In fact, Lin Jinyue had always sensed that the villagers had these thoughts. Lin Jinyue had always been somewhat hesitant. She wanted these people to help her gain experience in farming, but she only wanted to build a life-or-death friendship with the villagers and treat everyone as equals.

Lin Jinyue was not really comfortable with the title of clan leader or chieftain.

She was terrified when she saw Liu Dazhuang injured last time, and ever since then, she hasn't dared to send anyone to keep watch from the tree.

She was under immense pressure as the entire village waited for her to decide whether to stay and wait for Liu Dazhuang.

Even if the Liu family doesn't blame him, he still feels guilty and thinks he has harmed people. What if there is such danger again in the future?

To be honest, Lin Jinyue had some kindness in her heart.

But not many.

She didn't want to cause trouble for herself. In this chaotic world, she was already grateful that her family could live a good life.

Seeing his daughter sighing, Lin Shucheng smiled and said, "Hey daughter, why are you sighing? Isn't being the clan leader great? From now on, your father will be able to do whatever he wants with you."

The father and daughter chatted casually, and soon they saw the village in the distance.

Once out of the deep mountains, Lin Jinyue finally saw a terraced field. She had only ever seen it on television before, and it was truly magnificent.

At the foot of the terraced fields, there are several ordinary farmhouses. They seem to be living a simple life, and I wonder if they could exchange their farmhouses for some poultry.

Seeing that it was almost time, Lin Jinyue quickly released her mother when no one was around.

The family of three arrived at the door of a farmer's house. Lin Jinyue smiled kindly, "You know..."

Before they could finish speaking, the farmers' expressions changed, and their eyes turned fierce. It wasn't just this one family; all the able-bodied men from several nearby households picked up their weapons and were about to attack them.

Lin Shucheng reached into his sleeve, preparing to take out the crossbow bolt.

Lin Jinyue clung tightly to her father, ready to leave if things went wrong.

Lin Jinyue hurriedly said, "Father, quick, run!"

If all else fails, disappearing into a spatial dimension in front of these people doesn't seem like an option.

I just don't know what kind of punishment the system will give.

However, there are very few villages nearby, and this is the only one in the area. Lin Jinyue wanted to try again, so she said to them, "Please put your things down first. My parents and I mean no harm, it's just..."

Before she could finish speaking, the young men in the village grabbed their weapons, their eyes fierce, as if they wanted to devour them alive.

One of them had a particularly bad temper and started cursing at them: "You damned human traffickers, we'll risk our lives to drag you down with us today!"

"Kill them! Kill them!"

Lin Shucheng then realized what was going on: "Wait a minute, you've mistaken me for someone else. I'm not a human slave, we're refugees from the north, perfectly law-abiding citizens! Look, I've brought my daughter with me. Human slaves do all sorts of bad things and get their comeuppance, yet they can have such beautiful daughters?"

Lin Jinyue:......

That's illogical.

But strangely enough, the villagers all hesitated and put down their weapons.

The burly man at the head of the group hesitated, "Are you sure it's not true?"

Lin Jinyue nodded: "No, my father is a respectable farmer and my mother is a doctor. How could they do such heartless things?"

The villagers looked at it carefully and realized it was true.

The man in front of me had a gentle demeanor. Even though he was dressed in the simplest coarse cloth clothes, his aura was, how should I put it, like that of a nobleman seen in the city.

His wife, in particular, looked like a well-bred lady with a scholarly air. When the two of them stood together, they didn't look like heartless human traffickers at all.

Looking at this little girl, she was fair-skinned and pretty, and looked like a young lady from a wealthy family. The slave traders were reluctant to bring such a beautiful girl out. Those people used all sorts of methods to control the child, which made people grit their teeth.

Lin Jinyue blinked her big eyes and asked, "How could you mistake us for human traffickers?"

It would have been better if they hadn't asked; once they did, the villagers became wary again.

One of the men said, "You've fled from famine, how come you still have horses? I heard there's famine and war in the north, how come you've come here so easily?"

The villagers began to be on guard again.

Yes, they said something felt off. They had seen refugees before, just a few days ago, and they were like hungry wolves. Seeing them made them feel sad.

Their village wasn't exactly wealthy, but seeing a group of people stuffing the bran they were about to feed their chickens into their mouths, they couldn't bear it and offered them some old rice.

They had never seen refugees as composed as Lin Jinyue's family.

Seeing that there was still room for negotiation, Lin Jinyue told them, half truthfully and half falsely, "Our group of more than seventy people came all the way from Chong'an County in the north. Life has indeed been difficult, but my mother is a good doctor and can earn money, and my father and brother can hunt for money. So, we are doing alright."

Lin Jinyue added, "Uncle and Aunt, listen to this, my dad and I both speak with a northern accent, we're genuine northerners! Even if we were human traffickers, we wouldn't come all this way to kidnap a child!"

Only then did the villagers believe Lin Shucheng's words, some even in disbelief, "This, this is true?"

Lin Shucheng nodded and even showed them his crossbow skills.

He gently pulled the trigger, and with a "whoosh," an arrow flew out, piercing straight through a tree in the distance.

This is not just a display of skill, but also a deterrent, to prevent them from acting recklessly.

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