The cooked food on the shelf flew into the bracelet with a whoosh, and in a short while, the shelf was emptied of cooked food.
Xi Xi stared in surprise at the empty shelves in the picture and let out an excited scream.
"Zhu Yanyan's space belongs to Xixi, hahaha."
In order to punish Zhu Yanyan, Xixi released the supplies from the bracelet and put it back on the screen.
As a result, a red exclamation mark appeared on the screen, and a piercing alarm sounded in Zhu Yanyan's space.
In a short while, she saw Zhu Yanyan quickly enter the space, looking around warily.
"What happened? How could someone break in?"
She cautiously took out her sickle and looked around, but after searching for a while, she found that there was no one around.
Just when she thought it was a bug in the space, she was surprised to find that the cooked food area and the bottled water area were completely empty.
She thought she had misread it, so she quickly rubbed her eyes and looked again.
There was still nothing on the shelves. Seeing the scene before her, she went completely insane and collapsed to the ground.
"How is that possible? How could things be missing?"
How could she gain the caravan's trust without water and cooked food?
Just as Zhu Yanyan was still worried about the lack of supplies, the voices of Old Lady Zhu and Chen Xiang could be heard from outside the space.
Upon hearing their voices, she disregarded the issue of supplies and quickly headed out of the space.
After Zhu Yanyan left, Xixi breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed she shouldn't have been greedy; she almost got exposed.
She had just heard her grandmother and Chen Xiang's voices and hurriedly left the space.
Following Xixi's instructions, Grandma Zhu and Chen Xiang, who were outside the space, successfully met with the caravan.
Just then, Xixi woke up from her dream and curiously looked at the crowd in front of her.
The caravan in front of them consisted of a group of men with headscarves wrapped in cloth and wearing thin robes. Each of them had a curved dagger hanging from their waist and a water bag made of cowhide.
The caravan leader stared at Grandma Zhu and Chen Xiang suspiciously upon their sudden appearance, asking them questions with a hint of wariness.
What brings you two here?
To lower the caravan's guard, Chen Xiang quickly stepped forward and bowed to everyone.
"Brothers, don't panic. We are refugees heading to the border. Our horses are no longer usable in the desert. We've heard there are camel traders nearby, and we'd like to look for them."
The team leader seemed puzzled by Chen Xiang's reply and turned to Zhu Yanyan, whispering something to her.
"These are the officials and prisoners you mentioned?"
When Old Mrs. Zhu heard the other person speak to Zhu Yanyan like that, her heart skipped a beat, and she looked troubled.
Even Chen Xiang pursed his lips awkwardly, glaring angrily at Zhu Yanyan.
Seeing this, Zhu Yanyan deliberately feigned fear and nodded pitifully.
"Yes, I have seen their ferocious side. I witnessed them killing refugees to rob them of their supplies."
[Tsk tsk, Xixi has never seen anyone so shameless.]
Did Zhu Yanyan think that by acting weak and vulnerable, she could convince the caravan of her innocence?
Is she stupid? Or just plain stupid? Doesn't she know that prisoners are branded?
Xixi lay on the bamboo basket, shaking her head with a look of disgust. She really doubted Zhu Yanyan's intelligence.
Even a three-month-old baby could think of such a small problem, how could she not?
Originally, Old Lady Zhu was worried that Zhu Yanyan would distort the facts and join forces with the caravan to deal with them.
After hearing her granddaughter's reminder, she immediately had an idea.
"Yan Yan, how could you do this? I am your great-aunt, and you abandoned us for wealth and status."
"You're still spouting nonsense in front of outsiders. You really dishearten me."
The team leader followed Old Lady Zhu's gaze to Zhu Yanyan and asked suspiciously, "Aren't you called Yueyue? Why is she calling you Yanyan?"
"I don't know either. Maybe you've mistaken me for someone else, sir. I don't know you."
Zhu Yanyan pretended to be greatly wronged, hiding behind the team leader and trembling all over.
Old Mrs. Zhu had no intention of showing any mercy to Zhu Yanyan. She directly brushed aside the hair bun at her temples, revealing the unique mark of a prisoner.
"Then do you dare to reveal your mark?"
Faced with Old Mrs. Zhu's questioning, Zhu Yanyan panicked instantly, completely forgetting about the branding incident.
Seeing this, Chen Xiang also took out the list of prisoners in his hand and pointed to Zhu Yanyan's name on it.
"Her real name is Zhu Yanyan, and this is her household registration certificate."
With Chen Xiang and Grandma Zhu working together perfectly, Zhu Yanyan looked at the team leader, bewildered, and hurriedly explained.
"Uncle Wang, they've wronged me, I didn't..."
[Uncle Wang? Is that Wang Haocheng?]
[So it was him? One of the royal family members who escaped before the fall of the ancient Loulan Kingdom.]
No wonder Zhu Yanyan was able to find the treasure; she got it from Wang Haocheng.
At her granddaughter's prompting, Grandma Zhu secretly observed Wang Haocheng's facial expression and noticed that his skin was very dry.
It appears to be severely dehydrated; if it doesn't get enough water, it might faint.
At this moment, Wang Haocheng did not dispel his suspicions about Zhu Yanyan despite her denial, and he observed her face with a serious expression.
"Then prove your identity."
Zhu Yanyan had no way to prove her identity, and the brand on her forehead could not be removed unless she used scar removal cream.
When the medical clinic was still there, she wasn't in a hurry at all, intending to settle down before dealing with the branding.
She never expected the medicine room to be robbed; everything inside was gone, and she had no ointment to treat it.
Wang Haocheng noticed Zhu Yanyan's hesitation, put his hand on his waist, squinted, took a few steps back, and loudly warned her.
"Who exactly are you? If you don't tell me the truth, don't blame me for being impolite."
Zhu Yanyan pursed her lips awkwardly and turned to look at the officials behind her, slowly moving closer to them.
Upon seeing Zhu Yanyan's signal, the officers simultaneously placed their hands on their waists, ready to strike.
Just as the atmosphere was becoming tense, Wang Haocheng suddenly knelt on one knee and swayed unsteadily.
Seeing this, the others hurriedly surrounded Wang Haocheng, anxiously asking him questions.
"Uncle Wang, what's wrong?"
Xixi realized the time was right, shook the supplies inside the bracelet, and poured the bottled water into the bamboo basket.
As bottled water was gradually added to the bamboo basket, Grandma Zhu sensed something was wrong with it and put the basket on the ground.
She thought her granddaughter was rummaging through the bamboo basket, so she quickly opened it to look inside.
When the bamboo basket was opened, she was stunned to see that her granddaughter was surrounded by water.
The water was in a clear bottle, and judging from its clarity, it should be drinkable.
Xixi observed her grandmother's expression and assumed she was worried about the water.
So she happily hugged the water to her chest and laughed heartily.
After confirming through her granddaughter's hint that there was nothing wrong with the water, Grandma Zhu quickly took a bottle from it and handed it to Wang Haocheng.
"Brother, you look like you're dehydrated, drink up!"
When Grandma Zhu handed the bottled water to Wang Haocheng, Zhu Yanyan stared in horror as if she had seen a ghost, her face gradually turning pale.
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