The protagonist committed numerous evil deeds.

Chapter 23 Twilight Mountain Town 16

Wen Li was secretly delighted and immediately bent over and walked downstairs.

Inside was a rough and shabby cellar, with a few candles lit and a lot of firewood piled on the floor. The most striking feature was the huge alchemy furnace inside the cellar.

Nowadays, there aren't many people in the world who can refine pills. The Liang family of Danli is the only one who is proficient in it. But the Jiang family can also refine pills, although they only make pills that harm others for their own benefit.

There's nothing we can do about it; after all, the Jiang family's ancestor was a reformed witch.

Therefore, although the Jiang family's books on alchemy were well preserved, they forbade the Jiang family members from studying them.

The alchemy furnace was a full head taller than Wen Li, and Wen Li carefully observed it from above.

Sure enough, the number nine was carved on the stove.

See? He really is a traitor within the family! No wonder he was so generous; it turns out he wasn't spending his own money!

Wen Li thought about how Qingshan lived in such a large house, employed so many servants, and regularly helped the townspeople. Meanwhile, she herself had relied on begging to get to the capital several years ago!

Wen Li kicked the alchemy furnace in anger, but regretted it the next second.

It hurts her so much.

But what is he using such a huge alchemy furnace for?

She went back and took out the books her mother had left behind from her spatial storage to look through them.

Wen Li didn't want to alert the enemy, so after searching her surroundings and finding nothing else, she quickly left. She had no choice; she couldn't win a fight, so she had to go back and think of some underhanded tactics.

On her way back to her room, Wen Li happened to run into Wen Mingzhu delivering medicine to Shen Yingsi. From a distance, Wen Li could smell the bitterness in the medicine.

Shen Yingsi, on the other hand, drank it so cleanly and efficiently, as if he had no sense of taste at all.

However, according to the sayings in Si Xiaxia's novel circle, you have to drink the medicine that the white moonlight personally brews, no matter how bitter it is.

"Where's Xie Xiao? I haven't seen him."

Wen Mingzhu said apologetically, "Thank you for your help, Xiaomang. I... I'll come in his place."

Wen Li walked into the courtyard and teased, "Why aren't you happy now that my dear sister is here?"

"Sister, don't talk nonsense." Wen Mingzhu waved her hands repeatedly in denial, but her eyes secretly glanced at Shen Yingsi.

Shen Yingsi remained silent, but his gaze swept towards Wen Li, the coldness in his eyes clearly visible.

"cut!"

Wen Li wasn't afraid of him at all, and glared back at him sideways. She had no interest in watching the interaction between the male and female leads, and swaggered back to her room.

Wen Mingzhu wanted to say something more, but Shen Yingsi stood up and left.

"Thank you for the medicine. You won't need to bother me next time."

"No"

The door closed, leaving Wen Mingzhu alone in the courtyard.

"No trouble."

After finishing her self-talk, Wen Mingzhu dejectedly picked up the medicine bowl, got up, and left.

She silently comforted herself, "It's alright. Ying Si is just a cold person. He's never shown a kind look to anyone all these years. I grew up with him, and the Empress Dowager likes me so much. No one is more suitable for him than me."

Despite thinking this way, she couldn't feel happy at all.

As soon as he came out of the kitchen, Zhao Sicheng suddenly appeared.

“Look, this candied hawthorn was given to me by an old lady to thank me. She said it’s especially sweet, and whoever eats it will be happy all day! I saved it especially for you.” Zhao Sicheng held up a candied hawthorn and showed it to Wen Mingzhu, boasting.

Wen Mingzhu listlessly accepted it: "Thank you, Brother Sicheng."

"Mingzhu, what's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

"I am fine."

Zhao Sicheng could tell at a glance that she had suffered another setback with the Crown Prince. The only person in the world who could make Wen Mingzhu unhappy was the Crown Prince.

However, the Crown Prince will not like Mingzhu, and one day Mingzhu will surely face reality.

"Mingzhu, don't be unhappy. Look at me, look at me."

