"I'm done for, completely led astray by the doctor..." Fatty felt a jolt of realization, sensing something was off, yet strangely comforted.

Du Moyu, watching Jiang Cheng's staunch refusal, suddenly felt a twinge of guilt, as if they were forcing someone into prostitution, a flicker of unease crossing his brows.

Honestly, Jiang Cheng had treated him well.

"Maybe... we can think of another way?" Du Moyu suggested softly.

Jiang Cheng stood up excitedly, "You're the only one with a conscience!"

Wu turned to look at Du Moyu, nodded, and said calmly, "Okay, then you go."

Du Moyu immediately reached out, a righteous expression on his face, patted Jiang Cheng's arm, and pressed him back into the chair, "Brother Jiang, just bear with it, it'll be over soon."

After that, Du Moyu consciously moved a chair, sat in the corner, and activated full silent mode, not saying another word.

Yu Chengmu and A Biao were dead, and the Dahe Niangniang (River Goddess) had temporarily left. In any case, the crisis of the night could be considered resolved.

Jiang Cheng, quoting scriptures and speaking eloquently, finally persuaded the others to go with him to find the village chief at dawn and see if the old coot had any other solutions.

Afterward, the exhausted group collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.

Jiang Cheng didn't sleep soundly that night, waking up once in a fright. He dreamed that the Dahe Niangniang was staring at him lecherously, and then, despite his struggles, forcibly dragged him away. Luckily, he grabbed a tree and woke up during the struggle.

After drinking a few gulps of water to calm his nerves, he went back to sleep.

But unexpectedly, as soon as he fell asleep, he dreamed again. This time, he opened his eyes to find the Dahe Niangniang pulling at him, and he... was tightly hugging that tree.

"Damn it!" Jiang Cheng shouted desperately in his dream, "This can even be continued?!"

......

In the morning, Fatty sat beside the tired-looking Jiang Cheng, swallowed, and asked curiously, "Doctor, then what happened?"

"Yes, yes." Du Moyu, holding a handful of melon seeds, said, "Brother Jiang, you just said that you were outnumbered and dragged by the Dahe Niangniang into her mansion under the river, thrown onto the bed, what happened next?"

Du Moyu's eyes gleamed, filled with the excitement of a child sneaking a peek at something they shouldn't.

Jiang Cheng glared at the two guys angrily and said, "There's nothing after that!"

A hint of regret flashed across Fatty and Du Moyu's faces. After Du Moyu walked away, Fatty seized the opportunity and leaned in with a sly grin, whispering, "Doctor, I know there's more, tell me secretly, and I swear I won't tell anyone else!"

"Get lost!"

Fatty, rebuffed, walked away dejectedly.

Wu's figure disappeared, but not completely, because the shadow remained.

Pushing open the door and walking out of the room, the outside was gloomy, with a sense of impending storm, which corresponded to Jiang Cheng's current mood.

The group walked towards Yu Chengmu and A Biao's room. The first thing that caught their eyes was a headless corpse.

Judging from the clothes, it was undoubtedly Yu Chengmu.

He died a terrible death. The corpse lay horizontally outside the door, the entire head exploded, the contents splattered everywhere.

Seeing this scene, Du Moyu's eyes reddened, and he choked up, "This old bastard deserved to die, he avenged Brother Hao, Lei Mingyu, and Xiao Feng."

Cautiously entering the room, A Biao's body lay against the wall.

"What... what's going on?" Fatty turned A Biao's body over and was startled to see the empty eye sockets.

Under Du Moyu's shocked gaze, Jiang Cheng stuck two fingers into A Biao's eye sockets and probed inside.

Du Moyu: "!!!"

Jiang Cheng seemed to have discovered something, a look of doubt appearing on his face. Then he withdrew his fingers and began to press on A Biao's abdomen.

"What did you find?" Fatty couldn't help but ask from the side.

Jiang Cheng slowly stood up, looking at A Biao's body with a mixture of doubt and seriousness, and said in a low voice, "His body... is almost empty."

"Like it's been hollowed out?" Fatty's mind went blank, and he blurted out.

Du Moyu became even more convinced that this man named Wang Fugui was the hidden boss, otherwise, how could a normal person be in the mood to joke when facing such a bizarre corpse?

Even Jiang Cheng was acting very cautiously.

They didn't stay long. After a brief inspection and finding no other clues, the three left.

As before, not long after leaving the Wu family's mansion, they ran into the people sent by the village chief at the familiar intersection.

"Masters, the village chief asked us to wait here, saying that we should take you to see him as soon as you come out." The villager wearing a coarse cloth vest was very respectful.

"Lead the way."

As soon as they entered, the village chief was stunned to see Jiang Cheng and the others. Then, he looked behind him, as if waiting for others.

Jiang Cheng sat down generously in the village chief's usual position, leaning back in the chair, "Don't look, they can't come."

The village chief's expression changed upon hearing this, but he quickly recovered and ordered the other villagers to prepare food for Jiang Cheng and the others.

After everyone sat down, Jiang Cheng and the others began to eat unceremoniously. The village chief sat beside Jiang Cheng, worried, tentatively asking what exactly had happened last night.

Since they were seeking a solution, Jiang Cheng didn't hide anything and told him everything he could.

Unexpectedly, the more the village chief listened, the whiter his face became. Finally, he stood up abruptly and asked Jiang Cheng, stuttering, "You said the Dahe Niangniang... she discovered you, and... looked at you?"

"That's right." Jiang Cheng was also nervous by the village chief's reaction, but he pretended to be calm on his face.

After receiving a definite answer, the village chief walked back and forth nervously with his hands behind his back, occasionally turning his head to look at Jiang Cheng.

"Stop walking, you're making my head spin, do you have a solution or not?" Fatty knocked on the table, dissatisfied.

After all, this matter concerned Jiang Cheng, and he was also concerned.

The village chief gritted his teeth and nodded with determination, "Yes!"

As soon as Jiang Cheng heard that there was hope, he immediately changed his face, went over and personally helped the village chief to sit down, his face kind and warm, "As expected, you, old village chief, have a solution." Jiang Cheng said with a smile, "Old village chief, you have both virtue and talent, you are knowledgeable, heaven rewards kindness, no wonder you are so long-lived, tell me quickly, what is the solution?"

The old village chief was a little guilty after being flattered by Jiang Cheng's words, "Thank you, little master, for your praise. I am eighty-six years old this year, and my body is still strong. As for the solution..."

The old village chief paused and said in a low voice, "I have... already told you masters, there are two solutions in total. The first is to seal the coffin and bury it, but the yin walker has already done it, so it won't work. Only the path of offering gifts and getting married is left."

"And little master, you can feel Niangniang's gaze, which means Niangniang has taken a fancy to you, so only you... you can go."

"You dog thief! You lived eighty-six years in vain!" Jiang Cheng grabbed the village chief's collar and was about to punch him.