In a year of natural disasters, the young woman had billions of resources to build a paradise.

For two consecutive days, a large number of people in Fengshui County have successfully left the city and begun to evacuate eastward.

Her merit points also started to rise rapidly at the beginning, but gradually slowed down.

It hadn't moved at all for a while, but now suddenly there are 188 more?

Jiang Mianmian's gaze fell on the body of the detainee. The last time there was an extra 188 was after she killed the troublemaker. So this time, could it be because she killed this detainee?

Does this mean that not only saving lives counts as good deeds, but also punishing evildoers?

Yes, these two did a lot of bad things in their daily lives. Now that they're dead, won't there be fewer people they'll harm in the future?

In that case, as long as she guards the road to the east, she can "win people over with virtue" whenever there are bandits or petty thieves? And those people at the gambling den are practically walking acts of merit!

Jiang Mianmian was overjoyed, but suddenly felt dizzy, her vision went black, and she collapsed to the ground.

"boom!"

Thunder roared, and the rain intensified.

Several venomous snakes hissed and slithered over, avoiding Jiang Mianmian and heading straight for the detainee's corpse.

After a while, several wolves arrived, so thin they were just skin and bones. When they saw the corpse, their eyes lit up with excitement. They dragged and pulled the body away.

Jiang Mianmian was completely ignored, lying quietly on the ground with her brows furrowed.

Not far away, Wei San was hurrying down the mountain path.

He has been away for several days and must go back to the estate to take a look.

Doctor Jiang is elusive, appearing and disappearing without a trace. Who knows when we'll be able to find him? Perhaps we should head back first…

As he was pondering this, he saw a person lying on the ground. "How can someone get soaked like this in such heavy rain?"

He wanted to leave, but couldn't bear to, so he turned a corner and ran over.

Upon closer inspection, I exclaimed in surprise:

"Dr. Jiang? What are you doing here?"

Wei San breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart was in his throat again.

We finally found the person, but they had collapsed here, and we have no idea what happened.

"Dr. Jiang, I'm sorry to offend you."

He picked Jiang Mianmian up in his arms and carried her straight to Ye Family Village.

At the same time, Jiang Ranran was also thinking about how to go to Ye Family Village and find Brother Ye.

She sat on the cart with the four boxes and the rice she had received, her hands braced against the tarpaulin, which barely kept her from the rain.

The eldest and second eldest Jiang brothers took turns pushing the cart, while Jiang Chuan helped Jiang Jiman along beside it.

Li followed on the other side, helping to stretch the other end of the oilcloth.

She kept turning back, saying, "Ranran, ask Manager Wu later why the gambling dens in the city didn't retreat eastward with the main group?"

Ruyilou was a large group formed by more than 20 shops in the county.

Each shop had at least ten people, including the shopkeeper, waiters, maids, and servants. Each person also had six, seven, or eight family members. Scattered around, the entire group numbered over a thousand.

Furthermore, because these were all profitable shops, everyone in the group was quite wealthy. It could be said that this team was the richest and most well-equipped of all the teams that withdrew eastward from Fengshui County.

Of course, it was also the safest, as it was completely surrounded by thugs and servants from various shops.

Li searched around twice, but couldn't find anyone from the gambling den. Where did her younger brother and mother go?

Did they go back to find the team from Lijia Village?

"Okay, mother."

Jiang Ranran rolled her eyes inwardly, but she knew that she had spoken without thinking that day and had hurt Li Shi, so she didn't say much and just gave perfunctory replies.

Since I'm about to run away anyway, who cares about her?

With their own thoughts, the two walked for another hour before finally seeing a few dilapidated temples in the distance.

Someone came to deliver a message: "Everyone find a place to take shelter from the rain; rest here for the night."

The shopkeepers all went into the dilapidated temple.

They actually set off in the afternoon and hadn't been traveling for very long, but they were used to a leisurely life and even just traveling felt tiring. Traveling in the pouring rain was unbearable. When they saw a dilapidated temple, they quickly went in to rest.

The Jiang family members naturally couldn't bear it either, especially Jiang Laosan, whose health was getting weaker and weaker.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Jiang Jiman turned his gaze to Jiang Ranran, "Ranran, go and talk to Young Master Wu. It's raining so hard, how can your parents bear to sleep outside tonight?"

"Yes, Ranran, just give us a place to stay."

Jiang Bocai also felt sorry for his parents and urged Jiang Ranran to go into the dilapidated temple.

"Then I'll try."

Jiang Ranran didn't want to sleep in the rain either; her foot injury hadn't healed, and it would only get worse if this continued.

She put on a straw hat, slowly climbed off the cart, and trudged towards the dilapidated temple.

Even though she was lame, she stood up straight and tried her best to make her back look better.

Jiang Zhongtian lowered his eyes and swallowed. "Ranran has grown into a beautiful young woman. What a pity."

"Yes, what a pity. If it weren't for this rain, who wouldn't she have been able to marry?"

Jiang Jiman also sighed. He had thought that Ranran could be an asset to his career, but now, in order to survive, he had no choice but to let her follow Wu Yong.

But these are minor matters. If natural disasters continue, what future career prospects will there be? Let's save our lives first.

Several villagers were driven out of the dilapidated temple.

"Why can't we take shelter from the rain inside?"

"Yeah, so what if you're rich? We're all just refugees, what, you think you're so great?"

Jiang Ranran paused. Weren't these the old bachelors from Tupo Village?

Tupo Village is the closest to the city, and when they retreated eastward, Granny Li organized the retreat and set off early. How could they be in the dilapidated temple?

They were driven out, but they didn't go far. They stayed right at the entrance of the dilapidated temple, occasionally sneaking inside to avoid the rain.

I turned my head and saw her.

"Oh my, isn't this the Jiang family girl? Go back to your parents quickly. The temple is for noble people; how could you possibly go in?"

"Don't blame your uncle for not advising you. If you get kicked out later, don't cry to your uncle."

The group burst into strange, loud laughter.

Jiang Ranran ignored them and smiled at the man guarding the door, saying, "Brother Wang, I'm looking for Young Master Wu."

"The young master said that if the young lady comes looking for her, she can just come in."

The man moved aside to let her in.

"No, why? How could she get in?"

"If she can get in, so can I. Go tell that young Master Wu that I want to get in too!"

"Get out of here! Who do you think you are to compare with Miss Ranran?"

The sounds behind her faded, and Jiang Ranran's lips curled into a slight smile.

However, soon someone in the group shouted, "I remember now, she's working as a cook at Ruyi Restaurant now, but wasn't she kicked out after someone was poisoned?"

Jiang Ranran stumbled and almost fell over in anger.

Wu Yong grabbed her arm and said, "Ranran, don't pay attention to them. Have you missed me?"