Who Back Home Isn't Better at Swindling Than Her?

The Perfected Baoyi was so frightened that he tumbled off the bed.

He rubbed his eyes and asked, "Where are we? Are we in the mountains?"

The eldest disciple, standing beside him, stared blankly around and said, "Master, it seems we're at the Shen Clan."

Only then did Perfected Baoyi remember that they had come to the Shen Clan last night.

He stood up abruptly and said, "Bring me my peach wood sword, Daoist robe, and Bagua mirror."

The eldest disciple responded and searched again, saying, "Master, those things seem to be gone."

Perfected Baoyi was shocked. "What did you say? The peach wood sword is gone? The Bagua mirror is gone?"

The eldest apprentice nodded and said, "Yes... even our clothes are gone."

Perfected Baoyi looked at them with a completely embarrassed expression and asked, "What exactly happened here?"

They quickly came out wrapped in bed sheets and saw that all the members of the Shen Clan were locked in dog cages.

Even the servants were locked in dog cages.

Perfected Baoyi's lips twitched as he said, "It seems those spirits are quite polite to me, otherwise, should I be stuck in a dog cage now?"

Zhou Wanwan also got up, glanced at Perfected Baoyi, and said, "Huh? There's a Daoist priest here too?"

Why wasn't that Daoist priest locked in the dog cage last night?

The Old Scholar Tree frowned and said, "I forgot about this person. Oh well, let him go!"

Perfected Baoyi released the Shen Clan. Old Master Shen looked at Perfected Baoyi and said, "Master, you must save us! Where did you go last night? Why weren't you locked in the dog cage?"

Perfected Baoyi's lips twitched; this Old Master Shen was too good at greeting people.

He quickly explained, "Last night, I was busy all night. That monster was really powerful; it even had a mountain god with it, which gave me quite a fright."

Old Master Shen asked in surprise, "The Mountain God? The Mountain God has come out? Then why does he dislike our Shen Clan?"

Perfected Baoyi smiled wryly and said, "You'll have to ask yourselves where you offended the mountain god."

Old Master Shen thought for a while and then said, "Could it be because our estate has encroached on the mountain god's territory?"

Perfected Baoyi nodded and said, "Yes, you must often go up the mountain to cut down trees, right?"

Old Master Shen nodded repeatedly. "I bought several very large hills, and I've almost cut down all the trees on them."

Perfected Baoyi sighed and said:

"You're quite bold, aren't you! The mountain god's meaning is very simple."

Then you shouldn't go up the mountain to cut down trees; hurry up and sell those estates.

"Sell it! I'll have someone sell it right now."

The Old Ancestor said from the side, "Sell it quickly, I'll send someone to lower the price right now."

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "I'm so hungry! Can we have breakfast today?"

Shen Zhao crawled out of the dog cage and said, "Eat, eat, all you know is eating! You unlucky thing, grab her and put her in the dog cage, lock her up, and let her starve to death."

Soon, a group of guards arrived.

Just as the guards were about to make their move, one of them suddenly pulled out a sword and slashed it directly at the head of another guard.

The guards went berserk, engaging in a relentless fight.

Several people nearly struck Shen Zhao on the head.

Zhou Wanwan sat blankly on the chair next to her.

Perfected Baoyi was also terrified. He draped himself in a bed sheet and trembled beside Zhou Wanwan: "How could these people be so rude? They just started hitting us without warning."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Yes! You're a Daoist priest? Are Daoist priests afraid of being hacked to pieces?"

Perfected Baoyi rolled his eyes and said:

"I'm a Daoist priest, not a deity, but these people are so strange!"

"Little girl, do you think they're strange?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded seriously and said, "Strange, the Shen Clan has always been quite strange."

"You're not Shen Clan?"

Zhou Wanwan shook her head and said, "No! The Shen Clan invited me here as a guest! I'm hungry, I need to go get breakfast. Do you want some?"

"Eat up! What kind of breakfast do you have?"

