Jiang Jinhua was also unlucky; she was covered in dirt and wanted to jump into the water to take a bath whenever she saw it.
He did whatever he thought of.
He threw what he was holding onto the riverbank, took off his clothes, and jumped straight into the water.
Gu Xiliang tried to stop him but it was too late.
The river in this area is downstream of the Gushui River in their village, and it is rare for people to swim or bathe here.
At most, villagers who work nearby would wash their hands and feet here.
Everyone was concentrated on the section of the river closest to their village.
Many people also wash their things along this riverbank.
He had originally planned to go back and put his things away before taking him swimming, but who knew this kid would be so impatient.
As for planting peanut seedlings, that was long forgotten by them.
"Jiang Jinhua, Jiang Jinhua, where are you?" Gu Xiliang shouted anxiously when he couldn't see Jiang Jinhua surface.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Jinhua, who had been diving, surfaced and quickly climbed ashore.
"Quick, quick, call someone! Report to the police! Someone has died!"
He kept shouting, his voice very urgent.
When the village chief, who was patrolling at the foot of the mountain, saw Gu Xiliang on the shore, he wanted to come over and scold him.
He dared not do the work assigned by the village chief and instead came here to play in the water. I wonder if Jiang Jinhua, that educated youth, was with him.
He guessed that, most likely, the two of them were together.
Just a few steps toward Gu Xiliang, he saw Jiang Jinhua climbing up from the water.
Upon hearing Jiang Jinhua's words, his heart skipped a beat.
As soon as Jiang Jinxiu reached the shore, she grabbed her things and tried to run away.
He just felt it was incredibly unlucky.
No wonder the taste was off when I first got in the water; I thought it was a local specialty.
When he dived to the bottom of the water, oh my god.
What deep-seated hatred could drive someone to tie a person to a rock and throw them into the water?
The bodies were already somewhat decomposed.
There are many other unidentified creatures in the surrounding area.
He even curiously approached and almost reached out to touch it.
Fortunately, he realized something was wrong in time and withdrew his hand.
That was terrifying.
The village chief immediately stopped him: "You brat, what did you just say?"
"Village chief, you've come at the right time! Quickly call the police, there are dead bodies down there."
Upon hearing this, the village chief's face turned pale: "Really? Who did it?"
Jiang Jinhua felt as if the scene he had seen at the bottom of the river was still vivid in his mind, and he didn't want to stay there at all.
He picked up his things and left.
Seeing this, Gu Xiliang also grabbed his things and followed.
The village chief watched their retreating figures and shouted, "Come back! Come back here!"
The two walked faster and faster.
They seemed afraid the village chief would arrest them.
"Wah Jai, are there really dead people down there?" Gu Xiliang asked curiously.
"If you don't believe me, you can go down and see for yourself," Jiang Jinhua said, glancing at him.
Gu Xiliang shook his head; he wouldn't do it.
"Let's hurry up."
When the village chief arrived, he remembered that they hadn't finished their work, but he didn't want to go to the fields at all.
After the two returned to Gu Xiliang's house, Jiang Jinhua's first thought was to take a shower.
He feels completely out of sorts right now.
He shouldn't have gone into that water.
Gu Xiliang kindly closed the door for him and went outside to stand guard, letting him wash freely in the yard.
While his parents were not back.
After washing up, the two of them went to find Jiang Jinxiu and the others.
Just as they arrived at the Gu family's door, they ran into Jiang Jinxiu and the others coming out.
"Sis, what are you going to do?"
"My God, you're Jiang Jinhua? Why is your face so pale?" Gu Xilan exclaimed in surprise, raising her hand as if to pinch her cheek.
Jiang Jinhua was so shocked that she backed away repeatedly: "What are you doing? Don't you know that men and women shouldn't touch each other? You're supposed to be a girl."
"Ha, a grown man like you, would it kill you to be touched? I even thought you'd gotten better looking. With your personality, you're such a waste of that face."
Gu Xilan is a sucker for good looks, but for some reason, she always likes to argue with Jiang Jinhua.
"Hmph—I think you're just jealous that I'm prettier than you." Jiang Jinhua said smugly.
Judging from Gu Xilan's tone, he knew that his face had definitely recovered.
His words made Gu Xilan roll her eyes repeatedly.
Gu Xiliang still protected his younger sister who he had grown up with. He said with a smile, "Our Xiao Lan is just as good. Look how cute she is."
As he spoke, he tried to touch Gu Xilan's head, but Gu Xilan turned her head to the side and dodged him.
Then he punched Gu Xiliang again and said smugly, "Brother Liang, am I cute?"
Gu Xiliang pretended to touch the spot where she had hit him: "Ouch, that hurts so much, it hurts so much, heroine, could you be gentler next time?"
He spoke while exaggerating his performance.
Gu Xilan rolled her eyes at the sight.
Jiang Jinhua hugged Gu Xiliang's shoulders and looked at Gu Xilan with some disdain, saying, "Brother, what kind of taste do you have? She's just a violent woman, what's cute about her?"
Before he could finish speaking, Gu Xilan kicked him: "So what if I'm violent?"
Gu Xilan glared at him and said through gritted teeth.
Jiang Jinxiu and Gu Xichen breathed a sigh of relief as they watched the group playfully fighting.
Gu Xilan only knew that something had happened outside, but she didn't know what it was. They were really afraid that Jiang Jinhua, who was young and fearless, would cause trouble again, so they followed her out.
After all, he and Gu Xiliang made a fool of themselves as soon as they arrived in Gujia Village.
Now that they see that the two of them are alright, the two want to go back.
Before they could even take a step, Jiang Jinhua's voice rang out: "Sister, what are you all going to do?"
"I heard something happened on the other side of the river, and we want to go see what's going on," Gu Xilan interjected.
Jiang Jinxiu nodded.
"Hey, what's so interesting about that?" Jiang Jinhua said dismissively.
Gu Xilan looked at Jiang Jinhua with a knowing expression: "Then you don't understand. Someone once found a bag of small yellow croakers in the river. Maybe it'll be small yellow croakers again this time?"
Jiang Jinhua burst out laughing, bending over backward: "Little yellow croaker? I think you're crazy for money. There aren't any little yellow croakers in the river, there's a dead man, though."
Gu Xilan did not believe what Jiang Jinhua said.
If there really were dead people, how could the villagers not know?
In their village, nothing can be kept secret, let alone something as serious as a death.
Jiang Jinhua patted his chest and said, "Don't believe me? Fine, I saw it with my own eyes."
Gu Xilan flipped through the silver coins, scoffed, and simply refused to believe what Jiang Jinhua was saying.
Gu Xichen frowned and looked at Gu Xiliang beside him: "Xiaoliang, tell me, what's going on?"
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