As the sky gradually darkened, Village Chief Gu found a relatively flat place beside the official road with few people and let the villagers set up camp.

Every household started taking out pots and piling up stones to cook food.

Qu Qiuning found an inconspicuous place and started to cook porridge, while Qu Xinglan was busy adding firewood.

Cheng Yi sat not far away, watching the brother and sister silently.

After the porridge was cooked, Qu Lin served two bowls. Qu Xinglan held the bowls but did not eat. Instead, he looked at Cheng Yi who was sitting not far away.

He looked at his sister again, then at the bowl of porridge in his hand, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

This little action did not escape Qu Qiuning's eyes.

Qu Qiuning took a sip from the bowl, raised his eyes to glance at Cheng Yi, and happened to meet those magical eyes.

Qu Qiuning lowered his head and continued to drink the porridge in the bowl.

The rice porridge was not enough to satisfy his hunger, so Qu Qiuning used the backpack as a cover, exchanged the compressed biscuits in the space, and then took them out of the backpack.

Fortunately, the backpack is big enough, otherwise Qu Qiuning himself wouldn’t know how to explain it.

He took out two compressed biscuits and handed them to Qu Xinglan, then ate one himself. Then he took out a water bag full of milk, poured a bowl for Qu Xinglan, and drank some himself.

After finishing the meal and cleaning up, Qu Lin took out the mattress she brought from home from her backpack and spread it on the ground.

She took out a black double sleeping bag that she had exchanged for outdoors. Although it was late spring or early summer, it would still be a bit cold at night.

After nightfall, Qu Qiuning asked Qu Xinglan to sleep in the sleeping bag, but the boy tossed and turned and refused to fall asleep.

Qu Qiuning also crawled into the sleeping bag and pretended to fall asleep. When Qu Xinglan saw that his sister had fallen asleep, he carefully got up and took the water bag and bowl containing milk.

Qu Qiuning tiptoed towards Cheng Yi and pulled out her triangular pyramid. If Cheng Yi dared to attack Qu Xinglan, her triangular pyramid would not be to be triumphed over.

Qu Qiuning opened his eyes slightly, watching the two people's actions keenly, and the triangular pyramid in his hand was ready to go.

Qu Xinglan walked up to Cheng Yi, quickly took out a piece of compressed biscuit from his sleeve, threw it to Cheng Yi, and poured a bowl of milk for Cheng Yi.

After a moment, Qu Xinglan returned to his sleeping bag and closed his eyes with satisfaction.

At midnight, the villagers went to bed early after a day's journey, except for a few young people in the village who took turns to keep watch.

Qu Qiuning observed the movements around him and found an opportunity to leave the camp quietly.

Cheng Yi, who was dozing against a stone, opened his eyes after Qu Qiuning left.

Looking at the direction where Qu Qiuning left, she fell into deep thought. That was the road they had walked. Why would she, a woman, go back?

There was also the milk and bread that Qu Xinglan brought to her. Milk was a rare commodity and ordinary people could not afford it.

The person that Cheng Yi was talking about was now walking back quickly.

The round trip was about forty miles, so she had to hurry.

Qu Qiuning gritted his teeth, exchanged two hundred points from the space for a skateboard, stepped on the skateboard, and ran away under the cover of darkness.

Qu Qiuning arrived in town soon. He dodged left and right on the quiet streets and came to the gate where Qu Xiang was thrown out that day. He looked at the plaque above his head and tilted his mouth:

"You asked for this! She will help Qu Xiang teach this rich man a lesson on behalf of her mother."

Qu Qiuning took out a prepared black veil, put it over her face, and came to a hidden corner.

He took out the eagle claw hook, a rock climbing artifact he had exchanged, and threw it towards the five-meter-high wall. The eagle hook claw flew to the wall and held on tightly.

Qu Qiuning grabbed the rope, pushed hard against the wall, and used both hands to climb up. In less than five seconds, he reached the top of the wall.

