Being fooled by Chu Huai, the village chief gradually explained the beginning and end of the incident from many years ago.
About forty years ago, a villager was washing clothes by the river when suddenly his hand was cut by a sharp object in the water.
The villager fished out the object, which was a broken piece of porcelain, but the age couldn’t be determined.
Thinking it was just bad luck, the villager didn’t pay much attention to it. However, later on, villagers found golden leaves in their fields and golden grains on their walls.
Some people believed it was a blessing from heaven to help them in their hardship, while others smartly pointed out that the underground may be full of treasures, and their village might have a group of ancient tombs. They stopped farming and started digging, and many villagers did find valuable items, making a fortune.
But no one realized that there wasn’t a single baby born in the village that year.
The current village chief was not yet in charge at the time, he was just a poor guy in his thirties who hadn’t married yet and was looked down upon by others.
He used to be a thief, but after hearing about the treasures underground, he changed his attitude and started digging early in the morning until late at night, hoping to get rich overnight. However, he seemed to be cursed, as he dug for more than a year but found nothing valuable.
Seeing people around him getting rich, the village chief felt disheartened and had to accept his fate, until one day.
Late at night, the village chief went out to pee and suddenly saw two figures carrying many things sneakily heading to a secluded area.
The village chief’s sleepiness vanished, and he concluded that they had discovered something and were planning to get rich alone. He quietly followed them, overjoyed at the chance of turning his luck around.
After going around in circles, they finally arrived at their destination. The village chief hid behind a sturdy crooked-neck tree and watched them rummaging through a spot on the ground.
Under the moonlight, the village chief recognized them as Old Zhao from the east and his son.
Speaking of this, the village chief’s wife was puzzled: “Why haven’t I heard of the old Zhao who lives in the east of the village?”
Chu Huai narrowed his eyes and looked at the village chief.
The village chief panicked and quickly said: “Don’t look at me like that, I really didn’t lie! If I lied at this time, I don’t want to live anymore!”
He turned around and scolded: “All of you, go out! Don’t interrupt here!”
The village chief’s wife led her family out with a sneer, leaving only Chu Huai, Liu Han, and the village chief in the room.
The village chief continued to speak.
The soil layer was peeled off, and the theft hole was revealed. The village chief suddenly realized that old Zhao and his son had been planning for quite some time.
The village chief was filled with secret excitement and greedily looked on, but saw that old Zhao tied one end of the thick rope to a nearby tree trunk, and lowered his own son down.
The village chief’s eyes turned red in an instant. This was his chance to turn over. How could he let someone else take the lead?
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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The village chief panted heavily and desperately shoveled soil into the hole, hoping to bury the two of them alive. He finally made up his mind and thought that wealth and danger went hand in hand. He gritted his teeth, followed the rope, and climbed down. He stepped firmly on the bodies of old Zhao and his son.
They were dead through and through.
Liu Han couldn’t help but exclaimed: “You actually killed someone! What did they do wrong?!”
The village chief’s face immediately sank. His black eyes turned around and looked at Chu Huai and Liu Han. Doubts arose in his heart.
Liu Han’s reaction was not like someone who believed in the goddess and was willing to sell herself for her…
If she really believed in the goddess and was willing to sacrifice for her, how could she accuse herself…?
Chu Huai sneered and turned to scold Liu Han: “People die for wealth, birds die for food. What does it matter if these two insignificant people die? Are you going to live a hard life because of this?”
Liu Han widened her eyes, obviously not expecting Chu Huai to say such words.
Chu Huai looked at the village chief and spoke with a concerned tone: “Moreover if these two discovered you, the outcome would not be good. This is called taking the initiative to avoid disaster…”
Chu Huai didn’t finish his words, but the village chief slapped the table and excitedly said: “Brother, you are absolutely right! It’s just this reason!”
He thought he had found a kindred spirit and became very friendly towards Chu Huai. After all, this secret had been weighing on his mind for years, and it was too depressing and oppressive. It was a relief to find someone who understood him and could share with him.
The village chief stared at him. Chu Huaisheng was handsome and elegant, but at the moment his gaze was sharp and his smile hid a knife.
The village chief thought inwardly: “He’s one of our own!”
Chu Huaisheng smiled at the village chief and pointed to Liu Han: “He’s a hypocrite. He has to express his discontent and show off.”
The village chief nodded vigorously: “I understand, I understand! People are all like that. They think one thing in their hearts but say something flowery and insincere. I’ve seen too much of it, it’s really not worth it!”
He smiled and poured tea for Chu Huaisheng: “You’re a straightforward and refreshing person, just like a brother! Let’s not talk about these disgusting and deceitful things, let’s be upright and honest! After all, isn’t human nature inherently evil?”
The little guy on his leg started trembling again. Chu Huaisheng pressed down on its head and gave it a punishing glare as if saying “what’s so funny?”
This cat is really cunning.
The little black cat poked its head out and obediently licked Chu Huaisheng’s finger, as if admitting its mistake. Chu Huaisheng softened his heart, let go of its head, and gently tugged on its ear.
After that, the village chief began to speak his mind.
The village chief continued on.
The cave was pitch black, and the village chief could only light a match to see a little bit of light. Trembling, he walked deeper in. The oxygen was thin down there, and just as the village chief was about to suffocate, he saw a black coffin in front of him.
