Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 198 - 197: Gorgeous Cage 44 (Cyberbullying That Follows Like a Shadow)
Zhang Xiaomei sighed, "You don’t know, Er Miao’s death..."
The group hesitated to speak.
Rob didn’t like beating around the bush: "Just say it, maybe we can help you."
"Sigh..." Zhang Xiaomei shook her head, "What’s the use, we can’t afford to mess with this, but at least we can hide."
Rob quietly waited for them to continue.
Zhang Xiaomei’s eyes quickly reddened, wiping her corners with a tissue, "It’s just bad luck, our Er Miao met such a man, sigh..."
"You know how your cousin has been going on blind dates all this time, met the right person, but when talking about the dowry, agreed on 168,000, he refused to give it, saying Er Miao wasn’t pure and didn’t deserve 168,000..."
Josh raised an eyebrow slightly, this archaic custom of arranged marriage, she seemed to have heard about it from her seniors.
Zhang Xiaomei sighed again, "That would be fine, but the man had already been with Er Miao, how can he just say no? Never heard of such a thing where you can return like that, they refused to pay. Even filmed everything and posted it online, driving Er Miao to despair..."
Beside them, Luo Zhiwei’s face was also rather bad, looking extremely angry, clenching his fists, "That bastard!"
Zhang Xiaomei cried as she spoke, tears falling like beads, "They used this as an excuse, saying Er Miao was not clean and not worth the 168,000. When we refused to back out of the marriage, they said they would not give the dowry, and we have to provide a 100,000 dowry instead..."
Luo Zhiwei slapped the table in anger, "If we could come up with a 100,000 dowry, would Er Miao need to marry him? Who does he think he is!"
Zhang Xiaomei sighed deeply, "We said, with a family like that, Er Miao wouldn’t be happy marrying into, would suffer from her in-laws, so we said, let’s not get married, but the guy suddenly burst into our house late at night, stabbed Er Miao to death, even threatened to kill us all..."
Beside them, Luo Zengsheng kept his head down, his face pale, lips pressed tightly, apparently unwilling to recall these events.
Josh’s eyes flashed, looking at Zhang Xiaomei, "So you’re planning to move?"
Zhang Xiaomei nodded, "Because of this, our other relatives are afraid to associate with us, when they saw Rob with people coming, we thought he’d been coerced by you, intending to come in and kill us... so we were desperate to run away."
Rob, upon hearing this, looked at them sympathetically, "My condolences. We came with no ill intent. My cousin and I were quite close; I just wanted to pay my respects."
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaomei wiped her tears, "Sorry to make you look at this, it’s just that we’ve been scared stiff by the man’s family, he killed someone and ran away, and no one can catch him, we don’t know where he is. We’re afraid he might storm into our house again and kill us too."
Seeing this, Rob comforted them with a few more words.
The Zhang family was like startled birds, already scared, if not for seeing Rob, they dared not even open the door.
Taking advantage of the negotiation, Josh and Yuze strolled aside.
Josh looked at him, "What do you think?"
Yuze, "Something’s off."
Josh nodded, "I think so too. We didn’t even ask much, and they just blurted it all out, as if worried we might not know..."
Yuze thought for a moment, scanning the room, "There’s a newly opened bag of rice next to the rice barrel in the kitchen, doesn’t seem like they’re ready to move."
Josh nodded, "Also, in the bathroom, there’s a bag of laundry detergent that was just opened recently. There’s a stash of tissues, and plenty of kitchen supplies too."
Stockpiling so much stuff doesn’t look like they’re going to move anytime soon.
Even in the corner, there were some packages piled up as if they had just been opened, not sure what new things they bought.
Josh surveyed the room.
The room wasn’t big, but it was slightly better than Banban’s place.
A simple setup with three rooms and a living room, the living room was very small, with a dining table in the center, indicating the living room doubled as a dining area.
The corners were cluttered with things, some dirty plastic bags.
The overall decor was in a dark yellow tone; the wooden floor seemed to be used for many years, with scrapes and accumulated dirt.
But the walls looked freshly painted or refurbished.
Unlike the old TV, the sofa looked very new, and some appliances also seemed recently purchased.
The room felt out of place everywhere.
The two exchanged a glance.
The entire household appeared strange.
After comforting them, Rob asked to look into Er Miao’s room.
Zhang Xiaomei looked troubled, "What do you want to do in that room?"
Rob scratched his head, "I... was quite close with my cousin, now that this happened, I didn’t know, wanted to check out her room, reminisce."
Suddenly, Luo Zengsheng said, "Er Miao’s room is empty."
Josh walked over, "What do you mean empty?"
Luo Zengsheng, scared, hid behind Zhang Xiaomei, "The monster is here!"
Josh, "..." She thought she looked quite good.
Zhang Xiaomei, somewhat embarrassed, explained, "Sorry, my son was already timid, and after seeing Er Miao’s incident... witnessed her being killed, so he’s a bit out of it, please don’t mind."
Josh shook her head, "Not at all."
The group insisted, but Zhang Xiaomei wouldn’t let them into Er Miao’s room.
Josh and the others had no choice, not wanting to force their way in when people were there, they left.
They didn’t go far, just found a nearby restaurant to eat.
Josh randomly found a table and sat down, "Boss, order, please."
"Coming!" The boss came out of the kitchen, holding a menu.
Josh let Rob order.
The boss glanced at Josh’s face, suddenly his eyes fixed, scanning her repeatedly.
Yuze raised an eyebrow slightly, "What? Is there money on her face?"
The boss smiled at Yuze, "No, no."
He withdrew his gaze, finished taking Rob’s order, and left.
Soon, both the boss’s wife and the servers kept glancing over.
Josh, "..."
Do they really think she’s dead?
Suddenly, the boss’s wife came over, looked closely at Josh’s face, tentatively asking, "Are you... Tian Caiji?"
Josh, "..." She knew it, damn cyberbullying!
"It’s her! It’s really her! I’d never forget this face!" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
"What? It’s really Tian Caiji?! How can she still have the face to eat out?"
"Just now the hot search said she’s living with two men, I didn’t believe it, but now I see it myself!"
Within a few minutes, their table was surrounded, the crowd took photos non-stop.
Some bold ones directly shouted at Josh, "Get out! Dare to mess with God R’s woman, don’t spare her any food!"
