"Why are you staring at me?" Bai Rou'er kept staring at Zhang Fan, her eyes shining.
Bai Rou'er's face was beaming with a bright smile, and her voice was high: "Zhang Fan, you are so handsome. You fight with style and don't bully the weak. You help the weak and protect the innocent. I really found a treasure."
A barrage of exaggerated words poured out of Bai Rou'er's mouth like a machine gun, leaving Zhang Fan completely unaware of his many merits.
Bai Rou'er put her arm around his shoulder as they arrived at the auto repair shop. The mechanic secretly glanced at the two of them, amazed by Bai Rou'er's appearance, but even more envious of Zhang Fan.
The red BMW showed no signs of damage, which put Bai Rou'er at ease; she didn't want her family to worry.
Bai Rou'er first took Zhang Fan home. Today, under Zhang Fan's command, they drove directly to the border of Zhangjiapo.
Passing by the place where they parted yesterday, Zhang Fa couldn't help but ask, "Why were you angry yesterday?"
Bai Rou'er's face flushed red, and her voice was muffled: "Mind your own business when it comes to women!"
Zhang Fan wanted to ask more, but Bai Rou'er said, "We've arrived. I have to hurry home."
Bai Rou'er was very sad when they parted yesterday, but she hasn't stopped smiling all day.
This is the border of Zhangjiapo; it's still quite a distance from returning to the village.
Halfway there, he found that the villagers were particularly kind to him, and they greeted him with smiles whenever they saw him.
Zhang Fan felt strange, but considering his current persona as a fool, he didn't ask.
However, the villagers' discussions all reached his ears with the sound of the wind.
They were discussing seeing a deity last night—a dark figure that could leap more than ten meters into the air at an incredible speed, a speed that no human could possibly achieve.
The dark figure headed towards Baijia Village. Coincidentally, Zeng Hu died in Baijia Village yesterday.
It is said that he was still in Zhangjiapo last night, sleeping at Zeng Guihua's house. For some reason, he rode his motorcycle to Baijia Village last night and died there.
There were no external injuries, but it seems that the patient has suffered a lot of torment. It is said that all the internal organs are rotten and there is not a single intact part.
Moreover, his death was gruesome; it is said that he was scared to death.
The villagers are all saying that Zeng Hu was punished by the gods for doing too many bad things.
Zhang Fan was halfway there when he heard a commotion coming from the village.
Looking down from the mountainside, he saw Zeng Guihua's door smashed open. She walked out covered in blood, her hands hanging limply at her sides. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but could only make the wheezing sound of a broken bellows.
Zhang Fan glanced at it briefly, then looked away and continued climbing.
As he passed the well halfway up the mountain, he glanced at it subconsciously. The water level in the well hadn't increased; there was only a shallow layer left.
It's been sunny for over a month now. If it doesn't rain soon, the rice straw in the water might yield nothing.
The Wuji Jing contains information about "Bu," which, as the name suggests, means divination. It can be used for divination, choosing auspicious days, and predicting the future. If a drought were to occur, this would provide a solution.
However, the "divination" was not in his jade bead, so it seems he will have to wait until he goes to the cave to look for it again.
The noise from down the mountain continued unabated.
During the day today, someone came to deliver a message and kept knocking on Zeng Guihua's door, but no one answered, so they assumed she wasn't home.
The unrestrained chatter woke Zeng Guihua. She had no strength in her arms and could only wriggle to the door like a maggot, banging her head against it to get everyone's attention.
They broke down the door from the outside and were terrified when they saw what was inside.
The room was covered in bloodstains, making it impossible to step inside.
They found Dr. Niu, who examined her for a long time. All he knew was that she couldn't speak or use her hands. Although the three red spots on her body were rather strange, he just assumed they were mosquito bites and didn't pay much attention to them.
Zeng Guihua opened her mouth as if to accuse him, but she couldn't utter a single word.
Unable to express her pain, Zeng Guihua screamed wildly, as if she had gone mad.
The bystanders were so frightened that they all moved away, thinking that Zeng Guihua had been punished by the mountain god and was being punished.
With Zeng Hu gone, Zeng Guihua lost her support, and the villagers who had been bullied by the siblings came to seek revenge.
"Zeng Guihua, you heartless bastard, this is your just deserts!"
"You two siblings are just wasting food by living. I hope you go to see your brother soon!"
"The eighteen levels of hell are waiting for you, and you're definitely going to be boiled in oil!"
Some people, having received the news, hired a drum and gong troupe to beat drums and gongs in front of Zeng Guihua's house, as if they wanted to announce to the world that the Zeng siblings had been punished.
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On his way home, Zhang Fan heard sobbing and faintly smelled paper.
He turned his head and saw someone burning paper money, tears streaming down their face: "Heaven has eyes, child, you can rest in peace now, that evil man Zeng Hu is dead!"
Zhang Fan recognized him as Zhang Shi, a widow from the village. His only son had been beaten to death by Zeng Hu simply because he had stood in front of Zeng Hu's car. In the end, Zeng Hu gave him 250 yuan to settle the matter.
Zeng Hu is dead, and a large number of others are dead.
Zhang Fan looked away and continued walking home.
As soon as Zhang Fan entered the door, he was rushed into someone's arms.
Li Chunyan was anxiously preparing to leave when she saw Zhang Fan and immediately ran over.
"Zhang Fan!" She pulled Zhang Fan over and looked him over. Seeing that he was healthy, only darker than before, she breathed a sigh of relief. "Where have you been these past two days? Why haven't you eaten at home?"
Li Chunyan worked in Baijia Village and decided not to go home because she wanted to do more work.
Just then, someone returned to Zhangjiapo, so Li Chunyan asked them to deliver some dry food to her home.
When Li Chunyan returned home, she found that all the dry food was still there. She was terrified when she realized that Zhang Fan hadn't eaten for several days.
Zhang Fan scratched the back of his head sheepishly: "I...I went to a friend's house for dinner."
Li Chunyan looked at her with suspicion: "What kind of friend? What if he's a bad person?"
Zhang Fan: "She came here for tourism, but she's already left."
Li Chunyan finally relaxed when she heard that the person had left.
She pulled Zhang Fan into the house: "Your sister-in-law brought you some good stuff!"
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