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Chapter 437 Meeting the head of the Que family, suspected revelation of their stronghold.
Why are you only getting back now?

Que Zhiyun fluttered like a little bee to Lin Shuangshuang, who had just stepped through the gate, and complained softly with a hint of reproach.

But when she saw the box of plum blossom cakes that Lin Shuang was carrying in her hands, her face immediately lit up with surprise.

"Did Shuangshuang bring this for me?"

"Well, I arrived in a hurry last night and didn't have time to prepare any gifts. On the way back, I happened to see a shop selling plum blossom cakes that had just come out of the oven. They smelled really good from a distance. I wonder if you like them?"

"I love it! I adore their plum blossom cakes the most, but nine out of ten times I go there there's always a queue. And since I'm lazy, I can only eat them once in a long while. Thank you, Sister Shuangshuang!"

"You are quite self-aware."

A cheerful female voice came from the direction of the clinic door, causing Lin Shuangshuang and her two brothers, who were about to reply with "You're welcome," to look up at the same time.

Que Zhiyun turned around abruptly, stomped her foot, and cried out, "Mom!"

Li Jingmo and Li Chengxiao also chimed in, "Aunt Heng."

Zhu Heng walked over and nodded to the two brothers as she approached. "Not bad, you two brothers have become even more handsome in the two years since I last saw you."

Li Jingmo: "Aunt Heng is still so young and beautiful."

Zhu Heng nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the other one.

Li Chengxiao: "My brother is right."

"You pass."

Zhu Heng smiled and nodded, then gently pushed her daughter, who was blocking her way, aside. "Let me see just how beautiful Shuangshuang is, the girl this girl has been talking about for so long."

As he spoke, his gaze fell on Lin Shuangshuang's face.

I was stunned.

Seeing her mother's reaction, Que Zhiyun assumed she was stunned by her beauty and proudly tilted her head back, "I told you I wasn't exaggerating! Shuangshuang is so beautiful that she can make people dream of her and never forget her!"

Zhu Heng only came to her senses after hearing her silly daughter's voice. Helplessly, she turned her head to look at her, and then suddenly reached out to Lin Shuangshuang.

The movements were so fast that Li Jingmo and Lin Shuangshuang didn't even have time to react. Li Chengxiao did react in time and had time to stop them, but the person in front of him was none other than Aunt Heng, who was also his mother's old friend. He hesitated for a moment and still didn't move.

Zhu Heng's hand landed precisely on Lin Shuangshuang's neck, and with a slight force, Lin Shuangshuang was forced to tilt her head back.

Lin Shuangshuang was startled at first, but when she met Zhu Heng's eyes, she quickly calmed down and made no further struggle.

Compared to her, the other two were truly horrified.

Li Jingmo couldn't help but call out again, "Aunt Heng!"

Que Zhiyun panicked even more. "Mom, what are you doing?" she said, putting down the pastry box in her hand and reaching out to pull her mother's hand away.

Li Chengxiao was actually the calmest of the three bystanders.

His gaze shifted between Aunt Heng and Lin Shuangshuang, finally settling on the hand Aunt Heng had placed on Lin Shuangshuang's neck, and he stood there in silence.

Just a second before her daughter reached out to stop her, Zhu Heng released her hand just as decisively as before, and apologized crisply: "I'm sorry, Miss Lin, I was rude just now."

"You must have your reasons for doing this."

Zhu Heng's face immediately showed some appreciation. "Come in and sit down. Bingchen and I have heard most of what happened from Xiaoyun and Xiaolu. Let's talk about it." With that, she turned around and led the way back in a hurry.

"You shouldn't have done that just now." Que Zhiyun said, picking up the pastry box, wiping the dust off the bottom, and chasing after her. "Shuangshuang bought plum blossom cakes, but there aren't any for you."

Zhu Heng glanced at her daughter, who was obsessed with looks and had no common sense. Well, just looking at her face, she was definitely her biological daughter.

"Don't you think it's abnormal for Miss Lin to be this beautiful?" "But she is beautiful!"

