My best friend is living a famine-stricken life; you're going crazy, I'm farming.

Shen Yu sat quietly by the window, embroidering a handkerchief.

Zhou Jingyi lay on the bed, quietly watching her.

He liked his wife more and more the more he looked at her.

She is beautiful, kind-hearted, and hardworking.

Before she broke her leg, she was kind to many people, but not to him.

It was only because he had a broken leg and was unable to move around easily that she paid him more attention; otherwise, he would have been kicked out every few days as usual.

Zhou Jingyi's eyes dimmed somewhat.

Shen Yu was completely absorbed in her own world and did not notice the change in the mood of the person next to her.

Three Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms were sold for ten taels of silver.

She bought medicine, shoes, meat, rouge, oil lamps, etc., spending one and a half taels of silver. She gave Yang Fenglan two taels, leaving her with six and a half taels.

We need to save up some more.

The Zhou family gave eight taels of silver as a betrothal gift. If I were to leave, they could ask for the betrothal gift and I would have the money to buy my freedom.

But... where can she go after leaving the Zhou family?

A bright and gentle figure inexplicably surfaced in Shen Yu's mind, and the corners of her lips slightly lifted.

She needs to pave the way for her future as soon as possible.

……

After Yang Fenglan and her girlfriends finished eating and chatting, they carried two buckets of water, and it got dark.

Shen Yu gave her an oil lamp, and she said some nice things to the little girl, making her eyes crinkle with joy. But then her expression turned conflicted, and she left without saying a word.

Lighting the oil lamp brought back the same feeling I had in my childhood when the village first got electricity – the lives of ordinary people were getting better and better.

After having a good time for a while, I turned off the lights and went straight to sleep.

Shen Yu was so excited about earning so much money for the first time that she couldn't sleep.

She was eager to leave the Zhou family and hesitated for a long time before deciding to talk to Zhou Jingyi about it so that he could be mentally prepared.

But when I turned my head, I heard his steady breathing and knew he was asleep.

Shen Yu did not wake him up.

There was a large bed, and she and Zhou Jingyi each slept on one side, each covered with a blanket, with plenty of space between them.

Turning her back to Zhou Jingyi, Shen Yu moved further to the edge of the bed.

As they moved, they discovered a strange red light emanating from under the bed, flashing by in an instant.

Shen Yu's heart tightened, she held her breath and stared intently at the ground.

The red light flashed again.

I'm sure I'm not seeing things.

Shen Yu's voice trembled, "Who...is it..."

"Master." A soft, childlike voice came from under the bed.

The red light grew brighter and brighter.

A big-headed ghost doll crawled out from under the bed.

"Ah!" Shen Yu suddenly shrank back into the bed, pressing herself against Zhou Jingyi. "Zhou... Zhou Jingyi! Wake up..."

"What's wrong?" Zhou Jingyi instinctively hugged Shen Yu.

Shen Yu was so startled that she moved away from him again.

I mechanically turned my head, and there was still the ghost doll standing by the bed.

Caught between a rock and a hard place, Shen Yu chose to stay close to Zhou Jingyi, where she felt slightly safer.

This was the first time Zhou Jingyi had ever been embraced by a beautiful woman. He was stunned for a moment, his heart blossomed with joy, and his drowsiness vanished instantly.

"Xiaoyu, I...I have a leg injury and it's inconvenient for me, this...is not appropriate..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Jingyi was slapped across the face.

In the darkness, he couldn't see Shen Yu's expression, but he could sense her intense anger and dared not say anything more.

Shen Yu, however, could see Zhou Jingyi's embarrassed expression through the red light.

She hated his recklessness, but dared not leave his side.

"There's something ghostly..."

"What the hell?" Zhou Jingyi looked bewildered. "Xiaoyu, did you have a nightmare?"

"No, it's right there..." Shen Yu pointed to the foot of the bed, where the paper doll was still there, tilting its head and staring at her with strange eyes.

The room was dark, with no lights on, so Zhou Jingyi had no idea which direction she was pointing in.

They assumed she was just having a nightmare and was frightened.

Didn't they say there was an evil spirit in the house last night?

Therefore, it is understandable that one would have nightmares.

His mother had been having nightmares for many days in a row, didn't she?

Zhou Jingyi hugged Shen Yu through the blanket, "It's just a nightmare, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here."