What's It to Me

Jiang Shaoxu didn't catch Tang Miao's tone and said happily, "Tang Miao, I like you so much~"

Upon hearing this, Tang Miao paused, turned to look at Jiang Shaoxu, somewhat puzzled...

At this point, she added, "I know you only pretended to be interested in these things because you wanted to bring me here to see them."

Tang Miao felt a pang of embarrassment. After all, he genuinely had no such intention. He was here solely to replenish the bead's energy. It wasn't what this scoundrel was thinking.

He immediately looked at Jiang Shaoxu and said very seriously, "It's enough to know the answer to this kind of thing in your heart."

"Pop~"

Jiang Shaoxu was overjoyed and gave Tang Miao a sweet kiss.

She then gazed at Tang Miao with tender affection, waiting for his confession. Jiang Shaoxu was no longer prepared to be reserved at all; as long as Tang Miao spoke, she would immediately agree!

Tang Miao looked at Jiang Shaoxu's appearance and felt a pang of confusion...

How could he not know what that bitch wanted? But how could he just blurt it out? If he did, how would he tell the whole world?

It's quite a failure, really... After all this time, spreading it worldwide has only achieved one-thousandth of what I envisioned...

But if she didn't speak up, Jiang Shaoxu would probably throw a tantrum again. This young lady's temper was notoriously short-tempered...

If they were discovered and kicked out because of this, it would be a huge loss... Just as Tang Miao was feeling helpless, he saw a strange plant that emitted a peculiar smell and asked, "Look, what kind of plant is that?"

"Um?"

Jiang Shaoxu paused, somewhat annoyed! After all, she was discussing "serious business" with Tang Miao! But Tang Miao was beating around the bush with her?

What the hell?!

Just as she was about to get angry, she held back and glanced at the spot Tang Miao was pointing to.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Shaoxu paused for a moment, then immediately recognized the plant. She exclaimed, "This looks like Consort's Fragrant Grass. It's said to have been cultivated from the tears of a concubine in New Zealand. It can be used to make antidepressants and sells for quite a bit. No wonder this little village looks so much richer than the others."

Tang Miao breathed a sigh of relief, finally managing to get away with Jiang Shaoxu's bluff. He then looked at Jiang Shaoxu and said, "Alright, let's come out and admire it together. Let's go inside and take a look."

Jiang Shaoxu nodded upon hearing this, but she felt as if she had overlooked something. However, Tang Miao had already revealed a hint of dark energy, so she had no choice but to obediently come to Tang Miao's side, hug Tang Miao, and rush inside with him.

After the two entered, they found a large village with many people gathered outside their houses. There were about three or four hundred people, indicating that it was a fairly large village.

The three or four hundred people were all in an open area of the village, and there was also a group of people dressed in red with lots of ornaments. Judging from their attire, they should all be sorcerers.

After a quick glance, Tang Miao discovered that there were about fifty people covered in red ornaments, and their cultivation levels were not low. Adding those guarding the slope, there were at least seventy or eighty people in total.

A village with fewer than 500 people has 70 or 80 mages. The density of mages is a bit too high. Most importantly, these people are not novices like apprentice mages. Judging from their aura and the flow of elements, they are all veteran mages.

Just then, the sound of a conversation came from the village, "Village chief, you've completely misunderstood us!"

The man at the head of the group, wearing a deep red beret, shook his head, looking as if he had been wronged.

"Misunderstanding? I don't want to say anything more to someone like you. Now that they're in your hands, these herbs are the only valuable thing in the whole mountain stronghold. If you're so capable, then pick them all!"

The middle-aged man in black cloth seemed to be the so-called village chief; his face was resolute at this moment.

The man in the deep red hat chuckled again, "I am a very reasonable person. If you don't believe me, you can ask those whom I, Xige, have taken care of. They have never felt any fear or discomfort towards my actions. On the contrary, most of them are grateful for my adherence to morality. As I said, I am not some heinous villain. I am also a merchant willing to do business with you. The people of your village, the houses of your village, the land of your village, the herbs of your village, all belong to me. As long as you pay enough money to buy them back, I will leave with my brothers."

"Damn it, these things originally belonged to us. When did they become yours? You stole our things, surrounded our village, and now you want us to pay for them back? Do you think we're fools?"

A fiercely independent young woman burst out from the crowd and spat fiercely at Xige!

"..."

Tang Miao didn't understand their conversation at all, but at this moment, Jiang Shaoxu explained to Tang Miao, "They're bandits! This village seems to have been robbed, and these bandits are really shameless!"

Jiang Shaoxu is fluent in multiple languages, and she can understand even languages that are not international languages.

Upon learning that there was no festival being held here at all, but rather that the place was being held hostage by bandits, Jiang Shaoxu said somewhat unhappily, "Let's call Ai Jiangtu and the others back to wipe them out!"

Tang Miao shrugged, showing no intention of meddling, and refused, saying, "Whether they're shameless or not is none of our business. This country has people in charge."

"How could you do this!" Jiang Shaoxu pouted, somewhat dissatisfied with Tang Miao's heartlessness.

Looking at Jiang Shaoxu's chivalrous spirit, Tang Miao said calmly, "If you were in danger, I certainly wouldn't stand idly by. But who are they, and what does it have to do with me? Besides, helping them only drives away the bandits for now; we can't stay here to protect them forever, can we? In that case, they'll face even harsher retaliation, and they might even turn around and blame us. Do you think that's appropriate?"

Jiang Shaoxu paused; this was the first time she had ever heard of such a statement...

Although she felt something was off, she didn't know how to refute it.

But Jiang Shaoxu still said with a hint of dissatisfaction, "I don't know what will happen in the future, but right now, it's really infuriating!"

Most robbers simply steal something and leave, then sell it later when things calm down. These guys, on the other hand, steal things and then make the victims pay to buy them back? These robbers deserve to die!