Let’s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 747: Chapter 747: The Wicked Woman Farms (3)

”So you think I’ll just turn myself in, huh? With skills like yours, why do you even bother with robbery when you could be making a killing in pyramid schemes?”

Three men: ”...”

Though feeling something was off, they couldn’t refute it.

The three men exchanged glances—in the dark, they couldn’t really make out what the other was trying to convey.

”Shall we go up?”

”Let’s go...up.”

Having come all this way, they couldn’t just leave empty-handed!

The man in the middle gave the command: ”Go.”

The other two started climbing up from either side of the rock.

The mountainside was overgrown with wild grasses, steep and slippery.

The one on the left climbed quickly, almost reaching the top of the rock. Just as he was about to climb up, a foot kicked his chin, and he tumbled down, crashing to the ground.

”Ouch...”

The one on the right instinctively looked down, and as a result, he too was kicked off.

The two men rolled to the bottom, and the one still standing took a few steps back, somewhat hesitant to advance.

Chuzheng jumped down from the rock.

”Aah!!”

The man screamed as he rushed towards Chuzheng.

Chuzheng kicked him in the abdomen, sending him crashing into the mountainside.

Chuzheng roughed up the three men.

The men howled in pain, their cries echoing eerily in the wilderness.

On a small path in the distance, two figures were startled by the sounds and stopped in their tracks.

The figure in front asked cautiously, ”What was that noise?”

The one behind was carrying a long cloth bag that appeared to have a person inside.

Looking in the direction of the sounds, the person carrying the bag said, ”Probably a wolf.”

”Doesn’t quite sound like it, more like a human scream.”

The noise was a bit hazy from the distance, and with the wind and other sounds, it became even more indistinct.

For the moment, it was not clear whether it was a wolf howling or a human screaming.

”Never mind that, let’s move.” The one with the bag urged.

The two figures quickly disappeared into the darkness.

The cries, wolf-like yet not, continued.

”Stop howling.” Chuzheng kicked them, ”It’s so annoying.” No amount of yelling will get anyone to save you.

Three men: ”...”

The pain isn’t yours, of course you don’t howl!

”Who sent you?”

No one answered, so Chuzheng kicked one of them, eliciting another scream as cold sweat poured down his face: ”No one, we just saw you were generous with your money at the restaurant, so we followed you.”

They saw that Chuzheng, a woman who, despite not dressing particularly well, had ordered so many dishes, surely had money on her.

She was walking alone at night, which is why they made their move.

”Everything we said is true, we were wrong, we truly were.”

”Please have mercy on us, let us go.”

”We were just trying to feed our families, we know we made a mistake.”

After beating them, Chuzheng tied the men to a nearby tree using some vines.

This road was the main route into town; people heading into town the next morning would surely discover them.

-

Chuzheng climbed back through the window into the rundown room.

There were voices coming from outside in the yard.

Originally there was a wall separating the main house from the uncle’s place, but after Chuzheng’s parents died, the uncle’s family took down the wall, allegedly to take care of her, and naturally took over several rooms of Chuzheng’s family’s house.

The voices outside were those of Chuzheng’s uncle, Jiang Dasheng, and Yang Cuicui.

Jiang Dasheng sounded clearly worried: ”Why hasn’t Yuyu come back yet?”

Yang Cuicui cursed a few times: ”That damn girl, who knows where she’s run off to. When she gets back, I’ll break her legs!”

Not returning home late at night, what would people say? How would she find a husband in the future?

”I’ll go look for her, it’s getting late...”

Jiang Dasheng was somewhat timid by nature, usually following Yang Cuicui’s lead.

Lying on the musty bed, Chuzheng crossed her legs and shook them.

Yang Cuicui was making a racket outside, and no one knew what she was doing.

Jiang Yuyu was brought back by Jiang Dasheng only late into the night.

Jiang Yuyu was in considerable distress and didn’t complain to Yang Cuicui until she felt somewhat better the next day.

As soon as Yang Cuicui heard that Chuzheng had run out with a lot of money, she immediately opened the door to check.

To her surprise, Chuzheng was sitting on her bed properly.

Yang Cuicui’s gaze swept across the room and, finding nothing out of the ordinary, her sour face showed a hint of suspicion.

”Yuyu said you went out last night?” Yang Cuicui stared at Chuzheng, ”How did you get out?”

”This room is sealed shut, how could I get out?” Chuzheng retorted.

Yang Cuicui: ”...”

That was her question!!

”Then why did Yuyu say she saw you?” Yang Cuicui pressed.

Yuyu surely wouldn’t lie to herself?

”How would I know why she wants to say that, you should ask her.”

All of a sudden, Yang Cuicui raised her voice, ”Did you find a way to sneak out?”

Chuzheng spoke calmly, ”If I had left, would I have come back? Use your brain.”

Yang Cuicui: ”...”

Why had this wretched girl suddenly started talking back?

Of course, Yang Cuicui also felt that what Chuzheng said made sense.

If she had truly run away, she definitely wouldn’t have come back.

Jiang Yuyu lied to herself?

Yang Cuicui carefully searched the room again.

She found no place in the room that could serve as an exit.

She left the room, still doubtful.

Outside in the courtyard, Jiang Yuyu immediately spoke up, ”Mother, did you ask her...”

”She didn’t go out,” Yang Cuicui said. ”I’ve checked the room, there’s no way she could have left. Are you sure it was her you saw?”

Jiang Yuyu suddenly became frantic, ”Mother, why would I lie to you, it really was her, she had lots of silver.”

”Could it be that you saw wrongly?” Jiang Dasheng said. ”What happened to you last night?”

”It was her forcing me to eat things, and I vomited them up. Father, Mother, I’m telling the truth!!” Jiang Yuyu couldn’t help raising her voice.

Yang Cuicui turned around and went back in, flipping through the entire room in front of Chuzheng, even searching through the bed.

Not to mention silver, she didn’t even see a single hair.

Jiang Yuyu also entered the room and accused Chuzheng, ”Were you at the tavern last night?”

”You saw wrongly,” Chuzheng denied confidently.

”How could I see wrongly when so many people were looking at that time!” Jiang Yuyu exclaimed loudly. ”It was you, you ran out! Where is the money on you? Hand it over!”

”I didn’t go out.”

”You’re lying!”

”Do you have proof?”

”I...”

Chuzheng and Jiang Yuyu stood their ground, each sticking to their own story.

However, looking at the current situation, Chuzheng’s account seemed more plausible.

”Mother, she’s lying, she really did go out, and she also...”

”Enough!” Yang Cuicui dragged Jiang Yuyu out and, while closing the door, she warned Chuzheng, ”Zhang Yuanwai will be coming to fetch you after a while; you better behave.”

Bang!

The door closed and was locked.

This run-down room was not soundproof at all.

Yang Cuicui and Jiang Yuyu were talking outside, and Chuzheng could hear every word without missing a beat.

The mother and daughter were alike in temperament, and their conversation soon turned into an argument.

Jiang Dasheng was caught in the middle, at times trying to pacify Yang Cuicui, at others, Jiang Yuyu, and couldn’t please either side.

In the end, it was of course Yang Cuicui who dominated, sending Jiang Yuyu back to her room.

”My child’s father, what do you think? Did she really go out?” Yang Cuicui asked Jiang Dasheng.

”If she had truly gone out, why would she come back?” Jiang Dasheng said in a low voice.

Thinking it over, Yang Cuicui felt he made sense.

”That’s true...”