I used rebirth to bury his captivating gaze.

Chapter 7 An anonymous letter

The three children's bicycles nearly collided with an old ox galloping towards them and two shepherds, Wang Keba, who were closely following behind him, as they passed under the big stone bridge at the west entrance of the village.

In a moment of quick thinking, she hid the three little people behind a poplar tree by the roadside under the bridge, so they wouldn't confront each other.

After the two had run far away, the bicycle continued towards the village.

When the three rascals delivered Yang Yuhan's bicycle to the gate of the Yang family compound, Yang Yuhan stopped them. She then told Song, Liu, and the other two rascals to turn around and go back to their respective homes.

The iron bolts on the two large wooden doors of the Yang family compound were not locked, leaving a gap between them. Yu Han slowly pushed the person with the sack on the bicycle into the compound through this gap.

The dim incandescent light in the south wing was still on when the door was suddenly pushed open, and a middle-aged woman wearing a floral cotton-padded jacket walked out.

"Where have you been? What time is it that you're only just getting back? And what's that thing on the back seat with that big sack over it?"

Liu Shulan called out softly, afraid of startling the people sleeping in the other rooms of the courtyard.

After saying that, she took the large sack that was covering her head. Suddenly, she screamed and reflexively took a few steps back. Then, reflexively, she went forward to help the girl in the back seat of the car.

"Mom, it's Third Sister. She's fainted. Quickly carry her inside and we'll talk to you."

Liu Shulan looked around and saw that no lights were on in the other rooms before she felt relieved.

"What happened?" Liu Shulan asked in a low voice.

“Go back to the room and tell her, Third Sister is so heavy, hurry up, Mom, it won’t be good if the other people in the room see us.”

"Keep your voice down, how could she faint? How do you know? Her clothes are soaked from the rain. Go back inside and change her clothes quickly." Liu Shulan nagged for a while as she helped carry Yuqiu into the house.

The mother and daughter struggled to get Yuqiu to the heated kang bed in the west room of the south wing.

"Why aren't your clothes wet? Didn't you get soaked in the rain?" Liu Shulan said as she took out Yuqiu's thin cotton-padded jacket from the wooden cabinet on the kang and handed it to Yuhan, who was sitting on the edge of the kang.

"Hehe! I put a piece of plastic sheet in my cotton-padded coat beforehand. Mom, aren't I clever? I won't let the rain get me wet." As she spoke, she pulled a large white plastic sheet from her cotton-padded coat and placed it on the kang (a heated brick bed).

"You're so sharp-tongued. When did you take away the plastic sheet that covers the soy sauce jar in the yard? Your grandma couldn't find it and scolded you for a long time. Later, she used the wooden pot lid from the kitchen to cover the soy sauce jar."

"hehe!"

“You’re still laughing? Your grandma will scold you soon. Put the plastic sheet back where it was. You only care about yourself. Why don’t you put one on your third sister so she won’t get soaked like this? I’ll go to the kitchen and make you some ginger soup.”

The two men laid Yuqiu down on the kang (a heated brick bed), changed her into dry clothes, and covered her with a thick quilt.

"Yu Han, go and call a doctor to check why she's still unconscious."

"Mom, don't worry. She'll wake up when it's light. Even if we bring that village doctor, Third Sister is deliberately avoiding tonight, so it won't make a difference."

"What nonsense are you talking about? If you're not going, I'll go find that barefoot male doctor." With that, she got off the ground, put on her shoes, and walked out.

Yang Yuhan didn't need to stop her; her mother certainly wouldn't believe what she said, after all, she was just an ordinary person.

Liu Shulan turned around and went outside. She saw the large sack of burlap on the ground and took it into the kitchen, placing it on the withered, burnt corn stalks in the back corner.

Then he turned to close the door, when suddenly a woman walked in with hurried footsteps.

"Diao, Yan, what are you doing here?" Liu Shulan trembled in fright, her voice stammering.

"Second sister-in-law, why are you stuttering? Is there something wrong with your family?"

