The daily life of a space tycoon raising children, doting on his husband, and farming.

Chapter 118 The Eight Trigrams Turn into a Murder Case [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"what's up?"

Liangliang said, "Erpang said he saw Gao Qi's mother in the reeds yesterday."

Shang Wan was somewhat surprised that Gui had secretly returned.

"Erpang went to the reeds to collect wild duck eggs. Suddenly he heard a strange sound, so he followed the sound and saw Gao Qi's mother fighting with a man."

"A fight?" Shang Wan's expression turned somewhat strange as she considered a possibility. "They were all wearing clothes, weren't they?"

Liangliang blinked, not understanding why Shang Wan asked this question.

After carefully recalling what Erpang had said, Liangliang nodded, "The one who's wearing clothes."

Shang Wan breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the children weren't led astray.

She asked, "Did Erpang see who that man was?"

"No, Erpang only saw a figure from behind. The voice sounded familiar, so it should be someone from the village."

Shang Wan nodded, guessing that the man was the adulterer.

I initially just listened to it as gossip, but who would have thought that the gossip would turn into a murder case the next day.

Gui died.

He died in the reeds, and it was that unlucky kid Erpang who found him.

He found two wild duck eggs the day before yesterday, and two more yesterday. Having tasted success, he decided to try his luck again today.

Unexpectedly, instead of finding wild duck eggs, they discovered a naked female corpse.

The child was so frightened that he burst into tears, which alerted the adults who were washing clothes by the river.

Following the sound of crying, they found Erpang slumped on the ground, and not far away, Gui Shi lay on her side with her eyes wide open, her life hanging in the balance.

Her upper garment was hanging loosely around her waist, revealing her plump flesh. A sharpened wooden stick pierced through her chest and down to her back, and blood flowed down her flesh, staining the ground beneath her.

"It's Gui Shaofen!"

"Didn't she go crazy and run away from the village? How did she end up dead here?"

"Someone has died! Notify the village chief immediately!"

The adults were also startled. Someone shouted that someone had died and ran to the Lin family to inform the village chief.

When news broke that there was a dead body in the reed marshes, the village was in an uproar, and everyone, whether they had free time or not, rushed towards the reed marshes.

When Old Lady Gao heard that Gui had died in the reeds, she fainted immediately.

"Gao Qi, Gao Qi! Your mother is dead! Go see her right now!"

Someone came into the house and called out to Gao Qi. A bowl was thrown at him. If the person hadn't instinctively turned his head to dodge, he would have been bleeding from his face.

The porcelain bowl crashed against the door and shattered into several pieces.

The person who came quickly jumped aside, "Gao Qi, what's wrong with you? I was just trying to warn you, why are you hitting me?"

"Ahhh!"

A pair of wooden chopsticks then came crashing down. The disheveled man on the kang had bloodshot eyes. He opened his mouth, but could not utter a single word except for a hoarse roar.

The visitor was frightened by his ferocious appearance and dared not stay in the room any longer. He helped the unconscious old lady Gao to another room and left in a hurry.

With such a commotion in the village, Shang Wan couldn't possibly have missed it. Everyone has a sense of curiosity, so the family tidied themselves up and headed to the reed marshes to take a look.

Ma Jieyong felt like he was being scratched by a cat, and he glanced at his master several times.

He also wanted to go and see what the commotion was about.

He Sizhi glanced at him and said, "The master has paid you, so you should work. It's not time to rest yet."

Ma Jieyong sighed, and Gao Yan whispered, "Someone has died, so this must be serious. Let's run and see during our break; we might make it in time."

With that in mind, Ma Jieyong refocused his attention from the reed marshes and sped up his work, just so he could rest sooner and go see the excitement.

When Shang Wan and her group arrived at the reed marshes, the place where Gui had the accident was already surrounded by a large crowd.

Shi Tou stood on tiptoe to look inside, but due to his height, he couldn't see anything.

