Miss Truth
Chapter 256 - 161 Fresh Corpse Alert_2

Chapter 256: Chapter 161 Fresh Corpse Alert_2

"What do you like about me?" Ran Yan continued patiently guiding Sang Chen’s thoughts, hoping he could speak on the same wavelength as her, only then could they reason together.

Sang Chen’s pale skin seemed as though it could squeeze out blood, and his mind was filled with a rumbling noise, "I don’t know."

"Because you think I’m brave, right?" Ran Yan answered for him, seeing Sang Chen freeze for a moment, lifting his head to glance at her before quickly lowering it again, Ran Yan continued, "Because I dare to touch dead bodies, you feel safer around me, is that it?"

Sang Chen remained silent.

Ran Yan also held her breath, carefully considering each word, for fear of giving Sang Chen the wrong impression. After a long pause, she sighed and said, "Do you know, sometimes I am also scared, often waking up from nightmares, and I also hope that one day, someone will understand me at that moment and make me feel at ease."

Sang Chen slowly lifted his head, his expression slightly calmer than before, but he couldn’t help feeling surprised. In his eyes, Ran Yan was someone who even dared dissect a corpse, what could she possibly be afraid of?

"You’re wondering what I could possibly be afraid of, aren’t you?" Ran Yan gathered her cloak around herself and found a place to squat down under the plum tree, "Seeing so much life and death separation, my mind is filled with all sorts of murders, all sorts of deaths, and it makes the world seem bleak, so I try to find the beauty in this world, liking things that are vibrant and people radiating with vitality from within."

Even though Sang Chen was pure, he was fragile and confused. His past was also dark. Ran Yan felt sympathy, but not fondness.

"Sang Chen, you are too stubborn, rejecting everything that makes you sad, but I don’t have the broad-mindedness to tolerate a husband who will never understand what I say." Ran Yan carefully observed Sang Chen’s expression, seeing his bewildered look, and couldn’t help but sigh, "I have said all that I can. If you only see me as a friend, we can be very good friends, but if you still can’t come to an understanding, then let us be strangers from now on."

This was the most patient rejection Ran Yan had ever given, all to minimize the hurt.

Having said all she wanted, Ran Yan stood up ready to return to her room. As she reached the corridor, the clear voice behind her said, "I have understood."

Ran Yan stopped in her tracks, turning her head back in surprise to look at him, as if she were looking at a stranger.

"Wife..." Sang Chen, unsettled by Ran Yan’s direct gaze, lowered his eyes and said, "I would like to be friends with you, Wife."

Ran Yan suddenly laughed, feeling that if she were a little more patient, this rabbit wasn’t so stubbornly difficult to communicate with after all.

Only after he heard the footsteps recede did Sang Chen slowly raise his head to look at Ran Yan’s retreating figure, his lips pressed tight.

The night grew darker, and just as people were about to go to sleep, a series of piercing howls suddenly arose from the west of the city, sounding as though someone was being tortured by knife cuts, agonizing and desperate, tearing through the heavens.

Birds in the forest burst into flight, and suddenly the town was filled with the sound of barking dogs, the crying of children, and Jushui County, which had been on the verge of silence, became noisy again.

In less than a moment, there were lights on the streets of the town, a group of Government Officials carrying torches hurried to the west side of the city. Many men opened their doors to look, but were yelled at by the Government Officials, "What are you looking at? Close the door and go back to sleep!"

The disturbance in the streets settled after a while, but the lights in each household remained on, long into the night.

"It’s truly terrifying!" Mrs. Xing’s voice trembled.

"Wife, rest. We’ll leave this place first thing tomorrow morning!" Wan Lu’s complexion also didn’t look good, having heard that people who come back from Ghost Gate tend to attract evil spirits, it seemed that this was true; otherwise, how could she and her lady encounter such horrific incidents everywhere they went! Wan Lu pondered, resolved to ask Shilang at a later time, to see if he could perform a ritual for them.

"I’ll read for a while longer."

As soon as Ran Yan had finished speaking, the courtyard suddenly brightened, and the door across was knocked, "Doctor Liu! Doctor Liu!"

Ran Yan’s grip on her book tightened involuntarily, and she stood up, walking to the front window.

Liu Qingsong had not yet slept, and upon hearing the knocking, swiftly opened the door, his voice urgent yet tinged with excitement, "Has another murder occurred?"

The arrest officer was taken aback for a moment, then bowing, said, "Yes! The County Magistrate, hearing that you haven’t left, has sent me to request your assistance with the autopsy. He has already rushed to the scene!"

"Let’s go, let’s go!" Liu Qingsong dragged out his large chest from behind the door, hoisted it onto his back, and followed the arrest officer for a few steps, then suddenly remembering something, turned back, ran to knock on Ran Yan’s door, "Ran Yan, Ran Yan! There’s a fresh corpse!"

The excitement in his voice that he couldn’t hide made all the Government Officials standing in the courtyard shudder—what kind of people were they!

Ran Yan hesitated for a moment, then quickly changed into a set of narrow-sleeved Hu clothing and put on a mask, disregarded the dissuasion of Wan Lu and Mrs. Xing, and opened the door, saying, "Let’s go."

Liu Qingsong looked her over and said, "Truly efficient!"

The two of them ran out of the inn one after the other, with Wan Lu stamping her foot in urgency, then pursuing them.

Mrs. Xing ran to borrow some guards from Ran Yunsheng.

A carriage was already prepared at the door; as they boarded, they hurriedly rushed toward the crime scene.

"Do you know what’s the situation?" Ran Yan asked Liu Qingsong, who had been with the County Magistrate and probably knew more about the case than she did.

"What I knew last time I’ve already told you, we had only identified the victims. The beggar used to be a State student Liu Wen and the one who died in the inn used to be a prison guard. The Government Office wasn’t highly concerned with this case, so the progress was very slow. This urgency is partly due to its horrendous impact, but, more importantly, I fear it’s because the person who died this time is no ordinary individual," Liu Qingsong said nonchalantly.

Wan Lu spat, "These officials who treat human life like grass!"

Liu Qingsong, slouching against the large chest, snickered, "They’re merely slacking off and showing bias, that doesn’t yet count as treating human life like grass, there are many more ruthless people out there!" (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation ticket, monthly ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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