Zhu Heng: "..." Hopeless!

Upon entering the examination room, one sees a man dressed in a white Tang suit embroidered with mountain patterns, his hands behind his back, leaning slightly forward to look at the child lying on the hospital bed.

Hearing the sound, he slowly straightened up and looked over.

With eyebrows like distant mountains and a refined appearance, he looked to be no more than thirty years old.

Que Zhiyun immediately called out, "Dad!"

Li Jingmo and Li Cheng also called out, "Uncle Que!"

Que Bingchen nodded to them, "Jingmo, Shuheng, it's been a while." Then he shifted his gaze to the only unfamiliar face, and was slightly taken aback when he saw it clearly, but quickly returned to normal, "This must be the Miss Lin that Xiaoyun mentioned, right?"

Lin Shuangshuang was a beat slower this time, pausing before bowing slightly in response: "Mr. Que."

Listening closely to his tone, one could hear a rare hint of nervousness.

Mr. Que had only glanced at her casually, yet she felt as if he had seen right through her.

Zhu Heng walked up to Que Bingchen, and the couple exchanged a knowing look that only they could understand at a glance.

"You just got back, why don't you sit down and rest before we talk?"

“No need, Uncle Que, we’re not tired.” Li Jingmo quickly waved his hand, replying to Que Bingchen’s words, but his gaze was fixed on Zhu Heng standing to the side. “I want to know, Aunt Heng, what you just did…”

Zhu Heng glanced at him, then at Lin Shuangshuang sitting quietly to the side, a knowing look flashing in her eyes. "To be frank, I've met someone similar to Miss Lin, who is also a woman."

Before she could finish speaking, Lin Shuangshuang jumped up and interrupted, somewhat uncharacteristically, "Where did you see her?"

Zhu Heng wasn't angry at being interrupted. She glanced at Lin's excited reaction and said, "It's in a tribe in the southwest that lives deep in the mountains and caves. Miss Lin, please sit down and let me tell you slowly."

Lin Shuangshuang stared at her for a moment, took a deep breath, and then slowly sat back down.

"That must have been three years ago. Bingchen and I were invited by a longtime friend to explore a mountain range in the southwest that no one seemed to have set foot in. But after we had gone about a third of the way in, we were surprised to find that the mountain was actually owned by someone else, so we immediately decided to turn back. But our friend insisted on visiting the mountain to find out what kind of person lived there."

At this point, a hint of helplessness flashed across Zhu Heng's face. "Bingchen was afraid he'd lose his life there, so he had no choice but to agree to continue deeper. Three days later, we finally encountered the tribe's self-built outpost. What's strange is that a tribe living deep in the mountains shouldn't be so advanced in terms of language and clothing; we'd even seen many people wearing animal skins and leaves before. But the people inside the outpost looked almost identical to those outside, and we had no trouble communicating with them, except that each of them had a unique red tattoo on their head, the kind that belongs to the tribe..."

"A red tattoo?" Li Chengxiao and Li Jingmo exclaimed almost simultaneously.

Zhu Heng was interrupted again as she was speaking. She squinted at the two brothers sitting next to her and asked, "Are you two planning to take turns interrupting me?"

"No, no," Li Jingmo hurriedly waved his hand, then glanced at his younger brother, "that Ge Dahai's head..."

Li Chengxiao nodded to him, "It's probably their hideout."

The two brothers turned to look at the other side at the same time: "Aunt Heng, Uncle Que, where exactly is that tribe located?"

Meeting the brothers' eager gazes, Zhu Heng and Que Bingchen frowned almost simultaneously. "You want to go?"

The two brothers, along with Lin Shuangshuang, all nodded.

"The three of us almost lost our lives there."

As soon as Zhu Heng finished speaking, Que Zhiyun was so frightened that she grabbed her parents' hands, one in each hand, and asked, "Does that tribe want to kill you?"

"Yes and no," Que Bingchen comforted his daughter this time, speaking calmly, "They just want us to join them and become members of their tribe."

Everyone: Doesn't this feel even scarier now?!