Chapter 244: I was stabbed in the back, so I sent you a little flower...
"This is a treasure my parents collected. I'm giving it to Lillian as a last resort. It's also my contribution to slaying the dragon."
Rongzhen made an important statement before anyone else spoke, to prevent anyone from saying something they shouldn't.
For example, since there is such a treasure, are there other things?
Unexpectedly, before anyone else could say anything, Lillian, who had just received the gift, was the first to tease her. She laughed heartily and said, "I heard Jenny sold the elves a set of crystal candlesticks to renovate the farm, and now she's given me a crystal vase filled with crystal beads. Do you have a large collection of crystal items?"
Rongzhen's smile faded. "These are the only valuable items. If you don't want them, please return them to me."
Lillian's friend immediately stood in front of her and glared at Rongzhen.
"What? Did I make a mistake in giving you the treasure? Since you are so unwilling to accept it, then give it back to me!" Rong Zhen would not tolerate them. Her eyes turned red and she pretended to grab it back.
Lillian uttered a cry and dropped the bottle, seemingly by mistake. It happened to land right in the arms of the freckled boy, who quickly scooped it up. He said confidently, "How can we take something back after giving it away? Don't forget, we're going to seek revenge on the dragon for everyone."
Rong Zhen choked up and said, "Look at your attitude. Did we let you go? Farewell gifts are a token of our love, not a requirement. I gave you the only thought my parents left me as travel expenses, and yet you still treat me rudely and deliberately set me up for trouble."
The last sentence was like peeling Lillian's face, causing her bright smile to fade. She immediately explained to her friend, "We definitely didn't mean that. Jenny, you're just overthinking it."
"Am I overthinking it? Am I overthinking it?" Rong Zhen asked everyone who was already stunned with tears in her eyes.
Everyone shook their heads. They were still a little confused about what had just happened. They only knew that in the blink of an eye, the two sides started arguing.
But it was undeniable that Miss Jenny had given away a treasure. Even if she was overthinking it, Lillian, who had benefited from it, shouldn't have embarrassed her in front of her.
Besides, Miss Jenny's personality is far superior to Lillian, who left a bad impression on her. Between the two, everyone subconsciously prefers Miss Jenny.
In the end, the mayor came out to uphold justice and asked Lillian's friend to come out and apologize, otherwise he would return the baby to her.
How could they possibly return the things that were in the hands of Lillian and her group?
The guy who glared at Rongzhen was pushed out by them as cannon fodder.
Rongzhen was not surprised at all.
You have to know that in the plot, after all the trouble this group of people suffered, only two of them came back - the heroine Lillian and the freckled boy next door who was one of the male supporting actors.
If we lose one person before we even set out, we will only lose more people later. At least the loss of people now is just a loss of face, and at least our lives can be saved. But it may not be the case later.
It's a pity that the boy who was eliminated because he was cannon fodder obviously would not thank her, and he probably even hated her in his heart.
Whatever. She didn’t lose face anyway, and she had said everything she needed to say. She could leave.
The mayor broke away from the crowd and caught up with her, reminding her, "Remember to strengthen the defenses of the farm when you return, kind Jenny. You have good intentions, but some people are very evil, so you must be careful."
"Thank you, I will." Rongzhen had originally planned to do so.
After she returned, she immediately gathered the employees and picked out the ten strongest ones to form two shifts, specifically to patrol the farm in turns at night. Once they found or caught a suspicious person, they would get a reward. Those on night shift could have meat for dinner and received an additional subsidy of ten copper coins per day.
As soon as these welfare benefits were distributed, the ten people who were selected immediately attracted everyone's envious gazes.
Rongzhen had only one request for them: to protect the farm.
There are people active during the day, and those with ulterior motives would not dare to act recklessly. Only at night when it is quiet and the defense is lax can they have an opportunity to take advantage.
Mary saw the sudden increase in meal expenses and the extra allowance that Miss Jenny had to pay, and she cursed Lillian inwardly for being ungrateful, taking other people's kindness for granted, and even blaming them and causing trouble for others.
To be honest, Rongzhen was also a little aggrieved. Although she had anticipated this before delivering the gifts, she had not quite anticipated Lillian's backhand stab.
She had just accepted the gift from me, and yet he set a trap for her right in front of her without any hesitation.
The other party seemed to hate her even more than in the plot.
No, to be precise, I hate Rongzhen, not the original owner.
In the plot, Lillian treated the original owner with ignoring at most. When the original owner gave her treasures, she only received a thank you. Later, when she came back and found the farm that the original owner had spent his life to repair, she just sighed lightly and said it was pitiful.
And now, whether it was Lillian's reaction or her back-stabbing action, both told Rongzhen that the other party disliked him.
Why? Rong Zhen thought about it and suddenly remembered the scene when she and Mary were riding the moose back home easily and ran into Lillian and the others who were rushing on the road in a panic.
Wouldn't the heroine hold a grudge against her because of this? !
Rongzhen felt that she was more wronged than Dou E.
