Becoming an indescribable god after failing to ring in the new year.

Chapter 78 Atonement

Lu Xiao, on the other side, was unaware of Li Yu's malice.

He felt itchy and hungry all over, and wanted to control the person so he could take a shower first and then eat.

However, because he was standing on the right side of the door, the old man saw the old woman's face immediately after he turned around.

"Aaaaaah!" Lu Xiao suddenly screamed, startling Li Yu.

Then a tile slid off the roof of the small house and hit Li Yu on the head.

Li Yu's attention was distracted by various situations, and he didn't notice anything amiss. When he was hit, he only felt dizzy.

She fainted and fell to the side.

Just then, the old woman came out carrying the dishes.

She was not surprised by Lu Xiao and Li Yu's arrival.

Instead, after placing the dishes on the table, he rubbed his slightly darkened brow and said, "Sit down and eat with us."

Looking at the old man with the same dark complexion, Lu Xiao felt as if his soul was about to explode. A deep-seated fear surged into his limbs and bones, as if it would crush everything he had.

He felt as if a net called fate was trapping him within it.

He was like a moth caught in a spider web.

The chilling feeling that his fate had been predetermined left Lu Xiao standing there, his ears ringing.

He was even a little unsteady on his feet.

By the time Lu Xiao realized what was happening, he had already collapsed to the ground, drenched in sweat.

Because of the sweat, he no longer felt itchy.

He looked at the old woman sitting at the table eating from her bowl, and with difficulty raised his mouth to ask, "Who are you?"

Only then did the old woman turn around and glance at Lu Xiao.

A smile graced her wrinkled face: "My name is Wu Xiumei, and I am eighty-three years old."

"She's a dying old woman."

Wu Xiumei laughed, and this laughter even soothed Lu Xiao's fear to some extent.

Because when he was a child, his grandmother was the same way. No matter how hard life was, she could always comfort him with a smile and help him be strong.

Unfortunately, his grandmother fell ill, and his wicked father, in order to gamble, stole the last bit of money meant for her life-saving treatment, after which his grandmother passed away.

And then his deadbeat father never came back.

Although Lu Xiao was supported by the community to go to school, her mind was not on school at all.

Orphans and widows are most vulnerable to being bullied, and Lu Xiao didn't even have a widow; his mother had run away long ago because of his father's gambling.

In order to avoid being bullied at school, Lu Xiao became rebellious and eccentric, and had conflicts with many classmates.

He gradually went astray, which led to this tragic end.

At this moment, Lu Xiao seemed somewhat dazed, as if he had returned to his teenage years.

Li Yu shook his head, got up from the ground, and his eyes turned fierce.

He grabbed a shard of broken tile and was about to rush forward to kill the old woman.

But they found that Lu Xiao was already sitting quietly at the table, holding a bowl that had been prepared beforehand.

After Li Yu got up, Lu Xiao looked over and shook his head at him.

At this moment, Li Yu's keen senses detected that if he wanted to kill someone, there was a very high probability that Lu Xiao, his original teammate, would turn against him.

"This is not in accordance with the luck." Thinking this, Li Yu did not take action directly, but he also did not put down the tile in his hand.

"You all have too much malevolent energy," Wu Xiumei patted the chair next to her and said, "This isn't how you overcome tribulation."

Li Yu frowned, but still sat down.

"This world is governed by cause and effect; every bite and every sip is preordained."

"One should not accept one's fate, but one cannot deny the existence of fate."

Wu Xiumei started to lecture her, but Li Yu didn't care about an old woman's sermons at all, and Lu Xiao's mind wasn't on it either.

Preaching is useless. One of them is mentally ill and the other is a long-time criminal. Both of them are deeply ingrained bad habits. To persuade them in two sentences under these circumstances would require a level three of mystical abilities.

"We're caught in this game now, and death is an inevitable outcome." So Wu Xiumei stopped talking about anything else: "That person's target is the three of us."

At this point, Li Yu and Lu Xiao were finally drawn in and perked up to listen to Wu Xiumei's words.

"There is only one way to survive: if our foreheads are dark and we are having a bad year, we will inevitably suffer a bloody disaster in the end."

The solution naturally lies in these three factors.

"A blood debt must be repaid in blood." As a donor, Wu Xiumei knew far more inside information than anyone else.

"We were chosen because of our sins."

"Once this sin is repaid, the bloodshed will be greatly averted."

"And then, with a heart of great fearlessness and great compassion..."

"Don't listen to your nonsense!" Before Wu Xiumei could finish speaking, Li Yu sneered and then grabbed his rice bowl to start eating.

It must be said that Wu Xiumei's words were unpleasant to hear, but her cooking was excellent.

These three home-style dishes are not particularly special, but they are extremely appetizing.

Lu Xiao, who was standing next to her, also shook his head and stopped paying attention to Wu Xiumei's words.

Because they couldn't do what Wu Xiumei said.

Lu Xiao was sentenced to seven years in prison because he was arrested for robbery.

But besides robbery, he had many other cases on his record, but because there was no evidence, the police hadn't been able to find him, and the cases hadn't been brought to light yet.

If it's really discovered, they might even face the death penalty.

Even his life wouldn't be enough for him to atone for his sins.

Besides, those victims were scattered all over the country back then, and many of them have disappeared. Some of them have even died long ago and have no relatives or family members. Who can he ask to atone for his sins?

Li Yu on the other side was even more so; he considered himself the protagonist, and everything in this world had to go according to his wishes.

He should be the one apologizing to others, not the one atoning for his sins.

Thus, neither of them listened to Wu Xiumei's suggestion.

The reason they haven't taken action against Wu Xiumei at this time is simply because Wu Xiumei is also involved and doesn't seem to be an obstacle for them at the moment.

Wu Xiumei shook her head at the two of them but did not continue to persuade them.

Her life, while not exactly dramatic, was certainly quite remarkable.

She became involved with metaphysics when she was young.

Her husband was embroiled in an abnormal event and died because of metaphysics.

She once traveled thousands of miles just to deliver a message for her husband, and by the end her feet were rotting.

Her child joined the metaphysics society and chose to sacrifice himself in order to unravel an eroded domain.

They once enjoyed a peaceful and happy life for many years.

The metaphysical society took good care of her after her child's death.

As people get older, they gradually become more aware of their own condition.

Knowing that her time was running out, Wu Xiumei approached the metaphysics society and voluntarily became a donor.

She knew that she could live a peaceful life only because someone had been making sacrifices.

Just like her husband and children.

Now she's just going with them.