The match suddenly went out, and he was scared to death. He quickly lit another one, but he saw many priceless treasures around the black coffin.
The village chief quickly picked up a few items and was about to escape, but for some reason, he stopped in his tracks and mechanically turned his head to stare at the black coffin.
At this point, the village chief paused and took a sip of tea, still shaken by the experience.
Chu Huaisheng asked keenly: “Did you open the coffin?”
“I didn’t want to, but you know…” The village chief sighed: “The queen has the ability to control people’s minds. By the time I regained my senses, I had already lifted the coffin lid.”
Chu Huaisheng lowered his eyelids and concealed the unusual look in his eyes.
“I looked inside the coffin and was scared half to death,” the village chief continued.
He was in a panic and wanted to run, but he thought that the burial objects inside the coffin must be worth many times more than those outside. So, he made up his mind and went back. As long as he took one thing…
With this thought in mind, he took a look inside the coffin and was immediately scared to the point where his legs went weak and he urinated.
Chu Huai frowned: “A skeleton?”
The village chief shook his head: “The person lying inside is no different from a living person.”
Chu Huai asked: “Is the appearance of the goddess the same as the one in the little Guanyin temple?”
The village chief nodded, and while he was still scared and unfocused, Chu Huai asked what he wanted to know the most: “Is the goddess pregnant?”
“Yes,” the village chief instinctively replied.
Chu Huai lowered his eyes and subtly pursed his lips.
“There were no accompanying burial objects in the coffin,” the village chief continued: “I thought I was going to die if I stayed any longer, so I was planning to escape. But then the match suddenly went out, and there was light coming out of the goddess’s lips.”
“A luminous pearl?” Chu Huai said: “So you took it?”
“Yes,” the village chief said: “then I climbed up along the rope. But I didn’t have the guts to cover the soil back, so I ran down the mountain with the luminous pearl. After all, the bodies of Lao Zhao and his son were still in the cave. If they were discovered the next morning, I would be finished!”
“And then?” Although Chu Huai was asking, he already had an idea in his mind, connected to his previous doubts about the village chief’s wife.
“I hid in the bridge cave for several days, but no one came to catch me. So I mustered up the courage to sneak back home on the small path up the mountain. Guess what happened?” The village chief was still teasing.
Chu Huai smiled and replied: “You found out that no one around you knew that Lao Zhao ever existed, as if they had amnesia.”
“Exactly!” The village chief smiled: “What’s even stranger is that even Lao Zhao’s living wife didn’t remember him or their son!”
“What about the cave?” Liu Han couldn’t help but interject.
“I snuck out to take a look in the middle of the night, and the entrance to the theft hole was actually filled up. At first, I thought it was someone’s good deed, and I thought I was lucky because I had accumulated some merit. But later, I understood that it was the goddess.”
“If it weren’t for the goddess, I would have been caught and would have lost my life.” The village chief sincerely exclaimed, his gaze filled with deep fear.
“Not long after that, I made a fortune by selling those burial objects, got a wife, but couldn’t have a child for more than a year. Then, the goddess came to me in a dream.”
The village chief wasn’t well-educated and his speech was disconnected, full of holes, but Chu Huai organized his words and finally understood the content of the dream.
The Little Guanyin needed the village chief to promote her “divinity,” so she made a deal with him.
She helped the village chief establish a unique prestige in Xiao Guanyin Village, not forcing him to kill and save, and even gave burial objects to him.
At the same time, the village chief had to build a temple for her to be worshipped, keep the Night Pearl safe, and continuously instill in the villagers the consciousness of killing and saving for newborn babies, as well as the concept of consuming placenta soup and punishing those who violated the creed.
The village chief had no idea that he was aiding and abetting evil and helping Xiao Guanyin subtly gain control of the entire village.
If Xiao Guanyin continued to develop as originally planned, the Golden Boy and Jade Girl would consume enough souls to be reborn, and with the help of the Night Pearl, Xiao Guanyin could possess others, take over their bodies, and eventually turn the village into a blood-sucking pool for the increasingly powerful ghost bodies of the reborn Golden Boy and Jade Girl. Little Guanyin’s obsession finally surfaced – she wanted her two children who died in the womb to come into the world in this way.
Realizing the cause and effect, Chu Huai suddenly felt relieved and gave Liu Han a look.
Liu Han understood and slowly approached the village chief.
Chu Huai stood up with a smile, pretending to take out something from his pocket.
The village chief thought he was taking out cigarettes and chuckled: “I don’t smoke anymore.”
Chu Huai fumbled for the dagger that he had been hiding for a long time and pressed it against the village chief’s dry neck.
The village chief looked frightened: “You guys!”
Chu Huai lazily smiled and turned to Liu Han: “What did I just say?”
Liu Han was quick-witted this time: “Strike first, gain the upper hand!”
It’s true, of course, it’s good, but I suddenly thought, what happened to the twins from the beginning of the arch?
Thank you very much for the translation 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 ( the last day of green hearts)
As for myself, I wonder if we’ll ever meet Chu Huai’s twin (if s/he even exists!) 🤔
Thank you for the chapter!
maybe its the ghost tha’t in chu huai’s body?