CHAPTER 37: CHAPTER 26: TOGETHER FOREVER

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Yu City, at dusk.

In the Sang Family living room, Sang Wan sits in a wheelchair, holding the phone with Sang Que’s broken screen, her face full of exhaustion and worry.

It’s already the third day since Sang Que disappeared.

Besides calling the police and waiting, there’s nothing she can do.

In the kitchen, the property staff is routinely inspecting the gas meter, when Sang Wan’s phone suddenly chimes with a new message.

Sang Wan comes back to her senses abruptly, hurrying to check her phone with trembling hands, hoping for clues about Sang Que.

A chat group called ’Story Relay’ pops up in the messaging app.

[Today I’d like to tell everyone a love story. It begins with a disabled mother waiting at home for news of her missing daughter.]

Sang Wan’s pupils tremble; is this message about her?

Could it really be a coincidence?

[At this moment, the TV broadcasted an urgent news bulletin.]

Buzz buzz!

The living room TV suddenly turned on by itself, startling Sang Wan, who looked up.

"... A major criminal case occurred in our city; now a public manhunt is underway for the suspect, Qin Kairong, male, forty years old, registered address..."

Ding!

[Take a look at the photo on the wanted notice; doesn’t it look like the property staff in your kitchen? (smiley face)]

Seeing the new message on her phone, Sang Wan held her breath and tightened up.

Heavy footsteps came from the kitchen, stopping behind Sang Wan, with heavy breathing sounds.

Sang Wan’s hair stood on end; she trembled as she tried to call the police.

The phone was suddenly snatched away, Sang Wan maneuvered the wheelchair joystick, but the wheels were blocked by a foot.

She instinctively tried to stand with one leg to escape, but she was grabbed by the hair and heavily thrown back into the wheelchair.

A broad palm pressed down on Sang Wan’s shoulder, "I was going to wait for your daughter to come back, to ask why she harmed me, but it seems that’s not possible now."

The middle-aged man in a property employee’s uniform pulled down his mask, revealing a face full of menace, his gaze turning exceptionally fierce.

Earlier, when he came in, he excused himself by saying he had a cold. Sang Wan, anxious about Sang Que, hadn’t paid him any attention.

"Qin Kairong! It was you who beat your daughter to death; worse than an animal! What does it have to do with my daughter!"

Overcoming fear, Sang Wan shouted angrily, trying to make her voice reach outside.

A kitchen knife was placed at Sang Wan’s neck, Qin Kairong glanced at the shattered phone screen in his hand; the emergency call hadn’t gone through.

Buzz buzz!

The living room lights flickered inexplicably, a cold wind blew through the curtains, making the space appear chilling.

Qin Kairong tossed aside the phone, with a ruthless smile on his face.

"You and your daughter are alike, only capable of causing harm. If your daughter hadn’t been nosy, would I have been wanted so soon? You both are to blame, women are no good!"

"Anyway, I’ve lost my wife, my daughter is dead, and now I can’t live myself. If I can take someone down with me before I die, I’ve profited! Let your daughter taste the pain of losing a loved one!!"

As his words fell, Qin Kairong swung the kitchen knife down hard toward Sang Wan’s neck.

Bang!

A human head fell to the ground, rolling around.

Scalding hot blood splattered all over Qin Kairong, who wiped it off with his hand. As he reopened his eyes and saw the face of the head at his feet, he shivered and stepped back.

"Dad... it hurts..."

The face on the ground was exactly his already deceased daughter, Qin Lu!

Buzz buzz!

The living room lights flickered twice and went out; outside it had somehow turned pitch dark.

The headless body in the wheelchair stood up and turned around, while the head on the ground continued to plead.

"Dad, I was wrong... Dad..."

Qin Kairong’s eyes widened, bloodshot, recalling the day he argued with Qin Lu when she insisted on going out to some class reunion, and he wouldn’t allow it.

Qin Lu finally said rebellious words, wanting to move far away after getting into college, sever the father-daughter relationship, never returning, letting him rot alone at home.

Just like! Her mother!!

"Shut up!"

Qin Kairong swung the knife recklessly at the air, seeing hallucinations, witnessing chaotic and broken limbs, and blood spreading beneath his feet.

Qin Lu’s pleading voice filled his ears.

"Dad, I was wrong... I won’t leave again..."

"Dad, please stop... it hurts... it hurts..."

"Dad... I won’t leave again..."

"I want... to stay with you forever..."

His anklebone was suddenly grabbed, the icy sensation piercing made Qin Kairong recall the dread when he realized the grave mistake that night.

"Ahhh!!!"

Qin Kairong suddenly went berserk, holding the knife as he rushed out onto the balcony, soon disappearing into the night.

The noise, screams, and sirens of the police cars finally ceased with a gunshot.

Ding!

[A daughter’s love for her father is always moving, isn’t it?]

*

Sang Family living room.

A hand covered in blood and dirt picked up the broken-screen phone from the ground.

Sang Wan, still shaken, pale-faced, sat in the wheelchair unable to stop trembling.

Facing the sudden appearance of a girl dressed in ancient coarse cloth attire, carrying a large pack, dirty and dark, she opened her mouth, unable to speak for a long time.

Finally, tears of fear welled up in her eyes, "Where did you go? I thought you’d left me too, I thought you’d never come back..."

Sang Wan broke down crying, Sang Que’s eyes full of guilt, walked over to squat down, holding Sang Wan’s hand.

"I’m sorry, Mom, I’m truly sorry, it took me too long to come back, forgive me..."

Sang Wan hit Sang Que hard on the shoulder, tears continued to flow, years of fear pouring out.

Sang Que grabbed a tissue box from the coffee table and handed it to her mom, feeling extremely lucky now, relieved she didn’t follow Yan Daozi’s direction all the way, relieved she backed out and didn’t participate in the final risk with him.

If she hadn’t returned in time this time, Qin Kairong’s knife would have... Sang Que dared not think further.

Luckily, she’d returned the moment Qin Kairong took the phone.

Just a touch of Gui Chou’s Evil Mist, and Qin Kairong fell into terrifying delusions, breaking down mentally.

Though she used the final opportunity for Gui Chou’s intervention, Sang Que only felt grateful, grateful she had the ability to save her mom.

After crying for a while, hearing the commotion outside, Sang Wan quickly wiped her tears and said to Sang Que, "The police will definitely come later. Whatever happened, we can talk about it later; go take a bath and change clothes first."

Sang Que glanced down at herself, still wearing the clothes from Black Mountain Village, all dirty.

Seeing her mom’s concerned expression, along with the Ming Zhang Notes on the coffee table, Sang Que thought her mom must have guessed something and wanted to protect her, to keep her secrets hidden.

"Alright, we’ll talk later, I have a lot to tell you."

Sang Que stood up, just taking two steps before Sang Wan tugged at her clothing, cautiously asking, "You... won’t suddenly disappear again, right?"

Sang Que felt a pang of grief, earnestly replied, "No, I promise!"

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This Chapter faced censorship; Qin Kairong’s section lacks the original flavor due to it. Given the nature of this genre, there’s much that can’t be mentioned. So everyone should keep following along to see the uncut content; otherwise, it’s just the edited version.