The Florist took a deep breath. "Xiao Rong was not from Yunmeng Village, so killing her was quite easy. Star Plucking Man's subordinate handled it at the time—Lu Zhi, who played Li Zheng's mother."
"After Xiao Jian returned home and witnessed the death of his elder sister, Xiao Rong, his state of mind was utterly shattered. He fainted, and without help, he would surely have died."
"At the time, we were all waiting for the life force in Xiao Jian to completely vanish."
"But who could have imagined that an accident would occur?"
"A group of villagers came rushing over after hearing the news. We were all extremely nervous, worried that they would argue over saving Xiao Jian. If that happened, everything we had painstakingly planned over the years would go down the drain."
"But strangely, those villagers said nothing and did nothing. They merely surrounded the courtyard, their eyes fixed upon Xiao Jian, who lay in a pool of blood."
Su Yi narrowed his eyes, as if he wanted to speak but held himself back.
Yet the Florist continued, "Then something even more shocking happened. Do you remember the Grass Snake and those ants I mentioned earlier? They all appeared outside the courtyard as though they had smelled blood."
"Beyond that, the Old Niu, white geese, roosters, and other livestock raised by the villagers... even poisonous creatures scattered throughout the village, such as centipedes, spiders, toads, and scorpions, all swarmed over."
"I even saw a wildflower that had nearly brought disaster upon the Traveling Monk, a date tree that had nearly killed the Thunder General, and countless ordinary things commonly seen throughout the village emerge as well."
"It was as though every living creature and bizarre thing in the village had been alarmed by the calamity Xiao Jian suffered,