12dz Chapter 403 You Killed Your Whole Family
Chapter 403 You Killed Your Whole Family
Chapter 403 You Killed Your Whole Family
The new address of Mu Xiaoyu's mother's family was not far from their old place, so they quickly found out where they were. Although Mu Xiaoyu's mother's family wasn't a large one, it was certainly not small either.
More than twenty or nearly thirty years have passed, and now only a handful of people remain. Moreover, there are only a few elderly people left in our hometown; there are no young people left at all.
When Mu Xiaoyu and the others arrived, the first thing they saw was a small mud-brick house, which was even more dilapidated than the house they had lived in before.
Mu Xiaoyu remembered clearly that her mother had mentioned that although her mother's family wasn't wealthy, they weren't poor either. They certainly wouldn't be living in a house like this now, more than twenty years later. Even their old house was better than their current one.
Neither Mu Xiaoyu nor her mother could quite believe that the dilapidated house in front of them belonged to their family.
For a moment, the group stood outside the house in silence.
Although Li Chenxu and his group tried to keep a low profile when they arrived, they still attracted the attention of many local villagers. Now that they have been staying outside the house of Mu Xiaoyu's mother's family for so long, many of the onlookers have started to whisper among themselves.
The commotion outside was quite loud, which naturally attracted the attention of the people inside the house. After a while, several elderly people with unsteady steps came out of the house.
Upon seeing so many people gathered outside, the elderly men seemed confused about what was happening. They looked at Mu Xiaoyu and the others with puzzled expressions, and after a while, they asked in somewhat slurred voices, "Who are you...?"
The old man spoke with a local accent, and it took Mu Xiaoyu a while to understand what he was saying. Looking at her mother beside her, she saw tears streaming down her face.
"Three sisters."
Mu Xiaoyu's mother spoke in a hoarse voice. As soon as she spoke, the old man trembled and stared blankly at Mu Xiaoyu's mother, as if trying to read something from her face.
The old man stared at Mu Xiaoyu's mother for a long while, and then, for reasons unknown, he suddenly turned and left, never looking at Mu Xiaoyu and the others again.
Seeing this, Mu Xiaoyu's mother hurriedly chased after them. Just as she was about to catch up, several elderly people suddenly stopped and raised their canes to strike Mu Xiaoyu's mother.
Seeing this, Mu Xiaoyu and Li Chenxu quickly stepped forward and stopped the old men from using their canes: "Let's talk this out. What kind of behavior is this, hitting people?"
"What's so great about her? If it weren't for her, our family wouldn't be in this state!"
Mu Xiaoyu's mother is now completely distraught. She was never like this when Mu Pengzheng died; she seems to have lost her soul.
Hearing her sister's words, she stared at them blankly, and said in a hoarse voice, "Third sister, why have you all become like this? What exactly happened...?"
"What happened? Don't tell me you don't know? Your brother's death, and the deaths of Mom and Dad, were all caused by you and Mu Pengzheng! If you hadn't provoked Mu Pengzheng, our family wouldn't be in this state now!"
The old man had harbored decades of anger and resentment. If Mu Xiaoyu's mother hadn't appeared, they would have let it go; they would have pretended that this younger sister had never existed, and that such a person had never existed in this world. The disasters and suffering their family had endured were simply punishment from heaven for some bad deeds they had committed in their past lives.
But now that she has appeared, all those things that happened back then, and the lives of several family members, can't just be left like this!
Mu Xiaoyu's mother is still completely stunned, especially after hearing what her third sister said, her face turned deathly pale.
She opened her eyes slightly, stared blankly at the other person for a long while, and then asked with trembling lips, "Third sister, I don't know what happened, but... I really never thought of harming you. You are my family, how could I harm you?"
"Perhaps you didn't directly harm us, but your insistence on being with Mu Pengzheng—no, perhaps from the moment you got together with Mu Pengzheng, you brought misfortune to this family. Do you know? Everyone who opposed you and Mu Pengzheng was later killed by him. Think about how many people were in the family back then? But now, I'm the only one left. Everyone else is dead, killed by Mu Pengzheng and you!"
Mu Xiaoyu's mother's third sister was also quite old, at least seventy or eighty years old. Now, she was so emotional and had said so much, her chest was heaving violently, as if she was about to faint at any moment.
Mu Xiaoyu's mother is not much better off now. Decades have passed, and birth, aging, sickness and death are the norm. When she learned that there were only a few people left in the family, and even only one blood relative, she only thought of birth, aging, sickness and death, and never thought about it in any other way.
Now that I know the truth, I am devastated. I stand there frozen, completely motionless.
Mu Xiaoyu was startled by her mother's appearance and quickly reached out to touch her, anxiously asking, "Mom, are you alright?"
"I am fine."
Mu Xiaoyu's mother, her face pale, said this, then looked at her third sister, finally pushed Mu Xiaoyu and the others aside, walked to her third sister, and knelt down directly.
Her action was so sudden that no one present expected it. When they came to their senses, Mu Xiaoyu hurriedly tried to reach out to help her mother up, but was stopped by Li Chenxu.
"Let Auntie do it, otherwise she'll always have a knot in her heart, which isn't good for her health or for herself."
Li Chenxu had not spoken until now, when he finally spoke, his expression was serious, clearly indicating that he had given his words considerable thought.
Upon hearing this, Mu Xiaoyu immediately stopped what she was doing. She pursed her lips and looked at her mother, who was kneeling in front of someone and was almost in tears. After hesitating for a while, she finally put her hand down.
"Third sister, I really didn't know what happened back then. I never thought things would turn out like this. I know it's no use saying anything now. If you're willing, I'm willing to give my life to atone for the mistakes I made back then."