Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 228 The Burned Past ([-]): Natural Anger

Chen Yan stayed in the main room until midnight, until the middle of the night, finally there was movement outside the courtyard gate.

Hearing the muffled sound of the door opening, he was greatly relieved.

The courtyard door opened a crack, and the old man in a leather padded jacket appeared behind the door.

Before Chen Yan had time to be happy, he saw the girl follow his father into the courtyard gate.

Chen Yan went up to greet him, but before he could speak, his father waved his hand to stop him.

"Go back to the house and talk."

Chen Yan nodded, followed his father into the main room, closed the door, and his father couldn't wait to take out the cigarette stick, lit the cigarette with a fire pocket, and took a puff.

"Check it out, it's fine for now."

Chen Yan couldn't help asking: "For now?"

The old man shivered while smoking a cigarette: "Well, it's fine for the time being. I asked the old man who has been doing business with the provincial capital all year round. He said that our Baihuyuan is too remote and the terrain is high. Birds don't shit. The flames of war can’t reach us.”

Chen Yan asked: "Is this statement reliable?"

The old man calmly replied: "This statement is unreliable, but Lao Tiaozi is very reliable. He has been doing the milk business in the provincial capital, and his staff have to go back and forth from the original place to the provincial capital every day. By the way, buy him the daily newspaper.

Something happened in the provincial capital, and there was news about it, and none of the post officials in the county post station knew him well. "

Chen Yan immediately asked: "Is there any news about the military disaster in the recent newspaper?"

The old man asked strangely: "Why do you always seem to hold on to the military disaster? Do you think that there will be a military disaster?"

Chen Yan remained silent.

It stands to reason... this era should soon enter a chaotic world.

Could it be... because this is not the hometown I used to be, so the historical trajectory is completely different?

But...if this is not my hometown, why are the customs and customs the same as in my impression?
Chen Yan looked at the girl standing aside obediently.

The incident of 'the massacre of soldiers in the village' was originally his speculation about the girl.

Now that this guess seems to be unfounded, he is not surprised.

He was silent for a moment, and said to his father: "Anyway... we have to be careful."

Chen Yan gave a warning based on his past memories, but the old man didn't care much.

"Silly boy, Daddy is careful, go to bed early, you have to go to school tomorrow."

Chen Yan opened his mouth, but he still didn't tell his father that his husband allowed him to graduate. He just nodded and turned to leave.

He believed in his father, and he also believed in the news he heard, because his father was always a reliable person, and he was very different from the shrewd rich peasant in Chen Yan's impression.

In fact, before coming to Baihuyuan, Chen Yan never even thought that the group of rich peasants who represent "exploitation" and "oppression" would have such a "father" with a human touch and conforming to social order and good customs. normal people".

The reality is really magical and unbelievable...

Chen Yan wanted to leave here, but suddenly heard his father say something:
"There must be no military disasters. I went to see Lao Tiaozi this time, but I heard something else... The fur Zhang family in the next county, I don't know what kind of plague god was provoked. Last night, the youngest of his family was murdered." ..."

Chen Yan paused, feeling that the name was inexplicably familiar, and a faint impression appeared in his head: "Fur...a piece of fur?"

The old man smoked his cigarette butt, and said vaguely: "Well, the next table in your academy is the youngest of the Fur Zhang family."

Chen Yan stumbled and said, "Three... three lame?"

The old man nodded: "Well... Lao Tiaozi and I felt quite strange. Fur Zhang is really a good guy, he talks nicely to everyone he meets, and he usually does business very well. Even if he meets a difficult customer, They would rather lose money than offend others.

This time, I don't know what evil star he provoked to cause such a catastrophe... The youngest of his family is a scumbag outside, but in Fur Zhang's house, he is a golden egg, very precious!
When I first heard it, I couldn't believe it. It sounded like a story told by a storyteller. I didn't know it was true until Lao Tiaozi confirmed it again and again. "

Chen Yan's face was pale and he didn't speak, but he heard his father continue:

"Speaking of which, there have been a lot of strange things in the past two days. When I came back from the county town tonight, I encountered wolves. Who would have thought that there would be wolves on the post road? Maybe it was a bear that came down from the mountains, and a wolf was caught in the forest. Blind Xiong kicked out?
I thought I couldn't come back to see you two, but who would have thought that the wolves would suddenly lose their voice..."

Chen Yan glanced at the girl, fell silent for a moment, said goodbye to his father, left the main room, took a look at the dark sky, and returned to his side room.

The girl followed suit.

Chen Yan was not surprised by the girl's arrival. He turned around and closed the door, looked at the girl, and said, "You saved my father."

The girl nodded.

Chen Yan said solemnly: "Thank you."

The girl didn't feel his kindness, and suddenly became overwhelmed.

Chen Yan said sternly: "San Lingzi obviously... something happened, why do you say that he dropped out of school by himself?"

Chen Yan was surprised by his frankness. He didn't know why he questioned her, but he just said these words "naturally".

The girl was expressionless and didn't speak, she just lowered her head, like a child who has made a mistake.

Looking at her, Chen Yan also felt at a loss.

He still doesn't know what she "is".

Chen Yan had no idea where his thoughts came from, but subconsciously regarded her as someone who could be "questioned".

By the time he finished questioning, he had regrets in his heart—he was afraid that she, who "knows whether she is a human or a ghost", would become angry and have unpredictable consequences.

Fortunately, after a moment of silence, the girl had a fairly normal reaction.

"Something happened and I couldn't go to school, so naturally I had to drop out of school."

Chen Yan suffocated for a while.

It seems... it barely makes sense...

He asked cautiously, "Do you know what happened to him?"

The girl answered quite quickly this time: "He's dead."

She answered very naturally, and her words without any emotion made Chen Yan feel that she was like a cold machine.

Chen Yan asked: "How did you die?"

The girl's answer made him turn pale instantly: "I broke my neck."

Chen Yan subconsciously took two steps back, slamming his back on the door bolt, grinning in pain.

Fear gradually rose in his heart, and Chen Yan didn't know what was going on in his mind, so he asked, "Why did you kill him?"

The girl's answer was very straightforward: "I discussed with him and asked him to give me the position of the academy for a day, but he was not willing."

Under such a strange and fearful answer, Chen Yan felt an unknown anger in his heart: "Just because he didn't want to give up his position, you broke his neck?!"

He had no idea why he dared to get angry with her.

He was completely unaware that his subconscious mind took "anger at her" for granted.

(End of this chapter)