About fifteen minutes later, Wu Qi followed the constable to the house where he used to live. The ten-year-old boy was only surprised for a moment when he saw Feng Guang being held by Shu Feng. Then, his expression returned to normal, and he obediently bowed to Shu Qiu and said, "Lord Shu."
"Wuqi, it's good that you're here." Shuqiu scratched his head, struggling with how to start the conversation.
Feng Guang realized that she was being held in a man's arms. She blushed and whispered, "Put me down."
As for why she suddenly fell asleep and was held in his arms, she had no time to think about it.
Shufeng whispered in her ear, mimicking her, "Isn't it nice for Fengguang to be held by me?"
Her face began to burn, and she quickly looked around to make sure no one was paying attention. She breathed a sigh of relief and tugged at his sleeve, saying, "I'm not a child anymore, people will laugh at me!"
"She's only six years old..." Seeing her glaring at him, Shu Feng smiled, put her down, and said to her considerately, "If you want to sleep again, I can pick you up."
"I don't care." She turned her head away and snorted, but unfortunately the man next to her could see her red ears.
Meanwhile, Shu Qiu seemed to have thought of his words carefully. He asked tactfully, "Wu Qi, do you know that there is a secret room in your house?"
Wu Qi's expression changed. He lowered his head, his tone revealing panic. "I know... My mother said that when my father was alive, it was used as a cellar to store vegetables. After the season, these vegetables could be sold at a high price. But since my father passed away, the cellar has been abandoned. These are all things my mother told me."
"So, you haven't been to this cellar yourself?"
“No.” Wu Qi hesitated for a moment, then said, “But… sometimes, I see my mother going to the cellar…”
Shuqiu asked, "Do you know what your mother was doing in the cellar?"
"I...I..." Wu Qi couldn't speak.
“Wuqi, I understand that Liu is your mother, but now that things have come to this, you should tell her everything you know.”
“Yes… sir.” Wu Qi lowered his gaze before saying, “My mother won’t let me go to the cellar, nor will she tell me what she’s doing, but I’m very curious, so one time… I secretly peeked, and I saw… sir, I’m terrified, I don’t know what to do…”
Wu Qi's voice was tinged with sobs, which was heartbreaking.
Feng Guang asked Shu Feng beside him, "What exactly is in the cellar?"
"This shouldn't be something Feng Guang knows."
Seeing that he was unwilling to say more, she guessed what was going on, "Could it be... could it be..."
Shu Feng took her hand and placed a piece of candy in her palm. "These things are not for Feng Guang to worry about. I brought some candy with me today. Do you want some, Feng Guang?"
"I want it." She gripped the candy tightly, moved closer to him, and clutched his clothes, desperately trying to stop herself from thinking about the scene in her mind.
Shuqiu sighed, "I know you're still a child, and you don't know what to do after seeing this, but... those corpses are not a small number."
“Sir, when I went to the cellar to peek, my mother found out. By then… by then so many people had already died. I couldn’t save them…” Overwhelmed with self-blame and guilt, Wu Qi finally shed tears.
He was just a ten-year-old child; it was truly too cruel for him to experience this.
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