The village was a place where rumors spread the fastest, and no matter what happened, the villagers' sharp tongues could not hide it. What's more, Aunt Wang was a gossiper, short-sighted and involved in everything. The beating she received became a topic of conversation among the villagers after dinner.

A few days later, all the villagers who had a grudge against Aunt Wang went to Aunt Wang's house to chat and laugh. Aunt Wang knew she was in the wrong, so she was full of resentment and anger. She often appeared behind the villagers and even disturbed the villagers who had a grudge against her late at night, including Hu Luanfei's family, which frightened her so much that she couldn't sleep every night.

Gossip always spreads further and further, and is exaggerated more and more. Aunt Wang becomes angrier and angrier, and her emotions escalate, and her spirit gradually becomes worse and worse.

Hu Luanfei was troubled by nightmares every night, always dreaming that someone was trying to snatch her child away.

The night wind rustled through the trees, sounding inexplicably eerie.

Hu Luanfei woke up in the middle of the night and looked anxiously towards the bed. Suddenly, she heard several shrill screams outside, breaking the quiet of the small village in the middle of the night, which made her hair stand on end. She sat up, hugged the sleeping child in her arms and tucked him in tightly.

The small oil lamp flickered and it was dark all around. She didn't dare go forward to light two more lamps. When the wind blew, a humming sound was heard outside the window, as if someone was crying, and even her scalp felt numb.

Suddenly, the whimpering sound turned into a crazy scream, which scared the child in her arms and made him burst into tears.

Hu Luanfei felt sad while coaxing the child. At this moment, she wished Qi Siliao could stay by her side.

Forget it. Thinking too much is no solution. It will only cause trouble for myself.

If you can't stay here, then hide in space...

Just as I had the thought, there was a noise outside the door.

It sounded like someone was pushing the door, or someone was climbing over the wall.

Hu Luanfei's pupils constricted and he stared at the door.

The light footsteps outside the door were gradually approaching. He didn't have time to think. His first feeling was unsafe, so Hu Luanfei quickly took the child and slipped into the space.

In the space, she couldn't see what was happening outside, she could only hear the sounds.

Someone broke into the room and ran towards the bed. She fiercely lifted the quilt and found that there was no one in the bed. The flickering oil lamp had gone out the moment the door was opened.

The whole room was suddenly plunged into darkness, and the man's attack was empty-handed.

Hu Luanfei put the child to sleep in the space. She was unwilling to let her home be broken into. This was the first time in such a long time.

She took the flashlight and slipped out, and while the man wasn't paying attention, she ran to find Jiang Ling and Jiang Shi.

The two families lived close to each other. When Hu Luanfei called Jiang Ling, Jiang Shi also came out of his house. Seeing her in pajamas with messy hair, he suddenly took out his sword and asked anxiously, "Your Highness came here in the middle of the night. What happened?"

Seeing that she came alone and didn't see the child, Jiang Ling asked anxiously: "Where is the little prince? Who is holding him?"

Hu Luanfei grabbed Jiang Ling's sleeve as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, "Someone broke into my house, go and take a look."

After hearing this, the two people had disappeared.

Wen Ruoxue and Azhu rushed over and put a coat on her.

The tip of her nose was red, and she looked a little aggrieved. Wen Ruoxue felt very sorry for her and hugged her in her arms, "It's better to have a man at home. There are so many unmarried men in the village. If you are alone at home, you will become a hot commodity in the eyes of others. Alas..."

Ah Zhu also said, "When I went to the town a few days ago, I heard rumors that a girl nearby was kidnapped and became the wife of a bandit. I think Taohua Village is not very safe. Your Majesty, please write a letter to the prince when you are free."

Yes, she couldn't always rely on other men. Jiang Ling and Jiang Shi had married and had their own families. They had to take care of all kinds of chores during the day, and they finally had time to spend with their wives at night, but she disturbed their good time.

After a while, even more shrill howls were heard from the small shabby house.

The three of them huddled together in fear. Hu Luanfei turned on the flashlight and shone it in the direction of the shabby house. "I'm going to go back and see who is the one who is up late at night and comes to scare me."

"I'll go with you." Azhu volunteered, while Wen Ruoxue stayed at home to look after her daughter.

Hu Luanfei and Azhu rushed over, and then stayed there together.

The huge light illuminated every corner of the small house very brightly, and the intruder was caught red-handed.

Sure enough, there were people there, and more than one, including her daughter-in-law. She was so frightened by the swords in Jiang Ling and Jiang Shi's hands that she collapsed to the ground and couldn't even speak.

Jiang Ling stood beside Aunt Wang and scolded her loudly, but he couldn't stop her screaming.

Hu Luanfei lit all the candles and oil lamps in the house. Aunt Wang curled up under the table, her hair disheveled, her face pale, her eyes as big as copper bells, with bloodshot eyes. She howled madly one after another, as if she was frightened by something.

The villagers who arrived later and saw the situation of Aunt Wang and her daughter-in-law were immediately puzzled, "Why are they here?"

Her daughter-in-law was already shocked and angry. When she heard the villagers ask this, she could no longer hold back. She rushed to the door and shouted at the villagers: "My mother-in-law brought me here. She said my child is here!"

His voice was full of power, but his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

When the villagers heard this, they understood.

Hu Luanfei said angrily, "How could there be a child of yours in my family? You are not sleeping in the middle of the night and come to scare me. What is your intention, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?"

Everyone rushed to stop Hu Luanfei. An inappropriate voice appeared. Aunt Wang struggled desperately, waving her hands wildly and shouting vaguely: "It was that bitch Hu Luanfei who stole our child. I saw it. The child in her arms is yours."

Aunt Wang's daughter-in-law's face changed drastically, and her voice also changed. She faced Hu Luanfei like a dazed soul, like a walking corpse, without any trace of human spirit.

"Did you steal my child?" The voice was faint and a little ghostly.

Jiang Shi saw that the situation was not right, so he stepped forward to stop Hu Luan and said, "Look carefully at who is in front of you, and don't have any crooked thoughts."

The villagers immediately came out to dissuade her: "Forget it, forget it, she's a little mentally ill."

Hu Luanfei relaxed his expression, as if he was meeting Aunt Wang's daughter-in-law for the first time and she looked unfamiliar.

The villager explained: "She had a child who was about the same age as yours, but fate did not favor him. He was taken away by a wolf one day in early summer."

"How could this be?" Hu Luanfei couldn't believe it. When she was attacked by wolves at night, the villagers were united and said, how could they tolerate a wolf taking away a fellow villager's child?

While Hu Luanfei was thinking, the villagers said, "It was the busy farming season, and Aunt Wang was the only one at home taking care of the child. Maybe she was busy cooking, and she didn't even know that the child was taken away by the wolf. Later, Xiu'er went crazy."

Xiu'er is Aunt Wang's daughter-in-law.

"I haven't seen her yet."

The villagers said: "After she went crazy, she would snatch any child she saw in the village and take him home. There was really no other way, so for the sake of peace in the village, Aunt Wang locked her up in the cellar of her home. Few people knew about this."

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like