The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 775: Vengeful Spirit Seeking Vengeance (8)_1

Chapter 775: Chapter 775: Vengeful Spirit Seeking Vengeance (8)_1

Listening to Qian Wanxiu and the others outside demanding a person, Mo Heng opened his eyes, glanced at the person who was still snoring in his arms, tucked the quilt in, but did not move.

Feng Wei was guarding the door; they wouldn’t let them make a fuss to get in.

It was about time; Pei Qin squinted his eyes as he woke up, feeling too lazy to move from the bed.

Pei Qian, already dressed, went to the front door and taunted Qian Wanxiu and Pei Zongli, "You hide the person away yourself, fearing the Government Office’s summons, worried they might reveal who was responsible for Pei Wenjie’s death, so you dare not let him appear and hide him away. Yet, you turn around and come to us demanding a person!?"

"He was still at home before we went to sleep last night, but suddenly he was gone by morning; it has to be you all!" Lady Zhu always assumed the worst about Pei Qin and his sister Pei Qian.

Pei Qian snorted coldly, "The person disappeared from your own home, and you blame us!? People outside are saying he smothered his own brother to death; perhaps he got scared and fled in the middle of the night. Or maybe you are hiding him, trying to shift the blame onto us! Utterly overestimating yourselves!"

The room was well soundproofed; as Pei Qin lay with his eyes open for a while, he could only hear the loud voices but had already figured out why Qian Wanxiu and Pei Zongli were there.

Mo Heng got up first, dressed, and warmed her jacket, gray squirrel fur skirt, and shoulder cape before handing them to her.

After washing his face, Pei Qin came out, casting a cold glance at the few people clamoring outside the main door for a person, "Since the person has disappeared, report it to the Government Office to find out who is hiding whom!"

Pei Qian immediately called someone to go to the Government Office to report the case.

Seeing their attitude, Pei Zongli was again uncertain; could it have been their doing, abducting Pei Wensheng? Or had he become too afraid and snuck away in the middle of the night? Or had Qian Wanxiu conspired behind his back to send the person away? If it was really sending him away, it would not have been without telling him. Jiang Benxin would definitely continue to interrogate Wensheng; sending him away at this time would be tantamount to exposing oneself and admitting guilt with actions.

Feng Wei and Pei Qian had already gone to the Government Office to report the case and brought officials out to find Pei Wensheng.

The first place they searched was Pei Zongli’s house.

Qian Wanxiu was consumed with hatred, "Pei Qian! Are you using this as an opportunity to raid our house!?"

"I am not here to raid the house! I am here just to see who has hidden the murderer!" Pei Qian said, her arms crossed in front of her chest, snorting with disdain.

The Government Officials heard this and also lightened their movements, letting the owners supervise the search of their own rooms.

After searching all the rooms including the chests and cabinets, they still could not find the person.

Pei Qian pointed at a room that had been missed, "This room hasn’t been searched yet!"

Qian Wanxiu and Pei Zongli’s group looked and saw that it was the room where Pei Wenjie and the nursemaid used to live. Why would Pei Wensheng go to this room?

However, Qian Wanxiu’s complexion changed; she quickly thought that Pei Qin and her group had hidden her son, but not in some other place; instead, they hid him in the room where Pei Wenjie had died.

She rushed to push the door, but could not open it.

Several Government Officials also came up to open the door, but the doors and windows were tightly closed and could not be opened; they were all locked from inside.

"Wensheng! Wensheng!" Qian Wanxiu began calling out from the outside.

As if hearing his mother’s calls, Pei Wensheng felt a surge of happiness and tried to shout for help. Mother, save him! But he couldn’t make a sound, his cries turning into tears that streamed down uncontrollably.

Seeing this, the Government Officials began to break down the door.

When the door was finally broken open, Qian Wanxiu and Pei Zongli’s group, standing at the door, all turned pale with fright.

They saw Pei Wensheng lying in the same place Pei Wenjie had been lying two days before, with a pillow thrown on the ground.

Qian Wanxiu thought he had also been smothered to death, "Wensheng... My son!"

She rushed over, only then noticing Pei Wensheng was not dead. With his eyes tightly shut, tears uninterrupted, his body slightly trembling, drenched in cold sweat, as if he had just been fished out of the water.

"Wensheng!?" Pei Zongli and Lady Zhu both called out.

Qian Wanxiu quickly asked Pei Wenchen to help, to move Pei Wensheng away from the room and to call for a doctor.

Pei Wensheng had been suffering from a nightmare.

As they moved him, a jolt awakened him, and seeing himself in Pei Wenjie’s room scared him into crying loudly.

Qian Wanxiu held him tightly, comforting him not to be afraid.

Zhao Liniang immediately became suspicious, although she did not know about the rumors that Pei Wensheng had killed her son. The nursemaid knew something was amiss, Lady Chen had no reason, and Pei Wensheng was simply too out of character. It could only mean he personally suffocated her son. She had seen him look at her son with a jealous hatred while Pei Zongli lovingly held him.

"This is the room where Pei Wenjie was smothered, right!? The doors and windows were locked tight from inside. Pei Wensheng, alone, in the middle of the night, going into this room, surely he didn’t have nowhere else to sleep and came here!?" Pei Qian hummed with laughter.

Lady Zhu too felt frightened upon hearing this, especially since she had seen Pei Wenjie die with eyes wide open.

The Government Officials pondered and couldn’t help but feel hair-raising chills; after a search, "No one else is in this room, just Pei Wensheng. He alone, going into the room where someone just died, securing the doors and windows, sleeping on this kang..." No matter how they looked or thought about it, it felt terrifying and spine-chilling.

A gust of cold wind blew in, intensifying the eerie feeling.

"Could it really be the vengeful spirit of Pei Wenjie coming back for revenge!?" said Pei Qian coldly, glancing at Zhao Liniang.

Zhao Liniang stared at Pei Wensheng and Qian Wanxiu.

Overwhelmed, Pei Wensheng passed out.

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