After exiting the cave, Liu Xiaoyuan saw Yin Xiaofei standing at the entrance shouting, as if he wanted to come inside.
"Village Party Secretary, what brings you here?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked with a smile.
Yin Xiaofei said worriedly, "You two finally came out. I thought something had happened to you in the cave. Are you alright?"
Liu Xiaoyuan shook his head and said, "How could anything be wrong with us? We're perfectly fine, aren't we? What happened?"
Yin Xiaofei said, "Let's go, we'll talk as we walk." With that, Yin Xiaofei took the lead and walked ahead.
"My uncle's house caught fire, and I guess my uncle died in the fire," Yin Xiaofei said, a hint of sadness in his voice.
Liu Xiaoyuan thought to himself, "Your uncle deserved to die. It's too easy for him to die like this."
That's what he was thinking, but Liu Xiaoyuan still pretended to be surprised and said, "Village Secretary, are you telling the truth? Your uncle's house caught fire?"
As he spoke, Liu Xiaoyuan turned his head to look and then asked, "Village Secretary, have you found the cause of the fire? Why did it suddenly catch fire out of nowhere?"
Yin Xiaofei shook his head and said, "Who knows? My uncle is always so secretive. Who knows when his house caught fire? By the way, Xiaoyuan, did you notice anything unusual when you went up the mountain?"
Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu shook their heads simultaneously, indicating that they hadn't noticed anything amiss.
"Village Party Secretary, please accept my condolences!" Liu Xiaoyuan comforted him.
Yin Xiaofei waved his hand and said, "To tell you the truth, I am not sad at all that my uncle was burned to death. To be honest, it's like someone who has nothing to do with me was killed, because I have no feelings for him."
As they walked and talked, when they arrived at Yin Zhengdao's house, Yin Xiaofei said to Liu Xiaoyuan, "You two go back to my house first. I'll stay here for a while and wait for the police to arrive."
Liu Xiaoyuan said, "Let's stay here too. We'll be bored going back anyway, so let's just stay here for a while."
Upon hearing this, Yin Xiaofei said, "Alright then, if you don't want to go back, then stay here."
An hour later, the police finally arrived and conducted an investigation of the scene, but they couldn't come to any conclusions. However, judging from the ashes at the scene, there were other people besides Yin Zhengdao.
Upon hearing the news, the villagers immediately began to discuss it, and everyone rushed home to check if any of their family members were missing.
Yin Xiaofei said doubtfully, "Officer, could there be a mistake? My uncle has always been single. How could there be other people's ashes in this house?"
The police officer said, "We are not mistaken. According to our investigation, these ashes belong to children, probably as many as six or seven."
Upon hearing the policeman's words, Yin Xiaofei immediately recalled the time when his uncle's apprentice brought him a child.
Yin Xiaofei was immediately puzzled, wondering why his uncle was raising so many children at home and why he wasn't letting anyone know. Was there some unspeakable secret behind it?
However, now that his uncle is dead, everything is uncertain, and Yin Xiaofei will not reveal this matter.
After staying there for another day, Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu decided to leave.
The two people and the cat walked out of the Miao village. On the way, they called Lu Siyao, who said that she had gone back first and was already at home.
Afterwards, Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu arrived at Xiaoxin's house. At this moment, everything had changed. Xiaoxin was no longer there, and neither was her grandmother.
When Liu Xiaoyuan pushed open the door to Xiaoxin's house, the scene of his first meeting with Xiaoxin involuntarily flashed through his mind. At that time, Xiaoxin was very wary of strangers, and only after Su Yu gave her money did she let Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu into the house.
Moreover, after entering the house, Xiaoxin didn't say much, seemingly an introverted girl...
As Liu Xiaoyuan pushed open the door, all sorts of memories about Xiaoxin flooded his mind.
Alas! The beauty is gone, and everything is in the past.
"Are you thinking about Xiaoxin again?" Su Yu asked Liu Xiaoyuan.
Liu Xiaoyuan nodded and said, "Xiaoxin died after all, taking that knife for me."
Although Xiaoxin's grandmother tried to assassinate her that time, it was impossible for her to assassinate Liu Xiaoyuan. Even if Xiaoxin didn't use her body to block him, Liu Xiaoyuan would be fine.
However, under those circumstances, Xiaoxin selflessly shielded Liu Xiaoyuan from the knife with her own body, which made Liu Xiaoyuan feel extremely guilty.
Xiao Xin is a good girl, but Liu Xiaoyuan has no feelings for her. Even when Xiao Xin took the knife for him, Liu Xiaoyuan still only had the feelings of a friend for her, not feelings that went beyond friendship.
"Don't dwell on the past anymore. I think Xiaoxin also wants you to live a happy life," Su Yu comforted her.
After browsing around Xiaoxin's house, Liu Xiaoyuan didn't find any photos of Xiaoxin. It seems that Xiaoxin has lived a long life without leaving behind a single photograph.
"Su Yu, I want to visit Xiao Xin's grave," Liu Xiaoyuan said to Su Yu.
After this departure, it will be difficult to have the opportunity to come here again, and I'm afraid I won't have time to visit Xiaoxin's grave.
So, I took this opportunity to go to Xiaoxin's grave to say goodbye.
"I'll go with you," Su Yu said.
Liu Xiaoyuan shook his head and said, "I'll go by myself. You can wait for me here, or in the car."
Su Yu said, "Okay, I'll wait for you in the car."
Liu Xiaoyuan walked towards Xiaoxin's burial place. After walking for about four hours, he finally arrived at Xiaoxin's grave. It was already late at night, and unknown birds were calling in the mountains and forests. The sound was like the crying of a baby, which was chilling.
The night wind rustled the leaves, making it sound as if someone was walking by, which gave one a slightly creepy feeling.
In addition, this is a Miao village, and as far as the eye can see, it is pitch black everywhere, without a single ray of light.
If an ordinary person were in such an environment, they would probably be trembling with fear, but Liu Xiaoyuan, as a master of the third level of the Innate Realm, and having done nothing wrong, was not afraid at all.
"Wow!" an unknown bird cried out again, followed by a commotion in the mountains as several birds frantically flapped their wings and flew about.
Startled by the sudden commotion, Liu Xiaoyuan wondered what had gotten into the birds, which suddenly flapped their wings and took flight.
Liu Xiaoyuan looked in that direction. Although it was pitch black in the wilderness, he could still see the scenery within a radius of more than ten meters. Finding nothing amiss, Liu Xiaoyuan then looked away.
(End of this chapter)
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