"I know. I'll go next door and ask her later. If she's free, I'll ask her to come and keep me company."

Jiang Sui nodded, swallowed his worries, turned around and rode away on his bike.

The time soon came to two o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, many villagers would take a nap in their homes because of afternoon sleepiness.

Because of this, the whole village seems a little too quiet.

Chi Kunli, who was not used to taking a nap, looked at Xiang Baiwei who had just woken up and said, "Did you have a nightmare just now? You look a little strange."

Xiang Baiwei rubbed her forehead tiredly and nodded to admit, "I did have a nightmare just now. It was quite scary. My heart is still pounding."

"Don't think too much about it, it's just a dream. If you can't sleep well, go back and put the comb under your pillow. It is said that this will work. But, have you been too tired recently? I see that there are some blue spots under your eyes. I guess you didn't rest well, so you had a nightmare."

Chi Kunli looked at Xiang Baiwei who was still awake, got off the kang and went to the outer room to pour her a cup of hot water.

"Drink a cup of hot water to wake yourself up. I'll show you the flowers I embroidered while you were asleep. I think this pattern is pretty good. I learned this pattern from the packaging bags of the supply and marketing cooperative."

Chi Kunli said this and handed over the flower she had just embroidered.

Xiang Baiwei put the enamel cup aside and leaned over to admire the flowers that Chi Kunli was sharing. When the two were watching intently, the big dog in the yard suddenly barked very fiercely.

"What's going on? Is there anyone coming to your house?"

Chi Kunli handed her the flower pattern and stood up to go outside to check, "But I didn't hear anyone knocking on the door?"

Xiang Baiwei put down what she was holding and followed closely behind him to the door.

The black dog in the yard was howling fiercely at the corner of the wall. If someone came, the door would be knocked, or someone outside the door would call her.

And most importantly, if the person coming was a stranger, the black dog would definitely bark at the gate, instead of barking at the corner like it was doing now.

This means that someone has indeed come, and that person appeared in the corner.

Chi Kunli immediately reached out and grabbed Xiang Baiwei's arm: "Could it be someone's cat? Sometimes dogs will meow when they see a cat."

"Whether it is a cat or not, we'll see first." Xiang Baiwei patted her hands to comfort her, then turned around and took two big sticks from the house, and gave one to Chi Kunli, "This stick is for you, we keep it for self-defense."

After saying that, Xiang Baiwei held the stick tightly in her hand and boldly opened the door: "Who is it?"

Chi Kunli quickly reached out and pulled her: "Don't talk, speak softly!"

Her reminder was too late. The black dog's barking stopped abruptly, but it was still staring at the corner.

Chi Kunli and Xiang Baiwei looked at each other, and they both saw fear in each other's eyes.

Two minutes later, Chi Kunli was the first to come to her senses and shouted at her elder brother towards the next yard.

Chi Kunli's elder brother's voice soon came from the other side of the courtyard wall: "What's going on?"

Chi Kunli was about to explain when Xiang Baiwei suddenly reached out and pinched the corner of her clothes, then shook her head seriously at Chi Kunli.

So Chi Kunli made up an excuse and perfunctorily asked her eldest brother on the other side of the yard to come over, then pulled Xiang Baiwei into the house: "What's the situation? Although the two of us have the strength, it will be more reassuring to call my eldest brother over!"

"Let's not do it. Maybe it's just a cat. Why make such a fuss about it? If others find out, they will spread it around and distort the story. I won't know how to explain it then."

Xiang Baiwei didn't tell her the deeper reasons.

Because she thought of the look in Xiang Shunqiang's eyes when he suddenly ran up to her and greeted her last week.

The worry in her heart that had faded away resurfaced.

Outside the courtyard wall, Xiang Shunqiang ran towards the dilapidated house next door in panic, as if he was being chased by a dog.

When they arrived at the dilapidated house, Xiang Shunqiang sat down, breathing heavily and cursing under his breath.

I have already confirmed that Xiang Baiwei is the only one at home. When did this Chi Kunli show up? If it weren't for Chi Kunli, I would have succeeded today.

It's all this person's fault. He ruined my good fortune.

After this incident, Chi Kunli was worried about Xiang Baiwei and waited until Jiang Sui came back in the evening before returning home.

As soon as Jiang Sui came back, he noticed that Xiang Baiwei looked a little strange. During dinner, he asked her worriedly, "What happened today? I noticed that both you and Chi Kunli looked unhappy, and you were so absent-minded while eating. What happened?"

Bai Wei looked up at him, hesitated for a while, and finally told Jiang Sui what happened during the day.

Jiang Sui put the chopsticks on the table, stood up with a cold look in his eyes, went into the room and took out a flashlight: "I'll go outside and see what's going on."

Xiang Baiwei sat in the room waiting anxiously.

Jiang Sui came back soon. He smiled and comforted Xiang Baiwei: "It's okay. I just saw that there are traces of cats crawling. The black dog must have seen a stray cat passing by during the day, so it barked so fiercely. Don't be afraid, it's just a cat."

"It turned out to be a cat. I was scared to death," Xiang Baiwei breathed a sigh of relief. Because the dog barked so fiercely during the day, she never dared to go out again.

Although Chi Kunli also said that she wanted to go and check out the situation, she was stopped by the frightened Xiang Baiwei.

After comforting Xiang Baiwei, Jiang Sui went back to the house to put down the flashlight. He turned around and his expression changed immediately.

He had just deceived Xiang Baiwei. The trace outside was not a cat's, but a human palm print.

The one who caused the dogs to bark during the day was a person, but no one knew who it was. The reason why I said it was a cat was to prevent Xiang Baiwei from being scared.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Jiang Sui made an excuse to go out for something and borrowed a telescope from the village militia platoon leader. He then ran to the only flat building in the village, which was the teaching building, stood on the roof, and observed the entire village with a telescope.

Two hours later, a sneaky figure came into Jiang Sui's sight.

That person is Xiang Shunqiang.

Luo Bao thanks everyone for their support during the free period. I specially added another chapter today. I hope you will always be there and accompany Jiang Jiang Weiwei all the way! 　　 　 (End of this chapter)