When the sharp gaze swept over, Li Lijuan covered her lips, afraid that she would make a sound.
The croaking of frogs filled her ears, and mosquitoes clung to her hands, sucking her blood, making her hands ache and itch.
The footsteps grew closer, and a pair of shiny black leather shoes came into view.
She dared not breathe, her pupils dilated as she stared.
“Jiaojiao…” a voice rang out.
Li Lijuan breathed a sigh of relief as she watched the pair of leather shoes disappear from her sight.
She heard someone scream for help, thinking it was a dream, but she couldn't open her eyes no matter what she did.
Those leather shoes came closer again...
When Li Lijuan saw the faces of the two boys clearly, her heart leaped into her throat, and she opened her mouth but couldn't utter a sound...
"ah……"
A heart-wrenching scream of terror shattered the tranquility of the night.
Grandma Li's eyelids twitched. Seeing her granddaughter staring wide-eyed and motionless, she immediately went over and pinched her philtrum.
"It's a nightmare..." she muttered to herself.
Li Lijuan regained consciousness, her heart still racing. She grabbed the old woman's hand and asked...
"The Lin family... Xiaoxiao drowned?"
She's been in a daze these past few days, only remembering a few things.
Grandma Li's expression changed instantly. "You were near the pond that day?"
Li Lijuan's mother collapsed to the ground, muttering, "She really offended a water ghost..."
"I saw her fall into the water, and then..." Li Lijuan's head was throbbing with pain, and she had no idea what she was saying.
Grandma Li's lips trembled with shock, "And then you ran away?"
She was almost certain that this explained why her granddaughter had had a persistent high fever since that day; she seemed guilty...
I think I even scared myself.
"It wasn't me...she was pushed in..."
Grandma Li's heart was pounding in her chest; she stood frozen in place...
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