Early the next morning, Aunt Song was awakened by a nightmare.

She sat up with all sorts of thoughts in her mind.

Qian Minmin wouldn't really say anything bad to their guardian angel, right? That's why the guardian angel took a fancy to this old woman.

And those bones in the lower reaches of Gaoliang River, are they real?

The guardian angel is angry and wants to torture her!

Aunt Song got out of bed trembling, went out and looked at the mirror. Sure enough, her appearance had not changed at all. Instead, she looked very haggard because of the nightmare she had all night.

It shouldn't be like this after the Qixi Festival. Aunt Song became more and more frightened.

She knew how the outside world would view her village if the sacrifice were exposed. The young men and women in her village would be unable to find wives. Ultimately, the village chief would force her, an old woman, to be sacrificed.

No, this is absolutely not possible. Aunt Song thought of the pile of bones in her dream and broke out in a cold sweat.

She hurried down the path where she usually washed clothes. In her dream, a pit more than ten meters high behind the forest was where the victims of their Gaoliang village for thousands of years were buried.

Before Aunt Song walked over, she saw Aunt Juzi standing next to the pit, and the shovel in Aunt Wei's hand fell into the pit.

There was a "clang" sound, and Aunt Song shuddered. The sound was like iron hitting bones.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't know!" Aunt Wei's crying made her heart sink to the bottom.

She shouted, "Wei family? Why are you here too? Are you dreaming too?"

Aunt Wei's cries paused, and she turned around and looked over: "Why are you here too? Did you also dream that the guardian angel took a fancy to me?"

Aunt Song frowned, was stunned for a while, and nodded.

"Sister, why is my life so miserable? You may have forgotten that I was also married from outside." Aunt Wei cried.

Just as Aunt Song was comforting Aunt Wei, a commotion broke out in the village, and the first to be affected was the girl who had just married Qian Minmin's brother-in-law.

The girl's name is Gao Qing. She is an only child, beautiful, and comes from a wealthy family. She has been spoiled by her parents since she was a child.

She often heard her handsome and tall boyfriend talk about the Qixi Festival here.

This time, it happened that the special Tanabata Festival was held right after her wedding, so she stayed to watch it on purpose.

The Tanabata Festival is worthy of being called a festival, with all kinds of acrobatics and performances popping up one after another. It is hard to believe that this is just a small mountain village.

Moreover, the people here are all very good-looking. As a typical face control, Gao Qing has a great liking for this place.

This is what she thought before going to sleep.

After waking up from the dream, Gao Qing asked her husband Qian Zhong with a look of horror: "Honey, have I become uglier?"

Qian Zhong had just woken up from a dream. He was stunned when he heard this and wanted to shake his head, but he froze and said, "Xiao Qing, you must have stayed up late last night. You have dark circles under your eyes. Everything else is the same. You still look just as beautiful as before."

Gao Qing didn't believe it: "Then why are you standing there? You weren't like this before." She got up and found a mirror. Looking at her face in the mirror, which seemed to have aged several years, she screamed: "Ahhh." The mirror in Gao Qing's hand fell to the ground, with cracks appearing densely from the middle to all sides.

"Qian Zhong, tell me, does your village have a custom of offering sacrifices? Or is there a custom of taking the beauty of a foreign bride and impressing her fellow villagers..." Gao Qing knew she was right when she saw Qian Zhong's expression. A hollow, intense feeling of nausea washed over her, like eating beautifully packaged leftover rice—smooth on the surface, but poisonous and sickening inside. "Call the police! I want to call the police."

"Are you crazy?" Qian Zhong reacted and hurried over to grab Gao Qing's phone. The sound of fierce quarrel came from the house.

This kind of quarrel broke out in several families in the village.

Ju Jingbai and Xu Ge sat on the top of the mountain, with the rice balls, snacks and milk bottles that Xu Ge brought from Qian Minmin's house at hand.

Goudan was placed in a small cart beside them, clutching his milk bottle. In front of the two of them was the projection of several families quarreling at the foot of the mountain.

Everyone is tired of watching the drama of mutual blame-shifting.

"Boss? When will the police come?" Ju Jingbai asked. "Just watching them fight each other is boring."

