Hospital 444
Chapter 298 - 34 Crazy Villagers

Chapter 298: Chapter 34 Crazy Villagers

Li Dongshan and Chang Min stood, staring blankly ahead.

"Uncle Li..."

"Things have gotten out of control," Li Dongshan said as he clenched his hair tightly. "Mayor Ge has just died, the mist... the mist is starting to encroach upon the inside of the village."

"How could this happen?" Chang Min could hardly believe his own eyes.

A tree in front of them had already been halfway swallowed by the White Mist, leaving only a small portion of its branches outside the fog.

"The people on patrol tonight..."

"I’m afraid there’s little hope for them..."

At that moment, various noises of clamor started to arise from the village behind them.

Obviously, the news of the mayor’s death had already been discovered.

"Uncle Li, what should we, what should we do?" Chang Min was on the verge of tears.

Uncle Li patted his shoulder and said, "There’s always a solution to a problem."

"A, a murder?"

Chang Min, looking at the overwhelming White Mist, was already finding it hard to stand.

For ten years, the White Mist was like the sword of Damocles suspended over the head of every villager, with no one knowing when it would drop.

"No, that can’t be..."

And at this time, the entire Nanmian Village was plunged into immense chaos.

Countless people were woken up from their sleep by the noise.

"What? The mayor was killed?"

"Did something from within the mist sneak into the village?"

"The mist is spreading into the inner parts of the village?"

Around three o’clock in the morning, the village square was already filled with nearly half of the villagers.

"Pingyan! Pingyan!"

Old Zhao was crying like a man made of tears at this time.

"How could you just leave like this! If anyone was to go, it should have been me, an old man!"

Old Zhao was beating his chest, sobbing breathlessly. Many people were supporting him, fearing that the old man might collapse.

"What on earth is going on!"

"Someone come out and explain clearly!"

"How did the mayor die? How did the White Mist start spreading?"

"What happened to Lin Tai going missing?"

At this time, everyone noticed that Ge Niancheng had come to the square.

So, a middle-aged woman rushed up to Ge Niancheng, grabbed his collar, and said, "Niancheng! Niancheng, explain to me clearly! What happened to my son Zhiqiang? Answer me!"

"And my son, Lu Rui!" Another middle-aged man rushed forward, crying out, "Niancheng! Explain clearly! What did you encounter on patrol, and how did the mayor die?"

"It was your wife!"

Suddenly, someone shouted, "Many people told me personally, it was your wife who killed the mayor! She chopped off his head!"

"Impossible... that’s impossible!" Ge Niancheng frantically tried to explain, "There’s no such thing, I..."

"Is your wife really your wife?" The mother of Long Zhiqiang was going mad, "Otherwise, why would my son die! Did something happen during last night’s patrol? Is Lin Tai really missing?"

"Auntie Xiujian, I really don’t know..."

"You are the son of the mayor! You say you know nothing?"

"People have already been to the village guesthouse, the scene there was too horrific! The sister of Li Ruping herself said it was her sister who killed the mayor!"

"No, it’s not... that’s impossible!" Ge Niancheng’s mind was in complete chaos.

Tonight’s patrol had barely escaped death amidst the chaos, only to return to the village and hear the dreadful news of his father’s death.

Initially, everyone had hoped to keep the news under wraps, but it quickly leaked out anyway. The dreadful news of Mayor Ge Pingyan’s brutal death sent the entire village into immense panic!

After all, Mayor Ge Pingyan was the linchpin of Nanmian Village to all its villagers!

"Niancheng! Niancheng! Something terrible has happened!"

Just then, someone from the side of the square ran over.

"You need to go see for yourself! Something terrible has happened!"

"What?" Ge Niancheng immediately had a foreboding feeling.

At this moment...

Li Ruping’s house was surrounded by over a dozen men, brandishing clubs, while five or six people were blocking the door, with Li Jianjun, Li Ruping’s father, leading them.

"Who dares to touch my daughter, just try it!"

Li Jianjun roared, two kitchen knives in hand, firmly holding against the front door.

