Sure enough, the more she talked, the darker Wang Cuilan's face became, and she gritted her teeth and wanted to pounce on her and tear her apart.

A wicked smile flashed in Qiao Xuan's eyes. She also liked the way others couldn't stand her but couldn't kill her.

"Ms. Zheng, go prepare some food!" Xu Gui turned to Zheng Yun and told her.

"No need! Village Chief Xu, we just ate before we came here," Qiao Xuan said with a smile.

The wine and food at the magistrate's house were very rich and tasted good. She ate more and was not hungry yet.

Wang Cuilan breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want Qiao Xuan to take advantage of their family.

At midnight, the village was silent.

Wang Cuilan stood at the door with a piece of Xiaobao's clothing in her hand and her legs were trembling. She turned to look at Xu Gui and the others nervously.

The door of Xu's house was wide open, and there were several torches in the yard, illuminating the surrounding area.

"Old man, I'm scared, I don't dare, why don't you come?"

Wang Cuilan's voice trembled, and she glanced at the moon covered by clouds. The darkness outside was eerie and terrifying.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew, the torch shook a few times and went out silently, and the originally bright courtyard was enveloped in darkness.

Xu Gui turned to look at Qiao Xuan, "Girl Qiao, why don't you let me go?"

Wang Cuilan is unreliable, but something has gone wrong. When it comes to the name of his grandson, nothing can be done carelessly.

"I'll go if it's possible!" Zheng Yun said with a risk-taking attitude. To be honest, she didn't feel comfortable asking her mother-in-law to go.

Qiao Xuan shook his head, "Does Aunt Wang take care of the child the most on weekdays? Is he the closest to Aunt Wang?"

Xu Gui and Zheng Yun's expressions stiffened. It was really like this. We all had endless work to do every day. Only Wang Cuilan had time at home, so she had to take care of the children.

"Okay! Don't waste time, hurry up, Aunt Wang."

Qiao Xuan urged impatiently, "It's up to you whether you can save your little treasure!"

Wang Cuilan: "..."

She really hated Qiao Xuan, this damn girl, so she would be patient for the sake of Xiaobao.

"Xiaobao, Xiaobao——"

"Aunt Wang, you have to call Xiaobao by his full name. There are so many children called Xiaobao. Who knows who you are calling?" Qiao Xuan reminded angrily, as if he was deliberately trying to get in trouble with Wang Cuilan.

Wang Cuilan gritted her teeth and thought to herself: If Xiaobao can't recover, she will definitely not let this dead girl go.

"Wang Zhigao, Wang Zhigao, come back quickly! Grandma misses you."

"Wang Zhigao, Wang Zhigao, come back quickly! Come home."

…

According to what Qiao Xuan said, she walked towards the river where Xiaobao fell into the water while holding her clothes and shouting.

"You guys wait here" Qiao Xuan said without saying anything, glanced at Xi He and then followed Wang Cuilan.

Xi He pursed his lips and followed Qiao Xuan silently.

When Qiao Xuan heard the footsteps and knew it was Xi He, he didn't object. The two of them followed Wang Cuilan from a distance, one behind the other.

Wang Cuilan's voice was ethereal in the night wind, so penetrating that even she felt a sense of panic in her heart.

"Wang Zhigao, grandma is here to see you. Go home with grandma quickly."

The moon emerged from the clouds, and the river was sparkling. Except for her voice, there was silence everywhere, not even the chirping of insects and frogs.

Wang Cuilan stood by the river and was almost sweating.

Many people have drowned in this river, but no one dares to come at night. This is for the sake of her precious grandson, otherwise she would not be able to come here at this time if she were beaten to death.

Just as she was thinking wildly, the talisman Qiao Xuan gave her suddenly became hot in her hand. She was startled, and Qiao Xuan's words rang in her mind, "If the talisman becomes hot, just walk back. No matter what sound you hear, don't look back."

She immediately turned around and walked back.

Not far away, Qiao Xuan stuffed a talisman into Xi He's hand, hiding the presence of the two of them.

Under the moonlight, a small figure crawled out of the water by the river, all wet.

Xi He's pupils shrank. This was the first time he saw a human ghost. The ghost was translucent, as if it could be blown away by a gust of wind.

The small figure followed Wang Cuilan, stumbling away.

"Don't go! Stay with us." Someone in the river showed his head and shouted toward the shore.

Wang Cuilan was so frightened that she would have fainted if she hadn't held on for a breath, and her footsteps quickened.

"Grandma, grandma, walk slower! Xiaobao can't keep up."

