Chapter 541 - Chapter 541: Chapter 528: Playing Insane (1/2)

Chapter 541: Chapter 528: Playing Insane

Now that such a thing has occurred in the Ma family, fearing whether Hongyu’s treatment will be successful or not, the family will most likely face constant gossip and criticism, leading to unrest.

Who knows how it will affect the future marriages of the daughters and sons of the family?

As Mrs. Wei becomes increasingly irritable thinking about this, she does not dare to voice it out to Song Laibao, but sighing, she heads to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Watching Hongyu incessantly talking to the chickens in the chicken coop in the courtyard, Song Laibao joined in a sigh.

In winter days it gets dark early. The farmers retire to bed early after dinner.

Hongyu seems to be quite exhausted. While having dinner that night, she fell asleep while being fed by Mrs. Wei. She almost knocked over the dishes on the table. Eventually, Song Laibao carried her to bed.

Although it takes some effort, at least they can have some peace when she is sleeping.

Both Song Laibao and Mrs. Wei, tired from the day’s work, retired to bed early along with the rest of the house.

The night deepens.

The thin clouds drifted across the sky, masking the crescent moon, even the moon itself appeared hazily blurred.

Hongyu, who was sleeping evenly on the bed emitting a slight snoring sound, suddenly opened her eyes.

She quietly dressed, got out of bed, left the room, hurried away from the courtyard, and rushed toward the west.

The winter nights are so cold, even without a gale, that it stings the face as if it were a knife. Hongyu’s face is frozen red, but that does not hinder her hurried pace.

Bypassing the local farmland, all along the way to the deserted land, at the base of a large willow tree, Hongyu stopped.

She picked up a stick lying close by, and began to dig under the roots of the willow tree.

After about the time it takes to brew a pot of tea, Hongyu pulled out a wooden box from the hole she had dug under the root of the willow tree, shook off the dirt on top of it, and carefully opened the box.

Under the faint moonlight, one could make out a few golden hairpins and bracelets, as well as some paper money and silver ingots in the box.

These valuable items, even under the weak moonlight, still emanated a lustrous glow.

Thank goodness, everything is still there.

Hongyu exhaled, closed the box, rewrapped it in fabric and returned it to the hole, preparing to rebury it.

But as she dumped a handful of dirt, Hongyu was suddenly struck by surprise.

As everything is still here, why did the officials from the county government office say they found something?

This morning she had barely avoided having her deception uncovered in the prison, and this afternoon they released her – could it be…