"Su!" Yuanyuan reached out her little hand and tugged at Shitou's pants, her little voice urgent, "Hug!"

Looking at the round, fair face, Shi Tou hesitated. What's a little baby looking at dead people for? What if it scares them and gives them nightmares?
Yuanyuan was very persistent; she used so much force with her little hands that she almost tore Shitou's pants off.

Stone gripped his belt tightly, looking at his sister with a bitter expression.

Shang Wan thought for a moment and said to Yuan Yuan, "Good girl, don't cry if you're scared."

"Okay!" Yuanyuan nodded her little head vigorously.

Don't be afraid, baby! Don't cry, baby!

"Hold me." Shang Wan gestured to Shi Tou with her eyes.

Xiao Huan asked worriedly, "Sister, are you really going to let Yuan Yuan see it?"

Shang Wan nodded: "Mm."

Seeing that Lu Chengjing did not object, Shi Tou reached out and picked up Yuan Yuan, lifting the little one onto his neck to sit comfortably.

Yuan Yuan, whose gaze suddenly sharpened, excitedly slapped Shi Tou's head repeatedly, like slapping a watermelon.

Little chubby hands may be soft, but they can still hurt when they hit someone.

Stone winced in pain, "Yuanyuan, if you keep hitting me, Uncle will go crazy."

Upon hearing this, Yuanyuan quickly stopped clapping her little hands and instead obediently hugged him, lowering her little head and pouting as she breathed on her uncle's lips.

The feeling of a cool breeze hitting his head gave Shi Tou goosebumps.

He shook himself, then carried Yuanyuan forward, asking as he went, "Yuanyuan, what did you see?"

Yuan Yuan blinked her big eyes and uttered a single word, "Head!"

"anything else?"

"red!"

"people!"

Stone:"……"

Fine, he'll just try to squeeze in and see for himself.

When a villager saw Lu Chengjing and Shang Wan, he shouted, "The scholar and his wife are here!"

The villagers gradually made way for Shang Wan to push her wheelchair in, and Xiao Huan and Shi Tou quickly followed.

Inside the inner circle, Village Chief Lin was discussing something with Old Man Wu and a few others when they saw Shang Wan and Lu Chengjing, and they all glanced over in their direction.

Shang Wan looked up at the corpse not far away.

Gui's body was not moved, but her wide-open eyes were closed. Her originally naked upper body was covered with a blue outer garment, and the ground beneath her was stained reddish-brown with blood. There were splattered blood spots on the surrounding reeds.

"Auntie, how did she die?"

The woman arrived early and gestured to Shang Wan, "Oh my, such a thick wooden stick, with one end sharpened to a point, pierced through his chest and down to his back, his body was covered in blood, it was terrifying."

As she spoke, she covered her face, "She took off her upper body clothes, I reckon she was having a secret rendezvous with some random man here. How utterly immoral, she never learns a lesson, and now look what happened, she got killed by that random man!"

Shang Wan asked in confusion, "Auntie, how do you know the murderer is a stranger?"

"I guessed," the woman said matter-of-factly. "I'm always right."

Shang Wan: "..."

While Shang Wan was talking with the woman, Lu Chengjing was invited to join the conversation of Village Chief Lin and others.

Although Village Chief Lin disliked Lu Chengjing, he couldn't care less about that at the moment.

A murder suddenly occurred in the village. The murderer must be found as soon as possible, otherwise his term as village chief will be over.

He proactively asked Lu Chengjing for his opinion, and Lu Chengjing countered by asking, "What leads do we have at the moment?"

“There are signs of a struggle around here, and there are several large footprints next to the body,” said Village Chief Lin. “A woman’s feet couldn’t be that big; they must have been left by the murderer.”

“Not necessarily.” Lu Chengjing shook his head. “Perhaps it was left behind by curious villagers when they went to investigate.”

The fact that Gui was covered in clothes indicates that someone must have been near the corpse.

Lu Chengjing asked, "Whose clothes are on the corpse?"

(End of this chapter)