Chapter 216 Scene 3 (Inverted V) Because you are my daughter...
Since that day, the old woman always looked for He Yuezhe to talk to him in private, intentionally or unintentionally.
Sometimes it’s some trivial daily stuff, sometimes it’s some complaints, and sometimes it’s about girls.
The old woman seemed to have many secrets. He Yuezhe tried to get information out of her, but she cleverly changed the subject every time.
The girl saw all this but showed no emotion.
Every time He Yuezhe saw her inadvertently, she always hung her head in a somewhat lonely manner, fiddling with a doll, with her black hair hanging down, and she looked lifeless.
What had happened? Why was this small house no longer as cozy as when she first arrived, but instead exuding a hint of sadness?
Just like the silk threads hanging on puppets during a performance, He Yuezhe felt that the old woman and the girl were both hung with silk threads, and because of these threads, they were irreversibly heading towards an irreversible sad ending.
But it shouldn't be like this.
Why did it turn out like this?
Why do we have to be so silent? Why can't we open our hearts and tell each other sincerely "I love you" and "I don't want you to die"?
“…”
The puppet's body is made of wood and connected with elastic straps, allowing for free movement.
However, He Yuezhe still doesn’t know why the puppet can move on its own.
She sat silently on the bedside table, looking down at the girl holding the doll, and with her eyes open, she looked at the wasteland shrouded in moonlight outside the window.
"Xiaobao." The old woman who was lying back to back with the girl closed her eyes and called out.
The girl was silent and didn't answer.
"Xiaobao," the old woman said, "are you mad at Grandma? Why haven't you spoken to her much these past few days?"
“…”
"Xiaobao?"
"Grandma, I'm not angry with you." The girl curled up.
The thin bed sheet covered two people. If either of them moved casually, the other would not be fully covered.
The old woman heard this and smiled, "That's good."
“…”
“…”
"Rustle..."
The girl turned over and looked at the old woman's back.
"Grandma," she called.
"Hey, Xiaobao, grandma is here." The old woman responded.
"Grandma, I want to eat fried pork noodles tomorrow morning."
"Um."
"Grandma, I want to wear the dress you gave me for my birthday last year tomorrow."
"Um."
"Grandma, for my birthday this year, I don't want a gift. I want a big cake."
"Um."
"Grandma, I..."
"Rustle..."
"Xiaobao," the old woman turned over and gently stroked the girl's soft hair. "Grandma will do whatever you want, but it's too late today. We still have to go to work tomorrow. Go to bed early, okay?"
"..." The girl blinked, "Grandma, are you telling the truth?"
"Of course, Xiaobao, grandma won't lie to you." The old woman smiled.
“…”
"Go to sleep, little treasure."
——"You're right. Growing up doesn't necessarily require pain. If I can always accompany Xiaobao as she grows up, she will definitely be very happy. You're right. I should still tell her. No matter what the result is, at least I can't hide it from her."
“…”
——"Xiao Su, grandma has been having a lot of worries lately. Should I try to make her happy, just like she did to me at the beginning?"
“…”
“…”
"Good night, Xiaobao."
"Good night, Grandma..."
The silk thread on a person's body is like the hand of fate. It always strangles your throat, traps your body, and makes you suffer so that you can break out of the cocoon.
But once you look back, you will find that the so-called "hand of fate" is nothing more than the goals and limitations you set for yourself.
You can clearly break it, why don't you break it?
“…”
…
“…”
"Grandma? Don't you want to have breakfast?" The girl asked while eating fried noodles with meat, looking at the old woman sitting opposite her with her arms folded across her chest.
"Grandma, let's eat when we get to the vegetable garden." The old woman answered briefly.
"..." The girl nodded, "Oh."
“…”
"Grandma, are you thinking about something?" the girl asked again.
"No." The old woman's answer was still brief.
“…”
"Have you finished eating?"
"Um……"
"Then let's go."
“…”
“…”
"grandmother."
"What's wrong?"
"I'm grown up now and can share your worries."
“…”
"grandmother……"
"Xiaobao, grandma is really fine," the old woman forced a smile that didn't look like she was fine at all. She took the girl's hand and continued walking towards the vegetable patch. "Don't think too much. Feel better. After work is done today, we'll go eat something delicious."
"...Yeah." The girl nodded reluctantly. "Then Grandma, have you decided where to eat?"
"Not yet. Any ideas, Xiaobao?"
From the couple's house to the vegetable garden, the whole way was wasteland. Only occasionally could a few extremely tall buildings be seen in the distance through large patches of tall dead grass, although most of them had been abandoned.
The wind blowing through the dry grass blew up the clothes on their bodies. The sky was covered with dark clouds and the girl shivered unconsciously.
"Xiaobao, are you cold?" Before the girl could answer the question, the old woman took off her thin coat and put it on the girl's shoulders, "Come, put it on."
"Grandma, I don't need..."
"It's okay. You'll be hot when you start working," the old woman patted her shoulder soothingly. "Put it on first. Grandma won't be cold."
"Grandma is lying."
"I, your grandma, never lie, okay."
"Grandma is lying!"
"Hey! You little kid, don't you want to eat delicious food?!"
"I don't want to eat anymore! As long as grandma doesn't lie to me, I don't want anything else!"
