No Caminho da Reencarnação

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The seafood shop owned by the Liu family had been doing well these past few days. The couple was busy beyond measure, barely noticing that their son hadn’t returned home at night. During dinner, the sky outside had already turned pitch black. Suddenly, Ye Huiqiong asked about Liu Sanjun. Sitting across the table, Liu Jiajv took a sip of wine and answered with a smile, “He’s a grown man. What’s there to fear about him getting lost? Isn’t he just with that rascal Cai Zhongsheng? It’s better he’s not home. If he does come back, he won’t stay long before that old Cai Mao comes looking for us again—what a nuisance.”

Ye Huiqiong glanced casually at a spiderweb in the corner of the window, where a fly was struggling but couldn’t break free, being dragged away by a spider. Suddenly, she focused intently and saw the spider pulling the fly into the shadows, vanishing from sight. She was unfazed; such things held no interest for her. Her mind was solely on her son.

She said, “Sanjun is a disobedient child. I worry he’s up to no good outside and might get into trouble.”

Liu Jiajv responded candidly, “Whatever trouble could befall him has already happened. What more mischief could Sanjun possibly be up to?”

Ye Huiqiong glanced again at the spiderweb on the window corner—it was now empty, swaying in an invisible breeze that seemed to carry a hint of foreboding. Yet she remained indifferent, her only concern being her son, who hadn’t returned for two nights.

She said, “Jiajv, I’m still uneasy. Tomorrow, you stay at the shop while I go to Cai