"I saw your brother."
It was already late at night, and with Liu Zhong escaping, tonight's events were over. Everyone went to rest, and Su Bujin entered the dilapidated thatched hut again.
The girl was still huddled in that corner.
This time when the girl met Su Bujin, she was obviously less wary than the last time.
After hearing the word "brother", the girl's eyes clearly showed a light, and immediately, the girl gently drew a few more words on the ground.
"Is he... still... well...?"
Su Bujin carefully looked at the words written by the girl one by one, and then smiled slightly.
"Don't worry, he's fine."
After hearing Su Bujin's words, a smile finally appeared on the girl's face.
"However, I guess he will come again tomorrow. By then, I can't guarantee his life or death."
When the conversation changed, Su Bujin shook his head again and said.
Hearing this, the girl's eyes dimmed again.
It seemed that the girl still cared about Liu Zhong.
"It's getting late, I'll go back first."
After saying that, Su Bujin turned and left.
"..."
The girl just looked at Su Bujin like this until she closed the door and left.
…
After Su Bujin left the dilapidated house where the girl was kept, he did not go back to the wing to sleep. Maybe he felt sleepy, so he planned to walk around the Liu family compound.
It was very quiet in the Liu Family Courtyard late at night, and no one could be seen. Everyone had already fallen asleep.
Su Bujin walked around aimlessly by himself, thinking about today's events.
What kind of grudge does Liu Zhong have with the Liu family?
Why was his sister Liu Xuan locked up in that dilapidated house?
And why did Liu Tianyi hide this matter?
"…….."
Perhaps he was lost in thought, even Su Bujin himself didn't know how long he had been spinning.
"Um?"
At some point, Su Bujin came to a lake. There was a lake pavilion in the lake, and he saw a figure standing lonely inside.
At this time, besides myself, is anyone else not sleeping?
"Who is the one?"
Su Bujin was startled for a moment, then looked carefully and realized that the figure was none other than Liu Tianyi.
At this time, Liu Tianyi was standing absentmindedly. His figure seemed to be a little stooped, showing a bit of age and helplessness.
"well……."
With a long sigh, Liu Tianyi turned around, and then noticed Su Bujin, and was slightly surprised.
"You're here!"
"Master Liu, you don't have to be so formal. I'm just going out for a walk."
Su Bujin smiled softly.
"That's right..."
Liu Tianyi also laughed, but Liu Tianyi's smile at this time was full of sadness and bitterness.
It seemed that Liu Tianyi had something on his mind.
Su Bujin stepped forward and came to Liu Tianyi's side, standing side by side with him.
Neither of them said anything, they just remained silent.
The cool breeze from the lake gently blew over the two people in the pavilion.
"Tell me, is there such a thing as retribution in this world?"
Liu Tianyi suddenly spoke, with a hint of confusion in his tone.
"retribution?"
Su Bujin raised his eyebrows slightly, then shook his head and said.
"That's a matter of heaven. We have no control over it, and we can't control it."
"The way of heaven? Maybe..."
Liu Tianyi sighed quietly.
"Back then, my son came back from a training trip and brought back a woman who he said was his wife. They were married, and the woman was pregnant. I didn't think there was anything inappropriate at the time. After all, the child was older. , many things were left to them to decide on their own, so I didn’t think much about it and happily accepted this daughter-in-law.
And this woman is the mother of Liu Zhong and Liu Xuan.
Later, after a few years, she has always been very good, filial, gentle and virtuous, very lovable, and I am very satisfied with this daughter-in-law.
But by chance, I discovered that she was the Disaster Bat. I knew exactly what the Disaster Bat was like. As long as I had anything to do with it, there would be no good ending. The only option was to kill her. , otherwise the Liu family is likely to be in disaster.
However, since she came into my Liu family, she has been virtuous and kind, and there has been no so-called disaster. In addition, my son has begged me hard, so I felt compassion and planned to hide this matter. .
However, disaster still happened.
That disaster caused my Liu family to lose more than half of its strength. I don't know how many people died. The Liu family's status in Maple City was seriously affected. In the end, I had no choice but to kill that woman.
But when I found her, she had already committed suicide because of self-blame..."
Speaking of this, Liu Tianyi's old eyes became a little moist.
"She is actually a good woman, but it's a pity that she belongs to the Disaster Bat..."
Seeing his tribe and his son die in front of him due to disaster, and his daughter-in-law committing suicide out of guilt, Liu Tianyi was actually the one who was the saddest.
But as the head of the Liu family, he couldn't show it and could only hide the pain silently in his heart.
There is too much helplessness in this world. Only when we encounter it do we discover our own weakness. We can only watch helplessly, but we can't change anything at all.
"It's indeed a pity..."
Su Bujin sighed with some emotion. He didn't expect that the Liu family would have such a past event. After listening to it, it was indeed very touching.
Was Liu Tianyi wrong?
In order to protect his son and daughter-in-law, he concealed the fact that his daughter-in-law was a disaster bat, just so that they could live happily and peacefully. He was a qualified father.
He worked hard for the family and devoted his life to it. He even sacrificed his daughter-in-law and kicked his grandson out of the house. He was a qualified head of the family.
He's not wrong.
Was Liu Chong wrong?
His parents died when he was young, and he was kicked out of the family. It was not easy to survive. Shouldn't he hate the Liu family?
He's not wrong either.
No one was at fault in this incident, but too many innocent people died, and too many people died because of this incident, whether it was the Liu family who died in the disaster or those who were killed by Liu Zhong now. Twenty-three people, none of them could have died, but they became victims because of Liu Tianyi and Liu Zhong's selfish desires.
The price is too high.
"I'm a sinner. I'm sorry for the Liu family, I'm sorry for Liu Zhong's mother, I'm sorry for Liu Zhong, I'm sorry for everyone. Everything is my fault, my fault..."
Two lines of hot tears left Liu Tianyi's old face. The old man who had supported the Liu family for most of his life was now crying.
"……."
Su Bujin didn't speak, nor did she go to comfort Liu Tianyi. She just stood quietly.
A person's emotions need to be vented. Just vent them out and you'll be fine.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have told you this and made you laugh."
Finally, after a long time, Liu Tianyi wiped his tears and forced a smile towards Su Bujin.
"It doesn't matter, Master Liu. Although the past cannot be changed, the mistakes can be made up for."
Su Bujin took a deep look at Liu Tianyi, then turned and left without stopping for long.
"If you really feel guilty about something, go ahead and make up for it. It's not too late."
Su Bujin suddenly paused, said something without looking back, and then left here.
Everything returned to silence.
"Can you make up for it...?"
The silver moonlight shone on the lake, illuminating Liu Tianyi's face.
His face was already full of wrinkles, his eyes were sunken, and his skin was very dry.
He is old, really old...
