Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 660 - 83: Do You Think Short Hair Looks Good?

"Show me the invitation list."

After dealing with Wendy’s issue at the school – or rather, Wendy had dealt with her own problem.

Li Mumu, though instinctively sensing something amiss — after all, she had been back for so long, even staying at the Special Service Bureau’s Containment Department for a while, with no department leaders mentioning any issues with Wendy.

Now that the school had suddenly changed its attitude, it appeared quite strange to her.

But currently, her mind was preoccupied with other matters, and she had no capacity to calmly consider the trickery behind it all.

She arrived at the New Church of Eternal Life’s second temporary headquarters that very evening... the title alone almost sounded like it came straight out of NERV.

Li Mumu went straight to Shen Qingxi to get the guest list.

The list was drawn up by Shen Qingxi herself, or rather it had been prepared beforehand, even including the Wei Family.

The task of sending out the invitations was assigned to the third branch of the Shen Family - the indulgent Third Uncle Shen.

During his last visit, he and his henchmen had charged in aggressively, attempting to take Shen Qingxi away. But, by accident, Shen Qingxi revealed her true form, scaring him into a fool, subsequently landing him in the hospital, bedridden, with a vacant gaze that spoke no words.

If it weren’t for his reaction, Li Mumu would have almost forgotten how severe the contamination on her was.

There’s a saying that those who love eating snail noodles can’t smell the stench of the snail noodles. This isn’t actually precise. It’s just that they accept a certain kind of stench, which to those who don’t eat snail noodles or stinky tofu, seems no different from a cesspit.

The average person’s resistance to Echo Erosion is exceedingly weak, almost equivalent to none.

The Shen Family’s Old Three was beyond help, and it wasn’t an act. If he had any competence, the Shen Family wouldn’t have fallen so fast.

After his downfall, the women he had kept immediately began splitting the luggage and scattering, those from Gao Laozhuang returned there, and those from Flower Fruit Mountain back to where they came from. Shen Qingxi had made a visit and effortlessly retained a group of old servants that used to attend to the Third Young Master of the Shen Family.

Money and riches, once scattered, were gone. But these old family servants were the foundation of the Shen Family and were the key to a great family maintaining its dignity.

Otherwise, should the young masters personally clean the toilets, or the young mistresses go to the kitchen to bake flatbreads?

This charity auction was entirely prepared by these elderly servants from the third branch of the Shen Family, while Shen Qingxi provided a guest list and then hid behind the scenes, fishing with bait on a hook.

In some senses, this woman indeed had the potential to be a villainess like the Great Demon King.

The premise is that she doesn’t go insane.

Shen Qingxi lay flat in bed, her eyes lifelessly fixed on the ceiling, like a fairy suffering acutely from Jade Seal Syndrome.

Seeing no response from her, Li Mumu had no option but to check the guest list herself, carefully inspecting it once more.

The guests on the list were either rich or noble, with nothing suspicious.

"Are you certain that only these people are invited on the night, and there won’t be any other miscellaneous attendees?"

Shen Qingxi turned her head, her blank gaze slowly regaining clarity: "Reddy, since you’re asking like that, then surely there will be miscellaneous people?"

"I’ve heard some rumors outside."

Li Mumu didn’t flaunt the little note Wang Yunxiao had written her but merely mentioned: "I heard someone is plotting against the Imperial Jade Seal?"

"Of course, why else would the Shen Family’s situation have plummeted after getting the Imperial Jade Seal, causing my family’s ruin? There’s definitely a big secret behind the Imperial Jade Seal, it’s just unknown to us."

"I’ve heard it’s related to the consortium of the Joshua People?"

"Maybe, I’m not too clear on that. After all, my classmates just recommended that I hold a charity auction, through which I could openly donate the Jade Seal and raise funds for disaster relief. I didn’t think too much into it at the time."

"Why not just donate the Jade Seal directly and then pay for the relief out of your own pocket? The Shen Family should have the money, right?"

"You can’t expect all the benefits to be hogged by one family."

Shen Qingxi spread her hands: "Take for example, ancient Imperial Court dispatched troops to suppress bandits, sending out ten thousand troops per route. There were thirty thousand bandits in the mountains, but they were just an undisciplined mob. You, as a young general, lead your eight hundred elite troops and rush in, slaughtering the bandit leader. The rest of the bandits scatter like birds and beasts. How would that battle report be written?"

"If it only highlighted your achievement, wouldn’t that suggest other generals were incompetent? Then what about the minister who proposed this strategy, or the Emperor who approved it? Were they all worthless and stupid?"

"Others would certainly not consider that it was under the encirclement of those hundred thousand troops that you were able to create a chance for a surprise attack. Just like ignoring the six previous buns when it’s the seventh bun that makes you full."

"People with feeble minds can’t ponder such complex issues, they just look for reasons to rant."

"So with the Imperial Jade Seal falling into the hands of the Shen Family, other families, no matter what, should contribute some money to express their intentions. Otherwise, it would be awkward for them, and no good for the Shen Family either."

Li Mumu couldn’t help but ask, "If what you’re saying is right and the Shen Family did nothing wrong, then why have they fallen into such straits?"

"Because the Shen Family didn’t do that."

Shen Qingxi helplessly said, "As I just told you, it was my classmates who gave me that suggestion. And as for my grandfather and father... though I don’t want to speak ill of them, they truly didn’t understand this principle."

"The charity auction was something I had been organizing all along."

"Then I was taken out and have no idea what happened afterward."

Shen Qingxi stretched a long yawn and continued to lie back, slacking off.

"Whether it’s the consortium of the Joshua People or some other force, as long as they have embezzled the Shen Family’s assets, they can’t ignore this charity auction. It’s useless for you to think about it now; we are in the light, they are in the shadows. Only at the auction can we catch their fox tails."

Li Mumu nodded and returned her attention to the guest list.

"What if someone forged an invitation to sneak in?"

"Wouldn’t that just prove they have an agenda? Just keep an eye on those who sneaked in."

"You’re right."

Li Mumu pondered for a moment, then asked softly, "Lord Sect Master, what do you think about me serving as a greeter?"

"A greeter?"

Shen Qingxi thought for a bit and shook her head: "The position of a greeter at such a formal occasion has to be handled by a man, moreover, by someone of a certain standing, like the butler, otherwise some guests might feel they haven’t received adequate attention."

"Do you think I’d look nice with short hair?"

"What?"

Shen Qingxi looked bewilderedly at Li Mumu: "Reddy, are you feeling alright?"