Throughout the night, Xu Huaigu was still extremely uneasy, tickled by the incident on the other side of the river. In the middle of the night, he couldn't sleep and tossed and turned in bed.

Obviously, the river is there, but why can't you see the other side? It's really hard to feel like you're not going to be able to get it right in front of you.

The moon happened to shine outside the window, and he sat up, pulling his hair anxiously, hating Uncle Chen for hanging his appetite. But this was to no avail, and he was still awake and couldn't sleep.

He sneaked out of the house alone, wandering aimlessly in the night.

There was silence all around him, and he enjoyed it. Walking into the gap between the two houses, allowing only one person to pass, and touching the dirt walls of one of the houses seems to be particularly kind.

Sneaking in the dark, the slightest sound is exceptionally clear. He could clearly hear his own slow footsteps, the chirping of unknown insects in the dirt and grass, and it seemed to ...... And what's in there.

He paused, frowning, carefully discerning the sound that was absent. It seems like...... It was a person coughing, and the coughing sound became tighter and more anxious, especially abrupt in this dark night.

He wanted to step forward to see what was going on, but from a distance, he heard someone's door open and close, and there was a "click" sound, and the knocker on the door smashed against the wooden door panel.

Immediately after the sound of a person's footsteps, Xu Huaigu suddenly woke up, there was someone walking outside in the middle of the night?

The man's footsteps were clearer, and he could be heard gasping for air, seemingly nervous. The footsteps continued to come towards him, Xu Huaigu was inexplicably a little scared, he gently moved his body to hide in a corner by the faint moonlight, squatted down and quietly observed the street corner.

A figure appeared, but it was far away from him, and it was impossible to distinguish it. The man did not go any further, but turned into another alley, and soon disappeared.

Xu Huaigu still squatted in the corner, not daring to move at all. He was more excited than ever, as if he had stumbled into the greatest thing in the world, and his hand was nervously grasping a grass on the ground, covered with sweat.

He didn't expect to have such an adventure when he came out at night, and he was overjoyed, as if color had finally appeared in the boring black and white life.

The bright moon hung high, shining on the young man's nervous and exciting face. It took a long time for him to calm down, slowly stand up, and prepare to go home. Along the way, he kept guessing who that person was and what he was doing when he went out at night, but unfortunately thousands of answers passed through his heart, and there was no fixed number, which only increased his excitement.

Silence returned, and he quietly returned home, as if he had never gone out. Perhaps it was this incident that diverted his attention, and instead of thinking about the problem on the other side of the river, he fell asleep with infinite reverie.

Groggy and groggy, he opened his eyes again the next day, and the sunlight shone directly into the window and onto his face, warm and comfortable.

He suddenly woke up subconsciously, looking out the window at the sun that had climbed to the old high, stunned and sleepy.

Oops, so late, late!

He hurriedly jumped out of bed, slammed open the door, and ran as he got dressed. I still remember that the last time I was late, my husband didn't say anything, but I was directly sued by that stupid girl Li Zi to the house, and was severely beaten by my father.

Speaking of Li Zi, Xu Huaigu was angry. The little girl is very delicate, but she is naturally domineering, and she looks like she is commanding when she sees everyone, as if she owes her money when she is born. And I especially like to make small reports, such as who stole Aunt Wang's peaches, who used stones to beat Dong's chickens, and so on. As long as she sees it, it will definitely be prosecuted.

Xu Huaigu really hates this Li Zi, the key is that she always has a group of little followers, who like to talk to her about all kinds of trivial things and please her. Anyway, Xu Huaigu would never give her a good look, which was also a reason why he was excluded.

I guess I have to be sued by her again today. Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth, and it didn't matter if he was beaten by his father, the key is that this Li Zi is really hateful.

But he soon realized that something was wrong. The road was full of men with their hoes and poles down, pointing in the same direction. He slowed down and saw a few more classmates in front of him, and they didn't go to the school villa.

