Xi Xi looked down at the middle-aged man who was tightly hugging her right leg. The cotton wool from the cuffs of his coat, mixed with ice crystals, stuck to his face—this was her blood uncle, Xi Zhantao.
I almost forgot about this guy...
Xi Zhantao's forehead was bruised and purple, obviously from the hard kowtow he had just performed, and the blood from his nose froze into icicles in the blizzard.
Then I saw Xi Yunchen standing to the side, holding his aunt Luo Qian's body, looking somewhat dazed.
"Get lost." Xi Xi kicked Xi Zhantao away.
"My dear niece!" The man, disregarding past grievances, grabbed Xi Xi's trouser leg again. "Even broken bones are still connected by tendons. We're blood relatives, a real family!"
It seemed that only now did he finally realize that clinging to his elder brother's family was the right way to survive.
Chu Zhiqin, standing to the side, scoffed disdainfully: "Family? It's ridiculous for you to say that."
"Sister-in-law... I wasn't like that before," Xi Zhantao shifted his knees and looked at Chu Zhiqin, "I was sorry for what I did before, but I was only thinking of my brother. I misunderstood you! I apologize!"
Xi Zhantao then slapped himself a few times: "It's all my fault. I fell for that venomous woman's trick. It was all that bitch Luo Qian who instigated us to do it! Sister-in-law, please see the truth. Xi Zhongcang is my own brother!"
After speaking, Xi Zhantao quickly gave Xi Yunchen a wink, and the usually arrogant Xi Yunchen, for the first time, looked at Xi Xi.
At this moment, Xi Xi exuded an unprecedented sense of authority, which frightened Xi Yunchen so much that he stammered and couldn't utter a single word.
It wasn't until Xi Yunchen patted him on the head that this guy awkwardly pushed away the female corpse he was holding and staggered over.
The aunt's head, frozen solid, suddenly rolled off and was kicked away by her son, whom she had cherished all her life. Xi Yunchen's expression suddenly changed, and he said, "Sister... it was all that bitch Mom who forced us to do this!"
He called Xi Xi "sister" for the first time in a long time, and then hugged Xi Xi's leg like Xi Zhantao had done.
"Sis, you can keep male concubines, so you must have plenty of supplies! Don't worry, I'll definitely listen to you from now on!"
"A male concubine?!" Xi Xi's lips twitched. What the hell?
"It's that pretty boy from the Cheng family... ugh, young master, don't worry, we'll definitely keep it a secret for you!" Xi Yunchen said with great certainty, as if he had found some weakness in Xi Xi.
"Nonsense..." Xi Xi rolled her eyes at him with amusement, then pulled his frozen fingers away with a look of disgust: "Go get treatment if you're sick."
She then turned to Xi Zhantao, the jade ring on her hand flashing with an eerie green phosphorescence, "Then tell me in detail, how did Grandma die such a violent death? What happened before that?"
Xi Zhantao felt the light emanating from the jade ring sweep over him like a vortex, engulfing all his attention. Then Xi Xi whispered something in his ear, and Xi Zhantao's gaze gradually became vacant. He began to mutter repeatedly, "I, Xi Zhantao, voluntarily inform Xi Xi of the entire process of her mother's death, and the culprit..."
"Speak quickly." Xi Xi glanced at him impatiently, then pressed the call button on the walkie-talkie in her pocket.
Xi Zhantao began his narration mechanically, starting with complaints about his elderly mother's eating, drinking, and bodily functions.
"Once people get old, they become useless... Normally, they could rely on the compensation for their family's property being demolished and they could get several apartments, but now they've been transported into a survival game, and even if they fight for retirement, they won't get a single penny. What's the point..."
“Our mother was already frail and sickly and couldn’t take care of herself completely. We had to take care of everything, from eating and drinking to using the toilet… She was useless except for troubling the family. To be honest, she was just a waste of resources. It would have been better if she had died sooner. So the three of us discussed it and then…”
This old man actually said so much without any restraint?! Xi Yunchen panicked and quickly reached out to stop him.
However, Xi Zhantao seemed to be bewitched, completely disregarding his objections, and revealed the whole truth.
Upon seeing this, Xi Yunchen inwardly cried out in alarm, sensing that something terrible was about to happen.
"My dad's gone mad!" He first labeled his own father as mentally unstable, and then went a step further, deciding to completely sever ties with his biological parents.
"Well, you two dogs, how could you be so heartless as to kill our grandmother!" Xi Yunchen pretended to be heartbroken and glared at him, cursing through gritted teeth.
After saying that, he actually knelt down on both knees and kowtowed heavily to Xi Xi, swearing, "I absolutely did not participate! It was all my parents who did it, Xi... oh no, sister! You have to believe me! He's gone mad, how can you believe the words of a madman?"
Xi Xi ignored Xi Yunchen's monologue and tried to calm herself down. She then looked at her uncle and said, "Are you saying that your family of three plotted to kill Grandma and cripple my dad's leg?"
"Hey, you can't just say things like that. I've never harmed my brother! Our whole family depends on him to take care of us. If he's not here, who will drive? Who will go find supplies?"
"Who would have thought that idiot Xi Zhongcang would be so stupid, actually risking his life to save our mother! And what happened? Not only did he fail to save our mother, he also crippled himself..."
"...He's a complete burden now! Yun Chen had already planned to kill that useless uncle so he could no longer get in our way."
"But who knew that idiot would be so tough? He managed to kill the monster, and even with a broken leg, he wasn't quite dead yet..."
Upon hearing his father's words, Xi Yunchen was instantly enraged. His eyes widened, his purplish face flushed crimson, veins bulging on his forehead, and he roared, "Stop slandering me!"
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