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

Fang Yu hadn't gone far when Lin Wu caught up from behind: "Sister Yu, are you going up the mountain? I'll go with you."

Fang Yu didn't stop walking and continued forward, saying calmly, "If you leave now, I can only pay you for half a day's work."

Lin Wu quickened his pace to catch up with her, not caring at all, and walked alongside her: "It's alright, it's dangerous up in the mountains, having another person means we can take care of each other."

When they reached the foot of the mountain, Fang Yu stopped, crossed her arms, and looked back at him: "There's no future for us. I advise you not to do anything pointless."

After she finished speaking, she continued walking up the mountain, with Lin Wu following behind her: "Sister Yu, I've never heard of you being a hunter before. I didn't expect you to be even better at hunting than me."

Fang Yu didn't speak and continued walking on her own. After walking a short distance, she stopped and turned back to stare at the bushes not far behind her: "Come out. How much longer are you going to follow me?"

Lin Wu followed her gaze and was puzzled. Was someone following him? How come he hadn't noticed?

After waiting a few moments, there was no movement from behind the bushes. Just as Lin Wu was about to say that it might be a wild rabbit...

Fang Yu toyed with an extremely sharp dagger between his fingertips and said calmly, "If you don't come out now, don't blame me for being ruthless with my sword."

Lin Wu frowned, staring intently at the patch of grass.

A person slowly emerged from behind the bushes. It was Bai Xiaoxiao. The sound of her swallowing was so loud that Lin Wu could hear it even from this distance.

Bai Xiaoxiao didn't dare to look Fang Yu in the eye, her gaze darting around as she stammered, "I was just passing by on my way up the mountain to dig for medicinal herbs. Who was following you?"

She continued walking forward, pretending to be calm, but just as she was about to pass Fang Yu, he reached out and stopped her.

She immediately asked nervously, "What do you want to do?"

Fang Yu withdrew his arm: "In broad daylight, of course I won't do anything, but some people can't control their mouths and spew nonsense everywhere, so I can't guarantee I won't do anything."

"I can not understand what you say."

Bai Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth and finished speaking, then continued walking forward, her trembling body barely visible.

Lin Wu seemed to understand Fang Yu's meaning, and then explained, "They won't talk nonsense. They know I came up the mountain with you to check the timber."

Fang Yu tucked the dagger back into her waistband, glanced back at him, and continued walking forward.

Lin Wu quickly caught up and tried to find topics to talk about with Fang Yu, but Fang Yu basically ignored him.

Fang Yu was busy looking at the surrounding timber.

"Sister Yu, be careful!"

Lin Wu warned her from behind, but it was too late. When Fang Yu turned around, a highly venomous snake had already bitten the back of her hand from the tree branch hanging down beside her.

Fang Yu remained expressionless, raising his arm to glance at the two tiny blood holes on the back of his hand.

Before Lin Wu could do anything, a dagger slipped from Fang Yu's hand and pinned the venomous snake precisely to the tree trunk.

"Sister Yu, this snake is highly venomous. I'll take you back to see a doctor."

Lin Wu tried to reach out and touch her, but Fang Yu stepped back and raised her arm to stop him: "It's alright, I can cure the poison."

Fang Yu took out a medicine bottle from his pocket, swallowed a pill, and took a sip of spiritual spring water.

Lin Wu looked at her with deep concern: "Sister Yu, that snake is highly venomous. Can just one pill really be enough to cure it? If we don't see a doctor in time, it might be too late."

Fang Yu had long since lost her patience: "If you're really bored, there are plenty of other things you can do. You don't need to follow me."

After saying that, Fang Yu took two steps forward and disappeared under Lin Wu's gaze.

Lin Wu stared in astonishment, then blinked hard, but he really couldn't see Fang Yu's shadow anymore.

He was still not satisfied, so he started searching around the neighborhood, calling out as he went.

Fang Yu is currently in her spatial dimension, looking at the vegetables she planted last night. They are growing extremely fast, and some are already ready to be cooked and eaten.

She thought Lin Wu would have gone down the mountain on his own if he couldn't find her, but when she left to check her space, Lin Wu was still looking for her, just like a persistent leech.

"Stop looking. People who don't know any better might think there's something going on between us."

She emerged from behind the tree trunk.

Seeing her, Lin Wu wiped the sweat from his brow. Seeing that she seemed perfectly fine, he asked again, "Sister Yu, are you really not feeling unwell? It was a poisonous snake that bit you."

"..."

On the way down the mountain, Fang Yu noticed several figures squatting on the ground digging for medicinal herbs in the surrounding woods.

But someone called her name.

"Fang Yu".

Fang Ling, who was squatting on the ground digging for medicinal herbs, stood up. She was wearing a coarse cloth on her head to shield herself from the sun.

Her hateful gaze swept over Fang Yu, then fell on Lin Wu behind her.

She suddenly laughed: "Didn't you keep saying you didn't want to marry Lin Wu? Then why are you two alone in these mountains? Don't you think you're being hypocritical?"

Lin Wu hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "Ling-jie, you've misunderstood. As everyone knows, there are wild animals on the mountain. I volunteered to accompany Yu-jie up the mountain to check the timber. It's not what you think."

Fang Ling wouldn't listen to Lin Wu. The hatred in her eyes grew stronger and stronger: "You don't want to marry Lin Wu, but you still want to get entangled with him. You're ridiculous."

Believe it or not, this is the first time in all these years that I've seen Fang Ling gathering herbs on the mountain.

Judging from her appearance, this probably wasn't her first time up the mountain today.

Lin Wu then explained, "It has nothing to do with Sister Yu, Sister Ling, please stop talking."

Fang Yu didn't even bother to speak, casually glanced at Fang Ling, and turned to leave.

Fang Ling was unwilling to give up and chased after him with a hoe in her hand: "Fang Yu, why won't you say anything? Why won't you say anything?"

"Because I don't want to argue with a dog." Fang Yu stopped and slowly uttered these words.

"You!" Fang Ling was completely enraged and recklessly struck Fang Yu with the hoe in her hand.

Lin Wu acted quickly, grabbing the hoe from Fang Ling's hand and snatching it away before throwing it to the ground.

"Fang Ling, what are you doing? You're sisters, how could you be so cruel?"

"Hahaha!" Fang Ling laughed like a madwoman, throwing her head back and saying, "Who is the heartless one? My father is still lying in bed. I don't have a sister who broke my uncle's leg. If it weren't for her, the Wang family wouldn't have broken off the engagement, my family wouldn't have sold the land, and I wouldn't be here on the mountain, enduring the wind and sun, working so hard to dig for medicinal herbs."

Fang Yu turned around, her eyebrows furrowed, her tone indifferent: "Are you feeling wronged? But these are things that Xin'er used to do every day. Your father deserves it the most. If you're not satisfied, I'm waiting for you to come and take revenge."

Talking to Fang Ling any longer would be a waste of time, so Fang Yu went straight down the mountain and home.