Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Revenge

Chen Hehua couldn't swim at all, and she struggled in the water, choking on several mouthfuls of water.

She stared wide-eyed at Qi Ning standing on the shore in disbelief.

Chen Hehua never expected that her daughter-in-law would push her into the water.

At times like this, Chen Hehua didn't have time to think too much; her survival instinct made her struggle relentlessly.

But it rained all night, the river rose, and she choked on water, so she couldn't speak a complete sentence.

"help me……"

Chen Hehua reached out her hand to Qi Ning, pleading for help.

Qi Ning stood by the river for a while, a smile playing on her lips, and slowly squatted down, reaching out her hand to Chen Hehua.

Just as Chen Hehua thought Qi Ning was going to save her and her hope was just beginning to rekindle, Qi Ning suddenly grabbed her head and pushed her into the river.

"Ugh...help..."

Qi Ning pressed Chen Hehua's head down firmly.

After a long while, the lotus flowers in the river finally stopped moving.

Qi Ning breathed a sigh of relief and withdrew her hand.

She splashed some river water to wash away the footprints on the riverbank stones, and then deliberately faked a footprint as if a foot had slipped and fallen into the water.

After handling the aftermath, Qi Ning turned around and walked back as if nothing had happened.

The system, which witnessed the whole thing, timidly asked, "Host, aren't you afraid the villagers will suspect something if you kill Chen Hehua like that?"

Qi Ning said calmly, "Who would doubt me as a 'good daughter-in-law'? Besides, isn't Aunt Xiuyun my witness?"

The system continued, "Even if the villagers don't suspect you, Chen Dahu knows about the conflict between you and Chen Hehua, so he'll definitely suspect you, right? When he tells others, the villagers will naturally follow his lead and suspect you too."

"Chen Dahu?"

Qi Ning smiled.

"I'm just waiting for Chen Dahu to become suspicious. I'm afraid he won't become suspicious. He'll be the next one to deal with."

"As for Chen Dahu spreading this and making the villagers suspicious, we're not afraid, they have no evidence."

When Qi Ning returned home, he first went to Chen Hehua's room and found all the silver she had hidden away.

The money the original owner earned from weaving and selling cloth over the past two years, plus other miscellaneous income, and the sum of money Meng Jiyang sent out out of guilt for faking his death, added up to a considerable amount.

While this amount of silver might not seem like much to Qi Ning, it was a considerable sum for ordinary villagers.

Qi Ning took the silver back to his room and hid it, then caught the two chickens and took them back to the henhouse. After that, he sat down and rested for a while.

About half an hour later, Qi Ning got up and went out.

She went straight to Aunt Xiuyun's house next door and knocked on their door.

"Aunt Xiuyun, Aunt Xiuyun, are you asleep?"

Aunt Xiuyun and her family were getting ready to go to bed when they suddenly heard a knock on the door and Qi Ning's voice.

She walked to the front door and opened it, and sure enough, she saw Qi Ning standing outside with a worried expression.

"Ah Ning, what's wrong? What happened?"

Qi Ning quickly said, "Aunt Xiuyun, you know that my mother and I were just looking for chickens."

"Yeah, what's wrong? Haven't you found the chicken yet?"

"No, I've already found the chicken. It was my mother. After I found the chicken, I waited for a long time but she didn't come back."

"Oh, does she think you haven't found the chicken yet and are still looking outside?"

"That's what I thought too, but I went out and looked around, but I couldn't find my mother. It seems like she's disappeared."

Aunt Xiuyun's expression turned slightly serious upon hearing this.

"No way, could it be that it's too dark and she tripped and fell somewhere and can't get up?"

"It's very possible, but I can't find her by myself, and it's too late. I'm really worried about my mother. Aunt Xiuyun, could you and Uncle help me look for my mother?"

Aunt Xiuyun's husband, son, and daughter had already heard the commotion at the door and were all in the yard.

Most of the villagers are simple and warm-hearted, and they often help each other. Not to mention they are familiar neighbors, so of course they readily agreed.

"Okay, okay, we'll help you look for it."

Not only that, Aunt Xiuyun also helped Qi Ning call on several other households in the village to help with the search.

Gradually, more and more people heard the commotion, and most of the village joined in the search.

At that time, Meng Shaoqing was reading at home and naturally heard the commotion outside.

He opened the door, grabbed someone, and asked, "Uncle, what happened?"

The man replied, "I heard that Jiyang's mother has gone missing, and Jiyang's wife is looking everywhere for help."

"Aunt Hehua is missing?" Meng Shaoqing confirmed.

"That's right, I was just about to go take a look."

Meng Shaoqing frowned slightly: "I'll go help too."

The group searched all night with torches, but couldn't find any trace of Chen Hehua.

It wasn't until dawn that someone discovered Chen Hehua floating in the river.

"Someone come quickly!"

"Found her! Found Aunt Lotus!"

Before long, the villagers gathered at the riverbank.

The young men in the village retrieved Chen Hehua's body and placed it on the riverbank.

The village elders discovered footprints by the river.

"It looks like Lotus accidentally slipped and fell into the water. It rained all day yesterday, and the riverbank is very slippery."

Qi Ning lay beside Chen Hehua's corpse, crying her heart out.

"mother!"

"Mother, how could you leave like this!"

"How am I supposed to explain this to Jiyang, Mother!"

Qi Ning only needed to cry beside Chen Hehua's body; no explanation was needed. Aunt Xiuyun was vividly recounting the events of the previous night.

“Oh dear, I know what happened. Their chickens ran away. Aning and Sister Hehua split up to look for them. Later, Aning found the chickens, but Sister Hehua didn’t come back. That’s why she came to our house and knocked on the door, asking us to help look for them.”

"Who knew that after searching all night, we would actually find it in the river? Sister Lotus was really careless, and poor Aning is even more pitiful..."

The villagers, who had gathered in a circle, listened with a sigh:

"Oh well, the chicken's gone, so be it. We can look for it again when it's light!"

"Exactly, it's such a pity that he lost his life for two chickens."

"Aunt Lotus is just unlucky. It rained heavily yesterday, the river rose, and the riverbank was very slippery."

Everyone in the village saw that there were indeed slippery footprints on the riverbank, and Chen Hehua did indeed appear to have drowned. Few people doubted the cause of her death.

Qi Ning has always had a good reputation in the village. Everyone knows she is a good daughter-in-law. Aunt Xiuyun also said that she and Chen Hehua acted separately last night. In addition, given her current sad appearance, of course no one would suspect her.

The village women and women tried to persuade Qi Ning to move away from Chen Hehua's body.

"Ah Ning, don't be too sad."

"Yes, don't cry. Your mother is gone. Don't hurt yourself by crying."

"Oh, poor child."

Despite others' attempts to stop her, Qi Ning knelt beside Chen Hehua's body and wept, making her seem even more pitiful.

Only Meng Shaoqing, standing in the crowd, looked at Qi Ning, who was crying her heart out, with a strange expression...

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