NCCnovel Chapter 373 Cruel and Desperate Memory
Chapter 373 Cruel and Desperate Memory
Chapter 373 Cruel and Desperate Memory
Murong Chen shook his head like a rattle and spread his hands: "Uncle Chu, I don't know either! Mother didn't say anything in the letter. Oh, let's not guess! Just go to the dock to pick up my mother, then we'll know! Maybe there will be a surprise for me!"
As he spoke, Murong Chen reached out and grabbed Chu Lingfeng's arm, pulling it hard, and couldn't wait to rush to the dock.
Chu Lingfeng looked at Murong Chen's anxious expression, smiled helplessly and shook his head, then put down the sword in his hand and let Murong Chen pull him out. "Okay, okay, you look so anxious, let's go now. But Xiaochen, did you hear wrong? Why would Miss Murong bring me a gift specifically?"
Murong Chen kept walking and said without turning his head, "It's true, Uncle Chu, I heard it sincerely, please don't doubt it, hurry up, hurry up, I can't wait!"
Along the way, Murong Chen chattered incessantly, constantly guessing in his mind what gift his mother would bring back. Sometimes he guessed it was an extremely sharp sword, and sometimes he guessed it was a lost martial arts secret book.
Chu Lingfeng smiled and responded from time to time, but he was also full of curiosity about this mysterious gift.
When Murong Chen and Chu Lingfeng arrived at the dock, a magnificent ship had just docked.
The dock was bustling with activity. The guards coming and going were carrying boxes in an orderly manner. The wooden boxes gradually piled up into a small hill on the shore.
"Mom!" Murong Chen had sharp eyes and spotted Murong Ling'er standing on the dock at a glance. He shouted excitedly and quickly pulled Chu Lingfeng over.
At this moment, Liu Yuyan and her son, who were talking to Murong Ling'er, heard the shout and turned around at the same time.
The moment Liu Yuyan's eyes met Murong Chen, her pupils suddenly shrank, the smile on her face froze instantly, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, as if she had been suddenly hit by a heavy hammer.
Then, she subconsciously turned her gaze to Chu Lingfeng. When she saw Lingfeng's face clearly, her eyes widened instantly, and her face was full of incredible shock.
"You...Chu..." Liu Yuyan's lips trembled. As soon as the words came out of her mouth, they were choked by a sour feeling in her throat. Her eyes quickly turned red and tears welled up in her eyes. She was so excited that she could hardly control herself.
The sun shone on the dock, and Chu Lingfeng's eyes inadvertently fell on the veiled woman next to Murong Ling'er.
At just one glance, he felt that the eyes seemed familiar, and the gears of memory began to turn slowly, but he could not grasp that familiar feeling.
Just as he lowered his eyes and fell into deep thought, a clear and tender child's voice suddenly broke the silence: "Mom, is this my dad?"
Chu Yuting stood there, his small body trembling slightly with excitement, his eyes full of surprise and astonishment fixed on the man in front of him, whose eyebrows and eyes were very similar to his own. The words that had been in his heart for a long time couldn't help but burst out.
Chu Lingfeng heard the sound and subconsciously looked towards its source. It was only then that he noticed a child standing opposite him who was about the same age as Murong Chen.
It would have been fine if he hadn't looked at it, but once he did, he was struck by lightning. The child's eyebrows, expression, were very similar to his own when he was a child.
Chu Lingfeng's pupils suddenly contracted sharply, and his brain buzzed, as if an invisible hand suddenly tore open the memory that he had buried deep in his heart, which was vague, chaotic, and filled with cruelty and despair.
In an instant, all the forgotten past memories flooded into his mind like a surging tide.
The night was as dark as ink, with dark clouds covering the moon. Chu Lingfeng had survived a near-death experience in the insect cave of the witch clan and finally escaped. He was covered in blood and his breath was weak. Like a dying beast, he lay powerlessly in a pile of dead leaves.
An eerie silence filled the air, with only the miserable cries and arrogant laughter coming from not far away, which seemed particularly harsh in the silent night.
"Help! Help! Don't kill me, please..." The woman's desperate cries came one after another, like sharp needles, piercing into Chu Lingfeng's ears.
"Hehehe, little girl, you can't escape! Just play with me obediently and serve me well, and maybe I'll spare your life." A rough male voice sounded, accompanied by a disgusting laugh.
Chu Lingfeng moved his scarred hand. The heat caused by the injuries and toxins in his body kept surging, making every nerve in his body tense.
He gritted his teeth, trying to suppress the waves of impulses that were about to devour his sanity. However, his consciousness gradually became confused in this painful struggle.
"Hahaha... stop shouting. No one will come to save you even if you scream your throat out. When I've had enough fun, I'll send you straight to hell."
The rough voice sounded again, followed by a crisp "pa" sound, like the sound of a slap in the face.
“Wuwuwuwuwu… please…” The woman’s crying became weaker and weaker, revealing endless despair.
Chu Lingfeng was lying in a pile of dead leaves, listening to all this, the anger in his heart burning like a raging fire.
Suddenly, there was a sound of clothes being torn, and the woman's cries for mercy became weaker and weaker.
At this moment, Chu Lingfeng's tense nerves broke completely with a "snap".
He endured the severe pain in his wrist, mobilized the little internal strength left in his body, and tried his best to shoot out the dart.
With a "whoosh" sound, the dart hit the man's head accurately like a black lightning.
There was a muffled "puff" sound, followed by a man's scream, and then the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground with "bang bang".
"Ahhhhhhhhh..." The woman screamed in horror.
Amidst the screams, Chu Lingfeng regained consciousness briefly. He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. Just as he was about to faint, he heard a sound of hurried footsteps running towards him.
Before his consciousness faded, he only remembered hearing a heart-wrenching cry.
When Chu Lingfeng regained consciousness, he found himself covered in wounds, his clothes torn to shreds, and he looked as if he had experienced a ridiculous night.
And as he woke up, that memory was once again buried deep in his heart, as if it had never happened.
"Uncle Chu is your father?"
Murong Chen's surprised voice sounded in his ears, pulling Chu Lingfeng back from the painful memories.
He looked at the little boy not far away with a complicated expression, feeling extremely heavy-hearted. The question kept echoing in his mind: Is this child really mine? If so, what exactly have they been through over the years?
At the dock, noisy voices rose and fell, and the whistles of ships docking and the shouts of porters were intertwined.
Liu Yuyan was so frightened by the two children's words that her whole body trembled, as if struck by a thunderbolt. She subconsciously cast her gaze at Chu Lingfeng, who had a stern face and remained silent, and then hurriedly turned to Chu Yuting, who had a face full of surprise and expectation, staring at Chu Lingfeng without blinking.
For a moment, she felt her head was in a mess. Countless thoughts flashed through her mind frantically, but she couldn't make any sense of them. She had no idea how to explain this sudden situation to everyone.