Chapter 228 The Burnt Past (7): Justified Anger

Chen Yan stayed in the hall until midnight. At the third watch of the day, there was finally movement outside the courtyard gate.

Hearing the low sound of the door opening, he felt greatly relieved.

The courtyard door opened a crack, and the old man wearing a fur coat appeared behind the door.

Before Chen Yan could be happy, he saw the girl entering the courtyard behind her father.

Chen Yan came forward 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 rod, lit the cigarette with a fire stick, and took a puff.

"Just ask around, it's okay for now."

Chen Yan couldn't help but ask: "For now?"

The father was smoking and shivering: "Well, it's okay for now. I asked an old itchy man who has been doing business with the provincial capital for many years. He said that our place in Baihuyuan is too remote and the terrain is high, so birds can't poop.

The flames of war cannot burn us here."

Chen Yan asked: "Is this statement reliable?"

The father calmly replied: "This statement is not reliable, but Lao Itchyzi is very reliable. He has been running a milk dripping business in the provincial capital, and his workers have to run back and forth from Yuanshang to the provincial capital every day.

By the way, I bought him the newspaper of the day.

Something happened in the provincial capital, and when there was news, none of the post officials in the county post station were well-informed."

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

The father asked strangely: "Why does your child always seem to hold on to the military disaster and not let go? Is there a military disaster if you are so good at it?"

Chen Yan remained silent.

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

Could it be that... because this is not my former hometown, the historical trajectory is completely different?

But...if this is not my hometown, why are the customs and customs the same as in the impression?

Chen Yan looked at the girl standing aside obediently.

The incident of 'rioting soldiers massacring the village' was originally his speculation about the girl.

Now that this guess was no longer valid, he was not surprised.

He was silent for a moment and said to his father: "No matter what... we have to be careful."

Chen Yan gave a warning based on his own memories, but his father didn't pay much attention.

"Silly boy, dad has a good idea. Go to bed early. You have to go to school tomorrow."

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

He believed in his father and the information he heard, because his father had always been a reliable person and was very different from the shrewd rich farmer in Chen Yan's impression.

In fact, before coming to Baihuyuan, Chen Yan never even thought that the rich peasant group, which represents "exploitation" and "oppression", could actually have a "father" who is humane and whose views are in line with social order and good customs.

normal people".

Reality is really magical and incredible...

Chen Yan wanted to leave, but suddenly he heard his father say:

"There is definitely no military disaster. This time I went to see Lao Itchy, but I heard something else... The fur Zhang family in the next county didn't know what kind of plague they provoked. Last night, the youngest of his family was poisoned.

…”

Chen Yan paused for a moment, feeling that the name was inexplicably familiar, and a vague impression appeared in his mind: "Pi... fur Zhang?"

The father sucked on the cigarette butt and said vaguely: "Well, the table next to you in the academy is the youngest of the Fur Zhang family."

Chen Yan stumbled and said: "Three...three leprous?"

Dad nodded: "Well... Lao Itchyzi and I feel quite strange. This guy Pi Cao Zhang is really nice. He is obedient to everyone he meets. He usually does business very well. Even if he meets a customer who is not easy to deal with,

I would rather lose money than offend anyone.

I don’t know what kind of evil star he provoked this time to cause such a disaster... The youngest of his family is a scoundrel outside, but in the fur Zhang family, he is a golden egg, and gold is very valuable!

I couldn't believe it when I first heard it. It sounded like a storyteller telling a story. It wasn't until Lao Itchy confirmed it again and again that I knew it was true."

Chen Yan looked pale and didn't speak, then listened to his father continue:

"Speaking of which, there have been quite a few strange things in the past two days. I met a wolf when I came back from the county seat tonight. Who would have thought that there would be wolves on the post road? Maybe there was a blind bear coming down from the mountains, and the wolf was trapped in the woods.

Did the blind bear come out?

I thought I would never be able to come back to see you two, but who knew that the wolves suddenly lost their voice..."

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

The girl also followed in.

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 solemnly said: "Thank you."

The girl did not feel his kindness and suddenly became at a loss.

Chen Yan said sternly: "Three leprous boys obviously... had an accident. Why do you say he dropped out of school on his own?"

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

The girl had no expression on her face and didn't speak. She just lowered her head, like a child who had made a mistake.

Chen Yan looked at her and felt also at a loss.

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

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 her, he already felt regret in his heart - he was afraid that she, who "didn't know whether she was 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.

"If something happens and I can't go to school, I naturally have no choice but to drop out."

Chen Yan was suffocated for a while.

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

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

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

She answered so naturally, and those words without any emotion made Chen Yan feel like she was 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, his back hit the door bolt, and he grimaced in pain.

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

The girl's answer was very straightforward: "I discussed with him and asked him to give me his place in the academy for a day, but he was unwilling."

Under such a strange and terrifying answer, Chen Yan felt an unknown fire in his heart: "Just because he was unwilling to give up his position, you broke his neck?!"

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

He was completely unaware that his subconscious took his "anger towards her" as a matter of course.
Chapter completed!