Chapter 5: The Corpse Has Vanished

  Panic, fear, despair, countless thoughts swirled in my mind, I finally couldn't bear it anymore, let out a sharp cry of 'ah', and suddenly opened my eyes.

  I took a big breath, only to feel a chill run down my spine. I couldn't help but shiver, and at that moment, I noticed that the village was actually enveloped in a thick fog. The village looked hazy under the veil of fog.

  I suddenly turned my head and looked towards the direction of the construction site, only to see that it was empty and I let out a sigh of relief. But in the next moment, I couldn't help but feel puzzled - what had just happened? Had I fallen asleep in this daze and had a dream?

  But this dream was too real, now I can't even tell whether it's a dream or something that really happened.

  That scene in the dream was too terrifying, and even now I still feel a little residual fear. Moreover, the last sentence spoken by the boss in the dream made me feel even more horrified.

  What does he mean?

  Are you trying to tell me something?

  But then I shook my head and sighed, so many things have happened in the past few days, it's gotten me all nervous, after all, it was just a dream, can't become reality.

  Liu Zhi Shu was still leading people to search around the village, causing a big commotion, with chickens flying and dogs jumping. I knew that searching like this wouldn't yield any results, so I thought about going home to take a nap first.

  But then, someone in the village shouted loudly: "Found it! Found it! It's Little Liu's body!" As soon as this person shouted out, almost everyone rushed there with a whoosh.

  Really found it?

  I also followed the crowd to run forward, after arriving at the place, I saw everyone surrounding the firewood pile in front of Dog Egg's house. My heart skipped a beat, thinking that this corpse might have been found on the firewood pile in Dog Egg's house?

  "Make way, make way, let Xiaohua in!" Xiaoyu also rushed over, Liu Zhishu shouted, the crowd opened up a path, and I followed him in. But when I saw Xiaoliu's body, I couldn't help but pause for a moment, and then a surge of anger suddenly rose from the bottom of my heart.

  "What kind of bastard is so cruel, even the corpse is treated like this?" Liu Zhishu also got angry and started scolding loudly.

  Xiao Liu's body was stark naked, his face down in the pile of firewood, and on his buttocks, there were two disgusting stains. The air was filled with a foul smell.

  The smell of sweat and the stench from Xiao Liu's corpse mixed together, making the air thick with a foul odor. Xia Xia was the first to lose her composure, covering her mouth as she rushed out of the crowd, vomiting loudly.

  Although they were all a group of rough men, to be honest, this kind of scene was still their first time seeing it. For a moment, everyone's hearts skipped a beat, and they all secretly cursed in their hearts. Someone even whispered: "Who is so perverted? Why not stay at home and properly cultivate the dry land between your wife's legs? How can you come out and do this kind of thing?"

  I know that a corpse can't be left like this all the time, it's scary and has a bad influence. If this gets out, our village will probably become a laughing stock.

  "Uncle Liu, we can't spread this matter out!"

  Liu Zhi Shu naturally understood, nodded and said: "Everyone scatter for now, let's not look for it tonight. Tomorrow morning, everyone gather at the construction site. And this matter concerns our village's reputation, whoever dares to gossip outside, I'll slap their mouth!"

  Everyone dispersed in a flurry of chatter, and as my grandfather was about to leave, he looked at me with an expression that made me think he wanted to say something. But instead, he just let out a sigh, turned around, put on his shirt, and left with my dad.

  After the crowd dispersed, Liu Zhi Shu took off his clothes and wanted to cover Little Liu with them. However, Xia Yu Xin stopped him, saying "Wait a minute, I need to collect evidence!" She then pulled out white gloves and a small plastic bottle from the pocket of the clothes.

  But at this time, Liu Zhi Shu was unhappy and said: "You girl, the person is dead, now the body has been desecrated, what are you still bothering him for?" After Liu Zhi Shu finished speaking, he covered the clothes on Xiao Liu's body and also wiped away the semen stains on Xiao Liu's body. Xia Yu Xin saw this and shouted loudly: "Uncle Liu, don't!"

  But it was too late, the white foamy stuff had already been wiped onto Liu Zhi Shu's clothes, and after being blown by the cold wind, it almost instantly dried up. Xia Yu Xin looked at Liu Zhi Shu silently for a moment, then turned to me and said: "Yi Fan, can you help me carry the body back?"

