vrcanaries Chapter 122 The Educated Youth Tricked into Going to the Countryside (16)
Chapter 122 The Educated Youth Tricked into Going to the Countryside (16)
Because Fenfen was only ten years old, her eloquence was no match for Zhao Cheng, who had lived for over thirty years.
So much so that when Zhao Cheng said that Fenfen pushed Zhao Ergou into the river, everyone believed him.
The villagers looked at Fenfen with strange eyes. Before Fenfen had recovered, Zhao Ergou's parents whipped her with bamboo sticks, wanting to send her to jail, but they felt that it would be too easy for Fenfen.
So Zhao Ergou's parents decided to raise Fenfen a little longer and then sell her to someone else as a wife.
Zhao Ergou witnessed the whole thing but couldn't talk to his parents; he could only watch anxiously from the sidelines.
He encountered Liu Jia, who could see him but was very afraid of him, so he could only stay in the clinic and look for an opportunity.
Later, he met Lin Jingyi.
"Sister Xia, I want my parents to treat Sister Fenfen well and treat her like their own daughter." After recalling everything, Zhao Ergou said to Lin Jingyi with a hopeful look.
"Okay, then I'll help you send a message to your parents in their dreams."
Lin Jingyi nodded upon hearing this. Right now, the only way for Zhao Ergou to gain his parents' trust was to appear in their dreams.
"Thank you, Sister Xia."
Zhao Ergou bowed deeply to Lin Jingyi and sincerely thanked him.
"Take me to your house while it's still dark."
Lin Jingyi removed the barrier, got off the bed, and said to Zhao Ergou.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ergou excitedly walked ahead to lead the way for Lin Jingyi.
Zhao Family Village is built on a mountainside, with each household built in a terraced style. Zhao Ergou's house is at the very top of the village.
Along the way, the villagers' dogs kept barking wildly at Lin Jingyi and his companions.
Most villagers are now asleep, with only a very few families weaving bamboo baskets by the light of kerosene lamps so that their daughters can go up the mountain to gather pig feed.
Fearing that he would attract the attention of the villagers, Lin Jingyi released his aura, and the dog, which had been barking arrogantly at them, instantly tucked its tail between its legs and kept backing away.
Seeing that the dogs had behaved themselves, Lin Jingyi followed behind Zhao Ergou, walking slowly.
"Sister Xia, we've arrived."
Zhao Ergou led Lin Jingyi to a house built of mud and branches, with a roof covered with mud tiles.
While talking to Lin Jingyi, Zhao Ergou headed straight for the toilet.
Lin Jingyi scanned the area with his divine sense and saw a small space made of wooden planks above the toilet pigpen. There was no fence around it, and a little girl of about eight or nine years old was curled up on it.
Lin Jingyi could also see that the little girl's body was covered with bumps left by mosquito bites.
It's summer now, so there are naturally a lot of mosquitoes.
The little girl's bed had no railings, and there were no mosquito nets around it.
Looking inside, there was a small empty room, and a man and a woman lying in the large room.
There was a black cloth covering the mosquitoes on their bed.
There was clearly another empty room, so why not let that little girl stay there too? Lin Jingyi didn't understand.
"Sister Xia, please help me appear in your dream." Zhao Ergou came out of the toilet and, seeing the treatment Fenfen was receiving, couldn't wait to tell his parents that Zhao Cheng was the culprit.
"it is good."
As Lin Jingyi spoke, he grabbed Zhao Ergou, made a hand seal, and a beam of white light struck Zhao Ergou's soul. He then injected two balls of energy into the couple who were sleeping in the large room.
A short while later, Zhao Ergou's soul flew toward the two sleeping people.
After that, he stopped caring what Zhao Ergou was going to say to his parents and headed towards the toilet.
Seeing the bruises on Fenfen's body, Lin Jingyi made hand seals to treat her pain.
As for the pain in her heart, Lin Jingyi was powerless to help.
The little girl's furrowed brows began to relax as Lin Jingyi used his magic to heal her wounds.
Before long, she began to sob softly in her sleep again.
A faint smell of pork odor wafted through the air. Lin Jingyi pinched his nose and created a barrier to protect the little girl from mosquito bites.
[Ergou, it's over. Go back to the Ding residence. I'm leaving now.] Lin Jingyi sent a telepathic message to Zhao Ergou after leaving the restroom, and then returned to the Ding residence.
That night, she used up all the energy she had absorbed before.
Lin Jingyi meditated cross-legged for a while, but couldn't resist the drowsiness of his body and fell asleep with his eyes closed.
When I woke up in the morning, I found Zhao Ergou sitting and chatting with Ding Shiyao and the others.
[Ergou, how are you?] Seeing Lin Jingyi wake up, the three ghosts ran to Lin Jingyi's side. Zhao Ergou's face was no longer as pale as before, and he seemed to have changed into a clean set of clothes.
"My parents promised me they would treat Sister Fenfen well. Thank you, Sister Xia."
At this moment, Zhao Ergou's face no longer showed any resentment, and he looked like a normal little boy.
[That's good.] Lin Jingyi nodded, and seeing Ding Shiyao and Xiao Cheng beside him, he remembered that the two liked to eat bread, so he took out a bunch of snacks from his space for Ding Shiyao.
Ever since the two ghosts ate the bread, they have seen Lin Jingyi sneaking some at lunchtime. Occasionally, the two ghosts can even share a little. Now, the two ghosts are very curious about the snacks on Lin Jingyi.
After all, this was something they had never seen before.
Seeing Lin Jingyi bring out so much food, she smiled broadly.
