Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

By the time Zhao Lian dragged the man back and threw him on the ground, Teng Fu and the others had also returned.

Upon seeing these men, Liang Chong immediately realized he had fallen into a trap. Luckily, the young master and the others didn't chase after them, or they would have fallen into their trap.

"My stuff!"

Li Chunhua quickly snatched the bundle from Zhao Lian's hands. When she looked at it in the dim light, she was stunned to find that everything inside had vanished.

"You heartless bastard, where are my things? Where did you hide them!" Li Chunhua scratched the man's face.

"You crazy woman, stop! I didn't take this!" The man tried desperately to dodge, but Li Chunhua still managed to scratch bloody marks on his face.

"If it wasn't you who took it, then who was?" Li Chunhua asked angrily.

Qiao Tai couldn't help but ask, "Chunhua, what exactly did you put in here?"

"Didn't I tell you? This contains Qiao Dun's golden lock and a fortune-attracting talisman given by a fortune teller." Li Chunhua stomped her feet in anger.

"Waaaaah~ Daddy, I want my golden lock!" Li Chunhua glared at Qiao Dun, who immediately understood and started crying in response.

"You thief, hand over our lady's things right now!" Butler Su kicked the man.

The man huddled on the ground, his face contorted with grief: "I didn't take a single thing from that lady; that girl took it all."

"You're making false accusations! How could the Third Miss take the Madam's things?" Butler Su kicked him again without hesitation, causing the man to scream in pain.

Li Chunhua lost her temper and burst into tears: "Master, it's all your fault. I told you to chase after it, but you didn't. Look, everything here is gone. Our family's fortune is gone. If our family declines in the future, don't blame me."

Jordan said coldly, "Third Aunt, you're just bragging. You're making it sound like our family's wealth was all thanks to you. We were already rich before you married my father."

Li Chunhua wiped away her tears: "Anyway, the fortune teller said I'm your family's god of wealth. Jordan, I'm your third aunt. How can you talk to me like that!"

Then Li Chunhua looked at Qiao Tai, and said in a high-pitched voice with a wronged expression, "Master, look, Jordan doesn't even give me face in front of you. If you're not here anymore, how will Qiao Dun and I live?"

Zhao Lian, always eager for a good show, said with a half-smile, "Madam Qiao, you're practically cursing Master Qiao to die! I think you just wish he would die sooner!"

Li Chunhua trembled with rage: "You—you—you brat, you're spouting nonsense!"

Fearing that Qiao Tai might take her words to heart, Li Chunhua quickly explained, "Master, that's not what I meant."

Qiao Tai said with a stern face, "Alright, alright, as long as the person is okay, it's okay if this thing is lost. You're already so old, why are you crying? There are so many outsiders watching, don't embarrass yourself here."

"It's alright, Master Qiao, we didn't hear anything, please continue~" Sun Shangxiang said with a forced smile, feeling like she was about to burst from holding it in.

Seeing that Mr. Qiao was getting angry, Li Chunhua didn't dare to say anything more.

He Mu watched the scene unfold with a cold eye, genuinely finding it strange that this fortune teller was predicting all sorts of fates.

They actually say Li Chunhua brings good fortune to her husband, but why hasn't he gotten rich after all these years with her?

"Father, do you hate Second Mother?" Zhao Feng suddenly asked.

He Mu's eyes were distant; it seemed like a long time ago that Li Chunhua was his wife.

"I hate it, but that's all in the past." He Mu shook his head with a wry smile; he didn't want to talk about it with Zhao Feng.

Taking advantage of Qiao Tai's inattention, Li Chunhua leaned close to Zhao Lian's ear and asked through gritted teeth, "You little brat, tell me quickly, did you take that thing?"

"So what if it is? So what if it isn't! Second Aunt~" Zhao Lian deliberately raised her voice when she said the words "Second Aunt".

Li Chunhua immediately realized what was happening and covered her mouth with a tense expression.

Qiao Tai looked puzzled: "Chunhua, did I hear wrong? It sounded like Zhaolian called you Second Mother."

Zhao Lian pulled Li Chunhua's hand away and said with a forced smile, "Mr. Qiao, you misheard me. I meant that Mrs. Qiao looks like my mother."

"Hehe~"

Li Chunhua chuckled to cover her embarrassment: "I also thought she was calling me 'Mom' just now, which startled me!"

After hearing this explanation, Qiao Tai had no doubts whatsoever.

Li Chunhua was still unwilling to give up, and when she found an opportunity, she asked about Zhaolian's bundle.

Zhao Lian raised an eyebrow: "Li Chunhua, to tell you the truth, I did take that thing."

"I didn't expect you to have hidden a lot of money all these years. Here's what we'll do: you can have the money, but I have one condition: I need one hundred taels of silver."

"Are you crazy? You might as well just rob us!" Hearing Zhao Lian say she wanted a hundred taels of silver felt like cutting off Li Chunhua's flesh.

As if she had expected Zhao Lian to refuse, she said calmly, "If you don't agree, you won't get a single one of these things."

Li Chunhua was furious. She didn't want to pay the hundred taels of silver, but if she didn't pay it, she wouldn't get a single tael.

Thinking of this, Li Chunhua gritted her teeth: "Fine, one hundred taels it is!" She was willing to risk everything to get these things back.

Hey~

Zhao Lian chuckled: "You'd better take it carefully, or you won't be so lucky next time."

As she spoke, under the cover of night, Zhao Lian took out the items, examined them carefully, and pulled out a silver note containing one hundred taels of silver. She returned the rest of the items to Li Chunhua.

Holding these items, Li Chunhua felt as if she had found something she had lost. Although she was short a hundred taels of silver, at least she had found the items.

Zhao Lian tied the men to a tree. After all that, they were wide awake and drifted off to sleep until dawn.

In July, dawn breaks early, so everyone woke up early, ate some dry rations, and planned to continue their journey. The weather wasn't too hot in the morning, making it easier to travel.

The other refugees had also gotten up long ago and started their journey one after another.

Seeing that Zhao Lian and the others were about to leave, the stubble-faced man became anxious and cried out, "Hey, little girls, don't go! Put us down!"

Last night, Zhao Lian tied them to a tree and they spent the night there. They got a lot of mosquito bites all over their bodies.

Zhao Lian smiled mischievously and said in a clear voice, "What are you afraid of? Anyway, there are no wolves on the mountain now. Once you've starved yourself thin, the rope will naturally loosen, and then you'll be able to get out."

Judging from Zhao Lian's words, she didn't want to untie them. The men were dumbfounded and begged for mercy with long faces.

"Little girl, please, put us down quickly. We'll never do it again."

"Please, please have mercy! We know we were wrong, please be kind enough to let us go!"

Yan Guihua felt a pang of pity and said to Zhao Lian, "Zhao Lian, they look quite pitiful. Why don't we let them go?"