"Don't look, it will upset you."
As it grew dark in front of my eyes, Yu Longting's palm was pressed against them, his icy tone flowing past my ear.
I have an intensely maternal protective urge towards children, and I felt almost insane as I clutched tightly at the fabric around Yu Longting's waist, "How could this happen? I don't believe Zhang Shuying would do such a thing; he has a defiant nature and would never harm ordinary people…"
"I know, honey, stay calm. I don't think it was Zhang Shuying either. With your husband by your side, you're not alone—trust my abilities." Yu Longting hooked his arm around my waist, steadying my center of gravity, soothing my nearly hysterical emotions.
At that moment, I deeply realized how important it was to have Yu Longting by my side.
With him, I was no longer alone as when I was abducted.
No longer fighting battles alone.
I struggled to contain myself, "He… he just died, didn't he?"
Although I had only glanced briefly.
What I saw was just an outline.
But it was evident that the corpse was very much in the state of a cow's bones.
"He was wearing slippers; maybe he lived nearby," Yu Longting said solemnly, "Of course, this is the countryside, and it's not uncommon to see people barefoot; this isn't an accurate assumption."
"You… do you mean to check this child's home?" I couldn't quite grasp Yu Longting's intentions, unsure of his purpose.
But Yu Longting's mind was extremely meticulous, clear-headed and wise.
I could trust him completely to make the right decisions.
"Keep your eyes closed, wait until we are away from this area, then you can open them."
Yu Longting advised before bending down to keep my ankles and wrists separated, "Check the nearby farmhouses too, there might be clues."
"Mhm," I fully agreed with Yu Longting's words.
Right now, other than these two skeletons, we had no clues about the incident, and could only wait to conduct a systematic investigation for any leads.
After Yu Longting got up, I quickly followed him out of the wheat field.
We stepped out of the wheat field.
I opened my eyes, scanning our surroundings.
The nearest structure to the wheat field was a small hut about fifty meters away.
The door was broken and wobbly, barely hanging on.
It seemed like it had been forcefully opened from the inside.
"Anyone home?" I stepped forward to knock on the door, knocking for a long time with no response.
At first, I thought there was no one inside, but then a faint voice drifted from behind the damaged door.
At first, I couldn't make out a word, but I perked up my ears and realized someone was calling for help, "Save... me…"
Yu Longting and I exchanged a glance and burst in simultaneously. Follow current novels on N0veI.Fiɾe.net
The farmhouse was a typically common structure, with two rooms, a living room, and a kitchen.
The faint voice came from the kitchen, where a middle-aged woman with a headscarf lay on the ground surrounded by patches of blood, "Save me..."
"Sister, what…" I knelt halfway down, helping the woman up, "What happened…?"
The woman's face was almost unrecognizable, her eyeballs gone, as if mauled by a wild animal, a complete bloody mess.
I was somewhat frightened, almost dizzy, but quickly calmed down, "What happened to you? Who did this? Are there others in your family?"
Yu Longting's judgement was indeed accurate, given that something had happened in the wheat field.
The nearby farmhouse could also be involved, possibly even the source…
"My… son… husband…" The middle-aged woman's mouth was almost gone, blood dripping from her hair, it was a miracle she could still speak, "It was... the tree... tree..."
"Tree what...? A tree demon?"
I didn't know what tree she was referring to, but on the woman's face, I saw a root of a blood-red tree, wondering if it could be a tree demon or something...
Just then, a familiar voice came from behind, "She's talking about the Tree Infant, huh? Is this fate? Su Wan, you and Snake Lord are also involved in this?"