Lu Mo found Shen Yanhong's former neighbors. Those neighbors all said that her paralyzed ex-husband was in good health and would make money to support the family by pasting cardboard boxes every day. He had not lost faith in life. Who would have thought that he would suddenly be gone!

It is said that Shen Yanhong's ex-husband died from a severe cold that caused a persistent high fever, which then developed into pneumonia.

Moreover, the time since her ex-husband's death was about five or six years after Ye Mingcheng's accident, which is not a short period of time. However, Lu Mo suspected that the cause of her ex-husband's death was related to Ye Mingcheng.

The case file states that Ye Mingcheng's ex-husband witnessed and testified when Ye Mingcheng committed the crime, which is the main reason why Ye Mingcheng's crimes were so heinous.

Committing a crime in front of someone else's husband is an heinous and outrageous crime!

Perhaps it was because the ex-husband had a change of heart and wanted to go back on his word, that Ye Zhiguo conspired with Shen Yanhong to kill him!

It's also possible that the ex-husband discovered Ye Hua wasn't his biological son and wanted to take revenge on Shen Yanhong, which led to Ye Zhiguo murdering him.

Ye Qingqing and Lu Mo took the old lady home. Along the way, they saw that the courtyards of other houses in the alley were full of chickens, ducks, fish and meat. The weather was nice today, and every household had brought out their New Year's goods to air out. Although it was not yet New Year's Eve, the festive atmosphere was already strong.

The old lady felt very bad. When she got home, she took out the few pieces of salted meat in the house to air them out. Compared to the abundance of other people's meat, her few pieces looked particularly meager.

"I'll pack my things and go back to my hometown tomorrow. I'll call Weiguo and the others later and ask them to take Ye Hua with them too," the old lady muttered to herself as she dried salted meat.

But Ye Qingqing knew that the old lady was talking to her.

“No need to rush, take your time. I can take you back to your hometown.” Ye Qingqing was also feeling bad. “After all… you are Xiaotong’s biological grandmother. I will take Xiaotong to see you in the future.”

The old lady twitched the corners of her mouth, gave her a deep look, lowered her head and continued drying the meat, muttering, "It doesn't matter whether you come or not, just leave it at that. You don't need to come see me, and I won't entertain you even if you do."

The old lady had mixed feelings about Ye Qingqing.

The eldest son caused Ye Qingqing's family to be destroyed, which was indeed an inhuman act. However, the reason why the eldest son went to prison was also because Ye Qingqing sent him there. The old lady was very conflicted and did not know how to face Ye Qingqing.

It's better not to see it at all; out of sight, out of mind, and to avoid getting upset!

Ye Qingqing and Lu Mo were kicked out by the old lady. Ye Qingqing looked at the tightly closed door and sighed helplessly.

"Let's go. You haven't done anything wrong to her. It's Ye Zhiguo who made the mistake," Lu Mo comforted her.

Ye Qingqing nodded, "I know, but seeing the old lady like this still makes me feel a little sad."

"Let's take Xiaotong to see her later!"

Lu Mo remained calm, his expression unchanged. The old lady did look quite pitiful, but she had a strong personality and two sons, so she should pull through soon.

Furthermore, Ye Zhiguo has done so many bad things, and as his mother, the old lady bears some responsibility and is not entirely innocent!

The next morning, while Ye Qingqing was still asleep, she received a call from the old lady, whose voice seemed even hoarser than the day before.

"I left the key under the brick by the door. I took Ye Hua back to my hometown."

After saying that, the old lady hung up the phone decisively. Ye Qingqing was still in a daze when all she heard was the dial tone.

"What's wrong?"

The elderly lady and Gu Nianci, who had just returned from their exercise, came over with concern.

"It was Grandma Ye who called. She said she took Ye Hua back to the countryside and left me the key." Ye Qingqing didn't expect the old lady to be so quick; clearly, she hadn't slept much last night.