The door.
The player paused for a moment as he left. Tangning heard a familiar voice behind him asking, "Are you a guest attending the Centenary Banquet?"
Centenary party
Tang Ning suddenly remembered that the day the Xie family was murdered was Grandpa Xie’s 100th birthday, but he did not receive any invitation from the Xie family that day, and he did not know why.
Li Haoyuan and Lin Yun stopped where they were, not knowing what to do. Tang Ning turned around and saw Xie Yunting, who was in his forties, standing at the door.
But Xie Yunting died yesterday, so the current Xie Yunting...
Tangning felt empty inside for a moment. Although he didn't love Xie Yunting, he had always admired him. He thought that this person deserved a better life...
Xie Yunting didn't seem to recognize Tangning. He smiled and said to the living person, "You old man give me a sense of familiarity. You look like a friend I know."
The house behind Xie Yunting had been completely renovated at some point. The blood, dirt and moss had disappeared. The ferret was lazily lying on the sofa, and the huge turtle was tied with a festive bouquet of flowers.
Tang Ning looked up, and the sky above him turned black silently.
There was no way to escape; he was now trapped in this strange situation.
Li Haoyuan whispered in Tangning's ear, "Go in."
The only ray of hope he felt now was to enter this strange Xie family. Leaving by force was a dead end.
Tang Ning said with a stiff upper lip, "I am Tang Ning's grandfather." To attend the 100th birthday banquet, one must have some connection with the Xie family.
"So it's Grandpa. No wonder I felt so close to you the moment I saw you." Xie Yunting didn't seem to doubt Tang Ning's identity and warmly invited Tang Ning and her group into the Xie family's home.
"My father is fishing by the river, my mother just went to tie a prayer belt, my grandma is cooking today, and my grandfather is entertaining guests in the study. He won't be receiving you right now, Mr. Tang." Xie Yunting said to Tang Ning.
Tangning tried his best to look regretful. He felt that all his acting skills were put to good use at this moment. "What's the point of receiving me or not? Thank you Xie family for taking care of Ningning for me over the years."
"Huh? This gentleman also looks like an old classmate of mine." Xie Yunting looked at Si Tai. Si Tai is now a model in his fifties or sixties, and indeed looks not much different from Si Tai in his forties.
Si Taishen laughed stiffly.
Tangning was worried that if Xie Yunting kept staring at Si Tai, he would notice that Si Tai was getting younger and younger, so she quickly diverted Xie Yunting's attention, "Xiao Xie, why didn't you invite Tangning to the 100th birthday party?"
Tangning was also puzzled by this question because he thought he had a close relationship with the Xie family. If he had known that it was Grandpa Xie's birthday, he should have come to see him.
Xie Yunting said with some embarrassment: "I came here to call Xiao Ning, but..."
But what
Tangning and Xie Yunting looked at each other. Xie Yunting said, "My elders wanted to see Xiaoning's child very much. They told me to secretly bring the child to see grandfather once and then send the child back."
Tang Ning's heart sank. At that moment, he recalled Little Lettuce's disappearance the night before. When Little Lettuce disappeared yesterday, Tang Ning tried to look for her, but to no avail. In addition, the day was about to end, so he didn't continue looking.
In fact, he felt that Rapunzel came to his house for no reason, so it was reasonable for her to disappear for no reason in the end. He had already made a profit by disappearing at the last moment of the day, and he should not ask for too much.
But he never saw it, it was Xie Yunting who came to his house and took away the lettuce.
Over the years, Xie Yunting has been coming to his house to take care of Xiao Luqi. It was he who asked Xie Yunting to set up various restrictions at home to protect Xiao Luqi. Xie Yunting was indeed able to take Xiao Luqi away quietly.
The Xie family has become like this. Has the little lettuce that came to the Xie family also been killed
Tang Ning was a little hesitant to go down. Was the current situation a repeat of what happened at the Xie family that day
"Old man, please have some tea." Xie Yunting poured tea for Tang Ning and the others enthusiastically, but no one felt confident enough to touch anything in the room.
"Let me see the child too." Tangning didn't drink her tea.
"Okay." Xie Yunting did not refuse. He stood up and led Tangning to the study, saying, "Follow me to the study."
Tang Ning knew the location of the Xie family study better than anyone else. With the support of Si Tai, he walked up step by step. There were many lifelike portraits hanging on the side of the corridor, with flowers, grass, fish and birds. At a certain moment, they all seemed to have turned into a sealed evil ghost, ready to devour anyone and causing great injustice.
Li Haoyuan, who felt the danger the most, was sweating profusely, while Si Tai, who was always a bit heartless, didn't dare to look around and just kept his head down to look at the road.
When he lowered his head, he saw Xie Yunting walking on tiptoe, and Si Tai raised his head again tremblingly.
