Ling Tianyou looked at Gu Ningyue, knowing that his current expression couldn’t be described by shock alone, "In Country Z, this is a cri punishable by death!"
Gu Ningyue shrugged, "Of course, but he’s not scared. Sotis, for money, people can do anything."
Especially soone like Bai Chengfan, a loner who only has to feed himself, why would he care about this?
"When Bai Chengfan was very young, his family abandoned him on the street." Gu Ningyue explained to Ling Tianyou, "I heard it was in winter, and Bai Chengfan almost froze to death. Fortunately, he was sowhat lucky and was adopted by a family."
Ling Tianyou asked, "How old was Bai Chengfan at that ti?"
Gu Ningyue pondered for a mont, "I’m not quite sure. My master told he was probably six or seven, already old enough to understand things! Being abandoned by his family on the street, one can imagine the pain in his heart."
Ling Tianyou said, "Why did they abandon him? Could they not afford to raise him?"
Gu Ningyue nodded, "It seems so! At that ti, there was no family planning, and his family had three or four children. Bai Chengfan’s family had eight children in total, five boys including him, and they gave away two of the three girls. Bai Chengfan was the oldest and had started primary school, the most expensive one, always being disliked by the family."
"However, after Bai Chengfan was adopted, he worked very hard and didn’t show any resentnt towards his biological family. Since they were in the sa village, he would still greet them when they t. But later, I heard he changed his address to ’Uncle and Auntie’."
For a mont, Ling Tianyou didn’t know what to say. Bai Chengfan’s family situation was indeed tragic. If it were soone else, they might have already hated their parents to death!
That he could still greet his biological parents, Ling Tianyou found it a bit hard to understand but also sowhat admired Bai Chengfan’s open-mindedness.
Gu Ningyue observed Ling Tianyou’s expression, the smile on her lips becoming more pronounced: "Do you think Bai Chengfan forgave his parents and still has affection for them?"
Ling Tianyou nodded, "Isn’t that the case?"
Gu Ningyue chuckled, "That’s what I thought when I first heard my master talk about it until later, my master told sothing..."
"What?" Ling Tianyou asked.
"Because the family that adopted Bai Chengfan had no children, just an elderly couple, they sotis struggled to discipline him." Gu Ningyue looked at Ling Tianyou, "For example, Bai Chengfan often ca ho very late after school, and his clothes would be dirty and ssy. Initially, the elderly couple tried to discipline him, but eventually, they beca helpless and stopped caring. However, this didn’t last long because soon Bai Chengfan started returning ho on ti."
"And then what?" Ling Tianyou asked.
"And then?" Gu Ningyue pursed her lips, glanced at Ling Tianyou, seemingly pondering if he could handle it: "And then Bai Chengfan’s father died, in a mountain ditch, on the road he had to take ho."
Ling Tianyou was taken aback, "Was it Bai Chengfan who killed his father?"
Gu Ningyue did not answer Ling Tianyou’s question, instead, she said slowly, "I don’t know the truth, but my master said that the originally bumpy dirt road had so deeper pits than usual. Not only that, but there were also broken pieces of wine bottles. Bai Chengfan’s father’s major artery was cut, and in the dead of night, the place was far from any houses. By the ti his body was found, it was already the next morning. There was nothing that could be done; Bai Chengfan’s father was known to be heavily addicted to alcohol! He was drunk more than he was sober. It’s said when his father’s body was found, his face had been so cut up by shards it was unrecognizable..."
Ling Tianyou fell silent, the na of the killer seed to be clear. Other than Bai Chengfan, he couldn’t think of anyone else.
Gu Ningyue continued, "After Bai Chengfan’s biological father died, there was only his widowed mother left in the family. Bai Chengdan even went back to visit. He used money he earned from collecting bottles to buy his mother a new pair of shoes. Villagers praised Bai Chengfan as a kind-hearted good child, saying with such open-mindedness, he was sure to have a successful future."
Ling Tianyou slowly began to speak, "Did Bai Chengfan’s mother dare accept this gift?"
Gu Ningyue laughed, "She did! After all, who would suspect Bai Chengfan, her own flesh and blood? Moreover, how old was Bai Chengfan back then?"
A young kid, no one would think to place such bla on a child.
It seems that since ancient tis, everyone’s perspective has been fixed—children are always innocent and pure.
Just like her own view of Ji Qianqian; because she thought Ji Qianqian was a good person, so she was a good person.
She understood all these principles, but when it really happened, she still didn’t want to believe what was hidden behind the beautiful facade.
Ling Tianyou did not speak, and Gu Ningyue continued, "Later on, sothing happened to Bai Chengfan’s biological mother. Suddenly, she fell gravely ill, and shortly after recovering, she was to be married off. She married a middle-aged bachelor from a village more than ten miles away!"
Ling Tianyou asked, "And those children? Did she take them with her?"
Gu Ningyue shook her head, "How could that be? They didn’t even have enough to eat! Would you take several children when remarrying? You think the bachelor was a fool?"
Ling Tianyou asked, "Then what? They couldn’t just be abandoned, could they?"
"Sold!" Gu Ningyue looked at Ling Tianyou and uttered two more startling words.
"What?" Ling Tianyou’s brows knitted into a furrow, "That’s illegal!"
Gu Ningyue looked at Ling Tianyou, "Of course it’s illegal, but where Bai Chengfan lived was practically an undeveloped wilderness, who would care about that?"
Ling Tianyou pressed his lips together, "Sold them all? Not a single one kept?"
Gu Ningyue recalled what her master had told her, "No, she took one away, a boy who could already walk and talk. It was said that he was Bai Chengfan’s biological parents’ favorite child..."
Ling Tianyou said, "At least there’s so asure of humanity left."
"Such a pity!" Gu Ningyue sighed, "In doing so, that hard the child instead."
Ling Tianyou was startled, "What do you an by that? The man Bai Chengfan’s mother remarried was not good to her and the child?"
Gu Ningyue shook her head, "It’s not that, you could only say, once the seeds of hatred are sown, no matter where you flee, even to the ends of the earth, you’ll still be haunted by its pursuit..."
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