Man Sui took Tu Keke's hand.
"Coco, what's wrong?"
Man Sui's question pulled Tu Keke back to reality from her thoughts. She licked her lips, forced a smile, and shook her head at Man Sui.
"I'm fine, don't worry."
Tu Keke and Man Sui walked to Yan Luo's side, and the girl put her arms around each of their arms.
After staying for a while, Yanluo and the girls left the cave and headed down the mountain.
Yanluo was somewhat absent-minded all day.
What was Grandma's name? Why did Grandpa never tell her or Grandpa Chu and the others?
Is there something you don't want people to know?
Night falls.
Today, Yanluo was coaxed by Bai Ningbing like a child and fell asleep in her arms. After Tu Keke checked to make sure everyone was asleep, she ran to a storage room on the fourth floor, took out a shovel, and left home.
She ran at top speed in the pitch-black night. As a sixth-level peak Tu Keke, she ran very fast. Although Yan Luo used teleportation to take her and Man Sui to the cave entrance, they walked step by step down the mountain, so Tu Keke remembered the route.
She successfully returned to the cave from the morning and knelt before her great-grandmother's grave.
"Great-grandmother, all I want is the truth. Please forgive me if I'm wrong."
After saying that, Tu Keke started digging and soon dug up the coffin. She swung her palm and created a gust of wind to blow away the soil on the surface of the coffin. With a nervous heart, Tu Keke pushed open the coffin lid.
Finding no remains in the coffin, Tu Keke frowned and found an old envelope in the middle.
Holding the letter in her hands, Tu Keke knelt on the ground and silently said, "Great-Grandpa, Keke wants a definite answer. Now that Great-Grandma's remains have disappeared, I need to open the letter you left behind."
The envelope had the words "To My Wife" written on it.
It's clear that Yan Wuxie knows something.
Tu Keke's hands trembled as she opened the envelope and began to read the words on the letter.
Sister, I don't know if you'll ever see this letter.
[After years of battling ghouls, I discovered a way to turn the dead into ghouls, but this led me to commit a grave mistake, thus incurring a curse.]
[The hidden wounds cannot kill me, but this curse that will turn you into a ghoul can.]
Tu Keke was horrified. Her great-grandfather had actually turned her deceased great-grandmother into a corpse demon!
I have no regrets. The curse took you away, so let it take me too. It's a pity that Xiaofei and my daughter-in-law passed away before me. My journey is coming to an end. Our two grandchildren are so adorable.
Ah Nian left us ten years after you. I know it; the business we three brothers ran took a heavy toll on him. I could tell long ago, but there was nothing I could do to help him.
【A-Ying and the child's aunt will take good care of the child, so don't worry.】
Logically speaking, given your circumstances, you shouldn't have become a ghoul. You left this world happy; it was my selfishness that turned you into a ghoul. I don't know if you'll hate me when you find out.
[He must hate me, otherwise why hasn't he come back to see me all these years?]
I'm so sad. Xiaofei couldn't escape the curse either. He's a great kid, but he's not good enough for our daughter-in-law. She's beautiful, but not quite as pretty as you, sister.
[Next, I will work hard to kill ghosts and earn money to save for the children. I can't keep troubling Ah Ying and their aunt, nor can I trouble the country. As their grandfather, I must leave them something.]
Xiaofei knew he had inherited your family's curse, so our grandson was born very early. This year is the first year since they left. Our grandson is five years old, and the little girl I took in is eleven.
I named her Yanli, hoping she and Xiao Luo will never be separated. Having lost her parents, and now about to lose me, I hope Xiaoli can take good care of Xiao Luo for us.
I'm also sorry, little girl.
If you come back and see Xiao Li, please take good care of her for me. She is a very sensible child, and she is very smart, even smarter than Xiao Fei was when they were little. I believe she can take good care of herself and Xiao Luo.
I don't want to turn you into a hideous monster like a ghoul, but I don't want to lose you. But I'm a demon hunter, and I know it's wrong.
The curse upon me is the price of my selfishness.
I have a feeling my time is running out. Killing ghosts used to be easy, but now it's becoming quite difficult.
I cherish the time I spent with you. I've been playing "Pocahontas" for the kids lately to soothe them to sleep. I wonder if they'd be a little disappointed if they knew that their all-powerful grandpa only knows this one song.
It's okay, their grandma is amazing, she can play so many pieces. I really want to hear you play again.
Unfortunately, I know I'll never have that chance in this lifetime.
[I've become a ghoul and want to eat people. I can never forgive myself for that. If you knew the truth, would you blame me?]
It's my fault for turning you into this monster; even in death you won't find peace.
【sorry……】
I hate it! I hate how weak I am! I hate that I don't have the power to turn things around! Why?!
I don't want to lose you, I miss you so much.
Why is God treating us like this? Did we do something wrong in our past lives that we are being punished like this in this one?
[As I was writing, I lost control of my emotions. I'm sorry.]
Tu Keke looked at the few shallow water stains on the yellowed paper. She gently stroked them, thinking that these were probably her great-grandfather's tears.
If only there were an afterlife, you love coffee, so we'd buy a huge plot of land and plant coffee trees, then you'd have an endless supply of coffee. Just don't drink too much, it's so bitter, how did you manage to drink it? And you laughed at me for being like a child.
In our next life, I hope we can live a peaceful and ordinary life.
【Nangong Wenqing, my dearest wife, I grew up without parents. Being able to be with you and build a family with you is the greatest fortune of my life.】
I don't know if you felt happy, but I guess you did, because when you left, you held my hand and said you had been very happy in this life and hoped we could be even happier in the next.
We want to be happy forever, watching our son get married, our grandson get married, and our granddaughter get married. The Lunar New Year will be so lively then, it won't just be the two of us anymore.
Let's meet again in the next life.
In the next life, you have to call me "brother." You've called me "little brother" my whole life.
【My dearest Yan Wuxie】
Tu Keke choked up a little. The whole truth was laid out before her. She was saddened by her great-grandfather's sincere feelings, and at the same time, she was certain that her feelings were not wrong. The manager of the coffee shop, Nangong, was her great-grandmother who had become a corpse demon—Nangong Wenqing.
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