Mei Langchi originally planned to break his leg, but seeing Ye Weijunâs expression somewhat softened, he added, "Father-in-law, donât worry, we absolutely wonât go back on our word. Let us see the child first. Just make sure heâs alright, then tomorrow when we get the money, you can give us the child. Just now was my mistake, as compensation, Iâll give you an extra thousand tomorrow and take you to the hospital to see how the injury is."
"Alright... alright, Iâll let you see the child, but... you must let me get up first."
Mei Langchi and Ye Qing exchanged a glance, nodded, and withdrew their feet.
Ye Weijun pretended to be in pain and groaned on the ground for a while, his eyes shifting intentionally or unintentionally, searching for the knife on the ground...
...
Qiu Family... Qiu Hualan slept for a day, and upon getting up, saw Du Guangjun next to her. She was taken aback, thinking she was dreaming, and pinched herself hard in a daze.
Only then did she realize Du Guangjun really came, "You... why did you come here?" Qiu Hualan nervously covered her face, fearing he disliked her current appearance.
"I came with your daughter and son-in-law in the afternoon. That day, when I returned and couldnât see you or Ye Weijun, I knew something was wrong, so I quickly went to the troop you mentioned to look for your daughter and son-in-law. It was only that they werenât in the troop, delayed by two days, otherwise, you wouldnât have suffered so much."
Qiu Hualan unknowingly started shedding tears, just feeling the pain on her face from the tears. Crying and laughing, she said, "Itâs all over, this is the last time Iâve been beaten, there wonât be any more after this. Old Du, Iâve divorced him."
Du Guangjun helped her wipe away the tears and said, "I know, I heard from your dad."
"You... did you see them?" Qiu Hualan was then as nervous as a little girl.
"I saw them, fortunately, you have a good family. Otherwise, youâd be truly tortured to death by that beast Ye Weijun."
At the mention of Ye Weijun, Qiu Hualan immediately thought of Hua Hua "Hua Hua? Has Hua Hua been found?"
"Not yet, your daughter and son-in-law have gone to find Ye Weijun. They have a way to make Ye Weijun reveal Hua Huaâs whereabouts."
"No, I have to go see." Hua Hua being lost from her hands, she didnât know how to explain it to her daughter and son-in-law. If something were to happen to Hua Hua, she wouldnât want to live.
Saying this, Qiu Hualan hurriedly got out of bed, Du Guangjun understood her feelings and didnât stop her, preparing to go with her.
"Ah Qing said, seems to be at whatever hillside. Iâll go with you."
"No, Old Du, youâd better wait at home. Iâm afraid that seeing you might agitate Ye Weijun, and he wonât be willing to hand over the child, which would be bad."
Du Guangjun lowered his head and frowned slightly, realizing that what Qiu Hualan said made sense.
This Ye Weijun is like a mad dog now, itâs better not to agitate him.
"How about letting your two brothers accompany you?"
"No need, no need, Ah Qing is over there. Iâll just go and take a look."
When Old Man Qiu heard the noise and came out, Qiu Hualan had already disappeared. Upon hearing Du Guangjunâs words, he knew where she was heading.
Hurriedly let Boss Qiu go over to take a look, and he led the second brother back to the house to drink tea with Du Guangjun.
"Where are you going?" Boss Qiuâs wife came out of the house and saw him about to leave, casually asked.
"Ah Hua went to find Ah Qing and them, Iâm going over to take a look."
"That man Ah Qing is capable; there should be no problem. Ye Weijun, that coward, might have already handed over the child. You go help me watch the grandson first; Iâll go to the toilet."
"Alright, alright, hurry up."
"Got it."
....
Qiu Hualan arrived at her sonâs chicken farm and, when entering the makeshift shed, was hit by the smell of blood.
The dim kerosene lamp in the room illuminated the ground, which was a patch of blood red. Qiu Hualanâs shoes on the ground were sticky.
In the room, Mei Langchi anxiously held his daughter lying in a pool of blood, furrowing her brow. Upon closer inspection, a long cut from a knife could be seen on her back.