"We're on the way and should be here soon." Xu Ge said as he fed Ju Jingbai a grape.

Ju Jingbai bit the edge and took in the grape flesh: "They won't admit it when they see the police, right?"

"Of course, but can you, a witness like you, just disappear?"

"Now it's my turn to perform. Don't worry, I have already practiced my acting skills." Ju Jingbai tore open the biscuit and fed one to Xu Ge.

Xu Ge bit the biscuit and mumbled incoherently: "Of course I feel assured by your words."

Ju Jingbai and Xu Ge looked at each other, their lips curled up, and both of them had smiles on their faces.

The village chief looked at the men who were beaten with bruises and swollen faces, and his face looked very unhappy. He had dreamed last night that his wife was spotted by the guardian spirit, and he woke up in the middle of the night with fright. Just when he was about to take a nap, he was awakened by the loud quarrels from each household. He took a few young men to go from house to house to stop the quarrels.

Suddenly, a frightened voice came from outside: "Village chief, village chief, there are several policemen outside. They said someone reported us to a murder case."

"What?" The village chief's face changed. Every time he performed a sacrifice, he would ask someone to prepare a death certificate for the sacrificed person in advance. But yesterday, the sacrificed person was suddenly changed to Qian Minmin. He didn't have time to get a death certificate, but Orange's death certificate had not been destroyed yet.

"Mr. Policeman, what brings you here? Has anyone committed a crime in our village?" The village chief greeted the policeman and said enthusiastically.

"Someone reported that someone from your village forced several women to the top of the mountain yesterday and deliberately killed them. Their bodies are in a pit in the back mountain."

"Mr. Policeman, we are all ordinary people, you can't slander us. Yesterday was the Qixi Festival here, we all celebrated it at the foot of the mountain, no one went up the mountain without permission." The village chief said and gave a few glances to the people around him. A few people realized something and secretly left and ran to the back mountain. No matter what, they had to deal with the pile of bones in the front mountain, otherwise they could not get rid of the crime of murder even if they were given ten mouths to feed.

The sky was gloomy and thunder began to rumble. Soon, it began to rain heavily, and the traces left by the villagers after they had carried the bones away were also wetted by the rain.

The police collected evidence for a long time but did not find any valid evidence. Even Qian Minmin, the only one who was not there, was said by her mother-in-law to have gone back to her parents' home.

Although Captain Li felt that something was not right, he had no evidence and had to organize the team and return to the station.

Captain Li and the village chief exchanged pleasantries as they walked out of the village. Suddenly, a woman with disheveled hair and a tightly wrapped baby in her arms ran over from a distance. Ju Jingbai dove to Captain Li's side and said, "Comrade police officer, please save me! I don't want to be thrown onto the mountain to be the bride of some guardian deity. They put me there with the intention of pushing me off the top. It's only by luck that we survived."

The village chief's expression changed: "Qian Minmin, what nonsense are you talking about? Where is Qian Minmin's family? Why don't you take her back home quickly?"

"You say I'm talking nonsense, but how many people have been killed by people in your village over the past few decades? Don't you know? Police, I know where they hid the dead bodies." Ju Jingbai had repeated these words countless times in his mind, and now he said them out loud, quickly and clearly.

"Police, and us, we are all outsiders who married here. We suspect that the villagers drugged us. Look, this is my photo from yesterday. There is no beauty filter because I wanted to take a look at the pimples on my face. This is my photo from today. I suspect they gave us drugs that are harmful to our bodies." Gao Qing pulled a few girls over. When she looked in the mirror this morning, she was shocked to find that she looked several years older. "Look, when I was about to come over just now, the villagers pinched me. If they had a clear conscience, why would they stop us from coming over?" The bruises on Gao Qing's wrists looked a little scary against her fair skin.

"Police, we just had a quarrel, it was definitely not what she said." Qian Zhong stepped forward and pulled Gao Qing.

Several policemen quickly helped the people up.

Captain Li supported Qian Minmin, held the umbrella over her head, and said, "Village Chief Wang, if what these girls say is true, then it definitely meets the standards for filing a criminal case. Everyone in your village needs to come back to the police station with me for a talk."

