He dared not turn around, and without entering the thatched house to relieve himself, he faced the corner as he did so. He couldn't run away without turning around, and with a trembling voice, he said, "Step... step... stepmother... don't... don't... don't scare me, please!"
"If you harbored any resentment or grudges, you should've gone to my father for retribution. When my father married you, I was young, I couldn't call the shots…" his teeth were chattering, "My father has already gone down to join you… I am innocent…"
There was no movement from behind him, and when he turned around, he found no one in the empty yard.
Gathering his courage, he walked to the door of the room that Gao Jia had cleared out, when a disembodied female voice drifted in the wind from nowhere, "La la la la... he he he he…"