Chapter 610: Chapter 610: Shu Yu Plans to Keep a Low Profile Chapter 610: Chapter 610: Shu Yu Plans to Keep a Low Profile At two in the afternoon, it was indeed quite early.
However, Shu Yu had decided not to venture further into the mountain. “Let’s not hunt anymore.”
Fang Xiyue nodded upon hearing this; she actually wanted to continue—the more they gathered, the better. They were lucky today and should have taken advantage of their momentum.
But Shu Yu said no more hunting, and since the two of them were a team, Fang Xiyue followed her lead.
Shu Yu noticed her desire and explained, “It’s our first day in the mountains, and we’re just two girls. It’s better to keep a low profile. Otherwise, people might get jealous, target us later, or potentially increase our workload unnecessarily.”
Actually, a single deer would likely make people envious as well.
Fang Xiyue nodded, and Shu Yu squatted down to lift the deer, and they both walked and talked.
“Let’s deliver these deer and pheasants to the manor first. Since it’s still early, why don’t we check around the foot of the mountain for some wild vegetables or mushrooms to add to our meal at home? I think if we deliver the deer, we might even get a pheasant, and today we can eat well.”
Shu Yu’s words immediately filled Fang Xiyue with anticipation.
Could they possibly get a pheasant? Then she could make chicken soup for her parents.
If they picked some mushrooms and herbs at the foot of the mountain, they would be able to have a full meal at home.
Usually, there wasn’t much time; once finished with their work, they would just go home to cook and eat, never having the chance to wander around the foot of the mountain.
Wasn’t today their opportunity to complete all that previously undone?
Thinking this, Fang Xiyue’s steps quickened, “Okay, after we deliver the deer, I’ll go back to get my basket.” After a pause, she remembered something and sighed, “I forgot, I don’t have a basket.”
This place wasn’t her previous home; without baskets or knives, they could only use their hands.
Shu Yu waved her hand, “My house has one; I’ll lend you one.”
“Good, thank you Yu, you’re really a good person,” Fang Xiyue cheered up again.
Being given a ‘good person card,’ Shu Yu, “…,” thought the girl’s standard for judging good or bad was really low.
The two talked and carried the deer to the foot of the mountain. There weren’t many people on the road at that moment since everyone was out working.
The path they took was also quite secluded.
So when they arrived at the manor, they hardly encountered anyone.
The officer in charge was lazily lounging on a reclining chair, sleeping. Hearing the knock outside, he jolted awake and instantly felt annoyed at being disturbed.
He rushed to the door in a few quick steps, instinctively about to scold.
Upon seeing Shu Yu, he swallowed his words, but his expression remained foul as he asked, “Is that you? Why have you returned? Did something happen on the mountain? Did you catch any game?”
“We did catch something. There are just the two of us; we couldn’t carry more, so we brought them back early.”
As she spoke, Shu Yu stepped aside to reveal the pheasants, hare, and… deer behind her.
The officer glanced lazily but suddenly widened his eyes in surprise, “Deer?? You caught it?”
Impossible? The two girls, looking so slim and small, managed to take down such a big deer at this time?
Oh, and that was not all; there were a bunch of pheasants and hares too.
The officer walked over to the pile of game, looked at it, then raised his head and his gaze toward the two girls shifted subtly; who could have guessed that these two girls were so fierce.