The road is right under your feet

Chapter 242 Seeing Through

The woman's expression changed instantly and she started to cry, "My child has been robbed. I don't know what kind of magic this quack doctor has used. My child doesn't even recognize me as his mother."

As she spoke, she knelt down in the direction of Wu Qingshuang and crawled over to her, "Princess, Princess, please make the decision for me, Princess."

Wu Qingshuang turned his gaze to Bai Xing, "What do you say?"

Seeing this, the woman laughed out loud, looking crazy, "You are all in the same group, what a bunch of crap princess, you don't care about us poor people at all, no one will do justice for us, no one!"

"My child, my child."

Then she seemed to really hear the child calling for her mother. She looked around hurriedly but could not see her child.

He looked like a madman, "Give me back my child, give me back my child, give me back my child, give me back my child!"

Seeing this, everyone couldn't bear it and tried to persuade him:

"Sir, this is someone else's child after all. Why don't you return the child to the owner? He looks so pitiful."

"How can you be so ignorant, kid? Look at what your mother has become because of you? Why don't you apologize to your mother?" Some directed their criticism at the children.

"..."

Noisy. This was Bai Xing's first feeling. It was so noisy that he couldn't hear what they were saying.

Wu Qingshuang immediately gave orders to maintain public order.

The crowd then quieted down and gradually became silent, leaving only the woman curled up on the ground crying.

Wu Qingshuang couldn't bear it either. She looked at Bai Xing and said, "Sir, what everyone said is right. This child is her son after all. Why don't you return the child to him as soon as possible?"

Bai Xing didn't say yes or no, but the child hugged Bai Xing's neck even tighter after hearing this. Bai Xing tried to push him away, but the child mistakenly thought that Bai Xing didn't want him, so he hugged her tightly and shook his head like a rattle.

"Sir, please don't abandon me. I'm very good. Please don't abandon me."

Bai Xing felt an inexplicable pain in his heart, but he still said, "Tell uncle why you don't want to go home with your mother?"

The child still shook his head, "She is not my mother."

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked, but because Wu Qingshuang was present, they only dared to discuss it in a low voice.

Bai Xing's eyes darkened, "What's going on?"

"She is not my mother. Sir, don't you remember me? I am the little beggar in Meihua Town, and you gave me your beautiful food box."

Bai Xing was really stunned. "Meihua Town is not close to Xunfeng City. How did you get here?"

The child suddenly became a little nervous, as if he was afraid that Bai Xing would not want him, and he hesitated and refused to speak.

Bai Xing's expression became serious, and the child was startled immediately. He stammered, "I... I was very hungry at the time, and you took pity on me and gave me all the delicious food. Then I saw you enter an inn, and I waited outside."

"The next day I fell asleep, and when I opened my eyes I saw your back, so I... chased after you and found you walking to a clinic with many people in front of the door."

As he said this, he looked at the Rhino Guards standing beside him and said, "It was them. I saw that they wanted to catch you, so I slipped under the carriage when they weren't paying attention."

"Then, while they were settling the animals, I slipped out and went around to the main gate. I wanted to identify the door, but then I saw this lady looking around furtively, so I followed her."

"Then, I found out that she was looking for a child like me, so I went there, and then the aunt took me home. She said that she would be my mother from now on, and as long as I was obedient, she would give me food and change my clothes."

"Then, I...I wanted to wear new clothes to see you, so I agreed. Then she took me to the street. I wanted to find a chance to run away, but then I saw you, so I stayed. The medicine you gave me tasted very good. I felt very comfortable after drinking it."

"But when I got back home that night, she asked me to drink a bowl of something I didn't know. It smelled bad, and I didn't want to drink it. Then she said that as long as I drank it, she would bring me to see you tomorrow. I drank it, and then my stomach hurt a lot that night, just like they said, and then..."

The child lowered his head and didn't continue speaking, but Bai Xing understood what he meant, and he knew what happened next.

The child may have not spoken for a long time, so he spoke a little haltingly, but his speech was still clear.

Then Shirahoshi heard him whisper, "I saw everything that day. You killed the monster. You are a hero. I want to follow you. I also want to be a hero and protect you."

Bai Xing was immediately amused by his words. He stroked the child's face with his fingertips and unnoticeably stuffed a poison-purifying pill into his mouth.

The child's eyes widened, and just as he was about to swallow it, he found that it melted in his mouth without a trace left. He widened his eyes in surprise.

The child's complexion improved visibly and regained some color.

Bai Xing put him down again, looked at Wu Qingshuang, and said with a cupped hand: "Your Highness, you heard it just now. This child is not her child. He followed her all the way from Meihua Town."

"Listen to what she said. This lady poisoned and falsely accused first, and then provoked trouble. I hope the princess can see clearly."

Wu Qingshuang lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes hiding her expression. She heard it. The food box might be the one she left in Huichun Hall that she prepared for the old grandfather.

Yunxing didn't bring the things back to the old man, and even stayed in an inn. He also said that the old man had returned home. What a liar!

Her men were stationed outside at the time, and no one went in or out.

Perhaps, the old man is Yunxing, and Yunxing is the old man.

She thought again of the monster that Ah Fu had told her about, who looked like an immortal.

If this is true, then it would make sense why he could destroy the center of the formation, why the spirit beast died for no reason, why he knew about some spirit objects that ordinary people could not get, why he had extraordinary medical skills, and what happened yesterday...

These were by no means accidental. She looked up and stared directly into Bai Xing's eyes. Suddenly she was a little dazed. Such a pair of affectionate eyes were as bright as the stars in the night sky and as clear as a clear lake. They seemed to be born with smiling eyes that glowed.

This definitely cannot belong to an uncle, it can only be a young man like her.

Some spells can indeed change one's appearance. This is a cultivator who is more advanced than my third sister, and perhaps also an alchemist of extraordinary rank.

Bai Xing saw that she was a little distracted, so he reminded her: "Princess?"

Wu Qingshuang came back to his senses immediately, his eyes were somewhat complicated, an alchemist would be priceless, if he could be recruited, then...