I sat aside and watched Cheng Guiyi's mother crying loudly, pointing at the man and complaining constantly, saying that he only knew how to drink, didn't care about his children, and beat and scolded him at every turn.
It's good now, something happened to the child, and there will be no son in the future.
The man didn't say anything, he just stood there, his eyes red, his fists clenched, letting his mother scold him.
As he talked, Cheng Guiyi started talking nonsense. He was obviously mentally abnormal. What he said was all nonsense and confusing.
Suddenly, the man picked up the suicide note on the ground, looked at me with red eyes, and then walked over.
"Tell me, where is my son? I've been searching all over the city this night, but I can't find him. Where is he?!"
He yelled at me, looking as if I had killed his son.
I wasn't angry either. I spread my hands and said, "I'm just a witness, sending you a message with good intentions. Your son ran out to commit suicide. If you don't reflect on your own problems, what are you yelling at me?"
He still stared at me and said through gritted teeth: "Let me ask you, where is my son? Why can't I find him anywhere!"
I smiled and said, "I have told you, I am a witness. As for where your son is, when he gave me his suicide note, he said that you were never willing to listen to him and were indifferent to his affairs. You only knew Beat him and scold him, so he said that even if he dies, he will not come back and he doesn’t want you to see him.”
The man suddenly froze, looked at me blankly, and said, "He...he really said that? He would rather die than go home to see us?"
I nodded: "Well, he did say that. So now that I have sent the letter, you don't need to ask where he is, just pretend that he never gave birth to this son."
The man looked down at the suicide note in his hand, and his body suddenly began to tremble slowly. Finally, he couldn't control it. The moment I went out, he collapsed on the ground.
"I...I beg you, please tell me, where is my son...I...I know I was wrong...Please..."
The woman suddenly rushed up, grabbed my clothes, and then knelt down directly to me.
He said some strange words and even called me, the old god, asking me to save their family and his son.
This statement made my skin stand on end. Why did I become an old god in her eyes?
She told me nonchalantly that she knew there had always been weird things in her family, something that wanted to kill them, and that thing had been in her house for several years.
To others, these words would just be the crazy words of a mentally ill person, but I know that what she said is absolutely correct, and that is indeed what happened.
So I asked her, since she had known it for a long time, why had her son ignored her so many times?
She started to cry again and didn't answer.
Things in this family are really messed up, and there isn't even a normal person there.
At this time, the man stood up, wiped his tears and told me that he was not ignoring me, but he didn't want his son to know too much. Anyway, he would leave home after going to college.
By then, what happens at home will have nothing to do with him.
I sneered and said to him: "You are so naive. Do you think your son will be fine if you don't tell him? The evil done by your ancestors has already been repaid to him. Even if he goes to college and leaves, he will still be fine." If you find him, you are deceiving him."
He was shocked and looked at me in surprise. His cloudy eyes seemed to be clearer at last.
"You...you know about my family?"
"Well, I know. I knew everything as soon as I walked in. You, the elders, have committed sins and have no regard for future generations. Hey, it's all karma."
I sighed deliberately. His lips moved slightly and his eyes wandered. After a while, he seemed to have finally made up his mind.
He said to me: "Don't look at me being drunk all day long. I know it well. You... you are definitely not an ordinary person. Come with me."
With that said, he turned around and walked into a room.
I was confused and didn't know what he meant, so I followed him inside.
The curtains were drawn in the room, which was very dark and had a musty smell. It seemed that it had not been opened for a long time.
There was an altar table inside, with a statue of a god on it, but it was covered with a red cloth. The red cloth was also covered with a thick layer of dust, so it was hard to tell what kind of statue it was.
He walked over, bowed to the statue, and then said to me.
"For so many years, I have never dared to tell my child. Every time he asked, I would say that the offering was for the landowner, but in fact..."
When he said this, he suddenly stretched out his hand and lifted off the red cloth on the statue.
I took a closer look and was immediately surprised.
Although this statue is human, it has a weird head and does not look like an animal.
I asked, "What is this offering?"
He shook his head: "I don't know either. His grandfather told us this before he died a few years ago and asked me to worship it properly. But before he could tell what it was, he died."
I know he is talking about Grandpa Cheng Guiyi.
He continued: "I listened to his words and started worshiping him, but things kept getting weird at home, and I felt something was wrong, so I wanted to give this thing away. But every time I gave it away, something would happen to my family. I had to invite this thing back. Enough."
"Since then, my mother has been a little weird. She always talks nonsense. In addition, I was in a car accident and my driver's license was revoked, so I am in a bad mood. I like to drink a few sips, and I can't control it. Living……"
"I also know that I have owed my child a lot in the past few years. I have a bad temper and my mother is like that. She failed to give him a good environment. If something happens to the child, I won't be able to survive..."
He said with tears falling from his eyes again.
It seemed that he was sober this time and knew he had repented.
Seeing that he already had an attitude, I nodded secretly and said to him: "You can keep these words for yourself and tell your son later. I ask you now, you don't even know what your family is offering, so you are just confused." You've been doing it for several years, right?"
"Yes... I never knew what it was. At first I thought it was the Earth God, but then I felt something was wrong..."
"Even if you are the Earth God, you can't cover it with red cloth. Look at your altar table. It hasn't been cleaned for a long time. It must have been a few months since the incense was burned?"
"Well...I don't have the intention..."
"Also, have you ever seen such a weird-looking earth lord? In my opinion, you are not a serious god at all."
To be honest, I didn’t know what kind of god this was, but at this moment, the voice of Cheng Guiyi’s mother came faintly from behind.
"This is not the Landlord, but... the Grasshopper."
