“Hey, is that… Qin Si back?”
“Such a big wild boar, incredible!”
“Where did you hunt it?”
“Yue Lian is blessed.”
At first, a couple of women saw Qin Si carrying the wild boar, exclaimed in surprise, and then drew the attention of others.
By the time Qin Si walked into the village, a circle of people had gathered around him.
Old men and children, men and women.
They chattered and gossiped, their eyes filled with envy.
Qin Si smiled and responded without saying much.
In the village, a man's strength was a woman's face. He could have been like before, making a fortune silently.
But now he had a wife.
Showing a bit of ‘strength’ to give Chen Yue Lian face, the village gossip would be less.
“Brother Qin Si, where did you hunt this wild boar?”
Qin Huai Sheng asked.
At sixteen years old, he was mature yet still a bit naive, unable to hide his thoughts.
He asked what the adults were too embarrassed to ask.
Asking a hunter about his hunting grounds was actually a bit impolite, which was why the adults didn't ask easily.
However, Qin Si had met Qin Huai Sheng a few times and knew he was an innocent young man.
So he replied:
“The back mountain, behind the village.”
“The Wild Dog Hole?”
“No, you have to go further in, there's a sunny slope there.”
“So far away…”
Qin Huai Sheng felt a bit discouraged, scratched his head and smiled at Qin Si:
“I got it, thanks, Brother Qin Si.”
“No problem.”
Qin Si nodded, didn't chat much with the villagers, as he didn't know many of them.
He soon carried the wild boar home.
After watching the excitement, the villagers dispersed.
Qin Huai Sheng was lost in thought when his ear was grabbed by a girl of seventeen or eighteen.
“Ouch, ouch, ouch, Sister Huai Ru, why are you pulling my ear?”
“To teach you a lesson. Everyone else didn't ask, only you're smart, asking about things you shouldn't.”
Qin Huai Ru scolded.
Qin Huai Sheng looked wronged but dared not complain.
In the family, he was most afraid of this cousin.
“It's just that our family is running out of food,”
Qin Huai Sheng explained:
“I wanted to go hunting in the mountains…”
“Don't even think about it, you're so smart, aren't you?”
Qin Huai Ru interrupted directly:
“In the surrounding villages, besides Qin Si, do you see anyone else daring to enter the mountains? If you encounter the bandits of White Tiger Mountain, you'll lose your life!”
The people of China have always relied on the mountains for their sustenance.
Qin Jia Village didn't have much farmland.
Backed by the mountains, many hunters lived in the surrounding villages. Even those who weren't hunters would set some traps.
But the White Tiger Mountain bandits were entrenched there, often descending the mountain to rob.
After several hunters were killed by bandits and beasts while hunting in the mountains.
The villagers no longer dared to enter the mountains.
“Brother Qin Si went into the mountains…”
Qin Huai Sheng mumbled softly:
“He's fine, and even hunted a wild boar.”
“He's him, you're you!”
Qin Huai Ru scolded:
“You're the only male in your family, the mountains are so dangerous, you're not allowed to go, Jing Ru, watch your brother.”
“Got it, sis.”
A little girl of about ten years old, hearing this, stared fixedly at Qin Huai Sheng.
Her eyes were full of vigilance.
She was ready to tattle if he disobeyed.
Qin Huai Sheng sighed inwardly, feeling dejected.
“Little brat, I'm your own brother, you're bossing me around now.”
“Ah, brother, don't tickle me, sis, you gotta control him…”
Qin Jing Ru giggled.
The siblings chased each other, teasing and playing.
Qin Huai Ru bent over and smiled, her youthful face charming. Her gaze glanced at Qin Si who was walking away.
Her eyes landed on his tall figure.
Her pretty face was filled with puzzlement.
“Qin Si, he… when did he grow so tall?”
…
Qin Si reached his doorstep.
His eyes were filled with eagerness, not seeing his wife, he almost called out.
A strange woman and Chen Yue Lian walked out of the house one after another.
The woman’s hair was disheveled, her clothes were patched, her pants and shoes were dirty.
She avoided eye contact, as if she were afraid to be seen.
“Ah!”
Chen Yue Lian exclaimed in surprise when she saw Qin Si standing in the courtyard.
Her expression was somewhat nervous.
“What’s wrong?”
Qin Si put down the wild boar and looked at her puzzled.
He just went hunting in the mountains, and his wife doesn’t recognize him anymore?
“No… nothing.”
Chen Yue Lian waved her hand hurriedly, then turned to the woman beside her:
“Ruonan, I won’t walk you out, I’ll visit you another day.”
The woman nodded and left directly.
When she passed Qin Si, she even took a few steps back, as if avoiding a flood beast.
Qin Si saw the old scars on the woman's exposed wrist, caused by a sharp weapon, more than one.
After the woman walked away, Qin Si asked:
“Who is she?”
“Chen Ruonan, from Chen Jia Gou, you don’t know her.”
Chen Yue Lian explained casually, then took the two wild chickens from Qin Si's waist, her hands trembling slightly.
Qin Si noticed her strangeness.
“What's wrong with you?”
“Nothing.”
“Really nothing?”
“What, you think something’s wrong with me?”
Chen Yue Lian asked with a smile.
“No.”
Qin Si smiled back.
“Then that’s it, these two wild chickens look plump, for dinner…”
“Just make them all.”
“Okay, you’re the head of the household, I’ll listen to you.”
Seeing Chen Yue Lian take the wild chickens and walk into the kitchen with a beaming smile.
Qin Si frowned.
In his eyes, Chen Yue Lian's smile was so strained.
What’s going on?
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to Qin Si, he directly walked into the bedroom, opened the window at the back of the room, and saw that the empty space behind the house had been tidied up.
“So that’s it… oh.”
He hadn’t dealt with the body of ‘Qin Si’ before, afraid that the villagers would find it when the body was taken to the mountain to be buried.
After getting the interdimensional space yesterday, Qin Si had planned to deal with the body.
But he hadn’t thought about where to bury it for a while.
After all, he now occupied the identity of ‘Qin Si’ in this world, he felt guilty just burying someone randomly.
He was going to find a good feng shui spot.
But Chen Yue Lian was so diligent.
This morning, they had just confirmed their identities, and their bodies were still recovering.
She started cleaning the house.
That’s how things ended up like this.
After putting the wild boar in the cellar and adding firewood to the kang, Qin Si sat on the kang, lost in thought.
More than an hour later, he heard Chen Yue Lian's footsteps.
“Dinner’s ready.”
“Okay.”
The two sat down in the kitchen. Qin Si saw Chen Yue Lian looking down, not daring to look at him, so he didn’t look at her either.
He took the rice bowl she handed him and pulled down the scarf on his face.
“Ah!”
Chen Yue Lian exclaimed in surprise, her eyes wide as she looked at Qin Si.
Damn it!
He had forgotten that he had taken the gene potion and his appearance had changed!
Qin Si's hand froze.
He couldn’t pull the scarf up or down, feeling a little helpless.
After thinking about it, he simply decided not to explain.
He picked up his chopsticks and started to eat.
The corpse of ‘Qin Si’ and his changed appearance, two things together were fine.
He didn’t have to explain separately.
It was up to Chen Yue Lian to accept or not.
Seeing Qin Si not speaking, Chen Yue Lian also fell silent.
The two ate, but it tasted like wax, the atmosphere was eerie.
After a long time.
Chen Yue Lian's timid voice came faintly:
“Are… you a ghost?”