When the coffin was sealed, people around saw the old man's daughter crying, and those who were sentimental also had tears in their eyes.
Guan Shigao, however, was filled with only tension during those few short minutes.
He was terrified that someone would discover he had taken the old man's gold bracelet, and his whole body was tense to the extreme.
Guan Shigao only breathed a sigh of relief when the coffin lid was securely closed and the Taoist priest instructed them that they could carry the coffin away.
His little trick went unnoticed, thank goodness!
Nobody knew he had stolen a gold bracelet!
Afterwards, Guan Shigao and several other coffin bearers carried the old man's grave to the prepared cemetery and helped to cover it with soil.
Guan Shigao was finally at ease only after the old man's coffin was completely buried in the ground and the grave mound was finished.
Judging from how filial the old man's daughter was to him, she would absolutely not dig up the old man's grave again to check if anything inside was missing.
After the funeral, the old man's daughter gave a large red envelope to the group of people who had helped.
When Guan Shigao received the red envelope, he felt a little guilty.
But he thought that if he didn't accept the red envelope, it would definitely arouse suspicion from others, so in the end he accepted the red envelope and went home without even having dinner.
After returning home, Guan Shigao quickly took off the gold bracelet he was wearing on his arm.
Because he was afraid the gold bracelet would fall off, he kept pushing it upwards on his arm, making it stick tightly. It took him a lot of effort to remove the bracelet, leaving a deep mark on his arm.
However, these scratches are nothing compared to the large gold bracelet.
Guan Shigao never expected that he would actually be able to bring the bracelet back safely.
With this bracelet, he can finally hold his head high in front of his in-laws!
However, although this bracelet looks precious, and its weight and appearance are very impressive, it was worn by a dead person after all. It would definitely be inappropriate to give it to a daughter-in-law to wear.
Firstly, he was worried that if the old man's daughter saw him in the future, she might recognize him, and then his theft would be exposed.
Secondly, although he is not afraid of dead people, things worn by dead people are bound to be a bit unlucky. What if it really affects his daughter-in-law and son?
So Guan Shigao originally planned to take the gold bracelet to a jewelry store to melt it down and then have it remade into several pieces of jewelry, which would be equivalent to having a new one.
It would be best to make it into a set.
That way, it will be more presentable.
However, he had just returned from the old man's funeral, and he was worried that going to the jewelry store right away would arouse suspicion.
So Guan Shigao originally planned to deal with the gold bracelet after some time.
What he didn't expect was that, just a few days later, he started acting strangely that very night.
After deciding that he would take the gold bracelet to be processed in a few days, Guan Shigao put the bracelet in a cabinet, hid it, locked it, and never opened it again.
He went to sleep that night with a mix of excitement and nervousness.
As a result, he woke up in the middle of the night feeling a chill in his room.
In his dazed state, Guan Shigao thought he hadn't covered himself with a blanket.
But when I reached out and touched myself, I found that the blanket was covering me perfectly.
Just as Guan Shigao was wondering what was going on, he then noticed that his arm was starting to throb with pain, as if something was forcibly gripping his arm, with such force that he felt like the blood in his arm couldn't flow.
This strange discomfort immediately brought Guan Shigao back to his senses. He quickly turned on the light to check the situation, worried that a snake might have entered the house and coiled around his arm.
Although the weather has cooled down now and snakes are about to enter hibernation, they shouldn't be crawling around anymore.
But what if there's a snake whose habits are the opposite of the others?
However, when Guan Shigao turned on the light, he discovered that there was no snake on his arm at all.
Not only were they not on her arms, but they were also not by the bedside.
Even when Guan Shigao was on the safe side, he got out of bed and thoroughly checked the entire house, but he couldn't find any trace of snakes.
It seems that what was holding his arm just now wasn't a snake.
If it's not a snake, then what could it be? It can't be just his imagination, right?
Guan Shigao rolled up his sleeves in confusion, but still couldn't find anything amiss.
As he raised his arm, the tightness disappeared, but the chilling feeling remained.
At this point, he began to wonder if his arm injury was caused by doing too much heavy work in the past two days.
He tried shaking his arm a few more times to make sure there was no injury to his muscles and bones before he was relieved.
As long as no bones or tendons are injured, it's probably just a muscle strain or something similar, and it will be fine in a few days.
After that, he didn't pay much attention to the discomfort in his arm and went back to bed after turning off the lights.
Not long after he fell asleep, the tight feeling he had felt before returned.
However, since Guan Shigao felt that his arm was not seriously injured, he did not get up to check it and planned to rely on the "delaying tactic" to get through it.
When he woke up the next day, he checked the condition of his arm and found that it was much better than the night before. It wasn't as cold, and he no longer had that throbbing pain from the tight grip.
He then realized that his thinking last night was correct, and that this minor injury would heal in a few days.
Today is better than last night, and tomorrow will definitely be better than today.
To his surprise, the condition of his arm did not gradually improve over time.
The discomfort in my arm worsened on the second night, even more so than the night before.
That night, Guan Shigao was so affected by the pain in his arm that he barely slept a wink.
But miraculously, his arm pain would ease when daylight came.
This made Guan Shigao repeatedly doubt himself over the next few days whether it was a minor ailment or whether he could recover on his own.
But the pain would become more and more intense at night.
After several sleepless nights, Guan Shigao finally decided to get a proper check-up.
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