Inner Thoughts Exposed: Reborn General's Farming Daughter Has a System

Chapter 176: Chapter 176: The Search Attempt in Luochuan County

The auntie was busy talking with other aunties when she spotted Zhou Anran again. A stunned look crossed her face, which morphed into doubt.

"Little Sister," she called out.

Zhou Anran smiled at her. "Older Sister, can you tell me about the flood? Is it bad?"

The weather has been quite unpredictable lately in the south. Some places were raining while other places remained in the dry season.

"What are you going to do?" The auntie frowned, and the other aunties also looked over their way.

At this moment, Zhou Wenzhi got off from the ox cart, followed by the persistent Xiao Qingya. Xiao Fenghao tried to stop her from leaving the cart, but Xiao Xue did its job quite well.

The little kitten immediately bit Xiao Fenghao’s hand. Although its strength was controlled, it was still hurt. He winced, and let go of his hold onto Xiao Qingya.

Xiao Yuxi also had just gotten off the ox cart, and was now leaving Xiao Fenghao to stay behind and take care of it.

"Mother!" Xiao Qingya immediately run toward Zhou Anran.

[I want to help. The stinky second brother actually tried to stop me, hmph!] Xiao Qingya complained inside her mind.

Xiao Fenghao sighed, and since Zhou Anran had picked up Xiao Qingya, not planning to return her to the cart, he also didn’t insist. However, because of her slight dizziness, Xiao Qingya eventually sat on Zhou Wenzhi’s shoulder.

[I will find some ghosts I can talk to...] She paused, and then called out to the Ling siblings. [Can you find other ghosts to obtain information?]

The Ling siblings were a little worried after they saw the sheer destruction from the flooding river, but they still readily agreed to Xiao Qingya’s request.

"What are you thinking?" The aunties were a little shocked, and they tried to persuade them. "Grandfather, young woman, going to the river is risky and dangerous now."

One of them gestured to Xiao Qingya, shaking her head. "You even want to bring such a young child along!"

"Aunties, we won’t cross the river," Xiao Yuxi clarified. She rubbed her slightly puffy eyes, looking at them earnestly. "We just want to take a look."

The auntie shook her head. "Take a look for what? It’s so dangerous!"

However, there were still some who were willingly giving them information about the flood. "The water no longer floods the river area now. It even reached the vegetation around it, coating everything in muddy color."

"The water also kept on rising. It will be dangerous for you and your family," she didn’t forget to advise them.

Despite listening to the aunties’ warning, they still decided to go. Xiao Qingya watched as the Ling siblings caught one ghost after another and had a ’friendly’ discussion with them.

The aunties could only shake their heads and witness as the Xiao family headed to the river.

Xiao Qingya stuck a talisman onto her family members. The allure of talking to living humans was still great for these ghosts, and hence, once she revealed she could talk to them, they might pester her.

"Some people have already died after they are washed away by the sudden waves." They passed a few people discussing the effect of the flood.

Zhou Anran’s heart clenched, but she pushed through to walk toward the river amidst people’s curious and strange glances. She carefully listened to Xiao Qingya’s talk with the ghosts around.

The moment they arrived near the river, the aunties’ words were absolutely true. The river’s water overflowed, crossing the edge of the river and started to flow into the ground.

"There are some people who did activity on the river today... they were all washed away by the flood." A few people lamented, their voice filled with worry.

From their conversation, they could already guess that there were a lot of victims in this sudden flooding. At least a few dozen people were doing activity in the river when it happened without warning.

Some people were already crying, calling for their child’s names, husbands, or wives.

The other people had to drag them away for fear that they were too caught up in their own emotions that they didn’t realize the water was still increasing in volume.

"Let’s go back, let’s go back. It’s getting dangerous here."

Zhou Anran pursed her lips.

Xiao Qingya called the Ling siblings over. She had seen that there were new ghosts, probably the souls of these who had died in the flood.

They seemed to be dazed, not understanding why their family members ignored them or the reason they were crying.

Zhou Anran and Xiao Yuxi’s hearts nearly leaped out of their chests when Xiao Qingya scanned the ghosts one by one; she was determining whether they were Xiao Yuyan or not.

The Ling siblings also made their report.

[Before the flooding happened, they didn’t see any body floating here, Little Master.] Ling Bo immediately reported.

Ling Yu added. [Little Master, we have asked a lot of ghosts, even the ones with recent death. They also didn’t see it.]

In an instant, Zhou Anran made a decision. "Father, we will go back to the ox cart. Can we go to the location before the river is connected to the river branch from Luoshui County?"

Zhou Wenzhi listened and nodded. The four went back, not wanting to miss all of the possibilities.

Xiao Fenghao saw their downcast expression and guessed that what the people said were probably true, so he didn’t ask anymore. When Zhou Wenzhi told him about their next plan, he obediently followed.

It took an hour and half until they arrived there. Compared to the tense atmosphere and panic they could feel from the people whose family members had been swallowed by the flood, the place was relatively calm.

Just like the river in their Hejia Village.

The Ling siblings immediately went their separate ways to obtain information for Xiao Qingya.

The Xiao family also began to ask people around. However, most of them merely shook their heads.

When the Ling siblings finally returned, they brought a crucial clue.