Chapter 933 - 276: [Tragedy] (6100)_4
"No, Granny just took me to eat, she didn’t give me any money." The girl said, stepping back a bit.
Li Guohua laughed dryly twice: "Daddy won’t ask you for money. If Granny gives you money, just keep it yourself, hmm... keep it yourself..."
The girl sighed softly, gave Li Guohua a deep look, pinched the two bills in her hand, and quickly left.
Li Guohua stood in the courtyard and looked at the sky, then turned and hobbled back into the house.
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Chen Yan jumped to the ground from behind the house, took a detour, and quietly followed the little girl, watching from a distance.
The little girl left home and walked in the direction of the village east. After a while, she passed a river pond. There used to be a stone bridge over the pond, but the girl went along the slope next to the bridge to the riverbank under the bridge.
Chen Yan stood far away behind a tree, watching. In the shadows, the little girl squatted gently by the river.
After a short while, the sound of the girl’s soft sobbing could be heard.
Her small figure squatted by the river, hugging her knees, burying her head, quietly crying, crying softly.
The sound was not loud, probably because she was afraid to make too much noise, suppressing her voice.
She whimpered for a few minutes, then stood up again, using the backs of her hands to vigorously wipe her face and the corners of her eyes in the dim light, then rubbed her hands on her clothes.
The girl left the riverbank, crossed the stone bridge, and continued eastward.
She reached the east end of the village and passed a small shop but didn’t go in to buy milk.
Along the way, she took a bun from her pocket and quickly ate it in a few bites.
Arriving near a house, she paused outside, chewing and swallowing hard, barely managing to swallow everything, stretched her neck, then forced a smile and walked over.
"Xiao Fang... can I borrow your practice book from this week to copy the questions..."
Soon, voices came from inside the house.
Chen Yan stood outside, listening quietly for a while, then turned and left.
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Returning to the outside of Li Guohua’s house, the sun had already set, and the light was becoming even dimmer.
Chen Yan stood outside the courtyard, watching through the fence.
He found that Li Guohua had already hobbled out of the house with a small bag in hand, just like that, hobbling out of the yard.
Chen Yan quietly followed behind, maintaining a distance from Li Guohua — with his cultivation and skills, he would not be discovered.
Li Guohua also went east, reaching the river pond in the village. He tottered downhill to the riverside and walked a few dozen steps before stopping by a willow tree.
In the darkness, Chen Yan saw Li Guohua open the small bag in his hand and pour its contents into the river.
The water in the river pond flowed slowly, but after pouring, the things poured into the river were washed away without a trace by the current.
In the darkness, Li Guohua actually slowly kneeled by the river, muttering softly to himself.
His voice was very light, deliberately keeping it low, drowned out by the sound of the flowing river.
Chen Yan approached a few steps closer. After expanding his Divine Sense, he finally heard Li Guohua’s murmurs.
"...Your great vengeance is avenged, and my revenge is avenged too, we can consider it settled between us... from now on, you go your way, and don’t come haunting me..."
After muttering for a while, Li Guohua looked up, seeming vigilant, checking around to ensure no one was watching, then struggled to get up from the ground, keeping his head low and body bent, hobbling back home.
After Li Guohua walked away, Chen Yan went to the riverbank to where he had been earlier.
He looked down for a while and found a small patch of grayish-black residue on the ground, likely some leftover from what Li Guohua had poured, left on the leaves of the grass by the bank.
Chen Yan crouched down, gently pinched it between two fingers, and found it to be soft, powdery.
He brought it to his nose and sniffed.
"Ashes?"