Chapter 63: Mixed Results

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Chapter 63: Mixed Results

The day after Young Master Lin You successfully obtained the little turtle’s body, Young Master Mu resolved the decision-making and funding issues in City B and returned to City A without hesitation, bringing his little green turtle with him.

Of course, Second Young Master Mu was also taken back with him. However, compared to the green turtle, who received all sorts of meticulous care and pampering afterward, Second Young Master Mu’s life in City A was not as easy as before. Not only was he constantly monitored by Mu Two and forced to do all kinds of grueling work, but while he was doing these seemingly miserable jobs, his enemies in City A and the underlings who followed his lead would always happen to show up.

This made Second Young Master Mu feel extremely embarrassed, and he almost quit several times. But whenever he threatened to give up, Mu Two would calmly invite him into the car and take him back to the garden farmhouse villa, where Young Master Mu would close his eyes and give him a good beating.

Second Young Master Mu expressed that being beaten up almost every other day was really unbearable! Even though his brother couldn’t see, as long as Mu One and Mu Five held his arms down on both sides, his brother could just find a spot that felt about right and kick him hard.

At first, the Second Young Master shamelessly went to see Grandfather Mu, but when he discovered that he would get another beating every time he went to see his grandfather, Mu Yanming was struck dumb and stood in the garden for a long time. Finally, he gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, and went back decisively.

So, one either evolves through abnormality or gets killed by abnormality. Instead of being beaten to death by Young Master Mu, Second Young Master Mu finally underwent abnormal evolution after several trials.

Seven days after returning to City A, Second Young Master Mu could calmly introduce his job to his former underlings and rivals, while casually looking down on them—those who relied solely on their family’s wealth without working. If anyone mocked his current position as insignificant, he’d give them a disdainful look: “Come and trade places with me if you dare! You idiots will cry your eyes out!! Your family forbidding you from doing a job is insulting your intelligence, and you’re still showing off to me? Are you brain-dead?”

The spoiled brats were slightly annoyed by what they were told, but after thinking about it carefully, they realized they couldn’t refute it. They could only roll their eyes and leave one by one, feeling resentful. From then on, the second young master of the Mu Family had completely entered the wonderful state of ‘prodigal sons turning over a new leaf’.

With the Second Young Master’s reformed ways, the Mu Family’s future might gain some luster, which was cause for celebration. However, the Lin Family members were gathered at their ancestral home in the Qinling Mountains, their brows furrowed, their faces showing worry about a potentially disastrous future.

Among them, the man who looked exactly like a bandit leader had the worst expression. Brandishing his gleaming gold-rimmed broadsword, he said with a ferocious look, “Linlin absolutely cannot stay with that brat anymore!! Look at the mess that kid has made in the last two months! He doesn’t even know how to deal with his troublesome relatives, and Linlin has barely had any happiness with him—he’s died four times in just over two months! If we send him another body this time, he’ll die two more times! Does he think my son is by his side to die? This is intolerable!! This time, I absolutely will not agree!!”

Even now, Father Lin can still recall the gruesome scene of that person’s head being blown apart. In fact, in his bandit life, he had seen many more horrific sights, but the problem was that those were all heinous spirits, demons, ghosts, and monsters, and most importantly, he had personally killed them. But this time, when he planned to deal with the bastard who bullied his son, an unrelated ordinary human had already stolen his thunder?! Father Lin felt that this was truly intolerable.

Compared to Father Lin’s excitement, Mother Lin appeared much calmer. She glanced at him and knew exactly what her bandit husband was thinking, dismissively curling her lip. However, her words still betrayed some concern: “Although Xuandi’s words were somewhat exaggerated, this tribulation was indeed one that Linlin was destined to face. Putting aside the fact that the Mu Family boy doesn’t know any spiritual techniques, he’s just an ordinary person with a bit more money and influence than the average person, but Linlin has put himself in danger several times trying to help him. Based on that alone, I think Linlin should stay away from him.”

“So, you two both mean for Linlin to leave that Mu Family brat?” Big Uncle Lin asked, raising an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this.

Father Lin nodded without hesitation at first, then frowned with concern. “They are destined to face this tribulation together as this is a double tribulation. If we forcibly separate them, wouldn’t that be bad for my Linlin?”

Upon hearing this, Big Uncle Lin added, “Don’t forget that Elder Mu and Grandpa have some connection. If we hurt that Mu Family boy in order to protect Linlin, from a karmic perspective, Linlin might owe the Mu Family boy a karmic debt. I’m afraid that Linlin will be even more unlucky then.”

Father Lin immediately deflated. Mother Lin’s expression wasn’t much better. After a long while, Mother Lin gritted her teeth and said, “Let’s wait and see for another half month. If their fate hasn’t reached the point of overcoming tribulation within this half month, I will risk all my cultivation to make sure Linlin returns to his own body ahead of schedule!”

Upon hearing this, the members of the Lin Family exchanged glances and fell silent.

At this moment, Lin You and his blind master were happily entertaining their guests, unaware that his parents had given them an ultimatum.

However, their guests’ expressions, besides being pleasant, also carried a strange sense of unease.

Albert never expected that just over a month later, the adorable, arrogant, and domineering lynx, who completely outclassed Garfield in both intelligence and strength, would die and be replaced by the green turtle that Garfield could flip over with a single paw and still not be able to flip back up.

