"Mom."
Child's Mom looked at the old woman. "Has Old Man Mao still not come home?"
At the mention of Old Man Mao, she asked almost casually.
She had asked the same question several times.
But each time...
She hadn't gotten the answer she wanted.
This time—
The old woman shook her head.
"No."
But Xue Zhu insisted that she had seen a sheep eating people.
The old woman was young at heart and in good health.
The old man's funeral had already left the family absorbed in mourning, with little energy to think about anything else.
Child's Mom wasn't satisfied. "Is there any way to get in touch with Old Man Mao?"
Was the child saying there was some kind of... monster?
But apart from asking reasonable people to help explain things when they heard such claims, there wasn't much else they could do.
Unfortunately.
At first, Child's Mom and Child's Dad had been polite and friendly to the people fishing for information.
How had they ended up at Old Man Mao's house?
They put the subject aside for the time being.
Some people came to Child's Mom and Child's Dad under the pretense of showing concern, hoping to fish for information.
Was it because managing the funeral had been too exhausting?
They were all worried.
They took leave again and stayed in the countryside to look after the old woman.
"The children should stay away from him."
After thinking it over, they decided it would be best for the child to stay with the old woman.
Child's Mom and Child's Dad were still in the prime of their lives, strong and healthy, with good resistance.
They immediately changed their tune.
Of course, Child's Mom and Child's Dad had heard those rumors.
Was it because of