Chapter 18 The Damage Doubled, Mother Hanged Herself

Shi Daqiang's face was as pale as paper.

"No! That's not how it is..."

He weakly moved his lips, then turned and stumbled out of the yard in a daze.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Shi Jiaojiao sneaked into the yard, stole the bag of corn grits, hid it, and then returned quietly.

As she passed by Shi Daqiang, Shi Jiaojiao couldn't help but roll her eyes.

He was completely broken down by Shi Yu's few words. Shi Yu called him a useless coward, and that was absolutely true.

"Aunt, are you alright?" Shi Jiaojiao stepped forward and supported Huang Ying's arm. She gave a fake sigh, "Oh! It's nothing serious, I'll recover in a couple of days."

“But now that this matter has spread, there are rumors all over the island. My aunt is old and doesn’t care, but if it affects my cousin, no one will dare to marry her in the future, what will happen then!”

Huang Ying's body trembled violently.

Deep within his eyes churned pain and self-reproach, but as if he had made some kind of decision, he returned to a state of utter stillness.

She listened to every word Shi Jiaojiao said.

"roll!"

"I don't have time to argue with her," Shi Yu said with a cold shout.

"I was just showing concern for my aunt, but she didn't appreciate my kindness. Fine, I'll leave then," Shi Jiaojiao said, turning away contentedly.

Shi Yu helped Huang Ying into the house.

She fetched some water, dampened a towel, and gently wiped the wounds on her face.

Huang Ying sat motionless, like a dazed puppet.

They even forgot the pain.

"Mom, are you hungry? I'll go cook you some porridge." Shi Yu sighed and asked softly.

Huang Ying rolled her eyes blankly for a moment, then finally reacted, gently shaking her head. Her voice, which had suddenly become terribly hoarse, broke into a murmur.

"Fish, Mommy is tired and wants to sleep for a while."

"Okay!" Shi Yu helped her lie down and carefully covered her with the blanket.

Then, Shi Yu lay down beside her.

The mother didn't cry or make a fuss; her calmness was somewhat frightening.

Shi Yu felt a vague unease in her heart; she had to stay by her side.

As night fell, Shi Yu finally succumbed to sleepiness and drifted off to sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, she turned over, but her hand unexpectedly fell into empty air.

Startled awake, the stone fish quickly sat up.

Oh no!

Mother is gone.

Suppressing her panic, Shi Yu grabbed her shirt, put on her shoes, and hurried out to search.

...

As soon as Shi Yu rushed into the yard, her pupils dilated sharply, her legs went weak, and she almost fell to the ground.

On the branches of the old locust tree, a figure hung forlornly, swaying in the wind.

"mother!"

Shi Yu was terrified and rushed over like a gust of wind, hurriedly untying Huang Ying.

Holding her cold body, Shi Yu carefully laid her flat on the ground.

Huang Ying's face was ashen, her hands and feet were ice-cold, and there was a clear ligature mark on her neck.

Fortunately, the person still had a faint breath.

"Mother, you absolutely cannot be hurt!" Shi Yu's voice trembled, and her hands shook violently as she knelt beside Huang Ying and performed CPR on her.

One after another.

Her eyes welled up with tears, and she felt a pang of sadness and guilt.

I hate myself for falling asleep.

It's all because of him; she didn't take good care of her mother!

If something really happens to her mother, she will never forgive herself.

At this moment, Shi Yu's grief-stricken little face was full of stubbornness, mechanically repeating the same action over and over again, just to hold on to this hard-won mother-daughter relationship.

"Cough cough cough... cough cough cough..."

Fortunately, heaven intervened. After a while, Huang Ying's chest heaved violently, and she suddenly coughed.

She came back to life.

"Mother!" Shi Yu cried with joy, quickly helping Huang Ying up so she could lean against the tree trunk. "Mother, why were you so foolish? Why did you have to do something like this?"

"Yuyu..." Huang Ying's face was deathly pale, her weak voice filled with self-reproach and sobs, "It's all my fault, I've ruined your reputation. As long as I die, you can still marry into a good family..."

"Mother, are you being foolish!" Shi Yu said, exasperated. "If the person I marry in the future will despise me because of this, then what's the point of marrying him?"

"Is it to invite suffering?"

"This..." Huang Ying had no way to refute it.

"And another thing!" Shi Yu raised her hand, tucked Huang Ying's stray hairs behind her ear, and her expression became serious. "Mother, you are the victim. You did nothing wrong. The ones who are wrong are those selfish and immoral bad people."

Why should we pay for other people's mistakes?

"We must not only live, but live better than them."

"In the future, we'll make them feel honored to even look at us. That's the best revenge against the bad guys!"

Huang Ying seemed to be deep in thought, but it wasn't that she fully understood.

Shi Yu knew that her mother was a person of this era, and that some of her advanced ideas and understandings needed to be digested slowly.

"Mother, if you really leave, what will I do all alone? Can you bear it?" Shi Yu's voice softened, and she threw herself into Huang Ying's arms, hugging her waist tightly.

Huang Ying trembled and her eyes immediately reddened.

"Yuyu! Mother was wrong, I won't do anything foolish again." Huang Ying hugged Shiyu tightly and gently rubbed her head. "Mother will stay with my Yuyu for the rest of my life."

She really can't let her go!

"Phew!" Hearing this, Shi Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Mom, the ground is cold, let's go back inside!"

"good!"

Shi Yu helped Huang Ying walk into the house.

She lowered her head, and though she remained impassive, a chilling glint flickered in her eyes.

very good.

Jiang Fude, Shi Jiaojiao, and the Shi family—she will not let any of these people who harmed her mother get away with it.

...

The next day, Shi Yu got up very early.

After all that commotion last night, neither she nor her daughter had eaten, and they were starving by now.

But when Yu was about to cook porridge, she discovered that the bag of porridge had vanished.

"Ha!" Shi Yu sneered.

She's so smart; she figured it out in no time.

Did Shi Jiaojiao want to see the mother and daughter go hungry and live a miserable life?

dream!

With a thought, Shi Yu entered Shi Jiaojiao's space and took out a sticky rice cake and four dried fish.

"Um?"

As she was about to leave, Shi Yu suddenly noticed the raw pork on the ground next to her.

It looks familiar!

After thinking about it carefully, Shi Yu immediately realized what was going on.

Isn't this the boar that was drugged?

The meat had already absorbed the medicinal effects; last time, when she meant well but accidentally gave it to Lu Yizhou, he did react...

"Since that's how it is..." Shi Yu narrowed her eyes thoughtfully, and with a sudden thought, she took a piece of pork out of the space.

The sticky rice cakes were steamed on the stove.

Ten minutes later, the aroma of millet wafted out.

Huang Ying has come to terms with it, so she seems to be in pretty good shape.