Serpent Sarcophagus novel Chapter 15

As soon as I asked, my mother just looked at me dimly. “Aurora, I couldn’t help it.”

She opened the door and closed it heavily, but she didn’t leave. She just leaned against the bathroom door and started crying quietly.

My mother was famous for being tough. She would flip a table if she was upset from gambling.

Since childhood, I’ve never seen her cry.

However, this time, she was leaning against the bathroom door, crying quietly.

I watched her shoulders tremble through the frosted glass, but I didn’t know how to comfort her.

Turning on the faucet, I used cold water to wash the wounds under my feet from being stabbed by thorns and waited for the water to warm up slowly before I started washing my body.

The sound of water covered up my mother’s sobbing.

While showering, Stowy whispered in my ear, “Don’t blame your parents. They’ve tried their best.”

I took a shower and went out. My mother already calmed down. She handed me a towel to wipe my hair and took me downstairs.

I spoke to the police as my mother instructed.

“It’s summer recently and snakes and insects are everywhere. Yesterday David and his family of three were sent to the hospital because they were bitten by snakes.” The policeman put away his notes and looked at my dad. “Don’t sell snake liquor anymore.”

My dad quickly handed him a cigarette. “Of course, I won’t dare do it in the future.”

When the police left, my dad came back and looked at the empty shelves on both sides.

He took out his phone and called my grandma. “We found her. She’s fine. Don’t worry. You’ll know when you see her tomorrow. Hmm, we’re not going back to the village for now. Okay!”

He hung up the phone, then looked at me and said, “Your uncle has cancer and is about to die, so he ran away from home. Your aunt will report his missing tomorrow.”

“As for your cousin Melissa, it’s because the college entrance examination is too stressful. Since your uncle disappeared, she quarreled with her family and ran away too.”

The scene of the square mouth swallowing my uncle and cousin flashed before my eyes. But Melissa looked at me and smiled in the end.

According to my dad, he seemed to know what happened there.

I took a deep breath. “What about the villagers?”

“They won’t say it.” My dad squeezed the cigarette and laughed mockingly. “They didn’t say anything eighteen years ago. People died this time, so they definitely won’t speak.”

I suddenly felt that I didn’t know my parents well. “How did you guys escape? Didn’t Uncle Peter detain you two?”

Now I couldn’t distinguish between the truth and lies.

My dad looked a little hurt, but he confessed to me.

When they were looking for David, they were detained by my uncle at that cave.

But thanks to Mr. Han, this special man. He wanted to join the villagers to see the fun but was driven away. He stumbled across my parents and then rescued them.

I didn’t know why but I suddenly remembered what Mr. Han said when he met me.

He said that he was not guarding the village but guarding me.

It seemed that there were some things that I needed to ask Mr. Han.

“Where is Pearl?” I remembered that Pearl was locked up in a cage.

“Your uncle didn’t want to hurt her. He just wanted to delay Master Chang. Master Chang was the one who saved Pearl. I’ve already talked to Master Chang. He won’t hold us accountable.” My dad waved his hand at me.

He said, “You’ve had a stressful day. Why don’t you go to bed? Do you want to eat anything? I’ll order you takeout.”

He obviously didn’t want me to ask again!