475 Respite (1/2)

When Ye Shuang left, she was alone, but when she returned, it was with a girl and a pocketful of corn.

”You can even draw the attention of a girl when you go searching for food?” Su Zheng was baffled.

”What are you talking about?” Ye Shuang held her forehead. Due to the unexpected physical exhaustion, she felt worse. She tossed the handful of corn over and then led the girl who was wobbly on her feet to the ground. Ye Shuang did not have much strength left. She collapsed to the ground and waved weakly. ”This girl said we can temporarily stay at her place. Get packing. I'll have something to eat in the meantime.”

Then Ye Shuang started to work on the corn. She pulled the husk back to reveal the full kernels. She took a generous bite out of it.

The girl with a ponytail shriveled under Su Zheng's searching gaze. Along the way, she had been silent. Other than the occasional sniffling, she didn't communicate much with Ye Shuang. After all, in that awkward situation, what could she really say?

”Hi, how do you feel?”

”Not so good.”

”I would think so. After all, you almost got raped.”

It was just too sad. But with Su Zheng in the group, the presence of someone from the same sex caused the girl to relax somewhat. She finally said in a shaking voice, ”I hear you are here to investigate a case… Er, so, so… I…”

Ye Shuang finished munching on the first corn and got started on another. Then she used the downtime to wink at Su Zheng. Su Zheng understood it instantly. She coughed and turned around. She said in a severe tone, ”Yes, we're here to investigate a big case. Your help will be crucial to us, but we do not wish for this to get out…”

The girl started to tear up again for some reason. She lowered her head to wipe on her sleeves. When she raised her head, her tone was firm. ”I will not let anyone else know about this!”

Anthony had collected quite a bit of information. For now, there was nothing that appeared out of place. There were not that many people in the village. Other than those who were resting and working, there were not many who were on their phones. Therefore, he closed the laptop and leaned over out of curiosity to ask the girl, ”Why do you plan to help us? By the way, do you need a jacket?”

The girl with the ponytail accepted the kindness from Anthony. She pulled the zipper up to her collar to cover up her ruined shirt. She was silent for a while before saying, ”Earlier I…”

It was hard for her to face what had almost happened earlier. The girl struggled for some time before turning the conversation away. ”Just now, the person whom Brother Ye ran into was our village head's nephew.”

With disgust on her face, the girl probably cursed them plenty of times internally before continuing. ”He likes to shirk his work and get into fights. When he was small, at least the village head could handle him… but I have no idea what's happened recently. His actions have gotten far more brazen.”

”Wait, can you please explain what you just said?” Su Zheng raised her hand. ”Brother Shuang, how did you run into so many people when you just went to steal some corn? What happened earlier?”