Chapter 817: Substitute Bride Sister 32

Chapter 817: Chapter 817: Substitute Bride Sister 32

"No, don’t come over, sob... Xiao Yan, I’m begging you to let me go, I was wrong, I was wrong, sob, I didn’t mean it, Xiao Yan, I’m begging you, let me go..."

"The river is so cold... Li Hongchun, come down and play with me..."

The ghost slowly approached, extending a hand towards Li Hongchun.

Li Hongchun was so scared her heart almost stopped. She crawled backward while crying and begging for mercy, until her back hit the cave wall, leaving her no more room to retreat.

Suddenly, her hair was grabbed by the ghost, who pressed her head and slammed it against the cave wall fiercely, repeatedly, cruelly, and forcefully, making her head a bloody mess.

Li Hongchun had long since passed out.

...

It wasn’t until noon the next day that Yuan Chun received 007’s report, "Host, Li Hongchun has woken up, she left the cave and has headed south."

From the memories of the original owner, Yuan Chun learned that ten miles to the south, there was a village even larger than Tufang Village, where the original owner’s aunt seemed to be located.

Yuan Chun instructed, "Keep an eye on her, don’t let her escape too far."

"Yes, Host."

excitedly swiped open the surveillance video, munching on the biscuits Yuan Chun had given it, while watching Li Hongchun stealthily avoiding the villagers of Tufang Village working in the fields.

It was almost dusk when Li Hongchun arrived at the village.

However, Li Hongchun did not go directly to find her aunt, but instead hid outside the village, waiting for nightfall when few people were around, before sneaking into the village.

The original owner’s aunt was a pitiful person, having lost her husband three years after marriage, and then being driven out of the house by an evil mother-in-law. As a widow with a just-turned-one son, she was only able to survive in the village after Mrs. Li lent her twenty yuan.

The aunt’s son followed Li around as a bricklayer, not returning home at night when there was no urgent matter, instead staying at the construction site’s hut to guard the site.

At home, there were only the aunt, her daughter-in-law, and a three-year-old grandson.

Li Hongchun knocked on the door, and when the aunt recognized her, she was very surprised, "Hongchun, you’re back, you... how did you get like this, are you injured?"

Li Hongchun realized from her aunt’s question that she was unaware of the wanted notice in Gongcheng.

She immediately began to cry, "Auntie, sob... Auntie, Wu Hongwei abandoned me, and on my way home, someone robbed me, sob, Auntie, I’m afraid to go home and tell my parents, so I came to your house."

"Auntie, can you shelter me for a few days until I’m feeling better emotionally, and then I’ll go home and tell my parents about this? Can you help me keep it a secret, don’t tell anyone I’m here at your place, I’m afraid my parents will worry about me."

Upon hearing that her niece had been abandoned by Wu Hongwei, the aunt angrily cursed Wu Hongwei as a heartless beast, then sympathized with Li Hongchun, even specially cooking two eggs to make her a bowl of egg noodles.

The aunt also comforted her, "Hongchun, don’t be upset that beast Wu Hongwei doesn’t want you. There are many women in the village who were abandoned by male intellectual youths but found other men to marry, and their lives are just as good."

"I know, Auntie, I won’t be upset. I just don’t want my parents to see me looking so miserable and destitute. Auntie, you must keep it a secret from my parents, don’t tell them I’m at your place. In a few days, I want to appear in front of them looking full of energy."