Even Albert, a pet enthusiast, couldn’t help but speak up when he saw the unfazed expression on Mu’s face. He finally said, “Oh, Mu. Don’t be offended by what I’m saying, but I just think perhaps you should visit a Buddhist or Daoist temple in your country? After all, it’s a bit strange to have three pets die in just over two months. Oh, I’ve heard that China has many powerful spirits and black resentment, or whatever it is… Mu, have you been cursed by such things? Is that why you’re like this?”

Mu Yanxiao’s smiling face instantly froze. He really wanted to kick the old man in front of him, but considering he still needed to buy a few pet language translators from him later, Young Master Mu barely restrained his impulse. “You’re overthinking it. It’s just that I’ve been plagued by backstabbers lately. In the next two weeks, I’ll be able to eliminate all the forces threatening me. By then, my little green turtle will definitely outlive your fat cat. Isn’t that right? Turtles are incredibly long-lived, you know.”

Albert was hit right in the bullseye.

He adored Garfield, spoiling him rotten over the years. But the problem was Garfield would only live for a little over twenty years at most, nothing like the green turtle in front of him, who could live for decades or even a century. However, after a moment of melancholy, Grandpa KFC quickly came to terms with it.

Anyway, he can only live for another twenty or thirty years at most. It would be a good thing to take Garfield with him to see Jesus, wouldn’t it? Life is hard if you think too much.

So the old man chuckled at Young Master Mu. “Anyway, my Garfield can talk now, but your little turtle…”

This time, it was the young master’s turn to have a dark expression. Having gotten used to his own Linlin’s endless chatter, who was like a madman, this Linlin was now so listless, barely even bothering to communicate with him on the palm of his hand, leaving Young Master Mu somewhat depressed.

Bang, clatter-clatter.

Young Master Mu suddenly heard a crisp, soft sound and unconsciously frowned. Why did it sound like a turtle having his shell flipped and rolling around on his back?

A few seconds later, he understood.

“Albert! Take your fat cat and leave the machine behind and get out of here!! Who told your Garfield to knock over my Linlin?!” Young Master Mu felt his anger rising.

Grandpa Albert stared at the little turtle on the table, still flipped over and wildly waving his limbs, silently for a few seconds, then quickly grabbed his Garfield and rushed out the door.

When Mu Yanxiao heard Mu One’s report, he thought Albert had run away because he felt guilty. But then he heard the old man’s maniacal laughter coming from the courtyard. He was immediately speechless.

Reaching out, Young Master Mu gently flipped the overturned Linlin turtle back, then took Lin You into his palm and stroked him to comfort him. “It’s alright, don’t be angry. Didn’t you say this little turtle was just a temporary replacement? In a few days, when your family brings you your new body, you’ll definitely be able to completely crush that fat cat.”

Even after hearing such comforting words, Lin You, the crazy little turtle, didn’t feel better. He angrily wrote in his blind master’s hand: [Next time, I’m definitely going to become a handsome wolf!! I’ll scare him to death!! I’ll slap him against the wall and stick him there with one paw!!]

After feeling these words, Mu Yanxiao’s lips twitched. Should he ask Mu One and the others to search for information on how to properly raise a wolf?

At this moment, neither Lin You himself nor his blind master could have imagined that the wolf would become… hehe.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang again in the courtyard. The ringing was urgent and continuous.

Mu One’s expression hardened, and without even moving, he reported directly to his boss: “It should be Madam Zheng and Madam Chen arriving. Boss, shall we open the door?”

Mu Yanxiao’s casual smile vanished instantly, replaced by the now-common, devilishly cold demeanor of a CEO. He sneered, “Don’t they realize it’s too late for them to come now? Before, if they hadn’t caused so much trouble, I wouldn’t have bothered with them for my mother’s sake. But later, whether it was threatening me with her belongings or plotting to make Yanming suffer a great loss, they’ve gone to the extreme of despicable behavior. Since they don’t care about their nephew at all, why should I let them in again and listen to them yell at me like madmen?”

Mu Two and Mu Four, listening to their boss’s words, wholeheartedly agreed. Mu Four even felt that their boss had finally returned to normal. Lately, their boss had been incredibly lenient with his two aunts and the two troublesome cousins, to an extreme degree. Mu Four had even thought his boss had lost his mind from the car accident. But after returning from City B, in just one week, he had already severely damaged the Zheng and Chen Families’ businesses and influence in City A.

Even if the boss stops now, the Zheng and Chen Families will still be severely weakened, and it will take them at least ten or twenty years to recover. But judging from the Young Master’s appearance and expression, Mu Four thinks that it will probably take less than half a month for the Zheng and Chen families to be completely kicked out of City A.

Ah, this was truly delightful.

“Mu Yanxiao, you heartless bastard!! Do you have any humanity left?! You could be so ruthless toward your aunt’s business? And was it you who orchestrated Yuhu’s drug smuggling scandal?! You even targeted your cousin?! He’s so young! You arranged for him to go to a bar to solicit prostitutes?! Do you have any conscience at all?! Don’t hide in your room! You blind little beast, come out right now! Or I will never forgive you!!”

The sharp-eared Mu Family members, “…” It would have been better if this ungrateful bastard hadn’t caused trouble.

The sharp-eared Young Master Mu, “…” His aunt couldn’t be more stupid. She was being used as a pawn and was still so enthusiastic.

Lin You, the turtle, “…” Damn it! Next time, I’m definitely going to become a snow wolf! Dad! Please give me your support!!

Second Young Master Mu, who had just exceeded his company’s targets and was in a good mood, was preparing to show off to his older brother.

Holy crap! What evil spirit have I been cursed with?! I come back and still run into this crazy aunt?! Cat Immortal, please protect me!

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