Chapter 116 It Sounds Like a Pie in the Sky
"Lin Anyuan."
A day apart feels like three autumns.
Lin Anyuan used to think that the person who said those words was so sour it made his teeth ache, but now, looking at the person so close to him, he wondered how many autumns had passed between them.
Ye Wan also looked at Lin Anyuan. He hadn't been away for long, but it felt like they hadn't seen each other for ages.
"Weren't you scared?" Lin Anyuan kicked Wang Hu on the ground.
"I was terrified. I was just woken up from my sleep." Ye Wan was telling the truth; she was genuinely frightened while half-asleep.
Lin Anyuan instantly felt that letting Wang Hu die like this was too good for him; he should be torn to pieces.
Suppressing his anger, he said softly, "Wait a moment, let me take care of him first."
As he spoke, he dragged the person out.
Ye Wan sat on the stool. The room was dark. She cleaned up the bloodstains on the floor.
Lin Anyuan returned after a long time, presumably having disposed of Wang Hu's body.
Ye Wan's mood had calmed down, but when she saw Lin Anyuan, who looked like a god descending from the moon, her heart couldn't help but race again.
No matter how many times I see this face, I always feel like I'm falling in love at first sight.
She admitted that she was lustful, and if the man who bought her was a "black pig spirit" like Zhang Fuhu, she would have run away long ago.
"Did you do what Ye Yaozu did today?"
She felt it was a coincidence, and now it was almost certainly Lin Anyuan.
“He has ill intentions.” Lin Anyuan looked at Ye Wan with a mixture of emotions in his eyes.
Hearing that Ye Yaozu still wanted to sell her, he decided to go all the way.
Ye Wan looked at him and, seeing his frown, assumed he was overthinking it. "So what if he's dead? Did you come here tonight for something?"
"I've come to see you... and your daughter."
Lin Anyuan stared intently at her. In the dilapidated house, she was like a radiant pearl, and he couldn't get enough of looking at her.
"We're all fine, so don't worry." Ye Wan's words came out somewhat dryly, and she didn't know what else to say for a moment.
It's as if I had a lot to say, but now it's all suddenly gone.
"I've come today because I have something to ask of you." Lin Anyuan sat down next to Ye Wan, continuing to look at her intently.
beg?
These words made Ye Wan uneasy.
Before she could think further, she heard Lin Anyuan continue, "I want to ask you to help me take care of Daya, Erya, and Sanya."
Where are you going?
Ye Wan realized that Lin Anyuan's words meant he wouldn't be coming back, or at least not for a while.
“I’ve offended someone, and staying here will only cause you trouble. Once I’ve made something of myself, I’ll definitely come back to you.”
That sounds like empty promises.
Lin Anyuan felt his face burning and took out two silver notes from his pocket and placed them on the table.
"This is for you. I'll try to send you someone who knows martial arts. I already cancelled your indenture when I was in the county. If you don't want it..."
Ye Wan looked at the two hundred taels of silver notes on the table and said in a low voice, "I promised you I would stay for three years, and I will stay for three years."
When she first arrived, she only wanted to leave, but now she doesn't. She has "parents" here, and it's good for the three girls to be her daughters.
To her surprise, Lin Anyuan had already cancelled her indenture.
Lin Anyuan lowered his eyes, "...Take care of yourselves, I'm leaving."
Seeing him get up, Ye Wan hurriedly said, "Wait."
Lin Anyuan turned around and looked at her, his heart pounding.
He wanted to express his feelings and let her know his thoughts, but it was too much to ask under the circumstances. For someone who had nothing, anything he said was just empty promises.
Ye Wan took a breath and stood up. "Da Ya made you two sets of clothes. Wait here, I'll go get them."
Ye Wan went to the kitchen. Seeing that Ye Wan did not follow her in, she quickly took out clothes and the dry food she had prepared beforehand from her space, kept the dried meat for herself, and packed a bundle.
"These are all prepared for you, and this ginseng is the one you gave me. Be sure to keep it close to your body; it could save your life in a critical moment."
Of course not, this is a ginseng from her space, she just picked a small one.
If she weren't worried about arousing Lin Anyuan's suspicion, she would have liked to add some dried fruit.
As for why the clothes were left in the kitchen, no one would care at this moment.
Lin Anyuan took the package, carefully placed the ginseng close to his body, and said with burning eyes, "Okay, wait for me to come back."
Looking at the sky that was about to brighten, a thousand words stuck in my throat, but in the end, I disappeared into the night without saying a word.
Ye Wan stood at the doorway, the night wind making her clothes feel a little chilly.
Tonight, she suddenly had a strange feeling in her heart.
Forget it, why think so much?
She's only seventeen here; we'll talk about the future later.
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...
The eastern sky was turning a pale white; after several days of overcast skies, the sun was finally out.
"Little sister."
Ye Hua came out of the house, her face still a little pale, her eyes expressionless, clearly indicating that she hadn't slept well.
"Big sister, you must have been terribly frightened." Ye Wan herself hadn't slept either, but she didn't look as haggard as Ye Hua.
"Was that the person who came last night...? That beast! If I had known I was home, I should have chopped him up with a knife."
Ye Hua choked up as she spoke, her body trembling. If her brother-in-law hadn't come back last night, they would have all been asleep. If something had happened, she would have been so sorry for her younger sister for the rest of her life.
How could Wang Hu do such a thing?
“Nothing happened, you don’t know anything.” Ye Wan held Ye Hua’s hand. “I’ll go make breakfast, you can rest a bit more.”
"Mother, let me go." Daya came out of the house, and it was clear that she hadn't gone to sleep.
She knew her father had come last night.
Er Ya and San Ya were fast asleep and didn't know.
No one mentioned this matter. After breakfast, Ye Wan planned to go to the village to try and get closer to the village chief's wife, Zhao Shi. However, the village chief arrived with the village chief of Wangjia Village, followed by a large group of people.
"Is Ye Hua here? Is Wang Hu here with you too?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Wan immediately raised her voice, "Village Chief Wang, how could we possibly let a grown man stay overnight in a house full of women and children? Don't ruin our reputation."
Village Chief Wang waved his hand, "That's not what I meant. Wang Hu went out yesterday and hasn't been seen since. I was wondering if something had happened to him, so I came to look for him."
Wangjia Village is populated entirely by people with the surname Wang; it's a large village known for its unity.
Ye Hua came out of the house, still holding a needle and thread, and said blankly, "I don't know. My little sister is scared, so I came to keep her company. What happened to Wang Hu?"
Wang Ming, who came with Village Chief Wang, said, "It's such a mess outside, why is Wang Hu still running around? There's no one here, Village Chief, did he go to one of his relatives' houses?"
The city was in chaos, with murders even taking place in the streets. Wang Ming only had his grandmother at home, and since there was no one to take care of him after the incident, he returned home.
"Village chief, village chief, we've found him!"
Just then, a young man from Wangjia Village came running up, panting.
Wang Ming asked anxiously, "Found him? Did he go home?"
"Found in a ditch, the person was already dead..."
"What?"
Everyone in Wangjia Village was stunned, and even the people from Shenggou Village who had come to watch the spectacle were astonished.
"I don't know, it seems like he fell into a ditch and was stabbed to death by a stick."
When they found Wang Hu, he was lying face down, with sharp wooden sticks still stuck in his body; he had died a horrible death.
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