Chapter 948: Murder
The woman was familiar with Young Master Jiang but unfamiliar with the young lady in front of her. Thus, she didn’t dare to cry out and seek sympathy like before. She quickly tucked away the handkerchief in her hand and replied softly, "The people living next door are Old Man Cui and his granddaughter."
"His granddaughter? How old is she?"
"Five years old."
Shu Yu frowned. "But I just heard a woman’s voice coming from inside—it doesn’t sound like the voice of a five-year-old."
The woman froze for a moment, and then realization dawned upon her. "Oh, that must be the distant niece who came to seek refuge with Old Man Cui."
Shu Yu furrowed her brow. Could this distant niece have come from Shangshi Village?
She remained silent, but the woman continued, "That distant niece and her husband came here two months ago. They said they had lost their parents and had no one left except Old Man Cui as a relative. So, here they are—they’ve been staying for two months now."
She clearly had little fondness for the distant niece. Curling her lips, she said, "They’re so young, yet they’re shameless enough to come and rely on that old man and little girl. It’s a joke to even talk about it. But Old Man Cui doesn’t seem to mind. We outsiders can’t really say anything."
Shu Yu inwardly agreed with her sentiments. She had initially thought that the distant niece had come alone—that as a young woman with no relatives in her hometown and having suffered grievances, it was understandable to seek out her only family member.
But from what was said, the niece was already married.
She was married and already had a husband, yet still needed to seek refuge? If the husband were wealthy and influential, it’d make sense if they were trying to take advantage of others. But the Cui family clearly struggled with farming rented land, barely making ends meet—under such circumstances, it appeared rather odd.
Squinting her eyes, Shu Yu was just about to ponder the mention of Shangshi Village when a sudden loud noise reverberated from inside, sounding like a water vat or something similar being smashed to pieces.