"You can go back on your own if you want. I'm going to follow them. I just saw the village head coming this way. There must be some secret."
Xia Yun was scared to death, but since Qi Meng was determined to follow, she had no choice but to go along.
Shi Wan stopped in her tracks. "Teacher, you two go on first. I'll lead them away."
"Shaoyuan, go with Wanwan."
"Okay, teacher."
Qi Meng and Xia Yun caught up and only saw Shi Wan and a man. Without suspecting anything, they followed right away.
After a while, they lost track of them and returned to the foot of the mountain.
Damn outsiders!
How dare they play tricks on them!
"Mengmeng, since we're back already, let's go home first. We can come back later, okay?"
"Fine."
Qi Meng went home reluctantly. As soon as she got home, a stick came down on her.
"I told you to find money. Did you find any?!"
The stick landed on Qi Meng again and again. It hurt badly, but she didn't make a sound. She just took it with a straight face.
This kind of thing happened every day, and she was used to it.
"What about your younger brother? He's waiting for treatment!"
"I'm trying to find it. Didn't I give you some a few days ago?"
"That's not enough! And where did you get that money? If you have more, go find it quickly. Your brother can't hold on much longer."
"Got it. I'll go tomorrow."
Qi Meng glanced at the dying child in the bed. The anger that was about to burst out suddenly subsided. She walked over and lay down on the mat on the floor.
Seeing this, Qi's parents didn't say anything more. They just cursed and left.
...
Shi Wan's plan to make a phone call faded away with the arrival of the archaeological team.
After the work started, they were busy from morning till night, not even having time to eat, let alone anything else.
When they finally had time to eat, they gobbled down their food.
"Old Du, is this the new girl from your school?"
An archaeological team member looked at the delicate Shi Wan and asked.
It was so hard, but the girl never complained about being tired. She did things in an orderly and rigorous way. If they didn't know she was new, they would have thought she was an experienced one.
"Sure. Isn't she great? She's a treasure of our school. Even the principal appreciates her a lot."
"Great, great."
Although Shi Wan had been on the news, they were often busy or in places with no signal. They just thought she was more capable.
"Something seems to be coming out over there. I'll go take a look. Hurry up and come over after you finish eating."
"Okay!"
"Wanwan, your family should be okay, right?"
Shi Wan shook her head. "I don't know. I'll figure out a way to send them a message later."
"Okay. I heard someone is going down the mountain. You can give your phone to him and ask him to make a call for you."
"Thank you, senior."
Bai Shaoyuan stared at her slightly dirty face. His fair and handsome face blushed a little.
He turned his head. "You're welcome. I'll go over there first."
The junior sister is really beautiful.
"Okay."
Just as Shi Wan was about to go over after finishing her meal, she suddenly saw someone peeping not far away.
It was Qi Meng.
She got up and walked over. Qi Meng, whose view was blocked, immediately reacted.
"What are you doing here?"
"Why do you care?" Since she had been discovered, Qi Meng didn't hide anymore. "You're not here for tourism. You're here to dig things up."
"It's dangerous here. Go away quickly."
"You're afraid I'll find out you're digging for treasures, right?"
"Yeah. But since you've found out, if you don't want this to get out... Do you know what kind of people won't talk?"
"You... What do you want to do?"
"I'll kill you to silence you."
"You... Devil!"
Qi Meng's eyes were wandering. Seeing Shi Wan's serious face, she was really scared. She let out a scream and ran away in a hurry.
After dealing with her, Shi Wan picked up her tools and continued working.
Qi Meng, who had run away all the way, suddenly realized that the village head and others were still there. That woman wouldn't dare to do anything to her.
But she was alone and weak. It was safer to go home and call someone.
After a while, Shi Wan looked at Qi Meng who came with a group of people. Her face was full of helplessness.
"What are you doing?"
The village head came over after learning about the situation.
"Village head, Qi Meng said you and the outsiders found treasures and didn't tell us. Is that true?"
Someone behind Qi Meng shouted.
The village head was so angry that he almost had a stroke. "Nonsense! These people are from the archaeological team. All these things will be handed over to the state. Stop making trouble and go home quickly!"
"Village head, is what you said true? Aren't they very valuable? Since they're in our village, aren't they ours?"
These villagers had never been out of the village in their whole lives. There weren't many who had received an education. The only one who had gone to college in the village was the village head.
Their thoughts were different from others'.
"Go back first. Can I explain it to you when I get back?"
"Okay. Don't fool us, village head."
"Don't worry. Go back quickly."
"Hey, don't go. The matter hasn't been resolved yet!"
Qi Meng watched helplessly as the people she had brought were persuaded to leave by the village head with just a few words. She was so angry that she stamped her feet on the spot.
"Qi Meng, you're being too naughty. How can you wrongly accuse others casually? It's quite dangerous here. You should go back with us too."
Qi Meng was so angry that she simply sat down on the spot. "You go back on your own. I'm not going back."
These things here originally belonged to them. It was not too much for her to take a little.
Even if they wouldn't give her any, they shouldn't let these outsiders take advantage.
"Qi Meng, you... Forget it. I don't have time to deal with you. If you want to stay, sit over there. Don't rummage through other people's things, okay?"
The village head pointed to the grass in the distance.
"Okay."
Qi Meng rolled her eyes and got up to go there.
When passing by Shi Wan, she glared at her fiercely. That damned woman dared to play tricks on her.
She must teach her a lesson later!
Noticing Qi Meng's unfriendly look, Shi Wan didn't take it seriously and turned around to do other things.
According to the village head, there was only occasional signal here. She didn't know when she could contact Shen Siyan.
However, she didn't know that while she was busy, the phone in her bag was constantly receiving calls.
Qi Meng, who was on the side, had never seen such a thing before, but she knew it was a phone used to contact people.
She gave a mischievous smile and answered the phone.
"Sweetheart, where are you?"
The voice on the other end of the phone was very nice.
Qi Meng had never been to school. She only knew it was the nicest voice she had ever heard.
Although the call was intermittent because of the signal, it didn't matter.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, the man's tone was obviously full of anxiety and pleading. "Sweetheart, I really know I was wrong. Can you say something? Tell me where you are. Honey, shall I come pick you up?"
Husband?
She had seen that woman holding this phone. Was she married?
Well, in their village, girls usually got married at eighteen.
"She's dead."
After saying that, Qi Meng hung up the phone directly.
Let that woman bully her. She would scare her family to death!