CH 114

Jiang Li was still some distance away from Sister He. She just screamed and alarmed the man. He gave up the fainted woman on the ground and disappeared into the woods.

Jiang Li shouted, "Come here!"

She looked at the rustling leaves in the woods and then at Sister He lying on the ground. She gave up chasing the man and helped Sister He on the ground.

Jiang Li patted He Songye's face, "You wake up."

He Songye took a while before she could open her eyes. Her delicate eyes clearly reflected the confusion and... shock.

"You, you..." He Songye groaned. He pointed at Jiang Li but unable to speak.

"Did you feel uncomfortable--" Jiang Li asked.

But in the next second, Jiang Li also fainted.1

...

When Jiang Li woke up again, she woke up in the vacant farming shed of the brigade, and it was just an empty field all around it. Since Hezi village divided the fields with everyone, this shed has been vacated, and a thick layer of dust has covered everything.

Jiang Li looked down at the watch in her hand and found its long hand pointed to seven.3

Jiang Li wiped her face, and she jumped in a hurry. She ran out of the farming tool storage room.

Jiang Li quickly ran towards the reeds along the river, following the freshly printed footprints on the ground. It was winter, and the white reeds flowers by the river swayed and fluttered with the wind.

Jiang Li quickly picked up a stone and threw it at a black hair she saw between the reed swing.

Her physical strength is inherently weaker than men, and before, she inhaled a little bit of medicine. Just after throwing the stone, she was exhausted.

The man stopped and threatened with a somber and weird tone, "The next one would be you."

Jiang Li was a little afraid when she heard that. She looked around, and the place was hidden. At this time, it was really bad luck that she was here by herself. She was very regretful that she didn't even go to the He family to wake them up.

She was alone and stuck in a very passive situation at this moment.

Either she could run or fight.

Her self-protection nature prompted her to think about running immediately, so she could go back to the village and called people. But she could try to stay and scare him, so she could protect He Songye. She may have to admit her fate if she didn't run, but Sister He might lose her life after she ran away. Suddenly, Jiang Li just realized that the man threw her in the farm tool room. Probably it was to let her go and not dare to provoke her.

He must have known her.

She pressed down the fear in her heart and stopped thinking about running.

So Jiang Li squatted in the reeds, screaming loudly at the slightly moving reed and said, "My grandpa is the deputy director of the Political Department of the G Military Region. My dad is the Minister of Logistics. My brother is a member of the Army Special Brigade. My uncle is a naval engineer in the Military Region D, and my cousin is..."

She listed the population of her family one by one and stared at the reeds.

There was no movement there. She snorted, and the fear in her heart miraculously eased.

She said angrily, "Don't you hurry and go? If you provoke me, you will die."

Jiang Li coughed, and she glanced at her watch again. How come Captain Li did not find out that his wife was gone after he got up?1

What about the members who work hard in the village on normal days?

Are they still struggling to get up and work?1

Even during the winter break, people can't be so lazy. This is really killing people!

After Jiang Li said those things, there was no movement for a long time, but suddenly the reeds were shaken violently, and the man at the other end walked towards her.

He was thin, wearing an old mask, and wrapped himself tightly from head to toe. He grabbed Jiang Li's hair and dragged her to He Songye's side.

Jiang Li neither struggled nor spoken, her white face was quickly scratched with by the tip of the reed, and a pile of reed shavings was mixed with her hair.

The man did not remove his mask but began to peel off He Songye's clothes in front of Jiang Li.4

He tore her cotton batting coat and slapped her two more times,

The violence in his eyes made people tremble with fear.

Jiang Li turned upside down, not waiting for the man to show ugly things, she kicked him.

"I told you that if you provoke me, you will die!"

...

He Songbai regretted that he didn't send his girlfriend home last year, and he will not delay it this year.

As the Spring Festival is approaching, the pig farm is understaffed and can't be any busier. He Songbai deliberately freed up a lot of time on this day and returned by bike earlier than usual.

When he came back, he saw his brother-in-law.

Li Dali looked solemnly and said, "Why can't I find Yeye?"

He Songbai didn't think much. He said, "Is she hidden in a corner? My elder sister's ears are not very good. You should scream louder."

Zhao Lanxiang interrupted him. She grabbed He Songbai's hand with some force and trembling. "I tell you something, but you must calm down. I found Jiang Li's luggage littering on the ground. She is a very clean person, and there are valuables in her luggage. She will not throw it."

"I made an appointment with her, and I asked her to come to the He family to find me this morning. Brother Dali said he heard Jiang Li's shouting sound just now. But after he came out, neither Elder sister nor Jiang Li was here."

"They......"

She suddenly choked with grief and stopped talking.

His girlfriend's words did not seem to give any clue, but He Songbai's face sank after listening to her. He thought of that person who did evil in Hezi village before.

He Songbai gritted his teeth, endured his anxiety and anger, and rode on the bicycle. The iron-clad bicycle bumped against the uneven road. Zhao Lanxiang and Li Dali looked at each other, and they went to find them separately.

Soon He Songbai arrived on the cornfield. He drove down the bare field on a bicycle. The endless field was empty, and there was no figure. The crunchy and tall corn stalks and leaves had also turned into black ash, moistening the black soil in the field.

His legs stepped on the bicycle like clockwork. Who knows where he was going. He rode the bicycle through the sun-drenched land and through the trickling stream. His bicycle was too fast, almost rushing into the river.

He Songbai abandoned the bike, and a splash of water hit him.

He Songbai was hit with pain all over his body. He stepped into the deep stream of water and finally took off his cumbersome cotton coat, struggling to swim to the other side.