Yun Que'er explained in a flurry, "The village head! The village head is coming with people!"
Yun Mo Tan turned around in shock. This village head really came just in time!
"Let's go quickly! Stop talking!" Yun Que'er urged impatiently.
"But... Teacher Li..." Yun Mo Tan hesitated. She didn't dare to let Teacher Li be seen by the village head.
Teacher Li gave Yun Mo Tan a push. "Hurry up and go!"
Seeing that the village head was about to approach, they didn't have time to hesitate. Yun Que'er motioned to Yun Fu Jin to pull Yun Mo Tan and leave quickly, and she herself quickly followed.
When they reached the cave entrance, Yun Que'er turned her head and looked at Teacher Li with a complex expression. But what about him...
He had been wrongly imprisoned and his family was ruined. He was already so pitiful. Perhaps Yun Mo Tan was the only spiritual support for him. I'm afraid that once Yun Mo Tan left, Teacher Li wouldn't be able to live on.
Yun Que'er understood that feeling. It was like a glimmer of light suddenly appearing in her dark and hopeless life. Maybe the light was very dim and could only barely illuminate a small area, but it was enough to be the whole strength to keep going.
But what if one day, this light disappeared?
At this moment, Yun Que'er suddenly felt a burning sensation between her eyebrows.
Teacher Li was smiling faintly at Yun Que'er. It was his favorability towards her.
No, she couldn't just leave him alone!
Yun Que'er quickly pressed her eyebrows and decided to draw another lottery. She'd treat a dead horse as a live one.
But what could help Teacher Li?
As she ran, she stared intently at the screen in front of her.
The pointer whirred and gradually stopped.
Level four!
Yun Que'er was shocked. This was an extremely rare level-four item. The difficulty was not much lower than that of a level-five item.
A gold necklace fell out. Yun Que'er reached out and caught it. She immediately recognized that it was of excellent quality. There was also a huge oval jadeite in the middle, with excellent color. If sold, the whole Yun family would be able to live comfortably for three to five years.
Yun Que'er bit her lip. After some hesitation between Teacher Li and the necklace, she gritted her teeth and chose the former.
There would be level-four rewards in the future, but a life was only once. She couldn't push Teacher Li into the fire pit for the sake of money.
Looking at Yun Fu Jin and the other one running ahead, Yun Que'er closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Then she turned around and rushed back.
The village head and his people came menacingly, heading straight for the hiding places in the back mountain. Suddenly, they were bumped into by Yun Que'er who rushed out.
Yun Que'er pretended to be running blindly and bumped straight into the village head. She was knocked to the ground and her tailbone ached.
"Who is it? Don't you have eyes?"
Yun Que'er rubbed her buttocks. While complaining, she looked up. When she saw the gloomy face of the village head in front of her, her expression suddenly changed.
"V...village head, why are you here?"
"I should be asking you that!" The village head looked at Yun Que'er with dissatisfaction. This girl always showed up at critical moments and got in the way of his good deeds. "Get out of the way! I'm still busy!"
Yun Que'er said "Okay" and moved aside.
The village head led his people past her. Yun Que'er took the opportunity to throw the necklace hidden in her sleeve.
"Ouch!"
The village head felt something hit his instep. He looked down and was shocked to find a gold necklace. His pupils dilated in surprise.
"What... what is this!"
Yun Que'er quickly bent down to pick it up. "It's mine!"
She stuffed the necklace into her bosom and turned to run. But the village head was quick-eyed and grabbed the collar of her clothes, pulling her back.
"Yours? Your family really has all kinds of treasures. You're so poor that you can barely make ends meet, yet you have a gold necklace?" The village head squinted his eyes. The look in his eyes when he looked at Yun Que'er was full of pride, as if he had finally caught her misdeed.
"Say! Did you steal this!"
"No!" Yun Que'er retorted. "It... it's really mine..."
Seeing Yun Que'er becoming more and more flustered as she spoke, the village head laughed.
"Who do you think you're kidding? Not to mention your family, there isn't a second such necklace in the whole village. You say it's yours and it is? Maybe you stole it somewhere."
The village head snatched the gold necklace from Yun Que'er's hand and examined it carefully. When he saw the big jadeite, his eyes almost glowed green.
Yun Que'er knew that the village head was greedy for money. He would surely be tempted when he saw this gold necklace. So she pretended to be even more panicked.
"Why isn't it mine! I didn't steal it! Give it back to me quickly!"
Yun Que'er jumped up to grab it, but the village head held his hand high. "Still trying to deceive me?"
"Who's deceiving you... It's really mine..."
The village head sneered and shook the necklace in his hand.
"Fine, then tell me when it came to your family and where you bought it. If you can tell, then it's yours."
Yun Que'er widened her eyes. Her little hands kept rubbing together. She looked very nervous.
"It... was in the town..."
"Huh?" The village head raised his voice. "There are no gold shops in the town at all, and they couldn't sell such good things!"
Yun Que'er trembled in fear. She couldn't help but want to run, but was grabbed back by the village head like a chick.
"You're stuttering and can't explain. That means you stole it. Come back with me. We have to discuss how to deal with this properly. Also, if you stole something, your father's job will..."
The village head laughed even more proudly. He couldn't do anything to Yun Que'er about the gauze and sweet potato incident last time, but this time it was a gold necklace. If he let them get away this time, he really didn't deserve to be the village head.
"Speak up!" the village head roared.
Yun Que'er trembled and bit her lower lip, not daring to speak. The village head simply grabbed her and dragged her forward.
"Fine, then come back with me and explain this properly."
"No! I really didn't steal it!" Yun Que'er struggled in the village head's grasp and shouted at the top of her lungs. "I picked it up! I picked it up!"
The village head stopped in his tracks. He stared at Yun Que'er for a while, then suddenly sneered mockingly.
"Picked it up? You're really lucky. You can always pick up such treasures. Are you a fairy? Why can only you pick them up and no one else?"
"I said I picked it up and that's what happened!" Yun Que'er struggled to break free from the village head's grasp. "What I picked up is naturally mine. I didn't steal or rob. Why are you arresting me?"
The village head clearly didn't believe Yun Que'er's words. "Stop talking nonsense in front of me. Who would leave such a good thing lying around for you to pick up?"
"It's something left by the bandits before!" Yun Que'er retorted with a red face. "They all say that this place in the back mountain used to be a bandit den. We even picked up sweet potatoes. What's wrong with picking up a necklace?"
The village head laughed when he heard this. "You're really lucky. You treat this place like a treasure trove. You can just pick up things at will?"