Chapter 27 Do these people even deserve to be parents?

Jiang Jianni is too forceful, too domineering, and too unreasonable.

The key is that if this girl can't talk, she'll actually use her hands.

Aunt Jiang suffered too much humiliation at her hands.

When Yang Yuemei, who usually has no temper, came back and asked about it, good heavens, it was like a dam bursting; Aunt Jiang's aggrieved mood suddenly came over her.

Waaaaa, wooaaaa, wooa wooa, waaaaa.

She burst into tears in front of Yang Yuemei, crying so hard she could barely breathe, leaving Jiang Yanni dumbfounded.

It was as if she wasn't the one who had just been shamelessly demanding compensation from Jiang Jiani.

Jiang Jiani looked at the sky speechlessly.

Yang Yuemei finally understood what was going on, and was immediately shocked: "You, you, you, how could you be so confused?"

"Why aren't you looking for him when he's gone? What are you doing at my house?"

She threw her things down and dragged Aunt Jiang outside, saying, "Come on, let's hurry and find someone before we run out of time."

“Jiani and Yanni, don’t just stand there like idiots.”

"Quickly think of where Jenny usually likes to go, and go find her."

"The world is so chaotic these days. If something happens to her when she goes on a long trip, it will be too late for you to regret it."

Things have been much more chaotic in the last two years than before.

Many girls are abducted either as soon as they get off the train or as soon as they leave the station.

Some of these girls went to work in other places, while others went to study at universities in other places. After they went missing, almost none of them were found.

There have been many reports of this in the newspapers.

This has led to many families with daughters either preventing them from going to university or from going out to work.

Even if they agree to go, they will definitely have relatives or acquaintances accompany them when they go to university to work.

When people get together to chat, whenever the topic of human trafficking comes up, they remind each other to keep a close eye on their daughters.

Yang Yuemei's preference for sons over daughters is not serious.

She felt that if any of her daughters were to get into trouble, she would beg and plead with everyone she could to help find them, even if it meant going bankrupt.

I simply cannot understand why my sister-in-law, instead of trying to find her lost child, would come to her house to cause trouble and demand money.

Feeling guilty under her sister-in-law's strange gaze, Aunt Jiang said loudly, "Who said they didn't go looking for her? Her father, her brother, and her brothers all went looking for her."

Yang Yuemei sighed: "Three people are not enough. Have you talked to your parents-in-law and the third son's family? You should have come to my house sooner."

After saying that, he instructed his two daughters: "Jia Ni, don't you know where your brother is? Go tell Hai Bing that Hai Bing knows a lot of people, and ask him to find a few more people to help look for him."

“Jenny, you…”

Jiang Yanni was too young, and it was chaotic outside, so after thinking for a moment she said, "Go to the police station and talk to the police."

“It’s a big deal that someone has gone missing. It’s not easy for us to find them on our own. We still need to rely on the police.”

Then she pulled Aunt Jiang, saying, "Auntie, I'll go with you to the third son's house."

"Have her grandparents, third uncle, and third aunt help her look for it too."

Aunt Jiang stared dumbfounded as her sister-in-law swiftly and decisively gave instructions to her two daughters.

It wasn't until Jiang Yanni responded crisply and ran outside that he snapped out of his daze, grabbed Jiang Yanni's arm, and shouted, "No, we can't call the police!"

Yang Yuemei: "What can we do if we don't call the police?"

How big of a place can we find on our own?

Aunt Jiang shook her head vigorously: "We can ask the third brother's family for help, but we can't call the police."

Yang Yuemei was stunned: "Why? Because the police are very capable."

"They can make a few phone calls and spot things at train stations, intersections, and other intersections for us. Why don't we ask them for help?"

"If we rely on just a few of us to find someone, isn't that like looking for a needle in a haystack?"

"Do you still want to find Yanfen?"

Aunt Jiang screamed, "Is it that I don't want to? Is it that I don't want to?"

"Don't you feel ashamed if your daughter eloped with a man?"

"Do you really want to spread the word that that brat eloped with a man everywhere? Do you want to embarrass our family that much?"

"Yes! Yang Yuemei, I used to look down on you and took advantage of you a little, but didn't you bring this on yourself?"

"You're going to publicize my family's shameful secrets to everyone over such a trivial matter? Are you even human?"

"Huh? Are you even human?"

"ah?"

Yang Yuemei was dumbfounded: "I, I didn't mean that..."

Jiang Jianni pulled Yang Yuemei away: "Mom, you don't need to pay attention to her."

"Some people appear to be your parents, but are actually your enemies."

"Let's go do what we're supposed to do."

As for Aunt Jiang, who was still complaining about losing face, reputation, and money, Jiang Jiani dragged her outside.

Jiang Yanni breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this and ran off to call the police.

Aunt Jiang screamed again: "Jiang Yanni! You come back here! You're not allowed to go! You're not allowed to go, do you hear me?"

Jiang Yanni would be a fool to listen to her; she ran even faster.

Jiang Da Niang cried and cursed, wishing Jiang's father, Yang Yuemei, a terrible death and no descendants. In the end, she succumbed to the threat to her two sons' futures—compared to their futures, losing face was nothing.

The plumbing and electrical work on Jiang Jiani and Lu Xiangyang's new house is complete, and they are currently laying the floor.

The floor tiles nowadays are very brightly colored, either large areas of red and purple or patterns of red, purple, green and blue, which are very eye-catching.

Jiang Jianni didn't want floor tiles, and asked them to make plain terrazzo instead.

Plain, light-colored terrazzo, once installed, is almost indistinguishable from floor tiles, and even offers better slip resistance.

Jiang Haibing smiled when he saw Jiang Jiani: "What's wrong? Don't you trust your brother?"

"I'm keeping a close eye on things every day, so don't worry. I guarantee I'll use the best materials, do the best workmanship, and get the best results."

Jiang Jianni sighed: "It wasn't me, it was Yanfen..."

Jiang Haibing burst into a tirade: "What kind of parents are these? What kind of parents are these?"

"I thought they were outrageous enough, but I never expected them to be even more outrageous."

"In such a time of year, instead of hurrying to find someone, you're only thinking about causing trouble for me."

"Damn it, do people like this even deserve to be parents?"

He took off his apron, sleeves, and hat, instructed the workers to continue working, left one of his men to learn from others and keep an eye on the construction site, and then took the others to find someone.

Jiang Jiani took three days off to find the person, and Lu Xiangyang also mobilized his network of contacts to help with the search after hearing about it.

However, three days have passed, and neither the police nor private searches have yielded a single trace of Jiang Yanfen or her boyfriend.

The two young people disappeared without a trace, like a stream flowing into the sea.

Even the police advised them to give up: "No news is good news."

"In a year or two, when the child can't make it out there, he'll come back. You parents don't need to worry too much, since the child didn't go out alone anyway."

Grandma Jiang angrily cursed, "What's the point of telling me you're so good to me?"

"You, as a mother, can't even protect the flesh and blood of your own child, doing such a shameful thing and bringing disgrace to the whole family. Why don't you just die?"

"Huh? Why don't you just die already?"

"ah--"

Unable to bear the blow, Aunt Jiang screamed and ran out, covering her face.