Stuck in Feng Tong Town

Fortunately, the ancient ecological environment was excellent, and wild animals on the mountain proliferated. He alone couldn't catch them all. Stockpiling meat could also mean raising more livestock. These wild prey were just for a change of taste. Qiu Qi disturbed the mountain animals for two days and then stopped, shifting his focus to various wild fruits and local specialties on the mountain.
To be honest, the taste of ancient fruits truly wasn't as good as modern ones. After all, modern fruits were all cultivated and improved by humans over many generations, while the taste of ancient wild fruits was naturally inferior—some were sour, some were astringent, and very few had a delicious flavor.
However, Qiu Qi didn't mind. Having something to eat was good enough, and he could also find ways to process them into jams or dried fruits, which would naturally taste better.
One must know that in the apocalypse, to make the meager amount of food more palatable, almost everyone racked their brains and practiced to become good cooks. Because without this skill, one could only eat strange insects raw or boiled. As a country with a rich culinary tradition, how could Chinese people endure that for long?
With confidence, Qiu Qi collected wild fruits and mountain specialties without fear, picking whatever he saw—wild apples, wild pears, wild grapes, wild peaches, chestnuts, walnuts, pine nuts... all were stored in his spatial ability. After all, no one else came to pick them on the mountain, and what animals didn't eat would spoil, going to waste.
As for why these wild fruits and specialties, which clearly grew in different seasons and regions, were all present on this one mountain, Qiu Qi didn't question it. This was a virtual world, a world in a novel, a world where the protagonist relied on these things to get rich, so of course, they all had to grow on one mountain!
The entire mountain was full of food; Qiu Qi was truly as happy as a fish in water.
In fact, he also wanted to dig up some herbs, but he didn't know anything about herbs, so his search would only rely on luck, thus he had to give up.

On the other side, Pei Gang Lin couldn't be happy; his entire being was almost on the verge of exploding.
Strange! It was truly too strange!
That day, after clashing with Qiu Qi, he knew he wasn't a match for this strange brat, so he had no thought of bringing his brothers back for revenge. Instead, he wisely chose to quickly flee.
However, for ten full days, as soon as he stepped out of Feng Tong Town's gate, all sorts of unexpected things would happen, forcing him to return.
Such unexpected events, once or twice could be called coincidence, but if it happened every time, it made one ponder deeply.
In fact, Pei Gang Lin had recently wanted to wash his hands of his past and return to his hometown because he vaguely had a premonition that if he continued to stay in Feng Tong Town, his end would be tragic, which was why he gave up a bright "future" and prepared to leave.
This mysterious feeling was difficult to describe, but instinctively, he trusted his intuition.
Wanting to find a husband before leaving was also because he felt that if he truly left Feng Tong Town, he seemed to never meet "anyone" again. What awaited him was emptiness, a void, he would live alone, lonely, a kind of indescribable illusion...

Pei Gang Lin's heart was heavy and indescribable. To verify his speculation, for the last time, he led his brothers away, ignoring any "unexpected events," and finally stepped out of Feng Tong Town's jurisdiction.
But before he could rejoice, immediately after, he and his brothers returned to their dwelling in the town, as if they had encountered a "ghost hitting the wall."
Moreover, except for him, none of his brothers remembered what had just happened!
At this moment, even if Pei Gang Lin didn't want to believe it, he had to admit a truth: this world seemed a little different from his perception, and he couldn't leave Feng Tong Town.
He couldn't help but think of Qiu Qi's smile after making the bet with him—a confident, calm, leisurely smile, an expression as if he held everything in his hands...
"What exactly does this brat know? Or is he playing tricks?"
Pei Gang Lin already had the answer in his heart. Suppressing his astonishment, since he couldn't leave, he could only stay and observe the situation, as he had no other choice.
However, he couldn't swallow this anger.
"Liu Qing, take a few brothers to the Chu family's place. One hundred taels of silver, and they pushed me into a deep pit. This debt must be repaid!"
Thinking that in ten days, Qiu Qi would come to propose marriage, and his Third Master Pei's face would be completely lost, Pei Gang Lin angrily slammed his hand on the table, gritting his teeth.
It was all because the Chu family concealed the fact that that brat from the Zhong family was a strange monster, which led him to this outcome today. If he had known the Zhong family was such a deep pit, even if he were beaten to death, he wouldn't have taken this job.
He had said it before, how could there be such a good thing in this world? It was just teaching someone a lesson, yet they gave so much money? What about knowing the Head Constable, it was all fake. Perhaps the Chu family was sent by his enemies to frame him!