"Thank you, Sister Xia."
After thanking Lin Jingyi, Ding Shiyao and Xiao Cheng smiled and accepted the snacks he offered.
After that, Lin Jingyi went to work. Before he even arrived at the meeting point, he saw a group of villagers heading in one direction.
Judging by the direction, it was towards the health center, and Lin Jingyi saw that everyone was following that direction.
They also faintly heard passing villagers say that Zhao Cheng had an accident at the health center.
She went along too, wanting to see how Zhao Cheng had been dealt with.
Anyway, everyone went to join in the fun and didn't do any work.
When Lin Jingyi arrived, the area outside the health center was crowded with villagers.
Lin Jingyi could only use his divine sense to observe the situation inside.
The village chief was standing in front of Zhao Cheng's bed, along with two medical workers and Zhao Ergou's parents.
Zhao Ergou's parents and the village chief were gathered together, seemingly discussing something. Zhao Ergou's parents appeared to be very agitated.
“Zhao Qing, it really was my Er Gou who appeared in my dream last night. He said that the person who drowned him was Zhao Cheng. You have to believe us.”
Zhao Qing is the village chief's name.
Zhao Ergou's mother had talked herself hoarse, but the village chief just wouldn't believe her. Zhao Cheng didn't know what was going on either.
This morning, Er Gou's parents were in a bad mood and were ready to settle scores with Zhao Cheng, but when they entered the door, they were met with a bloody scene.
Zhao Cheng was covered in blood, and one of his ears had been bitten off by something, leaving a row of teeth marks. A cleaver was placed next to Zhao Cheng.
Zhao Cheng lay unconscious on the ground, and the air smelled strongly of urine. Er Gou's parents had never seen such a bloody scene before and were shocked.
Finally, he shouted loudly, attracting the attention of the villagers who were getting up and about to go to work. In the end, a few people who were close to Zhao Cheng carried him to the clinic.
Although the villagers suspected that Zhao Ergou's parents were responsible, they had no evidence, so they remained just suspicious.
It wasn't until the two men said that Zhao Ergou was pushed into the river by Zhao Cheng that they had a motive for committing the crime.
Zhao Ergou has been dead for almost two months. Suddenly, the two men said that Zhao Ergou was pushed into the river by Zhao Cheng, which puzzled the village chief and the villagers.
Zhao Cheng was clearly the one who helped them get their bodies back.
When they heard that it was Zhao Ergou who appeared to them in a dream, the villagers were skeptical.
The village chief believed it, even though it seemed absurd. He only believed it in his heart, but on the surface he had to pretend not to believe it.
There was no reason for the two to wait more than two months to say that it was Zhao Cheng. Zhao Cheng was indeed present at the time, and saying that it was Fenfen was only Zhao Cheng's side of the story.
Moreover, what Fenfen said was different from what Zhao Cheng said; on the contrary... it was the same as what Er Gou said.
Therefore, Zhao Ergou's parents completely believed that the dream was real, but since the whole thing was caused by Fenfen, Ergou's parents still transferred their hatred to Fenfen.
"Sister-in-law, there are no ghosts in this world, and there is no such thing as a dream."
The village chief was completely convinced, but he still had to respond to the national call and couldn't say anything about ghosts.
Zhao Ergou's parents were at a loss because of the village chief. There was clearly something fishy going on, so why wouldn't he believe it?
"Ahhh..." Zhao Cheng suddenly sat up in bed.
My brain is still reeling from the shock.
At this moment, his ears and the back of his head were wrapped in bandages. When he sat up from the bed, his mouth was opened too wide, which pulled on the wounds on his face and the back of his head.
"Zhao Cheng, you're finally awake!"
Before Zhao Cheng could recover from the shock, he heard a familiar voice—a voice he didn't want to hear.
After all, Zhao Cheng still felt guilty for accidentally killing someone's only child.
He was even more nervous than when he was facing Zhao Ergou. After all, he couldn't tell anyone that Zhao Ergou was dead, but he didn't know what the two people in front of him had done.
However, Zhao Cheng was still very nervous. He didn't dare to talk back after being scolded by Zhao Ergou's father, and could only lower his head and avoid eye contact with Ergou's father.
"What do you mean, brother?" Zhao Ergou asked, pretending not to understand his father's words.
Er Gou's father originally wanted to say that his son had appeared in his dream and said that Zhao Cheng was the murderer, but he remembered that the village chief had said that feudal superstitions should not be promoted, so he swallowed the words back.
"You, well done," Zhao Ergou's father said through gritted teeth.
"Did you lie the day Er Gou had the accident?"
"No, I'm telling the truth." Zhao Cheng's expression remained unchanged, but he was panicking inside.
Mentioning Zhao Ergou reminded Zhao Cheng of last night, when he almost had to be carried up the mountain.
If he hadn't been discovered early this morning, he doesn't know how long he would have been bedridden.
And that Zhao Ergou.
Next time, either Zhao Ergou will die, or Zhao Cheng will perish!
Now that the matter was over, Zhao Cheng felt that he had been really stupid last night. If he hadn't been tied up, he wouldn't have let that brat do whatever he wanted to him.
He must get revenge on the person who made him suffer so much.
That wretched woman, Charlene, must be raped and then killed. As for that brat, he'll be raised to work for him, along with a man and a woman who yell at him.
He was also included in Zhao Cheng's list of those he wanted to retaliate against.
Seeing the flash of hatred in Zhao Cheng's eyes, Lin Jingyi smiled, knowing the real show was just beginning!