Chapter 129 - 139 Curiosity Killed the Cat
"My stepmother harbored deep resentment toward my stepfather, so she often took it out on me. Whenever she didn’t like the look of me, she would lock me up in the attic, and I would be there all night."
Nan’an spoke quietly, her eyes staring ahead, but her gaze was hollow. It seemed like she was reminiscing, yet it also felt like she was recounting something very ordinary, with no trace of emotion evident.
Seeing Nan’an like this made Mu Xingfeng’s heart ache. Instinctively, he extended his arm and gently encircled her. Nan’an didn’t pull away, seeming to still be lost in her memories.
"Later on, my grandmother couldn’t bear to see it anymore, so she brought me to the countryside. You know how dark it gets at night in the countryside. Once it got dark, I wouldn’t dare go outside. My grandmother, having nothing else to do, would tell me stories. Can you guess what kind of stories she told?"
After Nan’an finished speaking, she glanced at Mu Xingfeng. There was a hint of a smile in her eyes, completely eliminating the earlier trace of melancholy, clearly indicating that she was quite happy during those days with her grandmother in the countryside.
Of course, Mu Xingfeng obligingly asked, "What kind of stories?"
"Ghost stories," Nan’an said, then burst into laughter. "My grandmother was uneducated, so she naturally couldn’t tell stories like Snow White or Cinderella. There was a shaman woman in the village who had a good relationship with my grandmother. The two of them often chatted whenever they were free. My grandmother would use their conversation as stories to tell me. You know what? Every time I listened to those stories, I was both amazed and terrified. I couldn’t help but listen till the end, but afterward, I would be scared to death. Oh, curiosity did kill the cat."
Watching the little girl in his arms gesturing animatedly, Mu Xingfeng doted on her with a smile and said, "Silly, aren’t you?"
It seemed that the girl had really thought she had seen a ghost when she saw him yesterday, no wonder the reaction was so huge.