Chapter 78

There is no doubt that what Zhang Quezi had just mentioned was almost identical to what Xia Tianqi had conjectured before.

In the end, the cause was those few scoundrels who forced Xiaoli to have that kind of relationship with them.

"You guys are really good people."

Xia Tianqi gave Zhang Quezi a dark smile and, with a cold face, gestured for him to continue.

Seeing the dark expressions on Xia Tianqi and Leng Yue's faces, the cold sweat on Zhang Quezi's face increased, and he explained in a sobbing voice:

"Everyone has moments of being bewitched. I admit I did something particularly inhuman, but it doesn't warrant death..."

"We're not interested in that."

Xia Tianqi coldly interrupted Zhang Quezi again, staring at him and asked with a chill:

"Is the person named Xu Chong dead?"

"Dead... dead."

Zhang Quezi hesitated and nodded, then after some thought, said:

"Chen Lao is the kind of person who is very concerned about his reputation. He couldn't do anything about his foolish son, after all, even a tiger doesn't eat its own cub, but Chen Chong was different. In his view, this was clearly a matter of disgracing the Chen family."

Mentioning "disgracing the Chen family," Zhang Quezi's expression also became strange, after all, they were essentially disgracing the Chen family themselves.

Zhang Quezi licked his dry lips and continued:

"So Chen Lao was very determined to get rid of Xu Chong. We were all very guilty at the time, not only because we didn't want to kill, but also because we were afraid that if Xiaoli found out about Chen Lao's intentions, she would expose us.

Honestly, we all had the idea of killing Chen Lao to avoid further trouble, but we didn't dare to do it. We could only follow his orders to kill Chen Chong.

That night, we took Xu Chong to the old cemetery, which is where the dead in Hulu Village are buried. We buried Xu Chong there.

Originally, our plan was to let him go if Chen Lao didn't follow, but Chen Lao followed the whole way. During the process, Xu Chong struggled to escape and was beheaded by Chen Lao with a shovel."

When Zhang Quezi said this, Xia Tianqi felt that these people were not to be underestimated and asked suspiciously:

"Chen Lao's methods are so ruthless. I don't believe you weren't worried that if Chen Lao found out about your deeds, he would treat you the same way."

"We were very worried. We had also thought about getting rid of Chen Lao, but we didn't dare to act. After all, we weren't a united group, especially Qi Dalì.

To be honest, Qi Dalì didn't know about what we did to Xiaoli. He was Chen Lao's true confidant and was also planted among us to monitor us.

So we tried to avoid involving him in many things, but it was hard to avoid him while pretending.

Qi Dalì was naturally very strong, and Chen Lao was still vigorous, so even if we had acted against them that night, we might not have had an advantage."

Xia Tianqi hadn't expected Chen Lao to have this move. So, the people involved in forcing Xiaoli were only Hu Daniu, Old Wang, Zhao Kuaimouth, and Zhang Quezi, not Qi Dalì.

But regardless of whether Qi Dalì was involved in forcing Xiaoli, he was one of the killers of Xu Chong, so he couldn't escape his fate of being killed.

It's clear that Xu Chong's death was the true reason for the vengeful ghost's pursuit.

"After killing Xu Chong, Chen Lao didn't let us harm Xiaoli again. Instead, he gave us a strict order to keep our mouths shut. But because we were all afraid that Xiaoli would expose us, I asked him what he planned to do with Xiaoli, but Chen Lao only told us to mind our own business, without explaining why.

In the following days, we were all very anxious, fearing that Chen Lao would come with Qi Dalì and others at any time. It wasn't until I heard from Zhao Kuaimouth about Xiaoli's death that we relaxed.

When I heard that Xiaoli had died in Hulu River, my first reaction was that Chen Lao did it. So I hurried over to see Chen Lao's reaction, but I found that Xiaoli didn't seem to be killed by Chen Lao. On the contrary, Chen Lao was very distressed by Xiaoli's death.

Of course, I wasn't concerned about that. I was only worried about whether Chen Lao would turn against us, but fortunately, this worry didn't come true.

After confirming this, we all breathed a sigh of relief.

But ever since I saw Xiaoli's body by the river that morning, I've been haunted by nightmares about her. Every day, she screams in my dreams that she will kill me..."

When Zhang Quezi said this, a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed outside the window. Then, he pointed at the bedside, his mouth wide open, as if he had seen something.

The next moment, a deafening thunderclap echoed outside the window.

"Boom—!"

Xia Tianqi and Leng Yue both looked in the direction Zhang Quezi was pointing and saw a figure standing stiffly outside the window, drenched by the rain.

"Chen Lao!"

When Xia Tianqi saw the man's face clearly, he couldn't help but call out his name, clearly surprised by Chen Lao's presence.

Chen Lao's face was extremely dark, and his triangular eyes were filled with malice. There was no doubt that he had heard what Zhang Quezi had said.

Although Leng Yue was skilled in dealing with ghosts, she wasn't a martial arts expert from a novel who could see and hear everything. She hadn't noticed when Chen Lao entered Zhang Quezi's house or when he started eavesdropping outside the window.

"I... No, no, Village Chief, how did you come here...?"

Chen Lao then jumped in from the window, but perhaps because of his age, he looked somewhat clumsy.

"You are truly my people, Zhang Quezi, you did well."

Chen Lao panted as he jumped in, rainwater continuously sliding down his face.

Zhang Quezi's face was almost bloodless, and he didn't know how to respond to Chen Lao's words, or perhaps he had already seen Xu Chong's fate.

At this point, Hu Daniu and the others had already been killed by the ghost, or rather, anyone directly involved in the incident was left only Zhang Quezi and the unexpectedly appearing Chen Lao. If they were included, the number of people involved was complete.

Leng Yue didn't seem to notice anything, but Xia Tianqi felt that something was off. He thought the vengeful ghost had deliberately spared Zhang Quezi and lured Chen Lao and them here.

"Trouble!"

Thinking of this, Xia Tianqi's heart sank, feeling that the vengeful ghost might be planning to eliminate them all.

However, by the time Xia Tianqi realized this, it was too late. A series of "hissing" sounds suddenly came from the bedside.

Xia Tianqi and the others looked out the window in unison and saw the female ghost, like a spider, moving her stiff limbs to crawl into the room!