  I took a look at the corpse and thought, damn it, why do I always get stuck with this dirty and hard work?

  However, there were only two men here, and Liu Zhi Shu was already so old, it wouldn't be right to let others carry the burden. Thinking of this, I reluctantly nodded, and then gritted my teeth and carried up Xiao Liu's corpse.

  Xiao Liu's corpse was stark naked, and the feeling of carrying it on my back was unbearable. The texture was completely different from that of Li Dafu. Moreover, I always felt that Xiao Liu's corpse was a bit off, it was extremely heavy, and as a big and strong guy, I should have no problem carrying over 100 pounds. But Xiao Liu was so thin, yet he was surprisingly heavy, weighing me down to the point where my waist was bent. His stomach was also hard and slightly bulging, which I knew was due to the gas produced inside the body after death. However, this swelling was too strange, it was as if his stomach had been stuffed with a pile of stones.

  Finally arrived at the workshop, after putting down Xiao Liu's body, I sat on the ground with a thud, wiped the sweat from my forehead, and asked Xia Yuxin: "What do you plan to do next?"

  Xia Yu Xin furrowed her brow, clearly also worried. The corpse had gone missing and in a few days when the family came to claim it, they wouldn't be able to hand it over, which would inevitably lead to another commotion. Moreover, if their superiors investigated this matter, it wouldn't be easy to explain. Furthermore, Xiao Hei was now also missing, and any one of these incidents wasn't a small matter, but all of them together... anyone would feel overwhelmed, let alone Xia Yu Xin, who was still young.

  Xia Yu sighed and said: "The village has been searched thoroughly, if it's not here, it must be in the mountains. Now that it's midnight, we can't go into the mountains. Liu Zhi Shu, tomorrow I'll have to trouble you to gather everyone together to search the mountains. If we still can't find it, this matter will have to be reported upwards and let the higher-ups send people to search the mountains!"

  Liu Zhishu was smoking a dry cigarette on the side, nodded when he heard this and said: "That's right, I'll go back first!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.

  "Let's all go back and rest, we still have to enter the mountain tomorrow, it's a physically demanding task!"

  "I didn't expect it, but Xia Yuxin shook her head and said: 'Something big has happened, I won't be able to sleep when I go back, so I'll just stay here and guard the body, in case something else goes wrong!'"

  Guarding the corpse?

  I was taken aback by his words and immediately looked at Xia Yuxin, asking: "Are you serious?"

  Xia Yu Xin nodded, then sat down on the ground as well, closing her eyes. She rubbed her temples with both hands and said: "This thing is definitely done by someone from our village, but I'm still confused now, my head is all messed up. You go back, I want to calm down!"

  "Be careful yourself!" I took a glance at the corpse and then at Xia Yuxin, and with a sigh, walked out of the workshop.

  Just as I had just walked out of the workshop, I suddenly heard a "thud" and turned my head to see that Xia Yu Xin had fallen to the ground and was now sitting on the floor rubbing her knee.

  "What's wrong?" I rushed in and asked.

  Xia Yu Xin's face turned red, then she lowered her head and said: "I... I fell asleep!"

  I couldn't help but laugh at his words, he's clearly exhausted but still trying to hold on.

  At that time, I don't know what happened, but somehow I accidentally helped Xia Yu Xin up with a ghostly movement, and then without saying another word, I directly carried her on my back.

  "What's wrong with you!" Xia Yu Xin stared at me with wide eyes.

  I didn't make a sound, I just walked out of the workshop with Xia Yuxin on my back, then headed towards the toilet.

  "Let me down, what are you doing?!" Xia Yu Xin wanted to struggle, but I held her tightly and said in a tone that brooked no argument: "You're too tired, you have to go back and rest!"

  Xia Yu Xin fell silent, and I also stopped talking, just walking forward with her back on my back.

  For some reason, this woman who I had only been in contact with for a short day and two nights, at this moment, made me feel extremely heartbroken.

  Looking back afterwards, I realized that it was her strong and determined personality that had deeply attracted me all along!

  I walked with my head down all the way, and Xia Yu Xin was lying on my back, I don't know when she fell asleep.

  At that time, I had no idea that it was this back that would determine that many years later, even if she were dead, she would dig me out of a pile of corpses and carry me home on her back!