Jiang Xiaowan: "She's a capable woman."
In that era, if someone remained unmarried for life, regardless of the reason, there would be no shortage of gossip behind their back. Even in modern society, if someone is past the marriageable age and still doesn't get married, they will be criticized by bored people.
She herself is 29 years old this year. Because of this game where life and death are unknown, she does not intend to maintain a long-term relationship with anyone. She cannot afford the responsibility of a family and cannot marry a partner who does not know the truth, even though she knows the future is uncertain.
She'd rather find temporary solace in a consensual relationship with a player in a game when she has emotional needs than date an ordinary person. Forget about feelings; what if a player came after her in real life and she died? What would happen to her family?
But for this very reason, in the eyes of her parents and even distant relatives, she was seen as disobedient.
The blind dates they introduced her to over the years were a mixed bag. It was rare to find someone who genuinely cared about her. They picked out a promising young man from a bunch of unattractive men, and then the man's parents secretly asked the matchmaker if she was sick or had some other problem since she was already thirty. Otherwise, how could such an outstanding person be over thirty and still not married?
Jiang Xiaowan smiled and let it go after hearing this. She told her parents that she didn't want to get married, and they told her not to be too picky and what kind of person she was looking for at her age.
That's why she said Yu Qiongzhi was formidable. As a woman living in the feudal era who never married, she must have suffered a lot of slander throughout her life. Even if she was called "Grandma," wouldn't the descendants of the Yu family still dare to desecrate her grave?
Jiang Xiaowan asked the boss, "Were Yu Shuang and her son Yu Guang, or any other family members, not robbed?"
The boss scratched the back of his head. "No, I've never heard of that. It's mainly about digging up ancestors' graves. That's something that would be struck by lightning. I doubt they would dare to do it."
Just as I expected.
Jiang Xiaowan thanked the boss and asked if he knew anything else. The boss said no.
A few people stirred the food in their bowls with their chopsticks, pretended to sit for two minutes, then got up. The owner, holding a jade ring, didn't care whether they had eaten or not, and grinned as he saw them off.
Leaving the main road once again, Shekh led the others into the mountains to dig for wild vegetables.
The misty woods were very humid, the sky was shrouded in shadow, and the trees and ground were covered with moss, making it easy to slip and fall.
Shi Jin carried Shehe on his back, but his movements became stiff after entering the forest for a quarter of an hour.
Shekh voluntarily stepped down, knowing that the plot was about to unfold again.
"The picking area is just ahead, everyone hurry up."
Jiang Xiaowan cried out in alarm, "Teacher, there's a graveyard ahead..."
Qian Chang shouted excitedly, "This is the first time I've ever seen a mound like this. They're still burying people here? Are we going to get lost in a maze?"
Lin Shu had no choice but to try to stop Huang Yingzong, like a hostage threatened with a bomb, her tone cold and hard: "Don't talk nonsense in broad daylight."
“Yeah, there must be hundreds of graves here, it’s… terrifying.” Ye Zhan rubbed his arms. “It feels like the temperature drops as soon as we get close. Teacher, can we go back? I’m scared.”
"Tch, a bunch of cowards. That's all feudal superstition. I don't believe in ghosts. Has anyone actually seen one yet?"
Qian Chang scoffed and changed his tune with a grin, "Oh, except for that guy surnamed Yao who went crazy last night saying there were ghosts. Don't scare yourself later."
Yao Shu forced out two tears, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked at Huang Yingzong, "A-Zong..."
Lin Shu: "Isn't it better to have some self-respect and self-love? Stop thinking about other people's boyfriends all the time."
As if provoked by those words, Yao Shu bit her lip, turned around, and ran into the woods.
Fu Guan quickly pulled her back, saying, "A girl shouldn't wander around here. Aren't you afraid some old bachelor will kidnap you?"
"Old bachelor?" Yao Shu looked both panicked and aggrieved, but in her heart she thought it was fortunate that Fu Guan pulled her back in time, otherwise she would have been gone.
"Can you protect me?" she asked, her eyes fixed on Huang Yingzong.
"Heh." Jiang Xiaowan laughed sarcastically, "Quite the appetite, always wanting more than what you have."
Yao Shu: "Ah...I didn't..."
Jiang Xiaowan: Not yet.
Yao Shu: "Ah Zong~ Guan Zai brother~ No, I didn't..."
“yue”.
Fu Guan stood in the middle, covering his mouth with his fist, and said, "I didn't feel well at lunch, I'm sorry."
He really didn't do it on purpose; he just couldn't control his physiological reaction.
Those four words are terrifying. Didn't Yao Shu feel like throwing up when she was acting out this scene?
Yao Shu felt nauseous, but the plot forced her down the path of being a "green tea" (a manipulative woman), leading to a second "flower bloom" (a metaphor for a manipulative woman). "Brother Guanzai, are you alright?"
Fu Guan waved his hand: "...That's good, let's go dig for wild vegetables."
Shi Jinzhe was relieved to see that the terrible plot made Yao Shu and Fu Guan's pain palpable. Fortunately, his character was deaf and mute, and he only had to follow the plot with Shehe.
I picked a blade of grass from yesterday's grave, and being lazy, I simply used my skill to grow grass.
Seeing that there was no tombstone on this grave mound, he wandered around the cemetery, looking for graves with inscriptions on them.
Shekh stayed by the edge of the woods, occasionally making eye contact with him. As Shi Jinzhe moved further away, he noticed that her ribbon was thinner, making her purple eyes even more prominent.
It's so good, I don't want to finish the game, I just want to keep watching.
"Oh dear, how come there's an empty grave?" As usual, Qian Chang used his brainless way of pushing the plot forward, nimbly jumping down, only half of his body showing, and even hopping around a couple of times.
Ye Zhan continued the storyline: "Even if my brother doesn't believe in ghosts, shouldn't he at least respect the deceased? This is so impolite."
"Little brat, do I need you to tell me? If you're so capable, tell them to come find me."
Shekh walked over: "Quiet down, come out."
Qian Chang also wanted to come out, but he couldn't, and instead argued back, "I'm not coming out."
"Then you can stay here forever."
Sher's casual remark sent a chill down Qian Chang's spine.
He could tell that these were lines from a character, otherwise Shekh wouldn't have contradicted himself by first using the teacher's orders to get him out.
These words are bad luck, we can't listen to them. We only have one chance to change the plot, and we can't use it until the crucial moment. Qian Chang's mind was racing, trying to think of a way to change things.
Suddenly, a blurry figure drifted through the bushes behind Shekh. Startled, he immediately jumped out of the coffin, shouting, "Who goes there?!"
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