The Little Sister in the Cultivation World

Chapter 347 A Mysterious Cause and Effect

Upon hearing this, Dajun's face turned pale. He suppressed the panic in his heart and responded in a low voice.

When Huang Yan saw that her guess had been confirmed, her anger surged, but she knew that she couldn't argue with a child, so she closed her eyes tightly.

Some people are truly ungrateful; she would rather have found a good partner than embark on an illegal path.

When she opened her eyes again, the smile she had when she first arrived was gone.

She raised her hand and patted his shoulder: "If anything goes wrong, try to persuade him if you can. If you can't, I hope you have the ability to distinguish right from wrong."

Without waiting for his reply, she turned and walked out. She wanted to go back and have Old Su investigate what she had been doing all this time, otherwise she wouldn't be able to put her mind at ease.

Dajun watched as the aunt who had helped his family left without looking back, his lips pressed tightly together. Once she was completely out of the yard, large tears streamed down his face.

He kept his head down and continued washing clothes without saying a word.

He also noticed that a lot of things had been added to the house recently, but when he asked about it, his mother just told him not to ask too many questions and dismissed him. As for what she had been doing lately, he had no idea.

Su Jiaojiao looked thoughtfully at the person who left in a hurry with a gloomy face.

The family inside must be the mother and son she came from before she went to the countryside. She had heard most of what happened inside.

However, she didn't intend to get involved in this matter. After all, she was the widow of a martyr, and if she made a mistake, Comrade Lao Su knew better than her how to handle it.

Looking up at the sky, she realized it was still early. She planned to wander around and then go out in the evening... to clock in?
hehehe~
Just as she was about to release her divine sense to continue searching for the black market, she turned around and saw a man with a full head of white hair and a bitter face. He looked very gloomy, probably because he had been having a bad time recently.

Especially the two large eye bags hanging under her eyes, they looked like water was injected into a thin layer of skin and were sticking out there.

But what attracted her attention was not these things, but the baby she was holding, who was probably only one or two months old.

Su Jiaojiao frowned unconsciously because she sensed a trace of cause and effect in the baby.

Tsk~ And it's a tragic fate.

That's really ridiculous. She's always been very careful about cause and effect.

This made her a little curious; how could she have such a connection with such a tiny baby?

Watching the old woman hurrying into the alley with her baby in her arms, neither crying nor fussing, without looking to the side, it didn't seem like she was going home.

It looks more like they're going to seek revenge.

Su Jiaojiao frowned, hesitated for a moment, but still followed. She needed to find out who the child's parents were; it was better to resolve this situation sooner rather than later, otherwise it would only drag on and become worse.

Ha! To be able to eavesdrop on two doors in less than an hour, that's something else.

I followed that old lady all the way to a large, shared courtyard house with several other families. I could hear the noise coming from inside even from a distance.

The children's shrill laughter and cries, in particular, made her feel as if the lively scene had exploded in her mind when she activated her divine sense. This made Su Jiaojiao frown uncomfortably, and she subconsciously withdrew her divine sense.

Since we're already here, what's the big deal? Why can't we just go in and watch openly? There are several families inside anyway, who knows which family you belong to!
There were only two alleys, and if I walked fast, I might be able to see both ends. Thinking of this, I started to jog, and the two braids hanging down behind me swayed from side to side.

When Su Jiaojiao got close to the door, it was already arguing inside. Several women outside the door were peeking in with wide eyes and gossipy expressions.

For some reason, no one went in.

This doesn't conform to the Chinese principle of being on the front lines when it comes to gossiping.

Su Jiaojiao had some doubts but didn't ask anything. She stood behind them and observed for a while. She noticed that although they didn't talk to each other at all, the excited look in their eyes when they occasionally made eye contact seemed to say everything.

She knew in her heart that these people must know something.

"Aunties, what's going on inside? I just saw that old lady holding such a small baby in her arms. I hope nothing bad has happened to her." Su Jiaojiao said with a worried look on her face, but her hand quickly reached for her handbag, grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds, and stuffed them into the hands of the aunts whose faces were practically radiating schadenfreude.

If she wanted to get the best melon, she was certain that this one was the key player.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gazes toward him.

Upon hearing that someone who didn't know the truth had finally stepped forward to ask, the gossip that had been suppressed for so long was eager to be shared, especially the aunt who was favored by Su Jiaojiao. Seeing how cooperative the girl was, her mouth was practically stretched to the back of her ears.

Without any hesitation, she took the handful of sunflower seeds handed to her and stuffed them into her pocket. Lowering her voice slightly, she said, "Hey~ young man, you're not from this alley, are you?"

Sure enough, seeing Su Jiaojiao's blank expression, the smile on his face brightened even more: "The old woman who just carried the child in is surnamed Hu, and the child she's holding is her married granddaughter."

"So what's going on with them...? And what does it have to do with me?"
Su Jiaojiao was puzzled, but she reached into her handbag again and pulled out a handful of melon seeds. She then handed a handful to each of the aunties, pretending that she wanted to eat melon seeds with them. She said, "Come on, aunties, let's eat together. You have to tell me properly, I want to hear it." She smiled sweetly, showing her two rows of teeth.

Perhaps because of the sunflower seeds, the aunties looked at Su Jiaojiao with a more amiable gaze. Although a handful of sunflower seeds was not worth much, in these days of scarcity, who would refuse a little snack to bring home for their child?

"Well, since Li Yong is a bit dim-witted, the woman insisted on taking Li Yong's pregnant wife home. Maybe she didn't want to raise the child. That's why..." Another auntie gestured with her chin and then continued, "If you count the days, the child was just a month old when they sent it back to her."

"Hey~ it's pitiful that this child was born." The aunt with the brightest gossip in her eyes pouted with regret: "You don't know, Li Quan and his wife are not good people. After their parents passed away, Li Yong's brother Li Quan took over the family."