Infinitely Criticizing the Villain for Being Like My Ex-Boyfriend

"Xiaoliang, why are you here?"

Zhang Chunliang had just gotten out of the side quest when he heard a calm question from behind him.

He turned his head and saw the adult version of Xu Er holding a black box, standing quietly behind him and looking at him.

Zhang Chunliang was stunned, and suddenly realized where he was - Xu Er's former home, where his parents were buried.

This courtyard is no longer as new and clean as it was in the mission. There are traces of burning everywhere, collapsed walls, and overgrown weeds, giving it a weird atmosphere.

"I, I was just strolling around..." Zhang Chunliang's throat rolled and he lied with his head held high.

"Hmm." Xu Er nodded and said nothing more. He walked over and held Zhang Chunliang's hand. "Let's go home, Xiaoliang? I found something good to show you."

His tone was a bit mysterious, which successfully aroused Zhang Chunliang's curiosity, so he obediently sat in the back seat of Xu Er's car and went home with him.

The so-called good stuff was a box of photos.

"So you still kept these things." Zhang Chunliang's eyes lit up and he picked up a black and white photo and looked at it carefully.

"I didn't leave it there." Xu Er propped up his cheek and looked at Zhang Chunliang's excited expression with some satisfaction. "I went to repair your house today. The bricks on one wall were a little loose, so I wanted to knock them down and rebuild it."

——This box, which was wrapped tightly by its owner, was wrapped in that brick wall. After Lai Zi found it, he handed it over to him without saying a word.

Zhang Chunliang was stunned for a moment, put down the photo, and looked at him with a frown: "Does the house I live in have an owner?"

All along, he thought he lived in a dilapidated house that had been abandoned for a long time, but he never thought it actually had an owner.

Zhang Chunliang put down the photo: "Since it was hidden so well by its owner, it must be a very precious thing. I won't look at it."

"I thought you would be very interested." Xu Er gently wiped the milk stains from Zhang Chunliang's lips, and his tone was emotionless. "I heard that you have been asking about Qiu Ping recently."

It took Zhang Chunliang a long time to realize the meaning of his words. So he asked incredulously: "The shabby house I live in... is Qiu Ping's?!"

It really can't be blamed for not paying attention. In those clues and memories, Xiaoping's house was obviously clean and tidy, completely different from the shabby house he had been living in, so much so that he never thought that the room he lived in actually belonged to him?

No, wait... Zhang Chunliang suddenly recalled the young "Xiao Ping" who had been pestering him in the copy.

At first, he always thought that this "Xiao Ping" was the key clue, so he waited for him in the house every night. However, during this period of time, he gradually discovered that this Xiao Ping seemed to be just a strange ghost. He had no consciousness and could not help Zhang Chunliang get any information.

The only thing that Xiaoping did was to constantly scare Zhang Chunliang, including but not limited to - knocking on the bed board under his bed all night, standing behind him and staring at him motionlessly when he got up at night, and hanging upside down on the beam when he just woke up and scaring him awake with a pale face.

Because Xiaoping was not aggressive, Zhang Chunliang did not drive him out of his territory. He felt a little pity for the homeless Xiaoping.

——But now someone told him that he had been living in Xiaoping’s home for so many days.

Zhang Chunliang raised his teacup and took a sip of water expressionlessly, trying to hide his embarrassment. He finally understood why Xiaoping had been threatening him these days. It was because Zhang Chunliang occupied his house, so he tried to drive Zhang Chunliang out.

"Look, it's okay." Xu Er pushed the box a little closer to him and said softly, "He won't come back. No one wants these things anymore."

Zhang Chunliang hesitated for a moment, but ultimately couldn't resist the temptation of the clues and opened the box again.

In the box were some odd scraps of paper and black-and-white photos of varying sizes.

The largest one seemed to be a family portrait. Zhang Chunliang held it up and looked at it for a long time - Xu Aiyong was actually in the photo, but he was very far away from Xiaoping and his expression was distant, not as intimate as in his memories.

This is so abnormal.

Xu Er moved his chair and moved closer to Zhang Chunliang. He leaned very close and seemed to be curious about the content of the photo.

"This is my cousin." Xu Er pointed at a middle-aged man with a serious expression.

The cousin that Xu Er mentioned had a middle-parted hairstyle, wore a pair of refined glasses, and a Western suit that was very popular at the time. He looked like a cultured man, which formed a sharp contrast with his country relatives who were dressed in rustic clothes.

The man gently put his arm around Xiaoping's shoulders, with a gentle and beautiful woman leaning against him.

This cousin was obviously Xiaoping's father.

Zhang Chunliang looked at the photo of a family of three with a dazed look in his eyes.

It was so strange, he always felt that he had seen this couple somewhere.

Where is it?

He was thinking hard, his hands holding the photo were shaking slightly, and he had a feeling of uneasiness.

Xu Er's breath gently sprayed on his ears. He didn't know when it started, but Zhang Chunliang had completely lost his guard against his close approach.

"My father is a relative of Qiu Ping's family. Their family is richer than ours. My father would often go to his house for meals when he was a kid." Xu Er rarely took the initiative to mention his father, whom he never wanted to talk about.

Seeing that Zhang Chunliang seemed attracted by his topic, Xu Er quietly revealed his dimples and continued his introduction.

"They were all educated people who had attended high school. They had very avant-garde ideas and did many things that others did not dare to do. I heard that they made a lot of money and were going to move to the city. But they made a big mistake and tried to escape from the village when no one was paying attention. As a result, they were discovered by the villagers and beaten to death at the entrance of the village."

Zhang Chunliang slowly put the photo on the table, his eyes revealing a hint of solemnity. He suddenly turned his head to look at Xu Er, wanting to ask him some questions.

They were too close to each other. The moment Zhang Chunliang turned his head, Xu Er's lips accidentally brushed against Zhang Chunliang's cheek. He reacted violently and moved his chair back abruptly, making a sharp, piercing sound.

Xu Er seemed frightened and touched his mouth in a daze.

"You said... they were beaten to death at the entrance of the village?"

Zhang Chunliang repeated it, speaking very slowly, as if he wanted Xu Er to think carefully about each of his questions.

"...Yes, at the entrance of the village."

Xu Er repeated stupidly, looking at Zhang Chunliang's face with a wandering gaze.

"They wanted to escape, so that must have been a careful plan. However, they were discovered by the villagers." Zhang Chunliang's hands on the table trembled a little, as if he had misunderstood something all along.

"How did the villagers know that they were going to escape? Were they unlucky enough to be discovered... or did someone tell them?"

That person must have often visited their home. He might be relatively young, with a mature and steady personality, which made people less alert. Therefore, Xiaoping's parents would not be on guard against him and inadvertently revealed some fatal information to him.

That person may not have had a good relationship with Xiaoping originally, but later, out of guilt or feeling guilty, he began to help Xiaoping without any calculations and became Xiaoping's most intimate playmate.

That person went to primary school with Xu Guifen. Although he knew few words, he was not completely ignorant. In order to prevent Xiaoping from taking the evidence of his parents' rehabilitation out of the ditch, he pretended to be careless and burned the letters left by his parents, leaving Xiaoping without any support.

In Xiaoping's subconscious mind, Ge Qiu Sheng, who once helped him, could become the head of the village.

But the boy who had helped him get out of the shadow of losing his parents since childhood did not leave a trace at all.

Who is that person?

Zhang Chunliang looked at Xu Er in astonishment.

Before he knew it, his back was soaked with cold sweat.