General, Madam Called You To Farm - Chapter 489

General, Madam Called You To Farm
Chapter 489 – Paternity test (2) 

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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He feared that his grandfather would faint from the shock. 

And once Biaomei* became the Third Prince’s consort, it would mean their family was tied firmly to him, sharing in his fate. 

*Biaomei (表妹) : Younger female cousin via female line (mother’s side). 

From then on, their fortunes and fate would rise and fall with him. 

It wasn’t a matter of whether they wanted to participate in the struggle for succession, as once allied by marriage, it could no longer be avoided.

But… with this girl’s temperament, would she really be willing to accept such a marriage? She also seemed awfully close to Wei Ting……

Su Xiaoxiao blinked innocently. 

“Is the Third Prince handsome?”

Su Mo: “……” 

“Young Master!”

The coachman suddenly spoke up.

Su Mo asked, “What is it?”

The coachman lowered his voice. 

“Something’s happening.”

Su Mo lifted the curtain just a crack and glanced in the direction the coachman indicated.

Qin Che?

If he remembered correctly, hadn’t Qin Che been placed under house arrest by his Granduncle? 

How could he be moving about freely so soon?

No… Qin Che wasn’t wearing his own clothes.

Qin Che was indeed in disguise. 

If not for the fact that he had forgotten to put on his bamboo hat inside the carriage and only donned it after stepping out, neither the coachman nor Su Mo would have noticed him.

“What is it?” Su Xiaoxiao asked.

“It’s Qin Che.” Su Mo told her.

Su Xiaoxiao smiled faintly. “Oh, so he just couldn’t sit still for long, huh?” 

It seemed that her acting skills hadn’t gone to waste.

“Let’s go down and take a look!” Su Xiaoxiao set aside her walnuts.

She was just about to jump down from the carriage when Su Mo scooped her up by the waist.

“Be careful.” Su Mo said. 

“The man beside Qin Che is called Xu Qing, a very skilled swordsman from the Jianghu*.”

*Jianghu is a parallel society with its own rules, ethics, power structures, and code of conduct. It exists alongside, and often in tension with, the official, government-run world. Think of it as the underworld, the unofficial world, the world of martial artists, wanderers, outlaws, and rebels.

Su Xiaoxiao lay limp across his arm like a little plump salted fish waiting to dry in the sun.

She pointed at Xu Qing’s waist. “Isn’t he carrying a sword, though?”

Su Mo carried her into an alley. 

“Just a cover to conceal his identity.”

Su Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrow. 

“So you’ve investigated? You’re relatives of the Qin family, yet you actually investigated them. You suspected them long ago, didn’t you?”

“…No.” Su Mo started to deny, but then hesitated.

Su Xiaoxiao instantly understood. “I get it. You keep your guard up against everyone.”

This eldest young master of the Su family really has a calculative mind.

Su Mo didn’t continue the topic.

His gaze tracked Qin Che and Xu Qing until the two of them entered a gambling house. 

Only then did he hand two bamboo hats to himself and Su Xiaoxiao.

Qin Che and Xu Qing entered through the gambling house’s main doors, then slipped out through the back.

Keeping a cautious distance, Su Mo whispered to Su Xiaoxiao about their pointless detour: 

“They’re worried about being followed. Using the gambling house is just a way to shake off trackers. Xu Qing is very cautious.”

Su Xiaoxiao blinked. 

“Mmm… now they’re going into a brothel.”

The brothel was also another decoy. They circled through and slipped out by the back door.

Xu Qing might be cautious enough, but unfortunately for him, he was up against Su Mo.

The brothels were crowded.

A flock of giggling courtesans swarmed over. 

Su Mo instinctively grabbed Su Xiaoxiao’s wrist.

He realized what he had done and meant to let go, but the women pressed closer with laughing faces.

His eyes hardened, he pulled Su Xiaoxiao straight out of the brothel.

“Over there!”

He caught a glimpse of a robe disappearing into an alley. 

Just as the two chased after it, they collided head-on with an old man scrambling away with his head in his hands.

“Don’t run! You lost fair and square! Hand over the money!”

Several thugs with clubs came after him.

The old man shouted as he ran, “I-I-I… I said I’ll pay you back next time!”

“Stop right there!” 

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