Hua Xiangyun wouldn't listen to these excuses. "Now I'm giving you two choices: either I take you in, or you clean up the mess yourselves."

Ren Jinpeng didn't want to choose either of these two options. The thought of falling into the hands of these Xuan Masters made him tremble with fear. As for the master's words about cleaning up the mess, they were not capable of doing it with their current abilities.

They can't exactly show up in front of those young comrades and tell them that what looks scary is actually not scary at all, can they?

Hua Xiangyun gave them two choices, but they didn't want either of them.

Ren Jinpeng stepped forward and asked, "May I ask how the master should handle this?"

Hua Xiangyun took out several pre-cut paper figures from her ring. "You can possess them and make them look like human figures, just leave some traces."

They couldn't touch anything, but Hua Xiangyun had a solution, and Ren Jinpeng immediately agreed with his children and grandchildren.

Hua Xiangyun glanced at him before warning, "If anything like this happens again, I will have no choice but to confine you to this back mountain."

"Why should we? That's our home!" Ren Guangyi protested.

“That’s a place for the living,” Hua Xiangyun said coldly, glancing around. “Would you really want to turn that house into a grave for your descendants to live in?”

Ren Jinpeng felt a lump in his throat. If he were to be tainted by their yin energy, not only would his luck be bad, but his lifespan would also be affected. If the descendants of the Ren family really returned, wouldn't they be harming their own children and grandchildren?

He bowed deeply to Hua Xiangyun. If there was any resentment before, now there was only luck left.

If they hadn't happened to run into this young master, they might have unknowingly harmed their own descendants one day in the future.

Hua Xiangyun waved her hand and continued, "Kicking out the educated youth who are currently staying here won't do you any good. The villagers have been eyeing this house for a long time. If it falls into their hands, the Ren family will never be able to get it back..."

Ren Jinpeng lowered his head even further. He shouldn't have let these kids cause trouble in the first place. If they had really scared people away, other people might have moved in immediately.

"..."

Seeing that none of them objected, Hua Xiangyun made a hand gesture, and the paper figure hovered in the air. Ren Jinpeng and the others immediately possessed it, and the paper figure instantly came to life. They moved their limbs and twisted their bodies. This was the only thing they had been able to touch in many years.

Hua Xiangyun gave a few instructions and left immediately. This thing also has an expiration time. Ren Jinpeng and the others, who had transformed into paper figures, did not dare to delay. They twisted and turned and drifted down the mountain with the wind.

Hua Xiangyun arrived at the field as if nothing had happened; the work here was almost finished.

After everyone finished their tasks, they thought about going back to see if it was indeed caused by human intervention.

This time they were extra careful during the inspection and later discovered some unusual things.

They had cleared and removed the weeds before, but new weeds have grown back in recent days. They've been busy with work and haven't had time to clear them yet.

Especially the vegetable patch in the backyard, it seemed to have been trampled. The group asked each other, and none of them had been in that area.

Besides, they planted the seedlings in the vegetable garden themselves, so how could they just trample on them? They were counting on these vegetables to grow and add another dish to their menu.

Xiao Tongke also found climbing marks on the back wall, which makes it obvious that last night was not a supernatural event at all, but someone was playing tricks.

Wu Yanxin and the others breathed a sigh of relief, unaware that sometimes people are more terrifying than ghosts.

"We still can't tell who came from or where they came from." They continued to investigate, but there were no traces left. Xiao Tongke and his team knew that it was impossible to catch the person.

But with such a large courtyard, if someone actually hides inside, there's nothing they can do. This time it's just a threat, but what about next time?

Everyone sighed and lamented, not even bothering to cook, and gathered together to think about how to keep these dangers out.

“We don’t usually go to the backyard except to grow vegetables,” Lu Haibo knew that such a big yard was too big for just a few people to guard. “Let’s close the door leading to the backyard.”

I remember the door was of decent quality and shouldn't be a problem to continue using. We'll add a lock so we can hear if they make any loud noise.

That's a good idea, it just takes a little more work to go to the backyard and you need to carry an extra key, but that's nothing compared to security.

We can get through this one, but there are still so many houses ahead.

Hua Xiangyun said, "Everyone still has industrial vouchers, right? Let's find a way to exchange them for locks and lock up all the rooms that aren't in use. The front yard is so spacious that if someone really tries to hide in, they'll have nowhere to go."

I feel like I've seen this somewhere before; thugs would ambush people in a room and then commit crimes. I don't know if people in this village would be that ruthless, but it's always good to be on the safe side.

These girls are all good; they deserve a brighter future, instead of being harmed by those with ulterior motives.

On her way to work today, she noticed the way some people in the village were looking at them, as if they were judging them and deciding which one was easier to scheme against.

Especially those lecherous eyes; Hua Xiangyun couldn't help but want to teach them a lesson several times.

“Hua Xiangyun makes a good point,” Wang Yayun immediately agreed. “If we each contribute some money, we can hire a carpenter to repair the gate properly and add an extra lock at night. I don’t believe they can still get in then.”

Fortunately, the front yard wall was high enough; otherwise, for their own safety, it would have had to be raised even higher.

None of them were short of money, so they naturally had no objection to the suggestion.

Since it wasn't about buying locks, everyone could only look to Hua Xiangyun.

It's difficult for them to ask for leave, but Hua Xiangyun travels back and forth every day, making it easier for her to ask someone for favors than for them.

Hua Xiangyun said, "I have a few locks at my relative's house. I can borrow them and lend them to you first."

"I'll take it when you buy a new one."

There are no supply and marketing cooperatives in the county seat, and even if there were, they would be closed by the time work ended.

Wang Yayun and the others nodded and thanked Hua Xiangyun repeatedly.

Xiao Shaoyao then asked, "But how did you manage to cast such a tall shadow?"

...

Hua Xiangyun then pulled a piece of paper out of her pocket, folded it into a paper figure, and walked to a place with light and shadow. Normally, the figure could only change with her movements, but it could also evolve into something other than shaking its head and wagging its tail, flying and diving.

"So at that time, there were people hiding outside our windows," everyone became even more determined to quickly secure the door.

Hua Xiangyun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She was having such a hard time. If she could share these things now, and if she wasn't afraid of causing trouble for herself and her family, she would have liked to educate them. She would have said that if you haven't done anything wrong, some things aren't so scary.

But thinking about it, she decided against it; she didn't dare take that risk, nor was there any need to.