Chapter 71 Shen Sangning's Parents

Lin Xi was confused. She didn't understand who Cai Hua wanted to arrange to awaken her "enthusiasm and love" for this world. She had many guesses, such as whether she and

Chen Sangning's mutual friends, and the few close friends she could talk to. In the end, Cai Hua said, "It's Chen Sangning's parents."

The moment he heard this answer, Lin Xi became a little nervous, and even his hands and feet became stiff.

She still remembered the last time she met them, it was on the day of Shen Sang Ning's funeral. Everyone was in a bad mood, very depressed. Now Cai Hua said they wanted to see her, Lin Xi's first reaction was "What should I do when an ugly daughter-in-law meets her parents-in-law?"

Lin Xi swallowed his saliva, pretended to be calm, and turned to stab Caihua: "You don't have to go to this extent, actually asking them to come..."

Cai Hua interrupted her: "Actually, we didn't find you. They have been looking for you since the end of 'Sweet Home'. At that time, your condition was very wrong and you only wanted to return to the world of rule ghost stories, so we concealed the news. But now you have calmed down, and they have not given up looking for you, so I told you now."

"It's up to you whether you want to meet them or not."

After hesitating for about an hour, Lin Xi agreed to meet Cai Hua. The meeting place was chosen to be the apartment where Lin Xi and Shen Sang Ning lived together before. Lin Xi returned to the apartment first.

The apartment hadn't been lived in for a while, so it smelled a bit dusty and musty. This wasn't a big problem, as Lin Xi had taken all the important things to the base, including Shen Sangning's doll and her remaining belongings.

The meeting with Shen Sangning's parents on the day of Shen Sangning's funeral was not the only time Lin Xi and Shen Sangning's parents met. They had come to this apartment before to help Shen Sangning pack her things. Her things had long been packed away by her parents, and only some dolls and small things left in Lin Xi's room were left, which was also Lin Xi's only thought.

After returning to the apartment, Lin Xi first cleaned the room, then found a decent set of clothes from the closet, and after changing, she waited anxiously for Shen Sangning's parents to arrive.

Time passed by, and the agreed time was approaching. Lin Xi suddenly remembered that he had not boiled water for tea, so he hurriedly prepared to boil water and went out to buy a disposable paper cup. When Lin Xi opened the door and walked out, a real wooden warehouse staff came up to ask Lin Xi if he needed anything.

Lin Xi knew that this person was sent by the base to protect her. Lin Xi explained that she needed disposable paper cups and tea leaves, and the other party asked her to wait. He covered the earphone and said something, and soon someone brought what Lin Xi needed, and Lin Xi took it and went back in. To be honest, although I knew that he was sent to protect me, I felt that he was monitoring me.

There are only two surviving anchors in this world, one is her and the other is He Sitong. He Sitong may want to escape when the dungeon is approaching, but Lin Xi will definitely not. She is eager to enter the dungeon, so there is no need to monitor her. Lin Xi also feels that she does not need much protection. Who would want to kill her?

Holding the cup and tea leaves, Lin Xi went back into the house. While she was waiting for the water to boil, she heard the doorbell ring. After she confirmed through the peephole that the two people outside were Shen Sang Ning's parents, she opened the door. She wanted to show enthusiasm, but the state of the two people opposite was not good. If she smiled at this time, it would seem that she didn't understand the atmosphere.

The last time they met, Shen Sangning's parents were already very depressed, and now they were even more old and dead. On the left was Shen Sangning's mother, whose hair had become a mixture of black and white, with a large amount of white hair about to surpass the black hair and become the main theme of her head. At this moment, Lin Xi couldn't say anything, and could only bow her head and say, "Uncle and aunt, please come in."

The two nodded, and then asked, "Do you want to change shoes?" After Lin Xi shook her head, she entered the apartment and sat in the living room. Lin Xi turned around and poured the just-boiled water into the disposable teacup with tea leaves in the kitchen in the hallway, and brought the cup to Shen Sangning's parents.

Their apartment is not big, and the dining table is also small, just enough for two people to sit. Now add a stool next to it, forming a triangle, which looks a bit strange. In fact, they should sit on the sofa, but the sofa seems too loose and not suitable for conversation.

Lin Xi and Shen Sang Ning had eaten countless meals together at this table, and sometimes their feet would cross each other under the table. But now, the close distance only made things awkward.

When Lin Xi served tea, Shen Sang Ning's parents also said thank you. Although their mental state was not very good, it could be seen that they were very well-educated. This also made Lin Xi more reserved, and he put his hands on his legs, not knowing what to say.

After a long silence, it was Shen Sangning's mother who spoke first. Lin Xi had thought about what it would be like to come out to Shen Sangning's parents several times, but she never thought that she would be alone facing these two. She also thought about how Shen Sangning's parents would react after knowing about her and Shen Sangning, either asking her heartbreakingly why she led their daughter astray, or begging her with tears in her eyes to leave Shen Sangning.

