A look of panic flashed across the old woman's face, and the next second, a sinister expression emerged.
"Well, don't blame me then. I didn't want you guys to get involved in the first place. I told you to leave, but you insisted on staying. It's your own fault. Since you've seen what you shouldn't have, you have to pay the price."
Ning Yitao seemed to have anticipated the old woman's sudden change of attitude. Calmly, she said, "If I'm not mistaken, you're the one who released the blood worms, aren't you?"
The old woman was stunned, as if facing a great battle. "You actually know about the blood worms? This is a secret recipe passed down in my family for generations. How do you know? Who on earth are you?" She knew that things were not going to end well.
"Who I am doesn't matter. You hate Xu Guang so much, don't you? Not only did you release the blood worms, but you're also responsible for that thing in Xu Guang's house growing so big, right?" Ning Yitao pulled out a chair beside the bed and sat down.
As if recalling something, the old woman burst into wild laughter. All the wrinkles on her face were bunched together, and she made no attempt to hide the twitching and twisted pleasure on her face. The hatred in her eyes was evident.
"So what if you know now? That brute Xu Guang lured my grandson to the riverside and pushed him into the water. He was so young, he hadn't even seen the beauty of this world. His parents used their connections to cover up the whole thing.
What about my grandson's life? He was so obedient and sensible, but he could only be submerged in the cold water. I must avenge him. Besides, he deserved to die!" Recalling the past, the old woman laughed and cried, descending into madness.
Back then, the old woman's grandson, Mengmeng, had a car accident. Fortunately, it wasn't too serious. He just had to be hospitalized for his leg injury. Xu Guang's family lived near the hospital. Xu Guang was the leader of the kids in the neighborhood. His parents spoiled him so much that he got whatever he wanted since childhood. Even when he was unreasonable, they still indulged him.
The over - indulgence from his family made Xu Guang hold a grudge against Mengmeng just because Mengmeng refused to give him his toy.
Influenced by the outside world, Xu Guang developed a twisted value system. Children may not know what evil is, but sometimes they can be the embodiment of it. When the adults were not in Mengmeng's room, he lured Mengmeng, who had been longing to go out, to escape from the hospital in a wheelchair with him. When they reached the riverside, Mengmeng saw that the smiling Brother Xu Guang suddenly changed his expression and forcefully pushed the wheelchair with Mengmeng into the water.
With his leg injury not healed, Mengmeng had no way to save himself. Xu Guang just stood on the bank, looking down expressionlessly at Mengmeng being gradually submerged in the water.
Mengmeng felt freezing all over. The winter water was bone - chillingly cold. He felt pain all over his body. The young Mengmeng was so scared by the sudden accident that he trembled. He tried helplessly to swim to the shore in the water. His trembling lips were pale and bloodless, but he still gasped and called out weakly for Brother Xu Guang to save him. The words he uttered were faint and jumbled, hard to distinguish, which made him even more anxious.
Xu Guang just watched silently as Mengmeng struggled feebly, as his eyes became desperate and helpless, as the water surface gradually showed no trace, as if nothing had happened. Then Xu Guang actually laughed and said to the water, "You deserve it."
Then he went home as if nothing had happened. Do you think he was scared? Maybe he was.
The first thing he did when he got home was to act pitiful and cry. Only when his parents surrounded him did he start to distort the truth and say that Mengmeng had bullied him and he had pushed him into the water accidentally.
The first thing his parents did after knowing this was to take care of everything for him. They also comforted him in case he was frightened. No one knew why a child could be so scheming. When Mengmeng's family found out that the child was missing, all they got was a death certificate. They didn't even get to see the child one last time before Xu Guang's family arranged for the cremation, for fear that Mengmeng's family would find something abnormal.
How could Mengmeng's parents be willing? Their child died an unclear death. After finally finding some evidence, they found that power and influence were overwhelming. There was no way for their child's injustice to be redressed. The truth they obtained after exhausting all their manpower, material resources, and financial resources was like a joke. Mengmeng's parents were on the verge of collapse. Finally, a car accident took them away. The only relative Mengmeng had left in this world was this old woman.
"I'm just an old woman with no special skills. Fortunately, I met a benefactor. As long as I get rid of you guys, everything will be fine. I've done everything the benefactor told me to do.
The benefactor said that after today, my grandson will come back." The old woman was extremely emotional. As she said this, she rolled up her sleeves and showed them to Ning Yitao. To raise the blood worms, she had been feeding them with her own flesh and blood day and night. Her arm was covered with tiny brown spots, so skinny that it seemed to be just a layer of skin. There were pits, blood holes, and scabs all over it, as if to show her determination.
"I must kill Xu Guang. I want his whole family to suffer. I must avenge my grandson. I'll do anything for him." After saying that, the old woman rushed into the kitchen and took out a long knife.
"Don't blame me, child. I just miss my Mengmeng so much. He's so lonely, and I'm so lonely too. I'll atone for my sins after I die." As she said this, the old woman walked towards Ning Yitao.
The old woman thought Ning Yitao would show a scared look, but instead, she looked as if she had just had an epiphany.
Ning Yitao slowly raised her head and stared directly into the old woman's eyes. "So, the entity of the enchanted one is your grandson."
"You've been deceived, Granny."
When the old woman heard the word "enchanted one", she suddenly seemed to freeze. Then, as if possessed, she murmured, "What did you say? How could my Mengmeng be an enchanted one? It's impossible, impossible. You must be lying to me."
Since the old woman could raise blood worms, she must surely know about the enchanted ones.
Then she roared at Ning Yitao, "You're lying to me, aren't you? The benefactor said that it was just to help my grandson come back to life. The infant spirits were also found by the benefactor for me. He won't hurt me. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't even be able to get Mengmeng's ashes back. Thanks to him, I was able to see Mengmeng again. He helped me find Mengmeng's soul. He was huddled up and crying alone by the river. He hugged me and said he was cold. He said I finally found him and asked me to save him. The benefactor would never lie to me!"
"Granny, you keep talking about this benefactor. Who exactly is this benefactor?" Ning Yitao asked curiously.
Who would have thought that the old woman, who had been struggling just a second ago, suddenly became vigilant. "What do you want?"
"I just want to remind you that Xu Guang's family only runs a restaurant. None of his ancestors, even three generations back, had an official career. So, I wonder if his overwhelming power
was borrowed from this benefactor you mentioned?"
As soon as Ning Yitao finished speaking, seeing that the old woman was about to retort, she said helplessly, "If you don't believe me, you can go outside and see if your grandson is still there."