Chapter Fifty-Three

  The room suddenly fell silent, a silence that was oppressive, a silence that was terrifying, with only the sound of their breathing quietly floating.

  At this time, Chu Fei Fan and Ah Lian were sitting in a house on the other side, they were also quietly not speaking. Ah Lian's black shiny eyes looked at Chu Fei Fan's tightly furrowed brow, she knew he didn't love her at all, because she saw him looking at another girl during their wedding ceremony, that beautiful girl who was like an otherworldly beauty.

  Does he love her?

  Ailian carefully looked at Chu Feifan, from the moment he agreed to marry her, his eyebrows had never relaxed again. Why did he still agree? When she heard her father say that he agreed, she was as happy as a child, but it seemed that only she was happy all along.

  You don't love me, why did you agree to marry me?

  She wanted to ask, but didn't have the courage to speak up.

  Chu Fei Fan looked at the girl, her eyes were filled with tears, innocently looking at him. This marriage was just a transaction, but Ah Lian was innocent, she was also a victim, however, he had nothing to offer her.

  Chu Fei let out a sigh and decided to tell her the truth.

  "Ailian, first of all, I want to say sorry to you. This marriage is not what I wanted, it's your father who forced me into it."

  He saw Alain's body trembling with suppressed tremors.

  A deal? It turned out that Father was still using her as a bargaining chip. Her body felt like it had been submerged in icy water, and she trembled even more violently.

  "I know this is unfair to you, but I didn't want it to be like this either. I just wanted to save my friend. Although sneaking a peek at your ritual was our fault, your father, the village chief, had no right to take anyone's life." Chufanfan was trembling, desperately suppressing his anger.

  "Didn't your father want you to marry me willingly?" Ah Lian asked in surprise, her village chief father had told her that he wanted to marry her off to him, and she herself was attracted to Chu Fei Fan at first sight, hearing that he was willing to marry her, of course, she was overjoyed without any suspicion.

  "Your father said that if I didn't agree to marry you, he would kill all of my friends just because we saw your sacrifice."

  Ailian lowered her head, she hadn't thought that her marriage was forced by her father. After a while, she raised her head and said: "Since it's like this, I'll let you go."

  "Really?" Chu Fei Fan's face lit up with joy.

  "Hmm! I've long been dissatisfied with my dad's ways, he listens to that old man so much and worships him like a god, but I think he's just a neurotic."

  A Lian's words made Chu Fei Fan feel puzzled: "Which old man? Is it the one who dug out people's hearts during the sacrifice?"

  "That's right, it's him. He also made a lot of rules, such as no women and children are allowed to be present during worship, outsiders cannot see it, and outsiders are not allowed to enter the village. What's even more detestable is that the first night after marriage, the woman must be given to him, otherwise it would go against the will of the gods."

  "What? Then you..."

  Ariel nodded: "Last night I gave myself to him too."

  Alyssa's eyes were brimming with tears.

  Chu Fei Fan's eyes twitched slightly, what kind of crap rules are these?

  "We all don't know what that old man looks like, he hides in his own house every day and doesn't come out, occasionally coming out is also wearing a mask."

  "Didn't you see it last night either?"

  Ailian shook her head again: "He said that lighting is not allowed, we don't have electricity here, and every month there are fixed people going out to buy back candles."

  "Where did your money come from?"

  "We will grow vegetables and crops, then send them outside for sale. We don't need much money, things you use are not allowed for us."

  "When did you start having this system?"

  A-Lian raised her head and looked at Chu Fei Fan saying: "I can't say, this is our village's secret, if I say it out loud there will be a great disaster."

  Aren bit her lip hard.

  "Alright, since you don't want to say I won't force you, but I think your village is not safe, are you really willing to let us go?"

  Alyssa thought for a moment, then nodded vigorously. She knew that if she let them go, her father would never forgive her, but he really didn't want to see anyone else die, they killed one person every year, wasn't that enough? Just like Chu Fei Fan said, they had no right to take away anyone's life.

  "After twelve o'clock I will bring your friend out and then I will send you guys away."

  "Why wait until twelve o'clock?"

