Chapter 383
Chapter 383 Ruined Good Deeds
After everything was arranged, Lin Wanrong's mood improved. Along the way, he held Luo Ning's small hand, whispering jokes in her ear that were both cheeky and clean. Luo Ning listened with a blushing face, her chest quaking, her heart pounding non-stop, yet filled with a feeling of excitement.
Xu Zhiqing stood beside the two, sometimes overhearing Lin Wanrong's teasing words, feeling a shiver of fear at first, but later becoming increasingly numb. Luo Ning of today was not as clingy as she had been before, always shadowing Xu Zhiqing. Following her sense of responsibility towards her close friend, Xu Zhiqing stayed close to the two, only responding to Luo Ning and completely ignoring Lin Wanrong. After encountering a few cold shoulders, Lin Wanrong prudently gave up on his teasing.
The journey was smooth and uneventful, and by noon, they reached their sixty-mile destination. Along the way, Lin Wanrong kept observing the sixty-mile stretch of water, noticing it was quite wide and with minimal reed marshes, quite suitable for net fishing. He felt somewhat relieved. Instructing Luo Yuan to set floating markers with a few fishermen, he marked the approximate sixty-mile range from the shore and assigned guards to watch over the area day and night, finally feeling at ease.
"Big brother, do you really plan to fish for silver with nets?" Luo Yuan asked incredulously as he watched the fishermen place the markers. "I think what Sister Xu said makes sense; these nets with tin bottoms are too light, they won't sink to the bottom."
Seeing Xu Zhiqing's ears perking up to listen, Lin Wanrong laughed loudly and slapped Luo Yuan's shoulder, "The mountain man has his clever ways. Little Luo, don't you trust your big brother? Also, there's one more thing. Later, spread the word that we've found the location of the 350,000 taels of silver buried in Weishan Lake, and we'll start fishing for it tomorrow morning, heh heh."
"Big brother, do you suspect that there are still thieves nearby?" Luo Ning quietly asked, following him.
"Naturally," Lin Wanrong nodded. "Ning'er, think about it; if you were a thief and buried all this silver in the lake, would you leave it so easily?"
"No," Luo Ning shook her head, "I would leave people to watch and be ready to move the silver at any sign of trouble. Oh, I understand now. Big brother, you are waiting for the thieves to walk into a trap?"