The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

610: Sisters

“So Laiya has talent to be a corpse controller!”

“That should be it.”

Everyone thought about it and felt this had to be the case.

They finally had a breakthrough in the investigation that night. Early next morning, Feng Wu and Han Xia went to find the old widow’s two daughters.

The sisters were already waiting outside for them.

“Why are you here so early?” The sisters pretended to chat casually with Feng Wu and Han Xia.

“We have something important to ask you today.” Han Xia said impatiently.

“What is it?” One of the sisters asked.

“Your mother, what kind of relationship does she have with Leiya?”

“Leiya? They have nothing to do with each other. Our families do not have a relationship.” The younger sister replied.

“Before the village was sealed, did you ever see your mother and Laiya alone together?” Han Xia asked, “This is really important, so think carefully.”

After thinking about it, the older sister remembered something relevant. “There was this one time. Mother was angry at Laiya for causing so much disturbance in the village so she went to Laiya’s house and didn’t return for a long time.”

The two sisters had long hated whoever it was that sealed the village and separated them from their lovers, never knowing if they would ever reunite.

“You ask this, could it be Leiya is one of the people involved in sealing the village?!”

That woman worked with their mother to seal the village away so she could be with her beloved? How dare she! How was that fair to them at all?!

“We think so. The fact that your mother went out in the middle of the night and secretly met with Laiya, if they aren’t accomplices, then what other reason could there be?” Han Xia spoke rationally and dramatically. The sisters gritted their teeth in hatred for Laiya.

“So, our mother has been going out in the middle of the night to secretly meet with Laiya. She and Laiya are a really good pair.

One would condemn the entire village to isolation for her own happiness.

The other, our own mother, is the worst! Just so she could keep us daughters from marrying, she kept us locked in this isolated village all these years.

Our youth, twenty years, gone! What did we do wrong! Why are they doing this to us?!”

What mother would treat their daughters this way?! The elder sister was so agitated, she wanted to rush to her mother and ask if she was really their biological mother.

Both sisters were emotional but they restrained themselves from crying. They did not forget that they were outside their own house. If they cried here, their mother would definitely be suspicious.

“I have another question I want to ask. Why are the outsiders’ so strange toward you villagers? They seem to go out of their way to avoid any conflicts with you villagers. It’s almost as if they are afraid of you all.”

Han Xia had been wondering about this for a while. What reason would sword masters have for fearing a village of ordinary people?

“Those outsiders, since they first appeared in the village, were cursed by Mother and had Gu bugs planted inside them. The bugs will attack and the pain from the attack feels worse than death. That's why those outsiders don’t dare provoke us." The elder sister didn’t care about keeping it a village secret anymore. She just wanted to leave this unfortunate place and see her beloved again.

“Gu worms! Do we have them too?!” Han Xia was terrified just imagining the lively worms squirming around in her body. She felt ill all over and suddenly wanted to puke!

“You guys are fine! The villagers haven’t found the opportunity to plant Gu worms in you yet. Plus, all of you have behaved politely the entire time you’ve been here. Those others who came before you came in and immediately wanted to use us for labor. You all are different from them, so the villagers don’t need to plant Gu worms in you all. Well, unless you become like those other adventurers and try to take advantage of us.”

“That’s good, that’s good.” Han Xia patted her chest lightly, feeling as though she’d climb back from hell. Phew. She felt light and happy all over knowing there were no bugs inside her.

Before the girls left, the two sisters told them they would let them know when their mother was out of the house and they could return to search.

The sisters were ordinary people; they wouldn’t recognize an artifact even if it was right in front of them. They had to rely solely on Feng Wu and them to find it.

After they finished talking, the sisters picked some vegetables from the field and went back inside. Their mother, who had locked herself in her room all year, was actually outside sitting on the center bench in the hall. Her face was blank.

“What’s the matter, Mother? What made you come and sit outside today?” The three people had an indifferent relationship but the sisters still greeted their mother calmly.

“What did those outsiders ask you just now?” The old widow’s voice was hoarse and unpleasant to hear.

“It was nothing. They came to ask if we knew how to get out and some other things about the village. I shared what should be shared and kept what should not.” The younger sister said without changing her expression.

“In the future, don’t pay attention to those outsiders if they ask again. Newly arrived people are all like that, always thinking of ways to leave. If there was, why would us villagers still be here. . . ?”

The old widow stopped talking to her daughters and returned to her room after reminding them once more to ignore the outsiders.