[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the-":3,"chapter-exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--chapter-709":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1211511,1576,"Chapter 709 - 0662: She is a Thief (1)","exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--chapter-709",709,"\u003Cp>Guoguo hid her little body behind the chair, quietly watching Qiao Lan’s actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was shorter than the chair’s backrest, and when she stood in the dark, it was hard for others to notice her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weak glow from the stove illuminated Qiao Lan’s movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo vaguely saw Qiao Lan throwing something into the medicine pot on the stove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After throwing it in, Qiao Lan stirred it with chopsticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she tossed a few pieces of charcoal into the stove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan patted her sleeves, glanced back towards Second Madam Baili’s bedroom, and quietly left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo walked to the stove, picked up a cloth to wrap around the medicine pot’s lid, and opened it to take a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dregs of the medicine inside were steaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She put the lid down and chased after Qiao Lan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan’s residence was also in Second Madam Baili’s courtyard, living in an adjacent room with another maid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, the ground and roof were covered with thick snow; there was no need to light lanterns, as the path was clearly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan quickly ran to her room, pushed open the door, and went inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo chased all the way to that side room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pushed the door and found it was tightly shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo looked around, glanced at Qiao Lan’s closed door, and returned to her own room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was asleep, and nobody noticed she’d left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo climbed onto the kang bed and slipped back under the covers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t sleep, staring at the ceiling with wide-open eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, she turned over and gently removed the pair of small golden bracelets from Baili Xin’s wrist, hiding them in her clothes’ pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili Xin was sleeping deeply, completely unaware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early the next morning, just as the sky began to lighten, Second Madam Baili’s two maids, Qiao Lan and Xiang Lan, arrived at the main room to start their duties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Lan opened the main room door, clearing the snow blown in at the entrance, while Qiao Lan wiped the table and furniture with a cloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Second Madam Baili and Baili Huang hadn’t gotten up yet, and Guoguo with the other two children were still asleep, the two maids moved quietly, speaking softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo opened her eyes, glanced at the nanny sleeping soundly in the room, and quietly got off the kang bed, dressed and put on her shoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gently opened the door, and while the two maids didn’t notice her, she lifted her little skirt and ran from the main room’s back door towards the side room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she returned, her small face was flushed from running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan turned around, saw her running in the room, and jumped in surprise, \"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo took two steps back, snorting, \"You scared me! Wah—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She started crying loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan stomped her foot in frustration, threw down the snow broom, and quickly came to coax her, \"Don’t cry, don’t cry, I didn’t do it on purpose. You, how come you walk so quietly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo didn’t heed her coaxing and continued to cry loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other maid Xiang Lan also came over to console Guoguo, \"Guoguo dear, stop crying. I’ll give you something to play with, alright?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early in the twelfth lunar month, making a child cry like this, could they still survive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meticulous old lady would surely punish them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What will you give me to play?\" Guoguo stopped crying, blinking her tearful eyes, looking up at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can take anything you see.\" Xiang Lan said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan glared, \"Xiang Lan, what if she takes my silver?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, come on. How much silver do you have?\" Xiang Lan shot her a look, \"Just appease her first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Lan held Guoguo’s hand and led her towards their side room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worried Xiang Lan would let Guoguo play with her things, Qiao Lan quickly followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the side room, Xiang Lan patted Guoguo’s head and pointed at the items in the room, \"You can pick.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo stood in the room, looked around, and ran towards the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan followed her, \"Hey, there’s no toys on the bed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please don’t dirty the bed, during snowy days, she really didn’t want to wash the sheets and quilts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo had already climbed onto the bed, without taking off her shoes, walking around on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan was so upset she wanted to yank her down to freeze her in the snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get down from there!\" Qiao Lan rushed forward, hands on her hips, glaring fiercely at Guoguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Guoguo just laughed and continued jumping on the bed, even grabbing a pillow to throw at Qiao Lan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan tilted her head, and the heavy pillow filled with chaff struck Xiang Lan behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Lan, with tears coming out, cried out in pain, \"Ow—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan turned back and sneered, \"Ow ow what? Wasn’t this your own doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it my fault? If you hadn’t scared her to tears, would I have brought her here? You dare blame me!\" Xiang Lan shot her a look in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, what’s this? It’s pretty.\" Guoguo’s voice suddenly chimed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Lan, covering her sore left eye, could only look at Guoguo with her right eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is...\" She exclaimed in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan turned back to see Guoguo bowing her head, blinking at her little feet, under her right foot, stepping on a pair of children’s small golden bracelets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both maids walked to the bedside together, took a closer look at the small golden bracelets, and collectively gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were Second Madam Baili’s daughter Baili Xin’s small golden bracelets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pair of bracelets was crafted by the most skilled goldsmith in the city found by the old lady, as Baili Xin’s birthday gift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each bracelet even had two small lotus flowers hanging on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bracelets were also engraved with lotus flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What... what’s going on? Why are these bracelets here?\" Xiang Lan asked, utterly confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan walked over to take the bracelet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Guoguo’s foot pressed tightly on them, unwilling to yield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan angrily pushed Guoguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her strength, Guoguo, only two and a half years old, fell over with just a nudge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo fell sitting onto the quilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stretched her empty hands and started crying loudly, \"You stole my bracelets, my bracelets! Give them back, give them back—ah ah ah, wah wah wah, boo hoo hoo—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo cried out sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your bracelets? These are Miss Xin’s bracelets, you little thief!\" Qiao Lan sneered, cursing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mine, mine, give them back to me!\" Guoguo continued crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Lan stomped her foot, \"Qiao Lan, she’s crying again, don’t curse her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will curse, this little thief, stole something herself, and actually accuses me of stealing, pfft!\" Qiao Lan rolled her eyes and sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the room was in chaos, outside, the nanny who took care of Baili Xin walked over, \"Making the child cry so early, what are you doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Qing was the old lady’s person and held much prestige in the household.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two maids immediately lowered their heads and greeted the nanny, \"Nanny Qing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nanny Qing folded her sleeves, walked into the room with a stern face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately noticed the golden bracelets in Qiao Lan’s hand and sneered, \"Things were indeed here! Hmph!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Lan looked up, blinked, and realized she was still holding the pair of golden bracelets in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nanny, these belong to Miss Xin, they were stolen by this little thief.\" Qiao Lan handed the bracelets to Nanny Qing with both hands, and shot a glare at Guoguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? You say she stole them?\" Nanny Qing glanced at Guoguo, both shocked and angry, \"Qiao Lan! You dare falsely accuse a guest? A two and a half-year-old guest? What can a two and a half-year-old child understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1301,"2026-06-03T14:19:08.392Z",1,"novelbin.me","c2c6e8ac68251958e1c56119b3cb829ea1ab15efd6fbf4e9fa84fe96b25c1476","exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--chapter-710","exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--chapter-708",912,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fexile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--cover.jpg"]