Even 037 was shocked: "Ancestor, this is...!"
Ruan Qing'an didn't speak for a while. After she came in and saw Aunt Li, she had already made some guesses, but she hadn't confirmed them until now. After seeing the photo frame, she finally understood—Uncle Zhang meant that she and Aunt Li looked alike.
How can two people look exactly alike?
Aside from blood relations, there's no other possibility...
Ruan Qing'an sighed softly and then began rummaging through the cabinet against the wall. Aunt Li lay motionless by the dog hole, completely ignoring Ruan Qing'an, or rather, not being wary of her at all.
Aunt Li had always been mentally unstable. When she first met Ruan Qing'an, she didn't recognize her at all. Those few words she uttered were the only times she was somewhat lucid...
After opening the cabinet below, Ruan Qingan saw a treasured notebook. Although it was old, it was clear that it had been well cared for by its owner, just like a picture frame.
Using the faint light filtering through the crack in the door, Ruan Qing'an opened the yellowed paper and began to read it carefully.
'I've been writing something every day, afraid I'll forget everything. Luckily, they can't read, they're all illiterate, thank goodness…'
'Has the mailed letter arrived? Why hasn't anyone come...?'
"Let's wait a little longer. I'll just wait a little longer. Dad's the president of F University, he'll definitely find a way. I'll wait a little longer."
'I gave birth to a child.'
'Why, why a girl? Does she know where she is? How can she live here!'
Still no one is coming…
'Xiao An's third uncle is a beast! Xiao An is so young, and his family already wants to take her back as their wife. He's worse than an animal! I must find a way to send Xiao An away!'
Even if I can't get out... she can't...
By this point, the diary was stained with so much blood that the writing was no longer legible. It was also clear that Aunt Li had stopped writing; she had gone mad, so how could she possibly write a diary?
After putting the diary back, Ruan Qing'an saw a crystal ball with one half broken in the corner. As soon as she took it out, her vision was invaded by gray and white.
"Full Dungeon Announcement: *** Discovers Key Plot Points"
Ruan Qingan: Oh no, did I, an NPC, steal the player's job?
However, with the help of the key item "Broken Crystal Ball", the global horror system has presented Ruan Qing'an with her background story regardless of whether she is a player or not.
Aunt Li's real name is Li Yu. She was originally a female college student in the dance department of F University, just like Ruan Qing'an. She also had a father who was the president of F University. She had a smooth life from childhood to adulthood and was a typical rich, beautiful, and wealthy woman. She also had a rich second-generation boyfriend.
Li Yu's life was completely ruined after she was drugged and left unconscious in a secluded corner while trying to guide an old man, and was subsequently taken to Fengxian Village by human traffickers...
She was sold to Ruan Erlong's family in Fengxian Village for 30,000 yuan and became Ruan Erlong's "wife".
She's called a daughter-in-law, but she's really just a tool for reproduction.
Li Yu tried to escape every time, but was always caught and brought back. The entire Fengxian Village was a group, and that's how they got their "wives"—so naturally they wouldn't let Li Yu escape.
Having exhausted all other options, Li Yu could only seek help from the outside world. Knowing that few people here were literate, she decided to send a letter to her father.
Every time she sent a letter to the post office, she would give the little boy candy and beg him to deliver her letter of distress. But each time, after the little boy left, he would take Ruan Erlong's money and hand the letter over to him, where it would eventually be destroyed.
Therefore, Li Yu's letter was never sent out, and her hopes seemed to be dashed. Her parents, who were living outside the city, also never received any news from Li Yu, and her mother eventually died of depression.
As time went on, Li Yu completely lost hope. After giving birth to her daughter, she, a college graduate, named her with the intention of giving her hope and wishing her peace. She taught her to dance and to read and write, but in Fengxian Village, women had no status...
Soon, the daughter, who was just as beautiful as Li Yu, was targeted by Ruan Erlong's family, Ruan's third uncle, who wanted to take her back as a child bride while she was still young.
She was already in hell, and her only hope was her daughter. She completely broke down.
After trying every means to get Ruan Qing'an out, Li Yu's actions were discovered. She was nearly beaten to death by Ruan Erlong, and in the ensuing struggle, she stabbed Ruan Erlong to death with a kitchen knife...
The eldest brother of the Ruan family, seeing that Li Yu was a beautiful widow, harbored evil intentions and attempted to take advantage of her, but was also chopped up by Li Yu.
In order to take revenge and to divert the attention of Fengxian Village, Li Yu almost risked her life, gripping a kitchen knife, and killed all the men of Fengxian Village who had hurt her in the past.
From then on, no one bothered Li Yu, that crazy woman, and let her hide in that little house, where she also became increasingly erratic...
Soon, the scene before Nguyen Thanh An disappeared from his sight.
She couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder the president of F University was so good to the original owner. It turns out it was because of blood ties. He didn't reveal his identity because he was afraid that the original owner, who had finally forgotten, would remember him."
037: [My God, Li Yu is so pitiful...]
"Yeah, I really want to burn all that scum to the ground."
Ruan Qing'an's voice suddenly turned cold. She took a deep breath, but suddenly noticed that Li Yu next to her stood up and snatched the crystal ball from Ruan Qing'an's hand: "Give it back to me!"
"Okay, here you go..."
Ruan Qingan said in a low voice.
Seemingly more lucid yet still seemingly insane, Li Yu, clutching the broken crystal ball, looked at Ruan Qing'an, then suddenly turned around and crawled out through the dog hole, with Ruan Qing'an quickly following.
Only after she crawled out did Ruan Qing'an realize that behind the small house, right next to the river, was an open space set up like a stage. In her memory, this was where Li Yu taught her to dance, and there was also that crystal ball...
Li Yu carefully placed the broken crystal ball in the corner.
She stood in the open space and began to dance gracefully. Although she was old and even dirty, her dance was still elegant. She was learning classical dance, which was very charming.
The crystal ball had stopped making a sound, but it seemed as if the music had ended. Li Yu reached out her hand to Ruan Qing'an—
In a daze, it seemed as if I saw the beautiful woman from before again.
"Mommy will teach you to dance, Xiao An."
"mom……"
Ruan Qing'an paused, and subconsciously reached out, only to find that Li Yu's body had inexplicably developed large areas of carbonization marks, and the bright sunlight behind her seemed to have turned into towering flames. And in the next moment—she completely disappeared.
"All Dungeon Notification: *** has obtained a partial fragment of the truth."
The oppressive truth made Ruan Qing'an feel suffocated. She closed her eyes to calm herself for a moment before turning around to go back through the dog hole. But just then, the dog hole behind her disappeared!
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