Lin Ran soaked in the river for the duration of a cup of tea, finally feeling her muddled head become much clearer. Only then did she finally stand up.
She touched the wound on her temple and discovered that the bleeding had actually stopped.
However, Lin Ran did not dwell on it. Instead, she turned around and began to survey the surroundings.
The river was not far from the bamboo house, and on the other side of the water was a fruit forest.
The trees were heavy with fruit!
She recognized apples, pears, oranges, cherries, plums, apricots…
There were also many fruits she had never even heard of or seen before.
As she slowly walked past the fruit forest, a pasture came into view.
The pasture was divided into many sections by fences.
There were areas for chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, cattle, sheep, and even horses!
Furthermore, each area was densely packed with livestock, from the old to the young. It was impossible to tell how long they had been raised there, but they were crowded tightly together!
Further ahead was a mountain. Lin Ran did not go any further but returned to the front of the bamboo house; she wanted to know exactly what kind of place this was.
Behind the bamboo house, there were also a dozen or so mu of land, divided into three sections where grain, vegetables, and medicinal herbs were planted respectively.
Lin Ran only gave them a cursory glance without looking closely, and then walked straight into the bamboo house.
Upon entering, she saw a letter placed on a square table.
Lin Ran had not yet figured out the situation here, so she did not dare to read the letter recklessly.
However, when she saw the words on the envelope, she froze.
To be opened by the descendant destined to enter this space!
She had entered this place inexplicably, so was this written for her?
At that moment, Lin Ran no longer hesitated and opened the envelope directly.
She quickly scanned the contents of the letter, and for a moment, she couldn’t quite process it all. She sank straight down into a chair.
No matter how much Lin Ran had wondered, she never imagined that this letter was left behind by a female ancestor of the Shen family.
That wasn’t the most shocking part; what left Lin Ran dumbstruck was that this female ancestor actually claimed to have transmigrated from the 21st century and was not a person from their era.
The female ancestor said that in her world, not only was everyone equal, but there was also monogamy!
Lin Ran was stunned. What kind of divine place was that?
But what did the ancestor’s subsequent words mean?
By entering this space, was it very likely she would travel through time and space just like her?
According to the female ancestor, she was originally a wealthy young lady in the 21st century. Because she accidentally opened the space, she thought the end of the world was approaching, so she hoarded a vast amount of supplies. In the end, she transmigrated to ancient times after only a few days.
Upon her arrival, she faced the confiscation of her household and exile. Thus, she simply decided to go all the way—she emptied the entire mansion and even had her secret guards take her to empty the national treasury.
All those items were now in the storage room next door. Because she feared being discovered and since they didn’t lack money, those treasures hadn’t been used much!
Furthermore, that river was filled with spiritual spring water. Although the effects weren’t immediate, long-term consumption had the benefits of enhancing beauty and prolonging life.
This was truly a wonderful treasure!
Finally, the female ancestor exhorted her to hoard more grain, supplies, defensive weapons, and medicine.
Although there were already many of these in the space, it was naturally the more, the better for such things. In any case, the space could keep everything fresh.
Because she wasn’t sure where Lin Ran would eventually transmigrate to, it was best to be fully prepared!
Lin Ran sat in a daze for a long while before finally digesting all this information.
She did not feel panic regarding the unknown transmigration. She no longer had any relatives here, and her only father intended to harm her. It was just as well to leave; by leaving this place of sorrow, perhaps she could start anew.
However, before leaving, she had to seek justice for herself first!
As for the hoarding of supplies mentioned by the ancestor, she had to seize the time!
Thinking of this, Lin Ran could no longer sit still and wanted to leave immediately.
With this thought, she returned to the bedroom.
She instinctively touched the peach blossom jade pendant at her neck and found that the pendant had disappeared, turning into a peach blossom mark on her chest.
She knew that the space she had just entered was the peach blossom jade pendant, which had been left behind by that transmigrated ancestor!
Knowing that the jade pendant would not be lost, Lin Ran was completely at ease. She began to collect all the jewelry, clothes, and ornaments in the bedroom into the space, not even forgetting her canopy bed and cabinets.
Originally, she had been worrying about how to protect the Shen family’s generational wealth. Now that she had the space, everything was easily resolved.
Not only the Shen family, but she wouldn’t even let the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion off!
If it weren’t for the Shen family helping to manage things, how could a hollow shell like the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion and her father’s meager intellect have built such a vast family estate!
Now, she didn’t mind taking everything back on behalf of the Shen family!
After Lin Ran finished collecting everything in the bedroom, she finally opened the door and went out.
When she saw the unconscious Zhu Chengcai on the floor, she kindly checked his breathing.
Hmm…
His breath was already as thin as a thread!
Knowing that this beast would breathe his last in a moment, Lin Ran stepped on his stomach with satisfaction before leaving.
“Ugh… hng…”
With that, Zhu Chengcai fell completely silent.
Lin Ran walked quickly to the warehouse. She estimated that her “good father” and Aunt Zhu had sent away all the servants to prevent any accidents. Along the way, there wasn’t even anyone guarding the warehouse, which made things convenient for her.
As for the keys, they didn’t know that she had a backup—given to her by her mother!
At the thought of her mother, Lin Ran suppressed her grief and unlocked the door to enter.
She knew exactly what was kept in the warehouse.
However, when she saw the extra hundred or so sandalwood boxes, Lin Ran’s eyes instantly turned red with rage!
She truly hadn’t expected that her good father would be so impatient to start moving the Shen family’s treasures into the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion just after her maternal grandfather had passed away!
She randomly opened a few boxes; they were all precious treasures that the Shen family had collected for many years!
Top-quality pearls of various colors the size of eggs, “Imperial Green” raw gemstones as tall as a person, calligraphy and paintings by famous masters, coral ornaments, and so on…
Lin Ran directly emptied the warehouse.
The Dingyuan Marquis Mansion ultimately couldn’t compare to the Shen family. Besides a hundred boxes of gold and two hundred boxes of silver, the other gold and silver jewelry, antiques, and paintings in this warehouse were at most worth a few million taels.
Everything added together probably didn’t even equal half the value of those hundred or so boxes moved from the Shen family!
After finishing with the warehouse, Lin Ran headed to the study. She knew that her good father had a secret room in the study containing all of his private money.
He thought he had hidden it well, unaware that her mother had known about it long ago!
Don’t you all love silver?
Aren’t you impatient to swallow the Shen family?
Then she would empty the entire Dingyuan Marquis Mansion and see what kind of life you could live in the future without the Shen family’s support!
There was no one in the study at the moment. As soon as Lin Ran entered, she emptied all the books in the study, not even sparing the bookshelves, tables, or chairs.
Once the study was empty, she could tell at a glance where the trick was. She moved a loose floorboard and entered the secret room.
It was called a secret room, but it was actually very bright inside, with night-luminescent pearls placed all along the way, and a room full of gold piled up brilliantly.
It seemed that over the years, her good father had accepted no small amount of bribes!
Lin Ran did not delay. After emptying the secret room, she immediately left the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.
There were people in the other courtyards that she couldn’t deal with yet, so she would first go and collect the items at the Shen estate, then have Housekeeper Shen help her hoard supplies, and finally come back to handle the people of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion!