Unexpectedly, as soon as I stepped into the house, I received a slap without any explanation.
"Mom..." Ye Qing called out aggrievedly, but was immediately interrupted by Xie Lingzhi.
"Donât call me that. I donât have a daughter-in-law like you." Xie Lingzhi looked at Ye Qing as if she were seeing a dung beetle, feeling disgusted and annoyed.
Old Mrs. Mei, who was sitting in the living room, snorted, her eyes filled with disdain. She glanced at Ye Qing and then said to Xie Lingzhi, "Why waste words on her?"
Xie Lingzhi didnât bother to speak further, directly taking out a stack of photos and throwing them at her face.
"Ye Qing, take a look at these good deeds of yours. What do you think our Mei family is? Itâs already enough letting a country girl like you marry into our family honestly, and yet you dare to do such things. Itâs because my Xiao Chi is so infatuated with you, a vile woman, that youâve tricked him again and again. If he could get out now, he wouldâve already gone to divorce you."
"This... this is not true. I didnât do it, this isnât real." Ye Qing didnât expect to really be discovered by the Mei family. Where did these photos come from?
"Donât bother to argue in front of us; itâs all in vain. Weâve already had a blood test done on the child. Itâs definitely not a child of the Mei family."
"Impossible, this is impossible. This child is Mei Langchiâs. You canât force me to divorce Langchi just because heâs not around to protect me. Youâre going too far." Ye Qingâs mind was in chaos. When Xie Lingzhi said the child wasnât Mei Langchiâs, she already believed it, but she couldnât admit it. Otherwise, when Mei Langchi gets out, he definitely wonât let her off.
Why, why wouldnât the heavens help her for once? Why isnât the child Mei Langchiâs, why is it Li Liangâs instead?
"Would the doctorâs words be false? Miss Ye, hurry up and take your child and get out. Believe it or not, if youâre a moment later, Iâll give you another slap. Remember this: as soon as my Xiao Chi gets out, you two better divorce immediately. Or else... you and your child can forget about surviving in the city." Xie Lingzhiâs words were not fake.
Ye Qing wouldnât let it go just like that. She had managed to marry into the Mei family, a status equivalent to Han Yiâs, and she absolutely wouldnât let go. "Grandma, Mom, I was wrong, you..."
"Get out, or Iâll call the police," Xie Lingzhi wouldnât listen to her excuses. If it werenât too shameful for the Mei family, she wouldâve already dragged her to the police station and had her locked up.
Alas, this was the Mei familyâs retribution. They refused a good daughter-in-law and ended up marrying this troublemaker. Ever since this woman entered the family, disasters have continuously befallen the Mei family.
"... I" Looking at the conclusive evidence laid out by the photos on the ground, no matter how many ways she had to explain, it was all to no avail.
How did they discover things from a few years ago? Who has been spying on her, able to photograph such private matters?
Who could it be?
Ye Qing really couldnât figure out who it might be, and now wasnât the time to think too much. The men of the Mei family were all absent today, obviously deliberately avoiding it, leaving Old Mrs. Mei and Xie Lingzhi to deal with her.
The only thing she could do now was to be obedient. She needed to find Mei Langchi. As long as the child was there, she could persuade him. Anyway, Li Liang was already dead, without evidence, as long as she wouldnât admit it, no one could do anything to her.
Ye Qing didnât linger long at the Mei family home, rising and holding her face as she exited the courtyard gate, heading toward where the child was renting.
When Ye Qing arrived, the rental house was already filled with people, including two police officers, and the room was in a mess. Clothes and tableware were scattered all over the floor, and someone had turned on the water tap, leaving the place flooded. "When they rented the house, I didnât even ask much, didnât even know their family name."
"Didnât their family have a nanny?" a neighbor said.
"The nanny hasnât been seen for a long time. Itâs because these days I kept hearing the child crying inside, and after knocking on the door with no response, I finally noticed water flowing out of the house, thatâs why I called the police," explained the neighbor from across the door to the other neighbors.
The landlord looked troubled, "Officer, what should we do now? I really canât find these people. Look at how theyâve left my house."
"This family was quite good to the child not long ago, frequently buying and bringing large packages for the child and referred to herself as the childâs grandma. Why would they suddenly abandon the child?"
"Could it be something happened in their family?"
"Who knows, itâs been several days, leaving a two-year-old child here, clearly they donât want this child anymore."
"Iâm sure they planned this. When they rented, they didnât even let you know their surname, clearly they had this in mind from the start. Now youâre stuck with it, left with this child, what are you going to do?"
"I... I just rented them a room, never thought Iâd get into something like this. Officer, look..." "This is indeed neglect on your part. The child is innocent; weâll take him into care first. The childâs background still needs your cooperation for investigation."