Chapter 916 A Story
Nie Yao finally felt relieved and said with a faint smile, "Since you want to tell me a story, then go ahead..."
Before Li Jinxing could speak, she smiled and emphasized, "Don't tell me those old-fashioned fairy tales. I'm tired of hearing them!"
Li Jinxing nodded happily, thought for a moment, and began to tell her the story.
"There was a little boy who was very naughty since he was young. He could even climb up the roof and tear off the tiles when he was three years old. Sometimes he would come back from playing with his friends covered in mud, and he would deliberately rub it everywhere. For this, his father beat him and locked him in a small dark room on the top floor of the house..."
When Li Jinxing said this, Nie Yao couldn't help but turn to look at him and asked curiously, "Li Jinxing, are you talking about your childhood? Weren't you a mysophobia freak? Were you even locked up in a small dark room when you were little?"
Li Jinxing nodded and whispered, "Well, when I was little, I was really naughty and often teased my eldest brother, but he never said much to me..."
"It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to see you back then!" Nie Yao turned her head, and the image of Li Jinxing as a naughty little boy in his childhood appeared in her mind, and she couldn't help laughing.
"Okay, let's continue the story..." Li Jinxing cleared his throat and continued the story.
"That little boy was locked up in the dark room several times. The more he thought about it, the more he felt dissatisfied. He was their parents' child, so why did they always praise his brother and punish him?"
Li Jinxing sighed and continued, "Then one time, he overheard his parents arguing with a stranger, apparently over something. After the argument, his parents took out a beautiful jewelry box from the safe... The little boy, hiding, witnessed the whole thing. Curious, he memorized the safe combination, and when his parents weren't paying attention, he secretly opened the safe and took out the jewelry box to play with!"
When Nie Yao heard this, a guess emerged in her mind. She was about to ask, but seeing that Li Jinxing seemed to be lost in his memories, she did not interrupt him.
"Naturally, the eldest brother discovered it and told the boy's parents. They gave him a severe scolding, deprived him of dinner, and locked him up in the dark attic again! Later, in the dark room, the boy took his paintbrush and started painting the jewelry box. He then made a wish to it, just like in the story of the snuff bottle, hoping a monster would come and take his parents and eldest brother away, so that no one would punish him..."
Nie Yao looked at Li Jinxing in surprise, only to see Li Jinxing lower his eyes and chuckle bitterly, "Later, the monster didn't appear, but his terrible wish came true. His parents and brother were in a car accident! Terrified, he returned to the attic and kept making wishes, hoping that the monster would take back his wish, but there was no response! He never told anyone this secret, but he knew it was his wrong wish that ruined his family, because it wasn't a wish, it was a curse..."
Li Jinxing's voice had begun to tremble. Nie Yao quickly straightened up, held his palm, and whispered comfortingly, "Li Jinxing, this isn't a curse. What you said when you were little was just a momentary outburst of anger. There are no monsters in this world. Monsters are merely in the human heart. Some people have harmed too many people to satisfy their own evil desires! What happened to your parents and elder brother wasn't your fault. You don't have to blame yourself..."
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