nashuaworldcup Chapter 221 Demon
Chapter 221 Demon
“Nothing is more despairing than when a dream is about to come true, only to have it suddenly vanish into thin air.”
“So, he actually did it.”
"When the county exam results were announced, he lived up to everyone's expectations and passed the exam as a scholar, becoming the pride of the family."
"At that time, as long as he continued to work hard, even if he couldn't make it into the top three in the imperial examination, it would only be a matter of time before he became a juren."
"Just when the whole family was looking forward to their sons, grandsons or brothers becoming noble scholars and bringing honor to the family, their hopes were like a sharp knife stabbing them in the back."
That day, the sunlight shone through the sparse clouds onto Zhang Yuanshun's shoulders. He walked into the house with a smile of satisfaction and a variety of delicacies and fine wines in his hands.
His family's faces instantly lit up with genuine joy, mistakenly thinking that this was a celebration from him for his excellent academic performance.
On the dining table, the dishes exude an enticing aroma, and the family members sit around in a warm and harmonious atmosphere. However, little do they know that beneath this calm, there is an unknown storm hidden.
Little did they know that this young man, who was highly regarded by his whole family, actually had an unspeakable secret in his heart.
He quietly mixed a special drug into those carefully selected delicacies. Although this drug was not fatal, it could quietly erode people's physical strength and make people weak and powerless in a short period of time, as if all their vitality had been drained away.
As dinner progressed, the family tasted the added foods one by one. At first, they didn't notice anything unusual, but as time went on, an indescribable feeling of fatigue began to spread through their bodies.
In the end, they collapsed to the ground one by one, their eyes filled with fear and confusion, watching the person who once was their hope, now transformed into a cold-blooded demon, approaching step by step with a gleaming butcher knife in his hand.
The orphan girl's scream broke the silence of the night: "No...No!"
She couldn't believe that the man who was usually gentle and well-spoken could be such a cruel and ruthless person.
Her world seemed to collapse at this moment, and all her trust and dependence vanished in an instant.
Sheng Junwei's eyes were deep, as if she could see into people's hearts: "Perhaps you have heard that the murderer behind the tragic case of extermination that shocked the whole county thirty years ago came from this seemingly ordinary family. On that stormy night, he had just been awarded the title of scholar, but he turned around and cruelly deprived seven innocent lives in his family. The next day, he cunningly escaped the pursuit of the government, and even killed the official who escorted him on the way, and has been at large ever since."
The orphan girl clenched her hands and said in a trembling voice: “I…I’ve heard of it.”
Her eyes widened with shock, and her heart was filled with incredible pain.
"How could Uncle Shun be such a vicious person? This is impossible!"
She tried to retort, her voice struggling with despair.
Sheng Junwei's eyes were complicated, as if she was examining her: "Do you know the real cause of your parents' death?"
This question was like a bolt of lightning, splitting the fog in her heart.
"what?"
The orphan girl was stunned. She had always thought that her parents died one after another due to long-term fatigue and illness.
"Didn't he die of illness?"
She mumbled to herself, the images in her memory starting to blur.
Since our family moved to the county town, my parents' health has begun to deteriorate.
Especially my mother. After a sudden rain, her body became weaker and weaker like an autumn leaf. No amount of herbs could save her fading life.
Three years later, my mother finally passed away.
My father quickly became haggard in the grief of losing his partner, and within less than a year, he also passed away, following my mother, leaving her alone in the world.
"No."
Sheng Junwei's voice was cold and hard, and her eyes were directed at Zhang Yuanshun, "It was Uncle Shun who did it."
"what?!"
The orphan girl's shock reached its peak and she could not accept this fact.
She shook her head desperately, refusing to believe it: "This is impossible!"
Sheng Junwei's face was calm, as if she had already anticipated her reaction: "Your parents have publicly stated many times that they will never allow you to have anything to do with Zhang Yuanshun. They even warned you that unless they are gone, there will be no future between you and Zhang Yuanshun."
"You...how do you know this?"
The orphan girl was extremely surprised. Even she herself was about to forget these dusty past events, but Sheng Junwei could remember them all by heart.
"That was his motive for killing your parents."
Sheng Junwei explained, "He has been harboring resentment for a long time. Although he appears to be very caring towards you and has made you deeply attached to him, he feels in his heart that he has never truly given you a bright future. Your family's disapproval of him is, in his eyes, a great insult to him."
"Didn't your parents say that they would stop you from being together even in the grave? He wants to wait until they are gone, and then he can approach you without any scruples."
"When you thought happiness had finally arrived, he dealt you a fatal blow from behind."
The orphan girl recalled the terrifying scene of the man in black holding a knife that night. She covered her mouth with her hands and shook her head in confusion: "Why? Although my parents don't like him, they have never really hurt him. Why is he so cruel? Even if he has a grudge against my parents, what does it have to do with me?"
Sheng Junwei sighed: "It is because of you that your parents target him everywhere, and this hatred is naturally transferred to you."
"But...my parents clearly died of illness, right?"
The orphan girl still refused to give up.
Sheng Junwei shook her head: "That's not the case. They were secretly plotted against by someone."
The orphan girl heard this and screamed, "Ah! How is this possible!"
"To make a living, your parents work as an accountant and a laundryman. They go out early and come back late every day. Their life is hard."
"Later, your mother's health deteriorated and she could no longer work, so your father had to shoulder the burden of the family alone. You took over your mother's job and started doing laundry. Zhang Yuanshun took the opportunity to steal a key from you, made a copy, and secretly mixed a slow-acting poison into your mother's medicine when no one was at home."
"That kind of poison is fine if you take it once or twice occasionally, the body can excrete it on its own. But if you take it day after day, the toxins will slowly accumulate until one day, the toxicity explodes and your life is gone."
"Your father was also poisoned slowly, but this time, the poison was put into the tea he drank daily. He knew that you hardly drank tea, only water, so he chose this method."
This guy's plan was careful and his goal was clear. When he attacked his mother, he only touched her medicine; when he attacked his father, he chose his favorite tea.
Strangely enough, in the days before her parents passed away, the little girl almost came across poison, but miraculously she was not harmed.
"Coincidentally, you have also come into contact with that kind of poison indirectly."
Sheng Junwei stared at the little girl and suddenly said, "Once, you saw Zhang Yuanshun tasting tea. His elegant way of drinking tea attracted you, and you imitated him."