Chapter 157: The Ox Cart is Truly Something! Could the Whole Family Have Transmigrated?

However, Jiang Dai’s interruption lightened the tense and serious atmosphere in the room considerably.

Bai Yunxing relaxed a bit, looked at his mother, and answered truthfully, “I died, killed by a sneak attack from the Di Nation. I had just turned sixteen. When I woke up, I was already in Da Mao’s body.”

“Maybe it’s because Da Mao was riding the Ox Cart and fell off, dying just right for me to take over his body.”

Jiang Dai touched her nose and couldn’t help but comment, “The Ox Cart… that Ox Cart is truly amazing!”

【One flip and it can bring so many people across worlds. It’s incredible.】

“What about you, Mother? How did you come here?”

Bai Yunxing asked cautiously.

Jiang Dai: “Hmm? You knew I swapped bodies?”

Bai Yunxing pressed his lips together, feeling a bit awkward as he looked at his mother. He didn’t speak, but his silence spoke volumes.

Is it that hard to guess?

Jiang Dai: 【Alright, ever since I failed to trick the three kids last time and reunited with Bai Tian, I’ve let myself go.】

【But you can’t blame me! I tried to trick them, but none of those little rascals showed any signs of being different!】

【Take the second one, for example. He usually acts perfectly normal. Without evidence or a slip-up, who can guarantee he’s a transmigrator?】

Talking about herself, Jiang Dai felt a bit speechless.

“I guess I died too, probably suddenly.”

Bai Yunxing: “Suddenly?”

Jiang Dai: “Just died in my sleep after staying awake for days.”

Bai Yunxing hesitated and asked, “Was it of old age? That would be a happy passing¹.”

Usually, dying in one’s sleep is considered dying of old age, a happy occasion.

Jiang Dai: …

【To hell with dying of old age! To hell with a happy passing! I was in the prime of my youth when I died!】

Outside, Juanjuan, who was listening to her mother’s inner thoughts, was suddenly startled.

Her mother’s thoughts had been calm, but now they were suddenly agitated, enough to scare a child.

Juanjuan: How did Second Brother upset Mother?

Outside, Bai Yunqi, who was eavesdropping: 【Could someone really die so pathetically?】

【But considering Mother’s recent behavior, she doesn’t seem like a rigid old lady who died of old age. She’s quite lively.】

Bai Yun’an, who was also eavesdropping, couldn’t help but want to laugh.

【Dying of old age? Ha, Second Brother really knows how to twist the knife. With our parents like this, could they really be old folks who died of old age?】

Juanjuan: ?

A bit confused about what dying of old age and a happy passing mean.

Having never witnessed such events, the child naturally didn’t know what these terms meant.

Inside, Jiang Dai gave an awkward smile.

“It wasn’t a happy passing; it was an early death.”

Bai Yunxing: ???

Early death? Does Mother know what she’s saying??

After a moment of abstraction, Jiang Dai returned to normal.

“Actually, it wasn’t that early. People where I was from lived to be over eighty on average, and I died in my twenties. That counts as dying young.”

Talking about her own death, Jiang Dai truly felt sorry for herself.

【You know, how could a perfectly good life end in sudden death while asleep?】

Bai Yunxing: “And Father…”

Jiang Dai: “Oh, your father, he’s from the same place as me. He says he doesn’t quite remember how he died, maybe because it was too tragic and his memories are jumbled.”

Bai Yunxing nodded.

Jiang Dai clicked her tongue softly, raised her beautiful eyebrows, and snapped her fingers as she voiced the astonishing thought in her mind.

“One Ox Cart carried five of us: me, your father, your Eldest Brother, you, and your younger brother.”

“Now, your father, you, and I have all swapped. Do you think…”

Jiang Dai paused, her eyes noticeably brightening as she asked, “Do you think they might have swapped too?”

Outside, Bai Yunqi’s breath caught.

【No way! She thought of that? But it makes sense, I thought of it too back then!】

【So…】

Bai Yunqi tilted his head, boldly glancing at his seemingly harmless third brother beside him.

【Five people on the Ox Cart, four have swapped. Could this guy… have swapped too?】

Feeling his Eldest Brother’s gaze, Bai Yun’an ignored it, pretending not to notice.

But only he knew in his heart.

【I need to be more cautious. As long as there’s no evidence, I’ll never admit it. At worst, I’ll make up an identity and remain harmless.】

A cunning strategy, mixing truth with lies, was Bai Yun’an’s way of dealing with things.

Juanjuan felt her mind spinning.

Why are they suddenly suspecting the brothers again?

Only able to hear inner thoughts and not the conversation inside, this situation arose.

Knowing the result without knowing the process.

Juanjuan didn’t know much, but she did know one thing: her third brother was smart and very protective of his little secrets.

He would definitely be the last one to be discovered.

Regarding her mother’s speculation.

Bai Yunxing couldn’t be sure either, but after living with his two brothers for so long, there were indeed some oddities.

For instance, waking up to find himself alone in bed, which happened several times.

But this wasn’t obvious, only enough to raise suspicion. To be certain, more concrete evidence was needed.

“Forget it, it’s not important. If they want to hide, let them hide. Unless confronted directly, there are always excuses.”

Jiang Dai continued, “What’s more important is… could Goudan and Yun’an really be pretending?”

“Could Yun’an act so obedient and harmless, and Goudan, being so mischievous and reckless, even tolerating being covered in filth, be pretending?”

That would be impressive!

Mischievous and reckless Bai Yunqi: …

Obedient Bai Yun’an: …

The two brothers were speechless together.

Bai Tian sat on a small stool in the courtyard, head tilted, resting his chin on his hand, curiously watching the three unusually quiet children.

【As the saying goes, when children are quiet, they’re up to no good. Why are these three so quiet?】

Having grown accustomed to hearing his brothers’ and mother’s inner thoughts, Juanjuan was a bit unprepared for her father’s voice.

She turned to look at her father, only to see him looking at them with a curious expression.

At that moment, Juanjuan suddenly felt…

Her father was the most innocent, the simplest-minded in the family.

Even Juanjuan had secrets, but her father had none.

Seeing his little daughter looking at him, Bai Tian couldn’t help but give her a pure, innocent smile.

Juanjuan: …

Couldn’t bear to see her father smile like that.

Bai Tian: 【She’s shy, how cute! When I make a lot of money, I’ll get Juanjuan a frilly little dress. She’ll be so adorable bouncing around!】

Then his gaze fell on his two sons.

“Hey! You two are so quiet, what are you thinking?”

Before the two sons could answer, the door to the inner room opened, and Jiang Dai appeared before them.

“Bai Tian! Come here!”

Translator’s Notes