Severed ties and living in a dilapidated house? No worries, the poor thing has a space.

Fang Yu had almost forgotten about it: "I'll go check on it after dinner. I've found a place to put it, so don't worry."

After dinner, it got dark, and Li was still making clothes by lamplight, with Fang Xin helping her.

Fang Yu paced back and forth at the door twice. Li Shi looked up and asked, "Yu'er, is something on your mind?"

Fang Yu glanced at the night sky outside, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Mother, I have something I need to take care of and I'd like to go out for a bit, is that alright?"

Li paused her needlework for a moment: "Alright, then come back quickly, your mother will be waiting for you."

Fang Xin asked, "Sister, do you want me to come with you?"

"No need, you can rest if you get tired later, don't wait for me."

She went straight to the neighboring village, and to her surprise, she saw a flickering fire in the field from afar.

She quickened her pace and went over. There was a person sitting on the ground with a lantern at his feet and a dry biscuit in his hand.

"Auntie, why are you still here so late?" Fang Yu asked as she approached.

The woman from earlier that day was not frightened. She stood up and said, "Girl, you've finally come. I didn't know when you would come to pick up these taro, which were lying in the ground. I was afraid they would be stolen, so I came to check on them for a while."

The woman lifted her lantern and glanced behind Fang Yu: "Young lady, are you all alone?"

"The carriage is behind. I came first. It's getting late, so Auntie, you should go back and rest. I'll leave as soon as I'm done packing."

The woman was tired after a long day. She yawned and said, "Okay, I'll head back now. I'll try to dig out the rest in the next couple of days."

After the woman left, Fang Yu carried a lantern and walked through all the dug areas, collecting all the neatly arranged taro roots into his spatial storage.

When she arrived at the plot of land she had bought near the hot spring, she felt sticky all over. Since she was already there, she figured she might as well take a bath.

There's nothing more comfortable than taking a bath in this natural hot spring.

I've been drinking Lingquan water for a while now, and both my physical condition and skin have improved significantly.

Even the calluses on my hands are slowly disappearing.

She was leisurely taking a bath, unaware that two figures were pacing back and forth at her door, and she dared not disturb them.

When she returned, all the lights in the village were off, except for the light in the courtyard.

"Miss Fang, you're finally back."

Before she even reached the corner, Zhang Shicong emerged from around the corner and blocked her way.

Last night, Zhang Shicong was still arrogant, but tonight he looks much more haggard and even more subservient.

Fang Yu held the lantern close to his face and teased, "Young Master Zhang, you're so punctual. Have you prepared everything?"

Zhang Shicong was taken aback for a moment: "Things, what things?"

Fang Yu smiled slightly: "Young Master Zhang, you came empty-handed to ask for a favor? It seems that the attack at sunset wasn't too painful."

Recalling the pain in his internal organs at sunset, Zhang Shicong almost fainted. He was in a hurry to get the antidote and leave Qingshan City, never expecting that Fang Yu would dare to try to kill him.

He was a little anxious, his eyes darting around: "Miss Fang, you know I'm not short of money, it's just that it hurts too much. Could you give me the antidote first? I'll definitely send you a generous gift tomorrow."

Fang Yu shook her head: "I don't do credit. Besides, I have to be extra careful with someone as notorious as Young Master Zhang. I might lose everything if I'm not careful."

Zhang Shicong's expression visibly grew anxious, but his tone softened slightly: "Then what will it take for Miss Fang to give me the antidote?"

"Young Master Zhang, what do you think your life is worth?"

Zhang Shicong's attendant jumped out from behind and said, "My young master's life is of course priceless."

Zhang Shicong suddenly had a bad feeling, and then waited for Fang Yu to say, "Then I won't be greedy. Since it's priceless, I'll exchange it for half of your family fortune."

"Half of the family fortune, you dead country bumpkin, why don't you just rob it?" the attendant cursed again.

"Shut up!" Zhang Shicong turned around and yelled, then slapped him.

"Ah!"

Fang Yu gave a cold laugh. "Young Master Zhang, take your time to consider," she said, then walked past the two of them, pushed open the door, and entered the courtyard.

The two people inside were asleep, but they were both slumped over the table, seemingly waiting for her to return.

Fang Yu let them inhale some medicine powder to make sure they wouldn't wake up before moving the mother and daughter to rest on the straw beds.

After she had covered herself with the blanket, she heard a very soft knock at the door outside the courtyard. Only then did she turn around, blow out the candle, and go outside.

Zhang Shicong stood at the door, his demeanor now far more submissive than before.

“Miss Fang, I came in a hurry today and didn’t bring that much silver with me. How about I send someone to bring it tomorrow? Miss Fang, what do you think…”

Zhang Shicong looked into Fang Yu's eyes, hoping she would agree.

Fang Yu glanced at him leisurely, then suddenly smiled and said, "I happen to have nothing to do today, so I don't mind going with Young Master Zhang."

She turned slightly and glanced at the dilapidated courtyard behind her: "As you can see, Young Master Zhang, I am very short of money. The thought of suddenly becoming incredibly wealthy makes me a little impatient."

“This…” Zhang Shicong turned his head away, hesitated, and was very conflicted.

"Never mind." Fang Yu was about to close the door. "Young Master Zhang, you should think it over before you come back."

"No!" Zhang Shicong reached out to block the door, but then fell silent.

If he doesn't leave tonight, it might be difficult to leave after dawn tomorrow. He needs to leave Qingshan City to go to Yunjing to find someone to save his father.

It's just money. As long as we can get my dad out, I don't care how much money I want.

He gritted his teeth: "Then I'll have to trouble Miss Fang to come with me."

We boarded a horse-drawn carriage parked outside the village and headed towards Qingshan City. After entering the city, we traveled for quite some time before stopping.

Fang Yu originally thought they had arrived at the governor's mansion, but after getting off the carriage, she realized that they had not, but had stopped at an ordinary and unremarkable courtyard.

"This is?"

The attendant went up to open the door, and Zhang Shicong gestured for her to come inside: "What Miss Fang wants is inside."

I thought Zhang Shicong would pull some tricks, but when I went inside, the seemingly ordinary courtyard had layers of gates and unseen mechanisms.

However, for a mere prefect of Qingshan City to build such a complex secret chamber, one can imagine that a considerable amount of money must have been stored inside.

When the last door was pushed open, even Fang Yu, who had always seen the world, was somewhat dumbfounded.

The huge underground chamber was filled with gold and silver treasures, and the number of luminous pearls alone was countless.

She looked at each of the treasures, seemingly admiring the dazzling array of precious items, but in reality, she was searching for the item that Xiao Jingqi was looking for.

"Miss Fang, this is the Zhang family's storeroom. All the money is here. Please feel free to take whatever you like."

It's clear that Zhang Shicong really didn't want to die, otherwise he wouldn't have brought her in so easily.

Fang Yu didn't take much; he only took a few silver notes as a token gesture, which amounted to only a few thousand taels.

She then gave the antidote to Zhang Shicong.