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Chapter 281
Chapter 281
Damned Will of the World (1)
A gray-bearded grandpa came to the Jiang family, saying his family name was Wen and his name was Butler… oh no, he was the Wen family’s butler.
After wandering around for a while, Butler Wen finally arrived, and found Jiang Xiaoman who was raising pigs on the farm.
The girl in front of him was tall and slender, with facial features so similar to Wen Hui they seemed to be made from the same mold. Wen Hui grew up under Butler Wen’s watch, and when he first saw Jiang Xiaoman, he had a very strong feeling in his heart; she was definitely the one. She was the Wen family’s child who had been lost for so many years. After all, her face was exactly the same as her mother’s.
If there was any difference, it was probably because their temperament was not the same.
Wen Hui was somewhat cold; she was the cool beauty type with a fierce temper. This girl was also pretty, but she didn’t look so aloof, rather, she seemed very likable.
She had a good face, a good figure and a good temperament. If there was anything to nitpick on, it would be that her body was covered in dust, as if she had just done some heavy labor. The basket of radishes on her back that had just been dug out from the ground confirmed his guess.
Unfortunately, the child probably had not had an easy life. What a pity.
But after being lost for so many years, she was still alive and well. He could not ask for too much; this was already considered a fortune within misfortune.
Poor child.
Butler Wen sighed heavily, then stated his intentions. “If I may be a bit presumptuous, what I’m about to say might be a bit bizarre.”
Jiang Xiaoman stared at him with wide eyes. Her face was expressionless, and she didn’t say anything. She tightened the straps of the basket, which felt a little heavy. She had just gone to pull out some radishes that the pigs liked to eat. She felt that her family’s pigs’ life had been too happy! Her Grandma grew the radishes, and she was the one who pulled them up personally. If she could be a pig living like this, she would have had no regrets.
She was just tired.
The strange old grandpa in front of her continued, “I was entrusted to come here. My lady thinks that you might be her long-lost daughter. If it is convenient, could you let us do a DNA test?”
Butler Wen also knew that it was really rude to suddenly ask someone to do a DNA test, so he acted thoughtfully and went straight to the point to ask if it would be okay. He asked out of courtesy, but if it didn’t work, he could find a way to get a test done anyway. After all, Old Master Wen’s condition was time-sensitive.
The eyes of the little girl in front of him still looked indifferent, and she just kept looking at him without saying anything. She didn’t seem to have taken what he said to heart.
Butler Wen coughed lightly, unsure of what she was thinking. Since she hadn’t reacted, he continued, “Our family had lost a child long ago, and we’ve been looking for her for many years. You… who else is in your family right now?”
Jiang Xiaoman blinked and suddenly said, “I know why you are here.”
In fact, as soon as the old man appeared, the system went crazy in her brain. Host, host! Target found! Please go and confirm!!
Jiang Xiaoman was indifferent because she had accumulated a lot of points over the years. The few points the system offered could no longer impress her; she would never be distracted by points and get tricked by the system into doing things anymore!
Hee hee, she didn’t want to do the main quest at all.
Butler Wen was overjoyed, secretly thinking that things would be easier to handle.
But before he could say anything, Jiang Xiaoman suddenly raised her voice, “Grandma, there’s a conman!”
“Wha, what?” Butler Wen was startled. He though she was playing around and wanted to explain, “Little girl, I’m not a liar, I’m—”
Before his words were finished, Jiang Xiumei already rushed out of the room.
She had been chopping radishes in the kitchen just now, and she came out with the kitchen knife still in her hand. She said loudly, “Where is he? Coming to con people all the way out here, doesn’t he know what place this is!?”
Jiang Xiumei was very imposing.
Butler Wen was often sent on errands and had seen many great things, but never something like this. Especially when he saw the shiny kitchen knife, his neck couldn’t help but instantly shrink back a little.
They were both old, but Butler Wen was the only one who looked like a real old person.
“Is it you? Are you the conman?” Jiang Xiumei pulled Xiaoman to her side and whispered, “Xiaoman, don’t be deceived. People nowadays are so evil, just one extra word and you’d be deceived, it’s just like magic.”
“Uh-huh!” Jiang Xiaoman nodded vigorously and pointed at him. “Kick him out.”
“Wait, wait!” Butler Wen was anxious, “Little girl, I really have no malicious intentions, and I’m not a conman! I’m just here to find you for a DNA test. I won’t lie to you, really! Don’t you miss your parents? Don’t you want to go home?”
Jiang Xiumei didn’t understand what DNA was, but she understood the latter part of his sentence. Her eyebrows instantly stood up and she sharply said, “Wow, kidnappers are so rampant these days, coming straight to your door! Let’s call the police.”
“I’m not a kidnapper, I’m not—”
Butler Wen was kicked out.
The security guards in the farm did not receive their salaries for nothing; they came when they heard the ruckus. What’s more, even if there were not security guards, Jiang Xiaoman alone would’ve been enough to take care of the situation, and Butler Wen was not necessarily Jiang Xiumei’s opponent either.