In that case, it was entirely possible Walnut had been left with some psychological trauma.
I mean, think about it. In a vast, white expanse of snow, his mother is killed, and her scalding blood splatters across the ground.
How startling would that be? The young Walnut would have been deeply traumatized.
'But that's not right, either.'
'I just checked the weather. It was April, so the temperature was warming up. Hetaoping probably didn't have any snow left.'
'Unless the incident happened even earlier.'
But this was all just Shen Xin's speculation. After all, no one knew what had really happened back then; it was all just guesswork.
However, while searching through online news, Shen Xin did notice one particular report.
It mentioned that in 2008, winter had come early to the Wudu Region, and that there was a possibility of widespread, heavy snowfall that year.
As was his custom, Shen Xin contacted Yang Zeran to ask about the investigation's progress.
