Corpse Recovery Diver

Pregnant?

On the way back to his hometown, Li Zhiyuan had actually considered this possibility.

Because the Bai family's purpose in recruiting a son-in-law was precisely this.

According to the tradition in the Bai family town, once the Bai Family's Lady whom the son-in-law marries successfully conceives, the son-in-law's life comes to an end.

If a boy is born, he will also be dealt with. Only a girl can become a part of the Bai family town.

So, under normal circumstances, Xue Liangliang should have been dead by now.

The reason why he can repeatedly jump into the river but hasn't encountered a crisis...

Is because Uncle Qin had once infiltrated the Bai family town and was just a bit away from penetrating the entire town;

And because this Bai Family's Lady probably has already sensed his identity and is deeply apprehensive about it.

Among all the son-in-laws in the Bai family town throughout the generations, Xue Liangliang's status in the in-law family is the highest, because he has an extremely strong maternal family.

Li Zhiyuan: "So then?"

The bride said, "Please forgive us, the Bai family town has its traditions."

Li Zhiyuan retorted, "Oh, you still plan to kill him?"

The bride: "We haven't, nor do we dare."

Li Zhiyuan questioned again: "Then where have your traditions gone at this moment?"

The bride: "In extraordinary times, one must do what is appropriate."

Li Zhiyuan continued to question: "So, this tradition doesn't exist at all."

The bride remained silent.

Li Zhiyuan: "Answer."

The bride: "The Bai family has given enough respect and courtesy."

Li Zhiyuan: "Not enough!"

The bride fell silent again, her cold eyes gazing through the water curtain at the young man standing on the shore.

Xiong Shan stepped forward immediately and shouted: "How dare you!"

Twelve straw figures suddenly appeared on the river's surface, lifting their heads to surround the bride.

The bride closed her eyes, her tone revealing a sense of helplessness: "What do you want?"

Li Zhiyuan shook his head: "I don't want to think about it."

The bride: "You're being unreasonable."

Li Zhiyuan smiled: "At first, I didn't see you being very reasonable either."

The bride: "We had an agreement."

Li Zhiyuan: "Was the agreement signed with me?"

The bride: "You are making the Bai family at a loss."

Li Zhiyuan: "Because you haven't properly positioned yourselves."

The bride: "Please enlighten us."

Li Zhiyuan bent down, picked up a stone, and threw it toward the river.

"Splash!" The stone hit the water, splashing droplets.

"From the beginning, I didn't like you, I didn't even wish for your existence in the Nantong Territory.

In front of me, there are two fences.

One fence is that the Bai family once said that all the Bai Family's Ladies must not go ashore again.

The other fence is my friend who likes to jump into the river in Nantong whenever he has free time.

The first fence is in tatters and can't stop me, because I don't like promises from the living. In my eyes, only the dead keep their promises forever.

The second fence indeed gives me some trouble.

If you're willing to help me move this second fence away, I would be very grateful."

Li Zhiyuan never forgot his purpose for coming here.

He came to mediate marital disputes.

Conflicts between people need to be resolved through reasoning, but the premise is that both parties are reasonable.

The Bai family, obviously, is not.

Li Zhiyuan liked to observe people from a young age, to dissect their behavioral logic, to understand and imitate them.

He discovered that in reality, those who don't like reasoning often don't exhibit high intelligence.

But this kind of person is often very sensitive to one thing—an existential crisis.

When faced with a survival crisis, they immediately become very smart, very vigilant, then instinctively make the right choice.

Simply put, if you really treat some people as humans, not only will you be uncomfortable, but they will feel even more out of place.

Just like Liu Yumei's term for the Bai family: a group of old white mice hiding under the river dreaming of becoming immortals.

The bride processed the young man's words, gently bowing to him:

"I, mistress, understand."

Li Zhiyuan noticed that she referred to herself as "mistress" twice.

Once at the beginning when she said she was pregnant.

Once here, saying she understands.

She said these two sentences in her personal capacity, while the conversation in between represented the entire Bai family town.

This made Li Zhiyuan somewhat suspicious, wondering if she did it on purpose.

She is the highest-ranking Bai Family's Lady in the Bai family town. Brother Liangliang mentioned that when he found her, her coffin was placed in the Bai family town's shrine.

Whereas the other Bai Family's Ladies were all seated in the villagers' homes.

Besides, she could order that all Bai Family's Ladies must not go ashore.

But sometimes, even the highest-ranking one may be helpless.

Her legality of power and status comes from the Bai family's traditions, so she can't take the lead in breaking this tradition.

Unless a massive external intervention force makes both top and bottom feel that compromise is a necessary reality.

She could have explained things clearly to Xue Liangliang in advance, but she chose to say nothing and not even meet him.

Isn't this forcing Xue Liangliang to seek outside help?

Ha,

If that's the case, doesn't it mean that Brother Liangliang and this Bai Family's Lady have developed real feelings for each other?

If this happened to someone else, it would seem incredible, but when it happens to Xue Liangliang, it feels quite normal.

Because Li Zhiyuan himself is definitely one of the most difficult people to get along with in the world.

Yet even so, during the nights sleeping at the riverbank construction site, because of Xue Liangliang's speech "My future is in the Southwest of the motherland," he developed a liking and curiosity.