Chapter 65 "A Blessing in Disguise"
Mrs. Lu put the teacup aside, a look of fatigue evident between her brows.
"After Nannan died, I lost hope in everything," she said. "I couldn't find any evidence, I couldn't find the murderer, I couldn't avenge her, and I even wanted to go to the underworld to accompany her."
"Later, I went to a Taoist temple outside the city to pray for my daughter. In front of the Three Pure Ones statue in the main hall, I cried and told her everything that had happened in the past few years. Unexpectedly, the temple's abbot, Sanshan Zhenren, heard me."
"He always comforted me not to be sad, saying that for his daughter, death would not necessarily be painful, but rather a rebirth."
"He felt very sympathetic towards my and Nannan's situation and said that if I was willing, I could bring Nannan here. He was willing to help her rebuild a healthy body, but the requirement was that she must practice Taoism with him."
"You agreed." Xu Chuchu's heart sank.
Even though I had guessed this result a long time ago, I still couldn't help sighing when I heard it with my own ears.
"Of course I agreed! I'm willing to do anything to bring Nannan back to life!" Madam Lu looked at Xu Chuchu strangely, "I'll go to the back mountain alone to dig out Nannan's body and bring it to the Taoist temple."
"Nannan's body was already a mess after being soaked in water, and after being buried for so many days, it had long since decomposed into a shapeless form. I was so terrified at the time, worried that the real person would dislike Nannan and refuse to help her anymore."
"But the real person is the most compassionate person I have ever met... He saw that Nannan did not show any disgust at all. He told me to leave Nannan's body there and come back in seven days."
"I went there again seven days later." Madam Lu smiled foolishly again. "I didn't hold out any hope at first, but guess what I saw... Nannan really turned back to the way she was before, the way she was when she was alive!"
"Her rotten body has completely healed, her lost hair has grown back, and she's wearing the little dress I sewed for her. She's so adorable..."
"No wonder you are still sewing clothes." Xu Chuchu touched the children's clothes that she had found on Mrs. Lu's bed. She shuddered at the thought that these clothes would be worn by the "baby" in the future.
"That's right." Madam Lu smiled. "Master Sanshan is kind, but he's an elderly Taoist priest after all, and not very good at taking care of children. So I visit Nannan every now and then, bringing her new clothes and her favorite dishes... She's always happy to see me."
Xu Chuchu nodded calmly: "So later you planned to work with Sanshan Zhenren to kill your husband and avenge your daughter, right? And you could also take over the family wealth in a logical way."
"I knew you would think so." Madam Lu shook her head. "I said, I have never had the intention to harm anyone, even when I hated them the most. And after Nannan got better, my hatred has dissipated a little. I feel that Nannan has also turned a disaster into a blessing. I have never thought of harming him, and I don't care about these family fortunes."
"If I have to say there's some kind of revenge, it's just..." She suddenly showed a hint of embarrassment, "I just really want my husband to see Nannan's current appearance, to show him how healthy and adorable this child he once despised is. I want to know... I want to know if he'll regret treating his only biological daughter like this!"
"So I asked Sanshan Zhenren to let my daughter come home with me once. Zhenren was really kind and he agreed."
"Unfortunately, the result was really disappointing... When my husband saw Nannan, not only did he not feel any regret or remorse, he even cursed her as a monster, kicked her hard, and drove her out."
"Then I gave up on this idea. I knew some cowardly and incompetent men would never change, and it was useless to give them any provocation. I began to concentrate on taking care of our daughter and stopped talking to my husband."
"You'll know what happened next," Madam Lu said finally. "One time, when I came back from shopping, my husband had died suddenly, and they kicked me out of the house."
"I was desperate, so I thought about becoming a nun in a Taoist temple to repay Sanshan Zhenren and the other immortals for giving my daughter a new life. I also selfishly thought that I could take care of my daughter at the same time."
"But Sanshan Zhenren is very righteous. He advised me not to give in anymore, saying that what belongs to me should be taken back. We must not let the evil succeed and the good suffer."
"He performed a ritual to summon my husband's spirit and asked him where the will was buried. That's why we came here to claim the inheritance."
"I don't care about these material possessions at all. I promised Sanshan Zhenren that after I get the money, I will donate it all to the Taoist temple as a reward. He refused at first, but he finally compromised when he saw my persistence."
"As you can see, the Lu family is refusing to cooperate in any way. Even the government can't do anything about it. The situation is at a stalemate."
"I just didn't expect that old woman to die too... She deserved it, but it had nothing to do with me."
After saying these words, Mrs. Lu smiled coldly and said nothing more.
After hearing this, Xu Chuchu understood almost everything.
She glanced at Xiao Yu, who quickly understood what she meant. He walked over and sat next to her, facing Mrs. Lu together.
"Mrs. Lu," Xiao Yu said calmly, "Based on our current investigation, your husband's death wasn't caused by a sudden illness, but was most likely related to your daughter. Please recall where your daughter was on the day your husband passed away."
"What do you mean?" Mrs. Lu immediately became alert. "You want to throw dirty water on Nannan and ask her to take the blame? That's impossible! She was in the Taoist temple with Sanshan Zhenren those days."
"And Master Sanshan said that because Nannan is not an ordinary child, she can't go anywhere. If she wants to go to someone's house, she must get the owner's permission. If I'm not home to open the door for her, she can't enter the Lu Mansion!"
Xu Chuchu hummed, "I, Sanshan Zhenren, didn't lie to you about this. But don't forget, you're not the only master of the Lu family. Other masters can also open the door."
"Waby" is a vicious and cruel monster that can climb walls, steal, set fires, and secretly hurt people. It is also difficult to harm with ordinary knives and guns.
But they have one characteristic, which is that they cannot enter other people's homes without the owner's invitation.
Legend has it that this was the rule set by the fortune teller who first created the "doll". He was worried that without this restriction, the doll might be used to do many evil things.
But where there are rules, there are ways to deal with them. In order to achieve their goals, many vicious fortune tellers will disguise the "doll" as a pure and harmless but lost child, take advantage of the kindness of the owner, put the "doll" in, and then do evil things.
However, Mrs. Lu's case does not seem to be that complicated.
"You mean..." She looked a little confused, "Maybe it was my husband who opened the door for our daughter personally?"
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