With that said, Qingran slowly walked towards the bone demon.

The bone demon doesn't seem to be that wary of women, especially Qingran, who feels clean, generous, and very approachable.

This made the bone demon's originally tense body noticeably relax a lot.

Qingran knelt down, smiled and touched the bone demon's head: "Little sister, it's freezing cold, why did you run out alone?"

The bone demon lowered his head slightly: "I...I don't want to stay at home."

"And...it hurts."

"Wipe the snow, it will be better."

Qingran was stunned and looked at the bone demon's hands.

However, he saw a lot of bruises on the slightly rolled cuffs and tender skin. There were also some faint bloody wounds, which was shocking to see.

"This..." Qingran was at a loss for a moment, and could only sigh softly towards the wound: "Your parents...are they going to hit you?"

The bone demon blinked his eyes, then lowered his head slightly and muttered: "My mother beat me."

"Dad... can only hit mother, and she will cry."

"When mother cries, she will beat me."

"Daddy...Daddy won't hit me, but...Daddy will hurt me..."

The childish voice spoke the sad words, and Qingran shuddered.

At this moment, looking at the bone demon, Qingran suddenly felt like crying.

She gently held the bone demon in her arms and gently stroked her back.

Seeing this, Dong Ming on the side sighed and shook his head helplessly.

At this moment, there was a sound of opening the door not far away.

A burly man with a ferocious face walked towards him.

"You damn girl, what are you doing here!"

Under the thunderous questioning, Qingran clearly felt that the bone demon in her arms was shaking even more violently.

Obviously, this person is Butcher Zhang!

Seeing this, Dong Ming stepped forward quickly and happened to stop between Butcher Zhang and Qingran.

Butcher Zhang looked Dong Ming up and down, and then showed a somewhat vulgar smile:

"Oh...so he's a guest?"

"Hey, I told you earlier."

“In terms of price…”

Before he finished speaking, Dong Ming punched the opponent in the face.

Butcher Zhang was beaten to the ground and screamed in pain.

"What are you!"

"How dare you fucking hit me!"

Dong Ming shook his head.

A punch will naturally not relieve one's anger, but... there is no point in venting one's anger or attacking someone in one's memory.

At the same time, the picture also changed again at this moment.

This time, it is still the twelfth lunar month of winter.

It seems...a year has passed?

What is a little surprising is that Tianling Village seems to be a little deserted.

It's also by the river, but there are obviously fewer people around.

The butcher's house is still there.

Dong Ming pulled Qingran forward slowly.

Neither Butcher Zhang nor Mrs. Zhang seemed to be around.

Inside the closed house, a violent cough seemed to be heard.

"Husband, there is an aura of decay." Qingran couldn't help but say.

Seeing this, Dong Ming simply pushed open the door.

What caught his eye was a bone demon covered in sores!

There was an unpleasant stench, and Dong Ming took a few steps back, looking at everything in front of him in shock!

The girl, who looked like she was only a teenager, had pus flowing from her face, and her whole body was as thin as a bone!

The moment she saw Dong Ming and Qing Ran with her empty eyes, she opened her mouth slightly, as if she wanted to say something.

"Husband..."

Dong Ming nodded and entered the room one after another with Qingran.

Looking around, Dong Ming realized that this house... seemed to have not been taken care of for a long time.

"The kitchen and the floor are all dusty."

suddenly:

"Huh? Is it...is it you?"

A familiar voice came from behind.

Taking a closer look, it was the old man who led them into the village.

The old man looked at Dong Ming and Qing Ran up and down: "We haven't seen each other for more than two years, and the two of them seem...not much changed."

But Dong Ming couldn't help but ask: "Old man, this child...how could this happen?"

Seeing this, the old man sighed, smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"What an evil couple!"

As he said that, the old man pointed to an imposing house not far away: "Did you see it? That's the new home of Butcher Zhang and the Zhang family."

"They used the money from selling their daughter to build a new house, and now... they have become a wealthy family in Taoling Village!"

Rich household?

Zhang Butcher?

Dong Ming was shocked after hearing this!

Back then... after the bone demon Yin Ruxian was discovered eating babies in Miaofeng Tower, didn't he... didn't he end up marrying a family named Zhang?

And the other party is also from a slightly wealthy family in Taoling Village?
Chapter completed!