He Xin ran desperately, looking down at the phone in his hand from time to time.

There is no signal yet. This place is too desolate.

I don’t know how long I ran, but He Xin felt his legs were as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

But she couldn't let herself stop, she had to keep running.

He Xin was filled with fear when she thought of the way the man named Qin Chang looked at her.

Now that she has escaped, we must not let them catch her back.

The moon rose in the east and set in the west, and He Xin never stopped running.

As the sun rose, He Xin felt as if he saw the light.

'Ding……'

The cell phone rang and He Xin stopped abruptly.

Was it her imagination? Did her cell phone ring?

Looking at the signal icon on the phone, He Xin suddenly felt infinite hope from the bottom of his heart.

With trembling fingers, he dialed a number with great effort.

"elder brother……"

-

"It's on fire, put it out."

“Ahh…it’s on fire…”

Someone shouted, and everyone who had fallen asleep woke up one after another.

My sleepiness immediately disappeared and I hurried to fetch water to put out the fire.

But the more water was poured on, the fire did not subside but became even more intense.

The fire was relentless and gradually radiated outward.

No one dared to go forward to put out the fire, and they all retreated and fled back home.

As the evening breeze blew, the fire became more fierce.

But strangely, the fire did not cross the fence, did not affect the neighbors, and only burned Qin Chang's family.

"It's the mountain god. Their family must have done something wrong, and the mountain god has appeared." A childish voice sounded among the crowd.

The child's words were so soft and quiet, but they struck a heavy blow on everyone's heart.

"Don't talk nonsense." Old Lady Qin covered Yun Yi's mouth and scolded him harshly.

"Where's Qin Chang? Where are their family members?"

Suddenly, someone realized that Qin Chang and his parents were missing.

For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on the raging fire.

No one spoke anymore, and the only sound in the entire village was the sound of the burning fire.

The fire lit up half the sky, and it was not until dawn that the fire became smaller.

The clan leader had the fire put out and walked into the house where only the frames were left. He saw the bodies of three people who had been burned to death, neatly laid out on the ground.

It really was as if I was nailed inside the house by the mountain god, not allowed to escape or move, and passively endured the punishment of the fire.

"I understand. The mountain god wants to take revenge on old lady Qin."

"It happened after the woman in their family ran away. First, more than a dozen men died, and now this family of three has died."

"Yes, yes, it's them. The Qin Chang family suffered misfortune because they bought the girl that Old Lady Qin brought back."

"That must be the case. It was Old Lady Qin who brought disaster to our village."

It is much easier to admit someone else's mistakes than to admit your own mistakes.

Put all the responsibility on others, and the mountain god will punish others, so that you can condemn others without any psychological burden.

Faced with such accusations from the villagers, Old Mrs. Qin had no way to defend herself.

Yun Yi could see that she herself was a little panicked.

The more ignorant and backward a place is, the more people believe in ghosts and gods.

With the psychological suggestion that the mountain god sent tigers down the mountain to eat people, it would be easier for people to believe that the mountain god is punishing Qin Chang's family.

What's more, if it wasn't the mountain god, how do we explain that the fire only burned Qin Chang's family and none of his neighbors were affected?

Originally, because of Qin Ye's affair, more than ten men in the village died. Now there is also the rumor that she offended the mountain god. Old Lady Qin is becoming more and more hated by everyone in the village.

However, Old Mrs. Qin was not easy to get along with. If someone scolded her, she would scold back.

She didn't lose in words, after all, she was an old lady over fifty years old. When she saw others destroying her acres of land, she could only stand in the field and curse back. There was nothing else she could do.

"Why is my life so miserable? My husband and son died, and now I have to suffer those injustices."

"Oh my God, you are so blind. You didn't look for so many bad guys, but you only looked for me, an old woman who is easy to bully."

Old Mrs. Qin sat on the edge of the field and started cursing, but no one listened to her.

There were even many people who believed that as long as they bullied Old Lady Qin, they would be on the same side as the mountain god, and the mountain god would let them off easily for the sake of their efforts to "punish evil and promote good."

'Rumble...'

Thunder suddenly sounded in the sky, with a loud bang, hitting everyone's heart heavily.

Yun Yi looked at the heavy rain pouring down and walked straight into the rain.

Ignoring the calls of Old Lady Qin behind him.

Amid the astonished gazes of the crowd, he leaped into the rushing river and disappeared under the current.

"Old Lady Qin's grandson jumped into the river."

"It looks like he's been possessed."

"It's not evil spirits, it must be the mountain god punishing Old Lady Qin, causing the death of her husband, son, and grandson."

Why is this happening?

In extreme sadness, Old Lady Qin even forgot to cry.

His eyes went dark and he fell to the side.

-

"Ah...save me, save me, save me."

"Don't come over here, don't come over here."

"I'll give you money, please let me go back."

Hearing He Xin's call, He Ziheng hurried over to wake up his sister.

"Wake up Xinxin, it's okay, brother is here."

He Xin suddenly woke up, was stunned for a moment when he saw He Ziheng in front of him, and then hugged He Ziheng tightly.

"I was so scared, brother, I was so scared, I thought I didn't run away, those people were so scary."

"It's okay, you got out, you are safe now."

He Ziheng patted He Xin's back and soothed her softly, "Brother is here. Brother will always be with you."

The boy's eyes behind the lenses emitted a cold light in the dim room.

The cold light disappeared in an instant, and then the aura around him became much warmer and softer, trying to use warmth to soothe He Xin's uneasy emotions.

After comforting He Xin for a long time and seeing that she fell asleep, He Ziheng walked out.

But he left the door a crack so that if He Xin made any movement he could hear it first.

"On the night the young lady ran away, the village caught fire and the buyer's family of three were all burned to death."

After He Ziheng came out, someone came over and told him the results of the investigation: "There are rumors that the mountain god was angry and burned that family to death."

"There are also people who say that the old woman who kidnapped the young lady angered the mountain god. The old woman's grandson seemed to be possessed by evil spirits a few days ago. He jumped into the river during a heavy rain and has not been seen since. No one knows whether he is dead or alive."

He Ziheng frowned, "Is it a little boy of about five or six years old?"

He Xin said that a little boy released her and helped her escape.

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