"Mom is so affectionate and loyal to these objects. Why do you treat your own daughter and watch others push her into the tiger's mouth?"

Xu Huan watched coldly, now only looking at the irony of this place.

Now that the nostalgic drama is replaying, what were you doing earlier?
  Wei squeezed the key in her hand tightly, her palms sweating slightly.

"Huan'er, if my mother realizes her mistake and is willing to make up for it, will you... still hate me?"

"Huh...make up for it?"

Xu Huan seemed to have heard some joke and found it extremely ridiculous.

"This has come to this, what can you do to make up for it? Do you have the ability to turn back time? Do you have the ability to get me out of my husband's house? Do you have the ability to erase the pain I have suffered for so many years?"

Jin Zhi heard that there seemed to be a commotion in the room and hurriedly walked in.

"Miss, this is your mother, how can you speak like this?"

Jin Zhi only felt sorry for Mrs. Wei. She was afraid that her daughter, whom she had loved for so many years, was speaking so harshly to her.

"Mother? Yes, my good mother, my biological mother, it's my daughter's fault, it's all my daughter's fault. Maybe it was wrong to have me as a daughter from the beginning."

After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and left, the hot tea on the table still steaming.

Wei stood up and chased her out, wanting to call her name, but she also knew that she would never be able to call her back.

"Hurry up and sit indoors. It's raining and cold outside, so don't freeze your body."

Jin Zhi helped Mrs. Wei back to the back room and took out a robe to wrap her up.

"You go down, I'll be alone."

Jin Zhi sighed, shook his head and said: "After so many years, mother and daughter have been fighting each other, can there be some things that really can't go away?"

Wei didn't say anything, just took out a pair of small shoes from under the pillow and looked at them.

Jin Zhi looked at it and left without saying anything.

"Huan'er, you've always had that kind of temper since you were little, you're very willful, and you're very stubborn. I thought that with more practice, you would have a better memory. After all, girls with gentle personalities are always popular... "

"But my Huan'er is very proud and strong... she doesn't want to be a female celebrity. She wants to go to school, so just go. If she knows a few words and has read a few books, she can be with her husband at home. If you can say something, Ke Huan'er, how can you tell your mother that you like women?"

The tears rolled down on the little shoes like broken pearls, and soon they became wet.

"These little shoes were made by your mother when you were thirteen years old, but you always felt that the pink color was too delicate and you always didn't like it. Maybe, from that time, I should have understood that our Huan'er and The woman next to me is a little different."

She put the shoes on the bedside and spread out her palms. The key was lying there, as if waiting for her decision.

"Forget it, I have been called stupid by others for most of my life. This time, I would rather be smart for you."

Saying this, as if he had made some kind of determination, he grasped the key again, opened the door and walked out.

Jin Zhi followed behind, holding an umbrella carefully, and took a cautious look, seeming to have guessed Wei's decision.

"Master, please slow down..."

"When we arrive at the ancestral hall later, you don't have to follow us in."

"But you are alone, I am worried..."

Wei ignored her and walked a little faster. She already knew that no one would go to the ancestral hall and notice her in such weather.

If everything goes well, we can still wait until the day when Huan'er is happy. If everything goes wrong...

Even if her life was given away, it would only be enough if the two children could be together again.

"Master, I'm following you. I can help you at critical moments." "But, I don't want to implicate you."

"It is a slave's blessing to be able to do something small for the master."

After hearing what she said, Mrs. Wei no longer insisted on chasing her away.

Entering the ancestral hall, I saw the candles flickering on and off. If our ancestors knew that such a holy hall hides so many dirty secrets, I wonder if they would jump out of their graves in anger.

After Mrs. Wei paid her respects, she went around to the back hall, lifted up the blanket on the floor, knocked on the wooden board, and found the hollow piece.

I saw a small pull ring inlaid on the wooden board, which could just fit an index finger through.

Pulling the tab, the board was lifted out, revealing the lock underneath.

Insert the key in your hand, turn it gently, and the wall behind you slowly turns out a door.

Jin Zhi's eyes widened. Although she vaguely knew something, she couldn't help but be shocked when she saw it with her own eyes today.

Mrs. Wei walked to the door, pushed it open, and saw layers of stairs at her feet.

The dungeon is at the end of the stairs.

Jinzhi wisely picked up a candle lantern from the side, but fearing that it would not be enough, he broke off a section of candle from the nearby candle lantern.

"Master, this slave is leading the way and lighting the way below. If you are following behind, please be careful where you step."

As he said that, he walked down the stairs little by little.

Wei didn't hesitate and followed directly.

Holding on to the damp wall, I felt it was sticky and smelled fishy.

The smell becomes more pungent and unpleasant as you go down.

Jin Zhi pulled off a large piece of cloth from her dress and handed it to Wei, asking her to cover her nose.

After walking for a long time, I vaguely saw the end.

When the place where her feet stepped gradually became wider, Wei knew she had arrived.

Jinzhi went to light the lamps on the surrounding stone walls. When the candlelight illuminated the dungeon little by little, Mrs. Wei looked at the scene and felt her heart pounding.

Human bones were still locked on the torture instruments, and the wall showed a red-black color. Several skulls rolled aside, hollow, with incomplete teeth, facing her side, as if staring at her.

Jin Zhi was also a little scared, but after thinking about it, he realized that they were just dead people. How could dead people be as scary as alive ones?
  "Let's go look for it. There's a golden bottle with red pills in it. That's exactly what we're looking for."

Jinzhi nodded and started looking.

Use a stick to pick up the human bones and see if they are pressed.

The walls were covered with torture instruments, and some of the hooks had some rotten flesh on them, exuding a faint stench.

Those cabinets are full of bottles and cans, and you don’t need to think about it to know that they are used to torture people.

The more Wei searched, the more panicked she became. She had already taken risks and reached this point. If she didn't find the thing, her previous efforts would have been in vain.

Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. The longer he stayed in this place, the more panicked he became. He always felt like someone was blowing a cool breeze on the back of his neck.

There are probably too many dead people in this place.

"Master, we found it! We found it!"


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