"They should be busy moving the treasure from Tianning Temple. I doubt anyone would be willing to come back." Song Qingshu recalled that the treasure in Tianning Temple had been coated in deadly poison in the original story, but the people from Hero's Island were not the rabble from Liancheng Jue. That bit of poison would not trouble them.
"Are we really going to let them take the treasure?" Qi Fang did not care much about the treasure itself, but after the way those people had treated her and her daughter, she naturally did not want to see it fall into their hands.
"Don't worry. We're only letting them serve as porters for a while." Song Qingshu smiled faintly. He was traveling alone now, with no manpower at his side, and he could not possibly transport so much treasure himself. He might as well use these people to move it out for him. In any case, they would have to use the Ruan family's ships to transport it in the end, so there was no fear of them vanishing with it.
"Brother Song, you should still go take a look." Qi Fang could not put aside her worries. Rather than let those people profit, she would naturally prefer for the treasure to end up in Song Qingshu's hands.
"No rush. I'll take you back to the countryside first. It isn't safe here anymore." Qi Fang did not wish to leave her hometown, so Song Qingshu naturally would not force her. But neither would he let her remain here and face danger.
"Mm." Qi Fang nodded. She also knew this was no place to linger. Even if she did not care for herself, she could not let her daughter take such a risk.
Song Qingshu then escorted her back to her