Chapter 252: Alignment of Interests (8000-word goal achieved!)

'I had a family too, I know how cruelly taking the life of a child affects them, but there was no way... I had no way... there was simply no way.'

'To resurrect the dead requires a great sacrifice... For Hiname... I am willing to offer everything I have... If only it would bring Riko back... I have no regrets.'

The writing here was tidy, and reading it didn't put much strain on Beichuan Si.

However, as Beichuan Si read the lines, something felt somewhat off.

Suppressing his impatience, Beichuan Si continued to read on.

'I am a folklorist, that time I took my daughter Hiname and Riko to scout an estate left behind by our ancestors. It rained heavily that day... the muddy mountain path was difficult to navigate... I was moving towards the encampment with my daughter and wife, but that was the beginning of a nightmare...'

Driven by the rain, the loosely structured soil and rocks rumbled down from above.

This wasn't a landslide, just a mere collapse of the mountain path.