Wen Mingzhu looked up and saw Zhao Sicheng with a crying expression, and couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing her smile, Zhao Sicheng relaxed.

"Let's go out for a walk together."

Wen Mingzhu nodded, and the two of them walked towards the door together.

For the next two days, Wen Li was unable to contact Si Xiaxia, and Shen Yingsi remained relatively well-behaved. Unfortunately, Xie Xiao and his team investigated for several days without finding any clues, neither about the mountain god's bride nor the wolf demon.

Wen Li originally thought that if she could find the wolf demon, she could use the wolf demon to severely injure Qingshan. At that time, the old man would be at her mercy and subjected to severe torture.

"Miss Wen, someone is looking for you outside."

Looking for me? Wen Li thought for a moment, it must be Jing Chan. Wen Li hurriedly ran to rummage through the cabinet and brought out the talismans she had made in the past few days.

Upon reaching the door, before even seeing anyone, Second Master rushed up. He seemed very excited, constantly barking and circling around Wen Li, but Wen Li didn't pay much attention.

"Ah Li, thank you and Second Master. Ah Mo came back to see me yesterday. We plan to get married tomorrow, you must come!" Jing Chan smiled sweetly.

"Tomorrow! Isn't that too rushed?"

“How could that be? We’ve known each other for two years, and we’ve been preparing for our wedding for almost half a year. If he hadn’t come back late, we would have gotten married long ago. Besides, he was worried that it wouldn’t be safe for me to live alone in the village.”

Jing Chan's excitement and eagerness infected Wen Li, and she couldn't help but laugh as well: "It seems that you two are in a hurry."

Jing Chan blushed slightly when he saw her smile and said, "You don't understand. Every second that is delayed in marrying the person you love feels like an eternity."

"I'll definitely go tomorrow, and I'll bring you a big gift then."

Jing Chan smiled and agreed, her almond-shaped eyes shining brightly.

"Then I'll head back now; I still need to make some more preparations."

"Wait a minute, keep this on your person. If a demon tries to harm you, this will protect you to some extent."

Jing Chan took it and put the talisman into his pouch: "Don't worry, I will keep it safe and won't take it out easily."

"See you tomorrow!" Jing Chan gazed lovingly at the purse, turned and left, her joy infecting Wen Li.

As Wen Li watched Jing Chan's cheerful figure disappear into the distance, it reminded her of how she almost got married in her past life.

However, she is definitely destined to never get married in this lifetime.

Wang Wang Wang!Wang Wang Wang!

Wen Li looked down and saw that the Second Master was still yelling at her. Luckily, she had taken off his golden bell a couple of days ago to keep a low profile, otherwise he would be making a racket now.

"Why do you miss me so much? Then sleep with me tonight."

With that, Wen Li led the dog inside.

Wen Li led the Second Master back to the room, but he kept biting the hem of her skirt, as if he wanted to drag her out.

Only then did Wen Li finally realize something was amiss. Second Master wouldn't act like this without reason.

"You saw a demon in Zhao Family Village?"

Only then did the second master loosen its teeth, stick out its tongue, and wag its tail in agreement.

It seems that wolf demon went to Zhao Family Village again. What was it doing there? Was it afraid that Shen Yingsi would hurt people again?

These past two days, she's been keeping a close eye on Shen Yingsi; there's no way he'd have time to go to Zhao Family Village.

Just as Wen Li was racking her brains trying to figure it out, she heard Xie Xiao shouting at the door, "We've found the wolf demon's hiding place!"

Found it! We found it out of the blue!

Wen Li patted Second Master's head: "You stay here obediently and wait for your eldest uncle. I'll bring you something delicious tonight."

After saying that, she quickly opened the door and went out, bumping into Shen Yingsi's back in her haste.

"Ah!"

"That back is so hard!" Wen Li rubbed her forehead in pain. Looking up, she saw Shen Yingsi continuing to walk forward without noticing. Only then did Wen Li realize how tall Shen Yingsi was! He was even taller than Shen Yannan.

However, this person doesn't even bother to pretend anymore; he can't even apologize.