Chapter 356 - 354: To My Unmet Child (Second Update)

Chapter 356: Chapter 354: To My Unmet Child (Second Update)

Xu Jing stood right in front of the opening, clearly seeing the two pillars on either side of the stone pushing it up slowly, revealing a passage that only allowed one person to go in and out, with a narrow staircase leading downwards at the entrance.

Those two pillars had intricate and complex mechanisms, and Xu Jing didn’t know whether this secret chamber was built by Master Xuan Yin or by a previous abbot.

Mr. Yao walked up next to Xu Jing, saying, "Miss Xu, there might be danger down there, let our people go down."

Having already found the secret chamber, there was no need to rush other matters.

Xu Jing nodded, and then she saw Mr. Yao signal a slender Government Official to go down.

The Government Official hadn’t been down long before he ran back with a shocked expression, revealing half his body and saying, "Mr. Yao, I found a life-sized doll down there that looks almost identical to Master Xuan Yin! Moreover, there’s an unconscious woman down there!"

There was actually another woman down there!

Everyone was stunned, and Mr. Yao immediately said, "Bring that woman up."

"Yes!"

In no time, he came out carrying the woman, and because the entrance was too narrow, he had to hand her over to his waiting partner outside before returning.

The young nun outside turned pale as soon as she saw the woman, exclaiming, "Isn’t this Miss Chu?!"

Mr. Yao looked at them, "Do you know this lady?"

The young nun who spoke just now shivered slightly, saying, "We... we know her. She is a frequent visitor to our Jingyuan Temple. Her husband is very abusive and often... often beats Miss Chu. Because of this, Miss Chu suffers tremendously and when she really can’t take it anymore, she comes to our temple to stay for a few days...

I remember she just came to stay yesterday, how could she end up here!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than the Government Official in the secret chamber emerged again, this time bringing out the life-sized doll and a letter.

As he stepped out, he gave Jiang Yu a peculiar look from a short distance away, saying, "This letter was also found in the secret chamber, and the handwriting on it looks a lot like Jiang San’s..."

Most of the Government Officials had seen Jiang San’s suicide note yesterday and thus remembered her handwriting.

Jiang Yu was startled, his face darkening as he quickly stepped forward to take the letter.

The envelope of the letter bore a line of neat, beautiful writing — To my child whom I have never met.

It indeed seemed to be Jiang San’s handwriting.

Jiang Yu’s hand trembled slightly as he opened the envelope and drew out the letter inside.

Standing behind him, Xu Jing also saw the contents of the letter.

Though partly obstructed by Jiang Yu, it didn’t hinder her from understanding what kind of letter it was.

It was an apology letter and a farewell letter written to her own child.

In the letter, Jiang San wrote how she had once looked forward to his arrival and how she had joyfully fantasized about having him, then clearly explained why she had chosen not to bring him into the world back then.

She said in the letter that she hadn’t let him come into the world not because she didn’t love him, but because she didn’t want him to have such a father, which would lead her own life to never escape the shadow her father cast over her.

She also mentioned that not wanting him was also out of her own selfishness because she was not just a mother, but also an ordinary woman.

She didn’t want her future tied down by an unplanned child, which was why she was so pained after aborting the child.

So, she sincerely apologized to her child in the letter and said that if in the next life he was willing to be her child again, she would gladly welcome his arrival and raise him well.

She would give him all her love.

This life, she would also live well, not allowing herself to remain trapped in past events, she had resolved to completely move on from the past.

Xu Jing couldn’t help but press her lips together slightly.

Rather than saying this was a farewell letter to her child, it seemed more like a farewell letter to her past self.

Regardless of how Master Xuan Yin obtained this letter, it indicated that Jiang San intended to say goodbye to the past.

If she hadn’t been suddenly murdered, she might have already started her new life...

"Ha, you all have seen this letter."

A soft laugh suddenly sounded, and Xu Jing quickly turned her head to see Master Xuan Yin slowly approaching under the escort of several Government Officials, her eyes coldly glanced at Miss Chu lying on the ground, sneering, "Even this coward who wouldn’t free herself from misery, you found her, if I had known, I should have killed her sooner."

Her cold, bloodless words were like the chill of December, the young nuns couldn’t believe their eyes as if they didn’t recognize this person.

Xu Jing’s gaze turned slightly cold as she looked at Master Xuan Yin, saying, "You killed them thinking it was for their relief?"

"Isn’t that so?"

Master Xuan Yin raised her eyebrows slightly, saying matter-of-factly, "Miss Xu, you are also a woman, you should understand their pain as women more. Each of them bore an unbearable past, they all told me living in this world was too painful, they wanted relief, I merely pitied them, wanting to fulfill their wishes.

However, I didn’t expect there to be so many cowards in this world living disgracefully!"

As Master Xuan Yin spoke, her face suddenly turned grim, sneering, "That Sister-in-law Wu, every time she saw me, she looked as if she were in so much pain she was about to die, yet when I really suggested she die, she looked at me in shock, saying how could she possibly die, she still had a son, she still had to see her son pass the imperial examinations and make a name for himself, see her son get married!

Really laughable, too laughable, could her son erase all the pain and harm she suffered? Could he ensure she wouldn’t suffer such pain and harm in the future? Her son, he doesn’t even know what his mom endured!"

Xu Jing’s look grew colder, "So, you killed her?"

"Indeed!"

Master Xuan Yin’s smile broadened, saying, "I did this for her own good, her life was already a mess, living on only meant endless suffering, why not just free oneself? Why not start a completely new life?

And Jiang San, the first time she came to see me, was the same, as if she had given up on everything around her, even gave me a suicide note, saying if she couldn’t hang on, she was entrusting me to send that suicide note to her family.

I thought she was finally courageous enough to say goodbye to this ruined life, who knew, the second time we met, she told me she had figured it all out, she didn’t want to dwell on the past, didn’t want her family and friends to worry about her, she wanted to stand back up, and she gave me this ridiculous letter, hahaha! Saying she hoped I could help her lay to rest the child she never met and burn this letter for him during the rites.

Did she think those pasts could be shed just because she wanted to shed them? How naive, too naive!

She knew everyone around her disliked this child, so she didn’t want her family and friends knowing she asked me to lay him to rest, I told her that the best time for such rites was just before dawn yesterday, and she obediently came out to find me..."

Xu Jing furrowed her brow slightly, saying coldly, "How do you know they couldn’t truly leave that past behind? All of this is just your presumptuous assumptions about them..."