Chapter 329: False Family

Li Xian told the story of his crime in front of Su Xuan.

"My mother told me to be a good person, and I also wanted to be a good person; my dream was to open an orphanage."

"But since I was ten, when I saw blood, I wanted to smell that scent, and hearing screams made me feel that this was more pleasant than music; once stimulated, I wanted to destroy everything in front of me..."

"I have been trying to restrain myself, until that day, your father invited me to your house as a guest, and I don't know what happened... but when I came back to my senses, they were all dead, and my hands were full of blood."

"And I, felt very happy!"

The more Li Xian spoke, the more his voice trembled and became hoarse, his eyes red and crying non-stop, his expression distorted as he slapped the ground.

"I really tried to control myself."

"But I couldn't help it... I couldn't help it!"

Listening to Li Xian's story, Su Xuan's expression changed several times, sometimes with murderous intent, sometimes with some guilt, and finally he rubbed his face and said: "Let me tell you my story..."

"I love my family very much..."

"Father was very strict; although he often had to go on business trips, he never let go of my education; it was under my father's ear-to-ear instruction that I became a well-known detective."

"Mother was gentle and virtuous, and her work was also very busy; we mother and son didn't see each other often, but every time we met, she would bring me warmth from the bottom of her heart."

"My two sisters were beautiful and generous, and one brother was mature and steady; because of work and study, we brothers and sisters had to be separated, but we had deep feelings for each other and had countless touching stories of family affection."

Li Xian felt even more self-blame when he heard this.

Su Xuan sighed longly.

"So when I learned about the encounter of my family, I almost went crazy, gave up my generous job, and devoted myself to the investigation."

"I swore to make the murderer pay a price heavier than death."

Not many days after the investigation.

Su Xuan locked onto Li Xian.

Li Xian lost his parents at the age of ten and sat alone at the crime scene of his parents' death; this case had never been solved.

Later, the young Li Xian was adopted by an orphanage; during his growth, he had severe violent tendencies and was related to multiple violent incidents; in the treatment records of psychologists, Li Xian also stated many times that he wanted to kill people...

Therefore, Su Xuan concluded.

Li Xian was a born murderer; his own parents were the first pair of victims, and Su Xuan's family was just one of the tragedies committed by Li Xian.

Speaking of this.

Su Xuan changed the subject, and his voice was also trembling; if possible, he didn't want to uncover this terrifying secret buried in the bottom of his heart.

"With the deepening of the investigation, I accidentally discovered a photo of my father giving you psychological counseling in an old photo of a psychiatric hospital..."

"In the sponsorship list of the orphanage, I found a photo of my mother and you; my brothers and sisters also appeared frequently in your life..."

Su Xuan, who became suspicious.

Turned to investigate his own relatives.

As a result, he was horrified to find that his parents and brothers and sisters all had multiple different identities, and they simultaneously took care of many families, having more than ten residences distributed in Fuyuan City.

Every identity involved a 'child'.

Some are 'murderers' like Li Xian, some are social elites like Su Xuan; of these 'children' who are still alive, only Li Xian and Su Xuan remain, and the others have either disappeared or died miserably...

Continuing deeper.

Is an even more horrifying truth.

With the deepening of the investigation, Su Xuan became more and more unable to breathe, and his spirit gradually approached collapse, as if boundless darkness was squeezing around, and it wouldn't stop until he was crushed...

He discovered that he had no blood relationship with his 'relatives', and even a large part of his memories were deliberately created.

He discovered that Li Xian's parents were tortured to death by his own brothers and sisters.

He discovered that the one who should have died that day was Li Xian, but his sudden loss of control caused his 'family' to be caught off guard... He discovered that in a fixed residence where the 'family' lived the longest, there was a huge basement, and the basement was full of traces of torture.

The place where the basement smelled the most bloody.

Was a statue of a strange person with a cloth draped over his head and holding a candle in his hand...

Li Xian looked at Su Xuan anxiously.

"And then?"

Su Xuan shook his head.

"I didn't dare to continue the investigation..."

"I could only seal everything and came to the bridge where you were hiding in confusion."

"I don't know what to do next; everything in my life is fake, but their sounds and smiles are all in my head."

"Just like you couldn't help it... I can't forget either!"

After that.

Li Xian became a homeless person under the Two Immortals Bridge.

Su Xuan became a drunkard under the Two Immortals Bridge.

The two tortured each other and comforted each other; this deformed life continued until that day, the arrival of a curly-haired man wearing many clothes...

Su Xuan and Li Xian originally thought that facing this embarrassing past, they would be even more uncomfortable.

But they didn't expect that after saying everything clearly, they had an unspeakable relief, as if the heavy burden they had carried for more than ten years was suddenly unloaded.

"Continue..."

"Continue the blessed land, we must all get out of here alive."

"Pfft, pfft pfft!"

The retainer with a ferocious expression disappeared.

Wu Xian, whose expression was even more ferocious than theirs, appeared in another space; Du E beside him was spitting, and Wu Xian also hurriedly bent down; the petals of the Naihe flower were too hard to eat.

After retching a few times.

The two stood up.

Only to find that there was no rain here, no clouds or moonlight in the sky, and looking up, one could only see boundless darkness, with phosphorus fire floating in the air, preventing the two from being completely blind.

"This is the mass grave mentioned by Old Tang."

Around the two were densely packed graves of various styles, including poor combinations of dirt mounds and wooden signs, as well as large graves with high mounds and stone carvings.

Around these grave mounds were countless offerings.

Small to wild flowers, steamed buns, pig heads, cow heads... large to paper people, paper coffins, and even terracotta warriors; Wu Xian even saw burial dry corpses on the left and right of a large grave.

Du E looked at several tombstones.

"The years of burial are mostly different; graves with offerings are relatively luxurious, and the years are all more than forty years ago."

"Graves without offerings were all built within these forty years, very simple, and... there are only a few surnames, among which the He surname is the most."

Wu Xian squatted down and looked at a cooked pig head, pinching the pig nose with his hand, and his hand was full of greasy fat.

"The offerings are well-preserved, which means that in this space, items almost won't rot; this is a good thing, and it is easier for us to find the things we want!"

"Blue and white porcelain three-piece set, black glaze three-piece set, red paper dog, green dog bear..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 330 =====