After her transformation and rebirth, she manipulates the innocent and ruthless to overthrow the wor

In the deep forest, a young girl was rolling up her trousers to cross the stream to catch fish, but the weather turned bad and a light drizzle began to fall. She had no choice but to hug the reeds in her arms and run to the bamboo house not far away.

Xiao Ran tossed the reeds into the bamboo hut, lining them up in a row so they could dry.

This is the second day since she left Baicaoyu, and it's also the second to last day of the agreement. As long as she finds some more alfalfa tomorrow, she can go back.

When she said she wanted to go up the mountain the day before yesterday, the fourth leader was quite surprised. He then told her that the mountain forest was a forbidden area in the valley.

However, the fourth leader, out of respect for his hard work, allowed her to enter the mountains, but only for three days.

Who can blame them when the entrance to the mountain forest is right in Baicaoyu?

She wiped the sweat from her forehead and sat on the bamboo stool, reflecting on the events of the past few days.

She was delighted when she first discovered the bamboo hut. She had thought she would have to climb the tree and sleep there for a few days, but she never expected to find an empty bamboo hut.

The reason it was an uninhabited bamboo house, rather than an abandoned one, is because she found several sets of washed men's clothes outside the house on the first day, and she kindly helped the owner put them away afterwards.

She originally intended to wait for someone to come and stay overnight. She was even willing to stay in the courtyard, as long as there was a fire inside the fence, the wild animals at night would not attack her.

Unexpectedly, the owner of the house did not appear for two days, so she found a random spot in the house, laid out reeds, and made do for two days.

Thinking of this, she yawned, and her stomach growled in dissatisfaction.

So she ate the wild fruit she had picked from the mountains and forests, filled her stomach, and then quickly went to sleep.

A dreamless night.

The next day, she set off down the mountain early in the morning, carrying a basket full of dried reeds on her back.

She remembered that on her way up the mountain, she had passed a relatively damp and hard rock face, where the alfalfa she wanted must have been.

She followed the path she remembered and found the stone wall, though it took her most of the day. She continued searching and soon found a large patch of alfalfa.

She gave the basket a hard tug, making room for the alfalfa she had picked.

"This is!" she exclaimed, pointing to an inconspicuous blade of grass growing in a crack in the rocks not far away.

That's a water chestnut orchid. It looks no different from a weed, but its leaves are wider, and most importantly—

Xiao Ran carefully dug out the roots, and uprooted them along with black, pebble-like fruits called "Jizhu".

This herb's fruit grows beneath its main body. Once the main body decays, new fruit will sprout, while the remaining fruit will remain dormant, waiting in line for the next sprouting.

Therefore, these water chestnuts may have lived for decades or even hundreds of years.

Moreover, water chestnuts can treat malaria and clear high fever, but there is a side effect: the throat of the person who eats them will swell due to allergies, causing their voice to become hoarse.

However, it only lasts a short while and is not a big deal for those who are in a coma due to high fever.

Xiao Ran still left a water chestnut here, at least in case the fourth leader suffered from herbal ailments due to the change in environment.

As she watched the sun slowly sink in the west, she thought it was about time to go back. Now that she had collected all the necessary materials and had even made an unexpected discovery, she stood up.

At this stop alone, a faint smell of blood could be detected.

She found it strange; could there be someone nearby?

But he quickly shook his head, thinking it might just be a fight between animals.

But then I thought, doesn't that bamboo house also have an owner? Maybe he hasn't returned yet because he encountered danger in the mountains.

Thinking that he had at least received a favor from someone, he lit a tinderbox and ventured deeper into the bloody smell.

Upon closer inspection, she discovered a hidden cave entrance behind a low rock. It wasn't large, not as big as the cave where she had fallen off the cliff, and it wasn't very deep either; she could see the end of it at a glance.

She had only taken two steps when she felt as if she had stepped on something wet. Looking down, she saw horrifying bloodstains on her boots, and not far away, a person was lying with a sword tightly clutched in their hand.

died?

She swallowed hard, squatted down, picked up the tinderbox and peered forward, and saw that the man's chest was still heaving.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, he's not dead yet...

She shone the tinderbox on the man's face, and as his features slowly became visible, her eyes widened in surprise!

This! Isn't this the boy from that day?

It would be better to be dead.

She cursed inwardly, fearing that the boy would kill her again after he woke up, and the old wound on her neck began to ache faintly.

She picked up the tinderbox and turned to leave.

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept past her from behind, and the boy pulled her to the ground, making her sit very close to his lap, her hands restrained behind her back against his chest, and her mouth covered.

The hand was extremely cold, so cold it made her shiver.

"Don't make a sound," the boy said coldly.

Just as Xiao Ran was about to struggle, she heard a sound coming from outside the cave.

"Where did that little brat go?" the man spat. "He really is a little brat; he disappeared in the blink of an eye!"

"Don't worry, that person was hit by an arrow, and the arrow was poisoned. We can come back in a few days to find the body!" another person said.

"You're so thoughtful. Although that kid is highly skilled in martial arts and killed more than a dozen of our brothers, it's easy to dodge a sword in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. Hahahaha."

After saying this, the man burst into laughter, but the laughter faded away and grew weaker and weaker.

Xiao Ran was somewhat surprised after hearing this. Was the person behind her poisoned?

She immediately tried to break free; what if the poison got into her?

Before she could even begin to break free, the boy behind her swiftly lowered his hand from her mouth. Just as she was about to ask a question, she saw the boy spit out a mouthful of blood, then his head loll to the side and he collapsed.

And Xiao Ran, whose body was covered in blood.

……

She quickly stood up, still shaken, but after a moment, she turned and walked towards the cave entrance, because she had figured it out.

She didn't want to save the boy.

Since her rebirth, she has been involved in the karma of others, such as falling off a cliff in place of Chen Zijin, and becoming the disciple of the fourth leader.

Although she had ulterior motives, she paid a heavy price for them.

But what benefit would saving this boy bring her? She couldn't guarantee that the boy wouldn't do anything to her when he woke up.

Besides, the boy had tried to kill her that day.

She walked to the low rocks and peeked out from under them.

Thankfully... no one was there!

Now is the best time to run, and it's not far from Baicaoyu. This way, she can keep her three-day agreement with the fourth leader. Once she revives the herbs, she can leave the valley!

Once she leaves the valley, she can continue her revenge plan.

The thought made me so happy that I ran out in a flash.

Thankfully, we didn't waste time rescuing the boy!

They hadn't run far when they suddenly heard someone shouting ahead.

"who!?"