"Scarlett!"
An online viewer, recognized as "Auntie," broke down in a desperate scream as she saw the child held by the woman.
The child seemed frightened and cried out, "Mom!"
The live stream audience was intensely stirred at that moment.
They hadn’t expected to find the child so soon, but they quickly noticed something was off about the woman’s demeanor.
The child clearly wanted to break free to find his mother but was being held tightly.
The host of the video was also incredulous, stepping forward to shout at his wife,
"Aspen, what are you doing? Let go of that child!"
"No!" Aspen, as she was called, was hysterical and glared fiercely at Scarlett’s mom, "She doesn’t deserve to be his mother; she’ll kill him. I can’t let him go with her!"
Scarlett’s mom and the online audience were at a loss.
"What are you babbling about? I’m telling you, this is kidnapping! Give my brother back!"
The woman not only didn’t listen but held the child even tighter as she climbed onto the balcony railing.
Everyone’s expressions changed, especially her husband, who looked devastated,
"Aspen, don’t be crazy! Bring the child down! This child is not like our child!"
"How is he different? He’s still so young, and they want him to undergo surgery! Once a child goes on the operating table, he will not come back!"
At Aspen’s words, her eyes turned scarlet, tears quickly pooling.
Only then did Scarlett’s mom vaguely recall that a friend had mentioned Aspen, who had lost her child in surgery. The couple had been distraught for a long time afterward.
She also remembered that she had once talked in an online community of moms about her child’s illness and the plan for surgery. Aspen had indeed opposed it and even spoke to her privately about it.
But at that time, she had already made up her mind and didn’t heed the advice.
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No wonder she didn’t hear anything when Scarlett went missing!
She had previously asked that woman to watch her child too!
Scarlett’s mom could no longer hold back her sobs and pleaded,
"Aspen, don’t hold him so tightly, I beg you. He has a heart condition and can’t take this scare. Come down, I promise not to have Scarlett undergo surgery, okay?"
"I don’t believe you!" Aspen didn’t believe her, "I advised you before. You said the child needed surgery to get better. Even if you don’t do it now, you will definitely do it eventually. Surgery is not an option; once he’s on the operating table, he won’t come back!"
Aspen uttered these words and burst into tears,
"Isn’t the child doing fine now? Why would you put him on the operating table, why kill your own child, sob sob sob..."
It was clear that Aspen had fallen into a delusion.
These years, she might have often blamed herself for letting her child undergo surgery.
If there hadn’t been surgery, her child might not have died.
Even her husband was visibly affected, showing a pained expression.
Losing their only child had put them through a very difficult time, so much that his wife had a mental breakdown.
Later, she formed a mom group in the community and devoted most of her energy to it; he thought she had moved on.
But, can anyone really let go so easily?
Summoning strength from somewhere, she suddenly leaped over the railing.
Ignoring the safety risks, she lunged toward the child and in that instant before she herself plummeted, used all her strength to push the child back over the railing.
The child was caught by the viewer and their parent on the balcony, but the woman was falling fast toward the ground...
"Auntie!!!"
The viewer’s sharp cries echoed through the complex, accompanied by the gasps of onlookers below and the sensation of viewers feeling their hearts tighten intensely.
Just when everyone thought this tragedy was about to unfold before them, a familiar, light voice suddenly rang in the live stream.
Carrying a righteous melody, it swiftly chanted,
"Heaven and earth are clear, with united forces, by the Imperial Decree, a gentle breeze shall blow!"
As those final words echoed, a Yellow Talisman swiftly flew toward the falling figure.
In an instant, millions of online viewers witnessed a curious phenomenon under non-Newtonian physics livestreamed by the cameraman.
Just as the Yellow Talisman converged with the falling woman, it seemed as though a magical breeze from nowhere cushioned her fall.
What should have been a heavy impact was inexplicably slowed midair, and the woman fell gently to the cement ground.
Though unconscious...
She was unscathed.
Those on the scene, along with everyone in the live stream, were engulfed by an eerie silence.
After what felt like ages, the first comment finally appeared in the live chat, expressing pure shock—
[OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!]
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