Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 299 Aunt
In Ran Qing's more than ten years of life memories, the presence of her mother's relatives was weak.

He had only met his maternal grandparents once in his life. His memory of that time was very vague, but he remembered that the two elderly people were particularly kind to young Ran Qing and bought him a lot of candy, jelly, and cookies, which made the four-year-old Ran Qing very happy.

But children can't distinguish between good and bad adults. It wasn't until she grew up that Ran Qing gradually realized that her parents' relationship with her maternal grandparents' family had become distant.

For so many years, the two families had no contact while my mother was alive, let alone after she passed away, when the relationship between the two families was completely severed.

Ran Qing only knew that her mother had an older sister and a younger brother.

But Ran Qing's uncle left Zangke a long time ago, saying he was going to do business in the south, and almost lost contact with his family.

Ran Qing's mother's older sister, Ran Qing's aunt, would visit Ran Qing's home several times a year.

Even after her mother passed away, this aunt still came to visit Ran Qing in the village.

However, this aunt's relationship with Ran Jianfei was not very good, and Ran Qing had been afraid of this aunt since childhood.

Unlike her gentle and loving mother, Ran Qing's aunt never married or had children. She was always slovenly and unkempt, with messy hair like a beggar and a foul odor that was unpleasant to look at.

When she was little, she often threatened Ran Qing, saying she would sell Ran Qing to the old man.

Lao Beibei... a monster in Zangke folk legends, like Bianpo, is a psychological shadow in the childhood of countless Zangke children.

But compared to the monster who likes to disguise and deceive, Old Back is much more ferocious and cruel.

In the stories told by the elders, the old men always appear carrying baskets on their backs, their backs hunched over. They forcibly drag people away with sickles. If it's a child, they throw them directly into the basket; if it's an adult, they chop the adult into pieces and then throw them into the basket.

His aunt's threatening jokes and her foul odor instilled in Ran Qing a deep-seated fear and disgust for his mother's older sister from a young age.

In particular, every time this aunt came to our house, she would just freeload, eating a huge amount of the cured meat and sausages that my mother and grandmother made, and then she would leave, carrying a big bag of yellow fruit and oranges with her on her back.

……

The memory of that hateful and detestable aunt, coupled with her voice at this moment, instantly stirred up negative emotions in Ran Qing's heart.

He was extremely annoyed, yet a sense of fear also arose within him.

Ran Qing subconsciously took a step back, staring at the pitch-black room in front of her, her face ashen and stiff: "...That old man in funeral clothes who was loitering outside my rented room earlier, was he sent by you?!"

The moment Ran Qing recognized her aunt's identity, she immediately understood the cause and effect of many things.

When Li Hongye came to his door, Ran Qing was already terrified, but there was also a strange old man in a funeral shroud standing at his door.

Although the old man in the burial clothes was captured by Ran Qing and interrogated by Aunt Liu, no result was obtained before Aunt Liu passed away.

I thought this matter might remain an unsolved mystery, but I never expected to uncover the truth here tonight...

Ran Qing said with a grim expression, "You've been hiding near where I live, spying on me the whole time?!"

In the pitch-black room, the radio station's broadcast abruptly stopped.

The person inside turned off the radio and admitted with a cold laugh, "To be precise, that old man is a ghost raised by my aunt. I sent it to harm you."

"But don't think of your aunt as so bad. She didn't really want to kill you; she just wanted to use you to find Ran Jianfei."

“Your father is a slippery and selfish old man. After that incident ten years ago, he abandoned his family and went to hide in the city. He cut off all contact with everyone he used to live with, and didn’t even care about his mother and son back in his hometown.” “We started looking for him this year, and it took us a full six months to roughly determine which unit he works for. But we haven’t had a chance to get close to him.”

“That old widow is very vigilant! If we don’t catch him once, he might escape to another province and never be found again.”

"We were planning to use you, his son, as bait to lure him out, but Kolo Silver's daughter suddenly went mad, and even we can't talk to her."

"It insisted on dealing with you and your father all by itself, and even dragged that old woman Mo Baifeng into it. In the end, as expected, it backfired."

"After that incident, your aunt stopped paying attention to you for a while. She only knew that you seemed to have become Mo Baifeng's apprentice? You must have inherited Mo Baifeng's mantle, right?"

As the woman inside spoke, the rustling sound of clothes being put on could be heard from inside the room.

Ran Qing frowned as she listened to the sounds coming from inside the room, and heard the woman inside continue speaking.

"...So who sent you here tonight?"

"Your dad? That's unlikely."

"If that old widow Ran Jianfei knew I was causing him trouble, he would have already taken a train to another province to hide. There's no way he would go to the elevator building to join the fun."

"As for Mo Baifeng... if she really discovered us before she died, then I have to admire her. That old hag is indeed quite capable. If we hadn't been in her way ten years ago, she might have actually succeeded."

The woman sneered sarcastically. Although she was praising Aunt Liu, the words she uttered were full of sarcasm.

Ran Qing stared at the woman in the room and slowly asked, "...What happened ten years ago?"

"Oh? You didn't know?" The woman in the room chuckled in surprise. "It seems Mo Baifeng didn't tell you. Ten years ago, the Gates of Hell opened, and many people from the Yin-Yang Path came to Zangke to search for the Ghost King's Coffin. At that time, there were heavy casualties."

"In the end, everyone thought the Ghost King's Coffin had not been found, and some even believed that the Ghost King's Coffin did not exist at all."

"But I can tell you the truth: the Ghost King's Coffin is real, and it was found ten years ago."

"At that time, Mo Baifeng and his group, along with your aunt, some of our friends, all found the Ghost King's Coffin."

"Furthermore, Mo Baifeng was closest to the Ghost King's Coffin, but a strange fog suddenly rose up and covered everyone. In addition, our interference prevented that old hag Mo Baifeng from having the Ghost King's Coffin all to herself."

"This must be something shameful for Mo Baifeng, right?"

"The renowned Sixth Sister of Zangke Mo was framed by a group of ghost breeders she looked down upon... Hehe..."

The mocking laughter inside the room was filled with smugness.

Being able to betray her sixth aunt at a crucial moment seemed to be a great honor for her.

Ran Qing remained expressionless, showing no interest in the matter: "You want to harm Ran Jianfei by harming me? Why? Does he have a grudge against you?"

Ran Qing still cannot understand the purpose of raising ghosts.

These people raise ghosts everywhere, set up altars for them, and scatter precious and important items like ancient ghost coins all over the place... What benefit do they gain from this?!

(End of this chapter)