Volume 1: Swan Goose Chapter 172: Floating Life is But a Grass (2)
After a fire, it seemed that no one had slept well, especially Ma Huilan.
She fell asleep and fell asleep intermittently, but she was always awakened by the same nightmare:
In the dream, Ye Guming, who was dragged down by a leg injury, could not escape and was swallowed alive by the fire. Before he died, he roared at himself, saying that if he turned into a ghost, he would also come to settle the score with him!
I don’t know whether Ma Huilan had a guilty conscience or was frightened by the fire.
The tossing and turning in her sleep not only failed to give her a good rest, but made her even more exhausted, and even broke into a cold sweat.
Perhaps she was condemned by her conscience. As soon as she got up, she went to the kitchen to cook a few of Ye Guming's favorite dishes. She also bought two bottles of his favorite wine and went to visit.
She was worried all the way: what a danger! Because she was angry with Ye Guming, she had evil thoughts in her heart and almost burned him to death in the house.
Although for so many years, I have never fallen in love with this honest, dull, and uncharismatic man, he still takes great care of me and my son and is obedient.
Moreover, Ye Guming was also a poor man. The person he admired most in his life was Gui Lichi, who was a brother. Therefore, he regretted that he had never been on the battlefield.
But he has a heroic dream in his heart, but he can't let go of the love between his children. After struggling until now, those unrealistic dreams have been shattered one by one.
At the end of his life, there was only one set of Ye family knives that he was proud of.
After thinking about this, Ma Huilan suddenly felt sour in her heart and couldn't help but sigh.
Suddenly there was a whisper from behind: "Hey, seeing you like this, does it hurt?"
Ma Huilan was startled, and quickly turned around to look. Elder Yun was not far away, looking at her with a half-smile.
She snorted softly and said leisurely: "Why, my husband is injured, shouldn't he feel bad?"
Elder Yun laughed and said sarcastically: "A cat is crying but a mouse is pretending to be kind! If I guessed correctly, this fire should be your handiwork!"
Ma Huilan was furious and really wanted to slap him, but she held back and cursed angrily: "What kind of crazy talk is this? I live in that house myself, do I want to burn myself to death?"
Elder Yun sneered and said in a low voice: "You can't fool me with your words! If you didn't set the fire, how could it be such a coincidence that you ran out before it caught fire?"
Ma Huilan looked at him sideways and sneered: "I don't believe there is such a coincidence! So I suspect that someone was jealous of Ye Guming and set a fire to burn him to death when I got up at night!"
Elder Yun smiled and asked: "Although Ye Guming is the general manager, he has no real power at all. He has nothing but useless martial arts. Who would be jealous of such a waste?"
Ma Huilan smiled sweetly and asked provocatively: "I guess, is there someone who is jealous that Ye Guming is my husband, so he wants to get rid of him so that he can be with me legitimately, for example... Elder Yun, you?"
She looked at Elder Yun, her eyes were both charming, questioning, and very frivolous.
Elder Yun was not annoyed, but calmly said: "Don't bother here and distract your attention. Whoever did this knows clearly!"
Ma Huilan straightened her temples and said casually: "Yes, whoever did it knows best! It's not me anyway. Although I don't love him, I won't kill him!"
Elder Yun glanced at her and said coldly: "Indeed, you will not kill him! Because killing him will be harmful to you. It was your wild men who did it out of jealousy!"
Ma Huilan was suddenly frightened, then she smiled sweetly and said through gritted teeth: "Elder Yun, be careful. One day, this fire may burn on your head!"
After saying this, Ma Huilan gave him a hard look, then took the food basket and walked directly to Ye Guming's room.
Elder Yun stood there, squinting and lost in thought: It is said that the speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. Ma Huilan's words that were neither salty nor bland made him suspicious. When he thought about it carefully, he couldn't help but feel cold all over.
Before Ma Huilan took a few steps, she saw a man with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes rushing over, knocking her down violently, and holding her hand
The food basket inside was also knocked to the ground.
"Ouch." Ma Huilan was thrown to pieces, and she sat on the ground and couldn't help but scream in pain.
Elder Yun quickly ran over, squatted beside her, and asked distressedly: "Is everything okay? Is it damaged?"
Ma Huilan rubbed her shoulders, frowned, and said angrily: "Who is this blind person who goes on such a rampage and rushes to reincarnate?"
The two people looked up and saw Mrs. Niu with tears on her face, staring at Ma Huilan with an expression of sorrow and anger, and shouted loudly: "***, where is my son? Where did you hide my son?"
Ma Huilan was slightly startled and angrily shouted without knowing why: "Are you crazy, you shrew? If you don't look after your own son, what are you looking for? Am I responsible for helping you look after your son?"
Sister-in-law Niu ignored her and rushed towards Ma Huilan like crazy, shook her body vigorously, and roared: "Xiao Yi is missing. He has been missing since last night! Tell me, is it because he offended you yesterday?
You will harm him, just say it!"
Ma Huilan wanted to argue, but with her weak body, she was no match for Sister Niu, who was physically strong.
