Chapter 76: Exposed?

Mo Lie's aura around him was very cleanly restrained, and with the rain's droplets masking scents, it almost made Xi Tao and the others forget his presence.

Except for Luo Ji, who was following not far away, keeping his attention constantly on Mo Lie.

He was outside the courtyard, watching Lin Manzhi working with a few people for a long time, and was surprised by the method Lin Manzhi used to harmoniously utilize the courtyard's rainwater without wasting resources.

In the past, everyone also dug water pits in their own courtyards to store water before the dry season, but no matter what they did, any water put into the pit would just flow out.

The tribe had tried every method for water storage—using wet mud and water, lining pits with stones, storing water in stone houses beneath homes—but the result was always the same.

I originally thought Lin Manzhi teaching everyone to repair the Water Cellar would be as futile as the tribe's attempts, but after so much time, the Water Cellar Lin Manzhi repaired really works!

He felt a huge shock inside as he followed at a moderate distance, hesitating for a long time, and finally couldn't help but step forward to speak: "Mo Lie, were you just looking at the condition of the Water Cellar you repaired?"

Mo Lie lifted his eyes, glanced at Luo Ji who was speaking, and gave no reply.

Nearby, Lin Manzhi and Xi Tao looked over; Luo Ji did not speak to them, Lin Manzhi did not approach, silently staying beside Mo Lie and walking toward the home.

The raindrops grew heavier.

After waiting a while without a response, Luo Ji suddenly remembered what his daughter Xu Feifei had just done, and awkwardly stood aside rubbing his hands.

The Water Cellar that Lin Cixing repaired, he had visited the homes of those who had been fixing Water Cellars a few days earlier, and could hardly believe that one Water Cellar now holds more water than the tribe's only pond.

Luo Ji also wants a Water Cellar.

He thought that Xi Tao, who learned from Lin Manzhi, would certainly be less skilled at repairing Water Cellars than Lin Manzhi; as the clan chief, he wanted the best, so he wanted Lin Manzhi to bring Xi Tao to help him repair.

If Xu Feifei hadn't caused such a commotion, he would have waited early for Lin Manzhi to return and then asked her about the Water Cellar.

He still asked, "I have sixty jin of Meat Jerky; can you still help my family repair the Water Cellar now?"

Mo Lie's voice was low and coldly indifferent: "It's too late for you to repair the Water Cellar now."

He said succinctly: "It's raining."

Luo Ji's expression changed: "……"

He believed Mo Lie was angry about what Xu Feifei had done, so

did not agree to help his family repair the Water Cellar.

Luo Ji also stopped needlessly pestering, turned and left; he is the chief of the Rosangya Tribe, and after his meek request, Mo Lie gave him no face.

If he won't help, Mo Lie had better not ask him for any favors in the future!

Mo Lie's expression was indifferent; through the rain droplets he glanced at Luo Ji's departing back, a flash of cold light passing through his blue eyes.

Walking beside Mo Lie, Lin Manzhi watched the chief leave with a resentful look, and lightly blinked.

Water Cellars need to be dug and built in dry environments; they cannot be constructed during the rainy season. By the time the dry season comes, the lake has already dried up, leaving even less water to waste on building a Water Cellar.

But obviously, the chief seemed not to have understood the reason from Mo Lie's words, only hearing a refusal.

As for Luo Ji's scowl toward Mo Lie, Mo Lie didn't know what to do, and Lin Manzhi felt a hint of displeasure, probably because her family had been mistreated, that uncomfortable feeling.

After parting from Xi Tao and returning home, Lin Manzhi thought about how to make people happy; the first thought in her mind was—have a good meal.

In the modern world, no matter what she encounters, she, like all modern people, loves to celebrate with food and drink.

Coincidentally, she now has gourmet food.

After returning, Lin Manzhi went straight to the Underground level, entered the space, and looked at the field of vegetables and fruits she had planted yesterday.

Only a few hours after she sowed the vegetables and fruits, a day had passed, and the crops in the field were already ripe: spiky cucumbers, bright red strawberries, and cherry tomatoes that looked like strings of tiny light bulbs.

Seeing these familiar fruits, Lin Manzhi couldn't help but pluck a strawberry and pop it into her mouth; the fragrant, rich strawberry filled her mouth with sweetness.

She immediately began hand‑picking them one by one.

After a flurry of work, she finally harvested everything: twenty‑six cucumbers, thirty‑three large red strawberries, ten carrots, four hundred jin of potatoes, and a big bunch of cherry tomatoes.

The vines of the harvested fruits fell at the edge of the field; the space automatically decomposed the plant stems rapidly, turning them into soil nutrients, and the potato vines and carrot seedlings vanished in an instant.

Lin Manzhi glanced at the few vines that had not vanished, thought nothing further, after replanting Lettuce, she left the space carrying the food she had harvested this time.

Lin Manzhi glanced at the few vines that hadn't disappeared.

Then, Lin Manzhi returned to the real world, to the torch‑lit room, and was stunned.

She saw that the room now had cucumber vines and several tomato and strawberry plants bearing fruit, exactly like the produce she had brought back, placed on the floor before her.

Lin Manzhi raised her hand to her forehead and pressed the side of her head.

Lin Manzhi raised her hand, pressed her forehead and tapped the side of her head.

She hadn't expected that the ripeness shown by the cucumber, cherry tomato and strawberry meant the first wave of fruit was mature; if only the fruit were taken, the plant could continue to bear fruit for a while.

But she had just been too excited, thinking that presenting these foods would surely surprise Mo Lie, so she simply uprooted them.

She also didn't destroy them when she left, so the crops were taken out directly.

Lin Manzhi took a deep breath, first placing the cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, strawberries and carrots into the pot she brought, then looked toward the interior where lettuce was being disguised, and

the bare soil on top was perfect for planting the brought‑back cucumbers, cherry tomatoes and strawberries now; whether the transplanted mature crops could survive remains to be seen.

She got so busy she lost track of time; the torch at the doorway cast a dimness over the room, the light inside like an evening glow.

Mo Lie, having become hungry at noon, waited a long time without seeing Lin Manzhi emerge, frowned, walked straight down to the Underground first floor, and gently lifted the leather curtain hanging at the door.

He lifted his eyes forward and saw Lin Manzhi squatting among a pile of yellow fruit, holding a round yellow fruit up to her eyes; a faint reddish flame reflected, highlighting her delicate profile.

Hearing the movement, he turned his head to look, and Lin Manzhi's squatting motion stiffened.

!!

Mo Lie is here?

He saw the things inside the underground house??

Lin Manzhi thought she had said she was growing lettuce here, yet there wasn't a single lettuce in the room??

She wore a panicked expression as if caught red‑handed, dropping the potatoes in her hand, feeling the terror of her biggest secret being discovered.

Terrible.

【59】 If the matter of the space were exposed, how would Mo Lie treat her??