Hearing Li Xueqin’s questioning, he trembled and said, "I don’t know, I didn’t see clearly, a ghost, it seemed like a ghost—"

He was so frightened that he was dumbfounded, and his mental state became somewhat abnormal. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

An Jiayue, who was standing nearby, was even more shocked, trembling as she stood in the corner, afraid to get close, fearing it might involve her.

An Hanyi was also in a rage, he glanced coldly at the surrounding villagers who were gossiping and watching the show, angrily saying, "Get lost, all of you!"

The villagers who originally felt sympathy for their family, after being scolded like this, became unwilling to help!

"Who knows how your son was playing, he actually lost the item, what a disgrace!"

"What the hell did you just say?!"

An Hanyi rushed up and started wrestling with that person.

The barking of dogs from households around grew more and more intense, alerting more and more people.

Even the Gu Family, dependent on the villagers, was alerted.

"What’s going on?" Chen Hong asked groggily as she got up, asking Gu Decang beside her who had already been awakened and was getting dressed.

"I don’t know, I’ll go out and have a look."

Gu Decang, having dressed, walked out of the room with a flashlight.

He walked to the courtyard and saw An Mingji standing at the entrance of the east wing.

Gu Decang asked, "Xiao An, why aren’t you asleep yet?"

The young man raised his eyes faintly and looked at him.

"I’m just about to sleep."

He replied coldly, then turned around and went into the room.

Gu Decang didn’t pay attention and didn’t even notice that the young man’s clothes were very neatly worn.

Under the moonlight, he walked out of the house, heading towards the direction of the An Family from where the noise came.

Back in the room, An Mingji didn’t turn on the light.

In the dark room, he sat by the bed, staring blankly at his hands.

Just a moment ago, he almost killed someone.

If Li Xueqin hadn’t rushed out, he really would have killed An Guoliang.

Just a little bit away.

Just a little bit and he could have killed him.

"Pop!"

The light inside the room was switched on, the glaring brightness causing An Mingji to squint his eyes.

At the door, Gu Jin, wearing home attire, leaned against it, staring deeply at the young man sitting at the bed, raising his hand to shield his eyes.

She asked calmly, "Xiao An, why aren’t you asleep, where did you go?"

An Mingji, with his hand covering his eyes, showed confusion and panic in his gaze, his hand trembling uncontrollably.

The boy’s every move was observed by Gu Jin.

"Ah Jin Jie—"

An Mingji’s voice was hoarse, mixed with panic and unease.

Hearing his voice wasn’t right, Gu Jin frowned slightly, stepping toward the young man.

She reached out her hand to cover An Mingji’s hand that shielded his eyes, her voice gentle, "Xiao An, what happened?"

Gu Jin didn’t know what he did, but when the dogs in the village started barking, her first concern was for An Mingji, so she came over to check.

But she found he wasn’t in the room, and then saw him return from outside, standing dazed under the corridor.

Back in the room, he also hadn’t slept, looking foolishly dazed, she couldn’t help but come over to ask in concern.

Now it seems, something has indeed happened.

Otherwise, why would the child look as though he suffered great injustice and wrong outside?

Thinking An Mingji might have felt aggrieved outside, she hugged him dearly, softly asking, "Xiao An, who bullied you? Tell me."

"Ah Jin Jie—" An Mingji called her again, this time his voice had lost the initial panic, but there was a hint of attachment.

"Good, I’m here." Gu Jin gently comforted him.

In truth, she felt a bit flustered inside.

The child had called her ’Ah Jin Jie’ twice now, he must have suffered a big loss outside.