Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1161 - 211

No wonder it's so effective for hitting people; if it wasn't sturdy, it wouldn't be fit to serve as a prison.

Li Zhiyuan opened the wordless book again. It was still the same page, but this time, the painting had changed from a disheveled old man clutching the bars and roaring to a lady in green curled up in the corner of the cell, crying with her face covered.

With a few strokes, she was painted in a way that evoked pity.

The evil book truly wasn't lonely; even now, it was wracking its brains to spread its malevolence within its capabilities.

Li Zhiyuan quickly opened and closed the book again, and now in the painting within the cell, the lady in green turned to a lady in red, her long black hair falling down as she stood on the bench, both hands grasping the rope ring above, preparing to hang herself.

The young man gently rubbed his finger over the page.

The woman about to hang herself reached out a hand as if pleading.

Her depiction was so delicate that even if you searched all the old book markets, you'd be hard-pressed to find another illustrated book with such a sentimental style.

Li Zhiyuan closed the book and tossed it onto the desk.

"Such drama."

The wordless book inherently had a custody and sealing effect. After absorbing the evil book, there was no need for further sealing actions.

He carried a washbasin out, washed his face, and then went to bed to rest.

Today, he deliberately avoided any mentally exhausting studies because he had a trip tomorrow.

Though the return journey was a bit tiring by sea and cars, it wasn't as consuming as traveling along the rivers, so he had already replenished his energy.

Hence, the sleep felt short, and when he woke, Alii hadn't come yet.

However, Li Zhiyuan heard the sound of the east room's door opening; the girl's footsteps were light but most familiar to him.

Turning his head back, he closed his eyes, feigning sleep.

The girl entered the room, stood by the bed looking for a while, and then stood at the drawing table to continue last night's painting.

Li Zhiyuan then woke up in time, turned his head to look at the girl, seeing that although she held a paintbrush, today she was half-sided, her peripheral vision continuously watching him.

He was pretending to sleep, and she knew he was pretending because even Li Zhiyuan himself didn't realize there was an added ease between his brows when asleep compared to awake.

The two exchanged smiles, completing today's greeting with mutual understanding.

Li Zhiyuan first freshened up, then returned to help Alii prepare ink and mix colors. After she finished painting a section of the layout, they walked out of the room and sat on the wicker chairs, starting to play chess. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

One always losing, the other always winning, yet neither grew tired of playing.

Aunt Liu, who was boiling water in the kitchen stove, leaned against the kitchen door, her eyes on the terrace, occasionally pursing her lips, as those fond of nibbling seeds can chew even without them.

The originally peaceful morning was broken by the arrival of a taxi.

Driving it was Liu Changping, the Jinling taxi driver who acquainted himself with a young nurse by waiving Tan Wenbin's fare.

He recently held a wedding, and yesterday he took a long haul from Jinling to Nantong, packing some specialty products from his hometown in Jiangxi and some wedding candies before departure.

He arrived last night but didn't want to disturb anyone by visiting at night, so he slept half the night in the car and came early in the morning to deliver gifts.

Actually, when he last left, Li Sanjiang, in accordance with local customs, gave him a red envelope for his first visit, and he also left a return gift specially bought from town, so there were no debts.

But relationships where neither party wants to take advantage last longer.

Li Sanjiang got up, left the house, went downstairs, and chatted with Liu Changping, inviting him to stay for breakfast.

Li Zhiyuan was already planning to go out, so he hired his car for the day.

After breakfast, Li Zhiyuan took Run Sheng and got into Liu Changping's car.

Liu Changping took a red envelope from the car drawer, put money into it from his pocket, folded it with a piece of candy, and handed it to the boy in the back seat.

"This is for you."

Li Zhiyuan accepted without refusal and replied:

"May you have a child soon."

The burial site for the scholar's wife was near Taihu Lake on the Suzhou side, not far from Nantong.

This is why Li Zhiyuan chose to first return home before fulfilling his promise with the other party.

Upon reaching a general area, Li Zhiyuan took out his Compass, directing Liu Changping in driving.

When there was no further road to continue driving, Li Zhiyuan and Run Sheng got out of the car, with Liu Changping following them. The boy looked at him but said nothing.

Suzhou is industrially developed and highly developed, luckily the area where the scholar's wife was buried has maintained its primitive appearance, eliminating many troubles.

Run Sheng brought all necessary tools for the outing and took out a Yellow River Shovel, extending it, then began digging at the spot Li Zhiyuan specified.

Liu Changping had been holding a cigarette, but seeing this scene, the cigarette started to tremble.

He had acted as a driver for the boy's group several times, but the most bizarre event he'd witnessed was Xue Liangliang's streaking caused by his early retrieval of clothes.

A boy, accompanied by a man, reaching a place and starting to dig without a second word.

Liu Changping swallowed hard, looked left and right, instinctively panicked, yet started keeping watch.

Run Sheng's hands were swift; soon, the dug-out hole connected with the already-existing cavern below.

Run Sheng squatted down, carried the boy on his back, and leaped down.

The cavern inside wasn't large, the scholar had set an array here to maintain the basic environment inside the tomb, but with the passage of time, the array had long become useless.