Shen Yizi's gaze fell on Nian Nian. She looked like she was only two or three years old at most, but her actual age was actually this old.

"Does a half-human, half-soul grow so slowly?" she asked Yichang.

"Maybe. I don't know much about this kind of existence, but it may be related to the fact that she has not eaten. If she didn't still have half of her soul, she would have starved to death long ago."

Ghosts do not need to eat, but their human half does, which means that Nian Nian has been hungry for the past forty-three years.

Shen Yizi felt frightened when he thought about it. No wonder Li Jiaoniang had such a strong resentment.

Anyone who watches her own flesh and blood starve day after day, unable to go out, without playmates, and only accompanied by darkness and insects, while the enemies who suppressed her here are probably living happily outside, will feel resentful.

"My family lives in Qingmang Mountain. We have been hunting for generations. When I was twelve years old, my father went out hunting and never came back. I went out to look for him and finally found him at the foot of a slope. His body was bitten beyond recognition by some beast, but I found a few beast hairs nearby. They were neither wolf nor tiger. The roots of the hairs were very hard and the tails were shining silver... I had never seen such a beast before.

"After bringing my father back and burying him, I picked up his bow and arrow, vowing to find the beast and kill it to avenge my father! But a few years passed, and I still got nothing. When I was sixteen, I found a seriously injured and unconscious man in the mountains. I brought him back and treated his injuries..."

Speaking of that man, the expression on Li Jiaoniang's face unconsciously softened, and her eyes sparkled. It was obvious that she had an unusual past with that man.

As expected, Li Jiaoniang continued, "After he woke up, he forgot everything that happened before, but he remembered that there was a character 'Han' in his name, so I called him Brother Han."

Shen Yizhi: Here comes the amnesia plot again. This world is very unfriendly to seriously injured people. They lose their memory at any time!

"Brother Han knows a lot of things. He can hunt, do magic, and recognize many herbs... He also taught me how to read and write. When I was with him, I was very happy and always felt that time passed by so quickly. When he recovered from his injury, he asked me if I would like to marry him. Of course I did, and I agreed without waiting."

Looking at her eyes shining with a strange light, Shen Yizi felt sorry for her. They must have been very happy at that time, but it was a pity that her ending was so tragic.

"Not long after we got married, I became pregnant. In order to give me and my child a good life, Han Ge worked harder, leaving home early and returning late every day, bringing more and more money home, but I couldn't help but worry about him, afraid that he would have an accident. For a while, he became unusually silent after returning home, as if he was holding something in his heart. I asked him but he didn't say anything, but later he took the initiative to tell me."

Shen Yizhi guessed: "He has recovered his memory and wants to return to his original place?"

"That's right. He originally wanted to take me home with him, but my belly was already very big at that time, and it was inconvenient for me to walk. How could I withstand the long journey? He was afraid that something would happen to me on the way, so he left me at home and hired someone to take care of me. When he left, he promised me that he would come back before I gave birth and watch our baby being born."

Li Jiaoniang suddenly laughed, and her laughter was desolate and sad. Nian Nian, who was trying hard to eat, quickly dropped the food in her hand, rushed over to hug her, and called out anxiously: "Mom..."

"Mom is fine." Li Jiao's mother touched her face.

After staring at her for a long time, as if to confirm that she was really okay, Nian Nian pounced on the pile of food on the table again.

By the way, this is the third batch of food on the table.

"However, when I was about to give birth, it was not Brother Han who came, but a woman who claimed to be his fiancée. She said that Brother Han only treated me as a plaything and forgot about me when he returned to the family, and told me not to have such wishful thinking. I didn't believe it and wanted to go to Brother Han to ask him face to face, but the woman kicked me to the ground.

"I rolled on the ground in pain, begging her to save my child, but the woman was watching me. Later, for some reason, she changed her mind and asked someone to deliver my baby. But as soon as the baby was born, before I could even take a look at it, she snatched my baby away and then had someone nail me to the coffin alive."

Shen Yizhi shuddered at the thought of that scene. That woman was so vicious! Li Jiaoniang, however, was relieved. When she mentioned those tragic past events, her face was calm, as if she was telling someone else's story.

"Then Nian Nian..."

Li Jiaoniang looked at Nian Nian tenderly, "When I was lying in the coffin, I realized that I had another child in my belly. If I gave birth to her, she would have the same fate as me - suffocated to death in the coffin.

"But feeling the baby in my belly, how could I bear to let it go? At that moment, I wanted to rush out of the coffin, drink that woman's blood, and eat her flesh! It was the first time that I hated someone so much.

"Perhaps God heard my request, and I really rushed out of the coffin. I rushed towards the woman with hatred, wanting to kill her. Unfortunately, I couldn't touch her at all. Instead, the people around her saw through me and suppressed me in the coffin, so I could never get out.

"... Later, Nian Nian was born, and we, mother and daughter, have been together ever since."

As for how Nian Nian was born, there are probably some secrets involved, but since Li Jiaoniang is unwilling to say it, Shen Yizhi naturally won't get to the bottom of it.

"Miss Shen, Nian Nian is different from me. She is not a fierce ghost and can grow up like a normal person. Can you take her out? If you agree, I will definitely reward you handsomely."

Li Jiaoniang bowed deeply to Shen Yizhizi.

"Okay." Shen Yizi agreed readily.

Li Jiaoniang is a ghost and is destined not to stay in the human world for long. Now that her resentment has disappeared, the gates of hell will soon open to her.

When the time comes and only Nian Nian is left, how can Shen Yizi bear to leave her here alone?

"Miss Shen, the long fang on my neck must be a treasure. It is also because of it that Nian Nian and I have been able to hold on until now."

Otherwise, the mother and daughter would have been frightened to death by the soul-suppressing formation.

"Besides that, I don't have anything else to give you. From now on, I'll leave my thoughts to you."

Li Jiaoniang felt her soul power draining away, and finally looked at Nian Nian with nostalgia, "Niannian, stay with Miss Shen in the future, and don't think about revenge for your mother. I just hope you grow up safely and live your life like an ordinary person."