His gaze was so sharp, it seemed to pierce through people's hearts, making Lu Jin feel flustered.
But he stubbornly insisted, "You're being completely unreasonable! You're just being nonsensical!"
Pei Nian'an stood there unnoticed, her small figure watching the farce unfold.
A barely perceptible hint of pity flickered in his clear eyes as he looked at Shen Qingtang.
Shen Qingtang ignored Lu Jin and Lin Peirou's entanglement and turned to look at her parents and brother: "Let's go."
Her parents and brother glanced at her, their expressions complicated.
The road to exile is long, and one cannot truly measure it on foot.
She planned to buy a cart first, partly to lessen the hardship her family would endure on the road, and partly... to use the cart as an excuse to empty Pei Wuwang's warehouse of all its treasures. What was embezzled by corrupt officials in her previous life, she absolutely could not repeat in this one.
Not only Pei Wuwang's family, but also the Su family's.
Those assets that Su Lingwei had built up were seized by her clansmen.
Now it's a good time to settle accounts all at once.
Once it's moved to a safe place, we'll return it to my second sister-in-law intact.
Having made up her mind, Shen Qingtang no longer hesitated.
He called to his family and turned to walk towards the market.
As for Lu Jin's curses behind her, she had long since forgotten them.
Pei Nian'an quietly took out a silver note from his pocket, walked quickly to Shen Qingtang's feet, looked up at her with his little face, and said in a soft and timid voice, "Auntie, could... could you help me buy a cart? Here's the silver note, I want to push my father around."
The child was extremely handsome, with eyebrows and eyes that resembled Pei Wuwang's, only with a touch more childlike innocence. At this moment, he looked up at us with clean and sincere eyes.
Shen Qingtang's heart softened for some reason. She bent down and patted his head: "Auntie will help you buy the cart. Keep the money yourself. This is money to save your life. You can't just give it away."
Pei Nian'an was stunned for a moment, then her eyes reddened, and she knelt down on the ground with a thud.
She kowtowed deeply to Shen Qingtang, tears streaming down her face: "Thank you, Auntie! Thank you, Auntie!"
"Get up quickly." Shen Qingtang helped him up and took out a small paper packet from her sleeve and handed it to him. "This contains medicine powder. It's chaotic on the road during your exile. If someone tries to harm you, try to sprinkle some on them. It will make them itchy all over and they won't have the mind to bother you."
She leaned close to his ear, her voice extremely low, and Pei Nian'an nodded as if he understood.
He clutched the paper package tightly, as if grasping at a lifeline.
"Wait here, Auntie will be right back." Shen Qingtang ruffled his hair again and turned to walk out.
As I passed by Lu Jin, I saw that he was still standing there, looking as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
It was obvious that they were waiting for Shen Qingtang to buy a cart, and then they would also prepare one for him.
Over the years, he had grown accustomed to her sacrifices, even in this situation.
He can't change his parasitic nature.
Shen Qingtang didn't even lift her eyelids, walking straight past him as if she hadn't seen him at all.
Lu Jin's sister, Lu Yu'e, and her family were also waiting in the same spot, their faces showing a sense of ease.
They were clearly certain that Shen Qingtang would include them in the purchase of the cart, taking her contribution for granted.
...
With a flicker, she vanished from her spot using a teleportation technique.
The next second, she appeared at Pei Wuwang's residence. The residence was in chaos, with officials searching everywhere.
Meanwhile, Li Song, the corrupt official who had swallowed Pei Wuwang's family fortune in his previous life, was standing outside the warehouse, rubbing his hands together.
His face was full of excitement, and his eyes gleamed with greed; he was clearly waiting to seize the valuables here for himself.
Shen Qingtang was too lazy to get entangled with them, so she took advantage of everyone's inattention and activated her spatial ability.
The gold, silver, jewelry, ancient books, paintings, and rare medicinal herbs in the storeroom were all swept away in the blink of an eye and stored in her spatial storage.
At the same time, spiritual energy circulated within her body.
The invisibility ability has been upgraded again—the invisibility state, which could only be maintained for half an hour before, can now last for two hours.
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