[{"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-98":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},1210988,1576,"Chapter 98 - 098 Repayment (1)","exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--chapter-98",98,"\u003Cp>Miss Chai is wearing an old, earth-gray outfit, her hair disheveled as she runs toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression is panic-stricken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cheeks are thinner than they were two days ago, making her eyes protrude even more frighteningly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She has a round face and a rather large head; her overly thin frame makes her resemble a bobblehead doll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Save me, save me—\" She gasps for breath as she runs toward Li Yuzhu, waving frantically for help, \"Someone wants to catch me and lock me up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren’t you Miss Chai? What are you doing here?\" Li Yuzhu asks curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... who are you? Have we met?\" Miss Chai catches her breath, hands on her knees, bent over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just the day before yesterday, I brought a few snow rabbits to your house, only for all of them to die because of you.\" Li Yuzhu raises her eyebrows, \"Were you in such a bad mood that you took it out on the rabbits?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remember now, it’s you.\" Miss Chai straightens and laughs coldly, \"I wasn’t the one who killed the rabbits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasn’t it you?\" Li Yuzhu is surprised, \"But your servants said it was you who did it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My servants...\" Miss Chai smiles slightly, \"Those servants are not mine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu doesn’t understand what she’s saying, how can a household’s servants belong to two families?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss Chai glances at Li Yuzhu, her eyes lowered, \"If you save me, I will repay you one day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How will you repay me?\" Li Yuzhu watches her leisurely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I...\" Miss Chai bites her lip, momentarily unable to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the sound of horse hooves grows nearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come with me!\" Li Yuzhu grabs her hand and pushes her into the wild grass beside the path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss Chai immediately understands, squatting in the grass without daring to make a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu brushes off her sleeves, carrying a basket in one hand and a shovel in the other, walking forward nonchalantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the sound of hooves draws closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A middle-aged servant, riding a horse, approaches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu quickly steps aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the servant angrily lashes a whip at her, \"Get out of the way! Aren’t you afraid of being trampled by the horse?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu swiftly retreats back, hopping into the wild grass, avoiding the whip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little girl, did you see a round-faced, very thin, sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl pass by here?\" The fat servant sits on the horse, shaking his whip arrogantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu points forward, \"She ran that way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Giddy up!\" The middle-aged servant waves his whip and rides off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wicked servant!\" Li Yuzhu angrily watches the receding fat servant, \"This path is a yard wide, wasn’t it enough for you to run? I already moved to the side, what more did you want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the sound of hooves fade completely does Miss Chai emerge from the grass, lifting her skirt and heading back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, you’re still sick, where are you running to?\" Li Yuzhu shouts at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss Chai ignores her, running faster and faster, soon disappearing from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such a temper!\" Li Yuzhu shrugs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss Chai runs for a while and, tired, sits down on the ground to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, she sees a teenage boy, fourteen or fifteen years old, coming her way, carrying a basket on his back and holding a bow and arrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy sees her and says, \"Wolves have appeared nearby; don’t walk around here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss Chai recognizes him; this boy is part of the group with the little girl from earlier who delivered the rabbits that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about how the little girl has so many people who care for her, while she herself doesn’t have anyone who likes her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss Chai feels saddened and tears fall from her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t see any wolves, but I did see a wicked man on horseback, who took away a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Yuanxiu’s face suddenly turns deathly pale, \"What did you say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",658,"2026-06-03T14:18:47.883Z",1,"novelbin.me","4977429766818171b54e86f0898662212e262181a7621a0bab119a34ef767c83","exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--chapter-99","exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--chapter-97",912,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fexile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--cover.jpg"]