The origin of this Supernatural Incident lay in an unknown disease.
It ravaged A Chun with vicious cruelty, transforming her from a virtuous wife and loving mother into a terrifying mutant.
Though its origins remained unknown, what followed showed that it could grant the infected a certain degree of supernatural mutation—in other words, Ghostification.
Kun Sheng's role in this incident was likely that of a husband filled with pity yet helplessness.
As one of A Chun's closest people, he must have tried every possible method, even tormenting himself until his temples turned white and he was utterly exhausted.
But nothing ever worked. In the end, he had no choice but to tie his beloved wife to the bed, delaying the progression of her Ghostification.
As for Xiao He...
In this family of three, she played an ignorant little girl—though she was simply being herself.
She did not understand her mother's illness;
Nor could she empathize with her father's pain.
Her eyes watched her mother's drastic transformation and her father's exhaustion, yet she could never share their feelings.
Was Xiao He truly that ignorant?
Ji Li did not think so.
Under normal circumstances, the one she should have feared was her "mutated mother," not her "exhausted father."
Of course, there was another possibility...
Holding the syringe, Ji Li looked at Cheng Ming standing to his right—also Kun Sheng. This father, too, had "changed" later in the story.
He had even become more horrifying and terrifying than his Ghostified wife, carving that impression deeply into Xiao He's heart.
At a glance, that was all the information he could make out.
Ji Li had not forgotten his "role," so he carried the syringe and stepped forward once more.
This second step brought him within three steps of A Chun.
But as soon as