Xie Qian looked down and saw Di Sumu.
His small body was curled up as he hugged her arm. Sensing Xie Qian's gaze on him,
Di Sumu looked up, blinking his big, innocent eyes at her, and sweetly called out, "Mommy, carry me."
He hoped this would make Xie Qian feel warm.
Xie Qian felt a warmth in her heart. Seeing Di Sumu, her previously gloomy mood suddenly brightened.
She had come here precisely to find Di Sumu. Now that her goal was achieved, she also saw clearly someone's true heart,
a black heart.
The price of seeing Di Yong clearly was rather high. Xie Qian had wasted nearly twenty years of her life.
Xie Qian took a deep breath and slowly exhaled to calm herself. Just by standing there, Di Sumu gave Xie Qian immense strength.
She forcefully pushed away Chen Chunhua, who was pressing on her.
It was time to embrace a new life.
Xie Qian picked up Di Sumu as if he were a precious treasure, patted the dirt off his body, and ignored Chen Chunhua's persistent scolding behind her.
Xie Qian showed a big smile to Di Sumu and said, "Good boy, let's start over."
When she passed by Di Dahong, who had a broken leg, he was leaning weakly against the wall. After all, he was getting old. In great pain, he weakly tried to reach out and grab Xie Qian.
This time, Xie Qian was not disturbed by those around her. She walked straight ahead without looking sideways. After calming her emotions, she came to Ning Yitao again.
Ning Yitao still said calmly,
"So, are you sure you want to take on twenty years of his lifespan punishment? Of course, the choice is still yours. What will you choose?"
After many twists and turns, Xie Qian already had an answer in her heart.
To save her child, she was willing to take on all the punishments.
She was willing to bear all of Di Yong's mistakes, but in the end, her deep affection was wasted.
Di Yong had torn apart his image in Xie Qian's heart with his own hands, showing her his black heart, dirty and disgusting.
Everything Ning Yitao did was to make Di Yong show his true colors and let Xie Qian see his true self.
Di Yong was just a Gu under Ye Zheng, a self - serving Gu, not worth saving.
There was no need to beg humbly for him.
But if Xie Qian couldn't make up her mind, then it didn't matter if she didn't get the money. You can never wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
Fortunately, Xie Qian wasn't completely blind.
Xie Qian wiped away the tears on her face randomly. She thought that since Di Yong was heartless and unjust, she shouldn't be blamed for what she was about to do. He would finally have to pay for his mistakes.
This time, she finally made up her mind. With a determined look in her eyes, she nodded seriously at Ning Yitao.
Ye Jin stroked the tear - stains on her face and said, "Good girl, let me help you."
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At this moment, Di Yong, who had just run out of the village entrance, suddenly tripped and fell to the ground.
He got up in a hurry and wanted to continue running. He plunged into the forest, afraid that someone behind him would catch up and force him to break his leg.
However, in the dark corners he couldn't see, thick and twisted vines emerged from the ground and spread everywhere.
Terribly, all the vines hidden underground came out.
The vines that had emerged were crawling on the ground, moving quickly and secretly. They silently caught up with Di Yong, who was running in a panic.
Di Yong was gasping for breath. He had been running for a long time, and his steps had become unsteady.
But a sense of unease always hung over him. As he ran, he kept looking back in fear, although he never once saw anyone behind him.
The sounds of birds and insects in the deep mountains at night made the cold sweat on his back never stop.
He was extremely panicked. His panic was infinitely magnified, and his blood was surging. He subconsciously held his breath, swallowed, and constantly comforted himself.
When he saw a light in the distance, Di Yong was like a drowning fish seeing water. He stared at the light longingly. Not paying attention to the road under his feet, he was undoubtedly tripped by a dead branch in the forest.
When Di Yong tried to get up, the next moment, he was quickly wrapped up by the vines and lifted high into the air.
Under the moonlight, his shadow was projected on the ground. The "shadow"'s limbs were flailing around, trying hard to break free from the vines.
But more and more vines wrapped around Di Yong, fixing his limbs and covering his mouth, making him unable to move or call for help. The air for breathing became thinner and thinner.
Di Yong was breathing rapidly. His chest felt as if it was being pressed by a huge boulder. Every breath was extremely difficult. His heart tightened, and the scene in front of his eyes was gradually covered by the vines.
There was despair in his eyes, but the most important moment for him hadn't come yet.
The shadow of Di Yong on the ground had turned into an oval vine ball.
Suddenly, the "ball" on the ground was split in half.
Blood continuously flowed out from the middle of the cut - off circle.
The blood flowing out from the lower half was actually black, while the upper half was bright red. The two colors spilled down from the air, mixing together in a strange way.
Di Yong's body was torn apart by the vines. His mouth was stuffed with vines, and even the right to cry out in pain was taken away. His eyes rolled up, and he fainted from the pain.
But the vines didn't leave. One of the vines detached from the group purposefully. It poked its head out, looked around at the cut - off cross - section of Di Yong's lower half, searching for something in the bloody mess.
The next moment, as if it had found its target, it dived straight down.
The vine twisted and turned inside Di Yong's lower leg, like a chasing race. It made the skin on his leg bulge high, and the next moment it broke through the body. The vine rolled up a fat worm like a piece of fat.
The "worm" was still struggling. The vine that had obtained its target quietly returned to the ground.
All the vines that had been wrapped around Di Yong disappeared in an instant.
The vine that was rolling the "worm" was like a victorious general, leading all its subordinates to disappear silently, as if it had never come.
No one cared about Di Yong, who had fainted in a pool of blood, with his upper and lower body separated.
The forest was still as quiet as ever. Di Yong was also extremely quiet, blending into the atmosphere of the late - night forest.
All the vines returned to the ground and fell into sleep again, while the vine that was holding the "worm" moved alone underground, heading in the direction of the village.
It quickly came to the ground under Ye Jin's feet.
As if sensing it, Ye Jin moved aside to make room for the vine. It emerged from the ground.
The front branch that was wrapping the "worm" slowly unfurled, revealing the whole appearance of the "worm".
The worm was dark - colored all over and still wriggling.
Ye Jin reached out and stroked the top of the vine as a reward and said, "Good boy."
The vine rubbed against Ye Jin's palm. It could be seen that it was actually acting coquettishly.
Ye Jin pulled Ning Yitao back a few steps.