I asked you to dig wild vegetables to pay off your debt, not go up the mountain to pick up money!

There weren't many things in the trap this time, but the quality was good, with some fresh octopuses and various crabs inside.

Song An Ning specially picked out a few pounds of small octopuses and put them in his backpack, preparing to take them home for everyone to taste. He asked Xiangxiang to take the rest. He earned more than two hundred taels of silver from the one hundred traps.

Two hundred taels is nothing to her now, but Song An Ning is still very happy. She can earn two hundred taels just by putting the trap in the water and pulling it out again, which was something she could not even imagine before.

It was a little after five in the afternoon, and there was still some time before dark. There were quite a few people on the beach at this time, so Song Anning could only move the boat a little further away. When there was no one nearby, he packed up the boat and went ashore.

"Master, shall we stay in town tonight?"

"Yes, we should go back tomorrow."

She was counting the days in her mind. The pepper seeds should have sprouted, and the foundation of the new house should have been dug. The first batch of peppers and pickled preserved eggs that had been planted would soon be ready for sale.

She wanted to stay on the boat for a few more days, setting out the trawl twice a day and collecting the trap once, which would earn her nearly a thousand taels.

But there are a lot of things to do at home, and the old and the young are all waiting for her. If she stays out for too long, they will get anxious and have to go back.

After walking for about half an hour, she finally saw the city wall of Linhai Town. After paying two copper coins to enter the city, Song Anning saw Yu Xiaochuan squatting under the city wall, looking pitiful, and Yu Xiaoyu was lying on the bluestone not far away.

"Master, Xiangxiang detected that the brother and sister are sick. They must have eaten raw fish and shrimp frequently at the seaside, and their internal organs are full of parasites.

If the master doesn't take action, those two won't survive more than half a month."

Song An Ning just glanced at them and then looked away. These two kids were not good people. Once you get involved with them, you can't get rid of them. It's better to stay away from them.

At the same time, Yu Xiaochuan, who was looking at the city gate, also saw Song An Ning. A smile appeared on his dirty little face. He whispered something to his sister and ran towards Song An Ning.

Seeing him coming, Song Anning quickened her pace a lot, but she still couldn't keep up with Yu Xiaochuan's mad running and was caught up before she had walked 200 meters.

"Sister Aning, please save Xiaoyu, she's sick..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted coldly by Song An Ning.

"Why should I save her? Just because I asked you to be my guide before? Or do I look like a fool?"

Just now, when she was looking at Yu Xiaochuan, she used her mind reading skills. She knew exactly what the child was thinking. This brother and sister were really pitiful people.

But there must be something hateful about pitiful people. Their current lives are their own choices. Now that they are sick and abandoned by the people of Wanhetang, they deserve it.

"No, it's not like that, Sister Aning, you are a good person.

Xiaochuan thinks you look especially like my deceased sister. Now that Xiaoyu is sick, I really have no other choice but to ask for help from others."

"You're lying! Where did your biological sister come from? You only have one brother, and he was captured, right?"

Hearing Song Anning say this, Yu Xiaochuan took a step back in horror, his face full of disbelief.

How could it be? How did she know all this? Yu Xiaochuan was sure that no one knew about his family's situation except those people. Could it be that Sister Aning was in cahoots with those people?

“Xiaochuan, I see that you are a child, and Xiaoyu is about the same age as my sister, so I took care of you before.

But how did you treat me? What did you do? You know it in your heart."

Song An Ning didn't want to waste time talking to him, so she walked past him and tried to find an inn.

Yu Xiaochuan stood there alone, feeling shocked and ashamed.

He stared at Song An Ning's back for a moment, then followed her again. After catching up with Song An Ning, he knelt down with a thud.

"Sister Aning, Xiaoyu and I have our own difficulties..."

He looked up at Song An Ning, hesitated for only a moment, and then told her everything he knew.

"Sister Aning, Xiaoyu and I are from Dawan Village. Our family has been fishing for generations, until a year ago, when a group of people broke into the village."

"Oh, then? What do you want to say? What does this have to do with me?"

Song Anning had already known all this through mind reading just now, and it felt good to ask questions with the answers.

"Except for children under ten years old, all the others in the village were taken away. Not only that, they also threatened our families and forced us to come to the town to gather information.

But, after Xiaoyu and I fell ill, we were no longer of any use..."

When Yu Xiaochuan said this, he lowered his head in shame, thinking about how good Sister Aning was to them and how she didn't even mind the dirt on them, yet he still did those things.

Song Anning remained unmoved and simply asked him:

"Since you're no longer valuable, why should I save you? What can I gain from it?"

She wasn't a saint, and she had no interest in saving two ungrateful people who had once tried to kill her. Did she have her own reasons? Who didn't have their own reasons? Did she have to tear up someone else's umbrella just because she'd been caught in the rain?

Yu Xiaochuan laughed at himself. Yes, why should they save them? But he still shouted, unwilling to give up:

"As long as I can live, my brother and I will be Sister Aning's servants, working like slaves, even if it means death!"

Song An Ning knew what he said was true, but people's hearts are fickle. She was showing loyalty now just to stay alive. What about when she recovered? She started thinking about her family again. She couldn't use her mind reading skills on them every day. It was tiring.

"Oh? Like a slave? What if one day, those people appear in front of you again and threaten your family? What will you do?

Xiaochuan, to put it bluntly, you have betrayed me once, and now I don’t believe a single word you say.

Go ask someone else for help instead of wasting your time with me."

"No, no, I don't have any family anymore..."

Yu Xiaochuan cried as he mentioned his family. His frail body instantly bent down, and with tears in his eyes, he yelled at Song Anning:

"I have no family left! My mother is dead, my father had an accident in the mines, and my eldest brother..."

He wiped away his tears, calmed down, and continued:

"A few days ago, I met my eldest brother. He was also poisoned and became the executioner of those people. He asked me to take my sister and leave Linhai Town, but where can we go?

I'm sorry, Sister Aning, I shouldn't have yelled at you."

Just now, when Yu Xiaochuan was recalling the scene of meeting his elder brother, Song Anning heard Yu Xiaochuan's description of his elder brother through mind reading.

He is a martial arts expert, wearing a black cloak, black and purple lips, a silver mask, and a sharp and piercing voice, like a demon crawling out of hell.

I took him to a deserted place, told him about his parents' situation, and then left in a hurry.

This description was very similar to the man in black who flew onto her ship that afternoon, so she asked another question:

"Does your eldest brother have a round brown birthmark behind his ear?"

"Yes! That's my eldest brother, his name is Yu Xiaohai. How did Sister Aning know that?"

He had only seen his eldest brother once in the past year, but Sister Aning seemed to know everything. She asked him for a long time but never asked him who that group of people were.

"I've seen it before at sea."

Now, it made sense why Yu Xiaohai had let her go. Perhaps seeing her reminded him of his family who once lived by the sea.

"Forget it, take your sister and follow me."