Chapter 143: Chapter 143: See the Outcome in Seven Days
Before Hua Jinyan could speak, Little Taotie, with her hands on her hips and looking quite annoyed, exclaimed, “No! This is my candy! Mine!”
Tian Leran was charmed by the little girl’s fierce demeanor, but seeing her eyes shinning bright with anger, she knew she was truly upset and hurriedly comforted her, “Who wants to steal your candy, sweetie? Grandma will teach them a lesson! Grandma will buy you candy, so don’t be mad, good girl.”
Little Taotie was taken aback.
She was rarely called a treasure.
In her memory, only her twin siblings were always called treasures, the darlings loved by everyone.
As the song went, a child without a mother was like a blade of grass.
But she clearly had a mother. She didn’t understand why her mother didn’t like her.
Seeing her lost in thought, the old lady tentatively reached out to hug her. Seeing that the little girl was still dazed and did not resist, the old lady’s eyes curved into a smile.
Oh! She got to hold her granddaughter!
By the time Little Taotie snapped back to reality, she was already wrapped in a warm embrace. She looked up into Tian Leran’s eyes, which were filled with joy and affection.
The bouquet of flowers on Tian Leran’s head burst like fireworks before returning to its original shape, blooming in clusters, swaying back and forth.
Little Taotie’s cheeks reddened, and in a babyish voice, she asked, “Grandma, why did you suddenly hug me?”
“Sweetie was mad, so grandma hugged you to make you stop being mad.”
“I…I’m not mad anymore.”
“Tell grandma, who wanted to steal your candy?”
“I…,” Little Taotie stole a glance at her and whispered softly, “If you find someone else, I won’t be able to turn the resentment into candy anymore, nor help the pretty sister find the murderer.”
Hua Jinyan, afraid they wouldn’t understand, helped explain, “In seven days, if her death wasn’t a suicide but a homicide, she would turn into a vengeful spirit. Little Taotie can collect resentment and turn it into candy. That turns the resentment into misfortune that will befall the murderer.”
Little Taotie nodded, “We don’t need to get involved, nor do we need to tell the police who the murderer is. As soon as the misfortune strikes, the bad guy will be enveloped by it and expose himself!”
“Really? Is it that magical?” Cheng Guodong was puzzled, “Could you do this before?”
“I couldn’t before. It was after eating lots of Evil Spirit Chocolate and Resentful Spirit Candy, and then in my dreams where I learned it. As long as I eat a lot of Evil Spirit Chocolate and Resentful Spirit Candy, I’ll become even more powerful!” Little Taotie grinned innocently, utterly unaware of the enormous impact her words had on the three adults present.
Tian Leran opened her mouth to speak, but found her throat hoarse, “Aren’t you afraid of them?”
Little Taotie tilted her head and made a tiger pouncing motion, and with a baby voice said, “Roar,” her two little dimples deepening, “I’m a fierce beast, they are the ones afraid when they see me, I’m not scared at all!”
They’re so delicious, why would I be afraid of them!
Her eyes sparkled, and her small hands subconsciously reached into her pocket, which contained the Evil Spirit Chocolate that she and Hua Jinyan had caught outside the mountain gate. She had been reluctant to finish all of them, keeping three.
I really want to eat them!
But she had promised Grandma Fensi not to eat them until she had questioned those mysticism experts thoroughly.
Her little face scrunched up, her eyebrows furrowing.
Tian Leran asked anxiously, “Is something uncomfortable, what’s the matter?”
Looking pitifully at her, with a thin layer of mist in her eyes, Little Taotie said, “I…I’m craving.”
Cheng Guodong quickly understood and explained quietly to Tian Leran.
He knew his sister had been holding onto three pieces of Evil Spirit Chocolate and had been unwilling to eat them.
On hearing this, Tian Leran, both amused and exasperated, quickly opened a box of newly bought chocolates, picked up one with a fork, and popped it into Little Taotie’s mouth.
“Mmm!” Little Taotie’s mouth was filled with chocolate, and she blissfully squinted her eyes.
“Then we’ll come back after seven days, goodbye pretty sister!” Little Taotie stood at the hospital entrance, waving to the pretty sister inside the hospital.
This time, the pretty sister wasn’t crying or despairing, but smiling happily, waving back.