Siheyuan: Hang Jia Dongxu, smash Banggeng to death!

Li Shi, holding onto the cart, had already cried all her tears and was just walking blankly, while Xu Tianxian followed behind, her head down.

Each of the three was preoccupied with their own thoughts, and none of them noticed that the road ahead was blocked.

"Uncle Xu, Aunt Xu, it's been so long! Your son, Da Mao, has missed you both terribly!"

Lin Tian stood in the middle of the road, his voice tinged with amusement.

Xu Fugui suddenly raised his head, stared at that face, his mind racing, and finally recognized it. His pupils contracted sharply.

"You...you're Lin Tian? The young master of the Lin family."

Lin Tian nodded, his smile deepening: "Uncle Xu, you really have a good memory; you even remember me."

Xu Fugui's mind went completely blank.

Didn't the police say he was kidnapped by criminals?

What are you doing here?

Also, what did he mean by what he just said?

"Da Mao misses you all"—Could it be that Da Mao is dead...?

Before he could think it through, his gaze suddenly fell on Lin Tian's hand, where a bloodstained axe appeared out of thin air, emitting a blinding cold light.

The pupils of all three contracted violently at the same time.

Li's legs went weak, and she almost couldn't stand up.

Xu Tianxian's face turned deathly pale instantly, as if she had seen a ghost.

Xu Fugui's hands were trembling, but he managed to stay upright.

"You...you..."

Li's voice became shrill and distorted, "Lin Tian, ​​are you an evil spirit?"

Xu Tianxian looked at Lin Tian, ​​her mind a complete mess.

She couldn't imagine that the evil spirit that had killed nearly a hundred people was actually an eight-year-old child.

But the axe that appeared out of nowhere, those unfathomable eyes, and that suffocating sense of oppression...

Everyone was telling her it was true.

Xu Fugui took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down: "Lin Tian, ​​why did you kill my son?"

"Knowing my son as I do, he would never do what those people in the compound do—profiteering from the family's ruin. He's not short of money; there's no reason for him to do that. What misunderstanding is going on here?"

Lin Tian smiled calmly and stopped addressing him as "Uncle Xu": "Xu Fugui, you're right. Your son Xu Damao certainly wouldn't do something like squandering his family's wealth. He's not short of money, so there's no need for him to do that."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the three men's faces: "But the three old men in the courtyard are shrewd; your son is still too naive."

I fell into Yi Zhonghai's trap and got involved in this mess, and the original me was beaten to death by Jia Dongxu and his gang because of it.

At this point, Lin Tian tilted his head and looked at Xu Fugui: "Tell me, how do you plan to settle this score?"

Xu Fugui's face was ashen, and he opened his mouth as if to say something, but he couldn't utter a word.

Judging from the situation, his son was indeed involved in that incident.

Even if they didn't directly take action, they were definitely involved.

Li didn't listen to any of that; she only heard one thing: that her son had been killed by Lin Tian.

She suddenly raised her head and shouted hysterically, "Lin Tian, ​​putting everything else aside, aren't you also at fault?"

"If you hadn't been so stupid and fallen for their trick, would you have been beaten to death? Give me back my son's life!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Tianxian and Xu Fugui's expressions changed drastically.

This is an evil spirit!

Mom (daughter-in-law), how dare you?

They looked at Li Shi, then at Lin Tian, ​​and a chill ran through them.

Lin Tian paused for a moment, then smiled.

That smile was sincere and radiant, yet it sent chills down the spines of the three of them.

"No wonder they were old residents of the No. 95 courtyard house; this bad habit must be cured."

Lin Tian raised his axe and said coldly, "I have already died once, and I no longer care about right or wrong."

He took a step forward: "Demon, prepare to die!"

"Lin Tian, ​​stop!"

Xu Tianxian rushed forward and stood in front of her mother, her voice sharp and tearful: "You can't hurt my mother."

Lin Tian stopped and looked at her.

Tears streamed down Xu Tianxian's face as she stammered, "Do you still remember that summer by Daming Lake... no, it was by Houhai Lake, my fairy sister?"

Lin Tian's axe stopped in mid-air.

Xu Tianxian grasped at a straw and spoke rapidly: "When you were little, you fell into the water while playing by Houhai Lake, and I pulled you out. Do you remember? You said, 'Thank you, Sister Tianxian,' and you even said you would repay me when you grew up."

She knelt down, supporting herself with her hands on the ground, and looked up at Lin Tian: "Lin Tian, ​​I don't ask you to let my parents go, I only ask you to let my mother go."

She's old and immature, and she said the wrong thing.

"You're a magnanimous person... oh no, I mean you're a magnanimous person, that's not right either, anyway, please forgive her this once..."

Li was already terrified when the axe was about to come down.

She looked at her daughter kneeling on the ground, then at the child holding the axe, her lips trembling, wanting to say something but unable to utter a word.

Only now did I realize how big a mistake I had just made.

Xu Fugui was also stunned.

How could her own daughter have this affair with Lin Tian?

Saved.

Lin Tian looked at Xu Tianxian kneeling on the ground and said, "I remember."

A glimmer of hope flashed in Xu Tianxian's eyes.

"I was six years old that year, and you were the one who pulled her up. I did say that I would repay you when I grew up."

Lin Tian paused, tilting his head: "So, you want me to repay you with this by letting your mother go?"

Xu Tianxian nodded with tears in her eyes; she only had one mother.

"Yes, Lin Tian, ​​please spare my mother's life, I beg you."

Lin Tian did not answer immediately. He looked at Xu Tianxian, then at Xu Fugui and Li Shi, who were slumped on the ground, and a smile slowly appeared on his lips.

"Xu Tianxian, you once saved my life, so I'll spare your mother's life."

Xu Tianxian was stunned.

It's unclear what Lin Tian was trying to say.

Lin Tian changed the subject, his gaze sweeping over Xu Fugui and Li Shi's faces, "So, what about your father's life? What about your life? You need to know that one life can only be exchanged for one life."

Xu Tianxian's pupils contracted sharply.

"You really choose to save your mother's life instead of saving yourself?"

Lin Tian asked curiously.

He enjoys watching these moments that test human nature.

Xu Tianxian opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't say anything.

She looked at her mother, then at her father, tears streaming down her face. She wanted to save them both.

Xu Fugui was the first to react. He scrambled to his feet, staggered to Lin Tian, ​​and knelt down with a thud.

"Lin Tian, ​​we parents will take responsibility for the mistakes my son made. Please let her go, considering that my daughter saved your life."

He kowtowed and pleaded, "She did nothing wrong, she is innocent."

Li also realized what had happened and crawled to Lin Tian's feet, kowtowing and saying, "Lin Tian, ​​I was just being rude and didn't know my place. If you want to kill someone, just kill me."

"Spare my daughter, she's innocent. I'll apologize to you. Kill me, but spare my daughter."

Seeing her parents kneeling on the ground begging for forgiveness, Xu Tianxian's tears flowed even more fiercely.

She rushed over and grabbed her father's hand: "Dad, what are you doing? Get up!"

He then reached out to pull his mother up, saying, "Mom, get up too."

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