Maybe I shouldn't die.

So she asked:

"That person must be Xiaohan, right? Why did you pretend to be him?"

The koi monster nodded.

"Yes, it's Xiaohan."

As for the second question, he did not answer it directly, but continued to speak.

“They both couldn’t swim, so Xiaolian wanted the maid to go back and call for help, but the maid was worried that Xiaolian would encounter another accident here alone, so she refused to go back.

He also vowed:

"What if this person is rescued and then goes around slandering the young lady? If the young lady's reputation is ruined, then your whole life will be ruined too."

After hearing what the maid said, Xiaolian became a little hesitant.

Seeing that the young lady was wavering, the maid continued to persuade her:

"This guy has been shameless before. He just tried to force himself on me. Miss, don't be soft-hearted. This concerns your whole life. This kind of scum deserves death."

With the persuasion of the maid, Xiaolian finally made up her mind. So no matter how Xiaohan struggled and cried for help in the water, she never looked at him again and left there resolutely with the maid.

After Xiaohan lost his breath, he quickly sank to the bottom of the water. I also learned some laws of the mortal court, and I knew that killing people was against the law.

Because I was not sure whether Xiaohan's parents and friends knew about this, in order to resolve the worries of this unexpected incident, when the couple came to me, I transformed into Xiaohan's appearance.

They took me back, and I found Xiaohan's plan for this incident in his study. It turned out that he was attracted by Xiaolian because she was the only daughter of the landlord's family, and he wanted to take over the whole family, so he came up with the intention of pursuing Xiaolian.

He thought that a girl who grew up in such pampered conditions would be easy to deceive. After all, that was what was written in many of the picture books he had read.

Even I know that those storybooks are just the imaginations of poor scholars, but he took them seriously. Or maybe he also knew that they should not be taken seriously, but he was just blinded by wealth and fame.

Later, he found out that Xiaolian was not interested at all, so he started with Xiaolian's friends, hoping to force Xiaolian to agree to his pursuit.

But he didn't expect that Xiaolian would drop out of school directly. He had spent a lot of money in order to pursue Xiaolian. In addition to finding various excuses to ask for money from his family, he also borrowed a lot of money from outside.

Now his plan has failed and he still owes a foreign debt. He is furious and thinks that if soft tactics don't work, he will try hard tactics. So he bribes Xiaolian's friend and wants to ask Xiaolian out.

By the time the matter is settled, they can bring it up with the landlord. For Xiaolian's reputation, the landlord will definitely agree to their marriage.

He didn't expect Xiaolian to be on guard, and he lost his life.

Fortunately, we can learn from his letters that he also knew that this plan was not very glorious and he did not dare to tell anyone else, so his parents did not know about it.

Afterwards, the landlord's family probably knew about this, and when the news of my return spread, the landlord's family began to put pressure on them, so they had to move out of the city."

Fang Yue nodded. So this was the reason why they moved. She heard them talking before that it was for the Koi Monster. She continued to ask:

"Then what's the matter with the evil spirit on them?"

The Koi Monster sighed softly before continuing to answer:

"The couple soon discovered my abnormality. Perhaps the woman loved her child too much, so she planned to keep me here forever.

They were really very good to me, so good that for a moment I wanted to stay and accompany them until the end of their lives. After all, the lifespan of mortals is short, only a few decades at most.

But it was only a moment. I didn't want to go through the same experience of being hurt again, so I planned to leave as soon as possible.

Maybe because of this kind of thinking, my own good fortune began to affect them, and their business started to get better.

After they found that business was picking up, they started to work even earlier and earlier in order to earn more money, but soon their bodies could no longer bear it.

Especially the woman noticed that I seemed to be planning to leave, so she became depressed and soon fell ill.

At that time, the couple had not yet revealed their true identities. I couldn't bear to see her suffer from illness, so I used my magic power to heal her body.

That's why I planned to stay for a while longer. The couple has a close relationship, and the middle-aged man has naturally been infected with some of my charm.

As for the fact that they haven’t been sleeping well recently, how could they possibly sleep well when they get up so early and work till late all day?

I didn't expect that this little bit of demonic energy would be discovered by the Taoist priest, and then you came to me, and I confessed my identity to them, and they suddenly revealed their true nature. "

Fang Yue nodded. The couple thought the koi monster was their child, so they naturally only showed him their kind side, even though they had already discovered the abnormality of the koi monster's identity at that time.

For them, there was no harm in it and it could even give the woman some comfort, but after learning that the evil spirit on their bodies would cause damage to their bodies, they would naturally change their attitudes.

Even though they had refused to tell her the truth before, they still wanted to ask the Koi Monster about their son. Perhaps it was because of the time they had spent together that they had developed some feelings for the Koi Monster.

This couple is a bit greedy, but they are not completely bad. This is the complexity of human nature. There are quite a few people like them.

Through the Koi Monster's narration, Fang Yue understood the cause and effect of the matter, but she was still a little confused, so she continued to ask.

"That corpse shouldn't be Xiaohan's, right?"

The Koi Monster was slightly stunned when he heard this question, but he remembered that when he took the couple to retrieve the bones, the Taoist priest also followed behind. Perhaps his performance at that time revealed something?

So he nodded and answered:

"It is indeed not Xiaohan's body. The couple was very kind to me before. For their sake, I planned to collect Xiaohan's body. However, when I went back to look for it, I did not find her body under the water.

I thought of Xiaolian. Her family moved away quickly after they drove us out of the city, but I didn’t delve into the reason before.

Now it seems that the other party may have already salvaged Xiaohan's body, and probably discovered that there was something wrong with my identity, so they deliberately avoided me.

The grave contained a corpse that I had helped to collect before. The owner was a beggar. He fell ill and had no money to see a doctor, so he went to steal money. He was discovered by the owner of the house and was beaten to death and thrown into the river.

I felt sorry for him, so I collected his body. When the couple asked me about me, I thought of this beggar. He had been lonely all his life, and it would be nice for him to have a chance to receive some incense and offerings.

Anyway, the man’s body cannot be found, and this can still give the couple some comfort.”

Fang Yue nodded after listening. She felt that the carp monster's behavior was a little strange when she went to retrieve the bones. So that's it.