Chapter 27: Denunciation

  Han Jiang Xue knew that Mo Li was a clever person, so she didn't hesitate either. She nodded and said: "I indeed want to ask for the help of your Huo Mo Pavilion to find someone, but if you feel it's inconvenient, then never mind, I don't intend to use this matter as leverage."

  She thought all the way today, wanting to find that missing midwife for nearly ten years, relying solely on her own strength is probably very difficult to achieve. Although Liu's family has been quiet for the time being, the time left for her is getting less and less, so she thought about it and still had to think of a way to borrow some external forces.

  "Who are you looking for?" Mo Li didn't think much and directly replied, "It sounds like it should be a bit challenging, just right to try out how the Huo Mo Pavilion has been doing all these years."

  Han Jiangxue didn't expect Mo Li to agree so readily, and for a moment, she couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement. She temporarily set aside the conditions of repayment she had planned to mention earlier and blurted out: "I'm looking for a midwife named Song Yuhua who went missing nearly sixteen years ago. She's probably around sixty years old now. The only clue is that there's a large mole on the left lower corner of her mouth. Moreover, I don't know if she's dead or alive, and I can't openly look for her. Time is running out, and I really have no other choice but to ask for your help."

  "I want to know, why are you looking for her." Mo Li did not hide the doubts in his heart. From Han Jiang Xue's description, this matter should not be simple, which made him even more curious about Han Jiang Xue.

  Han Jiang Xue paused for a moment, and then didn't hide much either. Since she knew someone else's secret, to show her sincerity, it was naturally better to tell the truth about one of her own secrets as a guarantee of mutual trust.

  "This person is the midwife who delivered me when I was born. My mother died of postpartum hemorrhage, but I think it might not be that simple. I secretly investigated and found that among the seven or eight people who were present in the delivery room at that time, some had died and others had gone mad, leaving no clues to follow. The only hope for finding out what really happened back then lies with this missing person."

  Upon hearing this, Mo Li's heart skipped a beat again, never expecting Han Jiang Xue to directly tell him such a secretive matter. His eyes flickered slightly as he didn't ask any more questions, instead nodding extremely seriously and responding: "Alright, I'll help you with this!"

  Mo Li Ben also came from a noble family, and was not unfamiliar with the kind of thing Han Jiang Xue had said. There were no coincidences in this world without cause or reason. The fact that all those who knew about it had problems at the same time was already a big problem in itself. It's just that after so many years, he didn't expect Han Jiang Xue to notice and persistently investigate secretly.

  "Thank you!" Han Jiang Xue sincerely expressed her gratitude. Words of gratitude didn't need to be said too much, first because they were useless, and second because saying too much would make them sound insincere: "I owe you a great favor, although my abilities are limited, but there may be some things that I can help with. In the future if you have any orders, just let me know, I will definitely do my best to fulfill them!"

  She spoke extremely frankly, regardless of others, just the refreshing feeling of nodding in agreement with Mo Li's words, no matter what Mo Li thought, she would treat him as a true friend.

  Mo Li smiled and nodded, and actually accepted Han Jiangxue's kind intentions. Just as he was about to speak up, he saw a group of people walking towards them from not far away.

  They were all acquaintances, with dozens of men and women in the group, including Zhang Haicheng, Zhang Wanru, Sheng Yunhang, Sheng Mengling, Han Yajing and others.

  Seeing Mo Li and Han Jiangxue talking alone, Sheng Mengling asked Han Yajing with an exaggerated expression: "Yajing, isn't that your good sister? Tsk tsk, you just said she was with your older brother, but this is clearly a private date with someone else?"

  As they spoke, a group of people had already walked over. Everyone seemed surprised to see Mo Li and Han Jiangxue standing together alone, with different expressions on their faces.

  Han Yajing quickly walked to Han Jiangxue's side, holding her arm with a look of sudden realization and smiled: "Sister, are you also here to release river lanterns with Mo Jia Gege? I said earlier that I called you, but you didn't go out with me together. It turns out you had an appointment with Mo Jia Gege!"

