In the past, when she went to see Cai Ping, it would only take her about an hour to take a shortcut. This time, Tian Cai not only took them on a longer route, but also on the most difficult mountain road. It was estimated that the time spent on the road would increase by an hour.
She ran to the mountain all day long and was already familiar with this mountain. If she hadn't wanted to take Quan Xiangrong to Cai Ping's grave to apologize, she would have wanted to dig a trap on the mountain in advance and lure him there to bury him.
"No, I can't do that anymore. Huhu, I need to take a break!"
When a few people passed by a big rock, Quan Xiangrong sat on it and refused to get up, insisting that he had to rest for a while before continuing.
"Then you can only rest for a short while. If you delay for too long, it will be dark by the time we get down the mountain. There are wolves, tigers and black bears in this mountain." Tian Cai continued to scare him.
"Hmph, you little girl never speaks the truth. If those things really existed, Cai Ping would still be able to live safely in the mountains. Do you think everyone else is a fool?" Quan Xiangrong snorted coldly, not believing what Tian Cai said at all.
Tian Cai opened his eyes wide and looked at him innocently, as if he was looking at some idiot. "There's insect repellent powder! The area around the cabin is covered with the smell that animals hate, so nothing can get through."
Quan Xiangrong choked and stopped talking.
That dead woman really has this ability.
Tian Cai didn't care how many people there were. She took out a handkerchief from the bamboo basket and opened it. There were three biscuits inside. She stretched out two fingers to pinch one and ate it bite by bite with a look of enjoyment on her face. After eating, she took out a bamboo tube and drank water.
Quan Xiangrong couldn't help swallowing.
He was thirsty for a long time.
I thought the most time-consuming thing today would be catching up with Cai Ping, but I never expected that we would be delayed for so long on the road. I didn't expect that we would have to prepare food and drinks when we got here, and now we have already digested what we had eaten in the morning before we even arrived.
Look at that dead girl, she is eating so happily that she didn't even ask them for water to drink.
Sure enough, his personality is as annoying as the Cai family.
Tian Cai wiped his mouth, covered the bamboo tube, and looked at the others as if he hadn't noticed. "Let's go?"
Quan Xiangrong had no choice but to drag his sore legs forward along the mountain road. His once shiny leather shoes had become dusty, and the leather had been rubbed off in several places by the stones on the road. His straight Zhongshan suit was also covered with dust and grass seeds.
Only when Tian Cai felt that he had dealt with the few people enough did he turn onto the road leading to the cabin.
Zheng Xiuyan and the burly man supported Quan Xiangrong on either side. Their faces turned red from climbing the mountain, and they were panting as if there was a broken bellows hidden in their chests.
"It seems to be a lot calmer here," Quan Zhong wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve. He no longer cared about his appearance. His previously neatly buttoned shirt had long since been undone on the way up the mountain. Now it was clear that his neck was covered in sweat. "Are we almost there?"
Tian Cai looked up and saw the small mound on the hillside in the distance. A smile appeared on her lips. "We're here."
Quan Xiangrong also followed Tian Cai's gaze and saw the cabin in the distance at first sight. He suddenly pushed the two people away, straightened his clothes, took out a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe the sweat from his forehead, patted the dust and grass seeds on his body, and waited until his breathing became normal again before he continued to move forward with floating steps.
I have to float, my legs are so tired that they are weak.
The cabin had been uninhabited for the past two years, and it looked very dilapidated both inside and out.
Quan Xiangrong glanced outside the wooden house, and the mockery in his eyes became more and more intense. What a shabby place! Even the lowest-level servant in his family lived better than this.
Cai Ping, Cai Ping, if you had stayed with me obediently back then, would you have suffered so much?
He raised his chin to the side, and Quan Zhong walked forward to open the door very tactfully. The burly man was standing in the middle of the yard, staring at his surroundings vigilantly.
“Squeak—”
The door opened.
The wooden house was empty and it was obvious that no one had lived there for a long time. There were dense spider webs everywhere.
Quan Xiangrong's expression froze, and all the smugness in his heart was suppressed. He turned around and glared at Tian Cai, "Are you kidding me?"
The burly man and Zheng Xiuyan looked at each other, and both took a step forward, getting closer to Quan Xiangrong. They kept their eyes on the surrounding environment, ready to protect their grandfather and leave at the slightest sign of trouble.
Tian Cai was unmoved. She shrugged and said, "I never said she lived in a wooden house."
As she spoke, she pointed to the small mound opposite and said, "Look, she lives there!"
On the sunny hillside, a lonely grave mound sat on it.
Quan Xiangrong was confused at first, then incredulous. "What do you mean? Where is she? Ask her to come out and talk to me!"
Tian Cai hated his knowing-but-know attitude and said sarcastically, "Aren't you looking for Cai Ping? She's over there. If you have anything to say, just kneel down in front of her grave and say it. You're too embarrassed to stand in front of her anyway!"
Quan Xiangrong's forehead veins throbbed as he stared at Tian Cai, "Where are the things? Where are the things Cai Ping left behind? Are they with you?"
Tian Cai really admired his thick skin and thought that he at least had some feelings for Cai Ping. Now she knew that she was overthinking it. "Those things belong to the Cai family. They have nothing to do with an outsider like you. Even if I burn and smash them all, I won't leave you a single cent."
After hearing this, Quan Xiangrong calmed down a lot. He adjusted his collar and loosened two buttons before continuing:
"You little girl, you've only been with Cai Ping for a few years, don't think you're such a big shot. I advise you to hand over the Cai family's things, otherwise—"
"What else?"
Quan Xiangrong brushed his sleeves and said arrogantly, "Otherwise, if you lose your life for something that doesn't belong to you, it will be more trouble than it's worth."
"laugh--"
Tian Cai took off the white beads from her neck, waved them in front of him, and said proudly, "I heard you've been looking for this?"
Before Quan Xiangrong could see clearly, the thing was put away by Tian Cai, but just a glance at it allowed him to see clearly that it was the white bead he had been looking for.
"this--"
Quan Xiangrong's eyes were bloodshot, and he no longer had the elegant image he had deliberately put on.
He had been planning for that thing for more than ten years, but in the end it still fell into the hands of others. The thought of it made him want to vomit blood.
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