850 Gone missing



Old Master Chen saw that his grandson was not willing to forgive him and sighed before going with his wife to the hospital, he could not leave her alone when she was injured so gravely but even so he glanced at his grandson before leaving, his eyes were filled with regrets as he thought of how he had not believed his grandson and instead trusted those two demons but now even if he was regretting his actions there was nothing that he could. 

Once the ambulances which were called for Old Madam Chen and Cui Deming drove away everyone turned to look at the chaotic hall, the large birthday cake which was specially made for Old Master Yan's birthday was still standing intact on the side but no one was in the mood to celebrate Old Master Yan's birthday, at this moment they all wanted to take a leave and go back home as soon as possible! 

Thus, the guests who were waiting for the chaos to stop took their leaves one by one as they bowed to Old Master Yan and wished him happy birthday before bolting out of the hotel's banquet hall. No one wished to linger behind in a room which was filled with the scent of blood and death.

Even Old Master Yan asked the hotel staff to rearrange the room to a smaller one for him, though the staff was a bit startled when they saw blood on the floor, Old Master Yan's status was enough to shut them up. The small group moved to the second floor where Song Yan bowed her head in front of Old Master Yan and apologised with a guilty expression on her face, " Forgive me, Old Master Yan because of me your birthday banquet was ruined." 

"It's all right, in fact, it's a good thing too… on my birthday many souls who were in the unrest were given peace this is good as well," Old Master Yan did not mind the bloodshed which took place on his birthday, he was happy as long as those demonic beings which were ruining the lives of many innocents were gone.

Song Yan opened her mouth but then decided not to tell Old Master Yan that those souls he was speaking about were all used to nourish the blood tree to bear fruit to create more chaos in this world, instead she closed her mouth and agreed with what Old Master Yan said with a nod.

He then turned to look at Nian Zhu and asked, " Where were you? Why did you not tell anyone that those things were the ones who wronged you first?" 

Nian Zhu lowered his head as he took a seat with everyone else and then speak in a glum voice, "It's not like I did not wish to tell anyone about Chen Chu Chu and her sister but that I could not, back then it was my father who agreed to the engagement with the Chen family. When I first saw that woman, I thought that there was something wrong with her, she was too perfect in everything that she did and it kind of struck weird to me. But she easily gained the affection of my parents, I never had a good impression of her but she made it look like I was avoiding her because she did not look good. It's a pity that I was too unskilled back then and did not know how to deal with her, I was afraid that if I broke the engagement then I will be blamed along with my family." 

"But then my sisters vanished one after another, and each time that Chen woman was with them. She would make plans to meet them only to cancel halfway and then return to the military district as if she had something to do," Nian Zhu's smile turned mocking as he continued speaking, " Though that woman returned my sisters did not, one by one they disappeared and was then found dead, it was then did I notice that Chen Chu Chu was getting more and more beautiful. I was young and foolish, instead of telling my parents, I confronted that thing on my own." 

He raised the leg of his pants and showed the amputated leg which was strapped under his left knee and then added with a rueful smile, " I got away with great difficulty but ever since then I was haunted by those two sisters and their minions, I had to stay inside a temple where they could not reach and became the disciple of a master before sending a shrine to my family because I was afraid that they will try to harm my family."

As he finished speaking his eyes turned red beside him Old Master Yan patted him on the back in an attempt to console him. 

" Thank you sister for taking revenge on my behalf for those two things, I wanted to kill them with my own hands but I was told by my master that they were too strong and I was much too weak," Nian Zhu bowed in front of Song Yan gratefully who shook her head and said,

" There is no need for you, this was what I was supposed to do." 

Nian Zhu smiled and did not say anything further, he wanted to say that he should go back to his sect when Old Master Yan stopped him and said, " You should go and see your mother, she had lost two of her children already don't make her suffer anymore. She is still waiting for you to return, even though everyone was against you and blamed you for letting that demonic woman down, your mother was the only one who said that you could never do something like that, she trusted you and is waiting for you even now." 

When Nian Zhu heard about his mother he could not stop his tears from falling, in this life he had a lot of regrets but he could still make up for them one by one because his sisters were gone, he will stay thrice as filial to his parents and take care of them.

" Don't worry, Old Master Yan… I will go and see my parents." 

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