Hearing Nangong Qiao say this, Shen Yunqing was taken aback: "Cai'er is only ten years old, and she is still a child, how can she ......?"

She stopped halfway through the conversation, she opened her mouth, as if thinking of something, slapped the table hard with her right hand, and stood up with a "poof", unprepared Nangong Qiao, who was standing behind her, and the top of her head just hit Nangong Qiao's chin.

"Was it forced? So you can't think about looking for death? ”

"Hiss......" Nangong Qiao raised his head in pain, rubbed his chin with his hand, moved a step to the side, shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

He was also on the way to the ancestral hall of the Baocai'er Society, and inadvertently saw that there were many such marks on Cai'er's neck.

Shen Yunqing didn't feel her headache at all at this time, she couldn't sit still, kicked away the chair with her foot, pulled Nangong Qiao's sleeve and was about to go outside the ancestral hall: "We have to tell Aunt Liu!" ”

When the two came to Aunt Liu's house, Aunt Liu was clinking glasses and drinking wine with her man, and a few simple dishes on the table did not prevent the two of them from looking like they were enjoying themselves.

"Miss Qing is here, have you eaten? Why don't you sit down together and take two sips? Aunt Liu saw Shen Yunqing and said with a smile.

She put down the wine glass, wiped her hands on her body twice, and stepped forward to pull Shen Yunqing.

Her man didn't look very welcome, and looked at Shen Yunqing and Nangong Qiao behind him with some vigilance.

Shen Yunqing smiled and said, "No, I don't know how to drink, why didn't I see Cai'er at dinner time now?" ”

After staying in Lanqiao Village for a few days, I got to know the villagers in the village, plus Shen Yunqing had been to Uncle Gan's house a few times before, and he had also met Aunt Liu's family a few times.

After she finished speaking, although she didn't sit down, she also stepped into the room, and Nangong Qiao behind her stood with her hands in her hands, carefully looking at the room and Aunt Liu's man.

Aunt Liu followed behind and replied easily: "Hey, this child is never at home, don't worry about her, she will naturally come back to eat when she is hungry." ”

Shen Yunqing stopped, it seemed that Aunt Liu didn't know.

She briefly told Aunt Liu about what happened this afternoon and Cai'er's situation, only to see that Aunt Liu's expression was not panicked and worried, but her eyes dodged and looked at her man.

Shen Yunqing watched the reaction of the two people coldly, and his gaze moved from Aunt Liu to her man.

The man was very calm, ignoring Aunt Liu's inquiring gaze.

Aunt Liu muttered for a long time, and then asked Shen Yunqing, "She, she, where is she now?" How's it going? ”

"In the ancestral hall, I've slept." Nangong Qiao replied, "Aren't you going to go and see her?" ”

Shen Yunqing and Nangong Qiao glanced at each other, and their thoughts were inexplicably agreed: there is something wrong with these two people.

Aunt Liu didn't seem to want to go, but her man in the house didn't say a word from beginning to end.

"It's not dead, there's something wrong with this kid." Aunt Liu pointed to her brain, "It's not once or twice, I can't always watch her all the time, right?" ”

Hearing this, Shen Yunqing really couldn't help but roll his eyes: "She is your daughter, and you are so indifferent to her?" Don't even look at it? ”

Aren't normal parents running away when they hear that their children have an accident? Aunt Liu's reaction was also too calm.

Aunt Liu: "Isn't she asleep?" When she wakes up, let her go home by herself, I'm only halfway through the meal, or I'll go to the ancestral hall after I've finished eating. ”

“……”

Shen Yunqing was so speechless for the first time, she had such a violent temper and wanted to hit someone! Although it didn't work out in the end, she was taken out of the room by Nangong Qiao with one hand.

"What are you dragging me for? Is she like talking? Is this like what a mother should say? Shen Yunqing raised his voice and shouted into the room.

"Did she pick it up?"

No one answered her, and when passing by Uncle Gan's house, Shen Yunqing had an idea, turned a corner, and turned into Uncle Gan's house.

They learned from Uncle Gan's mouth that Aunt Liu was indeed Cai'er's biological mother, but that man was not Cai'er's biological father.

"Cai'er, this child is also miserable, but what can she do if she is such a mother? It's useless for us to report to the official! Uncle Gan sighed.

Nangong Qiao took a quick step and pulled Shen Yunqing to sit down in front of Uncle Gan, "Please elaborate!" ”

"It's just that Aunt Liu is not human."

It turned out that Aunt Liu was not originally from Lanqiao Village, and moved to Lanqiao Village with four or five-year-old Cai'er a few years ago and lived next door to Uncle Gan.

When Cai'er first came, she was as thin as a puppy, and she didn't speak, so she sat alone at the door all day.

The door is closed, and sometimes it takes a whole day to sit.

When you are hungry, you eat the leftovers and vegetables brought out of the house, and when you are cold, you curl up and hide in the corner, and only in the middle of the night will you be called into the house by Aunt Liu.

Gradually, the villagers couldn't stand it anymore, and when they saw Aunt Liu, they would ask a few words, and the answer they got was: "She is my daughter, do you want to take care of it?" ”

When Aunt Liu first came to the village, she didn't greet the villagers, she was alone at home all day, the door was closed, and Cai'er was outside.

Later, every time every few days, a strange man would knock on Aunt Liu's door.

Men go in for most of the day, and the strange thing is that every time a man comes, Aunt Liu will call Cai'er into the house, and it will be half a day as soon as she enters.

After the strange man left, Cai'er was kicked out by Aunt Liu again.

This was repeated for a year or two, and it was not until Aunt Liu's current husband came that she didn't see different strange men coming to Aunt Liu again.

But Cai'er's situation is getting worse and worse.

She didn't speak at the beginning, and then she didn't eat, and she began to have scars on her body from time to time, with large patches.

Uncle Gan saw that Cai'er was pitiful, and persuaded Aunt Liu to take her to see the doctor, but Aunt Liu didn't pay attention to Uncle Gan.

When the villagers saw that Aunt Liu couldn't move, they felt pitiful for Cai'er, and would give her something to eat from time to time, but Cai'er didn't react and didn't say thank you.

Only when you are extremely hungry will you pick up what is next to you and eat.

"When that strange man came, what did Aunt Liu do when she asked Cai'er to come into the house?" Shen Yunqing said strangely.

Uncle Gan rubbed his gray beard and shook his head: "I don't know, Cai'er won't say it, and Aunt Liu won't say it." ”

"Aunt Liu definitely has a problem." Shen Yunqing clenched his fists and said with certainty.

Uncle Gan: "Is there a problem, it also belongs to her family affairs, and it is difficult for Qing officials to cut off family affairs, and we can't stand it and can't do anything." ”

Seeing Uncle Gan say this, Shen Yunqing roughly knew in his heart that Uncle Gan didn't know much, and Cai'er's situation was mostly only known to Aunt Liu.

After coming out of Uncle Gan's house, it was already very late, and near the middle of the month, a full moon hung in the night sky, and the road back to the ancestral hall was clearly visible.

Shen Yunqing was a little depressed because of Cai'er.

Thinking back to the red marks on Cai'er's body that Lin said, this child was most likely forced by Aunt Liu to do something.

And the time is not short, the spirit is hit, and there are some depressive tendencies, so I will choose to understand my life.