Chapter 395: This Is My Thing

The village chief's wife was startled, "Who—"

Before she could finish her sentence, she caught sight of Zhou Yanli and Bai Wei, and immediately shuddered all over as if she had seen a ghost.

Bai Wei kept a cold face and reached out a hand toward her.

"Return the Jade Pendant to me."

"Wha, what Jade Pendant." The village chief's wife clutched the Jade Pendant to her chest, "This is a treasure passed down in my family; who says it's your thing?"

"You won't give it back?" Bai Wei stepped forward, grabbed her arm, and threatened, "Then don't even think about leaving."

Seeing this, the village chief's wife immediately shrieked at the top of her lungs.

"Help! Someone is robbing me!"

Bai Wei simply hadn't expected the other party to be so thick-skinned, actually crying thief while being the thief herself!

The village chief's wife's cries were loud and immediately drew several villagers who were farming nearby.

"What happened?"

Seeing the villagers arrive, the village chief's wife immediately became arrogant and pointed at Bai Wei.

"This outsider was stealing things and I caught her; now she wants to rob me of my family's heirloom Jade Pendant!"

"Who is robbing your Jade Pendant?" Bai Wei's expression darkened, "You say it is your family heirloom; then how many auspicious clouds are on the Jade Pendant?"

"This..." The village chief's wife was instantly struck dumb.

Where had she ever looked at this Jade Pendant carefully?

Bai Wei smiled slightly, "This is my Jade Pendant; it has one phoenix and three auspicious clouds on it."

Several villagers looked immediately and discovered it was indeed so, and they instantly looked at the village chief's wife with strange eyes.

Exposed, the village chief's wife's face turned red, but she gripped the Jade Pendant tightly and refused to let go.

"I don't care how many clouds are on this Jade Pendant; in any case, I say it is my thing, so it is my thing."

"If you have the ability, go report it to the officials."

At this moment, Zhou Yanli suddenly reached out and grabbed the village chief's wife's wrist.

Before the village chief's wife could react, her wrist felt a sharp pain, and she involuntarily loosened her grip, causing the Jade Pendant to fall.

Zhou Yanli flipped his hand, caught the Jade Pendant, and then handed it to Bai Wei.

"Take it."

"You... you..." The village chief's wife grew anxious and lunged over with claws bared, "Give the Jade Pendant back to..."

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly shuddered all over and let out a howl like a slaughtered pig.

"Pain—"

Zhou Yanli gripped her arm, dislocated it directly, and coldly spat out one word.

"Tell everyone, how did you get the Jade Pendant?"

The surrounding villagers, seeing Zhou Yanli strike so ruthlessly, were also too scared to step forward.

The village chief's wife's arm hung limply; it had been twisted until it was dislocated, and the pain made her face change color.

Unable to bear the pain, she had no choice but to speak while trembling.

"It, it was me who snuck into the room and stole it while that girl was unconscious."

Several villagers suddenly realized the truth and began pointing and whispering at the village chief's wife.

"Pah, you stole someone else's jade and even framed them."

"You really are bringing shame to our Fishing Village."

The village chief's wife was so embarrassed her face turned bright red, and she bit her lip, unable to say a word.

Zhou Yanli spoke coldly.

"Get lost."

The village chief's wife shuddered, hurriedly clutched her arm, and scrambled away.

Bai Wei gripped the Jade Pendant tightly, feeling both excited and joyful inside.

Her own Jade Pendant had finally returned to its rightful owner.

She could also contact Xiao Moting now.

She didn't know if the Jade Pendant's function still worked.

Bai Wei focused her mind and sensed it, then immediately let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, she could perceive the existence of the Warehouse.

And vaguely, she could even sense the other Jade Pendant.

Bai Wei was filled with surprise.

She could sense the other half of the Jade Pendant, which meant Xiao Moting should be fine.

Moreover, she also had the possibility of contacting Xiao Moting.

Taking advantage of the fact that Zhou Yanli was standing in front and hadn't turned around yet, Bai Wei quickly wrote a note and transmitted it using her mental intent.

"Xiao Moting, where are you?"

At this moment, Zhou Yanli turned around and glanced at her ankle.

"Your injury is almost healed; tomorrow morning, we will leave this place."

"Okay." Bai Wei also nodded hurriedly.

The two had been delayed in the Fishing Village for quite some time, and the outside world had already undergone earth-shattering changes.

Zhou Yanli walked toward the village, and Bai Wei followed behind, but her brows were furrowed.

After her note was transmitted, she hadn't received a reply from Xiao Moting.

Bai Wei wrote two more notes and transmitted them using her mental intent.

However, she still had not received any message sent back by Xiao Moting.

Bai Wei's heart tightened once again.

Usually, when Xiao Moting received her messages, he would reply in seconds unless something had happened.

Now that he had not replied to the note, what exactly had happened?

Just as she walked to the entrance of the village, she saw Ceng Popo coming up to meet her.

"Aren't you looking for someone? Today I heard from fishermen returning from the sea that someone had saved a person from the water who seemed to know martial arts; I don't know if it's the person you are looking for."

"Found him?" Bai Wei was pleasantly surprised, "Where is the person?"

Perhaps this person was Xiao Moting.

Ceng Popo shook her head, "I only heard that someone was saved, but as for where this person is, I don't know yet. I will help you ask around some more."

Bai Wei pressed her chest, trying her best to suppress her wildly beating heart.

"It's alright, having news is good enough. Thank you, Ceng Popo."

As long as she could confirm Xiao Moting was alright, that was enough; perhaps it was inconvenient for him right now, but he would definitely contact her.

Once Bai Wei's mood improved, her whole body relaxed as well.

During this period, she had been unable to eat or sleep well due to worrying about Xiao Moting, and she had lost a whole circle of weight.

Now that she had the Jade Pendant and had received news of Xiao Moting, Bai Wei was exceptionally happy.

She ran into the village and greeted all the fishermen, asking them to keep an eye out for news of Xiao Moting.

The villagers were very warm and nodded, saying they would definitely help her ask around and told her to focus on recovering from her injuries.

Bai Wei finished greeting everyone in the village and returned to her room by dusk; she hadn't eaten all day, and her stomach was already growling.

Now that the Jade Pendant was in her hand, she could eat delicious food again.

Bai Wei closed the door and immediately took food out from the space—crispy duck, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, lotus leaf chicken... and began to feast.

The village was too poor, and there was nothing to eat.

For the past few days, the thing she had eaten most was fish, and she couldn't even get full.

Bai Wei took a table full of food, took a deep, satisfied breath, and was so excited that tears were almost flowing out.

"So fragrant!"

She had a big meal and was finally satisfied.

After eating, Bai Wei hurriedly put the food away to avoid giving herself away.

She then took a fifty-jin bag of white rice and a fifty-jin bag of white flour and went out to give them to Ceng Popo.

When Ceng Popo saw them, she was immediately startled, "White rice and fine flour? Where did these come from?"

"A peddler came to the village today, and I sold my Jewelry to exchange for silver to buy them." Bai Wei insisted, thrusting the white rice into Ceng Popo's hands, "Popo, you have taken care of us for so many days, please take them."

"No, this rice and flour are too precious; I cannot accept them."

"Please accept them." Bai Wei carried the white rice to the kitchen, "I still need to stay here for a while, so just consider it the food expenses I am paying."

These two bags of rice and flour were nothing; if she weren't afraid of the secret of her space being discovered, she would have wanted to give Ceng Popo even more.

Moreover, she was going to leave the village with Zhou Yanli tomorrow; saying she would stay here for a while was just to deceive Ceng Popo.