Lou suspected that Ruan Kewei had committed murder, and once this thought arose, it grew wildly and could not be suppressed at all.

Then she began to recall Ruan Kewei's behavior some time ago. The most unusual thing about him was that he had been staying at home obediently during this period, and only went out two days ago.

Why did he suddenly stop going out to hang out with his friends? What did he do before that?

Lou thought and thought. She hadn't paid attention to Ruan Kewei before, but now that she thought about it carefully, she realized that one early morning two weeks ago, he suddenly came into the house covered in sweat and hid under the covers in a panic.

In the following days, she even had nightmares in the middle of the night while sleeping. Lou Shi had always been a light sleeper, and he woke her up twice during those nights. This had never happened before, but she felt that Ruan Kewei often did things that seemed wrong, and perhaps it was because he felt guilty.

But she never imagined that he might have gone to kill someone and bury the body.

Lou trembled at the thought. Her only thought at that moment was to find the county princess and tell her, as soon as possible.

At that moment, Lou almost got up and ran to Ruan Chengqian's house. Fortunately, when she stood up, Ruan Hai's wife frowned and scolded her, "Why don't you go wash up? With all this blood, who are you showing this to?"

These words jolted Lou to her senses.

Yes, she needs to calm down and can't just run over there like that.

Lou Shi controlled her trembling hands, silently washed the blood off her body, and then went back to her room to tell the Ruan family, "I want to go back to my parents' home."

Ruan Hai's wife disagreed, "Going back to your parents' house so late at night, have you forgotten that you're married? What kind of behavior is it to run back to your parents' house every day?"

Lou cried, "I want to go back, even if you stop me, I'm going back. He really wanted to beat me to death today, I don't want to..."

She deliberately raised her voice, and Ruan Hai immediately frowned and scolded, "Alright, go back then, what's all the noise about?"

The county magistrate was in Ruanjia Village, and Ruan Hai really didn't want his family to cause any trouble that would attract attention.

Therefore, Lou's return this time went very smoothly.

But Ruan Hai warned her before she went back, telling her to go back to her parents' home and stay there quietly, and not to go out and wander around.

Without even packing her things, Lou endured the pain in her head and dizziness, and quietly returned to the Lou family home in the night.

Then she asked Lou's father to go to Ruan Libao's house to find him. Lou's mother did not tell Lou's father what had happened, but only said that she wanted to see the county magistrate and had something to say to her.

Even if she didn't say anything, Lou's father noticed a change in the somewhat numb look in her eyes, and after mentioning the county princess, he suspected it was related to Ruan Hai's family.

Lou's parents didn't ask anything; they just skillfully and tenderly bandaged her wounds.

It wasn't until Shu Yu arrived that Lou Shi's anxiety eased a little.

Ruan Chengqian was still shocked after hearing this. "According to what you said, Ruan Kewei... is probably really involved in someone's life."

Shu Yu's expression was grave. "Do you know who the victim is?"

Lou shook her head. "I don't know. I was beaten speechless before I could ask. But he mentioned that no one would know if the other person died, so maybe they kept it a secret."

Shu Yu then turned to Ruan Chengqian and asked, "Do you know if anyone went missing from any of the surrounding villages about two weeks ago?"

Ruan Chengqian frowned, thought carefully for a moment, then looked up and said, "He might be Cao Jiang, the son of the Cao family."