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Thinking of this, I broke out in a cold sweat.

I don't know how I got back to my room. I even wanted to rush in and question my uncle, but I never had the courage.

I was even afraid to know the truth, the truth that I didn't even dare to think about.

That night, I lost sleep.

At daybreak, I left Uncle's house without even greeting him. I really couldn't stay in this place any longer. Thinking about what happened last night made my heart clench.

On the way home, I noticed that the village seemed strangely quiet. I didn't see many people along the way, and many families had their doors closed.

At that time, I didn't think too much about it. After returning home, I cleaned up the place and was just about to rest when Third Uncle suddenly looked for me. My grandfather has three sons, my father is ranked second, and the youngest is my third uncle. He's in his early forties and still hasn't gotten married.

The moment I entered, third uncle's face was full of anxiety. Why did you ask me to come back?

I was a little curious, saying that my uncle called me back.

Third Uncle sighed. "Big Brother is really muddle-headed. I told him everything very clearly, but I didn't expect him to pull you down!" Changsheng, let's not talk about that for now. The village has not been peaceful recently, so leave quickly. If I don't call you in the future, you must not return to the village! "

After saying that, Third Uncle pulled me along and walked out with a nervous look on his face.

This made me even more confused. I stopped Third Uncle and asked him what was going on. Why did he want me to leave right after coming?

Third Uncle had a strange expression on his face, "Changsheng, something has happened in the village recently, and several families have already left. For your safety, you'd better leave as soon as possible. Also, be careful of your uncle, he seems to be out of sorts these past two days. "

My heart skipped a beat and I immediately asked Third Uncle if he knew anything.

Third Uncle shook his head. "I don't know, it's all because of those villagers' rumors. They all said that your cousin died in injustice and refused to be buried in the earth. At night, he often caused a ruckus in the village. "In short, it was spread rather evilly."

I laughed. How can you believe such a thing? What era was it now?

Third Uncle didn't explain anything to me and just told me to leave as soon as possible. I didn't agree, saying that in a few days it would be my cousin's' 57th '. At the very least, I had to worship him before I left.

Seemingly aware of my stubborn personality, Third Uncle didn't say anything after persuading me. He only warned me that after my cousin "Wu Qi", he must leave.

After sending off Third Uncle, I was also very puzzled.

Walking out of the door, I looked around and found that the village had indeed become a bit more deserted. The neighbors who used to greet me when they saw me all lowered their heads and hurriedly walked by, as if there was something they were afraid of.

Could it be as Third Uncle had said, that something had happened in the village?

In the afternoon, I was at home watching TV, but I didn't expect my uncle to come to the door.

What made me feel strange was that today my uncle didn't look much better than when we met last night. He looked like a different person with a bitter face, as if he hadn't slept for a few days, and the corners of his eyes were bloodshot.

Moreover, he was holding some incense and candles in his hands.

Upon entering the door, Eldest Uncle forced out a smile and said, "Changsheng, when did you come back? "Why didn't you inform me earlier? If it wasn't for Ol 'Three telling me just now, I wouldn't even know."

Seeing his fake smile, I felt annoyed. "What do you mean by that? We just met last night, did you forget so quickly? "

Eldest Uncle was stunned and suddenly said, "I was with Ol 'Three last night, when did I see you?"

After hearing what he said, I got a little angry. He actually acted as if nothing had happened after what he did last night.

I sat in my chair and didn't get up. I told her what you had done to me last night.

Hearing this, his uncle's face turned ugly, "Changsheng, what happened to you today? They had just met and yet they were already so infuriated. Also, you're fine, why are you returning to the village? "

I was so angry I laughed and said if you didn't call me, I'd come back?

Eldest Uncle had a face full of doubt, so he asked again, "Changsheng, when did I call you?"

I slanted my eyes and sneered, "You really have forgotten a lot of things. The matters from two days ago, have you completely forgotten about them now?"

Eldest Uncle thought for a while, then firmly shook his head: "Changsheng, I really didn't call you. Did you remember wrongly?"

I found it funny. I thought to myself, "It looks pretty good," but I didn't say anything unnecessary. I immediately took out my phone and started flipping through the records, hoping to slap my face with the truth. However, as I flipped through the pages, I was stunned. I realized that in the records for the past two days, my uncle had indeed not called me!

