Chapter 466

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Liu Dongzhu was about to refuse, her words not yet finished, when Yu Die interrupted first, saying: "Madam Wang, why not let the Hu clan chief check your child's spiritual root condition?"

You should know that the Hu clan chief came this time specially prepared this crystal ball for testing spiritual roots, indicating that they are determined to test your child's spiritual root.

If you refuse this time, who knows, they might later sneak in when you're not paying attention, enter your home, and test your child's spiritual root; if your child has no spiritual root or just an ordinary one, it's fine.

But what's scary is if your child has an extraordinary spiritual root; no one can guarantee what the Hu clan chief might do then!

"You, this Hundred Commander Yu from the Capital City, can't just spout nonsense; if you talk like that, be careful I'll sue you for slander!"

Hu Jianbo snorted in dissatisfaction.

Besides, Yu Die's guess is somewhat correct; even if Liu Dongzhu refuses to test her child Ping'an's spiritual root,

he will still look for an opportunity to sneak into the Wang family and secretly test her child's spiritual root; but no matter what kind of spiritual root her child has,

he would not resort to petty theft.

Hu Jianbo said solemnly:

"Madam Wang, rest assured, whether we can test your child Ping'an's spiritual root depends on you speaking up; if you say no, I will not forcibly test your child Ping'an's spiritual root, nor will I sneak into your home to test it secretly—I am not that kind of petty thief!"

"Petty thief?"

Wang Ping'an's face showed only strangeness; if he hadn't personally seen Hu Jianbo sneak into his home to examine his body, and despite his utmost efforts to conceal, Hu Jianbo couldn't discern his condition, he might actually have believed Hu Jianbo's nonsense.

If Hu Jianbo hadn't said that, he might not have fully believed Yu Die's words, but since Hu Jianbo said it, he had to believe Yu Die; fearing that if his mother really dared to refuse, Hu Jianbo examining his spiritual root might actually repeat what he did last time.

Sneaking into his home to examine his spiritual root.

Afterward.

If the test reveals his extraordinary spiritual root, whether they will secretly abduct him is unknown.

Liu Dongzhu looked at Hu Jianbo's refined appearance and listened to his righteous words; logically, it should be easy to believe, but for some reason, seeing Hu Jianbo always reminded her of Hu Meiniang, and she changed her tone:

"Sir Yu, would you be willing to trouble yourself to help test my child Ping'an's spiritual root?"

Compared to Hu Jianbo, she trusts Yu Die more; this is the result of Yu Die offending Luo Liang while speaking up for her uncle.

She was very worried; if she really refused Hu Jianbo's examination of her child Ping'an's body this time, would Hu Jianbo sneak into her home?

She felt Yu Die's words made perfect sense!

She dared not gamble, even if this possibility was less than one percent.

It would be better to listen to Yu Die and, under everyone's eyes, test her child Ping'an's spiritual root, so everyone knows whether it's good or bad.

Yu Die said in surprise: "Madam Wang, you want me to help test your child Ping'an's spiritual root?"

Liu Dongzhu nodded.

She lacked the courage to entrust her child Ping'an to Hu Jianbo; back when she entrusted him to Hu Meiniang, the ensuing events, even to this day, whenever she recalls them, her heart is filled with lingering fear.

But more than that, she felt relieved, relieved that Hu Meiniang back then hadn't paid much attention to her child Ping'an.

Otherwise.

Back then, if her child Ping'an had been handed to Hu Meiniang, Hu Meiniang might very well have abducted him on the spot.

She and Hu Jianbo were meeting for the first time; she didn't know what kind of person Hu Jianbo was, but since Hu Jianbo is Hu Meiniang's brother, she couldn't help but think of him in the worst possible way.

Only then would she be extra cautious, extra vigilant, to prevent her child Ping'an from being abducted.

"Hundred Commander Yu, please trouble yourself to help test this child's spiritual root!" Hu Jianbo didn't mind whether it was himself or someone else doing the testing; the only thing he cared about was how Wang Ping'an's spiritual root turned out.

Yu Die took the crystal ball with one hand from Hu Jianbo, seeing Liu Dongzhu about to hand Wang Ping'an to her, she quickly stopped her:

"Madam Wang, you don't need to hand your child to me; just hold him and let him stretch out his hand."

Liu Dongzhu ordered: "Ping'an, quick, stretch out your hand!"

The next moment.

Wang Ping'an stretched out his chubby little hand.

Yu Die exclaimed in surprise: "Madam Wang, your child is only this young and already understands your words?"

Dai Zhishang, Hu Jianbo, Lü Tu, Wei Yuan, and others remained silent, but their eyes flickered with various expressions, their thoughts differing.

Liu Dongzhu proudly said: "Our Ping'an is so clever!"

She could tell that her child Ping'an could understand speech when he learned to crawl; at that time, seeing him understand her words, she was overjoyed to tears, happier than anyone.

If it weren't for……

In this novel, you have reached.

If it weren't for that beast's reason, which made her unable to show her face outside, she would have wanted to take her child Ping'an to walk back and forth in Hutou Gou over and over, letting everyone know of her child Ping'an's cleverness, to show it off properly.

"He's quite clever!"

Yu Die nodded, about to bring the crystal ball to Wang Ping'an's outstretched chubby hand, when Lü Tu suddenly shouted: "Wait a moment!"

Everyone's gaze turned to Lü Tu.

Yu Die frowned and asked: "Thousand Commander Lü, what's the matter?"

"Before testing this child's spiritual root, we still have one thing to do!"

Lü Tu said expressionlessly: "That is to drive out outsiders, lest they leak this child's spiritual root!"

Yu Die's face darkened, her tone unfriendly: "Thousand Commander Lü, are you referring to me as an outsider?"

"Naturally not……"

Before Lü Tu finished speaking, Dai Zhishang interjected: "Thousand Commander Lü, I'm leaving now!"

Lü Tu hastily stopped him: "Young Master Dai, you've misunderstood; given your relationship with the Wang family, how could you be an outsider?"

"Thousand Commander Lü, are you referring to this official as an outsider?"

Wei Yuan saw Lü Tu's gaze fall on him; his face filled with anger, he was about to scold, but before he could speak, seeing Lü Tu's hostile look, his whole body trembled, and the words on the tip of his tongue were swallowed back, and he changed his tone:

"Thousand Commander Lü, you're right—I am indeed an outsider; I'll leave first!"

He also planned to, after Wang Ping'an finished testing his spiritual root, if it turned out Wang Ping'an had an extraordinary spiritual root, he would then pass this secret to the Prime Minister's Daughter, so she could grant him additional merit.

Never expected.

Lü Tu is no good, and I don't know if he saw through his plan, but he actually prepared to drive him away.

This would ruin his chances of gaining favor in the Prime Minister's Daughter's eyes; he utterly hates Lü Tu, hoping that once the Prime Minister's Daughter learns how Lü Tu treats the Wang family—more precisely, the attitude of Liu Dongzhu and her son—he will find an opportunity to thoroughly deal with this bastard.

(End of chapter)