"A-choo...Ah...choo..."
In the inn, Ke sneezed several times, and Old Man Shu immediately asked, "What's wrong? Are you sick?"
"No." Mrs. Ke shook her head and continued, "I don't know why, but I always feel uneasy. Old man, could something have happened in our family?"
Old Man Shu immediately laughed and said, "How could anything possibly happen? I think you're overthinking it. You old woman, you used to nag me about not bringing you out to see the world. Now that I've finally let you see the world, you're acting so suspicious again. I really don't know what to say to you."
"Okay, I'm just worried about Guoyi being alone at home."
"What's there to worry about? Guoyi is already fifteen or sixteen years old. If he can't take care of himself, I think his life is meaningless."
"You old man, what nonsense are you talking about? Can you say something nice?"
Seeing that Mrs. Ke was still very worried, Old Man Shu asked, "What's wrong? If you really want to go back, then tomorrow we should tell our daughter that we won't go boating and go straight back to Guangming Village tomorrow?"
It's a rare opportunity to come out and play, so how could Mrs. Ke bear to leave like this? Although she was worried about her son, Zhuang Zhenmeng was also her daughter, and the one she loved the most, so she couldn't bear to leave her daughter.
Mrs. Ke said, "I was just complaining. Why did you, old man, respond to so much nonsense all of a sudden? Let's make plans for tomorrow. Let's spend a few days with our daughter and then go back to Guangming Village. After all, after this separation, I don't know if I'll have the chance to see her again."
Old Man Shu thought the same thing and nodded.
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say. Anyway, the one or two taels of silver we left for Guoyi is more than enough for him to spend for a month. Plus, with Xiaowei taking care of him, he'll be fine."
"Well, go to bed quickly, we have to get up early tomorrow."
As she spoke, Mrs. Ke took off her coat and prepared to go to bed, but she always felt a voice calling her in her ear.
(Mom... where are you? Why haven't you come back yet...)
"Why are you standing there motionless again?"
Old Man Shu also got on the bed. Seeing Mrs. Ke sitting on the bed in a daze, he pushed her with his hand.
"Wha…what?"
Only then did Ke regain consciousness and looked towards Old Man Shu.
"I'm asking why you're sitting here and not sleeping?"
"Oh, wasn't I waiting for you? I slept, I slept..."
Lying down, Mrs. Ke covered herself with the quilt. However, she felt indescribably strange throughout the night. She couldn't tell what was strange about it, but she didn't sleep well all night.
…
"Wuwuwu... Mom, why haven't you come back yet? My hand hurts so much, please save me quickly..."
Shu Guoyi returned home and looked at the empty house. When his eyes accidentally looked at Zhuang Zhenmeng's former bedroom, he remembered the scene where Xiao Qifeng hanged himself in this room, and he felt very scared.
With his hands clasped together, Shu Guoyi bowed towards Zhuang Zhenmeng's room. He cried, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, in my heart, I'm only your sister-in-law, so please don't suddenly show up and scare me. I've never done anything wrong in my life. The only thing I did was push our ugly little thing into the stinking ditch. But she didn't die. She's alive and well now."
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