"Hiss..." Xiao Hua drew in a cold breath, seeming to understand what Lü Cao was about to say.
Sure enough, Granny Chen wept again as she said, "I truly do not hate the Six-Eared Monkey for using my parents, because if he wanted to achieve his goal and join Seeking Scriptures in the Pure Land, he could not avoid using some means! What I hate is Zhenkong. My parents were clearly... clearly controlled by the Six-Eared Monkey. Even if they were controlled, they could not possibly have been a match for Zhenkong. Zhenkong clearly had ways to subdue them, yet he insisted on killing them with a single stroke of his staff! Why? Why?! Did killing them with one blow make him seem mighty and heroic? Did it earn him more merit? Why could he not tie them up? Why could he not spare their lives??"
"Well..." Xiao Hua was somewhat at a loss for words. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Once a Mind Control Worm is placed inside someone's body, that person... is no longer the person they once were! Even if they are not killed... they will go mad... and never be the same again!"
"I would rather watch insane parents! I would rather see parents with no awareness at all!" Granny Chen cried somewhat hysterically. "As long as I could look at them, I would feel at peace. Then my sky would not come crashing down..."
"Alas, why is hatred so carved into the bones?" Xiao Hua actually understood Lü Cao's feelings somewhat. He sighed. "Hatred from decades ago could make even an old woman so stubbornly obsessed!"
"Actually, Xiao Lang..." Xin Xin had not spoken all this while, but now she opened her mouth with gentle dignity. "You too are like one trapped in