Xiaobao's voice came from behind. Wang Cuilan took a deep breath. She couldn't look back. If she did, Xiaobao would really not be able to come back.

One person and one soul walked past Qiao Xuan and Xi He, as if they were completely unaware of their existence.

At the door of Xu's house, Xu Gui and others saw Wang Cuilan coming back from a distance. They didn't dare to express their anger and hurriedly entered Xiaobao's house as Qiao Xuan had told them.

Wang Cuilan stood in the middle of Xiaobao's room, looking at Xu Gui at a loss, not knowing what to do next.

Qiao Xuan and Xi He walked into the room. When they saw Xu Gui wanted to speak, Qiao Xuan immediately made a silence gesture.

She looked at the confused figure standing beside the bed, and flicked her wrist to draw a talisman.

The little soul was sucked into the body and disappeared.

Qiao Xuan picked up the bowl of cold tea from Xi He on the table and walked to the bed. With a sound of "Crash!", all the tea splashed on Xiaobao's face.

"What are you doing?" Wang Cuilan couldn't help shouting.

The next second, "Woo~" the child on the bed moved and slowly opened his eyes.

"Ouch! My little baby is awake, my little baby is awake."

Wang Cuilan pushed Qiao Xuan away from the bedside and smiled so hard that she couldn't even see her eyes.

Qiao Xuan didn't bother to argue with her, so he took a few steps back and walked to the chair to sit down. The Xu family members gathered around the bed with faces full of joy.

"Thanks to me! If it weren't for me, Xiaobao would really have suffered this time." Wang Cuilan boasted and took the credit.

Fortunately, the rest of the Xu family were sober-minded. Xu Qian bowed solemnly to Qiao Xuan, "Thank you, miss, for saving my son's life!"

"Thank you, Miss Qiao, thank you Miss Qiao," Zheng Yun also said gratefully.

"There's no need to thank you! Just give me the twenty taels of silver you agreed to. Village Chief Xu won't forget it, right?"

Qiao Xuan looked at Xu Gui and said.

"Of course not, I'll be ready in the afternoon." Xu Gui said and was about to go out to get the money, but was stopped by Wang Cuilan.

"Give me whatever you want. I rescued her. She just used a piece of talisman paper. It's not worth twenty taels. It's a clear trap."

She looked like a rogue, holding the child who had just woken up in her arms, and said with spitting.

"Mom, can you stop being so annoying?" Xu Qian couldn't stand it anymore, and impatiently stretched out his hand to pull Wang Cuilan away.

"Am I messing around? Who am I doing this for? Is it not for this family? I'll leave it here, twenty taels of silver won't do! At most five taels of silver," Wang Cuilan glared at Qiao Xuan and said angrily.

Five taels of silver was too much for her. It was she who went to the river to lure Xiaobao's soul back. Qiao Xuan had done nothing but draw talismans, so how could he get so much money?

"Shut up!"

Xu Gui pushed away Wang Cuilan, who was talking nonsense and getting more and more outrageous.

Qiao Xuan looked at her with cold eyes, as if she was watching a clown who made a fool of himself in public. The Xu family didn't have to give her the money, as long as their family was willing to bear the punishment.

She is not short of money. After all, she has a handful of money in her pocket. Twenty taels is a drop in the bucket to her.

Xu Qian knocked Wang Cuilan away and rushed out. Xu Gui blocked the door to stop Wang Cuilan who wanted to chase him out.

Zheng Yun kept an eye on the child at all times, so that she would be ready to snatch it back in case the child was hit.

Xu Qian came back soon and put a money bag into Qiao Xuan's hand.

Qiao Xuan opened it and glanced at the twenty taels. She put them away and gave Xi He a wink.

"Without further interruption, let's go first!"

The two of them walked out of the courtyard of the Xu family, followed by Wang Cuilan's heart-rending screams, as if Twenty Liang had cut off a piece of her flesh alive.

It was unusually quiet on the way back. Xi He was silent and didn't know what he was thinking.

In the Qiao family, Xi Yan was restless and walked back and forth in the room. The food on the table had been heated three times and Qiao Xuan and her brother were still not back.

She was very worried, fearing that the dog official might do harm to her brother and Qiao Xuan.

Just when she was about to go out to the village entrance to take a look, there was a "creak!" and the courtyard door rang.

"You haven't slept yet!" Qiao Xuan felt a little guilty when he saw Xi He with a sad face.

"Why are you back so late! Is that dog officer giving you a hard time?"

Xi Yan rubbed her stiff face and forced out a smile.

"No, we came back from the county government very early, and we just went to Qingfeng Village," Qiao Xuan explained.
Chapter completed!