Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 375: The Recognition of the Strange Treasure

Chapter 375: Chapter 375: The Recognition of the Strange Treasure

Chi Sheng led a dozen villagers in search of the missing person, and they all breathed a sigh of relief when they found them.

At least no one is hurt.

Shen Wenchen didn’t announce his identity, but silently kindled a fire to roast the rabbit they captured.

Nannan hasn’t eaten anything today.

The old man didn’t even try to defend himself. He only waited until everyone had finished supper and prepared to rest. Then he wickedly took the others and escaped on the donkey cart.

Just as Chi Sheng, who had finally relaxed after finding his daughter, was about to sleep, he saw one of his men rushing towards him in a panic.

"Boss, Boss, Yuanbao...they’re gone!"

Chi Sheng quickly stood up, only to find that the spot where they sat was now empty, leaving behind a pile of nearly burned-out charcoal and a few bones.

"Where are they?"

"They... they ran away." One of them answered, then added stutteringly, "They... they took the donkey... donkey cart! It ran faster than our... our horses!"

Chi Sheng’s face darkened. "You’re saying a donkey carrying four people ran faster than our horses?"

The rest of the men who had seen it also nodded grimly.

Forget about a donkey carrying four people, even without any load, it shouldn’t be faster than their horses.

But they had seen it with their own eyes.

The old man merely slapped the donkey’s backside, and the donkey took off as if it were possessed. Before they could react, the donkey had disappeared from sight.

Seeing everyone’s identical expressions, Chi Sheng’s face also changed.

Immediately, he waved his hand, leading his people to hurry back.

Because Yuanbao pampered Xiaoqi, the boy was well-treated in Qing Fenghan. He even had a pony of his own.

At this point Xiaoqi, who had silently followed them the entire time, hadn’t spoken a word, looking like a statue.

He hadn’t spoken to him since they encountered Yuanbao and the others an hour ago.

It was as if Xiaoqi was deliberately distancing himself from him.

While Xiaoqi appeared mature, underneath that exterior, he was still a child.

His heart was racing, feeling helpless.

That girl used to stick to him like glue. How... how suddenly she changed her attitude today...

He hadn’t even scolded her for sneaking out yet...

Sitting in the donkey cart, Yuanbao found the ride thrilling.

Traveling in the daytime under the blazing sun was uncomfortable, even with a breeze.

But now, under the veil of darkness, the donkey ran with wild abandon. The wind whistling past her ears dispelled her earlier irritation.

"Grandpa! We’re going so fast!"

Panting with excitement, Yuanbao shouted out, the two buns that Nanzhi had tied for her were disheveled in the wind.

"Do you like it?" The old man chuckled, slapping the donkey’s rear end again.

The donkey seemed to understand his intention and ran with even more gusto.

Shen Wenchen did his best to shield Nanzhi, fearing that she would catch a chill. However, Nanzhi knew that the old man was sulking, hence why they had slipped away silently.

"Sir, are you still angry?"

After they had traveled a while, Nanzhi finally asked, straining her voice against the wind.

The old man gave her a haughty, side-eye glance, his shiny black beard twitching. "That kid badmouthed me and I overheard it! I’m not going to acknowledge him."

Suppressing a chuckle, Nanzhi said nothing. Instead, she held Yuanbao, cooed her to sleep, and snuggled in Shen Wenchen’s arms.

Only when the two were asleep, did Shen Wenchen took his gaze away from Nanzhi’s face.

"Sir, I beg you to tell me the truth." The tone of Shen Wenchen’s voice was a bit grave.

In his previous life, there were no sweet potatoes, no potatoes, no corn, and no child-rearing picture books.

All that was there was Su Tao showing her prowess in Kyoto, creating many fresh novelties.

However, there were explicit and implicit fights between the princes, civilian and military officials harboring ulterior motives everywhere - on the surface, it was glamorous and prosperous, but the real common people were in extreme poverty, even resorting to the old private custom of exchanging children for food.

His decades were spent in jealousy and competition with Lu Fengyun. Thinking back now, it was truly ridiculous.

Unfortunately, he had nothing, just barely escaped from the plot, but was unable to control anything.

Before leaving Kyoto, he discovered that as long as he was closer to Su Tao, his heart would palpitate.

He didn’t know why Su Tao in this life was different from the previous one, but he dared not gamble.

He couldn’t bear to disappoint Nannan and Zhiyu again.

The old man looked at the stars in the sky for a long time before he slowly said, "You are quite smart."

The old man seemed to joke, while driving the cart, he narrated everything like telling a story.

"Since you’ve been there, you should know that this place is just a world in a book."

Shen Wenchen nodded and said truthfully, "I know."

"That girl should have died long ago, but she came back to this world. Originally, if you didn’t come back, it wouldn’t matter, she would be just a passerby. But after you were reborn and ran back, the plot felt wrong and forcibly attracted the great heatwave and drought just to erase her.

It was fortunate that the kid helped, allowing this girl to survive.

Then strangely, the plot advanced Su Tao’s arrival, yet her mindset changed, which led to additional struggles for survival."

Hearing this, Shen Wenchen felt a sinking feeling in his heart. Were all these, his fault?

"Don’t blame yourself. This world should have collapsed long ago. It was only because that little brat was almost fully formed that I sent him over for practice. However, despite his immense efforts, he could only achieve this current situation."

The elder’s tone was somewhat dismissive when he mentioned the "little brat".

After much effort to preserve this world, and what did that little brat turn out to be?

Useless!

Not only did he fail to accomplish anything, but he was also thrown into the well by that girl.

He was even bullied by two chickens!

It’s shameful to even mention that!

"Then, the arrow that my wife was struck with?"

Shen Wenchen asked with difficulty.

He watched Nannan dissipate in front of him. That kind of pain, he remembers it clearly even now.

It was as if someone had ripped open his chest and stabbed his heart repeatedly until it became a bloody mess.

The old man paused, contemplating whether to tell him or not, but sighed when he saw Shen Wenchen’s reddening eyes.

Oh well, he would find out eventually. It wouldn’t matter much if he knew earlier.

"Do you know about Su Tao’s bracelet?"

"I do."

In his previous life, he was curious as to how Su Tao managed to transport so much grain to the army camp alone, alleviating the urgent needs of the army. It was only when he read this novel that he found out.

The bracelet turned out to be an odd treasure with space.

"Every little world has a chance to give birth to such treasures. Normally, it’s already quite good for a little world to have one such treasure. But here, it has been quietly nurturing."

The old man pointed to the ground.

"For a world to nurture a treasure, it needs to consume a lot of spirit energy. These things are very precious to us.

However, if a world’s spirit energy is exhausted, the world will collapse and there will be no possibility of recovery.

Moreover, a treasure will acknowledge only one master. Unless the original master dies, there will never be a second one. Do you understand?"

The light in Shen Wenchen’s eyes dimmed a few degrees.

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