On the windowsill, the red candles Ye Xiao Luan had prepared with her own hands still stood neatly in place. It was all so ironic.
Li Da Niu held the half of Ye Xiao Luan's body that remained and roared at the heavens.
"Why!"
"Why did it have to happen like this?"
He had only gone out once. He had only gone out once, that was all.
The round trip had taken less than half a month.
The village had always been peaceful and tranquil, but one Demonic Calamity had wiped it off the face of the earth.
The villagers' bodies lay strewn across the village paths, in the courtyards, and inside the houses.
Blood had dyed the entire village red.
Li Da Niu could clearly recall the faces and voices of every one of them.
Everything that had happened today was just like what had happened to his hometown all those years ago!
At that moment, Li Da Niu's heart was filled with endless regret.
If only he had listened to Ye Xiao Luan and stayed in the village instead of leaving to seek revenge, none of this would have happened.
If only he had realized sooner that the Demonic Calamity was approaching and wiped out those demons, Ye Xiao Luan would not have died.
But there were no ifs in this world.
Time that had already passed could never flow backward.
Only a bone-deep hatred coursed through Li Da Niu's heart.
He buried Ye Xiao Luan and all the villagers who had died. Then he picked up his hatchet, charged into the forest, and killed every demon he came across.
At last, he found the demons' lair. Inside, he saw another embroidered shoe.
It was one of the shoes he had bought for Ya Ya.
"I swear!"
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