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n“Er Gou Zi,” a middle-aged man shouted with a hoe in his hand. He didn’t hear a reply and turned around to look. There was no sign of Er Gou Zi.

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nHe asked the other villagers, “Where’s Er Gou Zi?”

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n“Uncle, Er Gou Zi ran away,” a 15-year-old teenager answered.

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n“What? He ran away?!” Lin Dawei shouted at the teenager beside him.

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nThe villagers heard from the children that Lin Yuelan had died and returned from the grave to capture Er Gou Zi.

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n“Dad. Lin Yuelan is dead. She became a powerful ghost.”

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n“Mom, the jinx is dead. She’s back to haunt Er Gou Zi.”

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n“Grandpa, Er Gou Zi was captured and eaten by the jinx.”

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nWhen the villagers heard that the jinx was dead, they were happy. With the jinx gone, the village should be safe.

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nHowever, the rest of the statement made them anxious.

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nEr Gou Zi was captured?

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nThe villagers were furious.

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nThe jinx should have died, but why did she need to come back to capture Er Gou Zi?

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nWhen Er Gou Zi’s parents heard that the jinx had taken their son away, they became anxious and immediately gathered the villagers to snatch Er Gou Zi back.

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nThe jinx was dead and had become a ghost.

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nWeren’t these villagers afraid?

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nOf course, they were afraid.

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nWho wasn’t afraid of ghosts?

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nBut they were even more afraid that the jinx would come back to take revenge on the village.

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nIn the past few years, both adults and children had bullied and harmed Lin Yuelan. Their goal was simple. They wanted to force Lin Yuelan to death.

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nThey didn’t dare to kill Lin Yuelan directly. They were afraid of divine punishment, like what Lin Mingqing had said. Since Lin Yuelan was a jinx who would harm her husband, she needed to fulfill her destiny first before the villagers dared to kill her. If not, the village might have another Lin Yuelan.

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nOf course, they were not afraid of having another jinx. They could just kill the new jinx. But they were afraid that the family that killed Lin Yuelan would give birth to the new jinx. That was a result no family wanted.

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nTherefore, the villagers tried to figure out ways to force Lin Yuelan to leave the village or kill herself. Then it wouldn’t be their fault anymore.

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nNo one expected the jinx to be so resilient. No matter how hard they bullied her, Lin Yuelan refused to die.

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nNow that the children came back to announce that the jinx was dead, the villagers were glad and relieved. However, before they could enjoy the relief, they received another terrifying news.

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nThe jinx had returned as a ghost and had captured Er Gou Zi!

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nAccording to rural legend, ghosts would become stronger after they feasted on humans. If Er Gou Zi was eaten, the jinx would become powerful and take revenge on the village. Especially those who had once bullied her!

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nTo ensure that didn’t happen, Er Gou Zi’s parents and most villagers grabbed their hoes, shovels, and wooden sticks and rushed to the place the children mentioned.

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nHowever, on the way there, they bumped into Er Gou Zi, who was so scared that he had lost all color on his face.

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nAfter confirming that Er Gou Zi was still human, Er Gou Zi’s father, Lin Zhong, immediately asked, “Er Gou Zi, are you alright?”

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nEr Gou Zi shook his head and said, “Dad, I’m fine.”

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n“Er Gou Zi, weren’t you captured by the jinx’s ghost?” Lin Dawei asked, “How did you escape?”

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nEr Gou Zi’s face was pale, and his entire body was trembling. He stuttered, “She… She let me go…” Then, I escaped. He didn’t say the latter half of the sentence because he was too scared.

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nLin Chong frowned and asked, “She let you go?”

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nEr Gou Zi was silent.

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nDawei said, “Where… where is that jinx?”

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n“In… in… in front.”

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n“Er Gou Zi, let’s go. We’ll look for her together,” Lin Dawei said.

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nThey hauled Er Gou Zi along. However, Er Gou Zi was too afraid. When no one paid attention, he sneaked away.

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nThe jinx wasn’t at the location the children said she had died. Lin Dawei told the villagers, “Everyone, let’s split up.” However, who dared to split up at that moment?

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n“Uncle Dawei, I think we should stick together,” Lin Sinui, Lin Yuelan’s biological uncle, said nervously, “The ghost is haunting the land even though the sun is up. This means that she is powerful. We shouldn’t separate.” In case something happened.

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nLin Sinui didn’t want to face the ghost alone because he was guilty. Even though Lin Yuelan had been cut off from their family, Lin Sinui still thought Lin Yuelan was the reason couldn’t get married.

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nTwo years ago, with Lin Siniu’s complaints and the gazes from the villagers, Lin Laosan and his wife finally forked out the dowry money and got Lin Siniu a wife from the neighboring village.

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nLin Siniu got married only one year after Lin Yuelan cut off her ties with the Lin Family. This confirmed the claim that she was a jinx. Of course, the issue of whether the wife was good or not would be discussed in the future.

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nIn any case, Lin Sinui despised his niece a lot.

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nHe often said hatefully, “If it weren’t for this jinx, my children would be working for me in the fields already!”

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nHe needed a place to vent. Thus, Lin Yuelan became his punching bag.

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nWhenever he was unhappy, he would find Lin Yuelan to scold her. Sometimes, he would even beat her until she couldn’t get out of bed.

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nBecause of this, Lin Siniu was scared. If Lin Yuelan really came back as a ghost, she would seek revenge on him first. Therefore, he would never split up from the crowd.

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nLin Dawei raised his head and looked at the scorching sun. After pondering for a while, he said, “Alright, everyone, we shan’t separate. Let’s search together so that we don’t get into trouble.”

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nMany people like Li Siniu, who had a guilty conscience, felt relieved.

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nAt that moment, someone shouted in shock, “Look, who is that? Is that the jinx?”

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