A peasant girl traveled through time and space, and she became prosperous

If Art doesn't tell her, isn't that just keeping her in suspense?

Anxious, Wen Meijiu grabbed his back and punched him repeatedly, saying, "Are you going to talk or not? If you don't, I'm going to get serious."

Wen Meijiu deliberately scared him, and when her hand went numb from hitting him, she suddenly pulled out the dagger hidden at her waist.

"Hey, hey, hey, girl, calm down, girl, calm down. I'm telling you, this is such a small thing, you don't need this. Put it away quickly."

His terrified look was quite comical; he was afraid too. Wen Meiji pursed her lips, suppressing a laugh, and slowly sheathed the dagger at her waist.

"Tell me, whose is it?"

Art swallowed hard, patted his chest, and said in a heroic manner, "Don't worry, sister, this mule wasn't borrowed; it was compensation from someone else."

After all that beating around the bush, she still wasn't telling the truth. Wen Meijiu was so angry she reached for her dagger again, but At quickly covered her hand and chuckled sheepishly.

“Liu Kerong, that shrew Liu Kerong insulted me, I made her take the blame with a mule.”

"Oops!"

Wen Meijiu jumped away abruptly, keeping a safe distance from At, as she didn't want to get involved in this matter.

Liu Kerong—just mentioning this name gave Wen Meijiu a headache. If it weren't for the fact that they were from the same village, she really wouldn't want to be with her.

But no matter how bad a person is, if they haven't killed anyone or set fires, there's nothing she can do to them.

"Don't be afraid, little sister, I'm here."

Art patted his chest to encourage Wen Meijiu, trying to get closer to her, but she ran even further away.

"Don't come any closer. You'd better keep your distance from me. You're the one who did this. It has nothing to do with me."

"It has nothing to do with you, I promise."

Art raised his hand and swore.

Wen Meijiu still looked at him with great disdain, afraid that if they went back together, Liu Kerong would think that she was instigating At behind the scenes.

"Okay, I'll believe you for now."

However, you go back first, I'll stay behind you. Let's not walk together, so people won't say we're in cahoots.

She wanted to distance herself from him, not because she was afraid of Liu Kerong, but because she was afraid her family would be implicated in this matter. After all, they were all from the same village. She could run away, but her parents would lose face. Besides, Liu Kerong was no pushover and would cause trouble for no reason.

Art looked at her with a worried expression, and after a long while said with difficulty, "It's so dark here, I'm worried about you walking alone."

"Come on, I was alone just now too."

Given the prevailing trend, Wen Meijiu was quite certain that she was safer without him.

"Weren't we forced to separate just now? If it weren't for that broken mule, I wouldn't have put the girl down."

Art came along because he was worried about Wen Meijiu. He had separated from her earlier and couldn't find her anywhere. He was so worried that he searched everywhere. Luckily, he heard the commotion here and came to check. Sure enough, she was here.

"If you drag me into this, don't expect me to speak to you again."

Unable to get rid of the person, Wen Meijiu resorted to threats.

"Okay, okay, then don't stray too far from me. I'll imitate bird calls every now and then, and remember to respond to me."

Wen Meijiu wanted to finish what she needed to do as soon as possible, so she gave a vague "hmm" as a sign of agreement.

"Then I'm leaving. Take care of yourself."

Art hesitated to leave, but after taking only two steps, he suddenly noticed the person on the ground, quickly turned back, bent down, and carried the person on his back.

Where did his clothes go?

He mumbled a question under his breath.

"Oh, I took it. Some of it is useless."

Wen Meijiu answered like this, and A Te didn't say anything more. He picked up the person and left.

Wen Meijiu originally wanted to bring it back to her space herself, but since A Te did the job, it saved her trouble. She felt a little guilty towards A Te, but he had nothing to say to her.

"Slow down on the road."

Wen Meijiu couldn't help but whisper a word of advice behind her back.

Art readily agreed and happily carried the person away.

Taking advantage of the lull, Wen Meijiu quickly ran back to the original spot, where there were still men in black guarding the unconscious leader.

She used the same trick again, tying the strips of cloth and clothes together, throwing them in a conspicuous place, tossing a small stone at the back of their heads, and then running away.

**

Art walked ahead carrying someone on his back. She quickly caught up, but didn't get too close. She greeted Art.

Knowing that Wen Meijiu was following behind, Art felt relieved and walked even more diligently.

As dawn broke, they caught up with their fellow villagers.

**

After walking all night, they were finally out of danger. Everyone was exhausted, so the village chief told them to stop, light a fire, cook, and replenish their energy.

The mother had just turned the father over and hadn't even properly covered him with the blanket when Liu Kerong came running over, her voice booming.

"Jiaoniang, where is your wine? Tell her to come out."

She knew Wen Meijiu wasn't there at all; she had been observing the group for a long time on the way, and there was no sign of Wen Meijiu.

If Wen Meijiu were really here, she wouldn't dare to come looking for him so openly.

"Huh?" Being found like this so early in the morning, Mother was exhausted after a whole night and was still a little disoriented. Without stopping, she quickly covered Father with the blanket.

"Where's your wine?" Liu Kerong asked, hands on her hips, adopting her usual arrogant stance during arguments.

"The wine should be somewhere else; I didn't have time to call her this morning."

Mother knew that the villagers and the village chief all valued their daughter. She was usually quite busy, and if she disappeared for a while, she must have something to do.

Although she was born of her own mother, the whole family needed Wen Meijiu's care, and she was able to take care of things on her own. Her mother's attention was mostly on her father and the two younger children.

"Hehe, did you not have time to shout, or was it simply impossible to shout?"

Liu Kerong sneered, her words dripping with sarcasm.

"What do you mean? Explain yourself clearly."

Her mother didn't really like talking to her, but her words were malicious, and her mother wouldn't tolerate it; it sounded ominous.

Liu Kerong glanced around at her mother and saw Yiran sitting not far away. The two exchanged a glance, and then Yiran lowered her eyelids slightly, so she looked away.

As if she had received a guarantee, Liu Kerong leaned closer to her mother and said with great certainty:

"Your family's fine wine and that guy Art stole my mule and ran away, do you know that?"

The mother believed the story that At had stolen Liu Kerong's mule, because it seemed like something At would do.

But the mother didn't believe her daughter had run away with At at all.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Despite saying she didn't believe it, her heart started pounding, and she subconsciously glanced at her father lying in the car.

His complexion was also poor, and his lips were slightly pale.

"Don't listen to her, go and look for it yourself."

Father didn't believe it either, but he was so angry with Liu Kerong that he figured it was more reliable to find his daughter first.

"Yes, if you don't believe me, go and find it. If you can find it, then you're lucky."

Mother listened to Father and went to find someone, but Liu Kerong still stood there nagging.

"Shut up, don't talk nonsense without evidence."

The father listened for a while and then reprimanded Liu Kerong, which was like stirring up a hornet's nest.

"I'm talking nonsense, it's true that my mule was stolen, right?"

It's true that Zhongyong was knocked unconscious by your fine wine, right?

"Don't take on a job you're not qualified for. What are they talking about protecting everyone's safety? I think they're just the biggest robbers."