Chapter 119
Chapter 119
Watching Xia Sheng leave, Sun Yang hurried after her.
Once they were outside, he finally asked, “Little Celestial Master, what did you mean just now? Does Haohao’s disappearance have something to do with my younger cousin?”
“Yes. That child was killed by your younger cousin.”
Sun Yang’s face was full of shock. “How is that possible? Xuanxuan is only thirteen this year. He shouldn’t do something like that.”
Xia Sheng said evenly, “Evil never distinguishes by age.”
Sun Yang was speechless.
Thinking about it carefully, with his cousin’s temperament, it really was possible.
“But Haohao and Xuanxuan were so close. They were best friends. Xuanxuan shouldn’t have had any reason to kill Haohao.”
Xia Sheng said, “They were never friends. Xuanxuan only ever treated the simple-minded Haohao like a pet dog he kept, abusing and tormenting him in all kinds of ways.
“Everything Xuanxuan has suffered these past few days is something he once did to Haohao.”
Sun Yang’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Over the past few days, his cousin had broken both a leg and an arm. Sun Yang had heard from his second aunt that before breaking his arm and leg, Xuanxuan had even cut his own arm with a small knife. After the wound was bandaged, he ran into the bathroom as if possessed and shoved his head into the toilet to drink water.
On top of that, he had gone crazy and started slapping himself, deliberately throwing himself down the stairs, and letting the family dog bite him…
Before this, everyone had thought Xuanxuan had developed some kind of psychological illness to do such extreme things.
But it turned out those were all things he had once done to another child.
Sun Yang instantly felt his hands and feet turn cold, his whole body trembling with rage.
He had seen Uncle Liu’s child a few times before.
The boy was thirteen this year, but he developed more slowly than other children his age. He was thin and small, and though he was mentally impaired, he had a kind heart.
One time, Sun Yang had left his second uncle’s house without an umbrella while it was raining outside. It was that silly boy who had chased after him with an umbrella to give it to him, then turned and ran back into the rain himself.
The child also always liked carrying candy with him and would share it whenever he saw people. When he smiled, there was a guileless sweetness to him, like a little sunflower that knew no worries.
Every time Sun Yang went to his second uncle’s house, that boy would beam at him foolishly, and he had always assumed the child was doing well there.
Who could have imagined that in the dark corners no outsider could see, Xuanxuan had been bullying him like that?
Forcing down the fury in his heart, Sun Yang asked Xia Sheng, “Little Celestial Master, do you know where that child’s body is? Uncle Liu has been looking for him for over a month. At the very least, he deserves to know the truth.”
Xia Sheng said, “His body is under the flower bed in the front yard of your second uncle’s house. Your grandmother dismembered him with her own hands and buried him there to cover up Xuanxuan’s crime.”
Hearing that his grandmother had also been involved, Sun Yang was stunned, his emotions turning complicated.
He had always known his grandmother had a bad temper and was harsh and overbearing, but he had never imagined she would do something like helping an evildoer commit evil.
If he told Uncle Liu the truth, wouldn’t his grandmother end up in prison too?
At that thought, Sun Yang suddenly hesitated.
Seeing his hesitation, Xia Sheng said, “If you don’t want to get involved in this matter, then don’t.
“In a few more days, Xuanxuan and your grandmother’s lifespans will come to an end anyway.”
Sun Yang’s face turned pale. “You mean Xuanxuan and my grandmother are both going to die?”
“You’ll know when the time comes.” Xia Sheng glanced at him from the side. Noticing the reluctance in his eyes, she warned, “This is their fate. You’d better not interfere.
“Otherwise, you’ll suffer backlash from the Heavenly Dao.”
Sun Yang clenched his fists, then slowly loosened them again. In a hoarse voice, he said, “Okay.”
In the end, it was his grandmother and Xuanxuan who were in the wrong. His grandmother could shield troublemakers and aid wrongdoing for Xuanxuan’s sake, but he couldn’t.
…
After Sun Yang and Xia Sheng left the hospital room, Old Madam Sun called someone in to bandage the bite wound on her hand that her grandson had inflicted.
Xuanxuan’s face had been swollen from the slaps earlier, and there was even a little blood at the corner of his mouth.
While the doctor was treating his injuries, he couldn’t hold back his temper and directly knocked over the tray of medicine the nurse was carrying.
The iodine splashed all over the nurse, and Xuanxuan not only refused to apologize, he even cursed his grandmother and mother for being useless, saying they had just stood there and let outsiders bully him.
Watching Xuanxuan throw a tantrum, the doctor was beyond fed up.
He had practiced medicine for decades, and this was the first time he had ever seen a child this hateful.
When Madam Sun had gone to the doctor’s office earlier to ask someone to come treat Old Madam Sun and Xuanxuan’s injuries, no one in the office had been willing to come. They all knew what this child was like-bad-tempered, easily enraged, and fond of hurting people.
And it would have been one thing if there had only been one Xuanxuan making a scene here before, but today there was also an utterly stubborn old lady.
The young nurse, having just been splashed all over with iodine, couldn’t help speaking to Xuanxuan a little more sharply. As a result, Old Madam Sun had ordered the nurse to apologize, or else she would have the hospital fire her.
The little nurse had nearly been driven to tears and could only apologize with reddened eyes.
The doctor stood by and watched, wanting to help her but powerless to do so.
After all, this hospital belonged to the Sun Family. He was too insignificant to change anything. He could only treat Xuanxuan and Old Madam Sun’s injuries as quickly as possible, then hurriedly pull the young nurse away with him.
Seeing the medical staff avoid the Sun Family like the plague, Madam Sun couldn’t help sighing. “Mom, the staff didn’t do anything seriously wrong. Why do you have to make things so difficult for them?”
“Didn’t do anything wrong? She yelled at my grandson, and that’s not wrong?” Old Madam Sun said disapprovingly, sounding even angrier. “You ungrateful thing, tell me the truth-have you never even treated Xuanxuan as your son?
“Same thing when that charlatan laid hands on Xuanxuan earlier. You didn’t even come over to help! How did my son end up marrying such a heartless woman? Once we get back, I’ll have my son divorce you!”
This wasn’t the first time Old Madam Sun had held the threat of divorce over her head.
Madam Sun used to panic, but by now she had gradually grown numb to it.
Sometimes she thought that maybe a marriage this suffocating really would be better off ended.
If not for the fact that, after a divorce, the child might be awarded to the father’s side and she might never be able to see Xuanxuan again, she wouldn’t have endured it until now.
Thinking of her son, Madam Sun glanced at Xuanxuan.
While Old Madam Sun had been berating her just now, Xuanxuan had kept watching cartoons on his phone the entire time, not sparing her even a single glance, as if the person being bullied by his grandmother wasn’t his mother at all, but just a stranger.
Looking at Xuanxuan like this, Madam Sun suddenly felt lost.
Would a child like this really not grow up to become a blight on society?
Was it really necessary for her to trap herself in a hopeless marriage for the sake of a child like this?
She couldn’t understand it. She had poured so much effort into raising her son, so why was his personality so different from hers?
After cursing out Madam Sun, Old Madam Sun took out her phone and started looking through WeChat for people to call, planning to ask around for some renowned masters and have one come take a look at Xuanxuan.
It wasn’t as if that dead girl was the only Mystic Arts Practitioner in the world. She refused to believe that without that dead girl, she still couldn’t save her grandson.
If they wanted her to bow her head to that dead girl, they could forget it!