"Zhang Ting, stay and handle this."

"Okay, Mr. Yun."

Yun Mingyuan picked up Xiao Jin with one hand and turned to walk into the car.

Seeing this, Yun Zi'ang covered his ears and quickly followed, calling out, "Dad, wait for me!"

He ran as fast as he could, afraid that Yun Mingyuan would abandon him there, because he believed that his father was really capable of doing such a thing.

Yun Mingyuan placed Xiao Jin in the back seat, and Xiao Jin climbed in and sat down. Then, as if remembering something, she poked her little head out of the car window and softly called out:

"Kongkong, aren't you leaving?"

Kong Zheng then came to his senses and looked up at Xiao Jin in a daze.

Xiao Jin raised her hand and waved to Kong Zheng, and Yun Ziang also called out, "Let's go together."

"I'll have my dad's people handle this."

Kong Zheng walked over quickly, opened the car door, and sat down next to Xiao Jin.

Yun Ziang had no choice but to take the passenger seat.

In the car, just as Yun Mingyuan was about to ask what was going on, Kong Zheng spoke first:

"How did you do that?"

He stared at Xiao Jin in shock.

Under the clear blue sky, without setting up an altar or using any ritual implements, he was able to summon the underworld messengers.

It was the first time he had met her.

Xiao Jin's big eyes were full of confusion. "What did you say?"

"Summon the underworld messengers!" Kong Zheng, no longer caring about the others in the car, demanded, "Who taught you all this?"

"My master is amazing!" Xiao Jin laughed, tilting her head back proudly. "My master is incredibly talented!"

"Who is your master?"

"Yun, Zheng, Lu!" Xiao Jin shouted clearly.

Kong Zheng found the name somewhat unfamiliar and murmured it to himself.

Yun Zi'ang turned his head and looked at Xiao Jin, saying:

"Little aunt, no wonder you called my dad this afternoon. So you already knew what was going to happen back then."

"Next time, could you give me a heads-up beforehand? When Sun Liqiang went crazy and brought his men to arrest us, I was almost scared to death."

As he spoke, he rubbed his shoulder blade, saying, "It made me get hit with a stick too."

Kong Zheng looked astonished. He looked down at Xiao Jin beside him and asked, "You expected all this?"

Xiao Jin met the gaze of the person above her and nodded without hiding anything, saying directly, "Xiao Jin did it on purpose!"

Kong Zheng's eyelashes trembled slightly, a vague suspicion rising in her mind: "When did you find out that Sun Jianhua was going to die?"

Xiao Jin thought about it carefully and said, "I knew it from the first time I met Sun Liqiang."

Kong Zheng suddenly remembered Xiao Jin's question to him earlier that day: "Do you not know how to read faces?" He paused slightly, then blurted out, "You could tell from their faces?"

"Yes," Xiao Jin nodded, explaining carefully, "Sun Liqiang has a deep, dark line between his eyebrows, and his life palace is pierced by that dark aura. His tear troughs are sunken and bluish. This is called a 'mourning child line,' a face that indicates a parent outliving their child!"

"In addition, his prominent cheekbones, prominent bridge of the nose, and hoarse voice indicate that he has been guilty for many years and has done a lot of immoral things behind the scenes."

"Sun Liqiang has been looking unlucky lately; he must be losing his son soon."

Kong Zheng's pupils constricted slightly upon hearing this.

He had always regarded physiognomy as an auxiliary art and was not an expert in it. Hearing Xiao Jin speak so confidently and logically, his disbelief deepened.

He asked, "So from the moment you met Sun Liqiang, you already knew the entire ending?"

Xiao Jin nodded, then shook her head: "Xiao Jin only knew that Sun Liqiang's son would die, but she didn't know that his son was Sun Jianhua."

"It was only after you told Xiao Jin that Sun Jianhua was coming back that Xiao Jin was certain."

Kong Zheng said, "Since you knew all along that Sun Jianhua would get into trouble, why didn't you tell me?"

After saying that, he asked doubtfully, "Was Sun Jianhua killed by Xie Luxue?"

Xiao Jin shook her head and said no, "My sister can't leave this village. If she could leave, those people would be dead long ago."

"My sister's body was not buried, and no one paid respects to her. She is a wandering ghost and can only stay near the body. She can't go far."

"Sun Jianhua's death should be divine retribution."

"Hmm... Xiao Jin didn't tell you because..." She looked down at her fingers, then looked up at Kong Zheng with a clear gaze: "Because Xiao Jin wants you to see it for yourself."

"What do you see?"

"Those people are bad guys!" Xiao Jin's voice was childish but extremely serious. "Master said that if you meet a stubborn person, arguing with him is useless. It's better to let him see it with his own eyes."

"Kongkong is a very stubborn person. Xiaojin said that Sister Xiaoxue is not a bad person, but you don't believe her; Xiaojin said that those people are bad guys, but you still don't believe her."

"Xiao Jin is bad with words and can't argue with you, so Xiao Jin will let you see for yourself. You saw what kind of person Sun Liqiang is, you saw him bring people to beat us, and you saw how afraid he was of Sister Xiao Xue."

"Do you still think he knows nothing?"

Kong Zheng remained silent.

Xiao Jin continued, "I didn't say what Sister Xie Luxue did right."

"She harmed people and broke the laws of the underworld. Xiao Jin knows it's wrong. But those bad guys killed Sister Xiao Xue first, and then they also ran over and killed her grandparents."

"They did so many bad things that even Heaven couldn't stand it anymore, so it sent them back one by one to die by the Locked Dragon Well."

