Chapter 464: Evil
The aunties were very talkative. After learning that Gu Xizhou was an officer in a nearby army unit, the topic naturally turned to Zhao Xue, a villager who had married two officers.
"Have you seen the son born to that girl Zhao Xue? He's quite strange."
"I've never seen that. Zhao Xue's second husband couldn't hold back his shit. It's not normal for a father like that to give birth to an abnormal son."
"It's much more bizarre than this. Wasn't Zhao Xue driven by her mother to live in that shabby little house at the entrance of the village? I heard from Chunhua that Zhao Xue beat and scolded the child in the middle of the night, and the child didn't even cry."
"Oh, that's really a bit too weird."
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Su Nanzhi listened to the conversation between several people and couldn't help but touch her belly.
For the baby in her belly, she only hopes that the baby will be kind, happy and healthy.
Just at this time, Gu Xizhou and his companions also put the necessary bricks onto the ox cart.
In addition to bricks, Su Nanzhi also exchanged some cement and sand with the village chief, which could be used to build a bathroom.
It took them a little over half an hour to buy the bricks.
The village chief was driving the ox cart in front, and Gu Xizhou and Su Nanzhi followed behind.
Although he was just moving bricks, Gu Xizhou also heard the discussions of those ladies.
Seeing Su Nanzhi's pensive look, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"What's wrong? Are you thinking about Zhao Xue?"
Without waiting for Su Nanzhi to answer, he continued speaking.
"I'll ask the village chief of Zhaojia Village about Zhao Xue later."
Su Nanzhi didn't say whether it was good or bad, "Xizhou, do you think I'm being too soft-hearted?"
Although she just thought that Zhao Xue's child was not a good person, she felt a little soft-hearted after hearing what the aunts said.
Gu Xizhou's expression was serious. "Nanzhi, this is not soft-heartedness, this is your kindness. You just don't want to watch a life slip away."
"And any person with a conscience would ask more questions when hearing such a thing."
When Su Nanzhi heard this, her brows relaxed slightly.
Just think of it as her repaying the Qin family for raising her for so many years.
She couldn't adopt Qin Lie's child, but as a normal person with a conscience, she couldn't bear to witness Zhao Xue abusing a newborn baby.
Thinking of this, she nodded slightly.
Seeing this, Gu Xizhou was about to walk quickly to the ox cart.
The ox cart suddenly stopped, and because of inertia, the bricks on the cart fell to the ground, making a crackling sound.
The village chief of Zhaojia Village gently stroked the old ox's head with the back of his hand, and then looked at Gu Xizhou and Su Nanzhi with an apologetic look.
"Comrade, I'm sorry, the cattle in our village just gave birth a while ago and are in a bad mood."
Seeing this, Gu Xizhou didn't bother to ask what he was about to ask. He waved his hand and bent down to pick up the brick that fell on the ground.
Just as Su Nanzhi was about to go over to help, she was stopped by Gu Xizhou.
"Don't move."
Su Nanzhi was a little slow to react, but she stood there obediently.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Xizhou raised his head with an ugly expression.
"There's a kid in the bushes."
Hearing this, the village chief of Zhaojia Village, who was rebuilding the bricks, immediately ran to Gu Xizhou.
Gu Xizhou said he had a child, but he didn't pick up the child. He just said to the village chief of Zhaojia Village who had also come closer: "The child is dead."
Although Gu Xizhou lowered his voice, Su Nanzhi, who was standing not far away, still heard it.
Her expression changed and she unconsciously wanted to get closer.
But before he had taken a few steps, he was stopped by Gu Xizhou.
"Nanzhi, please move aside. I'm afraid I'll scare you."
After hearing what Gu Xizhou said, Su Nanzhi finally reacted and immediately took a few steps back. Although she had a hard life in her previous life, even when she was sick and hospitalized, she had never seen a dead person, let alone a child.
Although she had no taboos about the dead, she was still a little scared after all.
The village chief was also startled. Seeing the bricks falling around, he said in a trembling voice, "Could this child have been killed by a brick?"
Seeing that Su Nanzhi turned around and didn't look at this side, Gu Xizhou walked back to his original place and looked at the baby lying on the ground with a dark blue face and no breath at all.
The fallen brick was several centimeters away from the baby.
It would be better to say that the baby was frozen to death or abused to death than to say that the baby was hit by a brick.
There were obvious bruises on the baby's exposed limbs and head.
Moreover, the thin patched clothes the baby was wearing were now soaked with water, and looked much darker than before.
Although he didn't see the face just now, Gu Xizhou could tell at a glance from the baby's attire that this baby was the one Zhao Xue was carrying on her back just now.
After the initial panic, the village chief quickly calmed down and realized that the baby's death had nothing to do with him.
He took a step back, frowned, and said with disgust: "Whose dead child is left on the road?"
As he said this, he picked up a branch from the ground beside him, lifted up the boy's pants and took a look, and a hint of doubt suddenly appeared on his face.
"Is it a boy?"
Some superstitious families, when they give birth to a baby girl, will throw the baby on the road and let thousands of people step on her to prevent her from being reborn into their family.
It’s because the authorities have been strict in recent years that dead babies used to be found on the streets from time to time.
It is rare to see baby boys.
Gu Xizhou turned his head to look at Su Nanzhi, then at the head of Zhaojia Village, "Head, this child belongs to Zhao Xue from your village."
Without waiting for the head of Zhaojia Village to speak, he continued, "Just now, when my wife and I came to your village, we met Zhao Xue with the child. Now the child is dead and Zhao Xue is gone. What we need most is to report to the police."
Before the village chief realized that the dead baby was Zhao Xue's from the village, he heard the second half of Gu Xizhou's words.
He said without hesitation, "Comrade Gu, there's no need to report it to the police. It's not easy for everyone. Some children are born in poor health, and if they die, we can just find someone else..."
But he stopped talking halfway when he saw Gu Xizhou's cold eyes.
Gu Xizhou glanced at the village chief and said, "My wife and I will call the police. You stay here and watch. I'm afraid the child isn't in poor health, but was abused to death. Or maybe someone left the child here and wants to blackmail them. If that happens, your Zhaojia Village will be in real trouble."
Although he didn't hear the village chief finish the second half of his sentence, Gu Xizhou also understood what he meant.
The village chief was about to retort that the people in Zhaojia Village were all kind and would not do such a thing as blackmailing others.
A figure rushed down from the small hill nearby.
"Murder! Help!"
As the sharp female voice rang out, the village chief had only one thought in his mind.
It’s over. The more you don’t want something to happen, the more it will happen.
Thinking of this, he stepped forward to stop the figure.
For both public and private reasons, he didn't want this matter to become a big deal.
After seeing Zhao Xue suddenly appear on the slope, Gu Xizhou's first reaction was to walk to Su Nanzhi's side.
But when he saw Su Nanzhi's pale face, he didn't care about anything else.
"Nanzhi, I'll take you to Mr. Xu's place to rest for a while and come back later."
After saying that, without waiting for Su Nanzhi's reaction, he carried her on his back and ran towards Xu's house.
Su Nanzhi did not try to be brave this time. She didn't know what was going on, but her chest felt stuffy and she couldn't breathe.
This time she did not try to be brave, but lay on Gu Xizhou's back without struggling.
Although he was carrying someone on his back, it did not affect Gu Xizhou's steps at all.
Soon they disappeared from the sight of Zhao Xue and the village chief.
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