novelraw Chapter 542: Those Little-Known Local Stories
Chapter 542: Those Little-Known Local Stories
Chapter 542: Chapter 542: Those Little-Known Local Stories
Aunt Huang caught up when Gu Tiantian was sitting on a stone by the roadside, resting.
Seeing Aunt Huang drenched in sweat, Gu Tiantian cheerfully waved.
"Aunt Huang, over here."
Upon seeing Gu Tiantian, Aunt Huang sighed in relief.
One hand on her hip, she walked over to Gu Tiantian.
"You little girl, you walk pretty fast. I’m getting old, Aunt Huang, I really thought today I’d completely fall behind you."
Gu Tiantian was also quite exhausted, especially with so many steps on this path, and sometimes the slope was seventy degrees, deep in the forest, very quiet all around, and walking alone made her somewhat fearful.
Fortunately, she occasionally met some tourists passing by, which helped ease her nerves.
Seeing Aunt Huang before her, panting with hands on her hips, Gu Tiantian quickly took out a bottle of water from her backpack and handed it to her.
"Aunt Huang, have some water first, let’s take a break, I just got here too."
Aunt Huang sat down heavily on a stone next to Gu Tiantian, and then began to gulp down the water.
After a long while, she finally caught her breath.
"Luckily, I didn’t go towards the main road, otherwise I might have missed you."
Not waiting for Gu Tiantian to speak, Aunt Huang smiled at her.
"You young folks, love these winding paths, think they’re thrilling and serene, better yet, because it’s a shortcut to Yuzhu Peak."
Gu Tiantian smiled at Aunt Huang, waited for her to finish, then nodded with her eyes narrowed in a smile.
"Yes, also deep in the forest there’s less sunlight, so I don’t worry about getting sunburned."
"You..."
Aunt Huang chuckled and lowered her voice a bit.
"But as a young girl, it’s better to walk the main road, these paths deep in the forest have their advantages but also drawbacks."
Leaning closer to Gu Tiantian, Aunt Huang’s voice became even lower.
"I heard there was an incident here recently, seems like a female college student was raped."
Gu Tiantian’s face turned pale instantly.
Aunt Huang noticed, patted her hand.
"Aunt Huang isn’t trying to scare you, this is fact, though most who come here aren’t locals, unaware of these news, so many tourists still take the path."
Gu Tiantian very much agreed with Aunt Huang, being an outsider herself, she knew nothing of these news.
Suddenly recalling the videos Bai Chenyao had shown her earlier, Gu Tiantian’s face turned even paler, clenched her fists tightly.
"What... what happened afterwards? What about the female student? And that scum?"
Aunt Huang furrowed her brow, frustratedly scratching her head.
"Not very clear, as it’s not a good thing, the victim’s family didn’t want exposure, as for the scum... I heard he’s committed many crimes, that rape being among his numerous offenses, doesn’t even count for much."
"What?"
Aunt Huang’s brow furrowed even more, her voice heavy.
"I heard he’s a serial killer, intended to rape and then kill the female student too, but was luckily discovered by passing tourists, the scum ran, so the female student barely escaped with her life."
Gu Tiantian: "..."
Aunt Huang turned her head, seeing Gu Tiantian’s pale face, suddenly paused.
Quickly reaching out to grab Gu Tiantian’s hand, she found it somewhat cold.
"Tian Tian, what’s wrong?"
"Don’t worry, that’s all in the past, that scum has already been sentenced to death, seems like it’ll be carried out by the end of the year."
Realizing her loss of composure, Gu Tiantian quickly adjusted her mood.
"It’s nothing, I just feel... life has its ups and downs, so unpredictable."