The Fake Heiress Turns out to Be a True Tycoon!
Chapter 192: No Mountain Deity, Only Them

Chapter 192: Chapter 192: No Mountain Deity, Only Them

Noticing Scarlett Jennings’s gaze, the livestream cameraman quickly turned the camera to the place she was looking at.

"Oh wow, whenever my girl glances over, I know there’s definitely something going on with that person!"

"Isn’t that the guardian of the ginseng? Don’t ask me how I know."

"Scarlett Jennings: Sigh, figured out the answer at a glance again, this episode’s not even difficult."

"Just waiting for my girl to reveal the correct answer."

Since the guests had split up, the livestream naturally followed suit, and Scarlett Jennings’s stream was quite harmonious.

Even if one or two trolls popped up, they were quickly brushed away by the barrage of comments.

Ariel Zimmerman also noticed Scarlett Jennings’s gaze, looked in that direction, and then whispered,

"Scarlett, did you see something? Is there something on him?"

The guardian of the ginseng, Mr. Lin, was quite nervous at this moment.

Although the village chief said there were real experts in the "Inspiration" program crew, he always felt that those who participated in such programs were fake experts.

Especially seeing these two obviously delicate-looking girls in front of him, they didn’t seem capable at first glance.

But strangely, when the younger-looking one of them looked over at him, he felt a subtle sense of pressure.

Especially when he heard the other one ask if there was something on him, the pressure grew stronger.

Thankfully, Scarlett Jennings just glanced at him and said straightforwardly,

"Relax, there’s nothing."

She paused and added, "And no Mountain Deity either."

The Woods Family quietly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard there was nothing, but felt a bit complicated hearing there was no Mountain Deity.

People who lived by the mountains more or less had expectations and reverence for such beings as the Mountain Deity.

In their village, they always offered sacrifices to the mountains during festivals.

It’s a rule passed down by ancestors: we receive gifts from the Mountain Deity, and we must not forget gratitude so the Mountain Deity can protect them for a long time.

When the village was previously disturbed, and the mountain guard was inexplicably thrown down the mountain, the villagers wondered if it was because the Mountain Deity felt their offerings were insufficient.

But even after they increased their offerings, the strange occurrences didn’t decrease.

They genuinely didn’t know why.

"Girl, can you see something? Do you know what’s going on here?"

Mr. Lin couldn’t help but ask first. He didn’t know what to call this clearly just-adult girl, so he called her "girl" out of habit.

Ariel Zimmerman couldn’t help laughing at this address, but Scarlett Jennings wasn’t bothered. Seeing that Mr. Lin and his family were keen to know the answer, she only said,

"I did sense something unusual, but I can’t say what exactly yet; we’ll know after investigating."

They had just arrived, so even if they wanted to investigate, it wasn’t something that could be done right away.

Though the Woods Family was a bit disappointed, they still welcomed them warmly into their home, playing to their village’s hospitable nature.

These two girls truly were beautiful—they were indeed celebrities.

The village chief said that even if they couldn’t resolve the village’s issues, it was okay. By treating them well, they could at least use the program to broadcast their situation, hoping more skilled people might see it and perhaps solve it.

Besides, the program team gave each family hosting the guests a special subsidy, and just for these subsidies, they couldn’t neglect them.

After having lunch at the Woods Family’s place, Scarlett Jennings casually asked about the past disturbances in the village.

"The village is generally okay, besides someone randomly knocking on doors at midnight, and the vegetables in the fields being ruined beyond recognition.

Also, things left outside or in the yard have been damaged. Just in case of the Jia Family, our cousin’s family, their new car bought last year was scratched when parked in the yard, yet the family didn’t hear a sound.

Also, Hua’s new motorbike, its mirrors were twisted off."

Mr. Lin’s father, while smoking, recounted the events in the village over the past six months.

"As for our family, our second son—last month while he was on night watch—woke up to find himself inexplicably at the foot of the mountain. It was fortunate it was summer; if it were winter, he could have frozen if left by the roadside.

At first, everyone said the second son had sleepwalked down the mountain in a daze, but the next day, the same thing happened, even when we replaced him as the ginseng guardian."

"Those are minor issues; the main problem is in the mountains. The young ginseng plants have been mysteriously uprooted, with considerable losses over the past half-year.

Those now responsible for picking ginseng in the mountains always encounter all sorts of accidents, from accidentally falling into pits to inexplicably hitting trees, or falling sick with a fever after returning...

People are saying the Mountain Deity doesn’t want anyone disturbing the mountain, but the villagers have no choice as they rely on these ginseng for their livelihood."

After he finished speaking, the old man took a hard drag on his cigarette, almost finishing one-third of it, his visibly weathered and worried brow showing his deep distress over the recent times.

And situations like the Woods Family’s were not uncommon in the village.

Those pranks were tolerable, even if things were messed up, but no one was harmed in the end.

However, after half a year of this turmoil, everyone was truly exhausted.

Scarlett Jennings quietly listened to Mr. Lin’s tale, comforted him a little, then left the house with Ariel Zimmerman to stroll around the village.

"Listening to the old man, it really seems like the Mountain Deity is displeased." Ariel Zimmerman, though not knowledgeable about the mystical arts, had attentively listened all along, feeling a bit bewildered still,

"But you said it’s not the Mountain Deity, so what is it then? If they can mess with the village and the mountains, they might be quite powerful. Can we handle it?"

Seeing her worried, Scarlett Jennings said, "I already have an idea of what it is, but we need to see the real culprit reveal themselves tonight."

As soon as Scarlett said this, Ariel was startled, and the livestream audience became tense.

"Scar-Scarlett, are you saying the real culprit will, will come tonight?"

The old man just said disturbances in the village only happened periodically.

With so many people from the program group in the village today, wouldn’t any culprits hide upon seeing this crowd?

"Why though? We have so many people here!" Ariel couldn’t understand the logic.

"It’s because there are suddenly so many new presences in the village that they’ll come."

Scarlett explained, "They probably guessed the village sought people to deal with them, but clearly they’re not afraid of the villagers’ methods, and might show their power even more boldly to prove a point."

So Scarlett thought they’d show up tonight.

She was explaining this to herself, not noticing Ariel’s visibly trembling lips since moments ago.

At this moment, Ariel was less concerned about whether the real culprit would appear tonight, but rather about Scarlett’s mention of "they."

Not it.

But they...

Oh my god, could this actually be group crime?!

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