Chapter 216
“Are you dead?” Jiang Yexun sneered coldly.
Jiang Guoli’s fingers were trembling desperately as he pointed at them, “You know there are wild beasts in the mountains, yet you still left me here. Isn’t that tantamount to wanting me dead? And you even left the flashlight beside me, knowing that light attracts wild beasts.”
“So, Uncle Jiang, were you pretending to faint just now to make things difficult for us?” Su Xiaoxiao suddenly interjected.
Jiang Guoli choked up instantly.
After pondering in his mind and unable to come up with a plausible explanation, he could only shut his mouth honestly.
“Let’s go! Seeing Uncle Jiang making a scene like this, coming to call us into the mountain today, must have some ulterior motive,” Su Xiaoxiao said with puffed cheeks, almost turning into a little frog.
Although she said this, her gaze was fixedly staring at Jiang Guoli.
Those overly clear and bright eyes seemed to illuminate all the filth in the world.
Feeling guilty, Jiang Guoli quickly turned his head away.
But then he cursed himself in his heart for being useless.
His wife valued the things left behind by the Guo family more than anything, probably didn’t even tell her daughter, and only told his son.
This Su Xiaoxiao hadn’t even married that brat Jiang Yexun yet, how could she possibly know such a big secret?
Thinking of this, Jiang Guoli straightened his back again and glared back at Su Xiaoxiao with righteousness.
He originally wanted to say something, but then he heard his son beside him sneer sarcastically.
Then, he walked back to Su Xiaoxiao’s side from Jiang Guoli’s side.
“Well, let’s not accompany him in his nonsense. Are you hungry? I brought your favorite peach pastries when I went out.” Jiang Yexun took out the peach pastries wrapped in oil paper from his bag.
He handed one to Su Xiaoxiao, one to his mother, and ate one himself.
He wrapped up the leftovers and put them back in his bag.
Jiang Guoli swallowed his saliva secretly, feeling uncomfortable as he said, “Are you eating separately again?! Guo Hongxiang, I’m your man, your son’s father. Is this how you treat me?”
“Uncle Jiang, if you were really hungry, you wouldn’t have been searching in the mountains for so long. Since you were able to search for so long in the mountains, you must not be hungry, right? Moreover, people who are mourning the loss of a child usually lose their appetite for at least several days. Unlike you, who wants to eat everything and wants everything.” Su Xiaoxiao looked disdainfully at Jiang Guoli.
Jiang Guoli found that every time he said something, she had a retort. Now, he couldn’t win an argument or a fight, so he could only glare fiercely at Aunt Guo, then walked ahead of them.
Regarding his approach of targeting the weak, Guo Hongxiang felt somewhat annoyed but also amused.
It’s a good thing she gave birth to a son with prospects and found a smart daughter-in-law, otherwise life in the old Jiang family would definitely be worse than pigs and dogs.
Jiang Guoli searched around but didn’t notice anything unusual with his own mother-in-law and stepson. Now, tired, hungry, and thirsty, he had to remain vigilant against wild beasts in the mountains. How could he dare to stay longer in the mountains? With his head down, he hurriedly made his way downhill.
“Uncle Jiang, did you find a burial ground for your son?” Su Xiaoxiao asked curiously as she watched his hurried figure.
“I did. I buried him in the middle of the mountain. It’s better to have neighbors around,” Jiang Guoli replied coldly.
“Oh my! Uncle Jiang, what are you talking about? This is completely feudal and superstitious thinking!” Su Xiaoxiao exaggerated.
Jiang Guoli’s body stiffened, and the muscles on his face twitched. He had originally intended to scare Su Xiaoxiao with those words. After all, a delicate girl like her would surely be most afraid of such things. Perhaps scaring her too much would drive her insane. In the village, a crazy woman, especially a pretty one, would have a bad ending no matter how well her family protected her.
But he feared his clever scheme might have backfired. “If you want to report me to the disciplinary committee, go ahead! If I’m caught and criticized, what will be the fate of your mother-in-law and your man?” Jiang Guoli retorted recklessly.
“We are kind-hearted and have no intention of harming anyone. We just hope that the well water won’t interfere with the river water,” Su Xiaoxiao pretended to be magnanimous.
In fact, they both knew that neither could do anything to the other. But for Aunt Guo, a daughter of a wealthy landlord family, this was already a good outcome. Just occasionally listening to a few complaints, without being ordered around under the same roof, was already considered patience after more than two years.
“Humph!” Jiang Guoli grunted and stopped talking, continuing downhill with his head down. He realized that their family was getting worse because they talked too much. In the future, he would speak less and do more, so that they would suffer a big loss unintentionally.
The four of them walked down the mountain, stopping by the graves on the halfway. Jiang Guoli chose a spot he thought had decent feng shui, marked it with some stones, and then hurried back home.
The door of the old Jiang family’s house was half-open, with no light inside. Although now, except for the faint light from the neighboring kerosene lamp, the other houses in the commune were all the same. But for some reason, the old Jiang family’s house gave off a particularly desolate feeling in the darkness.
What Jiang Guoli said just now didn’t scare Su Xiaoxiao, but he himself was quite scared now. He could only repeatedly remind himself in his heart that if there really were ghosts in this house, they would be his own son. He had always been particularly fond of the two sons he had with his ex-wife. Even if Jiang Quansheng were to seek revenge, he would at most go to the neighboring house to retaliate against Su Xiaoxiao and the others. It had nothing to do with him.
However, even with this thought in mind, Jiang Guoli still felt his hair stand on end as soon as he entered the house.
What he didn’t know was that even if there were such things in this world, Su Xiaoxiao wouldn’t be afraid at all. After all, in her previous life, she had been a medium for decades. Pan Yongsheng had caused her death and even implicated her parents. With such intense hatred, she was helpless when facing that thing, let alone Jiang Quansheng, who died at the hands of Yu Siping.
The three of them pushed open the door and entered the courtyard, and Zhang Tiewa and Hua Shoucheng immediately walked out of the kitchen.
“Aunt, sister-in-law, brother,” Zhang Tiewa greeted with a smile.
Hua Shoucheng also greeted Aunt Guo politely and warmly, “Mom.”
“It’s so late. Have you all eaten?” Aunt Guo asked with concern.