Exile at the start? Milkball filming, hoarding billions of resources

The constables glanced at the convicts in the woodshed and warned them.

"Today's events are too strange. I think this exile was too timid and was frightened by talk of ghosts and gods, which is why he died suddenly."

"It's getting late. Two people, tidy up a bit and go to bed early."

In just a few words, these constables completely absolved themselves of responsibility.

The intention to protect Sun Xiao couldn't be clearer.

After the constables left, Wan Zhenzhen complained with a pale face.

"My mother schemed and plotted, even sacrificing my reputation, but she still couldn't do anything to Sun Xiao!"

After hearing her aunt's words, Shen Zhaoning suddenly realized what was going on.

Are you scheming?

No wonder she felt everything tonight was too coincidental.

It turns out that Grandmother deliberately plotted against the stone monkey, using his life to teach that big bad guy Sun Xiao a lesson!

The next morning, Sun Xiao arrived with a stern face and an unshaven beard.

This time he didn't try anything funny and honestly handed out a simple flatbread to each person.

Although he remembered that he wanted to kill the Shen family so he could make a big profit.

But he was still thinking about his future.

The Shen family members can die, but they cannot die without a reason.

They either die in an accident or at the hands of exiled criminals, or they are killed by him for making a mistake.

If he kills the Shen family without a legitimate reason, someone will definitely come after him.

This is also why he didn't kill anyone directly.

He didn't sleep a wink last night, thinking things through carefully for a long time. Making money was important, but his career was even more important.

If these prisoners were to agree on the same story and identify him as the one who killed the stone monkey, he would not only lose his official robes but also face imprisonment, which would be a terrible loss.

It would be better to stabilize these exiles first and then proceed gradually.

Shen Zhaoning noticed that although Sun Xiao wasn't making things difficult for them anymore, he was always keeping an eye on them.

Even when she went to the toilet, Sun Xiao would follow her from a distance and keep watch.

Shen Zhaoning was very shy, so she always had her grandmother hold something to cover her up.

Going to the toilet was fine, but the main problem was that Sun Xiao was watching her so closely that she couldn't even go to the other world to get food.

From frugality to luxury is easy, from luxury to frugality.

Suddenly, the delicious roasted chicken cake turned into a hard, coarse pancake, which was hard for everyone to handle.

At night, a person tapped a rough, hard flatbread that was hard enough to smash things.

"Damn it, it's all that stone monkey's fault. He wouldn't let him go out, but he insisted on going out anyway."

Now, everyone is stuck eating hard, coarse flatbread every day, and they can't even get a bite of meat.

After only two days of good weather, they grew tired of eating coarse bread every day.

Hua Zhuyue sighed.

"Sun Xiao watches us every day, so we really can't go out. But the person who's secretly following us only recognizes the Shen family and doesn't recognize anyone else."

"Even if we wanted to prepare something delicious for everyone, we couldn't have it."

After hearing Hua Zhuyue's words, everyone began to feel dissatisfied with Sun Xiao.

"This Sun Xiao looks down on people all day long. I don't know what's so great about him. Isn't he just a constable from the capital?"

To put it bluntly, he's just a nobody, a nobody!

If I hadn't lost power, I could have crushed him easily.

"What's the point of talking about that? We still have to watch Sun Xiao's face right now."

"If it weren't for Sun Xiao's terrible idea, we wouldn't have gone hungry for so many days. I think with Sun Xiao around, none of us will ever have a good life."

The more they talked, the angrier they became, and someone simply suggested in a low voice.

"How about... we just kill Sun Xiao?"

"This...this isn't right. Sun Xiao is an official, after all. If we kill him, wouldn't that be adding insult to injury?"

Shen Yu tapped the rough cake in his hand, his eyes flashing with coldness, but his tone was very gentle, like a Confucian scholar sitting in a Taoist temple explaining scriptures.

"There's a saying that goes, 'Good and evil will eventually be rewarded,' and Sun Xiao will be punished for how he treated us."

"If the stone monkey had a spirit in the underworld, it might also want to seek justice for itself."

After hearing Shen Yu's words, several fierce-looking convicts exchanged glances.

"Young Master Xiao is right. The road to exile is fraught with danger, and Sun Xiao may lose his life at any time."

Upon hearing Shen Yu's words, Shen Zhaoning couldn't help but shiver and snuggled closer into Shen Yu's arms.

"Brother, do ghosts really exist?"

Shen Yu held Shen Zhaoning in his arms, somewhat regretting that he had just brought up the topic of ghosts and gods.

But the words have already been spoken, and there's no use in regretting them.

He could only try to make amends.

"Don't worry, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. We're upright and honest, nothing will happen to us."

Shen Zhaoning blinked and asked softly.

"But didn't the stone monkey die because of us?"

Shen Yu: "..."

Should he tell his sister directly that the talk of ghosts and gods is all fake, and that it's just an excuse they used to justify Sun Xiao's death in order to kill him?

Isn't this ruining his image in his sister's eyes?

Xiaoman came closer.

"Really? Will he really come back?"

"He has the biggest appetite; he always eats so much. I hope he won't steal my flatbread when he comes back?"

Shen Yu: "..."

These two little ones are so young, yet they think too much and act like little adults all day long. Despite their young age, they worry about their family every day.

A mind that's empty and thinks too little, spending all day eating, as if there's nothing else to think about besides eating.

It would be great if they could be more evenly matched.

"Don't worry, if a ghost really comes, I'll protect you. I won't let it hurt you."

Despite Shen Yu's assurance, Shen Zhaoning was not entirely reassured.

At night, she covered herself up completely, as if that would prevent ghosts from harming her.

That night, Sun Xiao was asleep when he suddenly heard a whooshing sound. He abruptly turned over and opened his eyes.

A masked man stood beside his bed, holding a knife of unknown origin.

Seeing that Sun Xiao had dodged, the man threw down his knife and ran away.

Sun Xiao picked up the knife from the ground and examined it closely, discovering that it was the knife carried by the constables.

Did a colleague want to kill him?

He sat on the edge of the bed, knife in hand, his face grim, and hadn't slept all night.

Sun Xiao wasn't the only one who didn't sleep all night; Shen Zhaoning did too.

Her mind was filled with what her brother had said about vengeful spirits seeking revenge, and she didn't dare close her eyes.

Xiaoman noticed the dark circles under her eyes and leaned closer to examine them closely, puzzled.

"Were you hit, or did you not sleep well?"

Shen Zhaoning sat in the haystack, her body hunched over, and let out a soft sigh.

"Oh, of course I didn't sleep well."

Xiaoman frowned.

"Why didn't you sleep well?"

"You're not planning to keep us all asleep so you can sneak off and eat with us, are you?!"

Xiaoman hurriedly opened her bundle to check if the coarse cakes she had secretly hidden were still there.

Seeing Xiaoman's actions, Shen Zhaoning felt somewhat hurt.

"Brother Xiaoman! How could you suspect me of stealing the brown cake!"

"I have my own standards too. Even if you suspect me, you should suspect me of stealing roast chicken or something, not that I stole some flatbread!"