Chapter 127: River God's Curse
Su Chen hurriedly stopped and looked at Ado with a dazed expression, asking, "Ado, are you serious?"
The little girl's dark, expressive eyes gazed at Su Chen earnestly as she said, "Of course I'm serious. Brother, didn't you give me a dagger? That means, Brother is willing to marry Ado as his wife."
The look in the little girl's eyes was so pure and full of affection, it couldn't possibly be fake.
It's all over now.
What in the world is all this?
"In the Zhuang family, when a girl gives a man a silver belt, it means she has taken a liking to him. If the man is not interested, he will refuse the belt. If the man also likes the girl, he will give her something personal… Su Chen, brother, you're really lucky. Ado is the purest girl in our village. Although she's still young, she will definitely become the most beautiful woman. Maybe only the Big Landlord could match her!" Several village men nearby said enviously.
Su Chen was dumbfounded.
He thought people from the Zhuang family were just being hospitable when they gave him gifts.
Thinking back, that silver belt could probably sell for ten to twenty thousand in the market.
In the village, ten to twenty thousand is already a very large number.
Mainly, Su Chen himself has no real concept of money and thought it was just a gift.
He didn't realize it carried such a meaning.
Had he known this, even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare accept Ado's silver belt in front of his CEO wife.
Nor would he have given his personal dagger to Ado.
Now the joke has gone too far.
Su Chen turned his head to look at Lin Xi for help, but Lin Xi merely threw him a look that said, you got yourself into this mess, you get yourself out.
She had just learned about the meaning of giving a silver belt too.
Su Chen glanced at the Zhuang family girl still clutching his arm with her watery, moon-like pure eyes, and felt like his head was about to explode.
He knew why Ado was so especially nice to him.
Not only did she help him with washing his feet, but she washed them herself.
It turned out she already considered herself his fiancée.
He really couldn't figure out how to reject Ado.
Without hurting Ado.
"Ado, you go jump around by yourself for a bit, I need some peace," Su Chen's face twitched.
Ado blinked her watery eyes at Su Chen, "Brother, who is Peace? Is she prettier than Ado?"
Su Chen: "…"
"Erm, Peace is a dog…" This child is too pure.
"I see," Ado immediately looked delighted, showing a crescent moon-like smile, nodded obediently, and went off to dance with the other girls. Thi^s@ is a s%a.mp^le% f&rom My V#ir!tu.a#l* L$ibr-a+ry Em^p.i-r.e.- Read% the r%es#t+ on [email protected]@R.+
Faced with such a pure and adorable village girl, he really couldn't find a reason to reject her.
After drinking, Lin Xi's courage grew, starting to dance energetically with several Zhuang Clan men.
Although still no physical contact, her moves were quite bold.
Su Chen danced over to Lin Xi, speaking in a sour tone, "President Lin, having quite the blast, huh?"
Lin Xi kept dancing, hummed softly with a strange tone, "I can't compare to some people, yo, Brother, that silver belt looks pretty nice."
Su Chen immediately became miserable, "Wife, I had no idea this was the deal..."
"I heard that in Zhuang family weddings, you don't need a marriage certificate. Why don't you just marry Ado, what a good girl she is," Lin Xi continued in a sarcastic tone.
"What's good about it?" Su Chen asked with a mournful face.
"Well, she's absolutely more than enough for a beast like you," Lin Xi shrugged and ignored Su Chen, continuing her dance.
Su Chen wanted to cry but had no tears.
How did he become such a beast.
Just when Su Chen didn't know what to do, the previously noisy crowd suddenly quieted down.
Everyone stopped their actions.
Then they showed devotion in their eyes.
Su Chen was somewhat curious; this was the first time he had seen the Zhuang people show such devout expressions.
Could it be that the Big Landlord had come?
However, the Big Landlord seemed to be busy and mostly stayed at home.
Moreover, the Zhuang people had never shown such eyes even towards the Big Landlord.
Tap, tap, tap.
Several footsteps could be heard.
Su Chen looked towards the sound.
He saw four Taoist figures slowly appearing in his view.
One of them was the young and beautiful Big Landlord.
The other three were dressed in strange outfits, completely different from the Zhuang people's clothing.
They wore black robes, black demonic masks on their faces, and held strange iron rods in their hands.
Seeing these people wearing demonic masks, the Zhuang people revered them as if they were seeing deities, with humility in everyone's eyes.
Even the Big Landlord did the same.
Su Chen realized that these must be the so-called Great Yin Masters.
He heard from Ado that, among the Zhuang households, they worshipped the Yin God, who is supreme.
Thus, as the representatives of the Yin God, the Great Yin Masters do not manage the affairs of the village, but their authority is many times higher than that of the Big Landlord.
Even their single word could replace the Big Landlord.
"These are the servants of the Great Yin Master, the Ghost Masters, the spokespersons of the Great Yin Master," Ado whispered to Su Chen.
Su Chen understood.
The three Ghost Masters stood there like three deities.
The Big Landlord spoke solemnly: "The three Ghost Masters have come personally to help us resolve the curse."
"Curse? What curse?"
Hearing the Big Landlord's words, the Zhuang people began to murmur softly.
"Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me," the Big Landlord raised his hand to motion for silence, then continued: "Recently, a strange disease suddenly appeared in our village. Those affected suffer severe pain and convulsions throughout the body. In severe cases, they even bleed from their mouths and noses. Even I cannot find a cure."
"What? Even the Big Landlord can't cure it?" People showed a shocked expression.
Despite her youth, the Big Landlord is a very capable Zhuang doctor; anyone in the village with an illness would seek her treatment, and she never charged any fees.
Essentially, there was no disease the Big Landlord could not cure.
"However, do not worry. The Great Yin Master has already learned of this matter, and thus sent the Ghost Masters to solve our problem."
Although the Big Landlord was young, she carried an authoritative presence that was nonchalantly powerful.
If she were in a big city, she would certainly be a leader not inferior to Lin Xi.
Additionally, she bore an exotic aura, which even captivated Su Chen.
"That's right, after the calculations by the Great Yin Master, the strange disease in our village is because our village has been cursed by the River God. The river water has become poisonous, so anyone who drinks the water from the river might contract the disease. If we remove the curse, the disease will naturally heal itself," one of the Ghost Masters spoke.