Sangmo stayed for three days at a small, inconspicuous inn by the seaside, watched the children for three days, and quarreled with the people at the inn for three days.
On the day Guan Nan returned, he entered the inn only to hear a commotion upstairs, all of which were the voices of Sangmo and Nian Lan.
The sound of Sangmo's desperate shouting and Nian Lan's slightly exaggerated cries.
"Ouch! That young woman is hitting the child again!"
"Listen, the child is crying his heart out."
"What kind of mother is this, how can she be so ruthless?"
"This is not good, I need to take a look, don't beat the child to death!"
"Oh no! You shouldn't go, that young woman is fierce!"
"..."
Guan Nan was stunned for a moment, sensing that something was terribly wrong. He quickened his pace and headed upstairs.
He saw a blood-covered little bundle crawling on the floor of the corridor.
