As time goes by, Esming's death has become a thing of the past. In this big family, except for close relatives, they still have painful dreams, and others are no longer willing to mention it.
On the New Year's Day, Ai Sichen and Ai Siyu were also picked up by the family's car. They were both freshmen at the Polytechnic University in the provincial capital.
Ai Sichen is the son of the patriarch Ai Tianxia. He is over 1.8 meters tall, has a typical Korean celebrity hair style, and has a handsome face that attracts the hearts of many members of the opposite sex.
Although Ai Siyu is from the Ai family, he is far away from Ai Sichen's family. It can be said that there is not much blood relationship.
When Ai Siyu was six years old, his father Ai Tiancheng suddenly disappeared mysteriously. Since then, he and his mother have been dependent on each other.
When he was nineteen years old, he was admitted to the Provincial Polytechnic University through his own efforts. The Ai family provided all the expenses for every member of the clan who studied, but Ai Siyu only chose to pay a few thousand yuan in admission fees. He wanted to rely on
He earns living expenses through his own efforts and does not want to always rely on others.
He is only 1.7 meters tall, and some classmates would laugh at him for being malnourished. But his handsome face has a perseverance that is not for his age.
As soon as he got off the car, Ai Siyu saw his mother who had been waiting for a long time.
Mother took the backpack and asked, "Is it cold? Why don't you wear more clothes?"
"Mom, I'm not cold. How long have you been waiting here?" The mother and son walked home laughing and talking.
When night fell, Ai Siyu and his mother were lying on the kang. He told his mother about his experience in the past five months, which made her laugh. But he did not mention a word about the humiliation and humiliation of these five months.
The couple's time passed quickly while they were laughing.
Early the next morning
"Mom, is Brother Siyu up?"
Ai Siyu, who was woken up, shouted in his heart, "No! Why did this girl come so early?" He hurriedly got dressed and came to the living room.
"He hasn't gotten up yet. I'm going to call this lazy idiot."
"Sixue, you girl is still so young. I am your brother..." The two of them started fighting together as soon as they met.
"You two chat, and I'll make breakfast for you two. Siyu can't bully your sister all the time."
"I don't......"
"Look, my mother said you bullied me, and you still said you didn't."
Ai Siyu, who is always bullied, has a depressed expression. Silence is the best protection when facing the two people in front of him.
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After breakfast, Siyu and Sixue bought some paper money and went to the cemetery.
I learned everything about Siming from Ai Sixue. I don’t know why, but the three people from different backgrounds can always play together, so the three people have a deep relationship.
Happy time always makes people feel that it passes quickly. After the fifth day of the first lunar month, Ai Siyu embarked on the road back to the provincial capital because he promised his boss to go to work tomorrow.
Before leaving, he looked at the depressed Si Xue and said, "Silly sister, what are you unhappy about? Study hard and call me if you miss me."
"Yes, I will. I will visit you during the holidays."
Ai Sichen looked depressed and patted Ai Siyu on the shoulder. "Brother, don't be too tired from work!"
"Well, don't worry."
In Ai Mu's tearful eyes, the car carrying Ai Siyu drove into the distance and disappeared into the vast sea of snow.
Time is passing bit by bit, and it is already the end of April in the blink of an eye. Spring gradually disappears like the setting sun, and the beginning of summer brings more vitality to Qingfeng Town. The Qingfeng River in front of the town flows from west to east.
More lively.
The adults used fishing nets to harvest fish from the Qingfeng River, while children played by the stream. The rising smoke from the village not far away shook and dissipated in the breeze, creating a peaceful scene where ordinary people lived a simple life.
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In the early morning, when the first ray of sunshine shines on the Qingfeng River, people begin to repeat their new lives.
A few fishermen were dragging heavy fishing nets, chatting and laughing all the way to the river, only to find a ball of clothes floating in the middle of the river, rising and falling in the flow of the river.
Several people looked at the ball of clothes carefully, "It's a person! It's a woman!" A middle-aged man's words broke the tranquility. The simple villagers did not have too many worries, and several people swam towards the center of the river.
When I swam closer, I discovered that the woman was lying in the river. Not only had she not sunk into the water, but her clothes had not gotten wet.
Push the 'man' to the shore and drag him out of the water. Several screams echoed along the river, and several villagers turned pale and ran toward the village with their bodies trembling.
Only the woman was left. The clothes in front of the woman were stained red with blood, and blood was constantly flowing out from her seven orifices, but there was no trace of blood in the still fluctuating water.
Ai Tianxia and the elders came over after hearing the news. After careful inspection, they confessed that they had transported the body to the clan without saying anything else.
In the meeting hall of the Presbytery.
