An eerie, clattering laugh could be heard from inside the room from time to time.
On the way back, Jiang Lu frequently looked up at Jiang Bai, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
"What's wrong?"
"Sister, were you bullied by Scholar Ji?"
When the betrothal ceremony was held, the older sister was not happy at all.
"Him? He thinks he can bully me?"
"Then why are you unhappy?"
"Sigh, you don't understand, I'm just feeling a bit complicated." After all, it's my first time getting married.
Jiang Lu tilted her head, her eyes filled with confusion.
"Don't think about it too much, hurry home and make wedding cakes, we need to deliver them tomorrow!"
The two sisters chatted and laughed all the way, but then they felt a bit overwhelmed thinking about the wedding cakes they were going to make that night.
Jiang Songwen had just received one treatment, but there was no visible effect yet. He just stared blankly at his two older sisters, occasionally glancing at them, but he couldn't understand why they would frown one moment and laugh happily the next.
No matter what, it's still a happy occasion.
Jiang Bai comforted himself in this way, and his mood gradually improved.
However, this good mood vanished as soon as I got home.
“Sister.” Jiang Lu nervously tugged at Jiang Bai’s sleeve.
Jiang Bai nodded, indicating that she had seen it.
The tightly closed gate of their house was now open, and the iron lock was nowhere to be seen. Smoke could be seen billowing from the chimney from a distance, and the sounds of women talking and children laughing could be heard coming from the yard.
If they hadn't left in the afternoon, she would have thought that after she had been gone for decades, the house had already been bought by someone else.
Seeing the half-open courtyard gate, Jiang Bai kicked it open. A basin fell from above, spilling foul-smelling blood. If they had pushed the door open, the blood would have splattered on their heads.
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