There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game-Chapter 635
Chapter 635: Chapter 549 Miss Wang Chapter 635: Chapter 549 Miss Wang At the foot of the mountain.
A group of villagers had spontaneously collected Old Li’s body, who had died tragically at home, but when they were ready to bury him with his wife and daughter, they found that those two bodies had vanished without a trace.
At this moment, the crowd was clamoring over this matter.
Aside from the news Ergou brought back about Wang Tiezhu and their odd reaction after learning that the Village Chief of the Zhang Family and Wang Tiezhu were together, everyone acted as if nothing had happened and continued discussing where those two bodies could have gone.
Not far from the crowd, the female scholar stood on the periphery, looking on without mingling.
In fact, she couldn’t squeeze in.
Just then, a villager came out from the crowd, and the female scholar hastily grabbed him, wanting to ask something.
...
“Excuse me, may I ask what…”
Whoosh—
The villager frantically shook off her hand and stepped back, his expression filled with panic.
The female scholar, pushed aside, was stunned.
This situation seemed to have happened on the first day, too; when something had gone wrong in the village the previous evening, she, who lived at the foot of the mountain, naturally arrived at the crime scene first to spectate.
Just like now, she was blocked on the outermost perimeter, unable to squeeze in, and when she tried to question a villager, they had greatly avoided her as well.
In this village, she seemed to be the most out-of-place outsider.
Although, in fact, the female scholar had indeed ended up in Osmanthus Village by mistake because she had lost her way.
At this point, the villager regained composure, his face carrying an awkward smile, and he said somewhat flustered, “Big sister, you startled me…
uh, is there something you need?”
Seeing this, the female scholar promptly revealed a polite smile to ease the awkwardness.
She pointed toward the crowd and asked again, “I saw that there are many people gathered here, so I wanted to ask, has something happened again at Uncle Li’s place?
Do you need my help?”
“No need, no need, no need!”
The villager waved his hands repeatedly: “We can handle these things ourselves, you don’t have to intervene!
You don’t need to…
uh, I still have some things to do, so I’ll get going first.”
As he spoke, the villager stepped back, and without waiting for the female scholar’s response, he turned and walked away.
After a few steps, he quickly glanced back at her before quickening his pace, almost as if he were fleeing from some ominous entity.
The female scholar stood still with an awkward smile.
She watched the villager’s silhouette disappear with an inscrutable gaze, then turned her head toward Old Li’s home, deep in thought.
After a day and a half, she had seen enough to glean something: these villagers seemed to dread her.
Or rather, did they dread the identity of the role she was playing?
Anyway, they all seemed to dislike her a lot.
But ordinarily, when she needed something, these villagers would not hesitate to deliver it to her, so it didn’t seem to be dislike, but if not dislike—some would look at her with a deeply unsettling gaze.
And like the current situation, they all avoided her as soon as she tried to ask any questions.
The female scholar pondered for a while and still couldn’t figure out what exactly her role was in Osmanthus Village.
Just then, a voice directed at her came from nearby.
“Is it Miss Zhu?”
The female scholar turned to look and saw a young girl dressed in coarse hemp clothes with disheveled hair who, despite her ordinary appearance, carried a distinct aura, which probably stemmed from the two villagers behind her like guards.
A common village girl wouldn’t have such treatment.
The previous evening, the female scholar had caught a glimpse of this girl from afar.
“Yes, it’s me.
May I ask who you are?” inquired the female scholar.
“I am from a branch of the Wang Family; you can call me Miss Wang,” the young girl said with a smile curling her lips.
“Miss Wang…” the female scholar hesitated.
Due to the villagers’ guardedness against her, her understanding of the situation in Osmanthus Village was still half-baked, with most information coming through overheard conversations using her equipment.
She knew only that the Wang Family was the major landlord of Osmanthus Village.
This family had extensive assets, and half the villagers of Osmanthus Village worked for the Wang Family.
Over the decades, their dispersed bloodline had scattered throughout the village.
Therefore, apart from the direct line of descent, the Wang Family didn’t really care about the collateral branches.
Take Wang Tiezhu from yesterday, the villagers were suspicious of, he was an orphaned descendant from some remote branch of the Wang Family.
It was precisely because the family didn’t care that the villagers dared to openly discuss his suspected involvement in a murder.
To put it nicely, Wang Tiezhu was also a young master from a branch of the Wang Family.
In less pleasant terms, he was nothing.
So the young lady scholar was quite puzzled by the Miss Wang who had come out with two servants.
Miss Wang smiled and approached her in a low voice, “If you want to know about the things happening in Osmanthus Village, I can tell you everything.”
Upon hearing this, the young lady scholar didn’t show any surprise but instead became a bit guarded, also speaking in a low voice, “What do you want in return?”
Miss Wang raised her eyebrows at her, “Sleep with me tonight.”
Young lady scholar: “???”
Did I hear wrong, or is something off with you?
…
At that moment.
The crowd that was gathered in front of Old Li’s house suddenly burst into noise, soon followed by someone swearing loudly at a certain place.
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“Tiezhu, did you kill the man?”
“It must have been this kid who did it!”
“Yesterday, Old Li saw what he looked like, so he killed Old Li today!”
“Quiet down all of you!
Don’t talk nonsense before things are clear.
Tiezhu has been with me the whole day today!”
“…”
After a moment of commotion, the crowd was silenced by a hoarse yet forceful voice.
The young lady scholar, who had just been shocked by Miss Wang, subconsciously looked up in that direction, but with her height, she couldn’t see anything beyond the thick crowd.
At this moment, Miss Wang took the young lady scholar by the hand and turned down another alleyway.
The young lady scholar was startled, “What are you doing?”
Without looking back, Miss Wang said, “Didn’t you want to watch the excitement?
I’ll take you to a good spot to watch.”
The two servants followed closely behind them.
After navigating a narrow alley, they entered a yard and climbed onto the roof using a wooden ladder by the wall.
This spot was perfect for observing, offering a clear view of Old Li’s house.
The young lady scholar looked around.
This yard was next to the main street, and it seemed she had been here last night; that bride was standing on the wall of a yard on this street.
However, the bloody footprint seemed to have disappeared.
The young lady scholar retracted her gaze from searching for the footprint and continued to watch Old Li’s house.
Down at the foot of the hill, the gray-haired Old Village Chief was accompanied by a young man dressed in coarse hemp clothes, similar to Miss Wang’s.
He had dark skin, but a firm face and bright, spirited eyes, and his mouth curled into a slight, seemingly careless smile.
At a glance, he appeared to be an amiable fellow.
But the young lady scholar froze.
Wasn’t this the young man from last night—the one who tried to confront the cleaver-wielding weirdo with a crutch and ended up twisting his ankle and getting dragged away by the bride?
There was no mistake, it was him!
The person who had a close relationship with the big boss!
Just then, as if feeling her intense gaze, the young man suddenly looked up in her direction.
Their eyes met, and he gave her a warm smile.
The young lady scholar stumbled, nearly falling off the roof.
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