My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

Looking at the little bun with his brows furrowed, Ji Yunshuang sighed speechlessly.

She stuffed a piece of steamed cake into his mouth, saying, "Don't be like your father at such a young age, always frowning. Eat quickly and let's get going."

She steamed this cake today.

The rice balls I made last time have long been eaten up, and although the recent hunting trip has been quite fruitful, I'm getting tired of eating meat all the time.

Fortunately, she had taken a lot of flour from her space during the last market visit, so she could use it to make some food and change things up.

The flour had been fermented last night using honey as yeast in a cauldron. This morning, Ji Yunshuang borrowed a pot from the Zhou family to steam it.

She secretly added a lot of eggs, making the steamed cake soft, fragrant, and delicious.

The little bun was distracted by the sweet aroma of the steamed cake and couldn't think about Zhao Zheng for the time being.

After breakfast, the group continued their journey.

Outside Yi'an City, a tall, thin man hunched over and approached a burly man, saying, "Brother? We've raised enough money! Shall we go into the city now?"

The burly man spat out the grass he was chewing, stood up, and said, "Let's go!"

When it came time to hand over the silver, the tall, thin man was reluctant, grumbling, "So much silver, are we really going to hand it over to that cannibalistic official?"

The burly man glanced at him sideways and said coldly, "Dissatisfied? Want to break up the partnership?"

The tall, thin man immediately became anxious, "Brother, you've misunderstood me. How could I have meant that? Do you think I, Skinny Monkey, am such an ungrateful person?"

If I hadn't followed you, brother, I would have starved to death long ago. How could I possibly be dissatisfied with you?

I just think this corrupt official is utterly inhuman. It's just entering the city, and he wants two taels of silver! That's practically robbery!

Han Lin withdrew his gaze and said, "Since there's no dissatisfaction, let's go! Let's go into the city and find a doctor to take a look at Ya Ya."

Skinny Monkey slapped his forehead repeatedly and apologized, "It's all my fault. Ya Ya has been in good spirits lately, so I forgot to call a doctor for her. Brother, please don't be angry. I'll definitely put Ya Ya first next time."

"Alright, stop joking around, call your men and let's go."

Han Lin sounded impatient, but the skinny monkey noticed a clear change in his tone and knew that what had just happened was over.

He quickly called for people to enter the city.

They had worked incredibly hard these past few days to collect a full bag of silver, but when they went to the city and handed it over, most of it was gone in an instant.

Han Lin looked at the small amount of silver left in his pocket, a hint of worry appearing in his eyes.

Sure enough, when they went to the clinic after entering the city, they found that the little money they had left was barely enough to hire a doctor to see Ya Ya, but not enough to buy medicine.

The skinny monkey grumbled and cursed, complaining that the clinic lacked medical ethics. He said that it was bad enough that they had to pay money to enter the city, but the clinic's consultation fees had doubled compared to usual, and the cost of medicine was skyrocketing.

The waiter replied irritably, "Do you think we want to raise prices? In this chaotic world, the transportation of medicinal herbs is inconvenient, and the purchase price has gone up. Not to mention, many medicines are unavailable even if you have the money. Do you think we want to raise prices? We have no other choice."

Skinny Monkey wanted to say that this was just an excuse they were making up to raise prices, but Han Lin stopped him and said, "Let's go!"

After leaving the clinic, Skinny Monkey asked, "Brother, what do we do now?"

Han Lin looked around at the shops on both sides of the street, "Find a way to make money!"

The skinny monkey perked up instantly at his words, "How do we get money?"

Han Lin didn't answer him, but strode towards the shop across the street. Seeing this, Skinny Monkey quickly followed.

The two men were dressed in rags, clearly refugees. The shop assistants wouldn't kick them out, but they kept a close eye on them.

Skinny Monkey didn't know how his older brother was getting him to make money. He wondered if he was planning to steal from the shop. The waiter was watching so closely, how could he possibly steal money?

Just as he was pondering this, Han Lin spoke up unexpectedly, "Brother, do you have any helpers in your shop? We brothers are strong and can do any kind of hard or tiring work."

The waiter raised his hand to shoo the man away, but in the instant he opened his mouth, he remembered the instructions that had just been given by the mountain stronghold that day.

He swallowed his words about kicking people out and changed his tune, saying, "I don't have any physically demanding work here, but I do have a few assistants. If you do these jobs well, you'll earn more than you could in your whole life doing hard labor."

The skinny monkey's eyes lit up suddenly. "Such a good thing?"

Han Lin said, "We won't do things like murder or arson."

"Don't worry, I don't want you to kill or set fires. I'm just here to ask you for some information."

As he spoke, the waiter took a painting from the cabinet, unfolded it, and showed it to the two men. "You've fled here, haven't you? Have you seen this person? The master said that if you can provide information about her and confirm it's accurate, he'll give you ten taels of silver; if you can find her, he'll give you one hundred taels of silver. How about that? More money than doing hard labor, right?"

Both men's pupils dilated instantly as they looked at the woman in the painting.

Isn't this the female demon who chopped off human heads like pumpkins that night?

Han Lin glanced at the name of the trading company and his mind raced.

Given how ruthless that woman was that night, he didn't want to mess with that female demon.

But he desperately needs money now, and with so many refugees witnessing her kill someone, if he doesn't seize the opportunity in time, someone else might beat him to it.

After a few moments of thought, he quickly made a decision and said, "Brother, you're lucky. We actually saw this woman on our escape route."

"Really?" the waiter warned, "Don't try to fool our boss with false information for money. If our boss finds out that what you said is false and delays our business, the consequences are unimaginable."

The skinny monkey said unhappily, "You little brother, you were the one who asked us first, and now you don't believe us even though we tell you. Forget it, let's go find some work elsewhere."

Han Lin lifted his foot and was about to walk out of the store.

The waiter became anxious and grabbed the two men, saying, "Since you really know about that woman, come with me to the back room to see the manager. Once the manager confirms that what you said is true, you can get your money immediately."

The two followed the steward to the back room, where they soon saw a tall, dark-skinned man with a muscular build.

Han Lin himself was armed with a knife, so he could immediately tell that the man opposite him was also armed with a knife, just like him.

This man's identity is definitely not as simple as just being a manager of a trading company.

He considered his options several times, but ultimately didn't dare to take the risk when the man cast a scrutinizing glance at him.

He quickly lowered his head, feigning fear, and began to recount what had happened that night.

The more Chen Wu listened to him, the more excited he became.

When the young master entrusted him with this task, he was quite troubled, feeling that it would not be easy to find a woman in such chaotic times.

But to my surprise, the woman's viciousness remained unchanged, and she couldn't help but strike again on the street.

But when Han Lin told him where the woman had committed the crime, his brows furrowed again.

He was able to reach Yi'an County so quickly because he had good horses. He changed horses countless times along the way to arrive in Yi'an County ahead of everyone else.

But according to the man's account, the woman not only had no horse with her, but was also dragging a group of weaklings, walking on foot...

Given the location of her crime, it's impossible for her to have reached Linjiang County so quickly.

Could it be... just a false alarm?