a local.

If she didn’t ask him, should she and Bai Tian, who were still unfamiliar with the political struggles between the two nations and had grown up in a society governed by law, decide what to do next?

“Mu Hu doesn’t know that I’ve been reborn, only thinking I’m a secret agent of the Mu Family Army. The information about Mu Family’s twelfth son is known only to you, Mother.”

“In Taoyuan County, Bei Lanfeng likely doesn’t have many people. After losing six men tonight, he won’t dare to act openly.”

“The County Magistrate is already aware of the spy situation. Unless Bei Lanfeng massacres the town, once the news reaches the Ji Family in Tongzhou Prefecture, they will send people to escort us back to Jingcheng.”

“So, for now, we wait. Moving hastily from Taoyuan County might put us in even greater danger.”

After Bai Yunxing finished speaking in a deep voice, he looked at Jiang Dai with some unease, fearing he might be reprimanded.

After all, it was he who had brought trouble to the Bai Family.

But one cannot have it both ways. If he pretended not to know and didn’t pass on the information, who could predict what Bei Lanfeng might do, potentially causing more deaths indirectly?

“Then we wait.”

Jiang Dai sighed, looking at the young boy still kneeling on the ground.

In such a serious moment, a curious thought popped into her head.

“Um…”

Jiang Dai hesitantly spoke.

Bai Yunxing looked at his mother, unsure what she was so cautiously about to ask, and he grew a bit nervous.

“Um… how did you get here?”

Bai Yunxing: ?

“I mean, how did you end up in Da Mao’s body? And how old were you when you died? Surely not older than me?”

Jiang Dai looked at Bai Yunxing with curiosity, waiting for his answer.

Bai Yunxing: …