Not wanting to make Village Chief Xu worry about her, Shu Jiaying comforted him, "Don't worry, Uncle Xu. I'm just thinking about it. I promise you, if it's something unstable, I will never do it."
"You'd better remember what you said. After all, this world is full of treacherous people. There are even parents who harm their own children. There's no guarantee that there aren't more sinister things out there. As I said, if you don't mind, you can live with me in the future. Uncle Xu has no children, and I feel very relieved to have you taking care of your grandmother."
Shu Jiaying definitely didn't want to live under someone else's roof, and there had been gossip about her and Village Chief Xu. She didn't care what the villagers would think of her if she lived here for a long time, but she truly regarded Village Chief Xu as her elder. How could she allow his reputation to be damaged again?
Shu Jiaying politely declined, "Uncle Xu, since I have nothing to do right now, I want to go to my house in the back of the mountain to clean it up. I think Grandma Xu has almost recovered. Once I'm done with that, I want to move in in a couple of days."
"So soon? Jiaying, have you really decided?"
"Well, since I said I want to be self-reliant, how can I let my father and Aunt Ke laugh at me? Then... I'm going out first."
"...Okay, if you need any help, remember to tell your uncle."
Shu Jiaying replied "OK", said goodbye to Village Chief Xu and Grandma Xu, and left the Xu family.
However, she did not return to the thatched hut in the back mountain immediately, because she had promised the injured man in the house to bring him some delicious food, but the pork in this village was too expensive and did not look fresh.
Shu Jiaying remembered that Village Chief Xu said that Uncle Erlang in the village had caught a cage of fish, and fish could help injured people recover faster, so she decided to go to Erlang's house to see if there were any leftover fish, shrimp, or other things there. If there were, she could pay to buy some.
Relying on the memory of her previous life, Shu Jiaying went around several small paths in the village before finding Erleng's house.
Although Erlang's house is not at the end of the village, his is the only family living in this area, so it looks quite remote.
In addition, Shu Jiaying and Erlang were not familiar with each other, so even though she had arrived at his door, Shu Jiaying still did not dare to enter rashly.
Looking towards the dimly lit main room with its door open, Shu Jiaying whispered, "Hello, is anyone inside?"
“…”
After waiting for a few minutes without any answer, Shu Jiaying was wondering if Erlang had gone out to pick up passengers on the boat, so there was no one in the room?
If that's the case, then forget it.
Just as I was about to turn around and leave, I heard a little girl's voice faintly coming from the room.
"Ouch... ouch, ouch..., ouch..."
The corners of Shu Jiaying's mouth twitched, and she unconsciously took a few steps back and said to herself: Oh my God... What is this sound? Why does it sound so creepy?
In broad daylight...could this house be haunted?
The more she thought about it, the more her scalp felt numb. In fact, Shu Jiaying just wanted to buy two fish, and she didn't want to bring any dirty things home.
Shu Jiaying was about to run away involuntarily, but soon a voice called her.
"Are you the eldest daughter of the Shu family? What are you doing in my house?"
Shu Jiaying looked back and saw that it was Erlang who was walking towards her carrying a trap full of fish and shrimp.
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