C45 (1/2)

My heart couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when I heard Tang Ran agree.

At the same time, I turned my attention back to the current situation.

At this moment, I still don't get it.

That person was clearly the butcher Liu.

But why did Father call him Old Xie Huang?

What made me even more confused was that the butcher Liu was clearly dead. How did he manage to appear here?

While I was thinking about these messy questions, my thoughts once again entered into a deadlock.

And at this moment, something I would never have thought of.

Old Huang had not left for even half an hour.

At this time, a wave of panic came from the direction of the village.

This sound gave off a very noisy feeling.

It was hard to imagine.

This place is so far away from the village. Logically speaking, even if there was something that happened in the village, we would not be able to hear this sound here.

I subconsciously frowned.

At this moment, when I listened carefully once again, I didn't hear anything.

I looked at Tang Ran and asked, ”Did you hear anything from the village?”

Tang Ran looked at me hesitantly before asking, ”Village?”

I nodded. ”That's right. Why do I feel like someone is saying my name?”

Small male and small male...

That voice didn't seem to have come from the village, but this feeling made me feel as if it had come from there. In short, at this moment, I faintly felt that something had happened, but I didn't know what it was.

While I was thinking about this question, Tang Ran said to me from the side, ”Let's go. We'll take a look in the direction they escaped to.”

Don Ran was talking about the direction my father and Butcher Liu had fled in.

With their abilities, even if they were discovered, there was no need to escape.

The reason why they had immediately ran away when they heard someone coming was because there was only one explanation for their current situation. It was that everything they had done this time was definitely shameful.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but grunt in my heart.

At this time, Tang Ran and I only had one thought in our minds, and that was to secretly find out what kind of secrets were hidden inside.

However, when we groped our way through the grass where they had escaped, we did not find anything unusual.

Other than some of the grass that he had brought along, there was nothing else in the grass.

When I saw this, I couldn't help but be puzzled.

From where we were, to where we were now, it had only been a few minutes.

And now, in just a few minutes, they had all escaped.

This was almost unbelievable to me.

And that's when I was thinking about it.

Tang Ran patted my shoulder before saying, ”It seems like the two of us won't be able to catch up to them. Let's head back.”

Unable to catch up with the now dead Butcher Liu who had reappeared, my heart was still filled with regret.

On top of that, it was currently night and the entire night was dark. I was a little anxious, so my speed increased significantly on the way home.

In less than ten minutes, we had reached the village entrance.

To my surprise.

It was already night. It was already ten in the night, but the village was usually lifeless.

At this moment, it looked very lively.

Many of the lights outside the farmhouses were turned on, so when we went back, there was a feeling of bright lights.

The people of the countryside lived frugally, especially in terms of energy. Sometimes, they would even be willing to travel in the dark and not put on the lights.

Thus, what happened tonight still surprised me quite a bit.

It had to be known that lights were only turned on in front of homes during New Year's Eve. Other than that, they were usually off.

When Tang Ran and I came back in the dark and saw the bright lights, we couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed.

And as we walked home.

I was surprised to find that there were quite a few abnormal situations in the village.

Because as we got closer to the house, we saw a lot of neighbors coming in and out of my house, which was very strange.

Because of the cold, they were all trembling a little.

Even so, they still gathered together and muttered something under their breath, ”What a terrible crime.”

”Did you notice anything? She's the same as her second uncle.”

”That's right, I died too miserably. I think I won't be able to sleep tonight.”