820 A Million Times for You 182 (1/2)

Xiao Bai shook his head. ”They are used to being submissive. Habits can be dangerous things, especially when those women were harmed since young and even strike a vicious blow onto their own children.”

An Xiaoning quivered. ”That's really terrifying.”

”When such customs have been deeply embedded, it's more than just terrifying already.”

The three took turns to bathe, and Xiao Bai went out to buy the tents and mosquito coils while An Xiaoning and Fan Shixin continued to discuss further plans.

After their discussion, they still decided to make a trip back to the mansion again this evening.

As they had not gotten a proper night's rest yesterday, after Xiao Bai came back from buying the tents and mosquito coils, he and Fan Shixin laid a bed for themselves on the ground while An Xiaoning lay on the bed. The three of them then caught some sleep.

When she woke up, the two of them were already awake and were chatting as they lay next to each other. She sat upright and asked, ”What time is it?”

”It's seven.” Fan Shixin got up immediately. ”Shall we go now?”

”Alright.” She got down from the bed and rinsed her face in the bathroom before going out with Fan Shixin. As for Xiao Bai, he went around the area trying to interact with those living around it so as to fish for more information.

The two had just left the house when they ran into the tenants living opposite them. It was a local woman along with a three- to four-year-old child. She greeted them in a friendly tone, ”The two of you just moved in, right?”

Fan Shixin used his fluent knowledge of the local language to reply, ”Yes, we'll be neighbors from now on. Please take care of us.”

”No, no, don't say that! Is this your wife? She's beautiful.”

”Yes.”

An Xiaoning reached out to shake hands with her. ”My name's Nainai, how do I address you?”

”My name's Fei Niao.” Seeing the stunned look on their faces, Fei Niao laughed. ”When my mother gave birth to me, she had been harvesting wheat in the fields and a bird had flown across the sky. Hence the name.”

”I see.”

When they were walking on the streets, Fan Shixin explained that people's names were all rather strange here and that that lady's name, Fei Niao, was already not that bad in comparison.

Every place had their own conventions; it would just be a matter of time for them to get accustomed to it.

The two arrived at the middle part of the mountain and did not go down to the front gate of the mansion but went a bit further.

They then walked downhill through a shortcut through the woods.

When they arrived outside the walls of the mansion, the sky had darkened completely and, apart from the lights coming from within the walls of the house, it was pitch black outside.

An Xiaoning stepped on Fan Shixin's shoulders to peep over the walls. With a pair of binoculars in hand, she looked into the house carefully and saw that there were not many people standing guard. There were only a few people scattered around and they were a distance away from the house.

They probably thought that there was no need to be so serious about their guard duty.

After all, there was nothing inside the mansion and they did not have to guard it so tightly.

This would allow them to get inside easily.

It was not difficult to avoid those who were standing guard.

They drew closer to the house, which was brightly lit, and the two held their breaths as they arrived via the back of the property.

This part was where the wooden house that had not been burnt by the fire stood.

It was not the same wooden house as before.

When the two arrived there, they heard an angry voice from inside the originally quiet house.

”Boss used to treat us very well. It's evident that this was done by someone. If we don't take revenge for Boss, how can we do him justice?”