Chapter 1282 Strange Sound
"The baby didn't cry loudly."

The child retorted hastily, with a blush of embarrassment on his face.

"Oh, are you still shy?"

The old lady teased her grandson with a look of curiosity.

"This kid isn't usually very shy."

She explained to Xiao Xiao.

"grandmother!"

The child shouted somewhat unhappily.

"Okay, grandma, I won't say any more."

The old lady blinked at Xiao Xiao.

The smile in Xiao Xiao's eyes deepened.

……

"Big brother, thank you."

Seeing that his grandmother really stopped talking, the child pursed his lips and smiled shyly at Xiao Xiao.

"You're welcome."

Xiao Xiao squatted down, his brows softened, "Be more careful next time."

"Ah."

The child nodded obediently, "I will be more careful next time."

The old lady reached out and patted the child's head gently, "Baby, you must keep your word."

"Uh-huh."

The child nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

The old lady quickly held the child's head and said helplessly: "Okay, why do you click so many times?"

"Be careful or you'll feel dizzy."

"hey-hey."

The child subconsciously covered his head and smiled foolishly.

The old lady shook her head in amusement.

……

"You guys are together?"

The old lady glanced at the girl standing aside who was quite quiet and gentle.

"Ah."

Xiao Xiao nodded, "Let's go find someone."

"I thought so. You look unfamiliar. You don't seem to live here."

The old lady smiled and said, "Then go quickly."

"Don't waste your time."

Xiao Xiao shook his head, "No."

"Besides, it seems that the person we are looking for is not at home."

"not here?"

The old lady asked with concern, "Who are you looking for?"

Then, as if realizing his own impoliteness, the old man smiled sheepishly and said, "Look at me, am I asking too many questions?"

"No."

Xiao Xiao's lips curled up slightly, "Let's go find Hua Ziyun."

"Do you know him?"

"Hua Ziyun?"

The old man muttered, "Ayun?"

"The child from the Hua family?"

The old man's words made Yu Yanyan's eyes light up, and the curve of Xiao Xiao's mouth rose even more.

"If there is only one family with the surname Hua here, it should be him."

Hua is not a common surname.

At least this is the first time Xiao Xiao has encountered this surname since he grew up.

……

"Yes, that's him."

The old lady nodded affirmatively, "Because I always call him A-Yun."

"When I first heard the full name, I really didn't react at first."

"Oh, no wonder."

The old man's sudden look of realization made Xiao Xiao and Yu Yanyan a little strange.

The two did not hide their puzzled expressions.

The old man smiled and said, "Did you just ring the doorbell and no one answered the door, so you thought no one was home?"

Xiao Xiao nodded.

Yu Yanyan was silent.

They hadn't had time to ring the doorbell just now.

Because she was in a state of confusion, she couldn't make a decision for a while.

……

"Actually, there is someone in their family."

The old man didn't know what he was thinking of, his expression was a little hard to read, but then he sighed, "Ayun seems to be seriously ill."

"His mother didn't go to work either, and has been taking care of him at home."

"His dad is home a lot more, too." "But, weirdly enough-"

The old man paused, a puzzled look on his face, "Their family refuses any visit from anyone."

“We have been neighbors for many years.”

"I watched Ayun grow up."

"He's sick and I have some other neighbors who want to go check on him."

"But the Hua family blocked all of us at the door."

"Not only that, Ayun's friends who came to visit him, who were also from this community and had grown up with Ayun, were also turned away."

“Young people are unwilling to give up and have come here many times.”

"Later, the Hua family didn't even open the door for them."

"It's not just Ayun's friends, other people don't open the door much either."

“So a lot of people always think they’re not at home.”

"Because I live downstairs from them, I know that there is always someone at their house."

"Just pretending not to be home."

"I don't know what's going on... The Hua family seems to be isolating themselves from the world and trying their best to avoid any more contact with the outside world."

The old man shook his head and lowered his voice a bit, "It's not that we want to think about the worst."

"But the Hua family's behavior is too strange."

"The Hua family has never been so unkind before."

"We are also concerned about Ayun out of kindness and want to see how the child is doing."

"Even if the doctor says I need to rest, there's no reason why I can't even take a look, right?"

"After Ayun fell ill, people around us never saw him again."

"That kid is like-"

The old man lowered his voice even more, "It seems like he was locked up by his parents."

"what?"

Yu Yanyan covered her mouth to muffle the rest of her exclamation.

……

"Lock him up?"

"Why do you think so?"

Xiao Xiao looked calm.

……

"It's just our wild guess."

The old man waved his hand.

But soon, the old man frowned slightly, "It's not without basis."

"Once, several of Ayun's friends hid in the corridor and waited until the door of Ayun's house opened by itself."

“They immediately ran up.”

"Ayun's mother wanted to close the door when she saw them."

"The kids suddenly started yelling."

"Call Ayun's name."

"I heard the noise and ran upstairs to see what was going on."

“It was a chaotic scene.”

"Ayun's mother's face looks very ugly."

“It’s really ugly.”

The old man emphasized it again, with surprise and emotion in his eyes.

"I've never seen Ayun's mother have that expression."

"Ayun's mother is a pianist and she is always elegant."

"The people are good-looking too."

"She is just a typical young lady."

"But, that time, Ayun's mother was really angry."

"Those kids are going a little too far."

"How can you yell like that in front of someone's door?"

"Fortunately, those kids knew their limits and didn't force their way in."

“They were just yelling at the door.”

"It also prevented Ayun's mother from closing the door."

"Although Ayun's mother was angry, she didn't know what to do."

“This is also Ayun’s mother.”

"If it was someone with a more aggressive temper, wouldn't she have scolded those kids to death?"

"The situation is at a stalemate."

"I was just about to go down and try to persuade those kids."

"At this time, strange noises were heard in the house."

"Strange noise?"

Yu Yanyan repeated it subconsciously.

"Ah."

The old man's expression turned strange, "It's impossible for those kids to keep yelling."

“There’s always a pause.”

(End of this chapter)