"Strange talk!"
"I hate grandma!"
"Hey! I still hate you! If I hadn't picked someone like you up, I wouldn't have to—"
“…”
“…”
"Hey, Lao He, you're here."
Grandma Sun is the manager of the vegetable garden. Her daily job is to manage the people who come to work in the vegetable garden. So now she is sitting very leisurely on a lounge chair next to the vegetable garden, fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan.
Seeing the two of them coming over, she waved and said, "There's no problem today, you can..."
“Chi!!!”
“Uhhhhhhh!!!”
“Old Sun!!”
A sickle stretched out from behind Grandma Sun, strangled her neck, and pulled her back suddenly!
Grandma Sun's head was cut off with a "gulp" sound, and blood gushed out, dyeing her clothes and body red in an instant.
Her throat was cut, and Grandma Sun lost her life instantly without even saying a word, falling to the ground twitching.
"Old Sun!!" Although the old woman was anxious, she did not rush over rashly.
In this city, killing people at work is normal, but people are not allowed to kill people outside of their workplace.
Therefore, as long as they do not enter the vegetable garden, the murderer will not be able to harm them.
Unfortunately...
"Ugh!!" The old woman suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head and felt dizzy. She couldn't help but take a step forward.
...And this step happened to step into the vegetable garden.
"Grandma!!" The girl hurriedly supported the old woman.
"Ugh, uh, ah..." The old woman let out a few cries of pain.
"My daughter, what are you doing here?"
At this moment, a woman picked up Grandma Sun's head and threw it casually in front of the girl: "Why don't you stay home obediently?"
"..." Fear flashed across the girl's eyes, and then she decisively took a few steps forward, blocking the old woman in front of her, and asked coldly, "What are you doing here?"
"Of course I'm here to take my daughter away." The woman had a pretty face, but her slightly downturned brows and narrowed eyes revealed a sinister aura amidst her kindness.
"I won't go with you." The girl refused sternly.
"Hmph! You are my daughter, you have no right to refuse me!" The woman grabbed the girl's arm without saying a word and pulled her towards her.
The girl struggled hard, and the clothes the old woman had put on her fell to the ground as she moved: "Let me go!!!"
"Without power, you're nothing. How dare you challenge me?!" the woman sneered. "Here, the strong are respected. If you're weak, you deserve to be beaten!"
"That's not the case!"
"Like this? What?! Kid, have you ever been to a high-risk area?! Do you know that there's a limit on the number of people who can survive in a high-risk area?! Do you know that in a high-risk area, if you don't kill someone, someone will come and kill you?!"
"You know nothing, what right do you have to say such things?!!"
"I'm not finished yet!" The girl broke free from the woman's shackles, covered the red marks on her wrist, glared at the woman, and said, "You're right, here, the strong are indeed respected, but what makes you think I'll be the weak one?!"
"Just you?" The woman raised her eyebrows.
"Just me. Let's fight, right here, and I'll prove to you that I'm not a weakling."
“Xiaobao!!”
"Grandma, don't worry, I'll be fine!"
"Hehe, what a lovely show of affection. But I don't need to know if you're weak," the woman said. "I just need to know that you're my daughter. We have the closest blood relationship, so you should belong to me. This is only natural."
"You never hit me before, so there's no need for me to argue with you now." The girl picked up the clothes that fell on the ground. "But everyone belongs only to themselves. They never belong to others."
Soaked in sweat, the girl tightly grasped the clothes that she had twisted into a rope in her hands. She jumped up and used her thin body to leap onto the woman's shoulders, and the rope strangled the woman's neck.
"You should tell him this." The woman reacted quickly and used her free hand to block her neck the moment the rope was tightening around her.
The huge force pushed the rope away from the neck, and the woman immediately grabbed the rope and threw the girl to the ground.
The girl was thrown to the ground, face down. She pushed herself up, coughed up some mud, and climbed up from the ground: "But he's dead."
"Yes, he's dead, he's dead!!!" The woman's eyes were red. "No one at home will beat you anymore, why don't you come back?!"
"Why should I come back?" The girl's eyes were sharp and she kicked the ground again, this time aiming at the woman's calf.
"Because you are my daughter." The woman jumped away lightly, then stepped on the girl's back and stomped her into the mud. "Daughter and mother, they should always be together!"
“Ugh!!”
"Come with me."
"impossible!"
"Don't be ungrateful."
"Don't you know what's good for you? If you wanted to kill me, you could have done it a long time ago. I don't think you have the heart to do it, do you?!"
A cold light flashed from the girl's sleeves.
"You're always like this, you're always like this! Why can't you just give in?! Why can't you just smile at me again?!"
And as she expected, the woman went crazy because of her words.
“Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
“Why why why why!!! Why on earth is all this happening!!!” The woman moved her feet away and collapsed to her knees. “Why can’t we just be like ordinary mother and daughter? Why on earth is this happening!!!”
Great, this is the moment!
A cold light flashed from the girl's sleeves, and she grasped a dagger and pulled it out, striking the woman's neck straight!
“Xiaobao!!!”
But……?
“Sizzle——!!!”
"grandmother?!!"
"grandmother!!!!!!!!!"
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