Chapter 20: The Forgotten Father

Looking at such a poor old man in front of him, the messenger of hell did not exude a trace of pity, maybe the devil had no heart, the devil raised his foot and shook the old man's hands, and then kicked the old man to the ground, "Stupid old guy, if you dare to have the slightest resistance, I will not only make your life worse than death, but also make the whole village become a ghost domain," the devil looked at the mortal in front of him with disgust, and the corners of his eyes showed terrifying killing intent.

"Don't, don't," the old man stroked his kicked chest, and spit out a few words with difficulty, and his whole body trembled, and the devil, who didn't want to be entangled here, turned around and was about to leave, when he paused on his newly raised foot, and then showed an evil smile, "Don't you want her to get better soon?" Oh, think about it, I'll look for you again in the future, you should know how to do it," and then the devil walked out of the morgue and disappeared into the ancient ancestral hall.

The devil who had already departed still made the old man afraid for a while, remembering his last words, the old man's heart sank again, he did not know whether to break away from the devil's control or continue to obey the devil's domination, the chaotic mood made him stop in place, in a daze.

It was evening when I came out of the police station, because of the morning Xia Rui left the police station in the afternoon, and Han Dong also left early because of something, on the village road of Nuoda, only I was left to walk alone, the dim moonlight illuminated the direction of my home, I looked up at the appearance of the moon covered by clouds, as if the village was shrouded by demons, my eyes looked in the direction of the mountain grave in the back mountain, and it seemed that I could feel the ghost issuing a death announcement towards the village.

The night is the beginning of heresy, just when I was in a daze, suddenly I felt something unusual flash from my side, I suddenly turned around and looked forward towards that feeling, there seemed to be something strange hidden behind a wide tree, I wanted to keep my composure, but my steps did not obey the call and stiffened, I swallowed my saliva, and slowly walked a few steps to hold back the uneasiness in my heart.

"Wow...... Woo wow...... "There was a faint baby-like cry behind the trees, the piercing sound pierced my eardrums, layer by layer into the brain marrow, no matter how calm I was, at this time I was also frightened, the strange cry made my body keep taking a few steps back, that kind of paradoxical cry was endless, like a ghost baby abandoned by the world, let out a miserable cry.

Just when I was terrified, a black cat quickly climbed from behind the tree to the top of the tree, and then disappeared into the leaves, the appearance of the black cat buffered the chaotic mind, I slowly adjusted my breathing, looked at the black cat that had left, and breathed a sigh of relief, because there have been too many strange things happening recently, so that I didn't even hear the cry made by the black cat, but I still felt a terrifying aura floating around me, I stepped up my pace to the way home, so that I no longer thought about these things.

When I got home, I barely ate a little food and went back to my room early to rest, lying on the bed, I couldn't help but think of the dream, the bare hill was only overgrown with weeds, and the dead tombstones were sleeping forever, and there was no trace of weirdness on the surface, but my heart told me that it was the base of sin, and it was hidden

Where is it? I couldn't sleep all night thinking about it.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, coming in the direction of my room, "Ah Yuan, have you slept?" Hearing my mother's call outside the door, I got up and tidied up my outfit, trying to look fresh. Walking to the door and opening the door, my mother seemed to have something to say, and stood there for a long time, unable to speak, "Come in and sit down, Mother," I frowned as I looked at my mother, who was a little embarrassed.

When I returned to the room, my mother looked at me for a long time, "Ah Yuan, I think you should stop investigating the cases of dead people in the village," my mother said with a condensed face and a very worried face. I remember that the reason why I joined the police academy was that my grandfather wanted me to inherit his philosophy and continue to be a brave fighter, and my mother also hoped that I could become a person with a sense of justice and do my part for the motherland.

Now, because of the continuous death cases in the village, I have been asked to stop the investigation, although my mother is for my safety, but it seems to go against the original intention of being admitted to the police academy, and my mind recalls the picture of many years ago, remembering that it was the day my father left home.

"Hmph, you unfilial son, if you listened to my words and went to the army, how could you end up unemployed, and in the end, you have to rely on me, an old man, to support you with a pension." My grandfather took me by the way and began to scold my father, while my mother stood by and bowed her head for a long time without speaking.

"Since I was a child, only what you said was right, and everything I did was wrong, since this is the case, why do you still give birth to me and raise me, it is better to throw me away," the father violently confronted the grandfather, "Son, how can you say such a thing, you are angry with me," the violent mood swings made the grandfather cough incessantly. "Get out, you get out of here, never come back, I don't have to give birth to your son," the grandfather angrily picked up the wooden stick on the side and kept banging on the ground in front of his father.

Seeing that the son in front of him couldn't bear to hit him with a heavy hand, and then slammed the wooden stick on the ground and turned around to leave this cruel sentence, the father stayed in place in a daze, he couldn't believe that this was what his grandfather said, "Okay, since you hate me so much, I won't appear to hinder your eyes again," and then the father rushed to the door without looking back, and the mother who was standing on the side could no longer hold back the pain in her heart, covered her mouth and kept sobbing and ran back to the room.

That night, only my mother and grandfather ate dinner, no one said a word throughout the night, the whole hall only echoed the sound of chopsticks picking vegetables and chewing to eat, after eating, when my mother returned to the room, she found that my father's clothes had been taken away in the room, and even his ID card was gone, my mother realized the seriousness of the matter, and rushed out of the house without looking back, looking at the villagers walking on the village road, and my mother kept shuttling through the crowd looking for my father's traces.

I didn't know the reason for this, I stood in the room in a daze, and my heart swelled with extremely sad emotions, and then I cried loudly, "Mom, Mom," after hearing the cry, my grandfather quickly rushed to the room, looking at the clothes that had been turned over in the room and I was crying in place, and my grandfather seemed to have realized something, and picked me up and kept coaxing me.

After a long time, the sound of opening the door sounded outside the door, and the grandfather walked towards the door excitedly, but found that it was the mother who opened the door, the mother's eyes were swollen, but there was no half a figure behind him, the grandfather's heart at this time suddenly surged, and the eyes were filled with tears, and the mother became stupid, and walked back to the room alone, looking at the mother who was gradually leaving, the grandfather's heart felt extremely guilty.

The moment the door was closed, a sighing voice came from a corner not far away, "I'm sorry, forgive me Arlene," and then picked up his luggage and quietly left the village along the village road. On the night of the father-son quarrel, my father left my mother and I from the village and never came back, and my mother also washed her face with tears every day because of my father's departure, but my mother did not blame my grandfather, but raised me by suffering alone.

Grandpa also always thought that if he was firm enough to let his son join the army, maybe this tragedy would not have happened, grandpa decided to continue to train me to be a warrior of the motherland, but the guilt of my mother was also accumulated in my heart, and my mother was not willing to obstruct grandpa's approach, she only hoped that the family would not have any more accidents.