I leaned against the wall, looking utterly exhausted.
Hearing the Cheng brothers' question, I nodded slightly.
"Don't worry. The village chief's entire family has been wiped out. Their souls have all been scattered."
The two instantly looked delighted.
"That's good, that's good!"
Then Cheng Xiaoqian froze.
"Then... then what about our mom?"
"Same thing. Her soul was scattered."
Mao Jing answered coldly from the side.
Cheng Xiaoyou and Cheng Xiaoqian exchanged a glance, without a trace of sadness.
After their initial surprise, a hint of delight appeared in their eyes instead.
Then Cheng Xiaoyou said:
"Actually, that's... that's for the best! Mom was never a good person. She deserved to die."
Cheng Xiaoqian nodded as well.
"Yeah. Mom had already become a vicious ghost anyway. Having her soul scattered was a release, and it got rid of an evil.
When we come back in the future, we won't even need to burn incense for her. We can save on incense money too."
The brothers nodded in tacit agreement, clearly pleased.
There wasn't the slightest bit of grief over their own mother's soul being scattered.
They even blamed their own mother.
It would have been understandable if it were Cheng Xiaohong. After all, her mother, Zhou Chunmei, had harmed her and wanted her dead.
But these two brothers had been spoiled rotten by their mother while she was alive.
Even after death, although their mother had been evil and harmed their sister Cheng Xiaohong, she had never harmed either of them.
Yet they were acting so heartlessly, showing this kind of attitude toward their own mother's soul being scattered.
They were textbook egoists, with no family affection to speak of.
I saw it all but said nothing. I had neither the mood nor the strength to deal with them.
Their sister