Chapter 18018 Sister-in-law, I am my brother
A panicked pregnant woman collapsed on the bank of the Yunshui River. It was a strange sight no matter how you looked at it. I couldn't imagine a family letting a woman about to give birth go out alone. It looked like she'd been chased and fled here.
Jinniang, Wuniang, and Yanniang were all ghosts. They couldn't be seen, and naturally, they couldn't be touched. Even if they could possess someone, it would still harm the person they possessed, especially since the person was pregnant. So, they couldn't be careless.
So in the end it was me who had to take action.
Perhaps it was due to my good deeds, but this time I was able to transform into a humanoid form. I only tried it a little at first, but it actually worked. Although I like the intimidating fish head, I was still a pregnant woman, so it was still too frightening.
He walked over, picked her up, and placed her under the tree. The lush branches blocked the scorching sun, and spots of light filtered through the gaps between the branches and leaves.
Jinniang brought some water, and I carefully poured it into her mouth. Although most of it overflowed from the corners of her mouth, at least a small part of it went in. Seeing her lips were dry and chapped, I guess she hadn't had any water in a while.
We moved our time to the tree. Yanniang checked in the direction the pregnant woman had come from, then hurried over to tell me that several strangers were heading that way, and they were full of murderous intent, like they were out to kill people.
Jinniang looked at the pregnant woman with pity: "Could it be that he is here to kill her?"
Me: “You can’t be here for vacation.”
"Let's go back to the riverbed first."
A small magic spell was cast on the pregnant woman, allowing her to breathe underwater temporarily, and then she was moved to the house at the bottom of the river - the house was the one Wu Gang had offered her.
He also asked Yan Niang to pass a message to the Taoist priest, for fear that he would accidentally run into these desperate criminals.
"What on earth could have caused these people to hunt down a pregnant woman?"
There are many, a pregnant woman being hunted... Just based on this plot, I have already imagined all kinds of plots.
After settling the pregnant woman, I asked Jinniang to take care of her while I went to the shore to check on the situation. As soon as I peeked out, I saw the person Yanniang had mentioned as possessing a strong aura of evil. All three were dressed in civilian attire, yet the aura of evil around them diminished their civilian appearance. Since no one was around, I didn't bother to hide it. Each of them had a long sword hanging from their waist, their right hands tightly gripping the hilt.
"I heard that many people have died in the Yunshui River. Maybe the woman fell into the river."
"Falling into the Yunshui River, did you hear the sound?"
"It would be even better if it fell into the Cloud and Water River. It would also save us from taking action and adding to our sins."
"Sins?" One of them suddenly laughed. "Why, Third Brother, are we afraid of sins in our line of work? We've already registered our names with the King of Hell!"
"She's probably hiding somewhere, waiting for us to leave."
"What does Big Brother mean?"
The one called Big Brother has an ordinary face, but when he raises his eyes, his pupils seem to be poisoned.
"In that case, let's look for her nearby. The people of Chengyun County say that the Yunshui Goddess of the Yunshui River now protects Chengyun County. They also say that the Yunshui Goddess loves children. Who knows, maybe Liu is seeking help from the Yunshui Goddess."
The third brother pondered for a moment and said, "If it's Lady Yunshui, then we..."
The boss sneered, "Miss Yunshui? It's just a trick of those Taoist priests!"
The second brother yelled, "Third brother! What's wrong with you today? Why are you making excuses when doing your work?!"
“…”
Listening to their conversation, I suddenly remembered a question that had been overlooked: how could a pregnant woman outrun three adult men? Even the distance between them was only a quarter of an hour?
After much thought, I can only conclude that this pregnant woman should be living in Chengyun County. Maybe she discovered that someone was chasing her, so she ran to Yunshui River.
However, Chengyun County is quite far from Yunshui River. It is obvious that seeking help from the government is the fastest way, but she came to Yunshui River. Could it be that she knew that the government could not do anything to these killers?
Seeing the three men going deep into the nearby woods to search for the woman, I returned to my underwater residence and Jinniang told me that the pregnant woman had woken up.
She woke up pretty quick.
The pale pregnant woman smiled faintly when she saw me, then knelt on the ground and said miserably: "Mrs. Yunshui——"
The woman revealed her surname was Liu, and that her husband was the one pursuing her. Suspecting the child in her womb wasn't his, he had someone prepare a bowl of "Luozi Tang" for her to drink, promising her he would treat her the same as before if she did. Lady Liu refused, but pretended to drink the soup, only to spit it out after her husband left. Knowing he wouldn't keep her child, she secretly escaped that night, traveling west to Chengyun County, where she remained.
It is described simply, but one does not know the danger involved.
When Jinniang heard this, she just sighed.
"There are so many unfaithful people in this world..." Since she was also harmed by her husband, she didn't find it strange to hear it.
Madam Liu said, "My husband is not a heartless man."
Wu Niang shook her head slightly and complained, "It's already this time, and you still want to speak for him?"
Madam Liu explained painfully, "I'm not speaking for him, but...but..." She took a deep breath and said, "I suspect that man is not my husband!"
Jinniang:?
Wu Niang:?
I:
Jinniang frowned: "Why do you say that, Madam?"
I felt like I was about to eat a big melon. So I sat quietly and listened to Madam Liu's explanation.
"Your Majesty, you don't know that my husband and his brother are twins. They look 90% alike, except for a small mole behind his right ear that's invisible unless you look closely. That day, when he came to hug me, I noticed the mole behind his right ear was gone... When he forced me to drink the Luozi soup, I knew he wasn't my husband, so I pretended to drink it and took the opportunity to escape. Since he could disguise himself as my husband, I guess he must have met with an accident long ago..."
As she spoke, Madam Liu began to cry.
Jinniang frowned: "So you suspect that your husband is actually your husband's younger brother?"
Madam Liu nodded with tears in her eyes.
Jinniang asked again, "If your brother-in-law pretends to be your husband, then your brother-in-law no longer exists, right?"
Madam Liu said, "Madam Jin, you don't know. Last year, my husband and my brother-in-law went out to sea for business, and only my husband came back."
"So you suspect that the person who returned is your brother-in-law in disguise as your husband?"
"That's right. How else could a person's mood change so drastically? I've been hiding in Chengyun County for months, and I didn't expect him to send someone to come looking for me again. This time, this time... please, Lady Yunshui, save me!"
…
"Did Lady Yunshui believe her words?" Jinniang asked me.
"She has no reason to lie." All she said was to ask me to save her life, not to kill her brother-in-law who was disguised as her husband.
"There's just one thing I'm not sure about. Can a tiny mole that's invisible if you don't pay attention be used as evidence to identify someone?"
Anyway, this is a weird story. If I were to lean a little too far, it might be a melodramatic romance. After all, before I was reincarnated, I'd read a lot of pseudo-human stories where the twin brother died, and the younger brother pretended to be the older brother to comfort his sister-in-law, hoping to return to his wife after the matter was over. These were extreme hypotensive treatment fictions.
If you go a little further, you might end up with something thriller or suspenseful. After all, this is a world with fairies and monsters, and it's possible for monsters to disguise themselves as humans.
I just don’t know which one Madam Liu encountered?
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