  Because the person my dad calls Fa Shi said there's something unclean here, it's not safe outside after 12 o'clock, so we should try not to go out. So when it's almost 12 o'clock every household will lock their doors and not go out again.

  Chu Fei nodded slightly, the village chief here must have a lot of faith in this Taoist priest.

  Chu Fei Yan started to feel curious about this Taoist priest, he especially wanted to know what kind of sacred being this Taoist priest was. Apart from curiosity, he also had another strange feeling, he always felt that he should recognize the Taoist priest and be very familiar with him, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't think of who it could be. Perhaps it was this strange feeling and his strong curiosity that made him decide to stay.

  "Ailian, I've decided not to leave, can you help me with something?"

  A Lian heard he wasn't leaving and happily said: "What's the hurry?"

  "I'm very curious about your Fa Master, so I'd like to ask you to send off my friend tonight and I'll stay behind to continue being your husband."

  A-Lian was even more delighted when she heard his words, and she never thought he would really become her husband.

  "Alright, I promise you."

  After passing 12 o'clock, Ah Lian brought Chu Fei Fan to the small hut where Su Jin Er and others were, from a distance they saw that the candles inside were still lit, they had not rested yet. Chu Fei Fan felt some heartache, these two days they probably hadn't had a good rest.

  A Lian opened the door, and in the instant they saw Chu Fei Fan, everyone's expression was different. Zuo Yi let out a hum and turned his head to one side, Lin Yuan glared at him and also turned around, Ge Ya Ze helplessly spread his hands, only Su Jin Er smiled and said: "How did you come?"

  When Lin Yuan heard Jin'er talking to him, he pulled her and said, "What are you doing talking to him?!"

  "He didn't do anything wrong to us, so why can't we talk to him?"

  Su Jin'er's words made Chu Fei Fan even more heartbroken. He furrowed his brow, painfully looking at her, and for a moment, he didn't know how to speak.

  "Extraordinary is here to let you go, hurry up and leave! Otherwise, they won't let you off." Ah Lian said anxiously.

  "Oh? So you still remember us! But thanks for your kindness, we won't leave." Zuo Yi said with a strange tone.

  "They saw their sacrifice, so they will definitely kill you." Chu Fei Fan said hastily.

  "Didn't you see it too? Oh! Right, now you're one of us here, and you're different from us." Zuo Yi deliberately provoked him.

  "Ai, I haven't changed, I'm still the same Chu Feifan, please believe me."

  "Please don't treat him like that, he and I were forced to get married, my father threatened his life with yours." Ailian's eyes were red.

  "Even if I'm forced to, I still can't do something that goes against my conscience!" Zuo Yi said stubbornly.

  "I know you're angry with me, but it's really dangerous here, just leave!"

  "We'll leave and let you and this little demon live happily ever after! We won't go." Lin Yuan said loudly.

  "Alright, let's stop arguing. Everyone has their own choices and there's no need to blame him. But I still remember the purpose of my coming here. Since it hasn't been achieved, I won't leave." Su Jin'er said softly.

  Chu Fei let out a sigh and walked out of the house. Since it was their own choice, he could only respect them.

  Just as they were about to lock up and leave, Su Jin'er suddenly said: "Ah Lian, can you return the things we brought with us?"

  A Lian looked at Chu Fei Fan and said: "You've handed everything over to the law enforcement officer, I couldn't get it."

  Su Jin'er nodded.

  As soon as they heard their footsteps fade away, they suddenly burst out laughing.

  "How was it? Was my performance good?" Lin Yuan said with a smile.

  Su Jiner gave her a thumbs up.

  "Haha, I saw Chu Fei Fan's face turn green."

  "My poor good brother."

  "My intuition tells me we're getting closer to the truth." Su Jiner said with narrowed eyes.

  "I hope Arin really falls for it and tells Nefarian everything she knows." Ghyaze said, leaning against the wall.

  Su Jiner stood in front of the window, looking at the pitch-black sky outside, wondering how Du Xiaonan and Li Yiqian were doing. Would Li Yiqian testify for Du Xiaonan?