Fan Mingyuan was speechless when he saw her lying through her teeth. She even brought up her own reputation shamelessly.
Moreover, Xiao Ruoshui believed her. He still couldn’t figure out why the two of them, who were initially at each other’s throats, became friends.
“Did you hear that? Young Madam killed someone to protect herself. Get rid of those corpses on the ground,” Fan Mingyuan instructed with a serious expression.
The bailiff thought, “Sir, why have you learned to lie through your teeth? Where’s your sense of fairness?”
The bailiffs resigned themselves to fate and moved to bury the corpses. Coincidentally, there was a shovel at the scene.
It was quite well-prepared.
“Hey, hey. Only two of them died. The others are still breathing. Also, dig the grave further away. I’m afraid of these things.” Shen Yijia’s eyelids twitched when she saw where they were digging. She quickly ran over to stop them.
“Oh, she only killed two of them.” Fan Mingyuan thought.
The bailiff thought, “Really? A murderer who’s afraid of corpses, that’s incredible.”
Fan Mingyuan waved his hand and asked them to tie up the ones who were still alive, and bring them back to the government office. He would bury the dead ones further away.
After they walked a little further away, Shen Yijia ran to the place where they had dug up two shovels and filled them in. She even stepped on them and packed the soil even more tightly.
Xiao Ruoshui was confused by her actions. She leaned closer and suddenly shivered and hid behind Shen Yijia. “There’s someone down there.”
“There’s no one here. You heard wrongly.” Shen Yijia dug her ears. “Of course there’s someone here, but you’ll be scared to death if I say it aloud.” she thought.
“But I clearly heard it. I even heard a rustling sound…” As she spoke, Xiao Ruoshui shivered and looked at Shen Yijia. “Did you really not hear it?”
“No, no. You heard wrongly.” Shen Yijia pulled Xiao Ruoshui away.
Xiao Ruoshui held her breath and focused for a moment. Indeed, she did not hear anything. She heaved a sigh of relief and immediately complained to Shen Yijia about her experience after parting with her.
“By the way,” Xiao Ruoshui suddenly stopped talking and whispered mysteriously into Shen Yijia’s ear, “A man in a mask suddenly came yesterday. If not for him, I would probably have hung myself like the other girls.”
Three of the rescued women committed suicide as soon as they returned home.
As she spoke, stars appeared in her eyes, and her cheeks turned red. In the end, she sighed. “It’s a pity that I don’t know what he looks like, or who he is.”
The more Shen Yijia listened, the more she felt that something was amiss. Why did the masked man in Xiao Ruoshui’s mouth sound so much like her beautiful husband?
Alarm bells immediately rang in her heart. She frowned when she saw Xiao Ruoshui’s expression.
Shen Yijia rolled her eyes. “What if he’s an ugly freak? Otherwise, why would he wear a mask?”
“That won’t happen. From my experience with men, he must be extraordinarily handsome,” Xiao Ruoshui said confidently.
Shen Yijia’s jaw ached. “Of all people, why do you fall for my man again and again?” she thought.
If Xiao Ruoshui liked someone else, she would happily play matchmaker.
Shen Yijia gritted her teeth. She thought for a long time before asking, “What if that person is already married?”
Without giving Xiao Ruoshui a chance to speak, she continued, “Moreover, his wife is sensible, gentle, virtuous, beautiful, and generous. He also loves his wife very much. Wouldn’t you be biting the hand that feeds you if you break them up?”
Xiao Ruoshui choked at her question. When she reacted, she glared at Shen Yijia angrily. “I think you just can’t bear to see me doing well. To think that I was so worried about you that I couldn’t sleep the entire night.”