Even hybrid monsters have their day

Geng Miaowan led them into the courtyard. After a while, Chen Jinyue looked the courtyard over several times. Seeing that she still didn't seem inclined to speak, he couldn't help but show a strange expression on his face, wondering if she was just teasing them.

He glanced uncertainly at Sun Xinyi, who seemed to share the same doubt. She gave him a look, and he then said to Geng Miaowan, "Um... Miss Geng, you said you have news about our Xiaoming, can you tell me now?"

Geng Miaowan didn't look at him or Geng Xinyi. He noticed that her gaze wasn't on anyone in the courtyard, but fixed on the steps beside the courtyard, her eyes filled with deep sorrow.

A strange feeling welled up in both of them at the same time, and an inexplicable unease arose deep in their hearts.

"What's wrong? Is it Xiaoming...?" Sun Xinyi's expression was not good. In fact, after so many years, they knew in their hearts that the chances of finding their child were slim.

Every day, the television shows stories of abducted children being deliberately maimed and forced to beg. Every time they see these news reports, they feel a pang of pain in their hearts, thinking that their children may be suffering the same or even worse pain in a place they cannot see.

For the past five years, Sun Xinyi has been tormented. That day, if she hadn't let her child play alone in the yard, the child might not have had this accident.

Back then, the town didn't have security cameras like they do now, so nobody knew where the child had gone, and they couldn't find him anywhere. For the past five years, Sun Xinyi has suffered more than anyone else, yet she has nowhere to turn for help.

Seeing Geng Miaowan's hesitant expression, she suddenly had a bad feeling, fearing that her initial assumptions might have come true. But then she thought, as long as she could find her, nothing else mattered. As long as she could find her, that was enough.

On the steps beside Geng Miaowan stood a small figure, his face pale as he stared blankly at the couple opposite him. His expression held hesitation, confusion, sadness, and also joy. Watching him, she felt only heartache.

Chen Ziming turned to look at Geng Miaowan, his eyes filled with longing, which Geng Miaowan knew. He wanted her to talk to them.

She sighed almost imperceptibly, suddenly feeling a pang of reluctance to unveil the truth for them. She wondered if they could accept such a cruel reality.

"I brought you here today to meet Chen Ziming."

"Really?" Sun Xinyi and Chen Jinyue exchanged a glance, their faces showing surprise and delight.

Chen Jinyue hurriedly asked, "Where is Xiaoming? Where is he?"

Geng Miaowan glanced at the steps beside her and pointed, saying, "Xiao Ming is right here."

Chen Jinyue and Sun Xinyi were both taken aback, then looked puzzled. They laughed again, "Miss Geng, are you joking? Where is Xiaoming here?" Chen Jinyue pointed to the empty courtyard around them.

“Xiao Ming really is here,” Geng Miaowan said immediately when she saw that Chen Jinyue and Sun Xinyi looked like they were about to refute her. “I hope you are prepared for what I’m about to say.”

Seeing the serious and solemn expression on her face, tinged with sadness, their unease turned into a sense of foreboding. Especially Geng Miaowan's tone, so grave it bordered on solemn, which made them involuntarily move closer together.

Sun Xinyi's body trembled slightly, and Chen Jinyue glanced at her. He reached out and took her hand, comforting her. However, Geng Miaowan noticed that his own hand was also trembling uncontrollably.

“Xiao Ming died five years ago.” As soon as she said this, Geng Miaowan felt a sense of relief. “And he is standing next to me now as a ghost.”

She dared to speak, but she didn't dare to look at the couple's expressions. The feeling of helplessness—as if the world she had painstakingly built had collapsed instantly, crashing heavily to the ground and shattering into pieces—made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

Sun Xinyi stumbled, but fortunately Chen Jinyue reached out and supported her.

“Xiao Ming actually…” Sun Xinyi’s eyes welled up with tears, and she lowered her head and began to cry quietly.

Chen Jinyue, being a man, paled slightly upon first hearing the news, but he quickly recovered and asked Geng Miaowan, "How did you know? What evidence do you have?" It was precisely because the child's body was not found that the police concluded the child had been abducted.

"Xiao Ming told me."

Sun Xinyi looked up at Geng Miaowan, her eyes brimming with tears. She asked, puzzled, "He told you? Didn't you say he had already…?"

“Yes, Xiaoming is indeed dead,” Geng Miaowan said, glancing at the steps beside her. “But he did tell me.”

Chen Jinyue's eyes showed some confusion, but more anger. He pulled Sun Xinyi back a step, "Miss Geng, what you said is really problematic. I don't know what you want to do, but please don't joke about our child's affairs."

After saying that, he pulled Sun Xinyi to leave, saying, "I think she doesn't know Xiaoming's whereabouts at all. She heard about Xiaoming from somewhere and is deliberately trying to make fun of us." Sun Xinyi was stunned by what he said because she also felt that Geng Miaowan's words were indeed contradictory and illogical, and she couldn't understand them at all.

But when they got to the door, they couldn't open it no matter what they did. Chen Jinyue couldn't help but turn to look at Geng Miaowan again, "What exactly do you want?"

“It’s not that I want to do anything, but that your son wants to see you.”

"Miss Geng! How could you joke about a parent's longing for their child? Your character is seriously flawed!" Chen Jinyue was furious and spoke without any restraint. "What are you trying to do by locking us up like this? Let me tell you, we don't have any money. Even if you lock us up, don't expect to get anything out of us!"

After saying that, he glared at Peng Yuxian, as if to say, "You look so respectable, but you've actually been aiding and abetting evil, doing such a thing." Peng Yuxian was caught in the crossfire this time.

Geng Miaowan looked at them with a mixture of amusement and exasperation. Did she really look like a bad person?

Sun Xinyi wiped away her tears, her complexion softening slightly. However, her eyes were still full of displeasure as she looked at Geng Miaowan. "You little girl, I think you're quite pretty, how come you're so bad at such a young age? And you," she turned her attention to Peng Yuxian, "you're such a grown-up, how can you still not distinguish right from wrong!"

Peng Yuxian, who was shot repeatedly while standing nearby, just smiled and said nothing.

While they were talking, they continued trying to open the door, but to no avail; the door remained firmly shut.

Chen Jinyue lowered his hand, turned his head and glared at Geng Miaowan, "What exactly is your purpose in locking us up here?"

Geng Miaowan shrugged. "I really didn't turn it off."

"Who else but you?"

"I've already said it, it's Xiaoming who wants to see you." (To be continued.)