"Sister Jiaying, can you promise me to come back early?"
A pair of shining eyes flashed like stars in the darkness.
Looking at Xiaohua's expectant eyes, Shu Jiaying nodded.
"I'll be back as soon as possible."
Turning around and leaving Xiaohua's room, Shu Jiaying picked up the backpack and left Xiaohua's home.
Not long after Shu Jiaying left, Village Chief Xu came and stood in front of Xiaohua's house, banging on the door.
Bang, bang, bang...
Bang, bang, bang...
Xiaohua, who was lying on the bed, heard the hurried knock on the door. She thought Shu Jiaying might have forgotten something when she went out, so she turned back, put on her shoes, and hurried to the door.
However, when Xiaohua stood behind the wooden door, she had a feeling that the person outside the door should not be Shu Jiaying.
Unsure, Xiaohua whispered through the wooden door, "Who... are you?"
Bang bang bang!
The knocking stopped, and then a man's voice came from the other side of the door.
"Xiaohua, is that you? Hurry up and open the door for me."
"Who... who are you?"
"It's me, I'm your neighborhood head uncle. Please open the door quickly. I have something to talk to your sister Jiaying about."
The other party announced his home address, and Xiaohua then recognized that it was really the voice of Village Chief Xu. She opened the door carefully.
Seeing Village Chief Xu standing outside the door with an anxious look on his face, Xiaohua hurriedly asked, "Uncle Village Chief, why are you here so early?"
"Don't talk too much for now. Where's your sister Jiaying? Please help me find her quickly. I have something urgent to ask her."
While asking questions, Village Chief Xu walked straight into Xiaohua's home.
Xiaohua hurriedly followed behind and said, "Uncle Head, Sister Jiaying is not at home. She went out very early."
"Out?"
Village Chief Xu stopped and turned his head to look at Xiaohua suspiciously.
"Why is she out so early? Could she be telling you that she did something bad and is hiding?"
Xiaohua waved her hand immediately.
"No, no, Sister Jiaying is a good person. How could she do something shameful? Uncle Head, you can't say that about my Sister Jiaying."
"Is she a good person?"
Seeing Xiaohua defending Shu Jiaying, Village Chief Xu felt indescribably sad. He covered his chest and said, "Xiaohua, did you know that your grandmother Xu passed away, and the person who killed your grandmother Xu might have been Shu Jiaying?"
As he said this, Village Chief Xu's eyes glowed red.
Xiaohua was so touched by this expression that she stood there in a daze, then she shook her head.
"How is it possible? How could Sister Jiaying kill Grandma Xu? She even brought some barbecue to your house yesterday, saying she wanted you and Grandma Xu to try it together."
Thinking of what happened yesterday, Xiaohua was even more unwilling to believe what Village Chief Xu said.
Village Chief Xu didn't want to believe this was true, but his biological mother was really dead, and it was after Shu Jiaying gave his mother an acupuncture, so he had to face Shu Jiaying's suspicion.
Taking a deep breath, Village Chief Xu asked again, "Xiaohua, tell me if Shu Jiaying really went out, where did she go, and when will she come back?"
"I……"
Not daring to look directly at the sorrow in Village Chief Xu's eyes, Xiaohua lowered her head and whispered, "She took her tools and went into the mountains to collect herbs early this morning. I think she might not be back until the evening.
"Uncle, the village head... I think you have some misunderstandings about Sister Jiaying. How about this? You go back first and I'll tell Sister Jiaying about this. Then I'll ask her to come to your house tonight and explain everything properly?"
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