Compared to more than ten years ago, Ning Xiangsi’s features had matured, but because she took good care of herself, she had not changed much.
When the old woman saw Ning Xiangsi’s face, she staggered back in fright. “You…”
“You’re Ning Xiangsi?” The old woman recognized her, but Ning Xiangsi did not recognize the old woman.
At that moment, Tang Guo and Qin Jiu also arrived. One human and one ghost stepped into the house hand in hand. The instant Tang Guo appeared, every member of the family began trembling.
Especially when they saw her smiling expression, they shivered uncontrollably. The old man instinctively pressed his legs tightly together. The three strong young men’s calves were shaking.
When Tang Guo did not look away and kept her gaze fixed on them, they were so frightened that they wet themselves.
“Mother, it’s that female ghost!”
“Mother, what do we do? It’s that female ghost!”
Tang Guo looked at the old woman and stepped closer. The old woman collapsed onto the ground in fear. As if recalling something, she hurriedly knelt before Tang Guo, tears streaming down her face.
“It was my fault. It was all my fault. If you want to kill someone, kill me. Let my three sons go.”
“Long time no see, Li Meiyun. Back then, you were lucky to escape from here. Later, I heard that people outside helped you wholeheartedly. They found you a place to live, found you a job. Many people took good care of you.”
Li Meiyun’s lips trembled, but she said nothing.
“But why did you come back? Why return to this impoverished and vicious place and bury yourself here forever? What would those who longed for redemption but ultimately died in despair think?”
The system was shocked as well. Was this really the Li Meiyun who once could not bear to part with her three children?
“And now you’ve returned to your old ways. In order to find wives for your three sons, you’ve harmed innocent girls.”
Li Meiyun could not utter a word. The old man beside her only stared at Tang Guo in terror, also saying nothing. When Li Meiyun had been taken away years ago, he had chased after her that very day, so he was the only man in the village who had not been crippled.
Later, through relentless pleading and coaxing, he had finally brought Li Meiyun and the three sons back.
He had thought that female ghost would never return.
After all, more than ten years had passed.
He had not expected that after they had just committed one act, they would summon her again.
They all deeply regretted it.
Of the three strong young men, the eldest had memories from back then. The younger ones did not, but they had heard about Tang Guo’s terror.
“Was it you who harmed Sisi?” Ning Xiangsi finally remembered who Li Meiyun was. She rushed forward, grabbed Li Meiyun by the collar, and demanded fiercely, “Where is my Sisi? Give my Sisi back to me.”
Li Meiyun’s face turned even paler. “What Sisi? I don’t know.”
“Tell me where my Sisi is.” Ning Xiangsi could clearly see the way Li Meiyun’s eyes darted about. Sisi must have been confined here before.
“I regret it so much, Li Meiyun,” Ning Xiangsi cried in agony. “Back then, I should never have been soft-hearted. If all of you had died, my Sisi wouldn’t be in danger now.”
Li Meiyun had never imagined that the girl named Fang Siyun was Ning Xiangsi’s daughter.
She glanced at Fang Yunchi standing beside Ning Xiangsi. She was also the daughter of that Daoist.
She truly regretted it. If she had known, she would never have lured that girl up here.
Now, how were they supposed to hand her over?
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