“A blunt object? I find that disgusting!” Lin Yao’s face turned cold when he mentioned Qin Hai and the others. “Captain Guo, you’d better not mention them, or I’ll get angry again and say something unpleasant that upsets you. Don’t blame me if that happens.”

Guo Dezhang was speechless, knowing that Lin Yao was not joking.

“Alright, alright, you can go to sleep. Here’s your letter of introduction and the office key. Go to the train station and buy your ticket yourself. I won’t go.” Guo Dezhang waved his hand, wishing Lin Yao, this plague he couldn’t afford to offend, would leave as soon as possible.

He really just wanted peace and tranquility in the village. As for Lin Yao, who was not someone to be trifled with, he should leave her to Qin Shishen to deal with.

Lin Yao was too lazy to say anything more. After Guo Dezhang left, she turned around and closed the door to the brigade office.

He squatted down, opened his luggage, assembled the benches in the office, laid out the thin blanket from his luggage, and lay down on it with Yuanbao in his arms.

She reached out and gently patted Yuanbao’s back. “Go to sleep. Mom will take you to the city tomorrow.”

“Okay, Mom.” Yuanbao was already sleepy. After all, he had experienced too much today and was tired and dizzy. He fell asleep in no time.

Lin Yao was not asleep. She took out an inconspicuous jade pendant from her bosom.

She hadn’t paid any attention to this jade pendant in her previous life. After her death, her soul ascended to that pure white space and read the so-called book, only to find out that she was just a cannon fodder character who died young in a novel called “The Soft Stepmother and the Cold-Faced Villainous Officer Make Her Cry”.

She found it laughable that her life had already been arranged by the so-called ‘author’.

When she woke up after being reborn, she found that she had gained a jade pendant, which was also her cheat code.

A spiritual spring space, where the spring water can nourish the body and cure diseases, and where crops can be grown and resources stored.

This cheat system originally belonged to Su Ruanruan.

But the ‘inspection system’ that suddenly appeared in her mind told her that the jade pendant was originally a keepsake left to her by her mother.

After Su Ruanruan married Qin Shishen, she obtained it from her belongings and used it to reach the pinnacle of her life.

Heh.

It truly lives up to its reputation as a novel; all sorts of melodramatic events unfold so smoothly.

Since she’s a character in the story, what is she afraid of? She’s already died once. Anyone who dares to mess with her will die.

After learning that she had been scammed, Lin Yao went completely insane.

She bit her finger and dripped the blood onto the jade pendant. The next second, the jade pendant lit up, and Lin Yao appeared in a space in the blink of an eye.

A thatched hut, a spring well, eight plots of black soil, and a space shrouded in thick fog that has yet to be developed.

The basic facilities she has now are sufficient for her needs.

Lin Yao walked over, scooped up a handful of spiritual spring water and swallowed it. Instantly, she felt an itch on the wound on her forehead. Slowly, the wound healed, leaving only some scars.

She also expelled some black grime from her body.

Lin Yao immediately took the basin that had been placed inside, filled it with water, and took a quick and easy shower.

In order to conceal the existence of the spiritual spring space, she deliberately had Qin Laosan sell his belongings during the day, only secretly hiding some of them in the space.

No one would notice if they did it this way.

Lin Yao saw several fruit trees in the space: peach trees, plum trees, loquat trees, orange trees, and pomelo trees.

The space is evergreen all year round, and the fruits are all ripe, emitting a delicate fragrance.

She walked over, grabbed a peach, ate it quickly, and her hungry stomach was no longer hungry.

After she finished eating the peach, she simply dug a hole next to it and casually planted it in.

After Lin Yao finished tidying herself up, she put Yuanbao into her spatial storage and fed him some spiritual spring water. Sure enough, after a while, some black stains appeared on Yuanbao’s body.

She then used a towel to wash him clean.

Yuanbao mumbled sleepily, “Mommy, sleepy…”

“Go back to sleep, Mom will wipe your body.”

“Okay, Mom, Yuanbao, go to sleep…”

Yuanbao was already used to Lin Yao wiping his body while he was asleep. In the summer, children sweat a lot, so it was important to prevent them from catching a cold. Lin Yao used to wipe his sweat in the middle of the night as well.

After treating Yuanbao, Lin Yao carried him back to the brigade office. The mother and son, their bodies healed by the spiritual spring, slept exceptionally well.

Morning.

When Guo Dezhang and the brigade accountant came to open the door, Lin Yao woke up from the noise.

She grabbed a piece of cotton cloth from the side and continued to tie it around her forehead, covering the scabbed wound and restoring it to its original state as it had been yesterday.

“Lin Yao, Yuan Bao, when are you leaving? The brigade’s tractor won’t be going to the county town today, so you won’t be able to get a ride,” Guo Dezhang asked.

Lin Yao woke Yuanbao up and quickly packed away the blankets and luggage.

Yuanbao yawned and rubbed his eyes.

“Then let’s walk.” Lin Yao said without the slightest fear.

Guo Dezhang smacked his lips. “Alright then.”

Lin Yao packed her luggage, slung a large cloth bag over her shoulder, and casually gave Guo Dezhang ten yuan.

“Captain Guo, if anything happens to the Qin family in the village, please let me know as soon as possible. I will call you when I arrive at the military region to leave my contact information. No one is allowed to live in the Qin family’s house except for the two elders.”

Guo Dezhang was surprised by her generosity. He chuckled and accepted the money. “No problem. I’ll let you know as soon as possible if anything happens. Since we’ve separated, this is the natural course of things. If they dare not move out, I’ll contact you.”

The Qin family members are not easy to deal with, and he doesn’t want to provoke them. If Lin Yao, who is even more ruthless, were to keep them in check, they would probably be more obedient and wouldn’t cause him any trouble.

Guo Dezhang isn’t stupid; how could he possibly refuse such a good deal?

The brigade accountant understood and praised her with a smile, “Comrade Lin Yao, now that you’re living a good life in the military region, don’t forget us!”

“Okay, I’m going now.”

Lin Yao, holding Yuanbao’s hand, was well aware of their little scheme. She gave a perfunctory reply, waved, and left.

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“Yuanbao, Yaoyao, be careful on your journey.”

The Qin family elders waited anxiously outside the brigade office, having arrived quite early.

Lin Yao rolled her eyes when she saw the two of them. “I know, you two should go back and reflect on your actions. Three years is a long time.”

Qin’s mother choked and dared not provoke Lin Yao any further.

I wanted to reach out and call Yuanbao over.

Yuanbao hugged Lin Yao’s leg, looking at her warily.

Qin’s mother’s eyes instantly reddened, and she couldn’t help but feel regretful. It was all her wishful thinking and her poor judgment of people. But what had happened was already done, and the damage to the two of them was irreparable. She could only choose to keep her promise and insist on the three-year punishment.

The two elders watched Lin Yao and Yuanbao leave before turning around and going home.

As soon as he got home, He Yun pestered him, “Mom, Lao Lao’s thigh is injured. You need to give him money for treatment quickly, or he’ll become a cripple.”

When Qin’s mother saw the marks on her face and body, and considering the commotion last night, she knew the couple must have had a fight. Upon hearing this, she said directly, “I have no money, and there’s nothing I can do. Go back to your parents’ home and borrow money yourself. After all, you’ve given them quite a bit over the past three years.”