The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter
Chapter 653: Spirit Fruit_1

Chapter 653: Chapter 653: Spirit Fruit_1

As soon as Baibai finished speaking, a streak of annoyance ran across Situ Xin’s face. Who could tell her why her Divine Beast had such disreputable behavior?

Besides the ranch, the processing factory next to it had already been merged next to the villa’s laboratory. The equipment inside had also been upgraded several levels, and several new varieties of products could now be processed there.

Upon experimenting, Situ Xin discovered that not only had the functionalities of the factory increased, but the quality and refinement of the original products had also improved a notch compared to before.

After a general overview of the changes in the space, Situ Xin couldn’t help but admire the creator of "Phoenix Nest"; truly a formidable entity.

The space was now ever-expanding, and its contents were becoming increasingly comprehensive — so much so that if Situ Xin wanted to study it in detail, she estimated she would need to spend at least ten days to half a month focused solely within the space to completely understand it.

Therefore, Situ Xin wisely decided to take her time and thoroughly study the space later when she was free.

Regarding Situ Xin’s decision, Baibai, the Divine Beast who had grown weary of being inside the space and was eager to get out, agreed one hundred percent — even going so far as wanting to raise both hands and feet in support.

When Situ Xin left the space with Baibai, she picked a lot of fruits and vegetables, storing them in her Storage Ring, thinking about sharing them with her family later. As for the mutated flowers, Situ Xin had other plans.

She planned to enter the space later in the evening to attempt using the ancient methods on the Jade Token in her mind to create some skincare products for her mother to try.

Not only did Situ Xin leave the space with a bounty of fruits and vegetables, but even Baibai emerged with its arms and mouth full of fruit, prompting Situ Xin to shake her head in bewilderment — she never restricted Baibai’s diet, so how had it developed such greedy habits?

Situ Xin looked at Baibai’s gluttonous and food-focused demeanor helplessly but did not attempt to stop it, letting it indulge itself.

Several hours had passed for Situ Xin inside the space, but outside, only a few dozen minutes had gone by.

As Situ Xin emerged from the space carrying Baibai, Xiao Muli arrived at his destination by car. No sooner had he disembarked than one of his subordinates approached him with an anxious expression, called out "Master," and then whispered something into Xiao Muli’s ear.

Yet it was those few short sentences that made Xiao Muli’s already expressionless face become even more stoic, causing the temperature around him to perceptibly drop, particularly affecting the subordinate standing by his side, who couldn’t help but shiver.

"Has the spy been caught?" Xiao Muli asked coldly.

"No, not yet. So far, we only know there’s a spy within our ranks, but we have yet to identify who it is," the subordinate replied with his head lowered, bracing for Xiao Muli’s wrath.

However, the subordinate waited a long time without hearing Xiao Muli’s scolding. He raised his head slightly, stealing a glance at Xiao Muli and noticing his displeased expression but not an angry one, which allowed the subordinate to relax a little. Emboldened, he continued, "We fear that a thorough investigation might alert the spy and the people behind them, so we dared not make overt moves. We’ve only been covertly observing. But after watching for a day, we’re still clueless about the spy’s identity. And tonight, we are supposed to trade the arms with the other party, so we are worried something might go wrong, which is why we’ve called you here, hoping you can think of a solution, Master."

What Xiao Muli’s subordinate didn’t know was that the reason for Xiao Muli’s lack of anger was entirely because he had been accompanied by Situ Xin for the past few days, and knowing he had a place in her heart had lifted his spirits substantially. If it weren’t for his habitual icy demeanor, his facade would have already crumbled.

Xiao Muli’s subordinate wasn’t someone from the Xiao Family but rather a member of a band of mercenaries that Xiao Muli had subdued before. Nobody wanted to live a life constantly licking the edge of the knife; it was various circumstances that forced each of these mercenaries down their path.

Ever since Xiao Muli took over the mercenaries, their lives had gradually started to change, no longer living mission to mission but instead leading a relatively stable existence. Of course, stability is relative — compared to their previous life, it was still dangerous. However, this was precisely the kind of life these mercenaries embraced. For them, born and bred with the traits of killers, adopting a normal life was impossible, and so they treasured their current lifestyle, which was less perilous yet still challenging.

Initially apprehensive, they feared that their honed alertness and skills would dull with a more composed life. But Xiao Muli assured them those worries were unfounded, and indeed, he kept his promise by obtaining a complete set of combat training schemes from The Dark Division through Situ Xin, and adapted it for the mercenaries’ training. This training scheme, a result of Situ Xin’s long-term experimentation and summarization, guaranteed impressive outcomes.

Xiao Muli’s subordinate, who also served as his right-hand man, managed the Ammunition Empire when Xiao Muli was absent.

This subordinate, in approaching Xiao Muli to discuss the matter of the spy, had deliberately lowered his voice so that only Xiao Muli could hear him, one of the reasons why Xiao Muli valued this subordinate so much.