The great elder repeatedly looked through an ancient book that had turned yellow.
The Sixth Elder was a little panicked and stared at the First Elder with a very unnatural expression: "Brother, the fable in the ancient book is correct. He was the first person to die tragically - 'Blood Corpse Floating in the River'."
"Is that eternal prophecy really going to come true? Does it really exist? God is going to destroy our Ai family?" At this time, there was some excitement in the words of the Sixth Elder. As the words were spoken, excitement ran down his neck.
Veins popped out.
No one said anything else, and the entire hall fell into silence.
After a long silence, the great elder said, "Let's wait and see. Maybe what happened today is just a coincidence. Don't tell it, so as not to cause unnecessary panic. If necessary, our clan will do it according to the prophecy."
It's been a long time since such a major event happened in the peaceful town, and the bloody corpses that appeared in the river became the topic of discussion for everyone.
Several fishermen with authoritative qualifications talked loudly about the specific process of what happened. They vividly described the tragic appearance of the bloody corpses, and of course they also had their own generalizations, imaginations and speculations. Each fisherman was surrounded by several layers of villagers, and people were fighting for it.
I was asking about this.
No matter what version people spread, one common feature is that everyone does not recognize this strange woman. She does not belong to this small town, and her white bloody clothes are more like ancient costumes.
As night falls, the villagers who have been talking about the day calm down and fall asleep.
In the early morning, the sun shone on the earth again. The villagers who woke up seemed to have forgotten what happened yesterday and returned to their peaceful lives.
Ai Qing, who is in his 60s, still came to his old well as usual. He planned to carry a bucket of water to feed the pigs, but the water he brought out from the well today was very heavy. It took a lot of effort to slowly pull it out.
Lifted from the well.
Before the old man Ai Qing could catch his breath, he collapsed on the ground, and the old man rolled and crawled back to his home.
"Dad, are you dazzled? How could it be a stab of blood?" The white-haired old man took a big breath of cold air to recover from his fluctuating emotions.
The son on the side glanced at his trembling father: "Dad, you rest at home for a while, and I'll go check it out myself. If your heart is not good, don't go."
"No! Let's go together. I don't think it's an illusion."
When the two people appeared in front of the bucket, the old man held the water in the bucket with his hands. The scarlet blood appeared in front of the two people, and large blood beads slowly flowed down along the fingers. The old man's hands were in mid-air.
More like a hand full of blood.
The two people's panic attracted the attention of their neighbors. People came over the wall one after another. After seeing the bucket of water, they rubbed their eyes vigorously, smacked their mouths, and the two pinched each other. A series of actions occurred in the crowd.
They couldn't believe what they saw in front of them, it was all too terrifying.
Ai Tianxia and other elders also hurried over. Ai Tianxia dipped his fingers into the liquid in the bucket. He put his fingers in his mouth, and the smell of blood hit his nose. After the liquid was in his mouth, a trace of salty taste appeared in his mouth.
The six elders nodded to him, and obviously the elders were sure that it was human blood.
Ai Tianxia walked to the well and shook up a bucket of water. It was still blood. He repeated it several times, but the result was still the same.
When a powerful searchlight shone at the bottom of the well, the elders were also shocked.
I saw that the well was full of bright red. Amidst the blood red, a woman stood in the water, with only her shoulders above the water. Her snow-white face looked up at the mouth of the well, and her orifices were still bleeding. The blood droplets fell into the water, causing layers of bloody ripples.
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The woman's raven-black hair was scattered in the water, and the white and black looked even weirder against the blood.
After some twists and turns, the woman was 'invited' to the ground. The white dress exuded the same ancient atmosphere as the 'strange woman' in the river last time, and did not look like a product of this era.
But what was even more strange was that the white dress was not dyed red in the blood, and glowed as pale as her face. Looking at that pure whiteness, everyone present felt chills in their hearts.
The news spread as quickly as the wind. The whole family seemed to have forgotten yesterday's 'wonderful woman'. The topic people talked about today was 'the man in the well'.
Human nature is like this. It always loves to inquire, spread, speculate, and exaggerate things that have nothing to do with itself. But it never takes a correct look at itself.
No matter what version people are spreading, the same thing as yesterday's rumors is: no one knows this woman in white.
Meeting hall of Aijia Elderly Home
"Pa" The Sixth Elder slapped the table to break the silence in the room. "Things have come to this point. It seems that the prophecy is true! This is the 'death in the well' mentioned in the prophecy. We have to find a solution!"
"Sit down, Lao Liu. If the prophecy is true, what can be done? Can we stop this from happening with our old bones? The Ai family has its own mission, let's wait and see."