“Have you ever had strangers in your village?”
“Yes, they’re all strangers. Many rental houses in our village are occupied by migrant workers,” said the old man.
Cormac was a little disappointed. It seemed that Boyce had not been saved.
However, he did not know that his judgment was actually correct, it was just that he had searched the wrong place.
Boyce did come out of the car when the car fell, he did not fall into the water with the car, but the water above the dam was deep and urgent. After falling into the water, he wanted to save Lucy, but the car door could not be opened underwater at all. During the process, he accidentally stepped on the side of the dam and was washed down. He could only go with the rapid current down the river.
He was washed to a far place, and the water grass entangled his feet before he stopped. During the process, he was choked by a lot of water and almost drowned in the river several times. Fortunately, he broke free from the water grass, and was exhausted. He vaguely saw a boat. He did not know what it was for. He swam desperately towards the boat. The person on the boat did not see him. When the person steered the boat around, he was knocked into a coma.
When he opened his eyes again, he was in a strange environment.
The small room was dark and damp.
He could vaguely hear someone talking.
The one talking was the man who hit Boyce. He was tall, fat, dark and had rugged looks. He fished river snails and wild clams for a living. He did not expect to hit someone. At that time, he wanted to run away, but he was afraid that he would be found through investigation if Boyce died. He then took him onto the boat. He only saw blood on his head when he returned home, and he was horrified at that time. After sitting on the ground for a long time, he only then reached out to detect his breath. Sensing he was still breathing, he hurriedly searched for a doctor. He would become a murderer if Boyce died. A doctor from the village service agency asked him to send Boyce to a big hospital after checking him.
“I have no money.” The man was not willing to spend huge amount of money, so he asked, “Can he still live without going?”
“I’m not sure. The injury is on his head, it’s best for him to take a CT scan in a big hospital,” the doctor suggested.
“It would be fine as long as he doesn’t die.”
The doctor could not force him too and he could only leave. As he reached the entrance, he asked, “Is he someone of yours?”
The man choked, he rolled his eyes and said, “He’s my relative.”
The doctor nodded and walked out of the door.
Boyce’s head hurt so much as if it was going to crack, but he could hear their conversation clearly. He supported himself with the wall and came out. “Are you the one who hit me?”
He clearly remembered that he had lost consciousness after being knocked down by a small boat.
The man was startled and he widened his eyes. “You, you’re awake?”
Boyce glanced at the large and small pots and bags placed on the floor in the room. There were water and mud on the floor and pots filled with river snails.
“Do you have a phone?” Boyce asked. He needed to contact someone.
He had already lost his mobile phone.
“What are you trying to do?” The man was afraid that he would sue him and he hurriedly pushed away the responsibility. “You can’t blame me, it’s you who’s in the water in the first place.”
“I just want to make a call,” Boyce said weakly.
“Don’t you think I’m easy to fool.” The man obviously did not believe it. Boyce just wanted to make a phone call but he thought he must have wanted to call someone to catch him.
As soon as Boyce realized that he could not persuade the man, he decided to go out and find someone. He needed to go back quickly and tell Cormac that Declan had got out and he should be alert. Declan wanted to avenge him.
However, when he came to the door, he felt a sharp pain on the back of his head. He turned his head and saw the man holding a wooden stick. He was grasping it with both hands, slightly trembling and acting calmly while widening his eyes. “Don’t think I’m easy to fool, you must be looking for someone.”
Boyce fainted and fell down.
The man threw away the stick and was a bit scared. He worried that he had killed the man with a stick. Nowadays, there were so many bad guys. He appeared in the water for no reason. He must not be a good person either. He consoled himself and then carried the man up and threw him to a deserted place.
Then, he ran back, packed up his things and ran away during the night.
He was afraid of being blackmailed for money and afraid that he would have to go to jail if he killed someone, so he took the opportunity to escape.
This was a remote village a hundred kilometers away from City B. The people in the village were not rich and most of the young guys had gone out to work, leaving the elderly and children at home.
After her mother’s death, she had no incentive to earn money. After burying her mother, she wanted to stay in her hometown and find a job to simply gain a living. However, the people in her hometown always talked bad about her. So, she left.
She was once a volunteer in the village. She knew that the people there were poor and no one wanted to become a teacher here. So, she left her hometown and came to this village which was a hundred kilometers away from City B to work as a teacher.
She came from a poor place as well so she knew how difficult it was for children from poor families to go to school. Since she did not have a mother to look to, she put all her hopes on these children. There were five classes and three teachers in the school in total. Apart from her, there were two other teachers who were the headmaster, who was in his 50s and a teacher who came back to the village to support the children after studying at university because the school in the big city had not yet started. After some time, he would leave.
Jasmine taught Year 2 and Year 1 language, and Year 3, 4 and 5 drawing and singing.
Her first class this morning was Year 2 language. Chris, the best-performing and most disciplined person in the class, was late.
As soon as he entered the classroom, he shouted, “Ms. Burke, it’s not good…”
Jasmine, who was writing the words that needed to be recognized on the blackboard, did not look back and said, “Sit down first and tell me after taking a breath.”
Chris still stood in the doorway akimbo, “I saw a dead man on my way to school.”
Jasmine put down her chalk and frowned, “What are you talking about?”
“I said, I saw a dead man,” Chris said word by word.
“Where is it?” Jasmine walked over, “Bring me there.”
“Okay, you come with me.” Chris tugged on Jasmine’s sleeve. The students also wanted to see the dead body. Seeing her walk away, they also got up from their seats. However, Jasmine ordered them to sit down, “No one is allowed to leave the classroom.”
‘Don’t know who is it. If he is dead, it’s better not to let the children see as they are still young.’
“Assistant monitor, you lead the class to read the text in chapter five,” Jasmine said.
The assistant monitor stood up and said, “Yes.”
“Ms. Burke, come with me quickly.” Chris was in a hurry and dragged Jasmine along.
The condition of the road was bad. Jasmine reminded him, “Slow down a bit.”
“I’m afraid that the person will disappear,” Chris said.
Jasmine shook her head helplessly, “You said that it was a dead man, will he get up and walk away?”
Chris scratched his head, “Sounds true.”
Jasmine rubbed his hair. She thought that he was so cute. She followed him to the path behind the school. She vaguely saw a man lying on the ground not far away.
She became nervous suddenly, “Chris, when did you see that?”
“On my way to school, I was very scared that time.” Chris patted his chest.
‘That man’s bleeding terribly. He’s lying on the ground. I’m still very scared now.’
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.