She was shaken so dizzy that even the bun on her head was loosened, her hair was scattered all over the ground, and her clothes were torn by Mrs. Niu.
Elder Yun looked distressed, grabbed Sister Niu, and said coldly: "Sister Niu, what are you doing! Children are playful, they may have gone somewhere to play, and they will be back soon! Why are you crazy here?
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Sister-in-law Niu glared at Elder Yun and shouted, "Impossible! Xiao Yi is afraid of the dark, and no matter how playful he is, he will not disappear for a whole night. It must be because he offended this woman yesterday, so she killed my son!"
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Ma Huilan looked at this crazy woman with disdain and sneered: "What you said is strange. Even if your son offends me, I don't have to argue with a child! Besides, even if I am angry and want to find someone to settle the score with, I should find him."
It’s not him, it’s you, the shrew!”
Sister-in-law Niu pointed at Ma Huilan's nose and cursed angrily: "Last night, Xiao Yi said that he would come to your yard to find the toys he left behind, and he never went back again! You are the only one in this yard who can't stand us and is so mean-spirited.
Vicious!"
Ma Huilan didn't take it to heart at first, but when she heard her words, she was immediately shocked.
She and Elder Yun looked at each other.
Both of them thought of the thin figure that flashed past the window last night. Looking back now, they looked very similar to Niu Xiaoyi's figure.
Ma Huilan winked.
Elder Yun understood, looked at Sister Niu, and said, "How did you know your son was here? We were in the yard all the time yesterday and never saw him!"
Ma Huilan added to the jealousy: "In my opinion, maybe he did something disgusting and was punished, so he hid and didn't dare to come out. You don't really think that I am the only one who hates you mother and son.
One person?"
Mrs. Niu shook her head desperately and screamed: "Impossible! My son must have come here! This *** must have harmed him! Give me back my son! Give me back my son!"
Elder Yun was puzzled and asked in a deep voice: "Sister-in-law Niu, do you have any evidence for saying that?"
Sister-in-law Niu lost her mind for a moment and blurted out: "Because it was him who caused the fire yesterday..."
She quickly covered her mouth, realizing that she had said the wrong thing, and looked at the two of them in horror.
When the two heard this, they were suddenly shocked.
Ma Huilan's expression suddenly changed and she said coldly: "It turns out that your son started the fire yesterday!"
When she said this, she glanced at Elder Yun, and then shouted angrily: "Bold bitch! How dare you encourage your son to set fire to kill people? Believe it or not, I will hand you mother and son over to the government for justice now?"
Sister-in-law Niu was shocked, but she still refused to give up and cursed: "***, my son just can't stand how you hang out with others all day long, and you always bully me, so I want to teach you a lesson for me.
!I didn’t say it was him who set the fire. You’re just being rude when you say that!”
Ma Huilan was about to retort, but Elder Yun stopped her and interrupted: "Sister-in-law Niu, she has no evidence to prove that your son set the fire, and you have no evidence to prove that she took your son away! Even if this matter is troublesome
If you go to the government office, you won’t take any responsibility! I advise you to settle the matter and let it go!”
When Mrs. Niu heard this, she was speechless for a moment, then sat down on the ground and burst into tears.
When Mrs. Niu saw more and more people gathered, her cries became louder and louder. She also muttered some words and scolded her harshly. However, she did not dare to scold Ma Huilan anymore, and she kept scolding the person who abducted her son.
Lu Ning, Hu Qi and Totuo heard the noise and came over.
"What's going on? What happened?" Lu Ning squatted next to Mrs. Niu and asked kindly.
When Mrs. Niu saw Lu Ning coming, she hugged her legs and cried: "Young gang leader, our Xiao Yi was killed. Now she is neither alive nor dead. You have to make the decision for us."
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At this time, her cry did not sound like a human voice, but more like the howl of a dying beast.
Lu Ning frowned deeply, struggled to break free, and still asked patiently: "Sister-in-law Niu, please tell me slowly. What happened to your son? Who harmed him?"
Just as Mrs. Niu was about to speak, Ma Huilan jumped in and said, "Young gang leader, Mrs. Niu said that her son came to play in our yard last night and has not returned yet, so she suspected that someone from our yard killed her son.
She didn’t listen no matter what we said, so she just poured it on here!”
Lu Ning looked solemn, pondered for a moment, and asked the people around him: "When everyone was putting out the fire yesterday, did anyone see Niu Xiaoyi?"
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads: "Yesterday everyone got up from their sleep and were busy putting out the fire, but no one noticed Xiao B! Besides, if someone sees Xiao B, they will definitely persuade him to go home. I guess so.
Where did he go to play?"
Lu Ning knelt down and said politely to Sister Niu: "Sister Niu, don't worry. No one has seen Xiao B. Maybe Xiao B has never been here. Do you want to go to the place where he often plays and look for it?"
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Seeing that no one was helping her, Mrs. Niu suddenly lay down on the ground, crying so hard that she couldn't breathe, and howled all over the place.