Chapter 384
Suppressing her fear and nausea, Rong Ying walked through the door, only to be nearly vomited by the stench that hit her as soon as she entered.
The yard was filthy, covered with chicken and pig droppings, some of which were dry on the ground, while others were soft and squishy underfoot.
Rong Ying gagged, and Rong, unable to bear the persuasion, said, "Yingying, let's go to another place, shall we?"
"Let's take a look first." Rong Ying was unwilling to leave just like that.
Suddenly, a sound came from the corner. Rong Ying turned her head and screamed instantly.
There was a beggar-like man sitting in the pigsty. He was disheveled, with long hair tied in knots, and his clothes were a pile of tattered rags.
That's not the scariest part. What's even more terrifying is that the other person has no legs and moves by supporting their body only with their hands.
The beggar man, who was fighting with the pigs for food, heard the noise, turned around and saw Rong Ying. He then quickly moved to the edge of the pigpen, making "ah ah" sounds.
Rong Ying was startled and stepped back again, but fortunately Rong Cheng caught her back in time, which helped her regain her balance.
Rong Ying calmed her wildly beating heart and looked closely at the beggar. To her surprise, the man seemed somewhat familiar.
Finally, Rong Ying recognized the other person as Li the Cripple. Rong Ying let out a short scream and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.
She was beaten from childhood to adulthood in her previous life. Even after she returned to the Rong family, she often had nightmares about Li the Cripple's hideous face.
She had finally managed to forget him in this lifetime, but the moment she saw him again, all the terrifying and painful memories resurfaced.
Rong Cheng, bewildered, hugged Rong Ying tightly. He had already thrown his suitcase on the ground, which was covered in chicken droppings, but he didn't care about that anymore.
After Rong Ying calmed down, she discovered that not only had Li the Cripple lost both legs, but also one eye, one nose, and one ear had been gouged out.
The terrifyingly strong Li the Cripple of my memory has become such a miserable sight.
"Let's go," Rong Cheng urged again.
At this moment, Rong Ying was no longer afraid. She pretended to pity Li the Cripple and moved a little closer, while Li the Cripple kept making noises.
Just as Rong Ying was secretly admiring Li the Cripple's miserable state, a door suddenly creaked open.
Rong Ying and Rong Cheng turned their heads at the same time and saw an old man walking out of the room, trembling as he fastened his belt.
The other person noticed that the two of them were visibly taken aback for a moment, then grinned and said, "Are you from out of town? Want to come and have some fun?"
The old man had very few teeth left, spoke very slowly, and had an extremely lewd smile.
Rong Cheng was dumbfounded, with a bad feeling in his heart. This looked like some kind of transaction.
Rong Ying's eyes lit up, and a glimmer of hope rose in her heart.
Could the person inside be her twin sister?
Rong Ying rushed forward to rush into the house, but Rong Cheng grabbed her as she passed by.
Rong Cheng looked grim and didn't want Rong Ying to go in, worried that it would offend her eyes. But Rong Ying insisted on breaking free from Rong Cheng's hand and rushed into the room.
Immediately following was a scream. Rong Cheng's expression changed and he was about to go inside when he bumped into Rong Ying, who was running out.
Rong Ying covered her mouth and gagged; the scene inside the house was even more disgusting than the one in the yard.
The person inside was none other than Rong Ying's adoptive mother from her previous life. Like Li the Cripple, she had also had her legs cut off, an eye gouged out, and her nose and ears cut off.
At this moment, the other party was lying naked on the bed, with three or four naked old men groping him.
"Let's go!" Rong Ying, suppressing her nausea, pulled Rong Cheng toward the courtyard gate.
Just before leaving, he saw an old man come out of the house and run into the pigsty. Immediately afterwards, he heard Li the Cripple's grunting sounds coming from the pigsty.
Rong Ying and Rong Cheng immediately quickened their pace.
That night, the two stayed at the village chief's house, which was much cleaner and had more empty rooms compared to the village chief's house.
Rong Cheng wanted to leave, but he didn't know where his twin sister was, so Rong Ying didn't want to go.
Rong Ying didn't understand how Li the Cripple and his wife had become like that. She asked the village chief, but all she got was the answer that Li the Cripple had offended someone and was being punished.
For the next two days, Rong Ying pretended to be sightseeing in the village, but in reality, she was secretly looking for her sister.
She even searched the home of the old bachelor she almost married in her previous life, but still found nothing.
When Rong Cheng grew impatient and was about to leave, Rong Ying decided to make one last effort to search.
She made an excuse to send Rong Cheng away, and then secretly ran back to Li the Cripple's house, intending to get to the bottom of things.
It was as if even the heavens were on Rong Ying's side, as no one came to Li the Cripple's house that day.
Rong Ying went in alone, took out a wad of money and threw it into the pigsty, hitting Li the Cripple. Then she asked arrogantly, "Did you buy a five-year-old girl 15 years ago?"
"The seller's name is Wang Mei, she's a human trafficker, and she's in her forties?"
Li the Cripple greedily clutched the money to his chest, his rusty brain spinning as he pondered Rong Ying's problem.
His eyes darted around blankly. "Wh-what?"
Rong Ying snorted and threw another stack of money at Li the Cripple.
Li the Cripple happily held the money in his hands and counted it one bill at a time.
He barely managed to answer when he counted to the end, “15 years ago, there was a little girl, but unfortunately, I didn’t get to buy her. She was bought by Old Lady Liu from the village.”
Old Mrs. Liu? Rong Ying frowned.
Old Lady Liu knew that he was an oddball. In her previous life, she had no connection with him and would deliberately avoid him whenever she saw him. She had never even been to his house deep in the village.
That's how it is. A weirdo, like a lunatic, actually bought her sister.
Rong Ying slowly curled the corners of her lips, turned around and left Li the Cripple's house, heading instead to Old Lady Liu's house.
She was initially disappointed to find that her sister wasn't at Li the Cripple's house, but now that she knew her sister was at Granny Liu's house, she felt much better. She was certain that her sister's fate at Granny Liu's house would be just as tragic.
Rong Ying quickly arrived at Old Lady Liu's house.
To her surprise, Granny Liu's gate and yard looked quite new, even better than the village chief's house.
How could this be? Rong Ying couldn't believe it.
She wanted to go inside to find her sister, but she was also afraid of Old Woman Liu, whom she perceived as someone who practiced witchcraft.
Rong Ying thought about it again and again, and prepared herself mentally several times, but she still wanted to know more about her sister's whereabouts.
She mustered her courage and knocked on the door. In the blink of an eye, the door was opened, and Old Lady Liu appeared before her.
The other person was still the same as I remembered, wearing loose clothes and a headscarf, so I couldn't even see their face clearly, only a pair of emotionless eyes were visible.
Rong Ying was startled and wanted to turn around and run away, but she stood still.
Old Lady Liu didn't say anything, but just stared intently at Rong Ying with her eyes.
Rong Ying quickly pulled out a wad of cash and stuffed it into Old Lady Liu's arms, arrogantly saying, "Fifteen years ago, you snatched a little girl from Li the Cripple? Was her name Rong Rong? Where is she? Is she dead?"
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