Chapter 40 Never to see each other again

She stared at Lu Weidong, her eyes full of contempt.

"Your brother Weidong is truly a man!"

"That's right, I think so too!"

Zhou Wenjuan said.

But when she saw the situation in the yard, she shuddered and screamed.

"Hey, Weidong, why is your hand bleeding?"

Her face changed color and her lips turned white at the sight of blood.

She quickly pulled a handkerchief from her pocket, on which was embroidered a pale pink flower.

Ignoring how many people were watching, she grabbed Lu Weidong's hand and pressed it against the wound.

Lu Weidong was startled by her sudden action and instinctively tried to pull his hand away, but Zhou Wenjuan held on tightly.

He looked a little uncomfortable, his Adam's apple bobbed, his eyes darted around, and he couldn't help but glance at Zhou Wenjuan's chest a couple of times.

That gaze lingered for only a moment before it was hastily averted.

Shen Cuifen rushed forward and slapped him across the face.

He was so strong that Zhou Wenjuan stumbled, and even the vegetable basket in her hand was overturned.

Red peppers, sausages, and tofu were scattered all over the ground, so dirty that they couldn't be picked up anymore.

Seeing Shen Cuifen's stern face.

The two sisters immediately stopped smiling, lowered their heads, and neither dared to say another word.

Lu Xiuye ​​stood to the side, looking at the gate of the courtyard.

She made a decision in her heart.

She didn't tell anyone about this decision; she kept it silently in her heart.

As darkness fell, twilight slowly crept in from afar.

Shen Cuifen looked at the two sisters and whispered a few words of advice.

She told them to remember to lock the door, and then turned around and went back inside to rest.

She was truly exhausted.

Fighting is really exhausting.

There have been several arguments at home in the past two days, each time louder and more tense than the last.

It's likely that we'll see many more scenes like this in the future.

She needs to recover her mental state before she can deal with the troubles that are about to come.

She locked the door from the inside.

Although she knew that it didn't really matter if it wasn't locked.

Given Lu Weidong's timid and cowardly nature, he probably won't dare to come back to sleep for the next few days.

Late at night, Shen Cuifen was fast asleep.

Suddenly, there was a series of urgent knocks on the door.

"Mom! Mom! Get up!"

Lu Xiuwei's voice came from outside the door.

Shen Cuifen suddenly sat up in bed, not even bothering to put on her shoes, and rushed barefoot to the door, quickly opening it.

"Xiuwei, what's wrong? What happened?"

Lu Xiuwei stood at the door, her eyes red and her voice trembling.

"Mom, Xiuye ​​is missing!"

She always has a habit of getting up to use the restroom at night.

When he opened his eyes, he found that Lu Xiuye ​​was gone.

At first, she thought the person had just gone to the outhouse, and she waited patiently for a while.

But the more I thought about it, the more something seemed off, so I went to the outhouse and looked around, but there was no one there.

Now she was completely panicked!

Shen Cuifen quickly got up and put on her shoes, pulling Lu Xiuwei along as she did so. They rushed to Lu Zhonghe's door and banged on it repeatedly.

"Zhonghe! Get up! Xiuye ​​is missing! Get up and look for her!"

Lu Zhonghe rolled over, his voice lazy and tinged with impatience.

"If it's gone, it's gone. It's not like we're kids, it's not like we can just get lost."

"You're so tough when you don't give me food, but you play dead when I need your help! I'm sleepy, going to bed!"

After he finished speaking, he turned over and fell silent again.

Shen Cuifen was so angry that her face turned pale, but now was not the time to settle scores.

She grabbed her shoes, threw them into the house, and ran towards Lu Fuquan's door.

Lu Fuquan was even more infuriating, and didn't even respond.

He didn't even lift his eyelids, simply pretending to be asleep.

Shen Cuifen gritted her teeth, slammed the door shut with a loud bang, and kicked open Lu Zhongshun's door!

"Ah! Mom! I didn't do anything to you! Don't poke me with the scissors!"

Lu Zhongshun was so frightened that he sat up abruptly, his head covered in sweat.

"Get lost! Where's your dad?"

Shen Cuifen glanced at the bed and noticed that Lu Weidong was not there either, which immediately made her feel uneasy.

As Lu Zhongshun patted his chest to calm his breathing, he said, "My dad... hasn't come back."

Shen Cuifen narrowed her eyes, and roughly knew where that guy had gone.

However, she couldn't deal with him right now; her biggest worry was her daughter's safety.

"Mom, what happened?"

Lu Zhongshun rubbed his eyes and asked, still not fully awake.

Have you seen your fourth sister?

Shen Cuifen was so anxious that sweat poured down her forehead and her voice became distorted.

I originally intended to ask Lu Zhonghe and Lu Fuquan to help with the search.

As it turned out, those two heartless bastards, each one worse than the last, didn't even respond, let alone offer any help.

If we can't rely on these people, we have to do it ourselves.

She gritted her teeth and decided not to waste any more time.

She was just about to pull Lu Xiuwei out the door.

Lu Zhongshun jumped off the bed and hurriedly put on his shoes.

"Mom! I'll go with you to find Fourth Sister!"

He spoke very seriously.

I don't know if he was afraid of getting stabbed by the scissors, or if he finally had a change of heart.

Shen Cuifen's expression finally softened a bit, and she stopped getting angry and nodded.

The three of them hurriedly left the house.

By the moonlight, they walked back and forth in the village, calling out Lu Xiuye's name loudly.

Shen Cuifen was so anxious she was almost crying; her voice was trembling with sobs.

Just as they were about to head out of the village to search, they suddenly heard Lu Zhongshun point ahead and shout, "Mom! Look!"

Shen Cuifen looked in that direction.

Under the moonlight, Lu Xiuye ​​gripped a kitchen knife tightly in her hand.

Her heart tightened, and she rushed over and snatched the kitchen knife.

"Xiuye! What are you doing!"

Lu Xiuye ​​stared intently at the room in front of her, her eyes blazing with anger.

"I'll wait for that old bastard to come out and then kill him!"

How could he treat his mother like this!

Lu Xiuye ​​tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.

I got up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and happened to see Lu Weidong climbing over the wall into Zhou Wenjuan's house.

She was furious on the spot!

He grabbed the kitchen knife, ready to rush over and demand justice for his mother!

Shen Cuifen stood at the doorway, her feet on the uneven, muddy ground.

She looked up and saw that it was indeed the gate of Zhou Wenjuan's courtyard.

The door was half-open, and a dim light shone through the crack.

The courtyard was quiet; no human voices could be heard.

Just as she was about to lash out, Lu Xiuwei grabbed her.

Lu Xiuwei's hands trembled slightly, and her voice also trembled.

"Mom! Don't hit Xiuye!"

Lu Xiuwei shouted urgently.

Shen Cuifen did not break free; instead, she pulled Lu Xiuye ​​aside, far away from the house.

After she stopped, she looked down at her daughter.

Lu Xiuye's face turned bright red, and her eyes were filled with tears.

She didn't do anything.

Instead, he raised his hand and gently wiped away Lu Xiuye's tears.

"It's all my fault... I've dragged you all into this, Xiuye, I'm so sorry..."

To be honest, in the first few years after she married Lu Weidong, she thought countless times at night that she might as well just end it all.

She was young, naive, and too strong-willed back then.

She considered running away and making a scene, but in the end she held back.

She struggled and was afraid.

They were afraid their parents would lose face in the village.

They were afraid of gossip and that their children would be bullied.