  Upon hearing Han Ya Jing's words, everyone seemed to have understood something and looked at Han Jiang Xue and Mo Li with a strange expression.

  "I was just saying that earlier, but I didn't see Mo Li together with you today," Xirong Houfu's young master Sheng Yunhang looked at Mo Li with a hint of meaning in his smile. "It turns out you had an appointment with a beauty, it seems we've intruded upon something."

  "They just happened to meet and travel together, no disturbance or anything. " Mo Li simply explained in one sentence, and then didn't say another word, his expression as usual.

  This obviously couldn't convince the people with different expressions in front of him, and he saw that Xing Mengling, who was watching from the side, opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but Han Jiangxue didn't plan to give her any opportunity, directly taking over the conversation.

  "Master Hou is indeed eloquent, with just the two words 'beautiful woman', you all have nothing to say. Han Jiang Xue was too lazy to explain anything more to these people, but that didn't mean she would let someone with ulterior motives speak nonsense here."

  These words are as simple as they can be, sounding like self-mockery, but in fact it's a rebuttal that doesn't bother to explain, and instead kicks away the so-called misunderstanding with one foot, as for whether or not she believes it, she doesn't care at all.

  If you don't mind about this matter, then there's no need to tell lies. Xing Yunhang was stunned for a moment and suddenly understood the true meaning behind Han Jiangxue's words. He then composed himself and couldn't help but smile as he said: "Miss Han is too modest."

  "Sister, what did you just say to Mo Jia's brother? You two seemed to be having a pretty interesting conversation?" Han Yajing chimed in again, her beautiful small face filled with thick curiosity.

  Zhang Haicheng, who was originally about to speak up, unconsciously stopped himself and, like everyone else, involuntarily shifted his gaze back to Han Jiangxue.

  Han Jiangxue glanced at Han Yajing with a sideways glance, and her movements were unusually clear as she shook off her arm from Han Yajing's hand: "Sister, what do you hope we'll talk about? As long as it's not something that can't be seen by others, it's fine. With so many people around, this topic of yours always dragging me and Mo Li into it is easily misunderstood."

  Han Ya Jing hastily wanted to explain something, but Han Jiang Xue continued without pause: "Misunderstanding me doesn't matter, anyway my reputation isn't great, one more or one less and I wouldn't care. But if you were misunderstood, that would be bad. Father and mother are still looking forward to finding the best marriage for you when you come of age, after all, not every daughter of the Han family can be like me."

  As soon as these words came out, Han Yajing's face changed instantly, and the atmosphere became extremely eerie.

  "What's wrong with you, sister? Jing'er just asked casually, if you don't want to say anything, then don't. Do you have to be so sharp-tongued?" Han Yajing pouted her small mouth and looked pitiful, which made many people look at Han Jiangxue with dissatisfaction.

  "I'm not angry, you're just overthinking." Han Jiangxue smiled lazily, her expression somewhat languid: "Obviously I was praising you, for your own good, but you managed to hear a jab instead. Looks like it's my fault again."

  "This is outrageous...!" Han Yajing's face turned bright red, and a phrase of strong words escaped her mouth. Her beautiful eyes were covered with a layer of mist, showcasing her shy, angry, and tolerant expression perfectly.

  "Han Jiang Xue, you're going too far! You even bully your own sister!" Sheng Meng Ling was the first to come out and support her, saying with disdain: "It's a pity that Jing Er always speaks well of you in front of us, it's really not worth it!"

  "Never mind, Mengling sister." Han Yajing looked wronged but put on a face that didn't want to make a big deal out of it in front of everyone.

  "Han Jiangxue, look at yourself, who behaves like this as someone's older sister! And yet Jing'er still speaks up for you, do you have any shame?"

  "That's right, in my opinion, Jing Er is too kind-hearted, that's why she always gets bullied!"

  Several unfamiliar rich young men spoke up for Han Yajing, with an attitude of condemning Han Jiangxue, and the atmosphere became tense.