The journey that used to take less than twenty minutes felt incredibly long to her this time.

She didn't even dare to cry anymore and could only try to conserve her energy.

Although Song Yanshen was young and thin before, he was still an eight-year-old child after all. In addition, Zhang Chunxue had been feeding him well for the past two months, so he had grown a lot taller and gained a lot of weight.

When she returned to the gate of her yard, Zhou Mingli finally let go of the worry that had been hanging in her heart.

What she feared most was that Zhong Chengren would come back in a bad mood after leaving. Now that he was at her doorstep, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She took out the key and opened the gate. She didn't even care about the cart and immediately ran to Song Yanshen's room. She first put Zhong Yuanyuan beside the bed, and then carefully put Song Yanshen down.

Song Yanshen was still unconscious.

Only after turning on the light did Zhou Mingli see that Song Yanshen's face was pale.

She checked Song Yanshen's body again to make sure he had no other external injuries.

Her legs then went limp and she sat down on the floor beside the bed, bursting into tears.

What happened just now was so thrilling that Zhou Mingli was really desperate.

I don’t know how long I cried. When Zhou Mingli finally vented her fear and sat up on the bed, she found that Zhong Yuanyuan had fallen asleep.

Zhou Mingli then remembered that she still had to cook dinner.

But as soon as she stood up, she fell down again.

Her legs were now as soft as noodles, her heart was palpitating, and even her lips were numb.

Just then, she heard Zhang Chunxue's voice coming from outside.

"Huh? Why is the cart outside the courtyard? Where's Mingli?"

"Could something have happened?" Song Xingzhi's voice was very solemn, "The kitchen light is also dim..."

"The light in Xiao Shen's room is on..."

Zhou Mingli's body seemed to be injected with courage. She immediately stood up and stumbled out.

"mom……"

She only felt that her voice was dry and extremely weak.

When she saw Zhang Chunxue and Song Xingzhi standing at the gate, Zhou Mingli seemed to have found her voice again, crying and shouting, "Mom!"

Zhang Chunxue was stunned for a moment, then jumped off the tricycle and ran in: "Mingli?"

She hugged Zhou Mingli, who almost threw herself into her arms: "What's wrong, Mingli? What's wrong?"

Seeing Mingli like this, how could she not know that something had happened!

Zhou Mingli wanted to speak, but she was crying so hard that she was out of breath and couldn't speak at all.

Zhang Chunxue also realized that her current condition was not right, and immediately gave Song Xingzhi a wink.

Song Xingzhi also parked his bicycle and immediately went to Song Yanshen's room.

Seeing the sleeping Song Yanshen and Zhong Yuanyuan who was woken up by Zhou Mingli's crying, he frowned and immediately picked up Zhong Yuanyuan and patted her.

"Something seems to have happened to Xiao Shen." His voice was low.

Otherwise, with Zhou Mingli crying so hard, it would be impossible for him to still be lying in bed unconscious.

Zhang Chunxue also patted Zhou Mingli on the back: "It's okay, it's okay, Mom is back..."

Zhou Mingli cried for a long time. Perhaps it was because Zhang Chunxue's arms gave her enough sense of security that she finally stopped crying.

"What exactly happened?" Zhang Chunxue helped her to Song Yanshen's room.

Song Xingzhi immediately pulled a chair over.

Zhang Chunxue glanced at Song Yanshen. His eyes were closed tightly and he looked very unwell.

Zhou Mingli held Zhang Chunxue's arm tightly and was unwilling to let go. After calming down, she told her what had happened to them that night.

As Zhang Chunxue listened, his expression became increasingly gloomy and terrifying.

Zhong Chengren!

This damn Zhong Chengren!

Song Xingzhi's situation was even worse than hers, lightning and thunder were almost condensing in his eyes!

Wasn't everything arranged? How could something like this happen?

Zhou Mingli was still crying, her voice full of guilt: "Mom, it's all my fault... I shouldn't have breastfed on the way... I should, should have waited until we got home to breastfeed... If it weren't for me..."

Zhou Mingli had just thought of this, and the huge guilt almost overwhelmed her.

If something really happened to Song Yanshen, she really would not be able to forgive herself.

"It's not your fault," Zhang Chunxue said in a cold voice, "it's that beast's fault!"

Seeing that Zhou Mingli was still shaking her head, Zhang Chunxue could only explain the matter to her bit by bit.

"Think about it, how could Zhong Chengren know that you would feed Yuanyuan on the way? How would he know when Yuanyuan would be hungry?"

"He's been following you the whole time. Even if you didn't stop to feed him, he'd still find an opportunity... You could even say that by stopping to feed him, you saved Xiao Shen!"

Zhou Mingli raised her head and looked at Zhang Chunxue in confusion.

Zhang Chunxue continued to analyze: "You said that the beast had a knife on him, so he had already prepared to hurt you... If you didn't stop, how would Zhong Chengren force you to stop?"

"Then what's the best way? I'd rather stab Xiao Shen to death. That way, I'll make an example of him and make you afraid to resist!"

"But because you heard it, you and Xiao Shen separated, so he didn't need to kill anyone. He just needed to secretly knock Xiao Shen unconscious and then steal your money!"

Zhou Mingli was stunned.

Song Xingzhi also comforted her softly, "Sister Chunxue is right. According to Zhong Chengren's thinking, it is indeed the case."

"Think about it, it would be better for Zhong Chengren if he could avoid killing anyone. After all, robbery and murder are not the same crime!"

"I think he probably wasn't planning on attacking you at first, but your act of scattering the money angered him... Or maybe he thought you wasted his time, and that you'd called someone after you escaped, and he'd just finished picking up the money, making him vulnerable to being stopped. So, he wanted to kill you, so he'd at least have time to pick up the money and leave..."

He touched Zhong Yuanyuan's head in his arms again: "But... maybe he still has a little fatherly love for Yuanyuan!"

After listening to Zhang Chunxue and Song Xingzhi's paintings, Zhou Mingli finally felt a little relieved from the heavy shackles in her heart.

Zhang Chunxue and Song Xingzhi were not saying this to comfort Zhou Mingli, but this was definitely the fact.

Zhong Chengren wanted money, so he brought a knife with him to prepare for the worst. However, Zhou Mingli and the others stopped, so he didn't need to kill anyone. He could just knock Song Yanshen unconscious and force Zhou Mingli directly.

but!

Thinking that Zhong Chengren could actually do such a cruel thing, Zhang Chunxue's anger rose.

This is especially true for Song Xingzhi.

He had someone frame Zhong Chengren, but when he framed him, he deliberately avoided discovering this kind of thing, so how could it still happen?