Zhu Xixi became increasingly confused as she looked around the hidden door, her rosy cheeks flushed with anxiety.
"I can't tell, I just can't tell which gate leads to the woods behind the camp."
As the sound rang out, one of the identical doors suddenly opened, letting in a gust of cold wind.
The moment the door opened, Xixi was startled. She hurriedly hid behind the shelves, peeking out with her head and blinking her eyes, staring intently at the door.
Just then, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from outside the gate.
"Why are you only arriving now? You're three days late."
Zhu Xixi was so curious that she pursed her lips and hesitated for a moment, but finally leaned over the door and looked curiously outside.
Zhu Yanyan, dressed in a cloak, appeared furtively in the woods, standing in front of several burly men.
Several burly men with gruesome scars on their faces and two large knives hanging from their waists stared at Zhu Yanyan with stern expressions.
“Miss Zhu, we brothers also need to eat. How can we support the brothers in the village if we don’t do more jobs? It’s a bit slow, but we’re here now, aren’t we?”
Frustrated, Zhu Yanyan pulled a money pouch from her bosom and angrily threw it at the leader of the group. "Zhao Fei, I'm warning you, you absolutely cannot fail this time. You must deal with those people thoroughly."
"It's a piece of cake. They're just a bunch of old, weak, sick, and disabled scum. I'll take them all down with one slash."
After taking the money bag, Zhao Fei weighed it in his hand, then opened it with satisfaction, took out the money inside, took a big bite, and only after completing the whole process did he pat his chest and say loudly.
"You must deal with them by tomorrow night. I will lead them into the woods, and you can take care of them secretly without alerting the officers."
Zhu Yanyan didn't believe in Zhao Fei's abilities at all and kept staring at him as he gave instructions.
Zhao Fei didn't take Grandma Zhu's family seriously at all, and waved dismissively at Zhu Yanyan, "I know, don't worry!"
Zhu Yanyan was too lazy to waste words with Zhao Fei. She pulled up her hood, lowered her head, and quickly disappeared into the woods.
As she walked, she glanced back in Zhao Fei's direction, a wicked smile spreading across her face, and secretly took out another bag of silver from her bosom.
"Even if Zhao Fei fails, it doesn't matter. We still have Chen Xiang and the others. We can just spend more money to have them do it."
Zhu Xixi clenched her fists angrily and waved them at the air. She was furious! This big bad guy! Xixi was going to get revenge for her family.
After struggling to push the door shut, she pursed her lips and glanced around, a smug look on her small face.
"Dare to bully Xixi's family? I'll show you how powerful Xixi is."
Thinking of this, she swam towards the shelf with her little hands and used all her strength to knock everything off the shelf to the ground.
The shelves collapsed to the ground like dominoes, the goods falling with a loud thud.
When Zhu Yanyan returned to the camp from outside the space, she suddenly heard a roaring sound in her ears and felt as if she had been hit hard on the head.
The pain was so intense that she couldn't stand up, so she curled up on the ground.
"What happened? Did something go wrong with the space?"
To find out what was happening inside the space, she endured the excruciating pain and flashed back into it.
Zhu Xixi had finished causing trouble in the space and was happily spinning in mid-air when she saw Zhu Yanyan enter the space.
She quickly swam out of the space, giggling.
As Zhu Yanyan entered the space, she rubbed her throbbing forehead and walked towards the shelves, only to be met with a scene that resembled a disaster.
She stared in astonishment and terror, standing there stunned for a long time before finally screaming wildly.
"Who did this? Come out here, I'm going to kill you!"
Zhu Xixi, who had left the space, also woke up from her dream and let out a loud giggle, which interrupted Old Lady Zhu's conversation.
She looked down at her granddaughter with curiosity, and a smile gradually appeared on her worried face.
"Xixi, what did you dream about that was so funny?"
Zhu Xixi slowly opened her dark eyes, waved her lotus root-like little hands, and happily babbled.
[Xixi is so cool! He taught Zhu Yanyan a good lesson.]
[Huh! Why are my family still in the woods? Didn't they go to the bandits for help?]
Those people who are greedy will accept our money if they can accept Zhu Yanyan's money.
[Those guards are a bit harder to deal with. The two-faced tiger is alright to us openly, but secretly he's colluding with Zhu Yanyan.]
[It's good to be rich; you can bribe bandits to do work, and you can even get escorts to do the work for you!]
The chattering sounds gradually reached Grandma Zhu's ears. She stared at her granddaughter with a loving expression, nodding and smiling.
"Young Master Pei, I heard that you went to war with your father at a young age. I hope you can give us some advice this time."
Pei Sining had already made up his mind to help his benefactor's family reach the border safely, and now that the Zhu family was in trouble, he naturally would not stand idly by.
"Madam, please don't stand on ceremony. You can tell me whatever you want to say."
“We had met those bandits once before. We were ambushed by them on the road, but luckily we discovered their whereabouts in advance, which allowed us to escape danger.”
"I didn't expect these thieves to still be following us. What should we do?"
Grandma Zhu was very satisfied with Pei Sining's polite demeanor. With a smile on her lips, she slowly and methodically recounted the events.
Pei Sining frowned slightly upon hearing this, feeling puzzled. "You are already exiled prisoners, so why are these bandits following you? I also checked the situation at the camp earlier, and you don't seem to be a group with supplies."
"I didn't know that these bandits seemed to be only chasing our family, while the others in our group were unharmed."
Grandma Zhu lowered her eyes and sighed, feigning helplessness, while forcing back tears. She muttered, "Perhaps someone doesn't want us to reach the border?"
"Do you have any enemies in the capital?" Pei Sining asked hurriedly in a cold voice, her brows furrowed slightly.
"No, our Zhu family doesn't form cliques or engage in private dealings. We've always been law-abiding citizens in the capital. If there are any disputes, they're usually with the younger members of our industry."
Grandma Zhu closed her eyes and shook her head, a bitter smile appearing on her lips, her face full of helplessness and exhaustion.
Pei Sining pondered this question, looked around the camp, and unexpectedly noticed a carriage not far away.
A huge tent was set up next to the carriage, with chairs and water bottles hanging outside. Judging from the setup, one might think the family was on a spring outing.
"I didn't expect you all to be so discerning. There are even people in the team who can stay in such nice tents. Those tents are quite valuable!"
Tao shrank her neck and followed Pei Sining's gaze, unable to hold back her complaints any longer, "Yes, their exile was practically a vacation for them. They ate fish and meat on the way, and their lives couldn't be better."
"They even had money to bribe the guards to cause trouble for us repeatedly. I don't know where they got so much money."
Seeing this, Liu glanced at her mother-in-law and, following Pei Sining's words, whispered, "Mother, could these bandits have been bribed by Zhu Yanyan? For revenge?"
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