Chapter 93: I’m Young, Not Stupid

“What’s going on with this kid? You go out for a walk and come back having scammed one home?”

“That’s bold of you, junior brother—running some kind of illicit operation, are you? Come closer and let me take a look. Huh, that’s actually kind of interesting. And she’s clearly underage. Your future is looking very jail-worthy!”

“Man, you’ve touched my bottom line. You’ve got five minutes to explain yourself!”

Faced with the three women’s interrogation, Chu Fei had already expected this.

So he turned to Wen Nuan, who was hiding behind him, and said, “How about you explain it for me?”

From now on, Wen Nuan would be living here.

So Chu Fei hoped she would take the initiative to get to know them.

Who would have thought the girl would cut the story short and, looking timidly at the three women, stab Chu Fei in the back while she was at it.

“He saw that I was by myself, so he brought me here.”

“Hey—wait just a second. Are you helping me explain, or are you trying to get me killed?”

Wen Nuan looked at Chu Fei innocently.

Behind him, the three women felt their blood pressure cure itself on the spot the moment they heard that.

“I’m calling the police. He’s abducting a minor!”

“Junior brother, your shiny new future lies right before the gates of hell!”

“Man, I hate you. This is a notification, not a discussion!”

At that very moment, faced with the three women’s gnashing, furious questioning, Chu Fei hurriedly explained, “It’s not what you think. I just—”

“Beast!”

“Scum!”

“Pervert!”

Before Chu Fei could finish, the enraged trio simply rolled up their sleeves and beat him up.

Wen Nuan, standing off to the side, tilted her head and looked on in utter confusion, a whole sky full of question marks over her head. She was puzzled. Why were they hitting him?

Ten minutes later.

Bruised and battered, Chu Fei sat on the sofa and explained the whole thing clearly.

By the end, even he sounded a little wronged. What the hell had he done to deserve this?

Only then did the three women turn their attention to Wen Nuan.

Being stared at by so many beautiful older sisters made Wen Nuan nervous.

Meng Ziyi had seen Wen Nuan’s photo before, so she recognized her at a glance, but her brows still knitted together.

“This girl really is Wen Nuan. But why is she still so young?”

Zhou Mi asked in confusion, “What do you mean by that, third sister?”

Meng Ziyi took out the photo and handed it to her. “Look. This girl was about thirteen or fourteen here. Aside from the white hair, she’s almost identical!”

Shen Miaoyu leaned over to take a look as well, and realized it really was a little absurd.

She said, “Could this girl have time-traveled or something?”

“With something this big, I recommend reporting it to the United Nations.” Zhou Mi said seriously.

Meng Ziyi rolled her eyes. “Can you two please be serious? This is a very serious matter!”

It really was serious.

Ever since their master handed the marriage contract to Meng Ziyi, she had been helping Chu Fei organize information on his fiancées.

With the Meng family’s intelligence network, there was almost nothing they could not find. And yet Wen Nuan had vanished for ten years, and Meng Ziyi had not been able to uncover a single clue.

The Du family definitely did not have the strength to hide someone from the Meng family for ten whole years.

That meant the person who made Wen Nuan disappear for a decade, or the force standing behind them, was stronger than the Meng family.

But why would such a force take Wen Nuan away?

What was it about this girl that had attracted those people?

And how had she ended up in the hands of the Du family?

These questions were giving Meng Ziyi a headache.

She could only look at Chu Fei and ask, “Does she really remember nothing at all?”

“Right. So at the moment, we still don’t know who was behind her disappearance for those ten years.”

Chu Fei said helplessly, “If I’d known, I wouldn’t have killed Du Tianhan so quickly. I should’ve asked first and killed him later.”

What Meng Ziyi had thought of, he had thought of too.

Unfortunately, Wen Nuan had no memory at all, so it was genuinely hard to infer what secrets were hidden in her.

