231 Snake Bite Kills

Meng GangBo was only six when his mother moved to the small village of Gan-an, where madam Meng later remarried to the local village head.

MingYu had no recollection of this, since all the memories of this time period were lost along with Wu TianLan. Even now, as he watched the little ten-year-old GangBo scavenge the woods for herbs, MingYu could tell not all was right.

The boy was on the thinner side, his clothes pattered and dirty, hanging a size or two larger than what would have suited his body. His hair was pulled up into a low and messy ponytail, his hands dirty and lips chapped. But all of this was easily fixed with a little wash up.

It was the green and purple bruise patch peeking from below his collar that had caught MingYu's attention.

MingYu chewed on his lower lip as he watched Lan Guan-Yin trail the boy like a poisonous snake, waiting to bite into its victim. His thoughts in disarray.