Once the first branch of the family had left, Yang Chuxia sat down and carefully thought about the situation, feeling that she had overlooked something. As her eyes scanned past the slowly inching away Yang Lichun, her realization finally caught up.
She rushed over to Yang Lichun and grabbed her arm, "You got some nerve, trying to run away?"
When Yang Lichun saw that she was caught by Yang Chuxia, she knew she couldn’t escape and snorted, "I’m not stupid, if I don’t try to run, I would just be inviting a beating."
"Hmph..." Yang Chuxia dragged Yang Lichun, chuckling, "So you think you’re clever now?" She pulled Yang Lichun towards the ancestral hall and said to Land Officer Yang, "Grandpa, could you please tell everyone to leave? Thanks for all the help these past two days, we’ll find a way to properly thank everyone from the old Yang Family when this is all over."
Land Officer Yang glanced at her, guessing that she had some questions for Yang Lichun, and then told people around, "Alright, there’s no need to stay now. People were arrested so the situation got settled for now. Let’s disperse."
Since Land Officer Yang had spoken, no one in the village dared disobey. Soon, only the father and son duo of Land Officer Yang, Yang Dachuan, Ye Zi’an, and Yang Chuxia were left in the ancestral hall.
"Now, spill it. Tell me everything you know!" Yang Chuxia got straight to the point as all the people around her were trustworthy.
"What? I don’t know anything, I really don’t know anything." Yang Lichun shook her head without even thinking.
Yang Chuxia didn’t show any courtesy and immediately slapped her, "So you’re going to talk or not? Don’t think the damage I did to your face makes me the same as Yang Dongzhi. If you don’t tell the truth, I’ll peel off that layer of skin on your face." As she spoke, Yang Chuxia felt behind Yang Lichun’s ear, then hmphed, "It’s best to peel it from here. Afterward, I can use your skin to make a human-skin mask. What do you say?"
Yang Lichun was scared by her words, believing she would actually do as she said.
She immediately shook her head vigorously, "I really don’t know anything! A man suddenly came to me early this morning saying that he was going to Yangshu Village to meet Ye Ziping; so, I went with him."
"Do you think I’m stupid? You just followed him without even knowing him?"
Yang Lichun hastily said, "I’ve seen the man before. I also overheard their conversation, talking about a girl and some kind of sacrifice."
Upon hearing the word ’sacrifice,’ Yang Chuxia’s eyebrows furrowed. She suddenly thought about the sea sacrifices around Wangquan Town and figured that it couldn’t be a coincidence.
She continued asking, "What sacrifice? Have you witnessed it before? Where did they talk about it?"
"I don’t know about that, really. I just saw that man once at Ye Ziping’s place and overheard their conversation."
Yang Chuxia stared into Yang Lichun’s eyes and saw that she didn’t seem to know much more. She went on to ask, "Where were you staying?"
"Were there any girls where you were staying?"
Yang Lichun shook her head repeatedly, "No, no, definitely none. I only found out about Yang Dongzhi’s situation and what happened to her after I arrived in the village."
"I’m warning you, you better keep this to yourself, or I’ll reveal your connection to Ye Ziping." With that, Yang Chuxia turned to Uncle Dayong, "Uncle Dayong, I have to trouble you and my father once more to quickly take her to Constable Hong and inform him about the possible sacrifice connection along the way. I’m guessing this situation is tied to those people who worships the sea envoys. As for Yang Lichun, even if she knows nothing, she must be taken to the authorities, or else she’ll never learn her lesson."