At Sister Zheng's inn, the lanterns outside were shining brightly.

Sister Zheng stood by the window, looking at the lanterns outside, with a bitter look on her face.

"Auntie, you can't interfere in this matter..."

The young boy spoke softly, keeping his voice very low, as if he was afraid of being heard.

"...Why don't I know?" Sister Zheng sighed.

"She can only blame herself for offending someone she shouldn't have offended. Otherwise, how could she have suffered this disaster?" The clerk also sighed.

Sister Zheng pursed her lips and said nothing.

Yes, what a pity.

Living in an inn on this island, I met many different kinds of people, both from the island and from outside the island.

It was rare that there was a little girl that I liked, and we had a lot of chats under the moonlight that night. This kind of conversation had not happened for a long time.

But she didn't expect that not even two days had passed before she would...

"No matter what happens tonight, let's just close the door and don't go out. Just pretend that we are asleep... She is a foreigner after all, but we are going to live on the island for generations, so we can't offend such a big shot."

The boy tried his best to persuade me.

He was lame and broke his leg when he was more than two years old, so he was abandoned by his parents.

After he was discovered, everyone sympathized with him, but no one wanted to raise him.

Who wants a lame person? And he already has a limp at the age of two. He can't even walk, let alone run away.

It was the shopkeeper who heard about him and kept him close to him.

There were only so many people on the island. Everyone knew whose child he was and who had cruelly abandoned him.

It's just that there's nothing you can do about it.

The man also knew who his parents were. He heard this from the islanders.

When he was young, he was ignorant and longed for the warmth of his parents, so he secretly went to find them, but was ruthlessly driven away——

"Go, go, go! We don't know you, so don't call me random people, who are your parents?! Your mother is the shopkeeper Zheng, go find her!"

From then on, he never mentioned his parents and regarded himself as having no parents or family.

He has only one relative, Shopkeeper Zheng and Aunt Zheng.

The boy was only fourteen or fifteen years old, younger than Aunt Zheng's children, but his face looked worried at this time.

"Xiao Cheng, you see, in the eyes of others, we are already enviable existences, but in reality?" Aunt Zheng laughed at herself, "As long as those 'big people' say a word, we don't dare to resist at all.

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Aunt Zheng has made some money over the years and is living a comfortable life.

I don’t know how many poor little daughters-in-law who were bullied by their mothers-in-law envied her, saying that she was free and had the right to speak, and no one dared to make trouble with her.

But in fact, ordinary people really don't dare, but the Zhong family is very brave.

Xiao Cheng said nothing.

He thought of the female guest officer who had just arrived on the island in the past few days. Although she was not dressed to show off, she was very generous every time she bought things, and she also smiled softly when talking to him.

I don't mind that I'm just a cripple.

But the Zhong family, why didn't they let her go?

"Xiao Cheng, go and light the incense in the fourth room, and remember to open the window." Sister Zheng suddenly thought of something and ordered.

The boy was stunned for a moment, then thought of something, and nodded quickly, "Okay, I'll go right away!"

He trotted quickly to the guest room.

Seeing his leaving figure, Sister Zheng looked out the window again.

The night was dark and peaceful.

The dark night hides dirt and evil.

"Xiaojiang, Sister Zheng has tried her best. I hope you will be a good person... If you don't escape this disaster, you can't blame Sister Zheng..."

Jiang Chu was lying on the bed, with his back to the door and his eyes looking in the direction of the window.

She is waiting.

But as I waited, I heard some small movement next door.

She couldn't help but perked up and raised her ears to listen.

After the rustling sound, there was the sound of the window being opened.

It's coming, it's time to take action!

Jiang Chu waited for a while, his hand ready to throw the rattle needle at any time, but the movement next door stopped.

Um?

Jiang Chu was confused and listened attentively.

It is true that there is no movement, but... what is this smell?

A strange smell wafted in front of my nose. When I first smelled it, I thought it was some kind of fragrance, but when I smelled it again, I felt it smelled bad.

It’s so weird, it feels like stinky tofu soaked in spices!

Jiang Chu herself knew a little about spices, but she couldn't smell what this thing was.

In case it was poisonous, she put an antidote pill in her mouth.

Originally, she had been waiting patiently and was a little sleepy, but now she immediately became energetic after smelling this fragrance.

It's really awesome.

The scent is coming from next door.

Jiang Chu had a beautiful view outside the window of her room. The temperature on Mofeng Island was also suitable and not cold, so she always kept the window open.

Even tonight.

The window next door was opened and incense was burned, and this smell came in through Jiang Chu's window.

It was this trace of smell that suddenly made Jiang Chu energetic.

After smelling it a lot, she also recognized several of the spices. They were all normal medicines and not toxic at all.

The non-poisonous incense was suddenly lit next door, and it smelled so unpleasant and refreshing...

Jiang Chu didn't know what he thought of, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

After who knows how long, Jiang Chu heard footsteps.

It sounded from outside the door.

His expression turned cold, but Jiang Chu still had his back to the door.

The door was gently pushed open, and then someone approached Jiang Chu and stopped when he reached the bed.

There were three people coming, but they were not walking together, but walking in front and behind.

Jiang Chu had his back to them, but he could still feel their eyes looking at him, as cold as snakes, with evil intentions.

Suddenly, the man moved.

He took out a dagger from his arms and raised it high, intending to stab Jiang Chu in the back of the heart!

but--

"finally come."

Jiang Chu stretched out his hand and held his wrist, his expression full of contempt, "I've been waiting for you for most of the night, you're really in trouble."

The man's eyes suddenly widened, he panicked, and the dagger he held in his hand fell down!

"What are you still doing? Kill her!"

The two people behind did not stand by the bed, but watched from the door. One of them started shouting angrily when he saw this.

They didn't feel guilty or anxious at all as if they had done something bad. They didn't even care that they were in someone else's inn, and they dared to yell as if it was their own territory.

The two of them were very frightened and angry.

Zhong Rui and Zhong Gu didn't expect that Jiang Chu was still up in the middle of the night. They had obviously asked shopkeeper Zheng to add some sleeping stuff to the meal. Normally, she should be sleeping like a dead pig at this time.
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