Chapter 443: Mist
The villagers' faces suddenly turned frightened and ugly.
Subconsciously, I stared at Su Tan, waiting for his next words.
What if someone suddenly appears out of nowhere and says they are willing to give them everything they want?
The only price is to exchange their children's lives.
They will certainly scoff at it.
He might even ask the villagers to beat this evil bastard to death.
As for whether they would suddenly think of this matter one night and then feel regretful, and couldn't help but wonder if they had agreed at the beginning, whether they would have really been living a life of luxury and success now, that is something they would only consider later.
But their first reaction would definitely be to refuse.
But if—everyone’s body trembled violently.
But what if, what if they were just dreaming?
If they dreamed of a life of having no worries about food and clothing - Su Tan and Lu Zhiheng's faces suddenly became extremely ugly.
Lu Zhiheng quickly grabbed the arm of a villager next to him and couldn't help asking questions.
"Think carefully, have you ever dreamed of any unfamiliar faces you've never seen before?"
"He told you that he was willing to give you everything you wanted, but he didn't know what you were willing to give in exchange."
When Lu Zhiheng asked this, a glimmer of hope suddenly appeared in his eyes. He felt that now that everything had reached this point, perhaps the clouds would clear and the moon would appear.
But the villagers' reactions that followed were bound to disappoint him. The villagers shook their heads, confusion in their eyes.
"No."
"If we really had such a strange dream, and dreamed that there was something like this in our dream, telling lies and misleading people, I think we would have told it a long time ago."
The people in this village don't have any taboos. They will just tell what they dreamed about, unless the dream is too unbearable to talk about.
Otherwise it's just a dream. We can talk about it together during work and everything will be said.
But no one said it.
This naturally proves that they have never had any inexplicable dreams.
I never dreamed of any so-called immortals.
Lu Zhiheng's heart suddenly sank to the bottom like a stone.
He never thought that this matter would be so difficult.
No matter how hard he and Su Tan tried to investigate, they seemed unable to find any clues.
There are many times when they always think that things will light up in the next moment, but reality always brings them back to where they were.
Su Tan's expression also became tense at this moment.
She and Lu Zhiheng closed their eyes. Just when they themselves felt that they were at a dead end and would never find the truth, a thin woman suddenly said, "I...I remember I seemed to have had a dream before!"
"No, no!"
When she said this, she shook her head violently and said, "It wasn't my dream! It was my husband's dream!"
When she said this, her voice choked and she wiped the tears from her face vigorously.
"As you know, my husband is an alcoholic. He's addicted to alcohol. If I try to persuade him to drink less, he'll even hit me."
"He once told me that he dreamed he had become a wine immortal, with an endless supply of fine wines to drink. He could even pick up a jar of priceless wine just by going out!"
"At that time..."
The woman's expression gradually became terrified, and she suddenly realized that what they were experiencing was gradually overlapping with her husband's dream.
"At that time he said, if..."
"He said that if his dream could come true, he would give up everything, even die immediately!"
Su Tan suddenly caught the meaning of giving up everything.
She immediately fixed her gaze on the woman and said urgently, "Are you sure? What you are experiencing now is exactly the same as what he dreamed!"
The woman nodded vigorously.
Since it concerns the child, how could she dare to be careless? What's more, if Su Tan hadn't mentioned it before, she wouldn't have noticed it. Now that Su Tan mentioned it, she immediately felt that all this was not a coincidence.
Her eyes suddenly turned scarlet.
"Is it him?"
"Did he encounter some demon or monster and make a deal with the devil, trading our daughter's life for her dream life?"
It is true that everyone is eager to find the child, and if there really are any clues, they will definitely not hold back and report them.
But what if—the woman gritted her teeth, "But what if he gained something by selling our daughter's life? Will he still tell the truth then?"
Those with vested interests will never speak.
Whenever I open my mouth, I am thinking about how to make it permanent, enjoy the benefits, and keep myself from falling.
I don't care about those nonsense.
After she shouted like this, more and more people began to speak with trembling bodies.
"I...I suddenly remembered that I seemed to have had a similar dream!"
The one who spoke was the hunter.
His body suddenly fell to the ground, tears blurred his vision, and he beat his chest in pain.
"How could I forget!"
"I had a similar dream around that time. I dreamed that I was always extremely lucky when I went hunting in the mountains. Not only could I catch small animals like rabbits and foxes, but also wild boars, wolves, and tigers!"
"I rely on hunting to earn enough to provide for my wife, children and the elderly."
As he said this, tears of regret streamed down his face and he slapped himself hard.
"At that time, I told my daughter that it would be great if everything in the dream was real. Then I could buy her everything she wanted, whether it was hair ornaments or beautiful clothes. As long as she wanted it, I would buy it for her."
At that time, his daughter smiled and told him to stop dreaming.
In an instant, the hunter burst into tears.
"I told my daughter at the time that I knew I was dreaming, but as long as the dream was real, I would do anything."
"...Is it because of what I said that my child was harmed?!"
"master!"
"Master, tell me, did this sentence harm my child?"
The hunter's tone suddenly became extremely urgent.
He tried hard to grab something, but found that his hands were shaking uncontrollably.
After hearing them say this one by one, suddenly some of them started slapping themselves in the face.
"We...we seem to have said something like this."
Some women have never said such words, and like the woman at the beginning, they remember their men saying such words.
Or maybe the elders in the family said it.
After all, now that everything has come to this, it seems that the truth has finally been revealed.
"I see!"
"I see!"
Some people couldn't help but shiver violently.
Tears fell one by one to the ground.
"It turns out that we were the ones who harmed our own children. It turns out that we were the culprits all along!"
Someone finally couldn't hold back a whimper and fell heavily to the ground.
Su Tan frowned tightly.
"It's not your fault."
Apart from some gamblers and drunkards, most of the people here are actually rare honest and decent people. They have no evil intentions in their lives and just work hard.
Sometimes I dream that I suddenly have enough food and clothing, or that I bring more income to my family.
After waking up from the dream, I sighed with a sense of loss and said, "I wish everything in the dream was real."
As long as they are truly willing to do whatever you ask them to do, there is nothing wrong with that.
They are just ordinary people, and it is normal for them to say such things.
Because this is an ordinary picture.
But who could have imagined that behind a joke there was so much blood.
Although Su Tan had tried his best to persuade them not to take all the responsibility on themselves, how could they bear such a result?
Who could have imagined that the person behind this had such sinister intentions and set up such a trap for them.
No matter how sad you are or how much you continue to cry, it is useless.
The most urgent task now is to bring the real murderer to justice to prevent more people from falling victim to his murderous hands.
Someone looked at Su Tan with gritted teeth but pleading expressions, begging her to catch the murderer and not let that person continue to cause trouble no matter what.
Lu Zhiheng gritted his teeth, "The person behind this is so cunning!"
However—Lu Zhiheng frowned tightly, and suddenly looked at Su Tan: "This is sending countless fine wines, silver, and prey. What kind of financial resources does this person behind this have?"
"It's only then that we can achieve these without any effort!"
Even if he was a wealthy businessman from an ordinary family, he would have to spend a lot of money to do this, not to mention that things like leopards cannot be found just by having money.
Some things can only be encountered by chance, but they just happen to encounter them.
Everyone reacted immediately and suddenly understood what was going on. They felt that the person who did the evil must be a very rich person.
Lu Zhiheng said: "I still don't know what the purpose of the person behind this is."
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