"What could possibly be wrong with my family?" Liu Shulan rallied her spirits.

"I was on the toilet just now and I heard you and Yuhan whispering to each other. You said that Yuqiu was put in a sack by someone."

"Diao Yan, you must have misheard. What big sack? Whose head would it be put over?"

“A perfectly fine young woman, already married, went out to harvest corn in the morning and didn’t return home until late at night, and was even covered in a sack. How could something good happen? There must be something shady going on.”

"Third Aunt, you're supposed to be an elder, how could you say such a thing about Yuqiu?"

"Am I wrong? What young lady doesn't stay out all night? She was out in the middle of nowhere with a man, harvesting corn. What good could happen in the middle of the night with dry wood and a raging fire? What man doesn't cheat?"

"Diao Yan, you're not human to say that."

"No, I'll wait until dawn, when the whole village will be buzzing with the news that it's not a person, but your precious eldest daughter."

"Smack!" A slap landed on Diao Yan's face.

"You, you dare hit me, you little brat! I'll beat you to death!" she said, frantically scratching Yang Yuhan's face.

She was no match for Yang Yuhan, who possessed the Iron Palm technique. He firmly controlled her.

“Yu Han, let her go. No matter what, she is still your third aunt. She is not human and does not speak human language. We cannot be like her.”

"Mom, you're always being bullied because you're kind." Yang Yuhan let go of her.

Diao Yan immediately started yelling. First, she lay on the floor and acted like a spoiled child, rolling around in the floor. When the mother and daughter ignored her and went about their business, she suddenly had a bright idea and got up.

"Hmph! I don't believe that having a burlap sack as evidence can't deal with you. I'll take that burlap sack to the brigade leader's office and let the village brigade leaders judge this. Let's see what you have to say then! You'll be in for a world of hurt. I'm going to find the burlap sack right now." After saying that, Diao Yan started searching around the west room.

As she searched, she said, "I believed that the big sack disappeared without a trace. How could you destroy the evidence so quickly?"

"What are you doing? There's no big sack of broth." Liu Shulan hurriedly tried to stop her.

"Mom, don't pay any attention to her. Let her go if she wants to. Can a sack of sacks prove a girl's innocence?"

Yu Han glanced at Yu Qiu lying in the quilt. She knew that Yu Qiu was already awake and could not have been unconscious for so long. She was just avoiding the terrifying and gloomy rainy night that appeared in her dream!

Yang Yuhan watched as Yang Yuqiu smirked and smiled secretly!

Diao Yan first searched the west room but found no sack. She then searched the east room but returned empty-handed. Next, she searched every corner of the kitchen and, disappointed, went outside to search.

Liu Shulan hurriedly followed to the kitchen, intending to hide the large sack she had just placed on the corn firewood stalks inside, so that the sack would be hard to find.

Suddenly, she was stunned by what she saw. The large sack she had just placed on top of the corn stalks was gone. Diao Yan had gone out to look for it, and she had followed right behind her. She hadn't even gotten it before running outside to look for it.

While she was still in a daze, Diao Yan stormed into the house from outside, empty-handed and furious. With a domineering face, she shouted, "Where did you hide the burlap sack? Hand it over right now, or I'll go call the old man and woman out."

"I, I..." Liu Shulan froze, unable to answer.

"Second sister-in-law, now you have nothing to say, don't you? You and your daughter are clearly guilty and can't say a word. Haha! I'm going to the east wing to call them and see how the old lady deals with that shameful girl." After saying this, Diao Yan stormed out of the room!

"Diao Yan, I beg you, please don't go and call the old man and old woman. If that happens, Yu Qiu's reputation will be ruined. She has a husband's family and is about to get married. If this gets out, the marriage will be over, her reputation will be tarnished, and the Zou family will even come to break off the engagement."

Liu Shulan added, "I'm kneeling down for you." Just as she was about to kneel down, Yu Han pulled her up from behind.

Just as Liu Shulan was about to complain about Yu Han, she was stunned by what she saw in front of her!

