Chapter 36 The Fallen Phoenix

[Damn, there's a cellar hidden under this haystack!]

[Does anyone dare to question our Master Li? Heizi, speak up!]

[Master Li, please accept my greeting. Will you accept a disciple?]

So, when they said she ran away ten years ago, they were just lying to the villagers. In fact, they had been keeping her locked up in the cellar. It was such a hidden place, no wonder no one had found her.

[Why lock people in the cellar? What a beast!]

[That must be because they're afraid she'll keep thinking about running away.]

The wooden boards covering the cellar were lifted up, and a foul smell hit my nose.

Baobao Yueliang followed her parents down the ladder to the cellar.

There was a bed at the innermost part, and a woman was lying on the bed with her back to them, motionless.

There was an iron chain around his neck, and the other end of the chain was nailed deep into the wall.

The exposed skin was covered with scars, a mixture of new and old, which looked shocking.

Seeing this, Yueliang's father, a grown man, couldn't help but redden his eyes. His lips moved and he slowly called out the woman's name, "Xiao Luo..."

The woman on the bed finally moved when she heard the sound. She slowly turned around and her eyes fell on him. Her eyes were dull and distracted, and her voice was hoarse and dry. "Who... are you...?"

Dad Yueliang walked over to the bed and sat down, then helped her up from the bed. "Xiaoluo, I'm your brother!"

Xiao Luo stared at him, his eyes full of unfamiliarity, as if he didn't know him, "Brother...Brother...?"

"Xiao Luo, don't you remember? I'm your brother!"

Xiao Luo suddenly raised his hands and hugged his head, his expression filled with pain, "It hurts... Who are you..."

"Ah, don't hit me..."

"I won't run away again, stop hitting me!"

"don't want!"

Daddy Yueliang hugged her, stroked her back, and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, no one will hit you. With your brother here, no one will hit you again!"

Baobao Yueliang wiped the wet corners of his eyes and quickly walked over. "Dad, let's take Auntie out first and then rush to the hospital. She definitely needs treatment in her current condition."

She paused and continued, "I'll go up and ask them for the key to the chain."

Dad Moon looked up at her and nodded, "Okay."

[Oh my god, they are simply animals. They have been abused to the point of losing their minds.]

[This family of three should be arrested and put in jail immediately. Stop causing harm to others. This is truly despicable!]

[Didn't they say there were two more children? Why don't I see that child?]

[She must have gone to school. I wonder if the two children knew their mother was imprisoned in the cellar. If they did, it would be terrifying to contemplate.]

[Fifteen years ago, a PhD in engineering, with a bright future ahead of him, was trapped in this dark place...]

[I suddenly remembered a line I read before: Is a genius emerging from the mountains a brilliant genius born of genetic mutation, or a blood-sucking flower blooming from the corpse of another genius?]

[A golden phoenix flew out of the mountain nest, largely because a golden phoenix had already fallen there.]

Baobaoyue quickly returned to the cellar with the key, stopped by the bed, and untied the chain around her aunt's neck.

Dad Yueliang reached out and picked up his sister, who was so thin that only bones were left. He stepped on the ladder and slowly climbed up step by step, leading her out of the cellar where she had been locked up for ten years.

Xiao Luo was blinded by the bright light outside and couldn't open his eyes. He curled up in his brother's arms, shaking with fear.

Two police cars guarding the village entrance also drove over.

"Where are you taking my wife?"

"Oh, police comrades, please be kind! This child can't be without a mother!"

"Yes, yes, we know we were wrong. We will never lock her up in the cellar again. It's because she was so disobedient and always wanted to escape..."

"Shut up and behave yourself!" Officer Li shouted angrily.

Baobao Yueliang walked up to the family of three and said, "Just wait for your imprisonment, you beasts!"

Liu Daniu's expression suddenly changed. "What? We have to go to jail?! We didn't do anything!"

Liu Laoliu hadn't expected it to be so serious, and quickly defended himself, "Comrade police officer, we provide her with food and drink, isn't it just that her living quarters are a little worse? Why should she go to jail?"

"Yes, don't arrest people randomly!" said Liu Laoliu's wife.

"Okay, if you have anything to say, save it for when we get to the police station!" After saying that, Officer Li called on other colleagues and escorted Liu Laoliu and his family of three into the police car parked on the side of the road.

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After seeing that the problem with Baobao Yueliang was resolved, Li Zhi said hello to her and cut off the video call with her.

Then two more people connected and she ended the live broadcast.

Li Yanjing looked up at Li Zhi lying on the hospital bed and asked, "Will hugging Aunt Yue cure her?"

Li Zhi put down her phone and said, "Your mother isn't a doctor and can't treat illnesses."

"Don't you know how to calculate?" Li Yanjing said.

Li Zhi's beautiful eyebrows raised slightly, "Then I don't count everything. Whether she can be cured depends on her luck. Anyway, her successful rescue is the best outcome."

Li Yanjing nodded lightly and said nothing more.

Li Zhi waved at him, "Okay, come and sleep, son."

Li Yanjing stood up from the sofa, walked over and rolled down the bed, then took off his shoes and climbed onto the bed.

Li Zhi naturally held him in her arms, yawned, closed her eyes, and took a nap.

When I woke up, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

Li Zhi habitually looked at the seat next to her and saw that it was empty. She turned her head to look at the sofa and saw Li Yanjing sitting there playing with his mobile phone.

"When did you wake up?"

Li Yanjing put down his phone, walked over, and rocked the bed. "Half an hour ago."

He paused and continued, "Grandma just came over and saw you were still sleeping, so she went back to the next room."

"Then go over and tell her I'm awake," said Li Zhi.

"Okay." Li Yanjing responded, turned around and left the ward.

After a while, Jiang Ruyun walked in holding Li Yanjing's hand.

She walked over to the sofa and sat down. Thinking of what she had heard earlier, she couldn't help but share it with Li Zhi, "Something happened in our circle. It's a friend of my friend, whom I know, but we don't interact much. Her husband had a mistress outside, and the child was born last night."

Li Zhi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he realized that this plot seemed a little familiar.

Suddenly I remembered that what she had calculated for someone last night was that his father was cheating on him and his child was about to be born.

"Then what?"

"Luckily, they discovered it in time, otherwise all the shares she and her son held would have been taken away." Jiang Ruyun said, "We are now in the process of getting a divorce and preparing to have the man leave the house with nothing."

"When it comes to marriage, you still have to consider whether the two families are of equal status. This man was a poor boy back then, and he relied on the support of the woman's family to get to where he is today. In the end, he is still ungrateful and an ungrateful person."

"Zhizhi, if you remarry in the future, your parents will definitely keep a close eye on you. It's absolutely not okay to marry someone from an unequal social status."

Li Zhi touched the tip of her nose and said, "Mom, let's talk about it after we have one. I don't have the mindset for that right now."

"I know, I just want to tell you in advance." Jiang Ruyun replied.

Li Yanjing listened to the conversation between the two, pursed her lips, and seemed a little unhappy.

If Li Zhi remarries, will she have to have children with someone else?

With a new child, I will no longer be her only child, and her love will definitely be shared with the new child.

When she has a new family, will I be abandoned again?

Li Yanjing clenched the small hand on her leg into a fist and secretly made a decision in her heart that she must not let Li Zhi remarry.

Although he knew it was selfish, he didn't want to share his mother with others.

Li Zhi can only be her own mother.

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