Chapter 397: Danger Approaches

Her son hurriedly pulled at her.

"Mother, people's treasures are surely hidden away for fear of being stolen. This is their private business, so stop prying."

Bai Wei stood in the crowd, simply not daring to look at Zhou Yanli.

The villagers were easy to fool; she had dismissed them with a few words, but she knew she certainly could not keep hiding the truth from Zhou Yanli.

Several figures rushed over and knelt on the ground.

"Bai, thank you!"

Bai Wei took a look and discovered it was the village head pulling his wife, with a dark-skinned young man kneeling beside them, who looked to be their son.

The village head's wife was covered in snot and tears.

"Bai, thanks to you, my son wasn't dragged off to be a soldier. Everything before was my fault; I shouldn't have treated you that way."

After saying this, she kowtowed heavily on the ground.

Bai Wei had no good feelings toward her and said coldly, "I helped the whole village. If you truly feel you were wrong, then give Yanli his fan back."

"Fine, the fan is at home. I will go back tonight and bring it to you immediately. You must wait for me at home!"

The villagers surrounded Bai Wei, speaking words of gratitude incessantly, and some even brought eggs, red dates, and osmanthus sugar from their homes... shoving them into Bai Wei's hands one after another.

These were items the villagers usually couldn't bear to eat themselves.

Soon, Bai Wei's hands were full, and she hurriedly declined.

"No need, you keep them to eat."

But no matter what she said, the villagers still persistently shoved the items into her arms.

"Take them. You saved our village and saved the villagers. We don't have anything good, so take these to taste."

The villagers gradually dispersed, and Bai Wei returned to the room with Zhou Yanli.

Zhou Yanli walked in front, not saying a word.

Bai Wei knew she was in the wrong and did not dare to try to speak to him.

As soon as they entered the room, Zhou Yanli turned around and stared at her coldly.

"Do you have nothing you want to say to me?"

Bai Wei's scalp tingled; she leaned her back against the door panel and offered a forced smile.

"Actually, that..."

"There are no peaches on the mountain in the Fishing Village, and when you were rescued and brought back to the village, you had no gold or jewelry on you." Zhou Yanli's cold, narrow eyes narrowed, flashing with a hint of sharpness. "There are some things I must ask clearly."

"This..." Bai Wei organized her words in her mind, stammering, "Actually, I put these things in another place..."

"You had best not lie to me." Zhou Yanli's eyes grew increasingly icy. "If I think you have ulterior motives, I will kill you."

"No, no." Bai Wei hurriedly waved her hands.

The man before her killed people as easily as killing a chicken; he was not as easy to talk to as Zhou Yuchuan.

Zhou Yanli's face darkened. "Speak!"

Bai Wei looked up. "Actually, this is my special ability. Zhou Yanli, I am a modern person from over a thousand years in the future. I traveled through time to Daliang, and furthermore, I can teleport items across time and space! The honey peaches I gave you to eat were grown in my world."

Once she finished speaking, Zhou Yanli froze, as if he had been struck by a paralysis spell.

"How... could this be..."

"It's true, I didn't lie to you." To make him believe her, Bai Wei reached out into the air again.

In the blink of an eye, a Repeating Crossbow appeared in her hand.

Zhou Yanli held his breath, staring at the Repeating Crossbow that had suddenly appeared in Bai Wei's hand, unable to speak.

Bai Wei waved her hand and teleported the Repeating Crossbow back into the Warehouse.

"This is my ability; I can teleport items at will."

"The Incense Burner and Jewelry I took out earlier were actually things collected by the Fusang People. Through my ability, I store these treasures in my Warehouse and only take them out when needed."

After finishing, she looked up at Zhou Yanli again.

"You always said before that I stole things from your Divine Witch Tribe's Treasure Vault, but actually, I never did."

"The items I gave to the Northern Frontier Army were all supplies from my world."

Zhou Yanli stared at her fixedly, his expression shifting from shock to disbelief, and then his fair cheeks flushed bright red as he breathed heavily.

He staggered, his chest heaving forcefully.

"Wait! I... need to think."

Bai Wei nodded and did not disturb Zhou Yanli, leaving him to digest it alone.

This matter was hard for anyone to believe.

However, Zhou Yanli was the National Preceptor and had seen many strange things; once he had considered it, he should be able to accept it.

After all the commotion, Bai Wei was hungry. She walked to the side, casually took a pack of "Taoli" bread from her space, added a bottle of soda, and sat down to eat.

She did not hide anything from Zhou Yanli while doing this, eating right under his nose.

In any case, he already knew, so there was nothing left to hide.

Zhou Yanli stood to the side, watching Bai Wei eat the bread with relish, his expression becoming increasingly agitated.

He opened his mouth as if wanting to say something, but because he was too agitated, he couldn't get it out.

At this moment, Bai Wei turned her head, casually took a bottle of 'Alien' lemon-flavored electrolyte water from her space, and handed it toward Zhou Yanli.

"Here, try this. Drink a few sips to calm down."

Zhou Yanli did not take it, his eyes fixed on her growing increasingly fanatical.

His cold eyes seemed to be on fire.

Seeing him like this, Bai Wei was a bit frightened and involuntarily stepped back.

"Zhou, Zhou Yanli, I already told you I didn't steal things from your Treasure Vault, don't you dare lay a hand on me, I have a gun..."

It is truly strange; clearly she had already told the truth, yet the other party acted as if he had suddenly gone mad, his gaze as if he wanted to swallow her whole.

Suddenly, Zhou Yanli lunged forward a step, his chest heaving violently.

"Miss Bai Wei, are you perhaps..."

Before he could finish his sentence, his expression suddenly changed, and his gaze became incomparably sharp.

Bai Wei was startled by his erratic behavior and hurriedly asked, "What is it?"

"There is danger, come with me quickly." Zhou Yanli grabbed her arm, his voice cold, "Someone is coming."

Bai Wei's heart skipped a beat.

Before she could recover her senses, she was dragged by Zhou Yanli, stumbling toward the outside of the house.

"Wait, I still need to find Xiao Moting..."

Although Bai Wei knew that Zhou Yanli's premonitions were never wrong, she still had to find the person.

"Find him later." Zhou Yanli's strength was surprisingly great, pulling her all the way to the village entrance.

Bai Wei was also very anxious; she knew there was danger, but she was even more worried about Xiao Moting.

Outside the village was a stretch of beach.

The setting sun sank low, reflecting on the sea, the golden waves brilliant.

Most of the fishermen had returned to the village, and the beach was quiet, with only the sound of waves gently lapping.

Suddenly, Zhou Yanli stopped in his tracks and simultaneously stretched out an arm, blocking her.

Bai Wei could not stop her feet in time and nearly bumped into him, "Why aren't we moving?"

From ahead came Zhou Yanli's cold voice.

"It is too late..."

Ahead, a dull sound of horse hooves treading on fine sand suddenly arrived.

Bai Wei looked up in surprise and suddenly discovered a troop of government soldiers charging out from the front; the leader was none other than the general who had come to the village this morning to collect the head tax.

Beside him followed the village head and his wife.

The village head's wife trotted on her toes, lifting her skirt as she ran behind the general, shouting as she ran.

"Thousand-Household Tian, these two outsiders might just be the wanted criminals you are looking for; they are especially vigilant, if we are late, they will run away."

Bai Wei held her breath, her gaze turning cold.

She understood now.

This woman had gone to inform the government soldiers.