The corners of his eyes swept one by one, and at a glance, he saw Li Zi standing in a group of people. Li Zi also happened to see him, and she actually walked directly to him. Xu Huaigu looked away, he really didn't want to have anything to do with this person, but he couldn't lose his momentum, so he stood still.

Li Zi walked up to him, stared straight at him, and said, "You don't seem to have slept well last night?" ”

Xu Huaigu replied unceremoniously: "Yes, I was indeed late, but you didn't go to Xueshu either." ”

She turned her head and said seemingly casually, "Not this thing." Last night, Grandpa Chen died. ”

Xu Huaigu's brain roared, and he said nervously, "What did you say?" ”

She looked at Xu Huaigu's eyes again: "Grandpa Chen is dead, and besides, he was strangled to death." ”

Xu Huaigu couldn't hear any other words anymore, and suddenly remembered what he saw last night in his head, and couldn't help but say aloud: "No wonder, I saw ...... last night"

He immediately realized that it was very wrong to say this, this was a matter of human life, and he should think carefully before speaking.

He immediately shut up and said no more.

Li Zi looked at him scrutinically, Xu Huaigu panicked in his heart, and turned around to leave.

"Wait a minute," Li Zi pulled him directly into a small corner on the side, "What did you just say you saw at night?" ”

"Nothing." Xu Huaigu was so confused that he pushed her away and quickly ran away.

He wanted to hurry up to find Zhang Xiaohe, Grandpa Chen was Chen Wucai's father, that is, Zhang Xiaohe's grandfather, he was very afraid that Zhang Xiaohe would have an accident.

Grandpa Chen's personality has always been very withdrawn, since his wife died, he has lived alone in this remote house, and he has been in contact with his daughter and son on weekdays, basically staying at home, I really can't think of why someone wants to harm him.

The crowd around grew larger, and the house was packed. Murder has never been done in this village, and everyone came to see the excitement. Some people scolded the murderer for his viciousness, some people sympathized with their family, and some people speculated about the murderer, which was very lively.

Xu Huaigu squeezed in desperately, and saw Zhang Xiaohe walking at the end of the group with a crying face, in front of Uncle Chen, Chen Wucai and another young man of the Chen family. Mr. Xueshu frowned, put his hands behind his back, his face was ugly, and he walked in the front. Chen Wucai almost fainted from crying, leaning on Chen Wuhua's shoulder, barely walking. There were also two strong villagers who helped carry Grandpa Chen's coffin, and they were also sympathetic.

Xu Huaigu stood at the innermost and looked at the dejected Chen family, feeling also uncomfortable, thinking about what he saw and heard last night, he was both nervous and excited, and he had the desire to find the truth.

He turned and ran home, locked himself in his room, desperately thinking about his plans for the evening.

Night came silently, and the night was like a swamp of mud that swallowed everything.

Xu Huaigu stood at the gate, looking at the darkness outside the door, and felt a little stunned. Last night, it was this pitch black that killed Grandpa Chen, how can people not be afraid?

He took a deep breath and slowly pushed the door open, not making a sound.

The moonlight outside the window is still the same, unchanged for eternity, indifferently watching everything that happens in the world.

Standing in the dark night, he no longer had the pleasure of last night, his legs and feet trembled, but he still firmly took the first step towards the darker place.

Nothing happened.

He mustered up his courage and walked a few steps forward, as if he were not so afraid.

He had already figured out the direction and walked towards the place where he had seen the dark shadow last night.

Behind him, there was a slight sound of footsteps, which fell on his ears like thunder.

He didn't dare to move anymore, sweating on his forehead, listening to the footsteps behind him getting closer and closer, he was overwhelmed, only fear.

The footsteps stopped, just behind him, and he didn't dare look back......

(Dear readers, due to a mistake in the operation of the spring breeze, the fourth chapter was released in the wrong order, please open the table of contents and skip to the fourth chapter to read.) Chunfeng solemnly apologizes for the inconvenience caused to everyone: I'm sorry!

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