The only thing he didn't expect was that when Chen Sangning's mother saw him, she would ask, "Is she okay?" At this moment, Lin Xi's heart skipped a beat.

Is she okay?

Lin Xi couldn't say that Shen Sang Ning's condition was good. Not only could she not say the word "good", she even felt that Shen Sang Ning's condition was very bad. Especially now, she didn't know which small dark room she was locked in, and she felt suffocated whenever she thought about it. But facing Shen Sang Ning's parents, it was difficult for Lin Xi to say that.

Her voice sounded a little hoarse, but Lin Xi still said: "It's okay..."

The scene fell silent again. Shen Sangning's mother lowered her head, and Lin Xi couldn't see her clearly. Lin Xi felt that the atmosphere was a bit bad, and actually wanted to say something, but unexpectedly, Shen Sangning's father opened his mouth, and what he said was still something Lin Xi didn't like.

Shen Sangning's father suddenly spoke up, breaking the silence at the scene: "Lin Xi, although it is wrong for me to say this, Ningning has passed away. You shouldn't show her... relationship with you in the live broadcast room. This makes Ningning lose face in front of her family and other people."

Lin Xi clutched her pants tightly. These were the clothes she had specially changed into to meet Chen Sang Ning's parents, but at this moment, they became wrinkled because of Lin Xi's actions.

Lin Xi had expected this sentence. Chen Sangning's family was well-off, which meant that her parents would be more concerned about their reputation than ordinary families. Families who care about their reputation are afraid of losing face. But she thought that Chen Sangning was already dead, and now she reappeared in front of everyone, even in the form of a ghost, it was enough to make people feel relieved. When her parents saw her, this sentence... probably wouldn't come out of their mouths.

However, in fact, reality is always stranger than one imagines. The words she thought would appear did not appear, and the words she thought would not appear actually appeared.

Shen Sangning's mother also felt that her husband's words were wrong. She raised her head and looked at the man sitting opposite: "Husband!..."

Shen Sangning's father shook his head: "We wanted to meet you before, but we couldn't find you. We are very grateful that you are willing to meet us, and thank you for taking care of Ningning in... that world, but we don't recognize that it is Ningning, Ningning is dead... That thing, maybe it's just Ningning's skin, something else..."

"We don't want to see this thing in the guise of Ning Ning, getting intimate with you in the live broadcast room and ruining Ning Ning's reputation."

It is natural for them to have such thoughts. After all, it is well known that there are no ghosts in this world. Even if the Rule Ghost Story suddenly appears, ghosts only move in that world and do not appear in the real world. So they think that Shen Sang Ning is fake.

Lin Xi had actually had similar concerns when she was alone in the dead of night, but the moment she saw Chen Sangning, they vanished. Even if Chen Sangning seemed off, completely bewildered and confused, Lin Xi would never make a mistake; that was her lover, Chen Sangning.

So much so that Lin Xi didn't care about what Shen Sangning's father said next. She just waited politely for him to finish before she couldn't wait to stand up and put her backhand on her chest, using this action to prove the persuasiveness of her words: "Uncle! She is really Ning Ning! She is definitely not a fake. I promise you, as long as you meet her once, you will clearly understand that she is Ning Ning, our Ning Ning!"

Lin Xi didn't expect that her words would hurt Shen Sang Ning's mother's nerves: "Enough! Ning Ning is not your Ning Ning, she is my Ning Ning! If she is really Ning Ning, why didn't she come back to us and go to you instead?! She is definitely not Ning Ning, Ning Ning is not like this, Ning Ning has always been an excellent child, a good child that we are proud of! She will never have that kind of relationship with you! She will never do such a thing!"

"On the contrary, you have been ruining our Ningning's reputation in the live broadcast room! She is already dead! Why do you still want to make her restless!"

Shen Sangning's mother was in a very bad state, a little hysterical, which made Lin Xi stand beside her at a loss. Shen Sangning's father quickly stood up, walked from the other side to Shen Sangning's mother, held her shoulders, and comforted her softly: "Wife, wife... calm down..."

Lin Xi stood just one step away from them, yet it seemed as if there was a chasm between them.

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Lin Xi thought:

They love Shen Sang Ning.

Lin Xi thought:

Maybe he just couldn't accept the fact that Shen Sangning had turned into a ghost.

But the only person they might love was Shen Sangning, who stood before them. At this moment, Lin Xi became incredibly calm. Shen Sangning's mother sobbed, and her father, whose eyes were filled with concern for his wife and heartache for his daughter, had nothing wrong with them. They simply couldn't accept that their daughter was completely different from what they had imagined.

They may have experienced a lot during this period of time. The gossip of outsiders and the surprised or teasing looks of relatives are enough to make them exhausted.

Lin Xi understood them, but empathy and indifference were mixed up in her heart.