The two stayed at Aunt Zhang's house for a while, and left because they couldn't bear it anymore.

In Sanwan Village, children who die young cannot have a funeral.

Xu Xingchen asked the villagers and was told that the body could be rolled up in mats and taken out for burial the next day. Not to mention a coffin, even a tombstone could not be erected.

Aunt Zhang was so sad that her voice became hoarse from crying on the day of the funeral and she fainted several times.

Hearing this, Xu Xingchen sighed.

"Xingchen, Xingchen, please help me think of a solution." Just as she was sighing, Zhou Xiaoniang arrived. Zhou Xiaoniang hadn't had a good time in the past two days, as many people in the village felt that Erhu was pushed down by her family's Dongdong and were pointing fingers at her family. That would have been fine, but even Aunt Zhang thought so.

After Erhu was buried, she had gone to Zhou Xiao's home several times, and each time she asked Dongdong to be buried with him.

Xu Xingchen couldn't help but frowned: "Is Dongdong okay?"

"It's okay. I'm hiding him in the next village, and no one has found him." At this point, Zhou Xiaoniang choked up, "But... Dongdong can't hide forever! Aunt Zhang came to my house today and said that if we don't hand Dongdong over, she will kill our whole family! She has a younger brother who is an official in the county government. I'm very scared!"

She came to Xu Xingchen today to ask her for help in saving the child.

"Mrs. Zhou, I understand how you feel right now, but I'm afraid I can't help you with this matter."

She's not good at dealing with this either!

Zhou Xiaoniang burst into tears and sobbed: "Even you can't help me... Then I really don't know what to do! Otherwise, let me be buried with Erhu!"

After saying that, she turned around and left. Seeing this, Xu Xingchen grabbed her.

She still couldn't bear to see Zhou Xiaoniang suffer like this, and she couldn't bear to watch a child being dragged away to be buried with her.

That's the only way!

"Wait a minute, maybe I have a way to help you."

Zhou Xiaoniang hurriedly asked what the solution was.

When she asked the question, her eyes sparkled, as if she saw hope, which made Xu Xingchen feel a little uncomfortable because she was not very sure about her plan.

"I know there's a drug that can temporarily kill a person. It's commonly known as a death-faking drug."

Zhou Xiaoniang understood as soon as she heard it. This meant that Dongdong was supposed to fake his death, but where could he get the medicine?

Xu Xingchen patted the back of her hand: "I'll get it for you."

Zhou Xiaoniang had never heard of this magical medicine, but she was now at her wit's end. Moreover, she trusted Xu Xingchen quite a bit, so she gritted her teeth and agreed: "Xingchen, my Dongdong's life depends on you!"

After seeing Zhou Xiaoniang off, Xu Xingchen asked Munduner to bring back some fake death medicine. Munduner agreed and delivered it in the afternoon.

Xu Xingchen immediately took the fake death drug and went to find Zhou Xiaoniang.

At this time, Zhou Xiaoniang had quietly brought Dongdong back from the next village. As soon as they met, the child said with tears in his eyes: "I, I didn't push Erhu, he slipped and fell!"

It can be seen that children have also been under a lot of pressure during this period.

Xu Xingchen rubbed his head: "I know, that's why I came to your house today."

She took out the fake death drug.

Dongdong blinked as he looked at the pill, then turned to look at his mother, Zhou Xiaoniang. Seeing her nod, he took the pill obediently.

But he didn't eat it for a long time.

His slightly trembling hands revealed his fear. Jun Haoyue walked forward, patted his shoulder gently, and said, "Don't be afraid. A man shouldn't be afraid of taking medicine. Aren't you a man, Dongdong?"

Dongdong said seriously: "I am a man."

"Then take the medicine quickly."

Jun Haoyue smiled at him and then said, "You'll be fine after a good night's sleep."

Perhaps because his words worked, Dongdong took the medicine.

In a short while, he fell into a deep sleep. Zhou Xiaoniang laid him flat on the ground and sniffed for breath. He was really dead. She was frightened. She looked at Dongdong's face again. He was as white as paper. There was no sign of life at all. She was so scared that she burst into tears. When Shuanzi came over to see him, he was also frightened: "Xingchen, is this medicine harmful?"

Xu Xingchen comforted them, "Don't be afraid. As long as you take the antidote in time, you'll be fine. I guarantee its effectiveness with my life."

Zhou Xiaoniang and Shuanzi felt relieved.

"Okay, now we need to resolve this matter quickly. Go find Aunt Zhang first—"

Before Xu Xingchen could finish his words, he heard someone knocking on the front yard door.

"Mrs. Zhou, hand him over!"

The slightly hoarse voice belonged to Second Aunt Zhang. Xu Xingchen asked Zhou Xiaoniang and Shuanzi to stay in the lobby while he and Jun Haoyue went to open the door: "Second Aunt Zhang, you don't have to come here anymore."

Aunt Zhang was filled with grief and indignation: "Why won't you let me come? Are you also going to protect the criminal?"

"No, that's not what I meant. I meant to say that Dongdong is dead. If you don't believe me, just look."

Hearing this, Aunt Zhang's heart skipped a beat.

She still didn't believe it, so she hurried inside. When she got to the hall, she saw that Dongdong was really dead! The pale skin, the dead breath, and Zhou Xiaoniang and Shuanzi sitting beside him in tears all showed that the child was dead.

"how so……"

Xu Xingchen followed and said with a complicated expression, "Isn't this what Second Aunt Zhang wants?"

Zhou Xiaoniang raised her head with red eyes.

"Aunt Zhang, everyone in the village now thinks Erhu was pushed down by our Dongdong. Almost everyone is stabbing us in the back, and we can't stand it anymore! So after we brought Dongdong back just now, we fed him rat poison. Look, Dongdong is gone now. You can finally be happy, right?"

Aunt Zhang nodded blankly, then suddenly shook her head: "I...I'm not!"

She has been coming to Zhou Xiaoniang's house these days, clamoring for Dongdong to be buried with her. It's true, but it's just talk. She didn't expect Zhou Xiaoniang and Shuanzi to be so cruel.

How could they have the heart to kill their own children? How could there be such cruel parents!

"Dongdong, Dongdong, wake up, don't die!"

She knelt down beside him, grabbed Dongdong's face with her hands, pinched his Ren Zhong, and shouted. Seeing that the child didn't respond, Aunt Zhang couldn't help but think of Erhu that day and started crying again.

The noise here attracted the attention of many villagers, and they all ran to Zhou Xiaoniang's house.

When they saw the situation in the lobby clearly, they all sighed.

Auntie Pang shook her head and said, "Auntie Zhang, why are you doing this? Your Erhu is in poor health, and all the children in the village avoid him. Only Dongdong likes to play with him. The two children have such a good relationship, Dongdong will definitely not push anyone into the water! You... Sigh!"