jdhmnovel Chapter 362 I Remember
Chapter 362 I Remember
Chapter 362 I remember
After playing around with Li Chenxu for a while, Mu Xiaoyu was a little exhausted and leaned on Li Chenxu and fell into a deep sleep.
By this time, the car had left the city and entered the highway. On both sides of the highway were green fields, and as far as the eye could see, there were hardly any farmhouses.
That's true. In top-tier cities like Beijing, most people are desperate to move to the city, and very few people remain in the countryside.
A year or two ago, Li Chenxu visited Mu Xiaoyu's hometown twice, and it had already changed a lot.
When Mu Xiaoyu married Li Chenxu, Mu Pengzheng and Mu Xiaoyu's mother were no longer there. The old house was abandoned and dilapidated, forming a stark contrast with the newly built rural villas.
Now that so much time has passed, I wonder if anything has changed in Mu Xiaoyu's hometown.
A few hours later, Mu Xiaoyu and Li Chenxu arrived at their hometown. Mu Xiaoyu hadn't been here for a long time, and when she got out of the car, she almost didn't recognize it. This was the place where she had lived for almost twenty years.
Looking at her drastically changed hometown, Mu Xiaoyu stood there blankly for a long while before turning to Li Chenxu and stammering, "Brother Chenxu, I'm doomed, I can't find my way home..."
Li Chenxu waited for Mu Xiaoyu for a long time, thinking that Mu Xiaoyu was going to say something, but what he got was this. Li Chenxu couldn't help but laugh.
He reached out and gently ruffled Mu Xiaoyu's hair, smiling as he said, "I remember, you just need to follow me."
"You remember? How could you..."
Before Mu Xiaoyu could finish speaking, she suddenly remembered what her mother had told her. After all, Li Chenxu already knew her before she even had any memory of him. And according to what her mother had said, Li Chenxu must have come here quite a few times back then.
Even so, it's still not as good as her familiarity with this place as a native.
As if sensing Mu Xiaoyu's doubts, Li Chenxu smiled and said, "I came here a few times in the past two years, so I still recognize the way, but the changes in the past few years have indeed been quite significant."
This time, Mu Xiaoyu didn't say anything, but simply reached out and tightly held Li Chenxu's hand.
She had long understood how good Li Chenxu was to her. Before, she thought she had a pretty good grasp of just how good he was to her, but now it seemed that everything she knew was only scratching the surface. Li Chenxu's kindness to her was boundless.
There are even many good things about her that she may not know yet.
Li Chenxu observed his surroundings but didn't notice anything amiss with Mu Xiaoyu. He glanced around and then said to the bodyguards behind him, "Pay attention to the surroundings. Be extra cautious if you see anyone suspicious."
Mu Xiaoyu's hometown is surrounded by mountains. Although the mountains are not high, such a place is extremely easy to hide people. If someone wants to harm them here, it will be difficult for them to get out of here, and it will not be easy to chase after them.
Therefore, even though there were many of them, Li Chenxu's heart was not completely at ease.
The two returned here not to reminisce about the past, but mainly to find clues left by Mu Pengzheng. So they didn't delay any longer and headed straight for their destination.
Li Chenxu remembered the way very well, and in no time, the two found the place where Mu Xiaoyu had lived before.
Mu Xiaoyu's family was never well-off, even in such an impoverished place. Their house was a particularly old adobe dwelling, and now, several years later, the eaves were almost entirely covered in thick cobwebs.
However, there were significantly fewer cobwebs on and around the door than around the room.
Seeing this, a bad feeling immediately washed over Mu Xiaoyu. She didn't even care about the dirt; she simply pushed the door open.
When Mu Xiaoyu left, she cleaned the entire house and arranged everything neatly. But now, when you open the door, the house is a mess, clearly showing signs of being ransacked.
Upon seeing this, Mu Xiaoyu's heart sank immediately.
She pursed her lips, her gaze fixed on the chaotic room. After a long while, she said to Li Chenxu behind her, "Before we arrived, someone had probably already come."
"But the person who came must have been here more than recently; it seems like it's been quite a while."
Mu Xiaoyu nodded, confirming the dust accumulation inside the room. However, they were unsure when those who had visited had arrived, or whether they had taken away what Mu Xiaoyu and her companions were looking for.
"You wait for us outside."
Given Lin Zhu's incident, even Mu Xiaoyu couldn't fully trust Li Chenxu's subordinates now. So before going to find that item, Mu Xiaoyu summoned Li Chenxu's subordinates.
Mu Xiaoyu swept the dust out of the room, then turned on the lights before closing the door.
She was more familiar with the place than Li Chenxu, so after closing the door, she went straight into the room where Mu Pengzheng had lived.
There wasn't much furniture inside, and very little space to store things. However, Mu Xiaoyu searched almost the entire house but still couldn't find the box that Mu Pengzheng's mother had told her about.
"Could it be stored somewhere else?"
Seeing that Mu Xiaoyu had searched for a long time without finding anything, Li Chenxu couldn't help but ask.
Mu Xiaoyu shook her head, frowned, and looked around the entire room before saying in a deep voice, "Mu Pengzheng is suspicious of everyone. If he had anything important, he would definitely keep it in his room. If I couldn't find it, there's only one possibility: the box was taken."
The thought of this possibility made Mu Xiaoyu's heart sink. Not wanting to return empty-handed, she quickly grabbed Li Chenxu's arm and said, "Brother Chenxu, let's ask the residents around here if anyone has been here recently. Maybe we'll find some clues."
In places like theirs, there aren't many people to begin with, especially outsiders. If someone comes here on a regular day, the surrounding residents will almost certainly know about it.
Moreover, at the moment before finding the box, an absurd thought popped into Mu Xiaoyu's mind. However, it was too absurd for her to tell Li Chenxu before many things were confirmed.