Fortunately, the first plot mission has been completed and points have been earned. It is not in vain to come to this world, and the perfume bottles and glass marbles given away are not in vain, otherwise she would really vomit to death.
For dinner, Mary served grilled lamb chops, vegetable and fruit salad, and a sweet soup specially made for her.
It tastes pretty good. I hope the night watchman can give me some support for this rich dinner.
They didn't know whether they were helping or not, but a man in a black robe hiding in the dead woods was already exerting his strength. After noticing someone approaching the farm, he quietly came behind those people.
Those people were still groping towards the farm unconsciously, whispering to each other.
"Do you think we really need to go in? I heard Miss Jenny used all the money from selling the treasures to repair the farm and pay the workers. There is hardly any money left."
"How do you know she's telling the truth? Even if we spend all of it, we still have our crystal treasure collection. We can sneak in and steal one and sell it. That'll be enough for us to live comfortably for a long time."
"Did you hear what Lillian said during the day? Tsk tsk, the elders used to say she was sweet on the outside but bitter on the inside, but we didn't believe it. Now, Miss Jenny just gave her a family heirloom, and she turns around and sets a trap for it. How mean of her!"
"Hush, there seems to be another group of people coming over there. Judging from their figures and sizes, they look like those bad boys who usually follow Lillian."
The two groups of people soon met on a narrow road. They looked at each other with ulterior motives and wanted to separate and not disturb each other. However, someone secretly threw a stone and knocked one person from the adult group unconscious on the spot.
How could this be? The two sides immediately started fighting.
The man in black robe who broke the situation hid his merits and fame, and fished in troubled waters in secret. He kicked here and punched there, and the small fight quickly turned into a life-and-death duel.
The moonlight was bright, but the blood under the moonlight was not red, so it temporarily paralyzed the sensory nerves of the people on both sides. Even if they felt pain, they did not care because of the anger caused by the fight, and were completely unaware that they and their companions were already covered in blood.
Until the increasingly strong smell of blood attracted wild beasts that came out to hunt for food at night.
With a roar, a dozen wild wolves surrounded them.
The fate of the two groups of people can be imagined.
When the pack of wild wolves was lured over, the man in black robe ran away. After they finished eating and left with the leftovers, he rushed back to clean up the messy battlefield, burying what needed to be buried and covering up what needed to be covered, to ensure that no trace could be seen the next day.
But he forgot that there was a patrol team on the farm. The people inside clearly heard the wolf howling and were on guard most of the night, but they didn't see a single wolf hair.
When Rongzhen woke up in the morning and learned about it, she asked someone to go out and check. They did see wolf footprints in the dead woods, but judging from the direction they left, they ran into the forest and were suspected of dragging the prey they had caught, so it should not have much impact on the farm.
Even so, Rongzhen got some powder to repel wild animals and sprinkled it around the farm, and asked the workers to go home early after get off work and come back to work after dawn to avoid encountering wild wolves.
Fortunately, I didn't hear any wolves howling on the second night. I only saw some people peeking outside the farm during the day. When I asked them what was going on, they not only refused to say anything, but also ran away very fast.
As for these people, Rong Zhen asked the employees to remember their faces and pay attention to them, completely unaware of the great achievements that a certain man in black robe had made at night.
Little did he know that because of him, Will Farm had been demonized among those who had evil intentions aroused by Lillian's words.
Several groups of people went to Will Farm to steal treasures in the middle of the night but never returned. No one was found alive or dead. However, the workers working on the farm were all fine and the farm was not in any trouble. Could it be that Miss Jenny's parents turned into demons after their death and are protecting their daughter?
Because of this speculation, those people no longer dared to sneak in in the middle of the night, and could only take a few peeks outside the farm gate when the sun was shining during the day.
But after so many times, before Rong Zhen got tired of it, a certain man in black robe got annoyed first and made some noise to scare them all away, completely confirming the rumor that there was a demon at Will Farm, and he even went so far as to mention the dead woods surrounding the farm, and his story was very detailed.
Fortunately, this world is very tolerant of demons and monsters because of its racial diversity. As long as you don't do too many bad things, basically no creature will deliberately target you for killing.
So even though there were rumors of demons at Will Farm, not many people believed it, and those who did think it was nothing serious, just stayed away from it.
Except for some guys with ulterior motives, who were afraid of being retaliated by the monsters in Will Farm, they all chased after Lillian's adventure team and fled for their lives.
The passionate team that originally consisted of only teenagers has now turned into a mob of mixed people, and it is unknown whether they can still achieve the achievements in the plot.
Rongzhen didn't care about that. What she cared about now was who put a flower on her windowsill.
It’s still the very familiar red thorn flower.
She asked Daisy if she had put the flowers there, and Daisy shook her head and said no. When she was helping her find the person who sent the flowers, she found a long snow-white hair under the windowsill.
Okay, no need to look for it anymore, she probably knows who sent it.
But what Rongzhen was more concerned about was where the other party picked the thorn flower?
Can it be found in the wild, or is it unique to the Elf King?
This issue must be clarified.
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