My best friend is living a famine-stricken life; you're going crazy, I'm farming.

Chapter 181 Visiting Shen Yu, Encountering Thieves

"Damn it!" Xu Yingying couldn't help but curse. "Luckily I ran away, otherwise I would have been sold by these heartless bastards."

Yang Fenglan patted her shoulder reassuringly. Although she envied her best friend for having parents who doted on her in this life, upon careful consideration, she felt that she, as a widow, was more at ease.

"I really want to rush in and tear that lousy mouth of hers apart!" Xu Yingying gritted her teeth.

"Aren't you afraid that after you tear it up, a mouthful of excrement will spray all over you?" Yang Fenglan glanced at her.

Xu Yingying was amused by her words, "Never mind, the old man won't live for many more years. Do you want to go and see the Zhou family?"

“No, we’re not going. With Zhou Qinghe around, the Zhou family must have saved up a lot of money over the years. They won’t starve. There’s nothing to see.”

If the Zhou family members were also starving and emaciated, Yang Fenglan wouldn't mind going to take a look and secretly feel a little smug.

"However, I want to go see Shen Yu."

"Then let's go."

Despite all their precautions, the male and female leads still ended up together.

It wouldn't hurt to lend a helping hand when the male and female leads are going through a tough time, so that they would owe them a favor.

The two climbed down from the tree and sneaked towards Gu Ming's house.

Long Aotian was dragged out to be used as a lantern, reluctantly floating in front to provide light.

It had long wanted to see its beautiful owner, but with these two unlucky fellows staring at it, it couldn't talk to its owner alone, which made it very irritable.

Along the way, Long Aotian sighed repeatedly, but Yang Fenglan pretended not to hear him.

In the past, any noise in the village at night would always be accompanied by the barking of dogs, but tonight it was unusually quiet.

If people can't survive, dogs certainly can't either.

Gu Ming's house was completely dark; everyone must be asleep.

Yang Fenglan and Xu Yingying squatted outside the fence, discussing in hushed tones whether to leave or to show their faces and feign affection.

Before any results could be obtained, Long Aotian hissed repeatedly, "[Someone's coming, three men, carrying kitchen knives.]"

Yang Fenglan immediately pulled Xu Yingying down, bending her waist even lower.

Several shadowy figures approached the Gu family furtively, hiding not far from Yang Fenglan and Xu Yingying.

Fortunately, it was a dark and windy night, and the two remained motionless, thus avoiding detection.

"Damn it, why are we starving while they can smell the aroma of meat wafting from their house?" a deep voice cursed.

"Who knows where this meat came from? His wife is not a virtuous woman. I think he earned it by selling women."

"Hmph, 'Master Tongsheng'? Bah! He's nothing but a coward who relies on women."

"Um..." Amidst the resentment, a rather childish and timid voice rang out, "Maybe we should just forget about it. I think... his family probably doesn't have much money..."

“Even without money, they have food. Didn’t you see how healthy and rosy-cheeked everyone in their family was?” the deep voice said initially.

Yang Fenglan held her breath. Listening to these people, they seemed to know a lot about Gu Ming's family, and they had been keeping an eye on Gu Ming's family for more than just a day or two.

As they talked, their words became increasingly unrestrained, and they even discussed how they would torment Gu Ming's fairy-like wife and make her feel like she was dying of pleasure.

"Damn it!" Yang Fenglan cursed inwardly and nudged Long Aotian.

[I want to see what these thieves look like.] Long Aotian was furious when he heard that they wanted to insult the master he had chosen.

As it flew over, the faint light emanating from its body illuminated the faces of those people.

Yang Fenglan also saw clearly that the three people were all from Qingshui Village. One was a relative of the Gu family, one was a good-for-nothing in the village, and the other was a boy of about ten years old.

"Holy shit! It's fucking ugly." Long Aotian spat.

She really wanted to rush in and warn Shen Yu, but in front of Yang Fenglan, she didn't dare to be too presumptuous.