"Damn it!"
"These people are too brazen!"
"So, did you hear any sounds at night?" Leng Ruo Li frowned, asking curiously.
"Wang Fei, we all heard the child's screams. The first night, out of curiosity, we all went out to check the situation. As a result, one person in the mountain villa was killed the next day," Uncle Zhong said with a heavy expression.
"What? They even came into our mountain villa to kill people. Then why didn't you send someone to inform the Wang Ye about this?" Leng Ruo Li questioned Uncle Zhong with some annoyance.
"Wang Fei, you may not know this, but in the past half month, I've sent five people down the mountain to the city, and they were all killed halfway. Afterwards, their bodies were brought back to the mountain villa and dumped outside our courtyard."
Uncle Zhong shook his head as he spoke.
"This person is too lawless!" Leng Ruo Li scolded angrily.
Afterwards, Leng Ruo Li said, "Uncle Zhong, you should have told me and Wang Ye about this earlier."
"Alas, Wang Ye, Wang Fei, in fact, I wanted to tell you this matter just now, but I saw you were in such high spirits and wanted you to have fun here before I told you about it."
"Alright!"
Leng Ruo Li was speechless.
Following this, the Cold King couple and Uncle Zhong, carrying Dou Ban, walked towards the small courtyard of Buye Tian Zhuang.
And Aunt Zhong, Uncle Zhong's wife, also returned from the back mountain.
Over the years, Uncle Zhong and his wife had lived in this three-entry courtyard of Buye Tian Zhuang, managing the daily affairs of Buye Tian Zhuang. As for the other caretakers in the mountain villa, they needed to eat and live at their own homes. However, their residences were in the farthest household from the mountain villa, only a short walk away.
Aunt Zhong stood by the courtyard entrance early, waiting for the Cold King couple and Uncle Zhong.
"Wang Ye, Wang Fei, you've finally come to visit the mountain villa," Aunt Zhong said with a smile, looking at the Cold King couple.
Facing the somewhat awkward and enthusiastic Aunt Zhong, the Cold King couple both smiled faintly, not paying much attention to her actions.
"Wang Ye, Wang Fei, please come inside and sit," Aunt Zhong quickly invited them into the courtyard.
The Cold King couple nodded and lifted their feet to step into the courtyard. But at that moment, Aunt Zhong suddenly said to Uncle Zhong, "Brother Zhong, give Dou Ban to me. I'll take care of him, and you go and accompany Wang Ye and Wang Fei."
Aunt Zhong was very considerate.
However, what was strange was that when Dou Ban saw Aunt Zhong reaching out to him, he kept shaking his head. Then, he tightly hugged Uncle Zhong's neck with his little arms.
"Dou Ban, I'm your Grandma Zhong! We've only been apart for half a month, and you don't recognize me anymore?"
Aunt Zhong looked at Dou Ban, her face always covered with a smile, but her smile seemed a bit forced.
Unexpectedly, Dou Ban still looked at Aunt Zhong with defensiveness, which even confused Uncle Zhong.
"Dou Ban, this is your Grandma Zhong. Why don't you remember her? Grandma Zhong often made pancakes for you," Uncle Zhong said, trying to persuade him with a strange tone.
"No, Grandpa Zhong, Grandma Zhong is a bad person, and a bad person who bullies children."
Dou Ban's words, blurted out, caused the expressions of everyone present to freeze instantly, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.
A moment later, Aunt Zhong reacted first, "You child, you've changed like this after not seeing you for a few days. You've really made Grandma Zhong dote on you in vain."
"I don't want to, I don't want to, I just don't want Grandma Zhong, woo woo... woo woo... Grandma Zhong is a big bad person, woo woo..."
Dou Ban cried out loud on the spot to prevent Aunt Zhong from touching him.
Seeing this, Leng Ruo Li turned around and said softly, "Uncle Zhong, Aunt Zhong, this child might be scared because he fell from the mountain just now, so his courage has become smaller. Let me hold him."
Saying that, Leng Ruo Li came to Uncle Zhong and extended her hands to Dou Ban. To her surprise, Dou Ban was willing to be held by Leng Ruo Li, whom he had known for less than a day.
This greatly surprised Uncle Zhong and Aunt Zhong.
Normally, Dou Ban was very shy and would not let strangers hold him. His wife and he were able to hold him because they had watched Dou Ban grow up since he was little and were familiar with him. But today, he actually let someone he had known for less than a day hold him. This truly surprised them, but neither of them spoke out of tact.
Afterwards, Uncle Zhong led the Cold King couple into the living room and made them tea, while Aunt Zhong went into the kitchen to busy herself.
"Wang Fei, Dou Ban's parents are also employees of our mountain villa, but they haven't been working in the mountain villa for the past few days because their child went missing. Every day, they search for their son in the area where Dou Ban disappeared among the purple crepe myrtles. Now that their son has been found, they must be overjoyed. Alas..."
Uncle Zhong couldn't help but feel a little sad when he spoke of this.
Following that, Uncle Zhong reported many things about Buye Tian Zhuang to the Cold King couple, including other industries within the mountain villa.
Just then, Aunt Zhong walked into the living room with a vegetable basket, smiling, and directly threw the unpicked vegetables in her hand into Uncle Zhong's.
"Brother Zhong, come and give me a hand. I'm a bit overwhelmed."
"Uh..."
"Old woman, I'm still talking with Wang Ye and Wang Fei. Can you..."
Uncle Zhong was not satisfied with Aunt Zhong's actions, but because the Cold King couple was also sitting in the room, he could not openly question Aunt Zhong.
He really didn't know what was wrong with his wife today. Her behavior had become strange. Putting aside why Dou Ban didn't let her hold him, his wife suddenly asking him to help pick vegetables in the kitchen today was very strange.
This was because his wife normally never let him help pick vegetables or cook. Even if he wanted to help his wife with the chores, she would chase him away. But today, it was truly abnormal...
The Cold King couple didn't feel anything amiss. Jun Mohan sat there drinking tea without saying a word. Leng Ruo Li even smiled at the sight.
"Uncle Zhong, you should go and help Aunt Zhong. As the saying goes, 'Men and women working together are not tired.' We don't need you to accompany us."
Afterwards, unable to refuse Aunt Zhong's playful persistence and Leng Ruo Li's persuasion, Uncle Zhong went to the kitchen to do housework.
Leng Ruo Li took this opportunity to talk to Dou Ban.
"Dou Ban, why didn't you let Grandma Zhong hold you just now?" Leng Ruo Li asked in a soft voice.
Unexpectedly, Dou Ban leaned close to Leng Ruo Li's ear and said.
"Wang Fei sister, Grandma Zhong is a big bad person. She hit me with a whip in the cave. Although she was wearing a mask, I could recognize her voice," Dou Ban said cautiously to Leng Ruo Li.
At this moment, the little Dou Ban's words shocked the Cold King couple.
"Dou Ban, are you sure you're not mistaken?" Leng Ruo Li confirmed again.