Chapter 157: Scheming (6)

Liu Mei couldn’t figure it out.

At the same time, she suddenly felt uneasy.

She walked back to her room and saw that Xu Jianlin was still awake. She stepped forward and patted him, asking, “Do you think your eldest son is a little strange?”

“What?” Xu Jianlin didn’t react for a moment to who she was talking about, because Liu Mei never called Xu Xu that. She either called him a bastard or a dead bastard, or something nasty.

“Xu Xu, your eldest son!” Liu Mei glared at him unhappily.

“He… hasn’t he always been like this?” Xu Jianlin looked at her in confusion. In his impression, this eldest son was an invisible man from beginning to end. He didn’t eat at home, and sometimes he didn’t sleep at home. He was like a savage.

It's not that he didn't know how Liu Mei treated him, but to him, a child whose mother had died was far less important than his current wife and children.

Liu Mei would become more aggressive like now, and it was not without his tolerance.

"It's different." Liu Mei frowned and said, but she didn't know how to describe it.

"What's the difference? I think you've eaten too much meat and are feeling bloated."

"Then tell me, how did he get those pheasants and bamboo rats? Do you really believe his lies? Did

he pick them up?" "Did he hunt them?"

"Bah! How old is he? How can he hunt so many prey?"

Xu Jianlin was getting impatient and sat up: "Then tell me what's going on! It's not this, it's not that!"

Liu Mei bit her lip, suddenly looked around, then approached him mysteriously and whispered in his ear: "Tell me, could he be a monster from the mountains?"

Now, Xu Jianlin looked at her like a fool.

Liu Mei was unhappy with his look and slapped him again.

He told him the rumors he heard outside: "Do you think I'm the only one who said that? Do you know how the neighbor Ruan Jiaojiao came back? What is the Qianshan? Even Ruan Jiandang went in and never came out safe and sound. Don't you think it's strange that two little kids can come out of there safely?"

"Maybe they are lucky?" Xu Jianlin's tone was also a little uncertain.

Because my ancestors have lived here for generations, I naturally know what the Qianshan is. I heard from my father's generation that when people were starving to death, many people would venture into the Qianshan to hunt, but generally they would never come back. Even if they came back, they would have missing arms and legs.

Ruan Jiaojiao and Xu Xu, who are only ten years old in total, actually stayed in there for a day and a night and came out safely. This is indeed a bit weird.

Could it be that they were really spirits?

"What the hell, this is not a matter of luck. And Ruan Jiaojiao, if ordinary people had suffered like her, they would have died long ago. But she escaped from danger time and time again. I don't believe there is no trick in this."

"Where did you hear all this?" Xu Jianlin frowned and looked at her.

"Who in the team wouldn't say that? No matter how powerful Ruan Lin is, can she tear everyone's mouth? Besides, a few days ago, many people saw Ruan Lin carrying things to Qian Xiazi's house. Maybe it was for this little girl's matter."

"Nonsense, it's obviously to ask about the day of breaking ground." People in the countryside all believe in this and hope for good luck. Even if the family is poor, if there is really a big event, they will bring a pound of rice and half a pound of meat to Qian Xiazi to ask, no matter whether it is accurate or not, it's all for good luck.