Chapter 96: Good and obedient child. Mom only needs good and obedient children...

"No... There is nothing here either..."

The man and the bear searched the villa, from the study to the classroom, from the dining room to the game room, and even the children's toys, but they didn't even see the shadow of the ticket.

"Xia, is there a possibility that Ms. Wen doesn't have any extra tickets?"

The teddy bear was panting with exhaustion and leaned wearily on Cecilia's hand.

It is small in size and is responsible for rummaging around on tables or in cabinets. It is very tiring to deal with miscellaneous items that are almost as tall as itself.

"We can't rule out this possibility. Let's go upstairs and look for it again."

After confirming that there was nothing she was looking for on the first floor, Cecilia lowered her voice and walked upstairs.

The second floor was mostly children's rooms, and it was unlikely that Ms. Wen would put the tickets there, so their target was the innermost one - Ms. Wen's bedroom.

"...Have you been well behaved today?"

"have--"

Ms. Wen's voice was as gentle as ever, and the children answered obediently, making the scene very warm.

Cecia did not stop here, she quietly moved deeper into the corridor...

"lie!"

The piercing soprano voice was like a needle, piercing deep into the heart, breaking the peace and scaring the teddy bear so much that he almost fell down.

"Why did you lie to mom? Don't you know that mom loves you the most... the most... but what did you do? You actually let a stranger in... unforgivable, unforgivable, unforgivable..."

Ms. Wen's voice? What happened?

Hearing the crazy mumbling, Cecia stopped, took a few steps back, and came to the room where the sound came from.

The door of the room was not closed properly, leaving a gap that allowed her to see clearly what was going on inside.

"Mom... Lili didn't..."

Facing Ms. Wen's accusation, Lili lowered her head guiltily, hugged her legs and acted coquettishly, "Lili didn't mean it. Sister doesn't look like a bad person. She said she was mom's friend, so——"

Lili couldn't say the rest of the words.

Ms. Wen suddenly stretched out her hand and grabbed the fragile neck. Her expression was ferocious, her features were distorted, and it was obvious that her condition was completely different from usual.

"elder sister?!"

Ms. Wen raised her arms and raised her voice, "How can she be your sister? She's a stranger!"

"That shameless bitch! She came to bother me again and again, forcing me to attend disgusting parties... I put up with it, I put up with it all! But what about you!"

She roared hysterically, as if she wanted to vent all her stress on Lili.

"If I hadn't seen it from the surveillance, how long would you have kept it a secret from me? I've been so good to you, why did you treat me like this! Why!"

monitor?

In this way, the current situation seems to be her fault.

Cecia listened at the door, and the more she listened, the more familiar it seemed to her.

Every time she sneaked in at night, she used balloons to reduce her presence. Although the surveillance cameras could still capture her, people who saw her would not think there was anything wrong.

She is like air, unnoticed by herself.

The only time she didn't use a balloon to get in was when she knocked on the door during the day. Ms. Wen was not at home at the time, and it was Lili who opened the door.

She also specifically told her children not to tell anyone, but she didn't expect there would be surveillance.

As her throat was continuously compressed, Lili gradually found it difficult to breathe. Her face turned red and she subconsciously slapped Ms. Wen's arm.

"Mom...Mom...I can't breathe..."

Lili spoke intermittently, her voice becoming weaker and weaker, and she was about to faint.

Ms. Wen seemed to realize something suddenly. She loosened her hand abruptly and looked at Li Li, who was coughing non-stop and looking painful, panicking and at a loss as to what to do.

"Lili! Lili, are you okay?"

She was suddenly at a loss and fiddled with the child.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry...Mom didn't mean it. I didn't want to hurt Lili...I'm sorry, it's my fault..."

She hugged Lili guiltily, patting the child's back and stroking the pinch marks on her neck with heartache.

Ms. Wen...you don't have a mental illness, do you?

Her erratic state doesn't seem suitable for raising children, let alone hundreds of them.

Cecia observed the situation in the room. Lili had bruises from being pinched and was showing symptoms of hypoxia, but Ms. Wen still did not take any first aid measures. She just held the child and kept apologizing.

What's even weirder is that the other kids in the room didn't seem to care.

They looked at Ms. Wen as if nothing had happened, with bright smiles on their faces, as if this scene happened often.

“Cough cough cough…”

After a violent cough, Lili finally regained consciousness. She weakly raised her hand and wiped away the tears from Ms. Wen's face.

"Mom, I don't blame you, I'm just afraid that I'll be like Xiaotao... and never see her again..."

“…”

Hearing the name, Ms. Wen fell silent. She stopped her soothing gesture, let her arms hang stiffly, and stared straight at Lili.

"Mother?"

Lili felt frightened by her gaze and simply looked up at her.

Without any warning, Ms. Wen suddenly stood up, grabbed Lili by the hair, and dragged her towards the door.

"Thea! She's coming!"

Hearing the teddy bear's reminder, Cecia quickly controlled her blinking, stepped back, and made room for the door.