Suddenly, Diao Yan stood frozen in place!

"What exactly happened to Yu Han? Why did your third aunt suddenly stop moving and stop talking?" Liu Shulan deliberately reached out a hand and gently tapped the puppet in front of her.

"Mom, could you help me carry Auntie to her room before it gets too light? Hurry, or it'll be troublesome if someone sees us when it gets light."

"What exactly happened? You still haven't told me, is she dead?"

"Hurry up, I'll talk to you later. She won't die for now. She'll wake up on her own when it's light."

"You won't die immediately, but you'll still die eventually. You can't do anything bad, like murder to cover it up! Otherwise, you'll ruin your entire youth!"

"Alright, I don't need you anymore. I'll do it myself. If you dawdle any longer, it'll be dawn." Yang Yuhan then carried Diao Yan on his back. He could carry her now, and he didn't know where he got the strength from.

"I, I'll help you..." Liu Shulan followed closely behind. Liu Shulan hugged the two long, straight legs from behind.

The two men, with their glasses on, secretly scanned the entire courtyard while escorting Diao Yan to the heated kang bed in the east room of the west wing.

Then, the two of them hunched over like thieves and returned to the south wing. Liu Shulan sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) in her west room, her heart still pounding.

"Yu Han, shouldn't you tell us now?"

"Mom, what did you say?"

"What do you mean, what do you mean? Don't pretend you don't know the answer. Tell me whose burlap sack it is. We don't have a burlap sack that small. And where did you hide the burlap sack? And why did your third aunt suddenly become like that? Quickly tell me everything."

"Emma! Mom, what's wrong with you? It's like you're interrogating a criminal!"

"The large sack belonged to Song Zou's family; he brought it along with Liu Ying and another person. The three of us went to Third Sister's cornfield in the west of the village to find her and go home. That's all."

"What happened to that burlap sack? I clearly put it myself on the pile of corn and firewood in the corner of the outer room, how did it just disappear?"

"Mom, you're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? Honestly."

"Why isn't your third aunt moving?"

"Mom, Mom, who, who's not moving?" Yuqiu suddenly opened her eyes and sat up abruptly.

Just as Yang Yuhan was at a loss for words to answer her series of questions, Yuqiu suddenly spoke up, thus saving her from the predicament.

Yu Han smiled when she saw her wake up, knowing that she would definitely wake up by now. Her coma was caused by her pressing acupoints when she was in the cornfield.

In her previous life, she had learned some acupressure techniques when she was studying medicine, and they came in handy now. Fortunately, she knew how to use them to subdue her third aunt.

These are things that could never be told to the original owner's mother. Could she tell Liu Shulan that she knows acupressure, is a gynecologist and head of gynecology, and can even heal her wounds instantly by blowing air into her mouth? Liu Shulan would be terrified.

As for that large burlap sack belonging to Blind Song, she really didn't know where it went. Maybe one day she'd have to compensate Blind Song with a new burlap sack.

“Yuqiu, you’re awake. Are you cold or hungry? I’ll go make you some ginger soup to warm you up. Your third aunt came here in the middle of the night and made a fuss, so I didn’t finish making the ginger soup for you.”

"Mom, it's not that you didn't finish, you didn't even start. I'm so damn tired, I've been up all night, I'm going to sleep, I'm not going to bother with you guys anymore." Yang Yuhan finished grumbling and didn't look at Yuqiu, who had just woken up.

"Mom, I'm fine. I just had a really strange dream. It was so creepy that I was so scared that I just kept passing out. You don't need to make ginger soup. I don't want to drink that stuff. Dream on, Mom. I'm going to sleep now. It'll be bright outside soon." After saying that, she lay down and fell asleep again. This time, she slept very soundly.

"What kind of dream did you have? Other people's dreams are so bad that they wake up in fright, but yours is so scary that you don't wake up. That's really strange. You just woke up and then fell asleep again. You were so restless that you forgot to sleep. Now that I'm sleepy, I'm going back to the east room to sleep."