I'm useless, but my apprentices are all gods who protect others.

"You won't steal again..." Zhong Yueling saw Meng Mu's face full of hurt, and inexplicably thought of the embarrassing way he stole the buns yesterday and was chased. She just took into account the presence of Xiao Chonglan and stopped talking.

Meng Mu put the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in the palm of Chonglan's hand and touched his head, but his eyes fell on Shengyi and the others: "Grandma Chen from the alley gave it to you, eat it."

Zhong Yueling realized that she had misunderstood, and said humbly, her aura weakened a lot: "Then the injury on your face..."

Meng Mu lowered his eyes and glanced at Xiao Chonglan: "I accidentally dropped it."

Hearing this, he raised his eyebrows kindly. There could not be such scars from the fall. Meng Mu was clearly beaten.

Xiao Chonglan touched Meng Mu's face, obviously believing Meng Mu's words: "Brother is walking without looking at the road again."

Meng Mu picked up Xiao Chonglan and said in a defensive manner, "What do you guys have to do? I don't remember owing you anything."

Zhong Yueling and the other three looked at each other and subconsciously looked at Sheng Yi, who smiled: "We were kicked out. We saw Brother Chonglan when we were passing by, so we came in to take a look."

Xiao Chonglan echoed: "Brother and sister are here to play with me!"

Only then did the indifference on Meng Mu's face dissipate a little. He waved his hands to the group of four: "You have also seen the situation in our family. I have nothing to entertain you. Please come back."

Nodding kindly: "Then I won't bother you."

Then he signaled Chu Qiongxin and others to leave.

Zhong Yueling: "We just came out like this?"

Not close to a condom or something?

After all, Meng Mu and Chong Lan are the key to cracking the secret realm. The longer you can stay with them, the more carefully you will look.

Sheng Yi: "He is very vigilant and can't be rushed."

Sheng Yi glanced at Meng Mu's house, and his eyes fell on the house next door.

There were not many people in this alley, and there were no neighbors living next door to the haunted house.

Kindly: "Pack up, let's live here."

Anyway, most of them don't remember where the original owners of their souls are. They might as well live next door to the two brothers Meng and Mu, so that they can know about anything as soon as possible.

As soon as the four of them gathered together, they tidied up the empty house next to Meng Mu's house, pulled out all the weeds in front of the hall, and then began to discuss how to eat.

Meng Mu's ears were very sensitive. He heard the noise next door early in the morning and his heart sank.

Meng Mu was not surprised that several people were kicked out.

The girl with cat ears is a demon slave, and has always been inferior to others in the human race. Although Meng Mu did not know the two young men, he had seen them being chased and beaten several times by chance. I guess they were also at the bottom of the human race. Those at the bottom can only be bullied.

As for Chu Qiongxin, Meng Mu didn't know her, but if she could hang out with these three people, she must be Wolong Fengxia.

It was not unusual for these people to wander, but what bothered Meng Mu was why they lived next door to his house.

He was the only household in this area that was used to being clean, but when a few neighbors suddenly came, he felt irritated and noisy.

On the other hand, Zhong Lan happily climbed up the not-high fence along the stool. Seeing Sheng Yi and the others working in the yard, he asked curiously: "Brother, sister, are they going to be our neighbors?"

Meng Mu hugged Chonglan down and warned, "Don't go near them unless you have nothing to do. Even if they ask you to go there, you are not allowed to go. Do you understand?"

The four of them looked like they were not fuel-efficient lamps, but we couldn't let them lead Zhonglan into trouble.

Over here, it was already noon when a few people packed up the house, and the four of them were discussing how to eat.

Kindly: "You can pick wild vegetables in the mountains, but you can't find oil, salt, sauce and vinegar in the mountains. Which of you has money?"

Sheng Yi's body is that of a demon slave, and even after scanning the whole body, he cannot find a single spiritual stone. Zhong Yueling and Zhong Yueli dug into their pockets and only took out the remains of a pancake, "We don't have any."

Sheng Yi sighed, their soul-piercing targets all had one characteristic. They had different identities, but they all had a difficult life, and each had their own misfortune.

