AWB Chapter 231 Worse Than Animals
Chapter 231 Worse Than Animals
Fortunately, Yu Wan and Yun Shang reacted quickly and steadily supported Granny Sheng's swaying body.
Because Old Man Feng had given her the soup beforehand, Granny Sheng did not faint.
Her cloudy eyes seemed unfocused, staring blankly at one spot.
After a long silence, he managed to move his lips with difficulty and utter a few words: "Take me to see..."
Yu Wan and Yun Shang exchanged a glance, both seeing helplessness and sorrow in each other's eyes.
They carefully helped Granny Sheng out of the Duke of Anguo's mansion.
They boarded a carriage and headed out of the city.
It was too late last night, so Yun Shang arranged for the woman to stay in a mortuary outside the city.
Throughout the journey, Granny Sheng leaned on Yu Wan without uttering a single word.
Her eyes were empty and filled with sorrow, like a soulless puppet, devoid of life.
Finally, the carriage arrived at the mortuary.
This is an abandoned, dilapidated temple that has been used as a mortuary.
The surrounding area was overgrown with weeds, exuding an indescribable desolation and deathly silence.
Yun Shang jumped off the carriage first, turned around and helped Granny Sheng up, while Yu Wan carefully protected her from the side.
Upon entering the mortuary, a pungent stench mixed with spices assaulted the senses, making one want to vomit.
Grandma Sheng seemed oblivious, her gaze fixed on a door panel in front of her, where the female corpse, suspected to be Sheng Rongxi, lay.
As she approached the woman's corpse, Granny Sheng's body began to tremble violently.
Yu Wan and Yun Shang were worried that she couldn't handle it and wanted to dissuade her, but Granny Sheng gently pushed their hands away and slowly walked forward step by step.
Her steps were slow and heavy, each step as if she had used up all her strength.
When the female corpse appeared before her eyes, Granny Sheng's body trembled violently.
She broke free from Yu Wan and Yun Shang's support and stumbled forward.
With trembling hands, she gently cupped the woman's face. When her fingertips touched the cold skin, she felt as if struck by lightning.
Although the body's face was somewhat swollen and deformed, Granny Sheng recognized the familiar features at a glance—it was her granddaughter Rongxi, whom she missed day and night.
Even though she subconsciously tried to ignore the injuries on her granddaughter's body, she couldn't.
Grandma Sheng, being an experienced woman, immediately recognized the injuries on her granddaughter's body.
Her thin, bony hands gripped the door tightly, and she suddenly burst into heart-wrenching sobs.
"Rongxi, my dear granddaughter, who could be so cruel to you!"
"Rongxi, my dear granddaughter, how could you be so unlucky... Who is so heartless as to do such a cruel thing to you!"
Her voice was heart-wrenching, as if she were about to faint from crying at any moment.
Yu Wan's hands, hanging by her sides, clenched into fists, her heart aching from the shock of the scene.
Suddenly, a hand grasped hers, and Yun Shang's cool voice rang in her ear, "If you can't bear it, close your eyes and don't look."
Yu Wan didn't close her eyes. She tried her best to suppress her trembling body and asked in a low voice, "How did Miss Sheng die..."
Yun Shang lowered his voice, as if afraid that Granny Sheng would hear him.
He committed suicide by biting his tongue.
"The coroner has confirmed that she committed suicide by biting her tongue, but..."
Yu Wan's voice trembled slightly, "But what?"
"The coroner said that after Miss Sheng committed suicide, her body was defiled..."
"Those marks on her body were formed after she died..."
"Boom" sound.
It felt as if a thunderclap had exploded in Yu Wan's mind.
Yu Wan felt dizzy, her stomach churned, and she almost vomited.
She simply couldn't imagine what kind of despair and pain Sheng Rongxi had endured before she bit her tongue and committed suicide!
He committed suicide in despair, yet he was still cruelly defiled even after death!
What kind of beast could do something so heinous and insane!
King Xiang, that beastly bastard!
Yu Wan's eyes instantly filled with rage, and she gritted her teeth as she said, "He deserves to die..."
Yun Shang's eyes darkened.
He understood who the "he" Yu Wan was referring to was.
Perhaps because he couldn't bear to see Yu Wan so sad, or perhaps out of sympathy for Wan Yuru and Sheng Rongxi, Yun Shang also harbored murderous intent towards the King of Xiang at this moment.
Grandma Sheng knelt upright beside Sheng Rongxi, as if all the bones in her body had been removed, and she could only hold on by a stubborn will to keep from falling.
Her eyes were sunken, her gaze empty like a stagnant pool, yet a thousand kinds of pain seemed to surge beneath that deathly silence.
Her lips were bloodless, opening and closing slightly, but no sound came out, only her disordered and heavy breathing, like a broken bellows struggling to survive.
Grandma Sheng slowly, inch by inch, moved her hand toward Sheng Rongxi's face, her hand trembling in the air as if it weighed a ton.
"Rongxi, my dear grandson, how could you leave your grandma all alone?"
“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t let Grandma, an old woman, bury her young child? Rong Xi…”
When she was young, Granny Sheng's husband died at the hands of bandits, and she lost her husband at a young age.
A few years later, her son, who had just gotten married, fell seriously ill, and she passed away.
Not long after giving birth to Rongxi, her daughter-in-law, overwhelmed with longing for her husband, also passed away.
Everyone said she was a jinx who would bring misfortune to her husband and children, and the clan expelled her from their clan.
She was being insulted and abused, but five-year-old Rongxi stood up to protect her, holding a wood-chopping knife and fiercely confronting those who were cursing her.
She said, "My grandma is the best grandma in the world, not a jinx! If you dare say another word about my grandma, I'll cut your mouths off!"
"I will protect Grandma, and none of you will be allowed to bully her!"
Rong Xi has kept this promise for more than a decade.
When she reached marriageable age, because of her skill in brewing wine and her beauty, matchmakers came to her door almost wearing out.
Some wealthy families were even willing to marry her.
It was an excellent match, but because the other party said, "I heard that your grandmother is a jinx to husbands and children," Rong Xi rejected the marriage without hesitation.
No matter how much others disliked her as an old, incurable burden, Rong Xi always protected her grandmother!
From now on, Rong Xi will no longer be there to protect her.
When I arrived, the sky was clear, but now, heavy, lead-gray clouds pressed down, completely shrouding the earth, as if even heaven and earth felt Grandma Sheng's sorrow.
Grandma Sheng gently raised her trembling hand again, wanting to touch Sheng Rongxi's cheek.
But it stopped just before it was about to touch, the hand frozen in mid-air, as if frozen in time.
Her lips trembled slightly, but no sound came out.
After a long while, he managed to squeeze out a hoarse murmur from deep in his throat: "Rongxi... my Rongxi..."
"Miss Yu, my granddaughter Rongxi was murdered, wasn't she?"
Her voice was as soft as a withered leaf about to fall, yet it struck Yu Wan's heart with tremendous force.
Yu Wan stood to the side, her eyes stinging with tears.
She opened her mouth, but felt as if something was blocking her throat, and she couldn't make a sound.
"The coroner found that Miss Sheng committed suicide by biting her tongue in despair. After her death, she was defiled and abandoned in a mass grave."
Yun Shang's voice was calm.