And to the side, Ye Weijun lay motionless in the pool of blood. Qiu Hualanâs face turned pale at once, sensing something was wrong, and she stepped forward through the sticky blood. Only to see a knife stuck directly in Ye Weijunâs chest. Blood was still flowing continuously and his face had lost all signs of life.
Upon seeing clearly, Qiu Hualan let out a scream as her legs refused to support her, falling into the pool of blood, trembling and pointing at Ye Weijun, asking, "Ah... Ah Qing... your dad... he... is he dead?"
"Mom... Mom, it was him... it was him, who tried to hack us with a knife. Langchi only kicked him, and... he injured himself."
They originally thought Ye Weijun was being honest. Who would have thought when he stood up, he quickly picked up the knife Langchi had just thrown on the ground and suddenly struck at Langchi.
Mei Langchi, at the time, was relaxed and didnât expect Ye Weijun to attack, unable to dodge in time. Ye Qingâs first thought was that Mei Langchi must not die.
If he died, her good days would be over. She was originally worried about her and Li Liangâs matter. This now was the chance, Ye Qing was determined then, risking everything without thinking, she quickly blocked in front of Mei Langchi.
The moment Ye Qing blocked the knife, Mei Langchi was stunned. At a critical moment, his loved one came forward, disregarding her own life to prevent him from being injured.
"Ah. Qing?"
"Langchi... Iâm sorry, you must find the child and live well." Pain. Excruciating pain.
Ye Qing could feel the blood slowly leaving her body, with the clothes on her back sticking to her skin.
"Ah Qing, hold on, Iâll take you to the hospital."
And yet Ye Weijun gave them no chance to speak, wielding the knife again at them.
This time wasnât so lucky. Mei Langchi raised his leg with all the strength he usually trained, directly kicking Ye Weijunâs face.
Knocking him to the ground in one kick. His head coincidentally hit that iron stove. In an instant, Ye Weijun had no time to scream, his side skull directly having a large hole. The knife fell from his hand, and with rapid momentum, the knife cut directly into his chest.
Whether Ye Qingâs injury or Ye Weijunâs death, the incident happened too quickly. In less than a minute, in mere ten seconds, people were gone.
Ye Weijun would never have imagined, that heâd die tonight at the hands of this son-in-law he was meeting for the first time. If he had known, he would never have taken their son, nor would he have seen this son-in-law.
But thereâs no medicine for regret!
"What... what should we do now?"
"Quickly deal with the body while thereâs no one around." Mei Langchi hadnât realized yet that this counted as self-defense.
It might be his first time experiencing such an event, he was at a loss.
"Yes, yes. Quickly deal with him." Qiu Hualan, inexperienced, showed her first reaction of thinking her daughter and son-in-law had killed someone. They must not let others see.
"Ah Qing, can you hold on?"
"I can, I can." The back wound, was only on the flesh, not life-threatening.
Mei Langchi just wanted to put Ah Qing aside and handle the corpse.
At that moment, voices came from outside.
It was Fang Qiao and Boss Qiu speaking. Fang Qiao had just finished cooking a chicken and was bringing it over, bumping into her uncle on the way, and they came together.
On the road, Boss Qiu asked Fang Qiao where Ye Rong was.
"He should be nearby, I was cooking soup, and he was worried, so he came over early."
The two chatted as they reached the chicken farm.
Fang Qiao generously said she wanted to give uncle a chicken to take home, stopping by the chicken pen to show Boss Qiu the chickens and ducks they raised.
Meanwhile, the three people inside heard the voices outside and panicked.
"What... what to do, someoneâs coming." Qiu Hualan couldnât tell who it was, just knew it wasnât her sonâs voice.
"Mom... Mom, save us, save your daughter and son-in-law..." Ye Qing slumped to the side, her face pale, imploring Qiu Hualan.
Qiu Hualan understood her daughterâs intent. She was startled at first, then her eyes reddened with unwillingness, saying, "Ah Qing, the people outside are probably our family. Itâs okay, itâs our family, so itâs okay. Mom will go out and see."
Qiu Hualan trembled and pulled herself up off the ground. But before she could go out, Boss Qiu and Fang Qiao came in.
The first thing the two of them saw was the blood on everyoneâs bodies and Ye Weijun lying motionlessly on the ground, a rather creepy sight.