Although those characteristics were not obvious, they were still too eye-catching for Old Lady Xia, who knew the appearance of her enemy.
She didn’t know that she was mentally ill.
She had been ill for a long time and her condition was very serious.
When she was sober and rational, she would buy beautiful skirts for the girl, send her to school, and personally tutor her studies……
But every time she fell into depression, she began to deny herself, spitting on herself for being so good to the daughter of her enemy, how could she be worthy of her dead husband?!
So among those “good”, there was also more suppression and denial.
Even in such a torn growth environment, Shijianwu‘s mother grew up to be an excellent person. She could play the piano, speak fluently, and wear decent and fitting clothes.
Despite such a person being extremely inferior, and lacking love and affirmation, she was excellent.
So when she met Shijianwu‘s father and built a small family, her happy smile was particularly dazzling to Old Lady Xia.
Over the years, Old Lady Xia had inquired about the current situation of her biological daughter and had been paying attention to her silently.
She thought that if she exchanged the two girls, her daughter would have a better life.
But in fact, her daughter did not live as well as she thought.
Because of her rebellious personality and the fact that she was a second-generation rich daughter, she could not get into college when she finished high school, and could only go abroad to a fake university to get a gold medal.
After getting married and having children, because of the conflict between her and her husband’s personalities, the relationship between the couple was not harmonious, and the grandson also lacked family care at a young age and became arrogant.
Old Lady Xia was in pain. She thought that the enemies must have not been good to her daughter. Under such comparison and torture, how could she be happy seeing Shijianwu‘s mother smiling?
It was at this time that Old Lady Xia’s twisted and split soul attracted a devil roaming in the territory of Xia Country, and was taken advantage of by it.
Generally speaking, the gods and ghosts in each place have different images because of different believers.
Because there was also a group of believers like Old Lady Xia who believed in Christianity and people of other religions in the territory of Xia Country, some non-natural objects of non-native culture also formed on this land.
The devil that appeared beside Old Lady Xia was such an existence.
In Western classics, the devil was a symbol of tempting humans to sell their souls and fall into depravity.
They hate Jesus and slander God.
The ultimate goal of every devil was to make devout Christians betray and fall and obtain their souls.
The big difference from the ghosts of Xia Country was that these Western devils prefer to attack the heart.
The devil knew that Old Lady Xia’s most vulnerable weakness was Shijianwu‘s mother.
When the devil first controlled Shijianwu‘s mother and went crazy, it used that face to express many thoughts hidden in Old Lady Xia’s heart:
‘What are you pretending, old woman? Admit it, you just can’t bear to see this woman live a good life! You hate her, and you want her to suffer for the rest of her life.’
‘What a hypocritical bitch, stop making meaningless prayers, God will not forgive your sins…’
‘You ruined your adopted daughter’s family because you were afraid that their family portrait would spread and people would see her face which resembled her biological father and would cause trouble for your daughter, so you controlled and locked up your adopted daughter.’
‘You are just as vicious and selfish as the whistleblower back then.’
The devil’s whispers and accusations made Old Lady Xia collapse.
She was unwilling to admit her unsuitableness, and she didn’t dare to believe that the appearance of the devil was all because of her sins, so Shijianwu‘s mother could only be crazy.
The crazy talk was fake and couldn’t be taken seriously.
As long as her adopted daughter’s mental illness is cured, she will no longer talk nonsense.
Old Lady Xia has been taking care of Shijianwu‘s mother for ten years as if this can prove that she was not the perpetrator.
Whenever she was insulted and tempted by the demon-possessed by her, she closed her eyes and silently prayed to God.
To a certain extent, Gu Zhisang still admired her very much.
Because everything that Shijianwu‘s mother suffered was physical pain, and she was unconsciously sleeping most of the time.
Old Lady Xia was unwilling to admit the existence of the devil, but she lived with him for more than ten years.
It’s really hard to tell who was being tortured.
Gu Zhisang said coldly: “You hate Shijianwu‘s biological grandfather the most, and think that he harmed you and your husband for his selfish interests, but why don’t you dare to admit that you made a deal with the devil for your desires when it comes to you?”
When Shijianwu and Old Lady Xia’s biological grandson were both facing the college entrance examination, Old Lady Xia, who had been paying attention to her grandson, knew that the child was as rebellious and had poor grades as his mother.
His future fate would likely be to go abroad for gilding and come back with nothing.
Old Lady Xia was anxious and nervous, and at this moment the devil that had entered her adopted daughter’s body came out again.
It told Old Lady Xia that it could help her grandson, but there was a price.
The result was obvious, Old Lady Xia agreed to this transaction of selling her soul.
Gu Zhisang: “Isn’t it enough to exchange Shijianwu‘s academic qualifications and take away his efforts in the first half of his life to calm your anger? Do you still want the second half of his life to be ruined as well? If it’s not enough, should Shijianwu also have to pay the debt?”
“You know very well that the pain of your adopted daughter is caused by you. Is it because of hatred or selfishness, Old Lady Xia, can you figure it out? “
Old Lady Xia, who was holding the door frame, was driven to weakness in her legs by her bland questions.
Words have no power, but her guilty conscience and remorse broke down her defenses.
She opened her mouth and wanted to argue for herself.
But Shijianwu‘s mother, who was a little more awake, suddenly made a noise.
She looked back subconsciously and saw that her adopted daughter’s thin face and sunken eyes had regained some clarity, with tears in them.
At this moment, Old Lady Xia knew that saying nothing could help.
[Alas, I sympathized with her at first, and I didn’t think there was anything wrong with her wanting revenge.]
[It seems that she might as well have smothered Shijianwu‘s mother and grandmother to death decades ago! Then she could still stand up straight with a clear conscience, but now she has exchanged Shijianwu’s education for her biological grandson because of her selfish desires… Human hearts really can’t stand the test.]
[This is “the dragon slayer eventually becomes the evil dragon”, how ironic.]
[It’s enough to change the child but exchange luck. Isn’t that too much?]
[This behavior is essentially selfish, and it is all about harming others to benefit oneself, just like the grandparents who harmed their family! The reason why Old Lady Xia refused to admit the existence of the devil and insisted that Shijianwu‘s mother was talking nonsense is that it would probably be more painful for her to admit that she was not a perfect victim.]
[Not cruel enough, not much kindness.]
[In the final analysis, Old Lady Xia is just an ordinary and entangled person. She has some pitiful experiences, but she can’t be a selfless saint. Not to mention, she was entangled by the devil. No matter what you say, I won’t attack her, because I feel that I can’t handle choose side well.]
Gu Zhisang fiddled with the “ancient” coins on her fingertips, lowered her eyes, and said:
“The guilt of the descendants is also divided into severity. If the descendants enjoy the wealth and fortune accumulated by the sins of their ancestors, then they will naturally be more contaminated with evil power.”
“Like Shijianwu’s mother, when she was born, she was exchanged to a poor family and suffered a lot. That was enough, and her son was not guilty.”
“If you could treat her well, Old Lady Xia, and not interfere with her marriage happiness, and not exchange Shijianwu‘s education because you love your daughter and grandson, your two daughters would have good luck in the future.”
Gu Zhisang sighed, feeling sorry.
People’s fate was changing all the time. A small decision may split their lives into several different possibilities.
Not to mention that they directly changed their lives.
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