Ji Chengxuan's words "You're not a kid anymore" really hit Yun Que'er right in the heart, making her feel an inexplicable sense of fear towards Ji Chengxuan.
She always felt that Ji Chengxuan seemed to know something and was perhaps trying to probe her.
Yun Que'er didn't dare to answer anymore and tightly shut her mouth. After a while, seeing that Ji Chengxuan was still staring at her, she feigned annoyance and said,
"Have you forgotten what your father told you? Didn't he tell you to go quickly and come back quickly? My second brother and third sister are still waiting for the medicine at home! Hurry up and stop standing there!"
"No, no, no." Ji Chengxuan shook his little head. "It's you who's in a daze, but I don't think you need to think too much."
How could she not think too much! She was so scared that her soul was about to fly away!
Yun Que'er snorted and walked forward.
"I don't want to talk to you anymore!"
Ji Chengxuan wasn't angry. Instead, he nodded. "Yes, the people in our village really don't like to interact with me. Do you know what they're afraid of?"
"What?" Yun Que'er replied impatiently.
"They're most afraid of the needles in my father's hand." Ji Chengxuan gestured. "One needle and it can make people cry. They all think that since my father can give injections, I can too, so they never play with me for fear that I'll poke them with a needle."
Yun Que'er rolled her eyes. "That's nonsense. Which kid likes getting injections?"
"But many adults aren't afraid of injections." Ji Chengxuan said meaningfully. "Yun Que'er, if you're sick, are you afraid?"
Yun Que'er almost bit her tongue. This was definitely a probe!
It was as if Ji Chengxuan was determined to pry something out of her mouth...
Yun Que'er was now more and more certain that Ji Chengxuan must know something.
But why did Ji Chengxuan keep harping on these things? Even if he knew, what good would it do him?
Could it be that he wanted to report her, gain merit, and then send her away for experiments?
Yun Que'er shivered. If she was sent for experiments, it would be all over!
The lottery system on her would definitely be discovered. Maybe they would even do a craniotomy and dissection. Wouldn't that be the end of her?
The more Yun Que'er thought about it, the more scared she became. Maybe she could go back if it was just a time - space travel, but if she lost her life here, it would be completely over!
Yun Que'er didn't dare to talk to Ji Chengxuan anymore. She simply ignored him and walked forward.
Ji Chengxuan wasn't in a hurry to ask more questions. He walked Yun Que'er all the way to her doorstep and then suddenly said,
"Your family's life is really going well now. You never used to turn on the electric lights at night before."
Yun Que'er's heart skipped a beat. She roughly knew that Ji Chengxuan wasn't going to let her off.
"Who... Who doesn't turn on the electric lights?"
"Your family, don't you remember?" Ji Chengxuan shrugged. "Your family used to have no income. It was just your father teaching in the town to earn money. You could only get a little work - point occasionally. You couldn't even afford to eat. How could you be willing to turn on the electric lights? I remember your family always used kerosene lamps. Isn't there a blackened kerosene lamp on the table in your outer room? But these days your family has struck it rich and is already willing to use electric lights."
Yun Que'er was on the verge of a breakdown under Ji Chengxuan's pressure. She growled in a low voice.
"What on earth do you want to say!"
"Nothing." Ji Chengxuan smiled. "Isn't it a good thing to get rich? I'm just envious of you."
Envious my foot!
Yun Que'er scoffed at Ji Chengxuan's words. Life in this village wasn't very prosperous. If someone saw a family suddenly eating meat, they would be jealous to the core. Envious?
Even a dog wouldn't believe this!
"So how did your family get rich? I'm just curious." Ji Chengxuan spun around twice on the spot. "I remember you accidentally fell into the water before and it was your eldest brother who fished you out. Since that day, your family seems to have opened a treasure chest. There were gauzes one moment and dried sweet potatoes the next. And it was really a coincidence that you even picked up a knife that I've never seen anyone use before."
Ji Chengxuan stared fixedly at Yun Que'er. "Where did that knife come from? And it doesn't seem like something that a rural person would use. Could it be that someone from the town or the city came here and accidentally dropped it when passing by?"
Ji Chengxuan suddenly leaned closer to Yun Que'er. "But there haven't been any outsiders in the village recently."
Yun Que'er nervously swallowed her saliva. She wanted to say something to refute Ji Chengxuan's words, but under his burning gaze, she couldn't utter a single word.
She was puzzled. Why was she so nervous? She could have just told a simple lie to deceive Ji Chengxuan.
But at the same time, Yun Que'er knew best that if she lied to Ji Chengxuan, he would surely expose her mercilessly!
"And those rolls of gauze." Ji Chengxuan continued, looking extremely aggressive. "You said you picked them up from the back mountain. There used to be a bandit's den on the back mountain. They collected a lot of treasures back then. You do have the possibility of getting the gauze. But those gauzes are obviously new. You should know that no matter how good a thing is, its color will definitely change if it's left for a long time. But the gauzes you brought back are as white as snow. How do you explain this?"
Yun Que'er trembled. If Ji Chengxuan continued talking, she would be completely exposed!
"That means the bandits stored them well!" Yun Que'er retorted. "They're said to have treasures, but no one can find them, which means they must have hidden them. I just happened to pass by and picked up these well - preserved gauzes. Isn't that okay?"
Ji Chengxuan suddenly burst out laughing. "Yun Que'er, you can't read, right? You haven't read any history books? Or your family hasn't told you any stories? Those bandits were in the Republic of China era, and there were no such things as gauzes back then."
Yun Que'er's heart skipped a beat. Yes, that was exactly the case...
She said she picked up things that didn't exist decades ago and were left by the bandits. Wasn't that a joke?
Fortunately, no one else had paid attention to this. Otherwise, Yun Que'er would surely have been taken away as a monster.
But now she had become a monster in Ji Chengxuan's eyes!
"And as far as I know, medical supplies were in short supply during the Republic of China era. Even if those bandits had great connections, they couldn't get these things."
Yun Que'er was finally on the verge of losing control. She shouted,
"Why is it always 'as far as you know'? Why do you know so much? Are you an immortal who came down to earth?"
Ji Chengxuan gave a mysterious smile. "I don't know if I'm an immortal, but you seem like one."
Yun Que'er felt a chill run down her spine and almost knelt on the ground.
Ji Chengxuan stepped closer to Yun Que'er step by step. "So, who on earth are you?"