The village head's wife looked at Yun Que'er in surprise. Didn't their family want to be the village head?
Then why was her husband harmed like this?
"Now that the deed is done, of course, you can say whatever you want," the village head's wife rolled her eyes. "Anyway, your family is the most innocent. Even if you trace back three generations, they're all honest and upright people. Even if your father came back to life one day, no one would think your family plotted this on purpose."
Yun Que'er didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What kind of magical plot was this?
The content she imagined was something even an eight - year - old like herself wouldn't dare to think casually.
"I swear to heaven that neither I nor the Yun family has done such a thing," Yun Que'er said. "Of course, if you don't believe me, I can talk to the village head in person."
"Moreover, we came here on a serious matter. We're not here to mock anyone," Ji Chengxuan said.
But in the eyes of the village head's wife, the words of these two people were completely untrustworthy.
She still blocked the door and refused to give way. Her emotions were gradually getting a bit excited.
"Who knows what you two little brats will do once you get in? You can't come in. As long as I'm still alive, don't even think about ruining our family!"
It seemed that the village head's wife had been seriously stimulated. She even thought that others were trying to leave them with no way out.
Yun Que'er really didn't know how to explain it to the village head's wife. She turned to look at Ji Chengxuan and gave him a look.
Should they just tell the truth?
Ji Chengxuan understood. Thinking that if they continued to make a scene, probably the whole village would know. He had no choice but to speak up.
"We just want to borrow a tape recorder. We'll return it to you soon," Ji Chengxuan said.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing Ji Chengxuan's words, the village head's wife was like a person facing a great enemy. "A tape recorder? Do you want to get something out of my husband's mouth and then harm him? I won't lend you the tape recorder. Get out of here right now!"
Saying that, the village head's wife started to push and shove them and refused to give an inch.
Yun Que'er was extremely helpless. She gently tugged at Ji Chengxuan's sleeve.
Their family was now on high alert. Not to mention asking to see the village head and borrowing something from him, even getting past his wife was quite difficult.
The two were about to give up. It didn't matter. They would just accept the punishment again.
Unexpectedly, at this time, the village head himself walked out.
There was almost no expression on his face. He looked dull, as if his soul had been taken away.
He walked over slowly and put the tape recorder on the big stone beside the door.
"You can take it," the village head said stiffly. His voice was flat, like that of a dying man. "After you take it, don't come to me again. Never come to my door."
The village head's wife looked at the village head in surprise. "Are you crazy? How dare you lend this thing to them? Aren't you afraid they'll harm you?!"
The village head seemed to not care about this at all. He stiffly shook his head and turned around to walk back.
"Let them harm me. What else can a person like me be afraid of? I'm not afraid of anything..."
More surprised than the village head's wife were Yun Que'er and Ji Chengxuan. They listened to the village head's tone. It seemed that he had completely lost hope in life. It seemed that the next second he would bang his head against the wall and never want to live again.
Although their goal was to make the village head get what he deserved, after all, his crime was not worthy of death. Thinking that he had tried to commit suicide a few days ago, even if they wouldn't feel sympathy for the village head because of these things, they still felt a bit uncomfortable.
Yun Que'er thought for two or three seconds. Just as the village head was about to step into the door, Yun Que'er suddenly spoke up.
"Actually, you didn't have to end up like this."
The village head stopped in his tracks, and his body went stiff.
The village head's wife glared at Yun Que'er fiercely and started to drive them away.
"Are you done? The thing is already given to you. Why aren't you leaving yet! Don't dawdle. Our family doesn't welcome you!"
"Although you've made many mistakes yourself, wasn't it your lackey who finally pushed you into the abyss?!" Yun Que'er said anxiously.
Only then did the village head slowly turn his head. Before his wife completely closed the big door, he heard Yun Que'er say.
"Our family never thought of competing with you for anything. I think you should have guessed that yourself. But why were you so on guard against us? Was it because you were overly suspicious and willing to do so, or was there someone constantly inducing you from behind?"
As soon as the words were spoken, the big door was completely closed. Yun Que'er didn't know if she had just hit a wall, but she felt extremely uncomfortable all over.
Ji Chengxuan silently looked at Yun Que'er. After a long time, he finally asked.
"Actually, you didn't have to say these things to him. Even if he dies, it has nothing to do with us. And even if there was someone else inducing him, everything was still his own choice."
"Maybe. It really has nothing to do with us," Yun Que'er shrugged. She took two steps forward and then stopped.
"But don't you think..." Yun Que'er turned her head, "the one who has been hiding in the dark and using others is the most vicious."
The two took the tape recorder to the abandoned school. By this time, it was completely dark. There were no street lights in the countryside. If they didn't bring a kerosene lamp, the only sources of light at night were the moon and the lights of each household.
But the location of this school was too remote. It was almost on the outskirts of the village, so they couldn't even borrow the light from other people's houses. They could only barely see the road by the moonlight.
For Yun Que'er, once she entered the gate, she was no different from a blind person. Coupled with the darkness, the atmosphere of this abandoned school became even more eerie. Yun Que'er could only hold on to Ji Chengxuan's sleeve and force herself to move forward.
Finally, the two reached a very secluded corner.
If someone were to play hide - and - seek here, they probably wouldn't be found for three days and three nights.
Yun Que'er felt a chill run down her spine and clung tightly to Ji Chengxuan.
"Do you think this task is just to make us two explore at night?"
"But it was said before that the reason we're doing this is to protect the school," Ji Chengxuan said.
Yun Que'er felt a surge of annoyance. Stupid system! Usually, when they needed to know the cause and effect, the system didn't say anything. Now that it had said something, it had assigned such a terrifying task. Why didn't it just attract lightning to strike them?
"I'm so scared," Yun Que'er patted her chest, feeling her heart pounding like thunder. "Didn't you bring matches? Why don't we find some dry branches nearby and light them for illumination? My soul is almost scared out of my body..."
"Are you stupid?" Ji Chengxuan stopped Yun Que'er's hand that was about to take the matches. "It's so stuffy here. The air density is so high. Aren't you afraid of an explosion if you light a fire? And the frames of these houses are all made of wood. If it catches fire, none of us can escape."