Chapter 512: Chapter 512 The Most Terrifying Thing Is the Human Heart Chapter 512: Chapter 512 The Most Terrifying Thing Is the Human Heart Xuexue spoke with a hidden message, and Erlaizi, feeling like a thief with a guilty conscience, couldn’t help but skip a beat. He quickly tried to cover it up, saying, “Xuexue, what are you talking about? No matter what, I’m a farmer. I should at least check on how the crops in my field are doing, shouldn’t I?”
Erlaizi was known for his laziness in the village. Everyone in the village knew that the weeds in his field were taller than the crops. When harvest time came, there was hardly any grain to gather, not nearly enough for his needs, and that was when Erlaizi would become anxious. He resorted to stealing chickens and sneaking into backyards, taking a chicken from one owner and vegetables from another. It was a common occurrence, which earned him the villagers’ dislike. He even had the audacity to claim that he was “robbing the rich to help the poor.”
But he was robbing the villagers, and the one being helped, of course, was the rogue himself!
The villagers were extremely angry and had complained to the village head many times. Speaking with Erlaizi had become a regular occurrence for the village head, but to no avail. Eventually, people got tired and stopped bothering about him.
Xuexue looked at him with a half-smile, “Checking on the crops, huh?”
“Exactly, haha…!”
“I seem to recall Uncle Erlai’s field isn’t in this direction, though.”
“Is that so?” Erlaizi looked at Xuexue with a face full of surprise. He didn’t expect this little girl to be so knowledgeable about his situation. He quickly slapped his forehead, “Ah haha…! Right, right, you see I’m getting on in years, my memory isn’t what it used to be. Lucky Xuexue reminded me, otherwise I would have made a wasted trip.” Saying this, he turned and started walking back, sneakily glancing back at Big Bull and Xuexue from time to time.
Seeing his sneaky behavior, Big Bull whispered to Xuexue, “Wife, this Erlaizi is acting all sneaky. Is he eyeing our watermelons again?”
Xuexue looked up and just then, Erlaizi turned his head to look back at them, his gaze meeting Xuexue’s squarely. He quickly looked away, and even picked up his pace significantly, clearly guilty.
Xuexue nodded, “Looks like it.”
Erlaizi was notorious in Mo Family Village for stealing chickens and sneaking around. Last time, he tried to steal from Aunt Li and was scared off by Xiao Taohong; Xuexue was well aware of this.
“Should we keep watch in the watermelon field tonight?”
“No need, let Xiao Taohong keep watch at night, and I’ll have my mother keep a closer eye during the day.”
Nighttime was Xiao Taohong’s time to come out from her space and move about. If Erlaizi, who hadn’t been scared to death last time, dared to steal again, this time they might as well let Xiao Taohong scare him to death.
“Alright, that works.”
Since Big Bull had recovered his memory, he knew Xiao Taohong was a ghost and nodded in understanding,
“What, now that you know Xiao Taohong is a ghost, you’re not afraid?” Xuexue remembered clearly that this guy used to be very afraid of ghosts before he recovered his memory.
Big Bull gave a smile that made him look exceptionally elegant and handsome, “What’s there to be afraid of about ghosts? Sometimes, people are much scarier than ghosts.”
Having served as an official in the court for many years, despite being second only to one and above ten thousand, he was all too familiar with the deceits and backstabbing in the court, where smiles masked daggers. Even The Emperor was no exception. The Emperor would tell him to his face that he was Moli Country’s great hero and the protector god of the Royal Family. But the very next day, The Emperor would send an assassin after him. When one attempt failed, batch after batch of assassins were sent – all intent on putting him to death, which left him utterly disillusioned.
Xuexue also remembered the tragic events of her previous life; the root of it all was placing trust in the wrong person, and she couldn’t help but nod in agreement, “You’re right, ghosts aren’t scary. What’s truly terrifying is the human heart.”