I double-checked several times, but the result was the same. That makes me wonder. Did I delete it by mistake?

However, thinking about it, it did not seem right. The records for the past two days were all there, and the only thing missing was his uncle's record. If he deleted it by mistake, it would not make sense.

And from the look on Eldest Uncle's face, he didn't seem to have lied to me.

But the problem is, if my uncle didn't call me, then the person who called me... Who was it?

Also, why doesn't Eldest Uncle admit that he saw me last night? What was going on? Could it be that he had discovered something and was lying on purpose?

"Changsheng, are you alright?" Eldest Uncle looked at me with a worried expression.

I shook my head, confused, and realized that something was wrong since I had come back.

I didn't argue with Eldest Uncle about what happened last night.

After chatting for a while absent-mindedly, Big Uncle left with a puzzled expression. Before he left, he even asked me to come to his house for dinner. I was turned down on the pretext that I was not feeling well and wanted to rest.

Now I was full of doubts. I wasn't in the mood to eat.

These questions are too sensitive to be spoken out loud so easily. Looking at my uncle's puzzled expression today, I have some doubts as to whether I was hallucinating when I saw him committing adultery with Xiao Yue last night.

However, he couldn't rule out the suspicion that Eldest Uncle was hiding the truth. Most importantly, not only was Eldest Uncle behaving strangely, even Third Uncle acted the same way.

Eldest Uncle was playing the fool in front of me, while Third Uncle was hiding something from me. At this thought, I felt a wave of frustration.

When I went to bed at night, I couldn't sleep well. For I found the whole village horribly quiet, and all night long there was not even a dog to bark.

The only thing left for me was the rustling of the leaves in the wind.

The next morning, after eating, just as I was about to go back to sleep, I heard Third Uncle knocking on the door. It was more like a smash than a knock.

The door was smashed so hard that it made a "bang bang" sound. As it was being smashed, he was also shouting out that something was wrong.

I opened the door and was startled.

I discovered that Third Uncle's face was badly swollen, and blood was flowing from the corners of his eyebrows. There were also a lot of bruises on his hands, making him look like someone had beaten him up.

I'm very surprised. It looked fine yesterday, but how did it become like this today?

I asked what had happened to Third Uncle. Third Uncle's face was filled with anxiety. He said that Eldest Uncle went crazy and beat him up when he wasn't paying attention!

I was stunned and was unable to react. Why did Eldest Uncle beat Third Uncle up for no reason?

Third Uncle didn't explain too much and just pulled me along.

When I arrived at Uncle's house, I was dumbfounded.

I discovered that my uncle was actually kneeling on the ground, slapping himself nonstop. He was slapping me so hard that I could hear the sound of "pa pa" from far away.

After a few moments, Eldest Uncle's face swelled up.

I called my uncle, but he didn't respond. He just knelt on the ground and slapped himself, while muttering to himself as if he were admitting his mistake.

The most important thing was that his face had always been expressionless, and he looked especially sluggish. When he was slapping his face, his eyelids did not even twitch.

From the looks of it, it seemed as if the attack wasn't directed at him.

I felt that something was wrong, so I immediately followed Third Uncle into the courtyard to try to stop Eldest Uncle from harming himself.

Uncle normally didn't have a strong body, nor did he have much strength. However, for some reason, he was so strong that even Third Uncle and I couldn't hold him back!

Just as he approached his uncle, he was thrown off and nearly fell to the ground.

After shaking us off, Big Uncle finally stopped. Before I could heave a sigh of relief, I saw his head hit the ground and he starts kowtowing.

The strangest thing was that he did not need to use his hands to support his kowtowing. He could only kneel on the ground, using his head to smash the ground.

The sound of the impact was heard. It was extremely powerful. In just a few hits, the ground had caved in.

I was shocked and immediately rushed forward to hug Eldest Uncle, but I couldn't hold him back at all. He practically continued to kowtow on my back. Adding Third Uncle to that would be useless!

Very quickly, Eldest Uncle's head was smashed open, and blood flowed unceasingly from his wounds.

I was in a panic, unable to understand what was going on.