Immersive Fast Wear: The Anti-Strike Manual of the Heartthrob

Zhang Huirong is dead.

The death was very miserable.

Her limbs were brutally dismembered, blood was all over the ground, dark marks dried on the brown soil, and a strong smell of blood was emitted.

It smells extremely uncomfortable.

The body was found under a big locust tree not far from Wang Po's house.

When Ji Shuyang and Mi Lin arrived, there were already quite a few people gathered under the locust tree.

After watching the scene, the noisy villagers simply comforted Zhang Huirong's "husband" and expressed their condolences, then dispersed out of boredom.

The village chief was the last to leave. He patted Li Maolin on the shoulder and said in a heavy tone:

"Some wild beast may have entered the village. This is something no one could have predicted. Please bury her properly. If you need help, you can always come to me."

After saying this, he turned and left.

Under the locust tree, there were only seven people from other villages left.

This is an extremely strange point.

Even though the dead people had little connection with Wuli Village, the accident happened in the village after all, and it was such a bloody scene. The villagers' reactions were so simple. Is this normal?

Even the village chief only showed his heaviness in his tone.

His eyes and actions showed that he didn't take the death of a person seriously at all.

The whole village was behaving in a somewhat weird manner.

It was as if... as if this had happened too many times and they had long been used to it.

Or perhaps, they had already expected such a thing to happen, so there was no need to be surprised.

Ji Shuyang and Mi Lin were the last to arrive. When she arrived, the people surrounding the locust tree had already left, and the scene inside was extremely clear under the sunlight.

Zhang Huirong's horrific appearance caught the eyes of both men.

Mi Lin glanced at him indifferently, feeling disgusted, and walked to a distance of three or five meters away, and did not get any closer.

"what!"

Ji Shuyang didn't get too close to that position.

But after just one glance, she felt her eyes were greatly shocked, her legs went weak, and she fell into Mi Lin's arms behind her.

But did such a horrible thing happen on the first day?

Dying without an intact body is much more terrifying than dying from a heart attack.

If I can't find the secret of the bloody village, will I...

Ji Shuyang didn't dare to think about it anymore. Her face turned pale. Her hands hanging on both sides of her body tightly grasped the corners of Mi Lin's clothes, and she looked at him eagerly.

"Mi Lin, I'm afraid——"

Her eyes were clear and soft, as if rippling on water.

Mi Lin looked back, and her heart seemed to be touched by something. She took the initiative to stop the person behind her and covered her eyes with her hands.

"Don't be afraid."

He didn't say much, but those two short words were powerful enough to make people feel the weight they represented.

Perhaps because he slowly began to identify with his identity as a member of the world, Mi Lin showed some characteristics of his own.

His presence, which was originally close to nothing, gradually increased, and to some people with keen perception, he began to become conspicuous.

At least, in Pan Manwen's eyes, Mi Lin's calm and steady temperament alone makes him worthy of getting to know.

He must be a good partner.

Pan Manwen thought.

Unfortunately, I have a burden following me.

Pan Manwen glanced at Ji Shuyang who was blocked by Mi Lin behind her, withdrew her gaze, raised her voice, and began to discuss Zhang Huirong's bizarre death with the people around her.

"Uncle Li, you live with Aunt Zhang, why is she here at this time?"

Li Maolin was obviously also panicked. He was a cook and had done things like killing chickens and ducks before, but he had never seen someone who had spoken to him alive last night die in such a miserable way.

He stood against the wall with his legs limp and his eyes dull. He did not come to his senses until Pan Manwen repeated the question again.

"Ah? Ah, Huirong, Huirong..."

"I don't know how she appeared here."

Li Maolin's face was filled with fear, and he didn't even dare to glance in Zhang Huirong's direction. While recalling, he slowly recounted what had happened after everyone separated.

"We separated yesterday and followed Mrs. Wang to live in that courtyard. Since we were husband and wife, we lived in the same bedroom together."

"It was very dark at night. We walked for a long time in the afternoon and were sweating. Huirong borrowed a lamp from Mrs. Wang, boiled a pot of hot water and took a bath."

"I thought it was too much trouble, so I just wiped it twice and lay down on the bed. Huirong... Huirong didn't come back to the room until half an hour later."

Li Weimao's voice trembled, and his teeth began to chatter when he thought of something strange.

"She was at my feet, and when she came back I felt her hands and feet were very cold. I asked her about it in a half-awake state, and she said it was because the hot water was not enough. It wasn't at that time that she just...she just..."

“Don’t guess.

Pan Manwen interrupted his terrible guess.

"She was able to reply last night, so she must not have been dead at that time. Have you seen her today during the day?"

Li Weimao thought for a moment and said, "No."

"When I got up in the morning, I didn't see her. I didn't pay much attention to her at that time, and Wang Po called me to have a meal together. Later, I heard her say that she hadn't seen Huirong, so I came out to look for her."

“Finally, we found her here.”

Thinking of the scene he saw for the first time, Li Weimao almost vomited out all the breakfast he had eaten in the morning.

Ji Shuyang suddenly grabbed the corner of Mi Lin's clothes and came out and asked a question.

"Uncle Li, you had dinner with Grandma Wang this morning. Did you hear her talk about her son and daughter-in-law?"

Everyone was looking for clues to solve the secret as quickly as possible. It is impossible that they did not inquire about some information when they were alone with the villagers who knew some inside information.

Sure enough, Li Weimao paused for two seconds after hearing Ji Shuyang's words:

"I asked. Mrs. Wang didn't seem to like her son and daughter-in-law very much. The room we stayed in belonged to her son and daughter-in-law, and there was nothing in it."

"When they were mentioned at the dinner table, Mrs. Wang was very unhappy and didn't pay much attention to the biweekly visits."

"Why do you ask about this?"

After listening to Li Weimao's message, Pan Manwen looked over and asked with a frown.

Ji Shuyang told everyone the information she knew and her guesses.

"and,"

After talking about Wang Po's son and daughter-in-law, Ji Shuyang closed her eyes and pointed in the direction where Zhang Huirong was lying.

"When I was talking to Widow Cui, she said she had never seen wild animals in the village. How come wild animals killed people as soon as we arrived?"

"Was Aunt Zhang killed by a wild beast as the village chief said, or was that just an excuse?"

"There are definitely a lot of hidden things in the village. Maybe this is one of the secrets."

After listening to Ji Shuyang's analysis, Pan Manwen looked at her differently, from slight disdain to gentle appreciation.