AWB Chapter 40 Xia Yao, the premature death
Chapter 40 Xia Yao, the premature death
Lin Sui glanced at Yu Cinian, but didn't say anything, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Tangxi has a pair of eyes that can see both the yin and yang.
In the novel, she used her ability to see ghosts to make a deal with them, allowing them to help her take revenge on humanity.
Such a supernatural case troubled the male and female protagonists for more than half a year. In the end, it was Tangxi who deliberately revealed a flaw, which allowed the female protagonist's reputation as a detective to be preserved.
It was also through Tangxi's confession that the facts of the case were completely overturned, and it was revealed to be a deliberate act.
But in Lin Sui's dream, she clearly saw a vengeful spirit floating beside a car accident orchestrated by Tang Xi.
Holy crap, they actually have the ability to see ghosts?! Amazing!
[What utter nonsense about the ability to see ghosts! It's just a script; it's a madman acting for idiots.]
[Hilarious! Even now, some people still don't believe it. Did Gonggong ram his head into Buzhou Mountain in your head back then, creating such a huge crater?]
When Tang Xi smiled, the gloom that her gothic makeup had given her vanished, revealing her approachable nature.
Unlike Lin Sui, she didn't make the little girl feel subconsciously afraid.
The little girl, however, was curious about Tangxi. She sobbed softly as she said, "Sister, you are the first person to talk to me in all this time."
Tang Xi smiled but didn't explain, only asking, "Are you Xia Yaoyao?"
“I…” Xia Yaoyao tilted her head and thought for a moment, “I am Xia Yaoyao, but, but only my parents call me that. They, they all call me Yaoya.”
Lin Sui recalled that when she asked the Liu twins who killed them, their answers were slightly hesitant.
It's clear that the villagers used to call her Yaoya, but for some reason they changed it to Xia Yaoyao.
The character 夭 (yāo) can describe lush vegetation, but its most common meaning is...
"Your original name was Xia Yao, the 'Yao' in 'premature death,' right?" A hint of sadness appeared in Tang Xi's eyes.
She thought of herself.
Xia Yaoyao lowered her head and cried sadly, "Grandma, Grandma said I should have been a boy, that I stole my brother's place in the afterlife, that I should have died sooner..."
After she was hurt, her grandparents became even more aggressive.
Call her a whore, call her trash and a disgrace, blame her for not just dying, and tell her to hurry up and die.
Later, just as her grandparents had wished, she died young.
She thought that everything would be better at home once she died, and that her grandmother would stop bullying her mother.
but……
[It's tragic, so tragic. Not only was she abused to the point of severe disability, but she also had to endure the curses and insults from her relatives every day. The word "tragic" doesn't even begin to describe it.]
[The daughter was verbally abused so horribly, is her father dead? Doesn't he care at all?]
[It was just a few words spoken to her; no matter what, she shouldn't have hurt them. They are her own grandparents and mother, the people who gave her life.]
"Seriously, officer? Are you sure this is just a few words? Are you some kind of saint?"
[If misfortune hasn't befallen you, you can easily say you shouldn't hate your parents and relatives. But if you returned severely injured and were mocked, insulted, and cursed to die young by your family, wouldn't you resent it? Then you'd truly be a living Buddha!]
Often, it's those closest to us who stab us the hardest.
【Don't you find it strange? When she first appeared, she was covered in bruises, but she didn't die for a year. Her injuries should have healed by now, so why is she still covered in wounds? I think it's not just about cursing.】
[Speaking of which, do you really think Xia Yaoyao was the one who harmed people? I don't think so at all.]
Xia Yaoyao didn't look like a wicked person at all. If it weren't for the fact that her feet were off the ground and she was floating in the air, and her face was abnormally pale, she wouldn't even look like a ghost.
The child, who was only eleven years old when he died, was still very young. He should have been innocent and carefree at that age, but his eyes and brows were full of weariness.
Despite having suffered so much harm, there was no resentment on her face when she talked about her grandmother; only sadness and confusion.
Perhaps she never understood why everyone was cursing her, and why her grandparents hated her so much, when she was clearly the victim.
Just because she's a girl?
Once her sobs subsided, Tangxi continued asking, as Lin Sui had instructed, "What did your mother do after you died?"
"My mother..." Xia Yaoyao's tears flowed endlessly, like a broken string.
She wanted to say something, but when she looked up and saw Lin Sui not far away, she immediately shook her head in panic: "No, no, my mother didn't do anything, she didn't do anything."
In order to get Yu Cinian and the others involved, Lin Sui simply took the production crew's phone, turned on the camera, and pointed it at Xia Yaoyao.
Xia Yaoyao's words reached Lu Xiang's ears through the phone, and she couldn't help but ask, "She really didn't do anything? Didn't she hang you?"
"No! No—"
Upon hearing this, Xia Yaoyao's emotions instantly became extremely agitated. With her shrill scream, a cold wind howled in, and the temperature plummeted.
Si Xingran rubbed his arms: "Hiss... Can't you just shut up if you can't speak properly? You're going to make me sick, are you going to compensate me?"
Lu Xiang, unusually, didn't retort, and Lin Sui sensed a visibly relieved expression on her face: "That's good."
Lin Sui then realized that she seemed to care a lot about this.
Seeing Xia Yaoyao's sensitivity to her mother's matter, Tang Xi looked at Lin Sui and hesitated before asking, "Did you really kill the entire Liu family, including your grandparents?"
"Yes, it was me, I killed them all!" Xia Yaoyao cried through gritted teeth. "They were all so mean to me, I hate them, I hate them!"
Suddenly, she stared intently at Lin Sui: "I know you. You're a master. You're the one who got rid of those bad guys from the Liu family. You want to get rid of me too, right? Then come on, I'm not afraid, not afraid at all!"
Lin Sui felt helpless at being disliked for no reason.
She works part-time as a ghost hunter, but she doesn't hunt just any ghost.
However, if she had only guessed before, now seeing how resistant Xia Yaoyao was to her, she was almost certain that none of this had anything to do with Xia Yaoyao.
However, they are not completely unrelated.
Lin Sui looked at Xia Yaoyao: "I know what you're worried about, but by doing this, you will not only fail to protect the person you want to protect, but you will also plunge her into an abyss of no return, where she will never be able to escape."
Xia Yaoyao's expression changed drastically, and her soul trembled uncontrollably.
"Tomorrow night is the deadline. After tomorrow night, even I can't save her." Lin Sui's eyes were gentle but firm. "If you've thought it through, come find me directly at midnight tomorrow night."
Xia Yaoyao sobbed, staring blankly at her.
……
It was five in the morning, and it was still dark.
Lin Siyao, who had been anxious all night because of the departure of the Sharp Little Monster, had just fallen asleep.
Suddenly, a slow, mechanical knocking sound rang out in the quiet room.
Unable to bear it any longer, Lin Siyao angrily flung open the door: "Who is it? Can't a person have a moment's peace so early in the morning... Zhou Ming?!"