Quick Wear: Another day when the villain is paying for it

The wedding was held under a sacred tree in the center of the village. The tree had a thick trunk, tangled branches, and leaves that covered the entire trunk, giving people a solemn feeling.

The sacred tree has stood here for thousands of years. It is said that if lovers promise to spend their lives together here, the sacred tree will bless them.

The crowd around was swaying. Xu Ning stood in the crowd, looking at the tall sacred tree in the distance with a dazed look on his face.

It seems... when she was a child, she would often sit on the lawn under the sacred tree, waiting for someone to come back.

But who was she waiting for? Obviously, no one would play with her when she was young.

etc--

Something seemed to flash through my mind!

As a child, she was disliked by others, and what's more,...

As if a voice was guiding her, her eyes suddenly met the unnoticed witch in the corner.

click-

It seemed like something was broken.

The memories that she had lost came flooding back like a tide, impacting her brain, and her temples felt like iron needles piercing her nerves.

She covered her head, lost her balance, and staggered back two steps.

“Ning Ning?!”

Someone grabbed her waist from behind and heard a man's hurried and worried voice. He frowned, looked worriedly at her rapidly pale face, and held her tightly.

"I'll take you to see a doctor."

"...No, I'm fine." Xu Ning grabbed his hand, panting, and slowly shook her head at him.

"Ajing..."

The man did not let go of his worries and slowly responded: "I'm here."

Xu Ning leaned her head on his chest, and Mo Jinghuai subconsciously reached out and embraced her. The big hand behind her paused, and then patted her back again and again.

"...A Jing." Xu Ning called again.

"I'm here." Mo Jinghuai showed no impatience at all.

The person in his arms moved, put his ear close to his heart, and after a while, he said in a hoarse voice:

"I remembered..."

"I do have a mother. She is still alive and right here. ... I know her."

The last few words were particularly difficult to say.

Her mother is the witch.

In her earliest memory, she had an older brother, but later, for some unknown reason, her mother took her to flee here, and her brother disappeared.

No one likes me here. The villagers are not as friendly as I remember, and I am often looked down upon by them.

Her mother would often leave the village for other places for some reasons. At this time, the only thing she could do was to sit under the sacred tree and wait for her mother to return.

Until one day everything changed. Before falling asleep, she still begged her mother to tell her interesting stories about what happened outside.

When she opened her eyes again, she had forgotten everything. Her mother had changed from a slim girl to an old woman overnight. Even the villagers who disliked her started to take good care of her overnight.

Until now...

At this moment, she didn't know how to face the witch.

Call her witch, or... mother?

Mo Jinghuai patted her head. He didn't ask how she knew that. He just said, "Instead of getting hung up on it, why not just ask for the truth?"

Hearing this, Xu Ning slowly clenched his fists: "...I think I know."

The sun set in the west, the wedding ceremony ended, everyone dispersed, and two figures walked towards the house at the end of the village.

There was a knock on the door. The old woman who had been sitting in front of the window came to her senses. She hunched over and fumbled around with her hands. She finally found a cane. She held the corner of the table with one hand and stood up with difficulty with the cane in the other. She walked to the door step by step and took a long time to open it.

With a "swish", the wooden door made a heavy muffled sound, and the figures of two people outside the door were exposed in front of her.

A trace of surprise flashed across her cloudy eyes. She stared at the two of them in a daze for a long while before she asked in a rough voice, "What do you want?"