Chapter 282 The Third Valley (8)
As daylight grew, noises began to fill the front yard. The children who had been washing in the yard had already found other work, leaving only Sanmei and Huafu in the backyard.
The third sister's palm gently rubbed Hua Fu's back, soothing her emotions. Hua Fu's rapidly beating heart gradually calmed down. Suddenly, she felt a little embarrassed to let go of the third sister. She said in a low voice: "Sister, thank you. If it weren't for you, I..."
"No need to thank me, I'm glad you're okay." The third sister shook her head.
Hua Fu calmed down and recalled the feeling just now, twisting her fingers gently: "Sister, did you see how I was almost pushed into the well?"
"Pushed?" The third sister's expression showed surprise. "No, I just finished feeding the cattle and sheep, and when I came out, I saw you about to fall into the well."
"Then, was there anyone else next to me at that time?" Hua Fu asked.
"You mean..." Sanmei's expression gradually darkened, and Hua Fu nodded. She really suspected that the children in the yard were deliberately trying to kill her.
The reason, perhaps out of jealousy? Envy? Yesterday, Sanmei and Huafu reported three people and received two meals and a new dress, cooked by the boss himself. And today, this happened. Perhaps he was afraid that the three of them would form a clique and monopolize the resources in the backyard.
This was all Hua Fu could think of, and it was enough as a reason to harm people in this yard.
Under Hua Fu's expectant gaze, the third sister tried her best to recall the past, and finally clapped her hands: "Oh right, when I rushed over, only the sixth sister was walking around you."
Sixth sister, Sixth sister. Silently chanting, the image of Sixth sister gradually became clear in Hua Fu's mind. Yes, Sixth sister was someone who would do this. She had once tried to compete with the original Third sister for the position of the next Matrix, but that attempt had come to nothing. The Third sister now replaced the original eldest sister...
"Hua Fu," the third sister suddenly spoke up, bringing Hua Fu back to the conversation. She lowered her voice and said, "Now that you know it was the sixth sister who did it, what are you going to do?"
What to do? Hua Fu had never thought about this matter.
Seeing Hua Fu opening and closing her lips, unable to articulate, the third sister lowered her head gently and spoke for Hua Fu in a gentle and considerate voice: "Do you want to let her go?"
Let Sixth Sister go? Hua Fu was torn between nodding and shaking her head. Hua Fu wasn't dead, but that didn't mean Sixth Sister's actions could be ignored. But if she reported it to the boss, Sixth Sister would die.
After all, there were no truly serious consequences, so it would be better to simply teach Sixth Sister a lesson.
The life that was looking down at Hua Fu's changing expression suddenly laughed.
"You are so naive."
The tone of this sentence was a little harsh, not like her sister's voice. Just as Hua Fu was beginning to feel doubtful, her third sister cupped her cheeks with both hands, a gentle yet embarrassed smile on her face.
"We can't let her go so easily, you know." The third sister sighed softly.
Hua Fu looked into her third sister's gentle eyes.
"If I let Sixth Sister go, will she try to harm me again?"
"Not this, but perhaps. After all, if you intended to kill someone and failed, would you assume they would forgive you, or would they wait for revenge?"
I won't kill anyone for no reason. Hua Fu wanted to say this, but she knew her sister was saying this for her own good, so she just listened quietly.
As if she could see what Hua Fu was thinking, the third sister pinched Hua Fu's cheek.
"Since Sixth Sister has committed murder, she's not a naive person. Since we've already made an enemy, she won't believe you if you don't retaliate. If you don't take action against her, she will take action against you."
Hua Fu pursed her lips. "I was just overthinking it."
The third sister's voice carried the patient instruction of an older sister: "And think about it, when the sixth sister pushed you into the well in the yard, was there really no one who saw it, and no one who knew about it?"
"You were bullied and nearly died, yet you still let him go. In everyone's eyes, you are no longer the competitive 'Fourth Sister', but..."
Prey. Hua Fu automatically added the word in her mind.
"However, this is also your business, think about it yourself."
Having said that, I'll stop here. The third sister gently opened her hand, patted Hua Fu on the shoulder twice before retracting it, turning around and walking back to the front yard to work, leaving Hua Fu standing by the well.
Without her third sister standing by her side, the yard suddenly felt empty, filled with an uneasy atmosphere. Hua Fu took a deep breath of the cold air, along with her third sister's words, and only exhaled after a while, along with the foul air.
No matter what, at least we shouldn't stand by the well anymore. Hua Fu pulled the rope tight to untie the filled wooden bucket, then laboriously carried it with both hands. There was no need for water to wash in the yard anymore; the kitchen should be heating up the stove by now.
Hua Fu slowly moved to the kitchen with a bucket of water, and used her shoulder to push open the half-closed wooden door. Hot steam rushed out, and it turned out that someone was already lighting the stove.
The water tank stood against the wall next to the stove. Hua Fu moved over and found that even if she stood on tiptoe, she couldn't reach the top of the tank. The water tank and the stove were all made by Yan Zhenting to the proportions of an adult. She was only six years old, so of course she wasn't tall enough.
Hua Fu remembered that Boss Yi had also been standing on a stool while cooking yesterday. She put down the bucket, glanced towards the stove, and suddenly stopped.
A stool was placed in front of the stove door, but on it sat a girl with her back to Hua Fu. Her messy, dry hair was draped behind her, the ends of her hair swaying in the wind, as if she was nodding in sleepiness.
Hua Fu felt that the figure looked very familiar. Subconsciously, she slowed down her pace, walked over, bent down, and lifted one side of the girl's hair.
Sure enough, it was the sixth sister.
The copper lock on the stove's fire door opened, and the copper door, about the height of a flower, swung open, revealing a pile of red-hot firewood within. Sparks flew, exploding with warmth. Sitting there, Sixth Sister must have been seduced by this warmth, and involuntarily fell into a daze.
He was clearly thinking about killing his sister just now.
Hua Fu let go of Liu Mei's hair, quietly stepped back a few steps, and stood behind her. Hua Fu's palm was placed on Liu Mei's back, the same spot where she had almost pushed Hua Fu into the well and drowned her.
Now, the sixth sister was sitting defenselessly in front of the open fire door. If Hua Fu pushed it lightly like she did, she would fall into the hot fire.
Then lock the copper door. In such a heavy brick stove, no one will notice even if you cry loudly.
The disappearance of a child is not a big deal here.
The words of the third sister flashed through Hua Fu's mind. This is for self-defense, Hua Fu thought, the sixth sister is already planning to kill me, I can't...
I can't let her go.
With a slight force on her palm, the sparks in the stove suddenly exploded with a light sound. Hua Fu suddenly came to her senses, let go of her hand and stepped back.
Me, what did I want to do just now?
I want to kill my sixth sister
No, this is not what I want to do. Sixth sister, no, who is she?
Where is this?
Too many strange feelings swelled in her brain, nearly bursting it apart, and she collapsed to the ground in agony. The world seemed to melt, twisting into a thousand colors, all sinking into her chest in one breath.
The Soul-Falling Formation in the Inter-World flickered slightly, turned into a puff of smoke, and floated into Luo Xuanyi's hands.
Among the three bodies on the ground, Hua Fu's body twitched suddenly and opened her eyes.
"It actually broke the formation."
Luo Xuanyi took down the eight fake stars in the sky and looked at Hua Fu with interest.
Second update~Hua Fu was not killed by the formation~
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