Supreme Heir Son-in-law

Chapter 704: Chapter 704: Guess

The bumpy mountain road felt as if it would shatter everyone’s bones, and going downhill was no less unsettling, as each person in the car was jolted around once more.

Xu Ke sat in silent contemplation next to Chen Lei.

Finally, the silence was broken by the man seated next to Xu Ke. "Did any of you feel like something was odd while staying in the village yesterday?" He patted his stomach and spoke slowly, in a way that sounded like casual conversation, but Xu Ke knew it was anything but that.

The atmosphere in the car tightened immediately; unlike the earlier quiet, this tension carried a foreboding sense of an impending storm.

Just as the man sighed, thinking no one would respond, Xu Ke spoke up, "I also noticed something strange in the village. I thought I was the only one who found it odd, but I didn’t see a single woman in the entire village."

"Yeah, I noticed it too. How can a village without women sustain itself over generations?" the driver chimed in.

"It’s not just the women; I hardly saw any children," added the man with glasses, adjusting his spectacles on his nose.

"If they’ve been living in this village for generations without ever leaving, then why are they so eager for money? What do they need so much money for?" Xu Ke posed his question at an opportune moment.

But after Xu Ke spoke, he drew the gaze of the other three, and the man sitting next to him asked strangely, "How do you know they’re eager for money?"

when I talked to them yesterday. When I mentioned that his cabinets could be sold outside for a good sum, his eyes lit up noticeably, and the more I talked about the amount, the more interested he became. Normally, for someone whose ancestors have always lived in the village, he shouldn’t need so

live in the mountains and don’t have many places to spend a lot of money," the driver expressed his

own suspicions and guesses about this matter, but they were unwilling to voice them, as if not saying them aloud would somehow make their

exchanged, the car fell into silence once

drove from the bumpy mountains until they saw the small town, and no one spoke. The atmosphere in

have your suspicions, don’t you?" The man with glasses broke the silence, saying, "I found traces of a woman at the house where

man’s words effectively brought to light the

your own theories in mind, and the reason you haven’t voiced them is likely because you haven’t found any direct evidence to prove your suspicions. But saying nothing doesn’t settle the unease in your heart, so only half the story is told, and nothing

even when their own lives are already

in the car

they haven’t fully established their values. They think their lives are supposed to be this way, that everything should naturally be like this. Ignorant and fearful, they’re unwilling to leave the village to explore the outside world, but they can’t resist the instinct to survive,

further, and Xu Ke didn’t feel awkward; instead, he leaned his head against the car window and closed his

until the car was almost at their destination that someone spoke again, "Should we

but we’ll

"But..."

So, to verify if we’re overthinking it or if there’s any truth to it, we must proceed with this construction,

manpower and money, you can count on me," Xu