Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 82: The first one, down! _1

Chapter 82: Chapter 82: The first one, down! _1

"Aunt Guihua, did you see Li Tian’s body?" Nanzhi hesitated for a moment before asking the question that had been on her mind.

Even though she knew that the locusts could bite people, it shouldn’t have been to the extent of gnawing someone to death, and she clearly remembered that locusts do not eat flesh! So how could they have gnawed Li Tian to such an exaggerated state?

"Well..." Aunt Guihua paused, thinking before she replied: "I only glimpsed at the hand that was exposed."

"Did it look like it had been bitten by locusts?"

This time it wasn’t Nanzhi who asked this question but Twelve who had been quietly standing on the side up till now.

The young boy was around seventeen or eighteen years old. His clear and bright voice caught Shen Miaomiao by surprise, and when she glanced over, her face flushed faintly.

Aunt Guihua carefully recalled the scene before she replied: "I didn’t get a good look, but it seemed like the flesh was rotten. It did look like it had been bitten by something."

Twelve nodded, his mind started to frantically ponder.

The death of Li Tian wasn’t as straightforward as it seemed.

"It’s really strange, aren’t locusts just a bit bigger than grasshoppers? How could they bite someone to death!"

Shen Miaomiao murmured softly in confusion, and Aunt Guihua nodded in agreement.

She had experienced locust plagues before, but none were as horrifying as this year’s.

This year, the locusts behaved as if they had gone mad, unafraid of people. Aunt Guihua herself had been bitten several times.

Although there were no wounds, it had hurt for half a day!

"Sister-in-law! I’m back!"

Eleven walked in cheerfully, only to freeze when he saw Aunt Guihua.

He remembered that Aunt Guihua was at Li Family’s yard just a moment ago.

How did she end up here so quickly?

Aunt Guihua’s eyes sparkled when she saw Eleven, good gracious, this young lad was not only good-looking but also looked older than Twelve, an excellent match for her own daughter!

What Eleven had intended to say was choked back by Aunt Guhua’s gaze, he barely choked out: "I... I will head home first, sister-in-law."

Before Nanzhi could respond, he turned and ran.

The more Aunt Guihua watched Eleven’s retreating figure, the more satisfied she was. If she could bring such a fine lad into the family as her son-in-law, it would be perfect. She was just unsure about his background.

As she was about to ask Nanzhi about Eleven, a piercing scream was suddenly heard from the Li Family.

Then, the crowd of onlookers who were inside the Li family’s courtyard started to scramble out, some even began to vomit by the wall.

Seeing everyone in such a state, Aunt Guihua swallowed back her questions and hastily went to a friendly elderly lady and asked: "Juanjuan, what happened?"

The lady covered her mouth and said: "Just now... Ms. Wu went mad! She uncovered Li Tian’s corpse! His whole body... it was gnawed to pieces!"

As she finished, she dry-heaved.

Aunt Guihua patted the lady’s back and looked towards the courtyard of the Li family.

Shen Wenchen had just returned home and was about to take a nap after dinner but was jolted awake by Eleven.

"What’s up?" Shen Wenchen squinted, a bit annoyed.

"A man has been murdered." Eleven sat on the side, pouring himself a cup of water.

"Who?"

"Just next door, the one named Li Tian." Eleven took a sip of water and then explained.

Shen Wenchen didn’t have much of a reaction. After all, in his last life, the Li family had plotted against him even before he was married to Nannan.

"That big room family, one dead and one crazy. Is it strange, big brother Shen?"

Eleven clicked his tongue twice, his words piqued the curiosity of the other three who had also been woken up by his noise.

"Tell us quickly!"

After dodging the shoe thrown at him by Old Nine, Eleven giggled:" I heard some noise outside with Twelve, so we went out to check. To our surprise, we found that our sister-in-law was also there."

As he spoke, Eleven glanced at Shen Wenchen. When he saw Shen Wenchen’s ears twitch, he continued with satisfaction: "I told my sister-in-law that I would go check what was happening, and when I got up on the courtyard wall, I saw a crowd of people in the Li home. That woman was acting crazy, crying and laughing while holding a wooden lump, and right in the middle of the courtyard was the dead body."

"How did he die?" Shen Wenchen didn’t want to hear his talkativeness and directly asked the key point.

"Everyone is saying he was bitten to death by locusts."

"No way." Second Brother, who typically seldom spoke, was the first to reject the theory.

"I thought so too." Old Nine nodded.

"I took a careful look at the exposed hand. Although I was a bit far away, I can confirm that it wasn’t bitten by locusts. In fact, it can’t even be related to locusts or any other animal." Eleven lost his casual tone as he spoke.

"Manmade."

The men looked at each other and simultaneously turned their attention to Shen Wenchen.

The significance of this matter was at Shen Wenchen’s discretion.

"Let’s wait and see." Shen Wenchen didn’t say much.

He was still unsure how long he could stay in Lihua Village. If Nannan were reluctant to leave with him, sticking his nose into this matter might bring more harm than good.

Nanzhi didn’t dare to hang around the door of the Li family for long. She might like a bit of drama, but she knew a murder-case wasn’t one she could just poke her nose into.

When the crowd had dispersed, Dashan was left alone in the courtyard with the corpse, his brows never lifting once.

Why had everything that troubled the Li family previously seemed so minor in comparison to now?

And now it was death and madness in quick succession?

"Brother Li, tell me, do we have to report this to the authorities?" Dashan decided to throw the hard decision onto Old Master Li’s shoulders.

He wasn’t a fool. Who else besides the Li family could be clear about this matter?

Old Master Li stared blankly. Only after a while did he mumble, "No need."

Dashan’s frown deepened. What was with Old Master Li? Had he given up on caring about what happened to his family?

Seeing Dashan’s silence, Old Master Li coughed and choked out, "As long as Shi Tou is fine, it’s okay."

Without a word more, Dashan turned to follow his two brothers, Shen Qingchuan and Shen Qinghe away from the mess. One final time he glanced at the bloodied corpse, and then at Ms. Wu who was clutching onto a lump of wood and crying.

Household affairs were difficult for a fair officer to judge, let alone for him as the village head, who held such a meager position.

If the family was willing to allow their son to die under such unclear circumstances, what could he possibly do?

If he were to report it to the authorities on his own initiative, the reputation of Lihua village would be completely ruined. But if it doesn’t get reported, and they claim that Li Tian was bitten to death by locusts, who would believe it?

Seeing that there was no one else in the courtyard, Old Master Li bitterly smiled and returned to his room, leaning heavily on his cane.

Ms. Wu, who was initially cowering to one side acting crazy, realized that the courtyard was now empty, and slowly let go of the wooden lump she was clutching onto. Her face was devoid of expression, as if the one who had been screaming and crying a while ago wasn’t her.

The first one is down.

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