Chapter 347

The women washing vegetables by the river were all frozen in shock, some even too scared to speak. They’d been doing this by the river for who knows how long, but this was the first time they'd come across a dead body! “I’m going over to take a look,” said Nicholas Evans, already making his way down the bank. He grabbed a bamboo pole nearby and, with the help of the others, managed to drag the corpse out of the water. “Oh my Lord, what terrible luck today! To run into something like this—how am I supposed to sleep tonight?” Zoe muttered anxiously. Soon enough, word spread and curious onlookers rushed over to see what was going on. Just as Clara Bennett was about to approach, Zoe quickly held her back. “Clara, don’t come over here. You’re still young. Seeing this kind of thing isn’t good. It might mess with your sleep.” Clara just smiled. “It's okay. I can handle this.” She’d lived through far worse back when she led the Beiyue family in Farsen. Fighting in bloody battles and walking aw