Ju Jingbai followed the police for several days and found all the evidence for them.

Gao Qing and the others also went to the hospital for a check-up. Everyone's body had aged to a certain extent. The most terrifying thing was that a girl in her early thirties showed that her physical age was already in her sixties. Ju Jingbai then understood that the people in Gaoliang Village did not divorce and find another partner, but remarried after their spouse became a widow!

Somehow this case was leaked and posted on Weibo, attracting widespread attention.

The reputation of the people of Gaoliang Village was completely ruined, and the case came to a grand conclusion under the watchful eyes of the people across the country.

The village chief who presided over the sacrifice was sentenced to life imprisonment, and others were also sentenced to varying degrees of punishment.

Only those women who were still breastfeeding or pregnant avoided being sent to jail and were released on bail.

But there is one thing that they have in common: their beautiful looks quickly faded after this incident, returning to their original ordinary appearance.

Ju Jingbai and Xu Ge were expelled from the ghost formation the moment the case was over.

Ju Jingbai opened his eyes and looked for Xu Ge, and happened to meet Xu Ge's open eyes.

When his black double pupils opened, they shone brightly like glass. The moment they caught sight of her, they curved into a crescent shape, hiding their edge. It seemed as if their eyes only held her. Ju Jingbai shook her ponytail, looked away sheepishly, and walked out first.

Just as she arrived at the rest area and had not yet sat down, Ju Jingbai received a call from her grandfather.

"Hello, Grandpa, why are you calling me?" Ju Jingbai asked.

"Xiaobai, I'm in a special prison now. The lab experiment was successful. Your mother has regained some consciousness, and your father's experiment is also underway." Ju Xing's voice was filled with excitement. "Xia Yager's ability is really useful."

Ju Jingbai stood up straight: "Really? Then..."

"Wait, let me ask your mother to say a few words to you. She can speak briefly now. Once your mother and father have fully recovered, I can send them downstairs." Ju Xing's voice was excited again, and inexplicably brought out a bit of sadness. He repeated, "Let me ask your mother to say a few words."

"Okay." Ju Jingbai nodded and couldn't help but grab the corner of Xu Ge's clothes next to him.

"Xiaobai, I saw the live broadcast. It was really well done." Ju Yue's voice was as gentle as ever.

Ju Jingbai's eyes were red, and she called softly, "Mom." The next moment, her voice became hoarse.

Ju Xing picked up the phone again: "Xiao Bai, after you finish the game, come to the special prison as soon as possible. I don't want to talk anymore!"

Ju Jingbai kept nodding until her grandfather hung up the phone.

"Was the experiment successful?" Xu Ge asked.

Ju Jingbai nodded, hugged Xu Ge happily and jumped up, almost spinning around him. She said excitedly: "Success!!"

"Please ask the first place winner Ju Jingbai and the second place winner Xu Ge to go to the podium to receive their awards..." The small loudspeaker in the venue began to urge.

As Ju Jingbai was pulling Xu Ge downstairs, she heard someone talking about, "No way, these two people aren't coming to receive the award again?" She smiled and glanced at Xu Ge.

Xu Ge said, "I just called a Didi. I'll leave after receiving the trophy and go to the high-speed rail station quickly."

"Okay, brother." Ju Jingbai stood on the podium, next to him was a beautiful girl with long curly hair, and to his right was Xu Ge. She took the trophy handed to her by her senior and said with a sly smile, "Brother, I like you so much! I remember I owed you the name brother, I'll pay it back tenfold or a hundredfold, brother. What do you say, brother?"

Xu Ge pulled Ju Jingbai's sleeve and motioned her to bend down.

"What..." Before Ju Jingbai could finish his words, he was startled by the warm touch on his lips and his eyes widened.

The next second, her eyes were covered by Xu Ge, and the misty red spread from her earlobe to her cheek.

"Brother is here." Xu Ge held Ju Jingbai's hand, and a chuckle escaped from his throat, which gradually turned into a joyful smile on his face.

"One more!" Deafening cheers came from the stands.

Xia Chengxing felt like she was sensing the world's ill will. Why was she eating dog food during the competition, and then again when she was receiving her award?!

Don’t singles have human rights?

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