Before he reached the study, he heard a mixture of laughter from an old man and a child, "You kid, you're finally behaving well now." "Hehe."
Just by this sound, it is enough to imagine the scene of the grandfather and grandson enjoying the family happiness.
Tangning's heart relaxed a little at this moment. No matter what, nothing should have happened to Little Lettuce, right
The door of the study opened.
Tang Ning's expression froze on his face before he could completely relax.
I saw Grandpa Xie in the study room wearing a bright red robe for the first time today. The robe was embroidered with flowers, plants and auspicious animals, and he looked like an old birthday star.
He was holding a strange head in his arms. The head was very big, like the size of an adult man, and it was covered with all kinds of complicated lines, like small array patterns on the face, making it impossible to see its appearance clearly.
The strange head grinned, and from time to time a child's laughter came out of its mouth. That was the voice of Rapunzel.
What is going on
Tang Ning felt dizzy and almost couldn't understand what was happening before him.
They all looked at Tang Ning who was standing by the door at the same time.
There was a trace of confusion in Grandpa Xie's eyes. He frowned and asked, "Who are you...?"
The head in Grandpa Xie's arms was staring straight at Tangning. Its bloodshot eyes were surprisingly bright. It opened its mouth as if it wanted to say something. Without words, Tangning knew it was his little lettuce just by looking at its expression.
Whenever Rapunzel did something wrong and expected forgiveness, she would look at him like this.
"I... I'm Tangning's grandfather." Tangning didn't need Si Tai's support and walked to the front alone.
If danger was about to erupt in front of him, he would stand in front to at least help Si Tai block it, and... Little Lettuce now looked like she wanted to be hugged by him, so he got closer to her.
"Oh?" Grandpa Xie raised an eyebrow, looking a little skeptical of Tangning's identity. However, the old Tangning in front of him did look a lot like her younger self. The aura coming from her body was also very similar to Tangning in Grandpa Xie's eyes. If they were not blood relatives, it would be hard to explain the similarity.
"Why is this child like this?" Tangning pointed at Little Lettuce and asked.
He should be afraid. He has been afraid since he took his first step into the Xie family. His old body could hardly bear the continuous and violent beating of his heart. But now Tang Ning was no longer tormented by that fear.
Instead, there was extreme anger and heartache.
This was the child he had raised. He had been taking care of the child clumsily since the child could not even speak. He made milk powder for the first time, changed diapers for the first time, taught the child to talk for the first time, and heard the child call "Mommy and Daddy" for the first time... In order to take good care of this child, he even gave up the idea of using the child as a tool to find the prince.
From a tiny little kid who couldn't even talk, she finally became a little lettuce that could hold a fairy tale book and tell her dad the fairy tales she adapted herself.
Even after Little Lettuce suddenly disappeared yesterday, he still felt that Little Lettuce must have run to another place and grown up healthily and safely, becoming the smiling, sunny young man in his dream.
How did it suddenly become like this
Tang Ning stared at the wrinkled head, his heart aching.
"Why do you think it has become like this?" Grandpa Xie looked down at the head in his arms and said calmly, "Isn't this where it came from?"
… What
"It turned out to be the head of an evil spirit. I was lucky enough to experience a happy childhood. This life is already worth it." Grandpa Xie said this in a tone as if he was generously giving something away.
From Grandpa Xie's perspective, it was indeed charity. On the day when Xie's mother failed to take Little Lettuce away, Grandpa Xie was ready to take Little Lettuce away himself. However, when he arrived and saw Little Lettuce and Tangning being so happy together, he decided not to do it and gave Little Lettuce some more time.
"Now its time has come, and my time has come too." Grandpa Xie said calmly.
The planned action had been delayed for too long, which meant that even if he could take the head back and completely sever its connection with the body, he would have to pay with his life.
But Grandpa Xie thought he had lived long enough and voluntarily ended his life on this day.
Tangning stared at Grandpa Xie, not believing what she was hearing.
Suddenly, Grandpa Xie's face changed color, and he subconsciously looked out the window. A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, tearing through the night. Heavy rain came pouring in, and beneath the sound of thunder and rain, there was a terrifying howl of an evil spirit.
"How could it be possible? How could it come here?" Grandpa Xie shook his head.
He felt the breath of that body. At this moment, that body was frantically trying to break through the obstruction of the giant tree and break into the Xie family. Was it here to take away the head
How could it be possible? The body shouldn't have any feelings towards the head. Even if it did, it should be the enemy. It should be happy to see the head being destroyed...
Before Grandpa Xie could detect the specific movements of the aura outside through the heavy rain, a cluster of pale flames suddenly ignited in the house.
The seemingly ordinary, weak flame contained a power that shocked everyone present. Tangning held up the soul fire and stood in front of Grandpa Xie, saying word by word, "Give it to me."