Knowing that Village Chief Xu was on her side, Feng Qiaoer was overjoyed. She lowered her head and showed a triumphant smile.
However, the moment she looked up, her pitiful and charming eyes looked at Village Chief Xu, and she said with feigned emotion: "In this unfamiliar place, your words are truly heartwarming to Qiaoer. Qiaoer has no way to repay you. Please accept my greeting, Village Chief."
As she spoke, Feng Qiaoer pretended to kneel on the ground.
It was early in the morning, and Village Chief Xu was just speaking a fair word for someone. How could he dare to accept such a big gift from Feng Qiaoer?
He hurriedly pulled Feng Qiaoer up, but unexpectedly grabbed her hand in the chaos?
Feng Qiaoer showed a look of panic. She originally wanted to increase the distance between the two of them, but she lost her balance and was about to fall to the ground. Village Chief Xu pulled her towards him, but when they both stood firmly, Feng Qiaoer actually leaned on his chest?
Village Chief Xu stood there in a daze, confused as to how this happened.
Feng Qiao'er didn't try to escape the warmth. Blushing, she looked up and shyly thanked Village Chief Xu, "Village Chief, thank you so much... for saving Qiao'er once again."
"Oh...I'm sorry!"
Feng Qiaoer's words reminded him, and Village Chief Xu immediately realized that their posture was too intimate.
He quickly pulled Feng Qiao'er away from his arms and apologized, "Miss Feng, I offended you in a moment of haste. I hope you will forgive me."
"Mr. Village Head... what kind of nonsense are you talking about? If you hadn't helped Qiao'er in time, I'm afraid Qiao'er would have made a fool of herself in front of you again. Really... Qiao'er can't thank you enough..."
Trying to get closer, Village Chief Xu had no choice but to take a few steps back.
"No...you're welcome!"
Worried that the two of them would be seen huddled together by the villagers, which would lead to criticism, Village Chief Xu quickly made an excuse and said, "Miss Feng, I'm so sorry, I have other things to attend to. So... I'll take my leave now."
"Hey...Mr. Village Chief..."
Looking at the way Captain Xu stumbled as he walked, Feng Qiaoer knew that the old man would not dare to look back at her.
She covered her mouth and laughed secretly, and when no one was looking, she walked towards the river again.
Arriving at the shore where she had sat the night before, Feng Qiaoer searched everywhere, even turning over the reeds next to it, but she couldn't find the gold hairpin she had lost the night before.
Touching the belt where the gold hairpin had been placed, Feng Qiao'er said bitterly in her heart, "I'm so angry! I stole the hairpin in Xianglingfang with great difficulty, but I didn't expect it to disappear like this. But there is only a tiny piece of land on the shore. Could it be that my hairpin was found by the people who retrieved the body yesterday?"
Thinking of this, Feng Qiaoer shook her head in denial. She felt that this possibility was not very high, because if a villager had really picked up the gold hairpin yesterday, and it was when Zhang Erleng was dead, it should have caused quite a stir.
Now the only rumor in this village is that someone saw Zhang Erlang’s ghost, so where is her hairpin?
Bagui's figure appeared in her mind again, and Feng Qiaoer clenched her fists angrily. She thought, if her hairpin was not picked up by the villagers, could it be that Bagui took it?
However, just as this idea popped up in her mind, Feng Qiaoer denied it. After all, the hairpin had been tucked into her belt, so how could Bagui have the chance to find it?
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