The three of them looked at Chu Qiongxin. They didn't have much hope at first, but Chu Qiongxin took out three big bags of spiritual stones with a snap and said in a cold voice: "Go buy meat. I want to eat meat."

Zhong Yueling's eyes widened: "No, the three of us are so miserable, why are you still so rich?"

Chu Qiongxin said: "My life is good, but the one who takes the body is the second daughter of the city lord."

There was a city lord father, who was able to have enough food and clothing, but the city lord father forced her to get married as soon as he came, which made Chu Qiong very upset.

Several people went to purchase ingredients, pots and pans, and some utensils needed for daily life, and settled next to Meng Mu.

Shengyi deliberately moved the dining table to the yard, so that the aroma of the food could always reach Meng Mu's home.

Meng Mu was not often at home, and would lock the door when he left. Xiao Chonglan couldn't get out, so he would lie on the wall and watch Sheng Yu and their activities.

No need to guess what Meng Mu said to the little guy, so Xiao Chonglan didn't dare to approach them or talk to them, but he still couldn't hold back his curiosity and kept popping his head up to look at them. , and would stare straight at them and swallow their saliva.

"Do you want to eat?" Zhong Yueli made candied haws today. He kindly took a bunch and waved it at Xiao Chonglan and asked through the wall.

Meng Mu is not easy to get close to, so he will make a fuss about Chong Lan. After all, children are simple-minded and easier to fool than Meng Mu.

Xiao Chonglan stared at the candied haws, but shook his head: "Brother won't let me play with you. He also said that he would bring me delicious food and not allow me to eat your food randomly."

Sheng Yi: "But this is really delicious, sour and sweet. Brother Yue Li's craftsmanship is very good. Do you really not want to try it?"

Xiao Chonglan was confused, but Sheng Yi stuffed the candied haws into his hand: "Your brother won't know if you eat it secretly. If you be careful, you won't be discovered."

After all, he was still a seven-year-old child. He forgot everything after getting the candied haws. Xiao Chonglan's eyes were bright, "Thank you, sister!"

Before eating, Xiao Chonglan made a move, but he was still a little worried. He stretched out his hand to hook up with Shengyi: "Sister, you have to promise me and you can't tell my brother."

Nodding kindly: "Okay."

Xiao Chonglan started to eat with confidence. Taking advantage of his good mood, Shenyi asked, "Have you and your brother always lived here? Where are your other family members?"

Xiao Chonglan shook his head: "We moved here a year ago. An aunt said she would take me to a fun place, so I went with her. Later, my aunt's carriage overturned into the river, and my brother happened to be there. I was holding my breath in the water and they rescued me."

Hearing this, the kind smile on his face was still there, but he had some thoughts in his heart.

The aunt who took Chonglan away must be a personal trafficker.

Chong Lan was abducted by human traffickers and came to Mirage City, where she happened to be rescued by Meng Mu. As for why Meng Mu was holding his breath in the water... Sheng Yi couldn't figure it out.

Sheng Yi: "You also know that my brother is not a biological brother. Don't you want to go home to find your parents?"

Chonglan curled his lips: "Brother said that we are already a family, and families cannot abandon each other. And I don't want to go home. My mother and father are both cruel, so I don't want to go back!"

Chonglan: "And my brother is very good to me. He brings me a lot of delicious food every day. I like him very much!"

But Meng Mu didn't even care about his own food and clothing. He brought food to Chonglan every day. The things he brought were either given by others, or stolen or robbed, and they came from evil sources.

From what the shopkeeper of the bun shop said, everyone in Mirage City probably knew that Meng Mu was such a big figure and did not want to see him. After all, what he could give was only a small amount. In order to support this younger brother, Meng Mu probably did a lot of bad things.

Sheng Yi felt a little complicated and wanted to ask Zhong Lan if he knew what Meng Mu had done to support him, but after thinking about it, he still didn't ask.

Then Zhong Yueling’s shout broke the calm:

"Come on, there's a group of people chasing Meng Mu at the alley! I think he's dying!"