He put away his eagle claws, bent his knees and half-knelt, observing the situation in the yard with alert eyes.

This should be a yard for storing miscellaneous items, and there is no sign of anyone living there.

Qu Qiuning jumped off the courtyard wall and carefully bypassed the servants who were on guard.

He searched for the storeroom along the wall, but when he found it, it was empty. Qu Qiuning wondered, how could it be empty? There were still servants guarding it, this shouldn't be possible!

When Qu Qiuning was about to return, he passed by a yard and heard the sound of a man and a woman talking quietly in the house.

Qu Qiuning squatted under the window and listened carefully.

"Madam, is everything settled?"

"Master, don't worry! I'll do it properly."

"Is the box ready?"

"Oh my! Master, that concerns our lives and property, can you please not let it go!"

"Thank you for your hard work, ma'am! It's getting late. We have to leave early tomorrow. Let's get some rest early."

Then a creaking sound came from the house, which lasted for a long time, making Qu Qiuning, a single man for more than 20 years, blush.

After a long time, the room finally quieted down and a continuous snoring sound was heard.

Qu Qiuning pulled out a dagger, gently opened the bolt, and entered the room quietly.

She carefully investigated the place where the box was mentioned by the woman just now. With her many years of experience in investigation, she finally found it in the secret compartment in the wall of the toilet.

This woman is worthy of being the mistress of the household, she is full of tricks!

Qu Qiuning put the jewelry and silver in the box into the space, left ten taels of silver, and quickly left the room.

He came to the stable in the backyard and was just about to take out the eagle claw.

"Beep..., beep..." The horses in the stable breathed heavily and shook their heads from side to side.

Seeing this, Qu Qiuning quickly hid himself. When he saw that the horse had stopped making any noise, he bent over and moved slowly.

After taking two steps, the horse made a sound again, and Qu Qiuning immediately squatted down again.

He frowned, thinking, could this horse be a spirit? It just took a little money from its owner. Is it holding a grudge against him?

Qu Qiuning waited for a long time and when he saw that the horse was silent, he started to move again. If he didn't move forward, he would be discovered.

Just as he took a step, the horse made a sound again, and Qu Qiuning's anger was instantly ignited.

He pulled out the triangular pyramid, ran to the stable, and was about to attack when he saw the horse nodding continuously and then shaking its head to the left.

Qu Qiuning looked to the left and saw two carts in the corner piled with boxes and sacks.

He walked over carefully and stabbed the sack with the triangular pyramid, and the rice grains fell out.

Qu Qiuning was secretly delighted, and with a thought, the boxes and sacks entered the space.

Qu Qiuning came to the corner, and this time the horse did not make any sound. It seemed that this family was not doing good deeds, and even the horse couldn't stand it!

As soon as Qu Qiuning climbed over the courtyard wall, he heard someone shouting behind him:

"Someone come quickly! There's a thief, come and catch him!"

Suddenly, the courtyard was filled with noise and chaos.

Outside the yard, Qu Qiuning stepped on the skateboard and ran quickly towards Qu Xinglan's camp.

Soon, Qu Qiuning arrived a hundred meters away from the camp. After packing up his things, he quietly returned to Qu Xinglan.

Looking at Qu Xinglan who was sleeping soundly, and then looking at Cheng Yi who was resting with his eyes closed not far away.

She didn't know whether this guy was really asleep or just pretending to be asleep. If he dared to interfere with her business, she wouldn't mind getting to know him.

Cheng Yi opened his eyes when he heard the sound of Qu Qiuning lying down. Seeing that she came back safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief and closed his eyes to rest.

When he closed his eyes, Cheng Yi seemed to be in a nightmare, muttering to himself.

"No, no, run, run, run, no, no..."

Cheng Yi closed his eyes, clenched his teeth, sweat beads appeared on his forehead, and his hands were clasped in the mud beside him.

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