Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Revenge

Chapter 365 Swapping a Sister for a Child 8

"Host, Meng Shaoqing is watching you. He must have guessed it," the system reminded you.

"Do you think Meng Shaoqing, given his personality, would tell anyone?"

After one encounter, Qi Ning had a good understanding of Meng Shaoqing's personality.

Qi Ning remained completely calm and continued her mourning performance.

The people of Mengjia Village were unaware that Meng Jiyang had "died," and still believed he was in the capital.

Of course, Meng Jiyang faked his death; he is indeed still in the capital.

Now that Chen Hehua has suddenly drowned, her married daughter Meng Yueyue has fled with her husband's family and her whereabouts are unknown, and her son is far away in the capital and will not be able to return for a while. There is only her daughter-in-law Qi Ning at home, so the villagers naturally help Qi Ning to take care of Chen Hehua's funeral.

White cloth has been hung in their courtyard, and people come and go to pay their respects.

Qi Ning stood silently to the side, her head bowed, occasionally wiping away tears with a handkerchief.

What others didn't know was that the handkerchief was soaked in chili water; she only used it to stimulate her tears when she couldn't cry anymore.

Meng Shaoqing, a younger member of the same village, also attended the funeral.

He glanced at Qi Ning beside him, who happened to look up.

Their eyes met, and Qi Ning lowered her gaze, looking away somewhat.

Meng Shaoqing did have some questions about the cause of Chen Hehua's death, but it wasn't convenient to ask at this time.

He simply stepped forward and said, "Please accept my condolences, sister-in-law."

Qi Ning nodded slightly.

"Thank you, Brother Shaoqing, for coming to see my mother off."

It was a perfectly normal conversation; even if someone nearby overheard it, they wouldn't find it strange.

At the same time, another gaze lingered on Qi Ning.

It was Chen Dahu.

Chen Hehua died, and her family members naturally came to attend the funeral.

Since his failed attempt to leave last time, Chen Dahu had been secretly calculating the days, planning to come over and spend a night with his cousin-in-law as soon as Qi Ning's menstrual period was over.

But less than two days later, his aunt fell into the river and drowned.

His aunt had to drown at this particular time, of all times, so Chen Dahu naturally suspected Qi Ning.

He felt that Chen Hehua's death was probably related to Qi Ning. He believed that Qi Ning must have pushed Chen Hehua into the river to drown because she didn't want to be with him.

However, Chen Dahu did not spread this speculation; he had other plans in mind.

At this moment, looking at Qi Ning dressed in pure white mourning clothes, Chen Dahu recalled a saying he had learned from someone else: "If you want to look good, wear mourning clothes."

His cousin and sister-in-law were already gentle and beautiful women, and wearing this pure white mourning dress made them look several times more beautiful than usual, which made him very envious.

Chen Dahu's lecherous gaze was impossible to conceal.

Meng Shaoqing burned some paper money for Chen Hehua and was about to leave when he happened to see Chen Dahu standing in the corner.

Chen Dahu is Chen Hehua's nephew. He has visited Mengjia Village quite often before, and most people in Mengjia Village know him, including Meng Shaoqing.

When Meng Shaoqing saw Chen Dahu staring at Qi Ning, his hands, hanging at his sides, clenched slightly.

Of course he remembered what Qi Ning had said to him.

Just then, Qi Ning raised her hand and pressed her temples, her body swayed, and she looked like she was about to faint.

The aunties who were helping out saw this and were startled, so they quickly helped her up.

"Ah Ning, are you alright?"

Qi Ning shook her head: "Auntie, I'm fine."

"Oh dear, you say you're fine? You haven't slept well for two or three nights, and you've been crying all day long. Be careful your body can't take it. You should go to the backyard and rest for a while. We'll keep an eye on things for you."

"Isn't this...not good?"

“What’s wrong with that? You’ve had a good rest. Tomorrow morning we have to take your mother up the mountain for her burial.”

Qi Ning reluctantly agreed, "Then I'll go rest for a while. I'll trouble you aunties to keep an eye on things for me."

"Don't mention it, go ahead."

Qi Ning exchanged a few polite words with them, then glanced discreetly at Chen Dahu and Meng Shaoqing before heading towards the backyard.

Sure enough, no sooner had Qi Ning gone to the backyard than Chen Dahu followed her furtively.

Upon seeing this, Meng Shaoqing immediately frowned.

He hesitated for a while, then followed.

People were coming and going in the courtyard, and someone was playing funeral music, making it a bit noisy. No one noticed that the three of them went to the backyard one by one.

Qi Ning had just arrived in the backyard when Chen Dahu called out to her from behind.

"Aning."

Qi Ning paused, turned around, and looked at Chen Dahu.

"Cousin, what are you doing in the backyard?"

Chen Dahu chuckled and approached Qi Ning, his expression clearly showing ill intent.

"What do you think, Aning? I also want to ask you, did my aunt really fall into the river and drown by accident?"

Qi Ning took a step back, looking somewhat frightened.

“I don’t understand what you mean, cousin. Of course, Mother died because she accidentally fell into the water. Everyone in the village knows that. You can go out and ask around.”

"I don't think it's that simple."

Chen Dahu said, "My aunt was perfectly fine, but she suddenly drowned at this time. Others believe it was an accident, but I don't. In my opinion, you must have done something to her?"

"Don't make false accusations!" Qi Ning rebuked coldly.

"Hey, don't get excited. Even if I guessed right, don't be afraid, as long as..."

Chen Dahu approached Qi Ning and lowered his voice, saying, "As long as you still remember what you promised a few nights ago and continue to be with me, I will keep this a secret and won't tell anyone."

As he spoke, he reached out to touch Qi Ning's face.

"what!"

Qi Ning let out a small cry of surprise and hurriedly backed away.

"What are you doing? I'll call for help!"

Chen Dahu threatened viciously, "Go ahead and scream, if you dare to scream, I'll tell everyone that you killed my aunt!"

Qi Ning glanced at Meng Shaoqing standing in the shadows. Meng Shaoqing was pale and seemed to have been so frightened that her legs went weak and she fell to the ground.

"Help, help me! Don't do anything rash..."

"Behave yourself and stop yelling!"

Just as Chen Dahu was about to pounce on Qi Ning, a voice suddenly rang out.

"stop!"

Chen Dahu turned around and saw that Meng Shaoqing had come to the backyard at some point.

He strode towards them, shoved Chen Dahu aside, and quickly helped Qi Ning, who had fallen to the ground, up.

"Sister-in-law Aning, are you alright?"

"No, it's okay."

Qi Ning's eyes were filled with tears, and she shook her head slightly.

Seeing her like this, Meng Shaoqing comforted her, "Don't be afraid."

Chen Dahu was taken aback when he saw Meng Shaoqing suddenly appear. Then he stared at his face and looked at it carefully before recognizing him.

It was common knowledge in the surrounding villages that Mengjia Village had two scholars. When Chen Dahu came to the Meng family before, Meng Jiyang spoke of Meng Shaoqing with great disdain.

Chen Dahu naturally recognized Meng Shaoqing as well.

He saw Meng Shaoqing supporting Qi Ning, and the way the two were talking revealed their intimacy.

"What...what is the relationship between you two?"

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