Chapter 664: The Cause and Consequence of the Five Beasts’ Fury (1)_1
Seeing how her master embarrassed her in front of all the "minions", Xue tuanzi concluded that her master must love those dumb beasts more and couldn’t help feeling deeply depressed. The two antennae on her head drooped listlessly, and her normally shiny black eyes also became dull and lifeless.
Noticing Xue tuanzi’s negative mood, Mo Yan was quite helpless. This creature, despite living for so many years, still had the temperament of a child. Luckily, it was easy to placate, otherwise, Mo Yan would really have a headache.
What urgently needed to be addressed were the bandits; Mo Yan planned to properly console her small pet with a fragile heart after everything was settled. Looking at the bandits who were still drinking and eating meat, loudly carousing, she wondered how they had come to know about her family’s situation.
Liu Yang Village was only forty miles from Jing City, practically under the Emperor’s nose. Even the boldest of bandits wouldn’t dare to make trouble here. Yet, these bandits had come right to them, clamoring to wipe out her family.
Moreover, neither she nor the villagers had heard about bandits in the vicinity, nor had there been any robberies or violent incidents. Clearly, this group of bandits had come from elsewhere.
However, their coming from elsewhere but knowing everything about her family suggested that it might be someone with a grudge against her family stirring up trouble, hiring these bandits for retribution.
Her father was studying at the Academy and, as far as she knew, had not offended anyone. Her two younger brothers were on good terms with their classmates at school, making it even less likely for them to have offended anyone. It was she who had offended a few people, all of significant status, any of whom might target her family. For the time being, she couldn’t be sure who the true mastermind was.
Xue tuanzi’s depressed mood lifted as quickly as it came. Seeing her master frowning, a quick glance betrayed her thoughts. Seizing a chance for rebuttal, Xue tuanzi sarcastically remarked, "Yanyan is so dense. Just wait for the five beasts to subdue those bandits, and you can ask them who wants to harm your family, can’t you?"