"Mom! It hurts! It hurts so much!"

Lili's delicate skin rubbed against the floor, and she kicked and struggled with her limbs, trying to break free, but a child was no match for an adult's strength.

The poor child was dragged through the corridor, and his heart-wrenching screams echoed throughout the villa, but no child came out to check on the situation. Instead, they turned off the lights in the room one by one.

As if they knew that Ms. Wen would not look for them again tonight.

"I didn't expect that she would be this kind of person...I trusted her so much!"

Witnessing the child abuse, the teddy bear was so angry that he was shaking all over, "Xia, follow her! She seems to be going to the bedroom!"

Relying on the power of the balloon, Cecia followed closely behind Ms. Wen, almost only one step away from her.

The other person dragged Lili into the bedroom, and she also slipped in sideways.

As soon as her body was completely inside, the door was locked and she almost bumped into Ms. Wen.

She narrowly avoided the other person. To be on the safe side, Cecilia avoided the messy furniture, hid in a dark corner, and observed the other person's every move.

Ms. Wen did not turn on the lights. Even with the help of the moonlight coming in from the window, the bedroom was still dim and only vague shadows could be seen.

"Don't mention that name."

She spoke in a very soft voice, as soft as a feather falling on people's hearts, weightless but it made people feel itchy.

"I've told you many times not to mention that name."

Different from the madness just now, her emotions were stable and she seemed to remain rational, but the suppressed something in her always made people feel that it was the calm before the storm.

"This time Mom is warning you. Do you hear me? Promise Mom not to do it again."

But Lili cried all the way until her voice became hoarse, her body was in terrible pain, and the symptoms of hypoxia had not yet completely subsided, so she could not make any sound.

There was no response from Lili and the room was silent for a few seconds.

"Don't you want to agree? Are you threatening me... reminding me that I killed my own child... so that I won't kill you again?"

Her voice was still soft, but mixed with an inexplicable laugh.

"Oh my God, why did I raise a child like you..."

Kill your own children?

Are you referring to Xiao Tao that Lili mentioned just now? Could it be that she adopted the orphan in order to...

Cecia was analyzing the information in the conversation between the two, but suddenly her scalp hurt. When she turned around, she saw the teddy bear pulling her hair.

What time is it now!

She hit the little bear on the head without any mercy.

The teddy bear held its head in grievance, its expression becoming more and more anxious. The little guy desperately grabbed Cecilia's fingers with his claws and pulled her behind him.

What? Is there something behind this?

She looked back and saw a poster on the table behind her:

[Violin Recital

November 28, 14:30

——Bring you the ultimate enjoyment, hope to listen to it with you, the pure ideal of life]

Tomorrow's show?

Fortunately, she came tonight, otherwise if she had waited until daytime to look for tickets, she would probably have missed it.

Since the promotional poster for the show is here, the tickets may be nearby.

She approached the table calmly, and it was obvious that the teddy bear thought the same thing. The little guy jumped up and down anxiously, trying to climb onto the table to search.

However, the low presence is only effective for Cecia, and the teddy bear will be affected when it hides on her. If it is left alone on the table, it will be easily discovered as long as it makes a sound.

She grabbed the restless teddy bear, forced it back into her pocket, slowly moved to the table, and began to search carefully on it.

Meanwhile, Ms. Wen was still absorbed in her emotions.

"...It seems that Lili must miss Xiaotao very much, right? That's why she keeps, keeps, keeps mentioning her!"

Her voice gradually became louder, and under the moonlight, her face had lost all its previous gentleness, leaving only twisted madness and morbid obsession.

"I'll take you to see her! I'll take you to see her right now! You haven't seen each other for a long time, so you must have a lot to talk about, right?"

Ms. Wen smiled and gently caressed Lili, from her hair to her cheeks, from her eyebrows to her neck, and then to...

Grabbing the collar, she dragged the child roughly, stumbling towards the corner.

"Mom! I was wrong! I shouldn't have mentioned Xiaotao. Please, Mom, don't!"

Lili finally came to her senses and barely had the strength to speak, so she cried out for mercy. But Ms. Wen turned a deaf ear to her. She threw Lili in front of the locust wood wardrobe in the corner as if she were dragging cargo.

The wardrobe looked old, with wear and tear on the corners. There were heavy chains hanging on the doors, with layers of chains wrapped around the handles. Even Ms. Wen had to spend a lot of effort to untie them.

"Mom! I'm sorry, Mom! Don't do this, please!"

Looking at the dark closet, Lili's eyes were filled with fear. She kept shaking her head and shrinking back in fear.

"Mom doesn't want this either."

Ms. Wen whispered softly and wiped away Lili's tears lovingly.

"But bad children must be punished - mothers only need good children, good children who listen to their mothers."

As she said this, she suddenly threw Lili into the closet, quickly closed the door, and wrapped the sturdy chain around and around, thus locking up the child's freedom.