Li Dongshan was also by Li Jianjun’s side, pleading with everyone, "The matter hasn’t been clarified yet! You all can’t..."

"Everyone says she killed the village chief!" the man holding a club at the front said, "So, we can’t let her live!"

"The fog is spreading again! If this continues, we’ll all die!"

"Uncle Li, we don’t want to die!"

Standing next to Li Jianjun were his wife and siblings as he continued to shout, "Who dares!"

Inside the house...

Li Ruping was trembling all over, while her sister, Li Yanping, stood by her side, scared to death.

Suddenly, Li Ruping covered her mouth and started vomiting on the ground!

"Sis, you..."

From outside suddenly came a loud shout, "What are you hesitating for? Attack! If the fog comes, all of us will die!"

"According to the temple’s word, if Li Ruping dies, everything will be over!"

The cries for killing rose outside, while Li Ruping continued to vomit, as if she was going to throw up her stomach acid as well.

"Whoever touches my daughter, I will take her life! The chief wasn’t killed by her!"

"Who would admit to killing someone? Everyone, attack!"

"Stop it!!!"

An angry roar came from outside; Li Ruping instantly raised her head.

"Nian... Nian Cheng?"

Li Yanping also went to the window and looked out, her face showing surprise, "It really is my brother-in-law!"

Ge Niancheng charged to the door, facing the villagers with clubs, and said, "What are you trying to do? Are you trying to kill?"

"Niancheng!" the leader said, "Chief Ge, your own dad was killed!"

"Yeah! If you don’t believe it, ask Uncle Li!"

Ge Niancheng looked back at Li Dongshan, and before he could ask, Li Jianjun spoke up first, "That’s not true! Niancheng! I asked Ruping, and at that time, in the dark, she just felt something being stuffed into her hand; she had no idea it was the chief’s... She’s been framed!"

Clutching a kitchen knife, with bloodshot eyes, he looked at Ge Niancheng and asked, "You’re Ruping’s husband, don’t you believe her?"

Ge Niancheng gritted his teeth, facing forward, and said, "Fellow villagers, the situation hasn’t been clarified, we cannot rashly judge and kill without a trial! Uncles and elders, my father has died, my uncle is missing, I want to find out the truth more than anyone! You all watched me grow up, would I cover up for anyone?"

"The fog is spreading faster than even before!"

"Can we wait for your results?"

"We don’t know who else will have to patrol tonight, are you asking them to wait for death?"

"No way! We can’t wait!"

The villagers of Nanmian Village had been tormented to the point of losing their rationality by their fear of the White Mist over the long decade. The law? It was virtually nonexistent to them.

"Fellow villagers!"

"Ge Niancheng! Even if Chief Ge himself were here to stop us, it would be useless today!"

Ge Niancheng bit his lip and suddenly snatched a kitchen knife from his father-in-law’s hand!

"You have the guts to beat me to death!" Ge Niancheng flung himself into the fray, "I can’t stand by and watch you kill my wife!"

Although the marriage had been a reluctant choice for the then Ge Niancheng, they had lived together for ten years, not as emotionless as grass and trees. No matter what, Ge Niancheng could not let them kill his wife.

After all, Chief Ge’s authority was so strong, it was naturally impossible for the villagers to actually harm Ge Niancheng. If something did happen to him, the villagers would undoubtedly skin them alive later.

But to stand off like this was also not a solution.

"So what are you suggesting? Do you want to hold a court to pass judgement?"

"I’m saying we need to investigate clearly!"

Ge Niancheng patted his chest and said, "I’m the village chief’s son, it’s my responsibility to clarify everything! I’ll immediately arrange for people to monitor the White Mist’s movements! Don’t forget, I’ve just been elected as the leader, and tonight, I still have to lead the patrol! If someone has to die, it will be me, Ge Niancheng, who’s the first to die!"

Just then, suddenly a bald man charged forward from the back, brandishing a club, and harshly aimed for Ge Niancheng’s head!

But in that instant, he suddenly felt an oppressive terror bearing down on him!

In front of him, appeared...

Dai Lin!

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