eurekapd Chapter 330: Past Dreams
Chapter 330: Past Dreams
After a pause, 001 continued to recount, as if telling an ordinary story, that dark and obscure time that none of the people present remembered.
"Host, although your soul quality is higher than that of the demonic world and you are protected by the national fortune of China, you are just an ordinary mortal girl. Your foundation is there. No matter how much external force tries to elevate you, you cannot compare with those innate beings in the Chaos Sea or those strong people who can cross the Chaos with their physical bodies!"
Therefore, you cannot withstand the erosion of chaotic energy during the transmigration process, nor can you withstand the instinctive and pervasive rejection and malice of the Heavenly Dao of that world towards souls from another world, and you are even less able to withstand the ironclad laws of the Great Dao regarding the mystery of the womb!
"After several lifetimes, your memories have remained unawakened. In addition, there was no resentment-repelling herb in your previous life, so your parents' lives were not as smooth as they are in this life. They did not have a close connection with the court as they do in this life. The money they needed for living depended entirely on your father's hunting and your mother's embroidery, which was barely enough to make ends meet. Naturally, they could not afford the cost of medicinal baths. Therefore, your physical condition, skills, and courage at that time were far inferior to your current self!"
"Of course, they also passed away due to other unforeseen events when you were ten years old, in accordance with fate. However, unlike in this life, they did not leave you much wealth!"
"Host, back then, before you regained your memories, you had such a meager inheritance, a younger brother who had just turned one year old, and on top of that, your grandparents who were biased and disliked your branch of the family, and your uncles and aunts who were distant and full of greed and calculation. In a backward and impoverished rural area, you can imagine how difficult your life was."
"At that time, you were relatively naive and weak-willed. You had neither enough money or support, nor enough confidence to leave Wei Village and take good care of your younger brother on your own. You also could not have foreseen the changes that would follow, so you would not have had the idea of living alone in Yiling Town! Thus, the host and the young Wei Ying missed each other!"
Hearing this, Wei Chaoyan felt a lump in her throat. Although she knew that this was due to the pressure of reality, the thought that in her previous life, she was too incompetent and not only did she not live well, but her younger brother Qingyan also suffered. Moreover, she missed her chance with Aying and could not change his fate. Her heart felt like it was being squeezed tightly, and she was in excruciating pain!
With a deathly pale face, Wei Chaoyan spoke in a dry voice: "What happened later that led to the current state of Qingyan and me?"
001 glanced at Wei Chaoyan with a smile. Although her smile was beautiful, it sent a chill down one's spine.
"Host, haven't you always wondered why, since you awakened, you've felt a strange sense of hatred, defensiveness, and alienation towards Wei Village and your grandparents and aunts from time to time?"
"Having recounted the events of your past life, you, having read countless similar novels about peasant women, should be able to imagine what happened to you afterward."
"So...so..." Wei Chaoyan suddenly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, her teeth chattering, unable to utter a coherent sentence.
Qi Ye, still managing to regain his composure, put his arm around Wei Chaoyan, who was trembling like a leaf, and urged in a hard voice, "Senior, please continue to explain."
001: "The incident happened when Qingyan was five years old."
"That early winter, the host's aunt's family had a happy occasion. The host took Qingyan and went to the banquet with the Wei family. When they arrived, due to a shortage of manpower, the host was sent to the kitchen to help by her grandmother and several cousins."
"While you were busy, young Qingyan was tricked out of the village to play by your uncle and aunt's little tyrant cousins and a few other bored rascals in the village. However, they took him out but did not bring him back, leaving Qingyan alone outside."
"By the time you finished your work and came out to look for the person, it was almost dark, and naturally, the person was no longer found!"
"Huh? So I just disappeared like that (︶︿︶)=凸?" Qingyan felt a chill run down his spine, his lips twitching. "Just a bunch of kids' prank, and I'm gone just like that?!"
001 nodded affirmatively: "Of course, a healthy five-year-old boy who is fair-skinned and cute, alone on the outskirts of a remote and unfamiliar village, isn't he just waiting to be delivered to human traffickers or other unscrupulous people?"
"So, I was kidnapped by human traffickers?" Qingyan replied numbly.
"Yes, they were a group of human traffickers who specialized in scavenging qualified children from wealthy and powerful families to be trained as suicide pawns and playthings! In your previous life, you were pampered and protected like the apple of your eye, so naturally you didn't survive the first hurdle and died of illness on the way in less than half a month. At that time, the human traffickers were not far from the mass grave, and feeling it was bad luck, they simply threw your lifeless body into the mass grave to save trouble!"
"I won't let that go! So, that's why I eventually became a deeply malevolent, earthbound spirit?"
Wei Chaoyan leaned against Qi Ye's chest, her two icy hands held tightly by Wei Ying and Lan Zhan on either side, while Qingyan clung tightly to Qi Ye, asking in a hoarse voice as if she were about to cry.
"Of course! The host was devastated when he couldn't find Qingyan. He then learned from the children in the village that Qingyan's disappearance was due to a prank by his cousins. Not only did they not feel guilty or try to make amends, but they also secretly mocked Qingyan's stupidity and ridiculed you for wasting your time searching for him. Village Chief Wei and your uncle and aunt also knew the inside story, but they kept quiet for the sake of their reputation!"
"The host went mad the moment he learned the truth. He grabbed a knife and wanted to kill those cold-blooded and heartless cousins, but he was ruthlessly suppressed by the adults. Then, to prevent you from seeking revenge, your second aunt secretly contacted an old bachelor in the deep mountains of Waibo Ridge, a hundred miles away, and wanted to sell you to him at a high price to be his wife. This would not only extinguish your desire for revenge, but also earn you a generous dowry."
Wei Ying, Lan Zhan, Qi Ye, Qing Yan, and even Lan Wen Jing all gritted their teeth and clenched their fists tightly, wishing they could teach those disgusting and cold-hearted people 001 mentioned a lesson. However, Wei Chaoyan, the person in question, was unusually calm at this moment.
She asked, "So, I died a violent death in the deep mountains of Waibozi Ridge because I refused to marry him?"
"No!" 001 denied immediately.
Wei Chaoyan: "?"