Still, it didn’t matter. As long as Wen Nuan stayed with them, those people would eventually come looking for her.

“Stop worrying about all that for now.”

Shen Miaoyu held out her hand toward Wen Nuan. “This girl is filthy. I’ll take her to wash up first.”

At the sight of Shen Miaoyu’s outstretched hand, the little girl hurriedly hid behind Chu Fei.

Those days in darkness had already made her wary of everyone. Aside from Chu Fei, she trusted no one.

Seeing how carefully she was acting, the three women felt a pang of pity.

They immediately cursed the entire Du family as a pack of beasts.

“Wen Nuan, can I call you Nuan Nuan?”

Zhou Mi crouched down and asked her.

Wen Nuan glanced at Chu Fei. When Chu Fei nodded, she nodded too.

“Since I can call you Nuan Nuan, then we’re friends.”

Zhou Mi’s voice turned gentle. “You smell a little bad right now, so let’s go wash up nice and clean, okay?”

“Those cutesy repetitions are gross,” Shen Miaoyu teased.

“Then you do it. She doesn’t even want to play with you,” Zhou Mi shot back, then turned solemnly to Wen Nuan. “To be honest, I’m actually the Earth’s informant for the Pretty Soldier of Love and Justice. If you don’t take a bath, I’ll have to report you, and she’ll destroy you in the name of the moon!”

At that, Wen Nuan froze for a few seconds. When she came back to herself, her little face wrinkled into a bun.

“Sister... I may be young, but I’m not stupid.”

Zhou Mi: “...”

She had underestimated her.

The other two women could not help laughing when they saw Zhou Mi suffer a setback.

Chu Fei even remarked, “Thanks, I really needed that laugh.”

“You little brat, you don’t even know how to show some respect? I’m a huge celebrity, and I’m offering to wash you, and you still don’t want me to?”

Zhou Mi was getting a little exasperated.

Meng Ziyi quickly snapped, “Woman, keep your voice down. Are you trying to scare her to death?”

“Then what do you suggest we do? She can’t just keep refusing to bathe forever!” Zhou Mi said irritably.

Meng Ziyi asked, “Might there be a possibility that she can bathe by herself?”

Zhou Mi: “...”

Shen Miaoyu: “...”

Because Wen Nuan looked a bit simple-minded, they had unconsciously treated her like a child who could do nothing.

But in reality, she was almost twenty-four.

Meng Ziyi turned to Wen Nuan. “Nuan Nuan, can you bathe by yourself?”

Wen Nuan shook her head. “What does ‘bathe’ mean?”

Meng Ziyi frowned slightly.

This girl had just managed to leave Zhou Mi speechless, and yet she didn’t know what bathing meant.

Was that reasonable?

“How about this...” Shen Miaoyu looked at Wen Nuan. “Nuan Nuan, there are three sisters here. You can pick one to accompany you while you bathe. How does that sound?”

As soon as Zhou Mi and Meng Ziyi heard that, their competitive spirit flared.

The two of them secretly started preening themselves and even threw flirtatious looks at the little girl.

Wen Nuan did not hesitate in the slightest. She pointed at Chu Fei.

“Can Chu Fei do it?”

“Absolutely not!”

“No way in hell!”

“Woman, you’re playing with fire!”

The three women objected at once, their emotions running high.

Their ferocious expressions even startled Wen Nuan.

She could only hide behind Chu Fei and whisper, “Chu Fei, they’re so fierce...”

“All right, all right. She’s just a kid. Can you stop imagining me as some filthy creep?”

Chu Fei said with righteous indignation, “I may be a lecher, but I like grown women. I’m not interested in children!”

“Come on. I’ll go with you.”

With that, he led Wen Nuan toward the bathroom.

Wen Nuan lowered her head and followed behind him.

This girl, who seemed to be made entirely of innocence and helplessness, had at one moment, in a corner no one else could see, let the curve of her lips rise ever so slightly...