You're Trying to Force My Hand, Aren't You?

The saying "bandits emerge in times of chaos" is absolutely true.

Soon, the Old Scholar Tree arranged for a group of people to take all these things back to the mountain stronghold.

All the wild game has been prepared over there.

Zhou Wanwan was quite troubled looking at the mountain of wild game.

Before I knew it, I'd caught too many trees in my yard.

Zhou Wanwan looked at the wild game. "They're all still alive?"

The Old Ancestor was overjoyed and said, "They're all alive! Many of them want to go back with you, saying they can't get enough to eat in the mountains now."

Zhou Wanwan glanced at the dozens of tigers, over a hundred wolves, more than 1,000 pheasants, and all sorts of wild game, and her lips twitched as she said:

"Old Ancestor, do you think I have the ability to raise so many wild animals?"

"They can't be tamed at all; these guys are all wild and untamable..."

Before she could finish speaking, all the tigers knelt down. Not only the tigers, but all the intelligent ones prostrated themselves on the ground.

Zhou Wanwan was furious:

"You're forcing yourselves on me, okay? Do you think I'm suitable to support you?"

How could I possibly afford to feed a bunch of good-for-nothings like you?

Lingbao stretched and popped out of the bag, saying, "These guys said that when they're hungry, they'll eat anything, even grass!"

Zhou Wanwan lightly scolded, "Nonsense... Let's talk about it later! I'll take you to collect your reward first."

Shen Wanjun stayed in the woods for an hour, his stomach growling with hunger.

"This little girl has probably been eaten by a wild animal. Let's hurry back!"

I'm really hungry. We're in the middle of nowhere, and I haven't even seen a mouse. What kind of game could she possibly have hunted?"

The students from Jiangnan around them couldn't help but complain:

"You people from Dongshan Prefecture are really cold-blooded. Your own sister ran into the woods and you didn't even bother to help her."

What if they really get eaten by those wild beasts?

"You bet they really dislike this little girl and deliberately lured her into the mountains just to abandon her."

"What the heck? And they want us to be witnesses for them? Aren't we witnesses now?"

Shen Wanjun was trembling all over:

"I signed and pressed my fingerprint on the document with that girl. Does that mean I drove her to her death?"

"You people from Dongshan Prefecture are truly something else, actually framing me."

The people from Dongshan Prefecture all rolled their eyes. Gu Sinian said calmly, "We never planned this signing or fingerprinting. It was voluntary on your and Wanwan."

Shen Wanjun angrily said, "So you're saying this little girl did it on purpose, to extort money from me?"

Everyone fell silent, and Shen Wanjun was even more furious:

"I understand now, you guys set this up on purpose."

That little girl is trying to scam me. If she dies, I'll have to pay her. So, tell me! How much money do you want?

Why aren't these people very bright?

Zhou Qingchen and Zhou Qinghe couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Shen Wanjun glared at them and said, "You dare to laugh? How much money do you want? I'm not going to argue with you."

Zhou Qingchen coughed and said, "We don't want your money, but Wanwan is another story."

"What do you mean? You don't mean that little girl will haunt me even as a ghost, do you?" Shen Wanjun asked with a mournful face.

The other students from Jiangnan sighed and said, "This is a staged accident scam. You people are really clever."

"Oh! That poor little girl, she's probably been carried off by wolves by now."

Zhou Wanwan patted his leg from behind, and the man screamed in fright, "Ah... a ghost!"

The faces of those students from Jiangnan turned pale, and Zhou Wanwan appeared from behind him.

The students from Jiangnan retreated in fright, crying out, "A ghost... a ghost is coming..."

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes helplessly and said, "Are you all a little bit crazy? I just went to find some wild game, why are you making such a fuss?"

Shen Wanjun was also startled. "You... you're alive? Then why were you gone for so long? I thought you'd been eaten by a wild animal!"

Cheng Chao, who was standing next to him, burst out laughing, "A wild beast eats her? Would a wild beast dare?"

Shen Wanjun snorted coldly and said:

"I think there's something wrong with all the people from Dongshan Prefecture. Little sister, do all your brothers have a grudge against you?"

You went into the mountains, and they weren't worried at all, nor did they go looking for you.

Do they not want you anymore?

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes and said:

How could you be so wicked?

You want my brother to come find me? What if he gets into danger? There are so many dangers in this forest!

Shen Wanjun said angrily:

"Alright, forget I talked for nothing. Can we go back now?"

I've been here for ages and haven't eaten yet! I'm starving!

"By the way, you've been inside for so long and haven't gotten anything. Don't you owe me ten thousand taels of silver?"

The group of students from Jiangnan nearby could no longer contain themselves and burst into laughter:

"Young Master Shen, please stop making fun of this little girl!"

Judging by her attire, she could barely scrape together a hundred taels of silver, let alone ten thousand! That's just wishful thinking!

"Oh dear, look at her! Is she about to cry?"

Someone deliberately dragged out their words, full of sarcasm. "Little sister, don't be so stubborn! Come here obediently, call me 'big brother,' and I'll give you a thousand taels, how about it?"

"Me too! Me too!"

"Just call my name, and I'll give it to you too!"

A female student disguised as a male said:

"She's a girl who came from a poor, remote area."

Forget ten thousand taels, the largest sum of silver I've ever seen in my life is probably only ten taels! They truly don't know their own limitations!

Why is this girl talking in such a sarcastic tone?

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and asked, "What's this lady's name?"

The man, enraged, cursed, "You're the girl! You're making me so angry, so angry! I'm a boy!"

Zhou Wanwan simply didn't believe it. "A boy looking like you? Tsk tsk tsk..."

Someone nearby shouted, "How dare you! Do you know who he is?"

"This is none other than the eldest son of the Jiangnan Transport Commissioner, Eldest Young Master Liu!"

His father was a high-ranking official of the Principal Fourth Rank, holding immense power and influence in the financial and tax center of Jiangnan!

"Even Young Master Liu, you dare to be so rude! You truly don't know your place!"

Young Master Liu raised his chin and said:

"Someone like you, a commoner from a remote and impoverished area, will never have the chance to come into contact with people at our level in your entire life."

Let alone Principal Fourth Rank, you've probably never even seen a few eighth or ninth-rank officials, so naturally you've never even heard of them."

Zhou Wanwan sighed. Why are all these young masters so arrogant?

She's tired of seeing high-ranking officials every day, okay?

She waved her hand and said:

"I'm not going to waste my breath on this nonsense. What's so great about these things?"

Shall we go check out the wild game instead? Shen Wanjun, don't try to back out!