Zhou Wanwan said, "You have to pay to have breakfast. Here's a tael of silver for you."

Perfected Baoyi's lips twitched as he said, "Little girl, do you think I look like a fool?"

Zhou Wanwan walked away without looking back.

Perfected Baoyi scoffed coldly, "This child thinks he can fool me? Doesn't he even know where I came from?"

The eldest apprentice beside him said, "We come from Swindler Mountain. The surrounding area is full of scammers like her. How could we possibly fall for her tricks?"

The second apprentice laughed and said, "Come to think of it, who on our side isn't better at lying than her?"

As the three were laughing, they saw Zhou Wanwan sitting on the stone bench, eating breakfast.

A huge breakfast spread: crab roe soup dumplings, crystal shumai, milk crisp rose buns, lotus seed paste steamed cake, pine nut goose fat rolls, ham and bamboo shoot steamed dumplings, wild duck shortbread, bird's nest porridge, lotus seed and osmanthus porridge, chicken stewed noodles, shrimp roe noodles, crab meat wontons, ghee milk cake, candied yam, pickled duck tongue, smoked chicken breast, milk cheese, almond tofu, sweet steamed ghee, osmanthus sweet taro sprouts...

Perfected Baoyi swallowed hard and said, "Kid, your breakfast is so lavish! Can I have a bite?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said:

My name is Wanwan, not Xiaohai (Little Kid).

I already said it was one tael of silver, now it's two taels. Eat if you want, otherwise forget it.

Perfected Baoyi's lips twitched as he said, "Look, we're all in the Shen Clan now, and you're eating the Shen Clan's food too. What's wrong with me having a bite?"

Zhou Wanwan said calmly:

"No, this is takeout I ordered. The Shen Clan doesn't even have a kitchen anymore, how are we going to cook for you?"

"If you want some, it'll cost two taels of silver. Look, we have bird's nest porridge here. A bowl of bird's nest porridge would cost several taels of silver elsewhere, wouldn't it?"

Perfected Baoyi took out two taels of silver, Zhou Wanwan directly took a few breakfast items she didn't like, saying, "These are for you, the rest are mine."

Perfected Baoyi looked at her and said:

"Why are you so infuriating, kid? It's just breakfast! Who are you trying to fool?"

"But your breakfast is indeed quite lavish. Lotus seed and osmanthus porridge, shredded chicken noodles, shrimp roe noodles, ghee milk cake, and honey-preserved yam are all my favorites, so it's not a bad idea."

Perfected Baoyi took one bite and his eyes lit up. "My goodness! Is breakfast here this delicious? I've never had such a delicious breakfast in the capital."

Zhou Wanwan said while eating, "Of course! How about it? You didn't lose money, did you?"

Perfected Baoyi shook his head and said:

"No loss, no loss, only when you're full will you have the strength to go find the mountain god!"

You have no idea, I spent the whole night on the mountain last night, I was freezing to death.

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "You Daoist priests must be working very hard! What did the mountain god say?"

Perfected Baoyi said, "Just sell all those mountains! If we sell them, these problems won't arise again."

Zhou Wanwan said, "I think you should be more reserved, just in case there are still problems later."

After thinking it over, Perfected Baoyi realized that one should not speak too definitively.

Old Master Shen and Shen Zhao walked over.

Shen Zhao, tears and snot streaming down his face, cried out, "Dad, I'm really hungry! Zhou Wanwan, you're eating all by yourself!"

Zhou Wanwan sighed and said:

"What do you mean by 'eating alone'? I didn't expect that when I came to visit your Shen Clan, I would have to bring my own money."

Why don't you even provide breakfast?

If I hadn't ordered takeout, I'd probably still be starving!

Shen Zhao looked at the breakfast in the bowl and said, "Zhou Wanwan, I don't mind, give me your breakfast."

Zhou Wanwan shook her head and said, "No way! You may not mind me, but I will mind you! If you want my breakfast, then pay up."