The screen crackled with static and slowly faded to black. No one knew that Sister He, who had just been so self-righteously proclaiming her preference for sons over daughters, was now clutching her child in misery and despair.
But that... thing... was slowly groping its way toward her. And the portly man, who had been complaining about his back pain, was now lifeless.
Su Nian, of course, knew what was happening. This was all karma. As for the little boy, the couple had spent a fortune on prenatal check-ups, only to find out the baby was actually a girl.
They then spent another fortune to hire a sorcerer, who used sinister, wicked methods to turn the girl into a boy.
Because of this, the little boy's health was extremely poor. He should have passed away by the age of three. But the couple was wealthy. They found numerous masters and used many dark, unorthodox arts to keep the boy alive.
