After transmigrating into the body of a stepmother, I led the villains in a rebellion.

Upon hearing this, Lin Shu raised an eyebrow slightly.

This was an unexpected surprise.

She had always thought the mountain behind her house was a barren mountain, never imagining it was actually hers.

Lin Shu, who was already annoyed by the men in black, became even more annoyed after hearing the truth from the village head.

He dared to give her the cold shoulder after buying her things; today she'll teach him a lesson about what it's like to be turned away.

"Since it's mine, I can't sell it. I'm still counting on it to support my family."

Lin Shu's words were like a thunderclap, leaving the village headman dizzy and disoriented.

What did he hear?

Lin Shu relied on this mountain to support his family.

With such excellent medical skills and such delicious cooking, why would she need this mountain to support her family? It's obvious she doesn't want to sell it.

"you……"

"One hundred taels of gold," the village head was about to continue his persuasion when he heard Liu Wuhen's cold voice.

Upon hearing Liu Wuhen's words, the village head nearly stumbled and fell to the ground.

The Lu family only spent 250 taels of silver to sell this mountain back then, but now it's worth 100 taels of gold.

Heaven knows how Li Zheng recovered. He swallowed hard and looked at Lin Shu with anticipation.

Lin Shu's eyes sharpened, and his gaze towards Liu Wuhen changed.

One hundred taels of gold?

When did this mountain become so valuable? Is there some unknown secret behind it?

If that's the case, then she absolutely cannot sell it.

"So what if you have money? I'm not selling," Lin Shu said, turning around and going into the house, leaving the village head, who looked heartbroken, standing there dumbfounded.

Liu Wuhen stared intently at Lin Shu's retreating figure as he entered the house, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

To fulfill the young lady's request, he wouldn't mind killing the entire family.

Seeing his gloomy face, the village headman said ingratiatingly, "My lord, this Lu family's daughter-in-law is not usually like this. Perhaps she is just in a bad mood today. Why don't we come another day?"

Liu Wuhen withdrew his gaze and looked at the village head expressionlessly. "That's the end of it. Your mission is complete. I will handle the rest."

After saying this, he lightly flicked his sleeve and turned to leave.

The village head glanced in the direction Liu Wuhen had left, then looked at the room where Lin Shu was.

With a final, heavy sigh, he shook his head and left the Lu family courtyard.

Lin Shu waited until the courtyard was quiet again before opening the door and going out.

She glanced towards the back of the mountain, a sense of curiosity growing within her.

Buying a barren mountain with one hundred taels of gold sounds suspicious no matter how you look at it.

She immediately ran towards the back mountain, wanting to see what was so magical about it.

She searched all the way, uncovering the secrets of the mountain one by one.

Despite searching back and forth for a long time, she still found nothing.

Unbeknownst to her, she had walked out of the woods and arrived at a desolate mountain. Apart from the greenery on the mountain behind her house, the rest of the mountain was barren.

What exactly is it?

She stood with her hands on her hips, completely baffled.

Lin Shu's search yielded no results, so he returned home.

Back at the Lu family courtyard, Madam Ji had just returned with Lu Zijin after releasing the chicks.

When Lin Shu saw her, he did not hide the fact that he had brought people to buy the mountain that day.

Ji was quite surprised to hear that someone had come to buy the mountain.

"Mother-in-law, why did you buy this mountain in the first place?"

When this matter was mentioned, Ji was also helpless. "I originally wanted a place to stay, but who would have thought that the man would cheat me, not only swindling all my money, but also leaving me with this desolate mountain."

Lin Shu was surprised by the truth and couldn't help but ask, "Who was that person? Do you remember him?"

This question stumped Ji Shi: "I couldn't see at the time, so I don't know who it was?"

"What about Ah Heng? Does he know?" To learn the secrets of the back mountain, the only way is to find that person.

To everyone's surprise, Ji shook his head again.

“At that time, Ah Heng and Ah Jin were both unconscious. I had nowhere to go, so I took out all my money.”

"Firstly, I wanted to have a mountain forest as cover so I could have a hiding place if I was being chased. Secondly, this place is secluded and hard to find."

It must be said that the Ji family's considerations were quite thorough.

Given their circumstances, this mountain forest was undoubtedly the best place for them to hide.

When Ji saw her ask the question, she asked in confusion, "Daughter-in-law, have you discovered something?"

"I just find it strange that someone would be willing to spend a hundred taels of gold to buy this mountain." If she had known, she would have sold it; that's a hundred taels of gold!

Liu Wuhen brought back the news of the failed attempt to buy the mountain to Yuan Bingxuan.

Yuan Bingxuan looked at him in surprise, "She refused, why?"

"I don't know, Miss. Do you want me to kill them and seize the mountain?" Liu Wuhen asked.

Yuan Bingxuan shook her head. "No, this matter shouldn't be blown out of proportion."

If things escalate, it will arouse suspicion from others, and then we won't be able to protect this mountain.

Thinking of this, she looked at Liu Wuhen again, "You can leave now. You'll come with me again tomorrow. I don't believe anyone isn't interested in money."

"Yes," Liu Wuhen replied, then turned and left.

After watching Liu Wuhen leave, Yuan Bingxuan quickly contacted the system: [System, could it be that the location of the gold has been exposed?]

【Impossible host, are you suspecting that Lin Shu?】the system asked.

Yuan Bingxuan nodded. "Otherwise, why wouldn't she sell the mountain?"

I don't know the reason, but I do know that she spent the whole day running around in the mountains today, but still came up empty-handed.

Upon learning the result, Yuan Bingxuan's worries gradually subsided.

She hadn't told anyone about the gold in the mountains behind Qijia Village, just to avoid any unnecessary complications.

With this batch of gold, His Highness's dominance of the world will be just around the corner.

Lin Shu, however, made Yuan Bingxuan inexplicably uneasy.

Recalling what happened at the Shiweitian Restaurant that day, if His Highness hadn't left her with secret guards, she might have really fallen into her trap.

But she clearly remembered that Lin Shu in the original text was a fool.

She doesn't look like that at all right now!

Where exactly did things go wrong?

Could it be that Lin Shu, like her, is also a time traveler?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but call out again, "System, can you check if this Lin Shu is also a transmigrator?"

"Impossible. There can't be two transmigrators in one world, host. You have to trust the system's rules," the system said firmly.

With the system's assurance, Yuan Bingxuan was finally able to relax.

[That's good. As long as she's not a time traveler, everything else is negotiable.]

Even if she were a time traveler, she wouldn't be afraid, let alone just a fictional character in a book.

Now that she has the all-knowing cheat code of the system, what does Lin Shu have to fear?

Seeing her silence, the system couldn't help but say, "[Host, this matter is actually very simple. Just kill her and it'll be over. Why go through all this trouble?]"

Yuan Bingxuan rolled her eyes at it. "What do you know? She's the biggest ally in driving the plot forward. Killing her would disrupt the story, wouldn't it?"

The system suddenly realized, "That's right, so what do you plan to do?"

Yuan Bingxuan smiled confidently. "Of course I'll go meet her. I want to see what kind of person this woman who's driving the plot is."