Since Gu Huanian left, Su Li hasn't gone out much for several days.

Knowing that the next day was Chinese New Year, she planned to sell another batch of vegetables.

It just so happened that it hadn't snowed these past few days, so Su Li took an oxcart to town early in the morning.

After changing her clothes, she went to find Lu Shan and arranged to meet her at the dilapidated temple to deliver the goods.

This time, Su Li still had Lu Shan bring antiques and gold. After the spiritual spring water in the space stopped last time, she wondered if she needed more gold and antiques to upgrade the space again.

But Lu Shan didn't exchange much for the previous batch of vegetables, and those gold antiques didn't even make a sound when placed in the space.

She wondered if it was too little, and decided to save up a little more to try.

Lu Shan brought his two brothers with him as before, pushing the mountain cart. But as soon as he pushed the cart to the entrance of the dilapidated temple and was about to load it onto the cart, he realized something was wrong.

He glanced over unintentionally and saw several people wearing red armbands walking hurriedly toward him.

Those people were dressed like they were there to arrest speculators and profiteers.

Lu Shan's heart skipped a beat; he felt that he was doomed and was probably going to fail here today.

Seeing his pale face, Su Li followed his gaze and saw several people wearing red armbands. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, she quickly said, "Take the tricycle to the dilapidated temple as soon as possible."

Although he felt that Su Li's efforts were in vain, he still had his men pull the car into the dilapidated temple.

As soon as the tricycle entered the dilapidated temple, Su Li said to Lu Shan, "You don't have anything hidden on you, do you? If you do, take it out now, and I'll keep it for you."

Lu Shan took out a jade bracelet and a handful of banknotes from his pocket; "This is all I have."

Su Li took the items and then said to the other two people, "What about you? If you have anything, take it out quickly, otherwise if it gets found later, you could really be going to jail for life."

The two shook their heads; they didn't have anything.

Seeing this, Su Li quickly said, "Now the three of you get out of here and turn your backs. I'll take care of these things. Hurry up."

Upon hearing this, Lu Shan felt that Su Li must have hidden a cellar or something here.

She did this so they wouldn't know where the cellar she dug was.

So he said to his two subordinates, "Let's go out first."

Although he felt it was a last-ditch effort, what if he actually managed to escape?

The three of them left the dilapidated temple. Su Li saw that they had gone a little further away, so she quickly put the things in the car and the vegetables on the ground into her spatial storage.

When Li Fang and Li Liang led those people over, they saw three big men standing outside the dilapidated temple.

The man wearing the red armband at the front pointed at Lu Shan and his group and said to two other men wearing red armbands, "Keep a close eye on those three."

As they spoke, they entered the dilapidated temple and saw a woman digging something with a hoe.

A tattered piece of paper covered the tricycle. The leader with the red armband glared menacingly at Su Li. "Someone reported you for speculation and profiteering. Put down what you have in your hands now and submit to our inspection."

Su Li looked at the newcomer with a puzzled expression, and obediently put down the hoe.

The man lifted the paper covering the tricycle, but there was nothing inside.

When Li Fang saw that there was nothing there, she immediately shouted, "How can there be nothing? That's impossible! I clearly saw them trading here last time. Su Li, did you hide the things?"

Hearing this from outside, Lu Shan exclaimed, "This girl Shi is quite capable; she managed to hide the item so quickly!"

Su Li looked at Li Fang with a helpless smile and said, "Comrade, I admit that I have some grudges with your cousin, but you don't need to report me for speculation and profiteering! I can't bear such a serious charge."

Li Zhongming was naturally unwilling to give up after not finding anything; they rarely went out to hunt, so how could they return empty-handed?

He then looked at Su Li with a sharp gaze; "If you're not a speculator, what are you doing here with these men?"

“I’m a sent-down youth from Lijiatun. I don’t know them. I came here because my boyfriend said there was something buried here before he left, and he asked me to come and get it. I happened to be in town today, so I thought I’d dig it up. Oh, by the way, my boyfriend is a soldier. Do you think I would do something like speculation and profiteering and tarnish his reputation?”

Upon hearing this, Li Zhongming thought that a normal person with a soldier as a partner wouldn't do anything speculative or profiteering. This one might just get him into trouble, which wasn't worth it.

Seeing that these people believed Su Li's lies, Li Liang quickly stepped forward and said, "Director Li, my sister saw her making a deal with that group last time. She was trying to use her military partner as a cover. I bet she hid the things."

The three people outside were experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions, going up and down, it was incredibly exciting.

Su Li walked up to Li Liang, her eyes full of mockery, and said, "Oh, you're so sure! How about we make a bet? If I let you search freely and you don't find anything, then you'll kneel down and kowtow to me, how about that?"

Li Liang never expected this shameless woman to make such an outrageous request. He firmly believed that his sister was right and that Su Li was just putting on a brave face.

So he stood up straight and said, "Let's gamble, who's afraid of who?"

Su Li stepped back a little to give the others space to look for their things.

The dilapidated temple was so small that you could see the whole thing at a glance. Li Liang looked at the spot where Su Li had just dug with a hoe.

He still couldn't believe he couldn't find the thing. Thinking about how she had been digging in the ground earlier, he wondered if she had hidden it there.

So he picked up her hoe and continued digging.

Unexpectedly, after digging for a few minutes, I actually felt something underneath.

He exclaimed excitedly, "We found it! We found it!"

The three people outside, including Lu Shan, felt their hearts finally die.

When Li Zhongming heard that he had found something, he pushed Li Liang aside and started digging himself. After a while, he pulled out a cookie box from underneath.

He opened it, took a look, and kicked Li Liang, saying, "This is what you were talking about!"

Li Liang was puzzled. He took the box and saw that there were only three hair ties inside, nothing else.

"How could it be a hair tie?"

He looked at Li Fang incredulously; "Sister, didn't you say you saw Su Li speculating with people here? How come she only has three hair ties?"

Su Li laughed and said, "I told you all that the gift my boyfriend gave me was here and I could dig it up, but you wouldn't listen. Now you believe me!"

When Lu Shan heard this from outside, he felt as if his heart had come back to life.

He felt that if his heart continued like this, it would eventually break down; who could bear such ups and downs!

However, from that moment on, he trusted Su Li even more. He could tell from her voice that she was not flustered at all.

Li Fang didn't believe it either; Su Li was just here to dig for something. Last time, she saw it clearly—the tricycle was much higher when it left this place.

"Well? Kneel down! And another thing! Boss, I want to ask, shouldn't someone who maliciously reports another person because of some petty grudge also be punished?"

Upon hearing this, Li Fang and Li Liang were so frightened that their legs trembled.