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Xia Ling did not doubt him. “Let’s eat first, then.”
After that, she raised her utensils.
Xia Moyan seemed to stop looking at him, so Shaohui silently breathed a sigh of relief. Uncle is too terrifying. Dad is so pitiful. He endured so much suffering but couldn’t let mom know…
He recalled what happened in the afternoon. How was it a demonstration?
It was obvious that Uncle was abusing his father. He told his father to show him what was the wrong action and what the consequence would be… Once was not enough. He had to repeatedly demonstrate. In the end, dad climbed the snow peak n times, fell into the snow n times, and pretended to freeze to death n times…
Shaohui thought it was really cruel.
Unfortunately, he was too young and did not dare to go against his uncle’s demands.
After living with his uncle for a few years, he deeply understood that offending his uncle would disadvantage himself. His allowance, rest time, snacks, and even luck…
Everything would disappear without a trace!
The small child quietly lowered his head and ate.
After Xia Ling finished eating, she initially wanted to see Li Lei. However, once she recalled what happened in the afternoon, her face turned red and her heart started pounding, so she retraced back her steps.
“Mom, come over and watch TV with me!” Shaohui called.
Xia Moyan gave him an approving look. Yes, it seemed that this child was becoming more aware of what was going on and knew that he had to stop his mom from secretly going to visit his dad’s room. What a good kid.
He made way and gave Xia Ling a place to sit.
Xia Ling sat down and somewhat absent-mindedly accompanied them to watch TV. She had almost fallen asleep when she suddenly saw a piece of news. [After a re-investigation by the police, it’s confirmed that four years ago, the eldest daughter of the Gu Financial Magnate, Gu Lin, was the mastermind behind the orphanage poisoning incident. Today, the court sentenced Gu Lin to life imprisonment, effective from today.]
Xia Ling looked at the news with mixed feelings.
Finally, she was charged.
She finally sought justice for the two innocent orphans who died four years ago. However, so what? People could not be resurrected. No matter how heavy the punishment was, it was impossible to save the children’s lives.
She was in a bad mood and lowered her head.
Beside her, Xia Moyan said, “Bad deeds will lead to bad karma.”
“What about good deeds, then?” She softly asked. “What did those two children do wrong?”
Xia Moyan stroked her soft hair. This girl did not know that when the two orphans were buried, they were blessed with the requiem that the Phoenix sang for them. It was enough for them to be safe and prosperous.
This was a great reward for a good deed.
“Would you like to see Gu Lin?” Xia Moyan asked. “To see how the wicked end up.”
Xia Ling shook her head. “Not interested.” It was enough to know that the girl was sentenced to life long imprisonment. Although that girl was spoiled, people gave her many chances… If she did not make things difficult for her in the forest, this harrowing past would be hidden forever.
Perhaps Gu Lin’s blessings were all used up.
It was all her own undoing.
Xia Ling lowered her head and lectured Shaohui. “You have to be a good person, understand?”
“Yes!” Shaohui nodded vigorously and looked at Gu Lin on the TV screen.
On TV, Gu Lin was wearing a yellow prison uniform and her head was shaved. She looked horrible as she screamed. “I’m being framed! Framed! Save me! Save me! Ye Xingling, you b*tch!”
Xia Ling frowned. At this time, Miss Gu was still scolding others?
Xia Moyan said faintly, “I can let her have the death penalty.
Startled, Xia Ling said, “That’s not necessary.” The death penalty was meaningless. She wanted to let her live and be imprisoned and tortured for the rest of her life. She could wear cheap clothes while doing hard labor and thinking of how she could never return to her former glorious days. This was the most painful punishment.
Xia Moyan saw through her thoughts and nodded in approval. Thankfully, his sister wasn’t so compassionate. He was relieved. “Now that you’re so famous, you probably have fans that are in prison,” said Xia Moyan with ease. “I will visit the prison staff and let them lock Gu Lin up with your fans.”
Xia Ling laughed. “Brother, you’re cruel.”
Beside her, Shaohui shuddered. Mom, you just found out…
Uncle was the world’s most frightening man.
He somewhat sympathized with Aunt Gu Lin who was in handcuffs.
After living in the mountain villa for some time and receiving strict training every day, Xia Ling and Shaohui mastered the essentials of climbing snow-capped mountains and could set off to bury the box.
Xia Moyan said, “Well then, be careful on the way. I will be leaving.”
Xia Ling reluctantly bade farewell to her brother and Li Lei also sent his very frightening yet difficult to deal with future brother-in-law away with mixed feelings.
The family set off north in a private jet. After a few days, they arrived at the foot of the snow-capped mountain.
Looking up, it was a really tall mountain.
“How beautiful…” Shaohui exclaimed. The child seemed to naturally not know what fear was and did not feel how difficult it was to conquer the snowy mountains. He was very happy as if they were going on an outing.
Xia Ling also nodded. The snow-capped mountains were really beautiful.
Li Lei checked their bags for the last time. He was carrying most of the weight which consisted of tents, ice axes, snow shovel, and other equipment. Xia Ling and Shaohui only carried the necessary food items, medicine and flashlights to prevent danger if they got lost.
The three people cautiously headed for the snowy mountains.
They gradually walked up the mountain. At the start, the slope was not very steep, and the climate was not bad. They frequently met many tour groups which looked curiously at the family of three. Many concerned people asked, “Where are you from? Have you lost your tour group? Join ours. It’s very dangerous for so few people to be in the snow-capped mountains.”
Xia Ling was a huge celebrity, so she wore a hood to cover most of her face. She did not talk and acted cold.
Every time, Li Lei just smiled very warmly. “It’s ok. We are individual travelers. The three of us will be walking up ourselves.”
“Walking up yourselves?!” The tourists were all very shocked, especially when they saw Shaohui. They were stunned. “This… this child is so young. How can you let him follow you up freely? Do you want him to die?!”
Li Lei continued to smile. He held Shaohui’s little hand and walked over.
The tour group looked at them disapprovingly. One woman walked to the tour guide and asked, “Don’t you think that their actions are very suspicious? Could it be that they’re trying to get across the border to sell the child?”
The tour guide shook his head and laughed. “Across the border to sell the child? They won’t be taking this route! Even if they scale the mountain, they won’t reach the border, and the child will probably be dead by then. However…” He pondered. “It’s really strange. Bringing such a small child up the mountain and not following a group. I’m afraid that there’s something wrong.”
“How about we follow them to take a look?” A kind soul said, “It’s for their own good. These three people have an exaggerated opinion of their own abilities. What if something happens to them? With us following them, they will be safer.”