After Descending the Mountain, Seven Big Brothers Spoil Me

Chapter 188 A Thunder in the Sky, a Lump of Charcoal on the Ground

"Boom!"

A thunderous sound suddenly rang out.

Startled, everyone walked out of their rooms and saw a hole in Zhouzhou's roof.

Qin Lie's face instantly changed, and he quickly walked into the room. Before long, he came out carrying a small black lump.

Others were dumbfounded upon seeing it. Grandma Qin stared for a while before reluctantly recognizing that the little black ball in front of her resembled her precious granddaughter. She hesitated and said, "Zhouzhou?"

Zhouzhou was completely black, her clothes were pitch black, and the explosion had turned her hairstyle into a dandelion. The hidden poison inside had also turned to ashes, and a faint smell of burnt lingered in the air. Her face was dark, and she looked like a round coal.

Zhouzhou was stunned. She had been talking to the Ancestral Master just now, and suddenly a thunderbolt struck, leaving her charred. But why? Why did she have to be struck by lightning?

As soon as she opened her mouth, a puff of smoke emerged. Zhouzhou's mental state completely collapsed, and she burst into tears, with tears streaming down her face, revealing a white patch of skin.

"My little golden ingots!"

"My eight strands of wealth-attracting hair!!!"

"They turned me into black, how am I supposed to become a wealthy woman? I don't want to become a burdened woman!!"

Zhouzhou looked heartbroken and desperate, which made Qin Lie feel sorry for her. He quickly asked Li Yuanming to check on her.

Fortunately, she hadn't suffered any injuries, but her hair was singed and needed to be shaved and regrown. She couldn't tie her wealth-attracting hair anymore, which made Zhouzhou even more devastated.

"Why am I so unlucky?" She slapped her leg, and a white palm print appeared on it. Her voice was no longer crisp but rather hoarse. As she spoke, smoke continued to billow out of her mouth, creating a comical scene.

However, Qin Lie couldn't find it amusing. He held Zhouzhou tenderly, using a damp cloth to wipe her face little by little.

Ye Lingfeng and Chen Tuo walked in just in time to witness this scene. When Chen Tuo saw the small black ball, he was shocked and stammered, "Grandpa Zhouzhou, what wicked things did you do to get struck by lightning?"

Upon hearing this, Zhouzhou's crying stopped for a moment, and the next second, she cried even louder. She felt so wronged.

Seeing this, everyone's gaze turned to Chen Tuo with a fierce glare. Chen Tuo immediately closed his mouth, shrunk his neck, and wanted to bury himself.

What nonsense he was spouting.

His words, however, gave Qin Lie some inspiration. He looked at Ye Lingfeng and furrowed his brows, asking, "What were you doing just now?"

He didn't expect him to ask this question, and Ye Lingfeng was momentarily stunned. He said, "I just went to the next room to light incense."

But there hadn't been any problem with the incense earlier.

Qin Lie furrowed his brows, not understanding what was going on.

The Ancestral Master floated out of the statue, with talismans stuck to his body. He didn't let Wen Jing see him and whispered in Qin Lie's ear, "He must have paid respects to her. Otherwise, it would be strange if Zhouzhou didn't get struck by lightning."

It was against the natural order for children to pay respects to their parents. This was an act of filial disobedience.

Understanding this, Qin Lie's expression grew even worse. He looked at Zhouzhou, who was crying so much that she began to cough, and held her tightly. "Good girl, stop crying."

Zhouzhou sobbed, "Dad, it hurts."

He should have thought of it earlier. How could someone suddenly light incense for Zhouzhou?

And at this moment, after lighting the incense, she was struck by lightning. There was only one possibility.

Ye Lingfeng, it was highly likely that he was a close relative of Zhouzhou.

That's why this situation occurred.

And Ye Lingfeng's incense was clearly burned for his wife and child.

Child...

His mind exploded with a "bang," and in an instant, Mu Xuan understood everything. He stared at Qin Lie and asked, "Is he Zhouzhou's biological father?"

Looking at him, Qin Lie nodded slowly.

Witnessing this, Mu Xuan was momentarily stunned, unsure of what to say.

They had always thought Zhouzhou was an orphan, never expecting it to be like this.

Zhouzhou's father was actually alive, and moreover, he was so close to her.

"Why didn't you say anything?" After a while, he asked in a hoarse voice.

"How should I say it?" Qin Lie countered, looking at him steadily, with a struggling and pained expression.

The two of them locked eyes for a moment, and Mu Xuan was the first to react.

Yes, how should he say it?

Although he didn't know what Ye Lingfeng did for a living, judging by his appearance, he knew it couldn't be anything good.

He clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, saying, "I'm going to beat him up!"

That was a decision he had made a long time ago.

He had said that one day, when he saw Zhouzhou's biological father, he would give him a good beating.

He had seen Zhouzhou a long time ago, on the day Master Yi Yun brought her back from the foot of the mountain.

At that time, he happened to meet him on the mountain and saw the child in his arms. The small child lay in a blood-stained swaddle, freezing cold, with closed eyes and hardly any signs of life.

It was extremely pitiful.

At that time, he was thinking about how heartless the parents must be to do such a thing.

Later, Zhouzhou became his junior sister, and since their master was unreliable, he was practically the one who raised Zhouzhou. They had spent most of the time together.

He loved Zhouzhou the most, and therefore, he resented her father even more.

He clenched his fist tightly and suddenly heard a voice, "Whom do you want to beat up?"

Both of them were startled and turned their heads to see Wen Jing approaching, her face not looking good.