Chapter 121: Chapter 121: The Runaway Sister-in-law 33

Liu Fusheng felt intrigued, “Where will we stay then?”

“I applied for a single dormitory, and the hospital has approved it. You can stay with me. Though it’s a bit cramped, we’re not cooking; it’s just enough for sleeping at night.”

The hospital has a cafeteria, cheap and delicious, much more convenient than cooking at home.

Liu Fusheng remembered the double harvest was three days away. For him, who hadn’t done farm work in years, it felt like torture. If he could go to the county town, he could avoid the double harvest.

“Then let’s leave tomorrow, get there early, and I can find a job sooner.” Liu Fusheng’s excuse for avoiding labor was full of confidence.

Zhen Fang agreed, eager to leave the countryside as soon as possible.

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“Host, Liu Fusheng is planning to escape. He and Zhen Fang will move to the county hospital dormitory early tomorrow.”

sounded urgent, “Deputy Zhen pulled some strings to transfer Zhen Fang to work at your county hospital. She persuaded Liu Fusheng to move into the dormitory with her, and Liu Fusheng agreed.”

Yuan Chun paused momentarily while eating before continuing, “Don’t worry. Those who deserve to die will die. Let it be tonight.”

In the evening, Liu Fusheng went to the pond to bathe. Suddenly, something caught his foot, dragging him toward the deep water. Struggling to swim back, his body felt like it was sedated, not responding to his commands.

He was dragged into the deep water, and his body instantly sank to the bottom.

Panicked, he wanted to call for help, but no sound came out.

His childhood friends were just a few meters away but hadn’t noticed his absence. Liu Fusheng was terrified, afraid, and trembling.

He recalled the stories he had heard about the water ghost as a child.

Could it be that he was targeted by the water ghost?

As Liu Fusheng pondered this, his consciousness gradually faded. When he was discovered, half an hour had already passed.

Liu Fusheng’s body was carried back to the Liu Family, where Liu Baozhu and Liu Fuchai were left in disbelief, stunned until they began to cry loudly.

Zhen Fang cried her heart out.

In her emotional turmoil, she even had complications with her pregnancy.

The captain sent two village women to watch over her and helped the Liu Family with the funeral arrangements for Liu Fusheng.

No one in the village expected that Liu Fusheng, who had just returned a few days ago, would drown while bathing.

Yunqiao Team is a water town, surrounded by ponds. Liu Fusheng grew up playing in these waters, yet he drowned. This surprised the villagers and heightened their caution; no one went to the ponds to bathe anymore.

The pond had just claimed a life, leading the villagers to deem it unlucky.

Moreover, Yunqiao Team has always had a legend that water ghosts exist in the ponds, bored in the water and seeking a companion.

Liu Fusheng was the companion the water ghost chose.

Otherwise, why would Liu Fusheng go to the deep water?

And while he was drowning, his companions were nearby, yet no one heard his cries for help.

The villagers felt his death was mysterious.

They speculated that the water ghost had summoned him.

Others whispered that he must have done something bad and suffered retribution.

Regardless, Liu Fusheng’s death was sudden, leaving behind a pregnant Zhen Fang and the helpless Liu Baozhu and Liu Fuchai.

After Liu Fusheng’s funeral, the double harvest began.

The work was heavy, and time for harvesting was tight, so everyone in the village had to work the fields, old and young alike. Liu Baozhu and Liu Fuchai were worried that Zhen Fang might escape while they were working, so they refused to leave and stayed home to watch over her.

Zhen Fang, having just lost her husband, wasn’t in the mood to work. She asked the captain to convey her request to the hospital for a five-day bereavement leave.

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