I'll Use Your Corpses to Feed the Fish in the River

Zhou Qingshan shouted, "Zhou Qingyan, Zhou Qinghe, Zhou Qingchen, you two are the best swimmers in our village. Hurry up and get in there and save him!"

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said:

"Zhou Qingshan, I remember you being a much better swimmer than us, and you're several years older than us too. Why don't you jump in?

Isn't Zhou Qiang your brother? Isn't Zhou Qiang from your Zhou Family Village?

We're different! We're not from Zhou Family Village, so why should we help you save him?"

Zhou Qingfeng roared, "Who gave you the right to speak here? You're a calamity star! If we hadn't run into you, how could this have happened to us?"

The others from Zhou Family Village nodded. "That's right, it's all because of that calamity star! If she weren't here, how could anything have happened to us?"

"Beat her to death..."

"That's right, push her into the river too..."

The people from Zhou Family Village went mad and charged straight at her. Zhou Wanwan looked at them and pulled out her crossbow. "If any of you dare move another inch, I'll use your corpses to feed the fish in the river."

Zhou Qingshan sneered. "I don't believe she'd dare do it. This little brat is just trying to scare us. Let's go."

Zhou Wanwan fired the crossbow, then, while Zhou Qingshan wasn't paying attention, kicked him straight into the river. "Zhou Qingshan, see if I dare or not."

Everyone from Zhou Family Village was scared witless. Zhou Qingfeng yelled, "Why aren't you hurrying to save them? If something really happens to them, none of us will come to a good end."

But then someone suddenly said, "Brother Qiang was right here just now. How could he suddenly disappear?"

"Oh no, he couldn't have really fallen into the river, could he?"

"We're done for. If something happens to Zhang Qiang, won't the village chief go mad?"

"Didn't we agree to just pretend? What are we going to do now?"

Zhou Wanwan finally understood. These people had deliberately staged a show to make everyone think she was a calamity star, but they hadn't expected it to go wrong.

Zhou Qingshan trembled with pain. "Zhou Wanwan, just you wait. I'll have Grandma come looking for you."

Zhou Wanwan couldn't be bothered with him. "Zhou Qingshan, you're asking for it. You'd better hurry up and find out where Zhang Qiang went. If he drowns, you're finished."

Zhou Qingshan's face turned white. Zhou Wanwan led the people from Liu Family Village home, and the villagers were overjoyed to see them return with such a full haul.

Zhou Wanwan picked out the largest bucketful and went home.

But as soon as she arrived, Liu Sanlang rushed over. "Wanwan, someone from the Zhou family has died. Zhou Qiang fell into the river and drowned, and now the people from Zhou Family Village are heading this way in a great crowd."

Zhou Wanwan raised an eyebrow.

"I really don't understand. Someone from Zhou Family Village died, so what does that have to do with us?

At most, we just stood nearby and watched the commotion. There's no use coming to us, is there?"

Liu Sanlang was so anxious that his head was covered in sweat.

"The chief of Zhou Family Village says you're a calamity star, and that if you hadn't been there, his son would definitely have been fine. I think he's here to make trouble.

He says a life must be paid for with a life. Why don't you go hide in the mountains? They're mad right now and won't listen to anything anyone says."

Zhou Wanwan scoffed.

"What kind of logic is that? Besides, we have laws here. Things aren't simply whatever he says they are.

Come on, I'll go over and take a look. I want to see how he turns right and wrong, black and white, upside down."

Zhou Wanwan wasn't afraid of those old things. They were utterly shameless.

Zhou Wanwan went straight down the mountain and saw the chief of Zhou Family Village, who bellowed, "Zhou Wanwan, you beast, get over here and die! I'll tear you to pieces!"

Zhou Wanwan chuckled.

"I'm not from your Zhou Family Village. You can't just do whatever you want to me.

Besides, I'd like to ask what crime I've committed."

The chief of Zhou Family Village shouted:

"You still want to argue? Why did you insist on going to the river today?

If you hadn't jinxed my son to death, how could he have died so young?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at him. "Does that river belong to your family? Does it belong to Zhou Family Village? How come I remember it clearly belonging to Liu Family Village?"

The chief of Liu Family Village nodded.

"That river does indeed belong to our Liu Family Village, so the people who should have kept their distance were you people from Zhou Family Village.

Now your people have come to our Liu Family Village to steal fish.

We haven't made trouble for you, yet you still have the nerve to come and make trouble for us?"

The chief of Zhou Family Village turned pale. "Liu Xiuyuan, must you take Zhou Wanwan's side?"

The chief of Liu Family Village looked at him.

"Chief Zhou, I can understand how you feel, and I know you're suffering the pain of losing your son.

But from beginning to end, this matter had nothing to do with Zhou Wanwan.

Your son jumped into the water himself. He meant to play a trick on Zhou Wanwan, but he didn't expect to drown..."

The chief of Zhou Family Village looked at Zhou Wanwan as though he wanted to devour her. "Fine, so you've found Liu Family Village to back you up. If you've got the ability, stay in Liu Family Village forever. Otherwise, I'll take your little life."

Zhou Wanwan looked at him calmly.

"You really can't tell right from wrong. What have I done to offend you?

I'm not the one who pushed your son into the river. I've suffered so much injustice, and I haven't even settled accounts with you yet.

What calamity star? You spread rumors about me all day long. If I really were a calamity star, I was with the people from Liu Family Village and with my brothers at the time, so why were they all right?"

The chief of Zhou Family Village sneered.

"The spirit medium calculated all of this. If you hadn't gone fishing tonight,

nothing would have happened to my son. If it's not your fault, whose is it?"

Hearing him twist logic, Zhou Wanwan couldn't help laughing.

"Then if your son hadn't gone fishing today, I wouldn't have suffered such a great injustice.

Now you've come after me, so who should I go after?

I'm free to go wherever I want. Why don't you keep the people of your Zhou Family Village under control?"

Zhou Wanwan was so angry she laughed. This Old Madam Zhou was simply talking nonsense, spouting rubbish, and behaving outrageously.

The chief of Zhou Family Village looked at her coldly. "Sharp-tongued, aren't you? Fine, just you wait. I won't let you have an easy time."

With that, he led the people from Zhou Family Village away. He had also seen that the people from Liu Family Village were protecting Zhou Wanwan, so there was no point in continuing.

After they left, the chief of Liu Family Village said, "You'd better be careful of him. The chief of Zhou Family Village is no easy character to deal with, and Zhou Qiang was the one he doted on most."

Zhou Wanwan snorted. "This had nothing to do with us in the first place. Those people are simply twisting logic. We're going into the mountains."

The village chief hurriedly said, "Why don't I find a few people from the village to go with you? It's not very safe for you children."

Zhou Wanwan quickly waved her hand. "It's all right. We can manage."

With that, Zhou Wanwan led her brothers and uncles up the mountain.