Corpse Recovery Diver
Chapter 110 - 20_6

Chapter 110: Chapter 20_6

Beside her, Liu Yumei was spreading out a piece of paper and sketching a clothing design.

She sketched well, vividly, although by today’s garment-making standards, it seemed very unprofessional. However, those old tailors in the small garment workshops could understand it.

Her granddaughter was still at an age where she was growing, so her clothes needed to be replaced seasonally. The happiest thing for Liu Yumei was dressing up her granddaughter beautifully every morning, which made her feel beautiful all day.

At this moment, Liu Yumei noticed Qin Li behind her; she turned her head and looked towards the small path in the wheat field.

Liu Yumei put down the brush and stood up straight.

She saw a young man in a blue shirt, holding a stack of books, walking onto the embankment.

After watching him for a while, Qin Li withdrew her gaze and continued to look straight ahead.

It seemed this young man was dirty, but not noticeably so.

"Excuse me, is this Li Sanjiang’s house?" Xue Liangliang asked.

"Yes, it is. He’s not home right now, and I’m not sure if he’ll be back tonight. Are you looking for him?"

"I’m looking for Xiao Yuan, Li Zhiyuan, does he live here too?"

Upon hearing the name Li Zhiyuan, Qin Li’s gaze shifted back to him.

"He’s not home either," replied Liu Yumei.

"He should be back tonight, I’ll wait for him. Also, sorry to bother, but where is the toilet? I need to use it."

"It’s behind the house."

"Okay, thank you."

Xue Liangliang placed the stack of books on the table and then hurried off to the toilet.

These books were all borrowed from the cultural history museum, and currently, these items were not very securely kept.

Liu Yumei casually flipped through one of the rolls and after seeing a segment marked with a bookmark, her eyebrows furrowed, her gaze slightly concentrated, and she murmured:

"The Bai family?"

Immediately afterward, she covered the scroll again, picked up the brush, and continued sketching the clothing design. However, as she drew, she became somewhat restless, stopped the brush, and recalling that the young man was looking for Xiao Yuan, she muttered to herself:

"How could Xiao Yuan be involved with the Bai family?"

Coincidentally, the sound of a tractor approached from afar.

Instead of stopping at the village entrance near the road, the driver drove straight in, delivering to the doorstep.

After parting, Li Sanjiang walked onto the embankment with Li Zhiyuan.

Just then, Xue Liangliang returned from the toilet.

"Eh, how come you’re here at my house?" Li Sanjiang was quite surprised.

"Grandpa, Brother Liangliang came to tutor me in my studies."

"Oh, good, that’s good. Then, let him stay in your room tonight. Young man, have you eaten?"

"I have, I have," Xue Liangliang quickly answered.

"That’s good."

Li Zhiyuan then walked over to Qin Li. Qin Li stood up and reached out her hand, taking the initiative to grab Li Zhiyuan’s hand.

Soon after, her eyelashes began to flutter, and her body started to tremble slightly.

Li Zhiyuan was surprised, wondering why she still...

"Alii, let go!"

Liu Yumei’s stern voice was heard. Seeing Alii not listening to her, she could only yell at Li Zhiyuan:

"Xiao Yuan, let go!"

Li Zhiyuan withdrew his hand.

Alii made a motion as if she still wanted to come forward to continue holding onto Li Zhiyuan.

"Xiao Yuan, say goodnight to Alii, I’m going to take Alii to rest now."

"Okay, Grandma Liu." Li Zhiyuan looked at Alii. "It’s late, let’s rest. We can read together again tomorrow morning, goodnight."

Xue Liangliang picked up the scrolls and, taking Li Zhiyuan’s hand, said, "Let’s go, go back to your room to talk, I found some incredible stuff."

Watching the receding figure of Li Zhiyuan, Qin Li slowly lowered her raised hand.

Liu Yumei sighed, cajoling her granddaughter:

"Darling, he’s alright now, even better than that young man."

...

"Wow, what are all these books on your desk?"

Upon entering, Xue Liangliang saw several stacks of ancient books laid out on Li Zhiyuan’s desk.

"This is my hobby."

"Really?" Xue Liangliang flipped through a book, "Xiao Yuan, if you have this hobby, you could consider studying humanities in the future, you could go into archeology."

Li Zhiyuan shook his head: "I don’t think so."

He didn’t want to follow his mother into academia.

"Then what major do you want to study, perhaps the same as me, choose hydraulic engineering, and aim for Haihe University?"

Li Zhiyuan pondered for a moment and said, "It’s not impossible."

It related to water.

This university seemed to match his intended major.

"Then you have to study hard, Haihe University is not easy to get into."

"Mm."

Indeed, it’s not easy to manage, the old professors probably won’t want to let him transfer.

"Come, look what I discovered. I didn’t know until I checked, and when I did, I was shocked." Xue Liangliang unfolded a scroll, "This Bai family is really a surname; during the Ming and Qing Dynasty, the local records mentioned many deeds involving the Bai family, all related to dispelling evil and restoring order, but it’s all about Bai Family’s Lady, nothing about Bai Family’s grandfather."

Li Zhiyuan asked, "Is it passed only through the women?"

"I guess so, it must be a family tradition to pass the lineage through females, and then marrying in husbands, but such customs are quite rare in this region."

Li Zhiyuan, while looking through the scrolls, replied, "Brother Liangliang, keep talking."

"This Bai family’s activities should not be limited just to the current range of Nantong. I suspect the entire Su Bei must have seen their traces. But one thing is certain, the Bai family’s main house is in Nantong.

See this section here, there’s a mention of a place called the Bai family town, which must be the Bai family’s main home. The approximate location is west of the East Sea Yingzhou."

"East Sea Yingzhou?"

"That’s Chongming Island."

"Oh, so is this Bai family town in Shanghai or in Nantong?"

Chongming Island, located at the mouth of the Yangtze River’s estuary, could be said to be the gateway to the Yangtze River. Most of the island belongs to Shanghai but a part of it belongs to Nantong.

Xue Liangliang hesitated a bit, "This description of the location is quite strange, it seems someone studied it specifically, but made a mistake while writing it down. Following the direction recorded, I actually checked an old map and found... found that it should be in the river."

"In the river?"

"Yes, it should now be in the Yangtze River."

"This... must be a mistake in the record, right?"

"But this is the only place I could find that records the address of the Bai family town.

Moreover, I discovered something very strange afterward.

In the records after the Qing Yongzheng era, there have been no more accounts regarding Bai Family’s Lady.

The Bai family,

Bai Family people,

Bai family town,

in historical records, seemed to have disappeared...

overnight."