Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes instantly welled up with tears. How had Xiao Yanbao survived in this village before? They couldn't even imagine how many cold stares and unfair treatment she and her mother had endured.
Even the Li family members envisioned a scene of little Yanbao crying alone as he ran up the mountain to his father's grave. Thinking of this, the older brothers all looked at little Yanbao, who was being held in Zhong Jingyi's arms, with affection.
At the same time, they are very fortunate to have a little sister like Xiao Yanbao. From now on, Xiao Yanbao's happiness will be protected by the brothers!
Soon, the group passed through the passage made of wisteria. Just as they left the area where the wisteria was fragrant, a faint stench lingered around their noses. Everyone frowned and looked around to see where the smell was coming from.
The four security personnel at the front exchanged glances, all becoming extremely vigilant. The captain waved for them to stop, then approached Liang Xunling and said:
"Madam, let me go ahead and scout ahead. This smell is like something rotting."
The captain, afraid of frightening the children, did not directly mention the word "corpse," but Liang Xunling and Zhong Jingyi, the two adults, immediately understood when they saw how wary the captain was.
The security captain first found a long wooden stick about the thickness of a coin, and while patting the grass in front of him to the left, he walked alone in the direction he was patting.
He soon spotted five or six dead rats tied together. The stench of the dead rats he had smelled earlier was exactly the same as the smell emanating from these dead rats, except that the area of that smell was much larger and could not possibly be emitted by just five dead rats.
After walking another five or six meters, the captain found another five or six dead rats. The only difference was that there were two rotten snakes next to these rats.
At this moment, the captain had determined that the stench of decay must be coming from the clumps of discarded dead rats and other small animal carcasses. After looking around, the captain turned and quickly returned to the team.
Seeing the captain return, Liang Xunling and Zhong Jingyi took a few steps forward. When they realized the children couldn't hear them, they asked the captain.
"What did you find?"
The security captain lowered his gaze to the ground and slowly began to speak:
"There are quite a few dead rats and other animal carcasses, which look like they were dumped by someone. There should be more further ahead!"
Zhong Jingyi looked ahead and saw that the graves of Xiao Yanbao's parents were just over a hundred meters away. There were no other graves nearby. Could it be that the villagers had come for Xiao Yanbao?
Why did they do this? Was it just to disgust Xiao Yanbao and themselves? Or did they have some other purpose?
"Take a few men and go ahead to check things out. If it's really bad, then deal with it. We'll go over slowly!"
When Liang Xunling spoke to the security captain, her gaze was fixed on Xiao Yanbao; she didn't want Xiao Yanbao to know what the villagers were doing.
However, she was determined to punish the person who did this today, and she also thought it was a very wise decision to make Master Xu from the mountain one of the managers of the foundation.
Soon, the security team leader and three security personnel began clearing the carcasses of small animals on both sides of the mountain road. At first, the four of them were able to move forward quickly, but when they were about 30 meters away from the cemetery, they discovered a row of Chinese characters made up of dead rats.
"Move the grave! Get out! You jinx!"
Just as a security guard was about to step forward to clean up the dead rats, the captain stopped him. He then took a picture with his phone and sent it to Liang Xunling and Zhong Jingyi. The four of them then worked together to throw the dead rats into the distant weeds.
"That's going too far!"
Zhong Jing coldly looked at the pictures sent by the security captain. This matter must be thoroughly investigated. It was definitely not done by one person to get so many dead rats; there might be a team involved.
Just as Zhong Jingyi was secretly getting angry, the security captain sent her another message.
"Judging from the surrounding traces, this was done by at least four people. The rotting dead rats around here must have been dumped here frequently before, and the rats mentioned in these words were likely placed here last night, or even this morning."
Liang Xunling and Zhong Jingyi both received the message. They exchanged a glance, their eyes burning with rage.
Just as the two were stalling for time, allowing the security captain to quickly clear the road ahead, Xiao Yanbao wobbled over and said:
"Mom, what's going on up ahead?"
In fact, Xiao Yanbao had already discovered the bodies of these small animals, because their souls were still floating in the place where they died, and the souls of each small animal were like guiding lights.
It was very clear from a distance, and Xiao Yanbao guessed that it must have been done by someone from the village. She even thought of Li Fa, but she didn't see him this time.
When Zhong Jingyi saw Xiao Yanbao approaching and asking a question, she immediately squatted down, waved her hands, and said:
"It's alright. There are snakes on the road ahead. We were afraid they would scare you, so we sent them ahead to scout the path and drive them away."
Xiao Yanbao knew that her mother was telling a white lie, so she didn't expose her. She just nodded quietly and was then hugged by Zhong Jingyi.
Soon, the group arrived at the graves of Xiao Yanbao's parents. Upon seeing the graves, the children didn't seem to notice anything amiss, but Zhong Jingyi, Liang Xunling, and the security personnel all frowned deeply.
There were two low, grassy mounds standing side by side. The mounds were so low that they looked like dirt piles turned up by field mice, and they were not even as tall as Xiao Yanbao's legs.
If another three to five years pass, these two burial mounds will certainly be gone.
This shows that what the village chief said was definitely not true. If he had cleaned up this place before, the burial mounds would not be so low.
Furthermore, after the couple passed away, the villagers did not bury them together in the same grave.
When Zhong Jingyi recalled the scene when she first met Xiao Yanbao, a surge of anger welled up inside her. However, she couldn't vent it yet, so she waved and called the security captain over.
"Send someone back to get some tools. After I contact Master Xu and Ninth Master, we'll hold a ceremony to combine their graves!"
The security captain nodded repeatedly, and then led his team to start pulling out the weeds around the grave with their bare hands. Xiao Yanbao also quickly ran to the grave, first kowtowing three times to his father's grave, and then kowtowing three times to his mother's grave.
After kowtowing, Xiao Yanbao started to pull the weeds off the grave mound. Seeing this, his older brothers followed suit, kowtowing before the grave and helping him clear the weeds off the mound...
End of this chapter
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