Chapter 851 The Guardian in the Dark

As soon as Ye Wanxi said this, everyone's eyes were focused on her.

The young police officer leading the team's eyes brightened slightly, his gaze fixed on Ye Wanxi with a hint of expectant fervor: "Miss Ye, have you discovered something?"

Ye Wanxi shook her head: "It's not that I discovered anything, it's that something will guide us."

"What is that?"

Everyone looked in the direction Ye Wanxi was staring at, but saw nothing.

On the contrary, Old Madam Zhai looked outside the courtyard, then at Ye Wanxi, and hesitated to speak.

Ye Wanxi noticed the change in her expression and a knowing look crossed her face: "You knew it was with you all along, didn't you?"

Zhai Yizhong was stunned for a moment, then looked at Grandma Zhai in disbelief: "Grandma?"

Ji's parents were also somewhat confused and subconsciously called out, "Grandma, what... what's going on?"

Tears welled up in Grandma Zhai's cloudy eyes: "Dahei, it's Dahei outside, isn't it?"

"Dahei?" Mrs. Ji turned to look at her son-in-law, her face full of doubt: "Who is Dahei?"

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that Zhai Yizhong had completely frozen in place.

"Yizhong?"

Zhai Yizhong paused for a moment, then, as if remembering something, his eyes suddenly reddened.

"Dahei, Dahei was a mongrel dog that my grandma used to raise."

"A mongrel?" Mrs. Ji looked surprised. "Then how come we've never seen or heard of one before?"

Zhai Yizhong knew what Ji's mother was thinking; of course, they had never heard of her nor seen her before.

Ji Yafeng was bitten by a dog when she was a child and is terrified of dogs.

The old lady brought her dog with her when she came to the city, and the sight of her gave her quite a fright.

In a fit of emotion, Ji Yafeng firmly refused to allow the elderly man to bring his dog into the house.

The original words were: "Grandma is willing to come and live with us, which is very welcome. But I am really afraid of this dog, and the child is so young and has a weak immune system. Most of these mongrels have not been vaccinated and carry a lot of germs, so they are not suitable to be kept with the child."

Although the words were harsh, they made some sense.

The old lady was in a dilemma. In the end, Zhai Yizhong came up with a compromise: to send the old lady's dog to a friend who had raised dogs for temporary care.

When the child is older, we can find a way to separate the dog from the family, or the old lady can take it back with her when she is ready.

Zhai Yizhong's plan was quite meticulous, but he didn't expect that after the dog was left at a friend's house, it would keep trying to escape and return to the old lady's side.

On its way back to find the old lady, it encountered a car accident and saved a child about the same age as Tingting with its own life.

After learning about this, the old lady was very sad, and Ji Yafeng also felt some regret and guilt, but the life that had been lost could never be brought back.

Now, when the old lady suddenly mentioned that name again, Zhai Yizhong's mind went blank.

Recalling the strange occurrences that had been happening at home during this period, Zhai Yizhong's heart began to pound.

"Miss Ye, the one you mentioned last time is Dahei, right? The one that always follows the child and Ya Feng, chews through the electrical wires the child can touch, reminds Ya Feng to be careful when taking the child to the toilet at night, and mischievously runs out at night to play with a ball, that's Dahei, right? It has always been with us and has never left, right?"

As Zhai Yizhong finished speaking, his voice trembled, and waves of regret and guilt almost overwhelmed him.

Ye Wanxi didn't answer him, but turned to Grandma Zhai and said, "It's outside. It can't let go of you, can't let go of your family. You are its closest person in this world, so you can feel it, even if you can't see it, you can feel it always with you, right?"

With tears welling in her eyes, Grandma Zhai nodded, both happy and sad.

She had indeed sensed that Big Black had returned to her side long ago, and all these years she had felt that it had never left.

At first, she didn't think much of it, until strange things started happening frequently in her home.

What Zhai Yizhong and his wife didn't know was that the unusual activity in their home had started much earlier than they realized.

The reason they took so long to discover this was because Big Black had another helper in the house.

Grandma Zhai first confirmed that Dahei hadn't left and had been by their side all along six months ago.

She witnessed her great-granddaughter running around in the yard with a ball, having a wonderful time.

Most importantly, the ball the little girl throws will automatically roll back to her side, whether or not it hits the wall.

When Grandma Zhai first saw this scene, she was terrified, thinking that the little girl had attracted some evil spirit.

But the girl told her that the dog that played with her was a black dog that was the same height and size as her, and that the dog had been by her side ever since she could remember.

When her parents and great-grandmother are not around, they play with her, help her find things, and accompany her to do anything she wants. They are her best friends.

After hearing her great-granddaughter's description, the old lady immediately confirmed the little girl's identity as her good friend.

Children have clear eyes and can easily see things that adults cannot.

Therefore, before the adults even realized it, her two dearest children had already become her closest friends.

The old lady was both surprised and delighted, and told the little girl that she must never tell anyone about this, not even her parents.

This is a secret between the two of them and the big black dog. If she tells anyone, the big black dog will disappear and never come back.

The little girl believed the old woman's words without a doubt, and from then on she never mentioned the big black dog to anyone again. She even began to avoid playing with it with her parents.

“I dare not tell you about this, nor do I let Tingting mention it, because I’m afraid you won’t be able to accept it and will send someone to take it away.”

"So, when we came over that day, you noticed something was wrong. Then you heard us say we were going upstairs to check. You got worried and took the child with you."

As soon as Ye Wanxi finished speaking, Zhai Yizhong turned to look at the old lady and asked, "Is that so?"

"……Um."

"How could you..." Zhai Yizhong's words trailed off.

The old lady has already said everything she needed to say; she's afraid they won't tolerate it.

They were unwilling to keep it while it was alive, let alone now that it's dead and has become something they can't grasp.

It's no wonder the old lady didn't trust them; their attitude towards Dahei was indeed insufficient to earn her trust.

“Although I’m old, my hearing is still quite good. I heard everything you said to Yizhong and the others that day.”

"So you concluded that I could see it and had no ill intentions towards it. After Mrs. Cui and her child had their accident, you immediately had Bai Shao contact me, hoping to use me and Da Hei to save Mrs. Cui and her child?"

(End of this chapter)