Perhaps because she used too much force, Lin Sisi was startled by her sudden attack.

This caused him to lose his balance and fall to the ground.

As Shen Man grabbed the thing around her neck, the thin rope attached to it snapped, and the thing was firmly held in Shen Man's hand.

Lin Sisi fell to the ground, landing on a slope. Her body rolled uncontrollably down the slope several times before finally stopping in a slightly flatter area.

At this moment, Shen Man was only concerned with what she had in her hand and had no time to care about Lin Sisi's life or death.

She immediately opened her palm and stared wide-eyed.

But when she saw what was lying in her palm, the burning flame in her eyes was instantly extinguished.

What she held in her hand wasn't some precious ornament at all, but just an ordinary metal key.

Lin Sisi was right.

But why wouldn't Lin Sisi let her see this broken key before?

She glanced at Lin Sisi, who was still lying on the ground, struggling to get up.

"Shen Zhiqing, why did you take my things just now? You made me fall down, and it hurts so much! I can't get up now. Come and help me up."

Shen Man subconsciously tried to go over and pull Lin Sisi up: "Sisi, I didn't mean to, I'll help you up right now."

But after taking two steps, she hesitated again.

Lin Sisi treasures a key so much, always wearing it around her neck, afraid that she might see it. Could it be that this key has something special about it?

Who knows, this key might hold the space I've always dreamed of.

Adhering to the principle of "better to kill a hundred innocent people than let one guilty person go free," she turned around and walked behind a large rock nearby, preparing to conduct an experiment on the weapon with her own blood.

Seeing that Shen Man not only didn't come to pull her away, but instead walked behind a large rock, Lin Sisi found Shen Man even stranger.

She had previously thought that Shen Man was only interested in jewelry, but she never expected that she would also be interested in a key. Fortunately, she had taken precautions before going up the mountain and had taken off her phoenix jade pendant and replaced it with this key, otherwise Shen Man would have stolen the phoenix jade pendant instead.

She subconsciously touched her pocket, where there was a very hard object; her phoenix jade pendant was still inside.

She stood up, wanting to go behind the big rock to see what Shen Man was doing, and perhaps then she would know why Shen Man was so interested in these things.

Behind the large rock, Shen Man couldn't wait to bite her finger and drip the blood onto the key. However, no miracle happened. The key remained the same, lying quietly in her palm with blood on it, and she didn't feel any change in her body.

Is this really just an ordinary key?

She thought to herself that this was the thought.

At the same time, the hope that had been so hard to ignite was quickly dampened.

Unwilling to give up, she smeared some more blood on it, but there was still no change.

Suddenly, I heard the rustling of leaves beside my ear; it must be Lin Sisi coming over.

Last year, the fallen leaves from the trees covered the ground in layers, and after a long period of drying, they would make a crunching sound when stepped on.

Fortunately, these sounds allowed Shen Man to become aware of the approach of others.

She quickly wiped the blood off the key, then hid behind a large rock. When Lin Sisi approached and peeked out, she suddenly screamed, startling Lin Sisi again.

"Hahaha, Sisi, were you scared by me?!"

She pretended to be mischievous, deliberately pinching the key between her fingers and waving it in front of Lin Sisi.

Lin Sisi was startled by her shout. She thought Shen Man was secretly doing something behind the rock, but judging from Shen Man's current appearance, was she just joking with her and deliberately shouting to scare her when she came looking for her?

With a smile on her face, Shen Man returned the key to Lin Sisi.

"Sisi, here's your key. Sisi, I was just trying to play a joke on you, you don't mind, do you?"

Lin Sisi took the keys and glared at her angrily.

“Shen Zhiqing, have you ever seen anyone joke like that? Do you know how much it hurt when I fell just now? You wouldn’t even help me up. Making jokes like that is too much.”

Shen Man was prepared for the possibility that she might get angry, and she was also prepared to offend people.

So he still smiled and said, "Sisi, I really just wanted to joke with you. Maybe my way of joking with people is a little different. Okay, don't be angry with me. Don't be so petty, okay?"

After venting her frustrations, Lin Sisi realized that getting angry with Shen Man was pointless; could she possibly stop Shen Man from beating her up?

She was just staying at the educated youth settlement temporarily. Now the other party was the host and she was the guest. In addition, she no longer had Lin Guanghui's help. She was isolated and helpless, so she had to endure the losses.

"Alright, alright, I'll take it as you joking with me. But this kind of joke isn't funny at all, it's scary. Don't ever do it to me again."

"I know, I know. Sisi doesn't like it. I won't open it anymore."

Lin Sisi found the red string on her body, put the key back on, and wore it around her neck again.

Shen Man wanted to let the earlier interruption pass quickly, so she pointed to the mushrooms on the ground and said, "Sisi, let's continue picking mushrooms."

"Um."

The two went mushroom picking again. Shen Man had completely given up on Lin Sisi's "accessories" and no longer spoke to Lin Sisi much.

On the contrary, Lin Sisi felt uneasy again.

Shen Man had been very enthusiastic towards her before, and even paid special attention to the thing on her neck.

Now that she knows the thing around her neck is just a key, she seems to become much colder towards her.

She wanted to test why Shen Man was so obsessed with jewelry.

After a while, she asked, "Shen Zhiqing, you said that the jewelry worn by wealthy ladies and young women in the past was so valuable, but now they don't dare to wear it out in public and can only hide it secretly. I wonder if it would still be worth the same if sold privately?"

Shen Man didn't care about the price of the jewelry. She said in a nonchalant tone, "Who knows? I don't have any valuable jewelry at home, and I've never sold any. I don't know if it's worth anything. However, I heard that if you sell those things privately, you'll be punished if you get caught."

She suddenly looked at Lin Sisi, and her eyes lit up again.

"Sisi, do you perhaps have some old items from the past?"

"Of course not, I just suddenly remembered this and wanted to chat with you for a bit."

"oh."