Heaven-Sent Farm Girl Builds Her Fortune And Captures His Heart

Chapter 318: Better Safe Than Sorry

Two days later, Shen Qinglan was finally liberated.As she walked out of the old Tang family’s courtyard, the sun was just beginning to rise.

A new day, a new life.

During this time, rumors of ghosts eating people were still spreading wildly, causing merchants passing through Jinxi Town to be extremely frightened, fearing that they might accidentally be caught and eaten by ghosts.

The rumors created great unease among the people, and County Magistrate Pei was dizzy with work, repeatedly warning against spreading rumors, but he couldn’t prevent the people from secretly passing them around.

So, in a fit of anger, County Magistrate Pei publicly arrested a few of the townsfolk spreading rumors, giving each ten heavy strikes, and only then did the matter slightly settle down.

These days, the government officials were all investigating to see if anyone in Jinxi Town had gone missing, and luckily, so far, no family had reported a missing member.

Seeing Shen Qinglan safely return home, and personally escorted back by Duan Yunfei, the Shen Family sighed with relief and were overjoyed.

They eagerly kept Duan Yunfei for a meal at home, not letting him leave until midday.

Once Duan Yunfei left, members of the Shen Family all gathered around Shen Qinglan to ask questions.

"You child, you left without telling the family, and let Shopkeeper Tang inform us!"

Dong Yao said disapprovingly, "Next time, you must leave a note to put our minds at ease, no matter how rushed you are."

"Your mother is absolutely right!" Jiang said, "Recently, there’s been a ghost-eats-person incident in town, and your mother had a nightmare, worrying us sick!"

"I’m sorry, mother, and aunt, for worrying you!" Shen Qinglan said apologetically, "I left in a hurry and forgot to leave a message, so I had someone inform Shopkeeper Tang to tell you."

"You child, I don’t know whether to say you’re carefree or forgetful!" Jiang said helplessly, "Make sure you remember next time!"

Shen Qinglan appeared humbly receptive to the lecture, nodding obediently, "I understand, aunt, I’ll definitely remember next time!"

"But, what’s this about the ghost-eats-person incident?" Shen Qinglan asked curiously.

Recently, she had been recuperating and no one mentioned the outside events to her, so she was truly isolated from the world during that time.

"Oh, it’s about that ruin on East Street. Somehow, a lot of blood was spilled there, and a government official even found some human fingers!" Jiang shivered as she spoke, "It was truly frightening."

Hearing this, Shen Qinglan immediately understood.

So, has she been rumored to be a ghost?

Ah, she had become so numb from killing that night, she wasn’t quite sure how many people had fallen, vaguely remembering maybe dozens.

That was definitely the first time in her life she’d killed so many people, and now that she thought about it, she got goosebumps all over.

It was indeed a bit frightening, but she had no choice; it was either them or her. She still longed for the warmth of the world and wasn’t in a hurry to go to hell, so it had to be them who died!

"As long as you’re back!" Dong Yao said, "Although this ghost-eats-person thing might just be a rumor, it’s better to believe it exists than not. Try to go out less from now on; anything you need to do can be done during the day."

"I understand, mother," Shen Qinglan said, "I’ve been going out these days to take care of something."

"What is it?" Dong Yao asked.

"I wanted to get some interesting things, and those require some fabric scraps, so I went to other places to buy fabric scraps!"