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Chapter VIII Epidemic

Fan Qing angrily said, "When will you be able to have some success? Get money from me all day long. Although he won't do anything to me, he has no intention of accompanying a disabled person to appreciate flowers and drink tea every day."

"Oh, my aunt, don't be so innocent. Look, the bracelet on your hand is so flashing that I can't even open my eyes. He bought it for you, don't want it."

"I'm not just for us. If I save some private money, just rely on your father to kill pigs to make money. When will you save enough money to marry me? You are okay, not only do you not appreciate it, but also block me with words. It's really a dog biting Lu Dongbin."

"Okay, OK, Hao Qing'er, I know I'm wrong. Xiang Yi, don't be angry."

Jiang Xixi poked half of his head out of the door slightly. As she expected, Wang Yuchen was talking to Fan Qing. Now, the two of them were twisting together like two ropes, and they were entangled indistinguishable from each other.

Her heart seemed to be grabbed and left from a high place, hanging lightly in the air, unable to touch it. Suddenly, she remembered the look of Yu Wushang looking at Wang Yuchen in front of the Silkworm Temple. He should have doubts about the relationship between Fan Qing and Wang Yuchen, but why did he still look unmoved? Could it be that he felt that he was not worthy of Fan Qing, so he did not even deserve the right to question?

A gust of night wind blew, and the white cat in his arms raised his neck and sniffed a few times in the air. Suddenly, it broke free from Jiang Xixi's arms, fell lightly on the stone road, rushed towards the thick ink-like darkness, and its white body quickly hid in the night.

Fortunately, the two outside the door were fighting fiercely, and no cat was rushing past them at all. Jiang Xixi put down the breath of her holdings. Just as she was about to return to the yard, a tiny sound of footsteps suddenly came from her ears. Her steps were very light, but she stepped very fast, and she stepped densely on the stone road with water accumulation, and rushed towards this side from a distance.

What is it? It is definitely not the sound of human footsteps, but it is more like some kind of agile animal.

Jiang Xixi looked at the other end of the alley. It was very dark. The little things were hiding in the darkness, making rustling sounds, and ran over the main street in groups. She squinted her eyes, held her breath and looked at the darkness. Suddenly, a few bright green lights floated out of it, which was particularly dazzling in the darkness, tingling her heart.

"Scared, Wang Yuchen, there seems to be something over there." Fan Qing finally realized something was wrong. She pushed away the man wrapped around her and pointed her fingers in the direction of the main street.

However, the moment Wang Yuchen turned around, the tiny footsteps gradually left and disappeared into the thick and uncooked night of Danshui Town.

"What? I didn't see anything." Wang Yuchen's voice still felt unsatisfied. He was about to hug Fan Qing in his arms again, but she pushed him away.

"Forget it, I suddenly felt so confused. You go quickly. It will be bad if my mother finds out later."

Wang Yuchen couldn't resist her and could only leave in disappointment. Seeing him leaving alone, Jiang Xixi suddenly reacted and hurriedly walked towards his house. However, she left too late. With a "creaking" behind her, Fan Qing had already pushed open the gate and walked in. Jiang Xixi said something was wrong in her heart, and turned around in a hurry, pretending to have just come out of her house.

"Yo," Fan Qing was startled by her, "I stood here like a piece of wood in the middle of the night, who do you want to scare to death?"

"I... heard a little sound, so come out and take a look."

"You heard it too?" Fan Qing's face was faintly visible in the darkness. The makeup on her face was a little blurred. Two traces of black appeared beside her eyes. Her pair of peach blossom eyes were so big that it was scary, but her chin was very pointed. A raised hook bent forward, just like a mouse.

Jiang Xixi shivered, "Maybe I heard it wrong, I'll go back to my room first."

"Miss Jiang," Fan Qing blocked her and looked at her with her eyes straight. The next moment, Jiang Xixi almost thought that there was a fluorescent light in her eyes, but she only smiled and reached out to pat Jiang Xixi's shoulder twice, "The wind is strong, you can rest early."

Jiang Xixi did not understand the meaning of her smile. She was about to turn around, but she heard a burst of rapid footsteps coming from the alley. Then, a few yellow lights flashed lightly through the door.

Fan Qing ran to the door and shouted into the alley, "Is something wrong?"

The few people who ran over had already walked away, but their voices were brought to Jiang Xixi's ears by Ye Feng, "Silkworm, silkworm has appeared."

***

The Yu family was surrounded by the townsmen, and Jiang Xixi followed the Fan sisters to turn left and right in the outer circle, but failed to find a chance to squeeze in. Fortunately, Fan Qing saw an old slave from the Yu family coming out of the inside and hurriedly pulled him up, "Uncle Qi, what happened?"

Uncle Qi frowned and sighed a few times when he saw that it was Fan Qing, rubbed his hands and shook his head, "I'm all dead, just like sixteen years ago."

"What are all dead?" Jiang Xixi couldn't help but interrupt when he saw the people looking solemn.

Fan Yin pulled her aside, his voice was very low, "You are a foreigner, so I don't know that sixteen years ago, an epidemic broke out in Danshui Town. The beginning of the epidemic began with the death of mulberry silkworms. First, silkworms, and then people. At that time, no family escaped this disaster. Every household had fun, and there were no children playing on the streets, and the city gates were blocked by coffins transported out. At that time, rumors of white-clothed people seducing souls in Danshui Town were rumored. At night, the townspeople knocked on copper and iron tools to drive away ghosts, and the sound reached the ninth level. However, the rumors were rumors after all. Although they were spread evilly, no one had seen the man in white. Everyone only said that he was a silkworm, but we knew nothing about what the silkworm was, whether it was a disease, a rat, or something else."

"But you also said that mice can eat mulberry silkworms, which is the most normal thing. Why are everyone so nervous tonight?"

Fan Yin shook his head silently, "That's because this is the Yu family. The Yu family is a big silkworm breeder. There are more than a dozen silkworm rooms alone. If all the silkworms in his family die, do you think it can be done by a few mice?"

Jiang Xixi was stunned and immediately thought of the delicate footsteps he had just heard: Could it be that those sounds were made by mice? However, the movements of the mice were so small that even if they were on the road with water, there would not be such a loud sound, unless... unless they were astonishing in number and a large group of them could make such a sound, and they could bite all the mulberry silkworms of the Yu family to death.
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