Xu's mother was stunned for a moment.

"Same name as Xiaoling?"

Father Xu didn't like his granddaughter very much. Whenever he mentioned her, he would frown and hum in a heavy nasal voice.

The old couple sat opposite each other.

After a moment of silence, Xu's mother said, "It must be someone with the same name."

She is a grandmother and of course she doesn't want to belittle her granddaughter, but the fact is that if Ji Ling can become the top scorer in the college entrance examination, it would be a great honor.

"Look, same name, but he got the top score in the college entrance examination, what about her? She failed the exam after repeating a year. Tell Xu Fang not to spoil her anymore and let her work in the factory as soon as possible." Father Xu got angry and went back to the bedroom.

Xu's mother sighed. Fortunately, the old man didn't know that someone had caused trouble at home again, otherwise he would have been furious again.

In North County.

Ji Ling was the only one left after get off work at the brick factory today. She was clearly walking with those people, but no matter how quick she walked, she would always be left behind in the end.

It was a bit cloudy this afternoon. It was already a little after five o'clock, but it felt like seven o'clock as usual. There were few pedestrians on the street, so Ji Ling quickened her pace.

Human intuition is very accurate. She always felt that there was a pair of eyes staring at her in the dark. When she turned around to look, there was nothing but the rustling sound of leaves brought by the wind.

Ji Ling never thought of herself as timid. In her previous life, she made her way from the countryside to the city on her own, relying on her courage. Even in the pitch-black night, she could still carry the materials by herself. She had never felt such a sense of crisis as she did now.

Recalling the scenes that happened after she traveled through time, her thoughts went all the way back to the day she went to the police station to report the incident. She thought carefully about being stopped by the teenager and the old farmer selling vegetables who had fallen asleep.

___Yes, the old farmer selling vegetables.

It was so dark, how could a vegetable vendor still be sleeping soundly on the street?

Is the teenager in cahoots with the robbers?

The more Ji Ling thought about this problem, the slower her steps became. Her rapid pace gradually slowed down, and the oppressive feeling in her seemed to fade away.

Not sure if she could vaguely see the main road of the county, Ji Ling's heart slowly settled down.

Suddenly, a woman's low sobbing sound was heard from the weeds beside the road. At first, Ji Ling thought it was an illusion, but the crying became louder and louder, and the word "help" could be heard faintly.

It must be a bad thing if someone shouts for help here.

Ji Ling was a woman and had no intention of being a hero, but her conscience made her stop even though she had already walked past that place.

She pursed her lips tightly, staring at the bushes, struggling with whether to rush in or run away and call for help. As she hesitated, the woman's cries for help became increasingly faint, as if she had lost her breath.

This was more torturous than being beaten herself. Ji Ling cursed secretly, made up her mind, and rushed into the bushes with her head down.

The bushes were difficult to walk in, and Ji Ling didn't know how deep she walked into the bushes following the sound. When she tried to determine the source of the sound, the crying that had been lingering around her disappeared, and there was silence all around.

She was surrounded by weeds taller than her body. It was already dark. Ji Ling couldn't help but shiver, and a sense of crisis rose in her heart.

She didn't dare to stop and couldn't find the way she came, so she instinctively turned around and ran back. As she stumbled, she saw a figure blocking her way. She hurriedly stopped and heard a faint sound behind her while she was gasping for breath.

A man's voice sounded from behind, "You can't escape today."

Ji Ling felt a piercing chill rising from the soles of her feet. Her eyes, having adjusted to the darkness, could clearly see the black mole on the chin of the man who was blocking her way.

"What are you going to do?"

"What are you doing? Little girl, you are looking for death yourself, don't blame us two brothers." The man with the black mole sneered and shouted to the man behind Ji Ling, "Second brother, what are you waiting for? Haven't you had sex for several months? Why don't you do it?"

(End of this chapter)