Boyce fainted and fell to the ground.
The man dropped the stick and panicked a little. He was worried that he had killed the man with a stick. Nowadays, there were a lot of bad guys. He appeared in the water for no reason. He must not have been a good person either. He consoled himself, then carried the man and threw him into a deserted place.
Then he ran back, gathered his things and fled into the night.
He feared that he would be blackmailed for money and would have to go to jail if he killed someone, so he took the opportunity to escape.
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It was a remote village a hundred kilometers from B-town. The people in the village were not wealthy and most of the young people had gone out to work, leaving the old people and children at home.
After his motherâs death, he had no incentive to earn money. After burying her mother, she wanted to stay in her hometown and find a job to earn a living. However, the people in her village always spoke ill of her.
So she left.
Once he volunteered in the village. He knew that the people there were poor and no one wanted to be a teacher here. So she left her hometown and came to this town that was a hundred kilometers from B-town to work as a teacher.
She also came from a poor place, so she knew how hard it was for children from poor families to go to school. Since she had no mother to look up to, she put all her hopes on these children.
In the school there were five classes and three teachers in total. Apart from her, there were two other teachers who were the headmaster, who was over 50 years old, and a teacher who came back to the village to support the children after studying at the university because the school in the big city had not yet started.
After a while, he would leave.
Jasmine taught 2nd and 1st grade language, drawing and singing to 3rd, 4th and 5th grade.
Her first class of the morning was 2nd grade language. Chris, the most disciplined and overachiever in the class, arrived late.
As soon as he entered the classroom, he yelled, âMiss Burke, youâre not wellâ¦â
Jasmine, who was writing on the board the words to be recognized, didnât look back and said, âSit down first and tell me after you take a breath.â
Chris was still standing in the doorway with his arms outstretched, âI saw a dead guy on the way to school.â
Jasmine put down her chalk and frowned, âWhat are you talking about?â
âI said Iâve seen a dead man,â Chris said word for word.
âWhere is it?â Jasmine stepped closer, âTake me there.â
âOkay, youâre coming with me.â Chris tugged on Jasmineâs sleeve. The students also wanted to see the corpse. As they watched her walk away, they also got up from their seats. However, Jasmine ordered them to sit down, âNo one is allowed to leave the classroom.â
âI donât know who he is. If heâs dead, itâs best not to let the children see him, as they are still small.'â
âTeacherâs assistant, lead the class to read the text of chapter five,â Jasmine said.
The teacherâs assistant stood up and said, âYes.â
âMiss Burke, come with me quickly.â Chris was in a hurry and dragged Jasmine along.
The road condition was bad. Jasmine reminded him, âSlow down a little.â
âIâm afraid the person will disappear,â Chris said.
Jasmine shook her head helplessly, âYou said he was a dead man, will he get up and leave?â.
Chris scratched his head, âIt seems true.â
Jasmine rubbed his hair. She thought he was very handsome. She followed him to the road behind the school. She vaguely saw a man lying on the ground not far away.
She suddenly became nervous, âChris, when did you ever see that?â
âOn the way to school, I was really scared that time.â Chris patted his chest.
âThat man is bleeding badly. Heâs lying on the ground. Now Iâm still really scared.â
The closer Jasmine got to the body, the more she felt the back look familiar, but she couldnât remember where she had met him.
âMiss Burke, should we call the police?â asked Chris.
Jasmine stepped closer and said, âOf course weâll call the policeâ¦â.
Before she could finish her words, she saw the manâs face lying on the floor.
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