You confiscated my property, I exiled you, why are you crying when the treasury is empty?

Bai Ye supported Su Wanning and looked in the direction she was looking. He saw the situation inside the door and didn't seem surprised at all.

"Ningning, maybe this is the custom of this place."

Su Wanning wanted to cry but had no tears. "What kind of custom would put graves in the yard?"

After a round of visits, the two found that almost every household had one or more graves in its yard.

Some of the exiled team members moved into villagers' homes after being persuaded by the villagers, but some were unwilling to do so.

For example, Wu Qianyun had been having nightmares for the past few days. When she saw the grave, she was reminded of something and was unwilling to go in no matter how hard she tried.

Liu Yan'er was originally unable to stand up because of the poisonous insect in her stomach, but in order to show her filial piety, she followed Wu Qianyun to rest under a willow tree in the center of the village.

Only then did Su Wanning realize that the entire village from one end to the other was planted with willow trees, and there were willow trees in front of almost every house.

This reminded Su Wanning of the time when she accompanied her colleagues to the cemetery. The entrance to the cemetery was almost entirely lined with century-old willow trees, and she immediately got goosebumps.

"Bai Ye, this village is full of willow trees. Could it be..."

Bai Ye patted Su Wanning's shoulder to comfort her, "Don't worry, I'm here."

After Bai Ye said this, Su Wanning became even more frightened. Willow trees can gather negative energy, which is beneficial to the dead.

Mom, it’s another day when I want to go back to the modern era.

Just as Su Wanning was thinking this, the original sunlight was blocked by dark clouds.

Su Wanning buried herself in Bai Ye's arms. Although she had done many good deeds in her life, she had also done a lot of bad things. It would have been better if she had been smashed to death when she was first exiled.

Thinking of this, my arms tightened again.

Suddenly someone patted her shoulder and Su Wanning screamed.

"Sister Wan Ning, why are you holding my second sister all the time?" Bai Su leaned over and looked at Su Wan Ning.

Su Wanning heard the sound, came out of Bai Ye's arms, and hit Bai Su, "Why are you taking pictures of me for no reason? You scared me half to death."

Bai Suyi looked aggrieved, "Sister Wan Ning, I called you several times just now, but you ignored me."

Su Wanning rolled her eyes at him, "It was just now..."

She looked at the sky again. With such bright sunlight, there was not a single shadow of a dark cloud.

The feeling of fear also disappeared. Could it be that everything just now was an illusion?

Looking at the graves in the yard next to it, I feel a little more at ease.

Su Wanning reached out and slapped Bai Su, "Ah! Sister Wanning, what are you doing?"

Su Wanning looked at her red hands. The pain was not a dream or an illusion. Could it be that she had eaten mushrooms on the roadside during lunch today?

Seeing Bai Su's face immediately flushed with disloyalty, he suddenly felt guilty, "I told you to scare me just now."

Then he got on the carriage. Bai Su looked at Bai Ye with red eyes and said, "Second sister, she hit me and my face is burning. My face will definitely be disfigured. I haven't married yet. What if I can't find a wife because of the disfigurement?"

Bai Ye's mouth twitched, "You may not be able to find it unless you disfigure yourself."

"Second sister! I am your biological brother. If Sister Wan Ning bullies me, you must report it to me..."

"What do you want to report?" Su Wanning came down carrying a big bag of snacks in a cloth bag and handed the things to Bai Su.

Bai Su took a look at the contents and immediately smiled. "Of course I'm thinking about repaying you in the future. From now on, Sister Wan Ning, you are my real sister. If you tell me to go east, I won't go west. You...ah, it's so cold."

Bai Su was blowing the wind on the horse. Su Wanning took out an ice pack and put it on Bai Su's face. "Take it and apply it to reduce the swelling."

Bai Su nodded, holding the ice pack on his face with one hand and snacks in the other, and followed the two people to the end of the village.

When she entered the courtyard again, she asked Bai Ye to block her view of the grave.

I quickly made dinner and went to bed.

The wind outside was howling and blew open the window.

Su Wanning sat up from the bed, and Bai was no longer there.

He took out a few flashlights from the space, turned them on, closed his eyes, wrapped himself in a blanket, and said in a trembling voice, "Bai... Bai Ye..."

The half-covered door was pushed open with a creaking sound.

Su Wanning was so nervous that a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back.

Feeling the quilt being pulled, he cried out with his eyes closed, clapping his hands randomly.

"Ningning, it's me."

Su Wanning opened her eyes and saw that it was Bai Ye. She relaxed instantly. "Where have you been? I was scared to death."

Bai Ye reached out and patted Su Wanning's back. "I just went to the toilet. If I had known you would wake up in the middle of the night, I should have woken you up."

Bai Ye walked over and closed the window that was blown open by the wind, and lay down on the bed with Su Wanning. The flashlight was placed at the head of the bed, shining on the ceiling.

Bai Ye reached out and patted Su Wanning's back gently, but Su Wanning couldn't sleep and looked around vigilantly.

Bai Ye sat up, took the kettle beside him, and handed it to Su Wanning, "I put some tranquilizer in it, drink some."

Su Wanning took the kettle, took a sip and stopped drinking.

After a while, she fell asleep under Bai Ye's coaxing. Bai Ye tentatively called Su Wanning's name a few times, reached out to tuck the corner of the quilt for Su Wanning, and turned to walk out the door.

*

Su Wanning slept through the night and woke up at dawn. Bai Ye, who had just finished cleaning up, heard the noise and looked towards the bed. "How was your sleep in the second half of the night?"

Su Wanning stretched and said, "Very peaceful."

After packing up and leaving the yard, I suddenly found that the willow tree in the center of the village was crowded with people.

As I got closer, I could faintly hear someone crying.

Looking through the crowd, I saw Wu Qianyun lying on the ground, her face pale, and the Zhan family members were also beside her.

There were also several people in official uniforms, one of whom should be a coroner who was examining Wu Qianyun's body.

"The left side of the skull is sunken, but no other signs of human remains or wounds were found."

Hearing what the coroner said, Song Ying's figure swayed, and she almost fell down, her mouth stammering.

The coroner looked at the pile of stones nearby and asked, "Was there a night breeze last night?"

Liu Yan'er wiped her tears and said, "It was very windy, so we rested under the lee of this tree."

The coroner picked up a stone and compared it. "Why don't you sleep somewhere else?"

"I tried to persuade Grandma, but she refused to move." Liu Yan'er's face was filled with self-blame. "If I had forcefully taken Grandma away, this wouldn't have happened."

The coroner stood up holding the stone. "It should be this stone that caused the accident. Whether it was caused by human factors or something else, further investigation is needed."

Song Ying immediately said, "No need to check." Feeling the others' gazes, she hurriedly explained, "Since my mother is gone, it's best to let her rest in peace as soon as possible."