The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 1258 - 1262: The Pact (10)

Chen Rong hurriedly waved her hand in panic to explain, "No, it’s not, I..."

A young wife who couldn’t stand Chen Rong interrupted, "Chen Rong, stop explaining. Your reaction just now was obviously suspicious, as if we’re blind... Su Li considered you her best friend, and now she’s just gone, yet you’re already thinking about her lover? How shameless...."

Su’s eldest sister-in-law, looking displeased, loudly stopped her, "Don’t talk nonsense. My little sister is just missing for now; she’s definitely still alive...."

Second Brother Su swept a suspicious glance over Chen Rong, uncertain what role she played in this incident.

Just a while ago, he had asked the Village Secretary about it. At the time Zhang Yang was seeking help, Chen Rong had always been by his side.

"Chen Rong, tell me honestly, how exactly did Su Li jump into the lake?"

Second Brother Su’s question also caught the Village Secretary’s attention, and he sternly said, "Chen Rong, explain carefully."

Chen Rong shrank her neck, her eyes darting under her bangs, with various thoughts quickly flashing through her mind.

Knowing she couldn’t avoid this, she steadied herself and feigned calmness as she said, "The Zhang family came to cause trouble in the evening, I was worried Su Li was upset, so I came to comfort her and happened to see her running towards Jing Lake. I sneaked over... but unexpectedly, she jumped into the lake without saying a word, and even Zhang Yang, who was waiting, couldn’t stop her...."

Chen Rong should have stopped talking; the more she spoke, the worse it got, too many words led to mistakes.

She probably didn’t know that after the Zhang family came, the Su Family not only found love letters from Zhang Yang but also the suicide pact note, which Zhang Yang himself admitted....

In Chen Rong’s words, it became Su Li being upset and resorting to jumping into the lake to commit suicide.

Her instinctive attempt to absolve Zhang Yang changed everyone’s impression of her in the village significantly.

This girl seemed quiet and honest, but unexpectedly, it’s the silent ones that bite.

After being silent for so long, when she finally spoke, it was quite shocking.

Second Brother Su gloomily said, "Is that so, my little sister couldn’t think straight?"

Chen Rong swallowed, saying with difficulty, "Maybe, maybe that’s the case... my little sister has always been sensitive and delicate....."

"Wasn’t it Zhang Yang who agreed to die with my little sister, but when she jumped, he backed out?"

"No, no, it wasn’t...."

Chen Rong’s quick and frantic denial made others frown, internally noting that this girl’s heart was crooked.

The attitude of the surrounding people left Chen Rong a bit bewildered, so she hurriedly changed the topic, "It’s more important to find Su Li quickly...."

Even though Second Brother Su had many doubts, he had to temporarily give up. Right now, his little sister was the most important.

An entire day was spent with the whole village combing through the area around Jinghu Shuiyue they could search, but to no avail....

No matter how much they didn’t want to accept the truth, there was no alternative.... The villagers comforted the Su Family briefly, then dispersed.

Old Su and Mrs. Su almost had to support each other back home.

At the door, nobody noticed except Su’s eldest sister-in-law, who caught a detail and quietly exclaimed, "Could it be that little sister is back?"

Upon hearing this, Old Su and Mrs. Su looked up in joyful surprise, "Really, little sister is back?"

Saying this, they were suddenly energized and wanted to run home, but Su’s eldest sister-in-law couldn’t stop them and could only pull her husband’s clothes and whisper aside.

"Why are you pulling me back? Little sister is back; we should hurry home..."

Su’s eldest sister-in-law looked grim, "Did you really not see the wet footprints on the ground?"

"I heard that those who come out of the water are soaked all over...."

Such eerie tales always circulate among the villagers.

Su naturally had heard them before.

He shivered and replied, "Don’t talk nonsense; we couldn’t find little sister, maybe she did come back on her own. Let’s hurry home."

Unable to stop her own husband, Su’s eldest sister-in-law could only hope that little sister was indeed alright and walked home by herself.

The Su couple rushed into the courtyard, filled with hope that there was indeed someone at home.

The smell of wood smoke from the kitchen and the rustling sounds all pointed to one fact: their little sister is alive....

But, the Su couple hesitated to go closer, fearing it was all an illusion.

That would be harder to accept.

At this moment, Su Li emerged, holding two steaming bowls of food.

"None of you have eaten yet, right? You must be hungry. Let’s eat now....."

Su Li hadn’t finished speaking when Mrs. Su hugged her tightly.

Mrs. Su called her dear child repeatedly and refused to let go, fearing if she let go, Su Li would disappear.

"No matter what you are now, you will always be your parents’ good daughter. We won’t go anywhere in the future...." Mrs. Su said, tearfully expressing her reluctance.

Su Li: "....."

Um, did they misunderstand something?

"No, I didn’t...." die....

"You can’t swim, the water at Jing Lake is so deep and cold, you must have felt miserable...."

"It’s all our fault for raising you to be so naive, leading you astray."

.....

So, the Su Family’s hearts were clear as a mirror.

No matter how much they didn’t want to believe little sister was gone, truthfully... they all knew she was likely in grave danger.

Let alone considering she had suicidal intentions, the chances of rescue were even lower.

Now, with her standing before them, aside from one possibility, they didn’t dare think of anything else.

Old Su gave a signal to Brother Su, who quickly closed the courtyard gate, while Su’s eldest sister-in-law swept the trail of wet footprints away with a broom.

Second Brother Su also hurriedly used a cloth to block out the evening light, afraid that the remaining sun might burn their little sister.

Meanwhile, the two young boys of the Su Family scampered around Su Li with curiosity, without any fear.

Su Li was stunned by the series of strange actions from the Su Family.

She had no chance to interrupt and explain; they had addressed everything and done everything themselves....

Anyway, she couldn’t explain how she managed to get out of Jing Lake, given that two people saw her jump in, with one even certain she couldn’t have survived.

If they misunderstood, let them be.

"Auntie, you’re not leaving again, are you?" her nephews asked, having spoken from the original owner.

In her past life, these two children were the most pitiful.

The fate of the entire Su Family wasn’t great, and these two kids had to drop out of school early, rooted and rolled in the dirt their whole lives.