"This is karma. Sister Xiaoxue is just a hand extended by God."

"Her revenge is a matter of sentiment, not logic. Logically, she shouldn't have killed them, but sentimentally, Xiao Jin feels she's really, really pitiful."

As she spoke, her voice lowered, and her small hand unconsciously tugged at the hem of her clothes: "Xiao Jin wants her to be judged in the underworld, so that her soul won't be scattered and she won't kill anyone again."

"But Xiao Jin couldn't stop her from taking revenge, because Xiao Jin also knew that some debts in this world had to be repaid with one's life." She looked up at Kong Zheng and asked, "Kong Kong, do you think what Xiao Jin said is right?"

Kong Zheng remained silent for a long time.

He originally thought that Xiao Jin was just soft-hearted and had been fooled by Xie Luxue's lies.

Only now did he realize that this child understood everything, even the cracks between his belief in "divine justice" and "karma" that she had long ago seen through.

She was just waiting for him to see it for himself.

Kong Zheng felt a lump in his throat, and after a long while, he whispered:

"You understand things much better than I thought."

Yun Ziang, sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and his gaze towards Xiao Jin changed.

He murmured, "Little Miss, you're really insightful, a true little genius."

He had lived for so long, yet he could never say these words, nor could he comprehend them.

Yun Mingyuan leaned back in his seat, one arm still in a sling, and after listening to everything, the coldness in his eyes had somehow melted away.

He looked at Xiao Jin, a deep-seated pride rising in his eyes, but inwardly he snorted and thought to himself, "Truly worthy of being a member of the Yun family."

Yun Mingyuan asked, "So what exactly happened?"

"Why are you suddenly getting involved in this matter?"

He wanted to know the whole story.

Upon hearing this, Yun Ziang briefly recounted the events from the beginning.

After listening, Yun Mingyuan looked at Kong Zheng with a hint of wariness.

Kong Zheng remained silent after hearing Xiao Jin's words.

Yun Zi'ang chimed in from the side, "Dad, now you've finally witnessed my little aunt's abilities, haven't you?"

Yun Mingyuan glanced at him: "You still have the nerve to say that. You two are both capable of causing trouble. I'll deal with you when we get back."

Yun Ziang shrank back, not daring to say anything more.

As the car entered the city, Kong Zheng said, "Just drop me off at the next intersection; my hotel is nearby."

Upon hearing this, Yun Mingyuan instructed the driver to take Kong Zheng to the hotel entrance first.

After the car came to a complete stop, Kong Zheng got out.

Yun Mingyuan also pushed open the door and got out, and the two stood facing each other by the car.

Yun Mingyuan spoke first, his tone relatively gentle, "Why did you suddenly ask Xiao Jin to do this?"

Kong Zheng looked at him and said, "Xiao Jin is very capable, you know that better than I do. If it weren't for her, the matter in Lun'an Town wouldn't have been resolved so quickly."

Yun Mingyuan's brows furrowed slightly, his expression displeased: "Does having greater power mean you have to jump into a fire pit?"

Kong Zheng said, "With great power comes great responsibility."

Yun Mingyuan chuckled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes: "I see you're so young, yet you're more out of touch than I am. Your words are a form of moral blackmail."

"I believe the world isn't so bad that it needs a four-year-old to be its savior."

Kong Zheng did not refute further.

He was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly chuckled softly and said, "I will come to your door with a reward another day to express my gratitude. I am very grateful to you all this time."

Yun Mingyuan had already turned and walked towards the car: "The Yun family doesn't lack this reward, there's no need for a formal visit. Xiao Jin is just a child, she should live a child's life, I don't want her involved in such dangerous things."

"If you stay away from her in the future, that's the best way to thank us."

Yun Mingyuan got into the car, and as soon as the door closed, he turned his head and glanced at Xiao Jin in the back seat and Yun Ziang in the passenger seat through the rearview mirror.

The carriage was quiet for a moment, with only the faint sound of airflow from the air conditioning vents.

After a few seconds, he spoke, his voice low and deep: "You two are really making a fool of yourselves."

Xiao Jin had been secretly peeking out with one eyelid open, but upon hearing this tone, she immediately closed her eyes tightly, shrank back into her seat, and deliberately made two soft, gentle snores.

Yun Ziang doesn't have such good acting skills.

He huddled in the passenger seat, covering his still-swollen ear, trying to force a smile, but it looked worse than a grimace: "Dad, let me explain... I really didn't take her this time, Xiao Jin wanted to go herself."

"I tried to stop them, I really tried, but I couldn't."

"You stopped them?" Yun Mingyuan sneered. "You stopped them, but you ended up going along yourself and getting hit by a stick. You did a really good job stopping them."

"That's because I don't trust her! If my little miss wants to go, how could I let her go alone?" Yun Zi'ang said confidently, but after being glanced at by Yun Mingyuan, his arrogance immediately diminished. "Besides, aren't we all fine? Xiao Jin wasn't hurt, and I only took a hit. I'll definitely strengthen my training when I get back, so that next time I can not only avoid getting hit, but also protect her a couple more times."

"There will be a next time?" Yun Mingyuan raised his voice.

"No, no, absolutely not!" Yun Ziang quickly waved his hand.

Xiao Jin kept her eyes closed, and her snores were even and loud.

Looking at her rosy cheeks and overly deliberate snoring in the rearview mirror, Yun Mingyuan paused for two seconds with a complicated expression, but ultimately couldn't bring himself to expose her.

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