It took Shen Dinghai a while to accept these facts, and he was stunned for a long time before he recovered.
"Wait a minute... you are a girl, what does it have to do with your dislike of the place I am looking for? Are there any hidden rules in Good Village?"
"Only men can lie down in the leaf pile?"
The sea surface of Shen Ding was filled with disbelief.
Dongsheng lowered his eyes, not daring to look into Shen Dinghai's eyes. Ever since her daughter's identity was exposed, she felt an inexplicable fear when facing Shen Dinghai again.
Even though she knew that Shen Dinghai was different from the men in the village.
Dongsheng explained softly.
"I don't know the specific situation, but according to people in the village, people who sleep in bed late at night may be haunted by scary things."
She raised her head and glanced at Shen Dinghai before quickly lowering her head.
"Not even something similar to a bed..."
Shen Dinghai was obviously not satisfied with this explanation.
"You mean I'm going to have problems sleeping on this pile of leaves?"
He pointed to the ground suspiciously, "What about sleeping on the dirt?"
Dongsheng said calmly: "The mud will be fine."
"Hey!" Shen Dinghai opened his eyes wide, "Then I'm really surprised! What kind of horrible thing would have objections to people sleeping in beds?!"
"I have no idea……"
Shen Dinghai was a little dissatisfied, "You kid! Can you stop acting like you're being bullied!"
Ranran coughed with a cold face.
"Not kid."
"Dongsheng is a girl. Second nephew, haven't you adapted to this yet?"
Shen Dinghai pursed his lips and muttered to himself, "First he was a pervert named Qin, and now he is an aggrieved tomboy pretending to be a boy..."
"Why do you act like this wherever you go!"
"Second nephew, what are you muttering about alone?"
Shen Dinghai shook his head suddenly, "Nothing! I was just thinking about this boy Dongsheng...how did Miss Dongsheng know about this?"
Dongsheng looked at Ran Ran with some confusion, "My mother told me."
Shen Dinghai frowned, "So your mother has been entangled in that kind of horrible thing?"
"No...my mother also heard what others said..."
Dongsheng was forced to feel more and more guilty by Shen Dinghai's tough attitude, and when he said the last few words, his voice was almost inaudible.
"You're so good. It turns out I just heard about it."
"You swear by what I heard from hearsay..."
Shen Dinghai's voice stopped suddenly. He was like a rooster whose neck was strangled, unable to make any more noise.
Because Ran Ran gave him a dissatisfied look.
"Second nephew, if you have this attitude towards Dongsheng again, I won't take you with you in any subsequent actions."
Shen Dinghai immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
"Cousin, you can't leave me alone in such a dangerous place!"
Seeing sweat breaking out on Shen Dinghai's forehead, Ran Ran sighed helplessly.
"I didn't say I wanted to abandon you, I just don't have this attitude toward Dongsheng anymore. It's important to be polite."
Shen Dinghai covered his mouth tightly and signaled Ran Ran with his eyes that he would not talk any more.
Ranran looked at Dongsheng, his eyes suddenly softened.
"The second nephew is just talking loudly. He doesn't mean any harm. Don't take it to heart, Dongsheng."
Dongsheng raised his head and glanced quickly at Ranran, the emotions in his eyes flashing across his face.
"No, don't worry." She shook her head slightly, "I don't take it to heart."
Visible to the naked eye, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"But what the second nephew said makes sense. If it's just a rumor, why are you so sure about it, Dongsheng?" "Because the description my mother heard from others..."
"It's just too specific."
Dongsheng's eyes widened unconsciously as he recalled the situation at that time.
“Just listening to other people’s descriptions makes me feel like I’ve experienced it myself.”
Ran Ran thoughtfully smiled at Dongsheng.
"Now I have to ask you to tell us what the situation is like."
Shen Dinghai, who covered his mouth with both hands and only showed his eyes, nodded suddenly.
Dongsheng's eyes opened wider, and her eyes were hazy due to memories.
The hoarse voice was soft, like a ghostly crow hovering in the cemetery.
"Actually... the person who personally experienced this is already dead."
Shen Dinghai's eyes suddenly opened wide. He didn't expect it to be so violent at the beginning, and his hands covering his mouth unconsciously let go.
"All the rumors currently circulating in the village come from his wife."
Shen Dinghai's mind has been completely affected by this strange incident, and he has no intention of thinking about being aggrieved.
He frowned as he heard this, "In other words... that unknown terrifying existence killed a man, but spared the woman who slept with the man?"
Dongsheng shook his head and frowned, "About this, Shui Gu... that is, that woman, gave two explanations."
"Shui Gu was in shock at first and kept talking about the scene of her husband's tragic death. When others asked her why she was fine, she was stunned for a while and said that the mysterious thing did not hurt her. Later she changed her story."
"When the women in the village went to dispose of the body of Shui Gu's husband, Shui Gu was invited to the village chief's house to comfort her."
Dongsheng obviously couldn't figure it out, "Shui Gu drank some tea and calmed down a lot, then changed her story and said that the mysterious thing also wanted to kill her, but she ran faster."
Ran Ran frowned slightly, "Two completely different opinions..."
Shen Dinghai said without thinking: "The latter must be reliable!"
"The former was said when she was extremely frightened. It is difficult for people not to talk nonsense when they are frightened, and the credibility is greatly reduced."
"As for the latter one, Shui Gu had calmed down by then, and what she said must be an accurate answer to clear her mind, which is more worthy of belief."
Dongsheng nodded, "Everyone in the village said the same thing."
"No one believes that a monster that can harm Shui Gu's husband would let Shui Gu off easily."
After hearing this, Ran Ran frowned more and more, "What you say after calming down will indeed be more accurate, but correct..."
Shen Dinghai couldn't believe it, "Cousin, do you think the first statement is correct?"
"But why? There are too many unexplainable things here!"
"First of all, why did that mysterious being let Shui Gu go? Secondly, why did Shui Gu change his story..." Shen Dinghai thought hard.
"Framing! After Shui Gu changed her story, she said that the mysterious existence wanted to harm her. Objectively speaking, it can be regarded as framing that mysterious existence!"
Ran Ran's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Second nephew, your description is really great!"
"It's just a frame-up!"
"Really?" Shen Dinghai scratched his head in embarrassment.
He suddenly remembered the serious way Ran Ran treated him when he defended Dongsheng, and his expression straightened in an instant.
"Anyway, there are these unexplainable problems. Cousin, your speculations must have some basis. You can't just imagine them out of thin air, right?"
Ranran nodded and suddenly looked at Dongsheng, "If my guess is somewhat accurate...did this monster harm people happen a year ago?"
Dongsheng looked at Ran Ran in surprise and said nothing, but obviously, her expression had already given the answer.
Shen Dinghai looked at it and suddenly said something silently.
"Cousin, you are not good at catching ghosts and binding demons. You are actually a fortune teller..."
Ranran smiled helplessly, "There's no fortune telling. I'm just used to looking for correlations between things that have happened and trying to connect them together."
"In the Gude Village, where there is generally no abnormality, the only one with strange power can hurt others..."
Ranran's gaze passed over the overlapping trees.
"It should be what they are worshiping." (End of Chapter)
