he fish and, ignoring the heat, tore off a long strip of fish meat with her bare hands and offered it to Zong Yu's mouth."You've worked hard all day, you have the first bite."Without a word, Zong Yu t..."Get a few more people, bring their families, and go with me to find those who went into the mountains."

"They absolutely cannot be allowed to walk out of here alive!"

Zong Lao San put on his clothes and, brandishing a knife, walked out first. The others hesitated for a moment before rising to their feet and following him.

They are all honest farmers who work the land. Who would dare commit such a heinous act as murder

No one is willing to kill, but Elder Three never gave them a choice.

Several people, shivering and nervous, took their belongings and followed him into the mountains, searching everywhere for Fang Jinshu and her companions' whereabouts.

As for Fang Jinshiu, the pitch-black mountain road looked to her like a car navigation system with the night mode on, not hindering her walk at all.

Even walking this road into the mountains, I felt like I was getting more familiar with it.

Gradually, Fang Mingxia also realized something was wrong.

"Jinxiu, it's so dark in the mountains, why can you walk so fast"

Not a single scratch on my feet.

It stands to reason that someone groping their way forward in the dark would trip over unseen branches and stones every now and then, wouldn't they

Fang Jinshui walked the mountain path as if it were flat ground!

"If I were truly the mistress of this clan, as you say, wouldn't it make sense for me to be familiar with the mountains after living here for so long"

Although I don't remember the past, as soon as I stepped onto the mountain, a sense of familiarity washed over me, as if I had walked this path countless times before.

She didn't fool Fang Mingxia with those words.

As she walked deeper into the mountain, she felt increasingly familiar with the path.

Suddenly, Fang Jinshu's footsteps quickened, and Fang Mingxia almost bumped into her.

"Wh, what"

Fang Jinshu squinted her eyes, looking towards a thicket of lush bushes on her left.

Underneath that patch of grass, there was a path. This place was clearly a fork in the road, but the fork had been deliberately blocked by bushes.

She had a feeling that this path was the right one for her.

"Loosen my sleeve and stand farther away."

Fang Mingxia was taken aback. Although she didn't understand why Jinxiu had said that out of the blue, she obediently loosened her sleeve and hid behind a nearby tree.

Then Fang Jinxiu bent down to pick up a thick branch, and there was a rustling sound.

"Alright, come here."

She pushed aside the bushes, and sure enough, a more level path appeared inside.

If you don't pay close attention, an ordinary person might not be able to find this place.

Let's go.

She took a shortcut with Fang Mingxia. Although the path was narrow, it was easier to walk than the main road into the mountains.

It looked as if it had been deliberately trimmed.

She walked step by step towards the summit, her mind full of questions. Perhaps, upon reaching the Zong family's home, all her doubts would be cleared up.

Zong Lao San brought more than ten people to the foot of the mountain outside Yeshan. The two guards guarding Fang Jinxiu's carriage saw everyone arrive and hurriedly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where is he" Zong Lao San asked.

Erzi pointed to the carriage, and then to the indistinct dark shadow inside it.

"Third Master, where is it"

Zong Lao San felt something was wrong, "Didn't they go into the mountains How are they here"

"When they reached the foot of the mountain, they blew out the lanterns, and we couldn't see if they had climbed up or not."

"But Erzi had been guarding their carriage the whole time. If they had already gone up the mountain, there should have been some movement, right"

Master San felt something was amiss. He narrowed his eyes and stared intently at the shadowy figure in the carriage, trying to make out how many people were inside.

How many people came in total

It seems like three.

Suddenly, the coachman on the carriage moved. The dark figure shifted, and soon everyone heard the sound of someone urinating.

Zong Lao San's face darkened.

"Three people There was clearly only one person guarding outside the carriage!"

"Those two must have already gone into the mountains. Let's go find them!"

"You two, stay here and watch him. If he goes into the mountains, kill him for me!"

The two people left behind quickly nodded, and the others followed Elder Zong San in searching everywhere along this road into the mountain.

And the two people they were looking for had already reached the summit at this very moment.

Fang Mingxia looked at the imposing manor before her, and couldn't help but gasp in amazement. She was speechless.

"I didn't expect there to be such wealthy people in the Yonomura Mountains."

"That's not right, last time you went back to Fangjia Village, didn't you say that your village now relies on you for a living"

"Could it be that this manor house is the Zong family's current residence!"eart skipped a beat.She had originally planned to marry Zong Yu after the manor was built. But the drought showed no sign of ending, and with a natural disaster looming, every day for Jinxiu's future...