Chapter 61: Blame the Heaven, the Earth, and the Injustice
Hao Mei waited until the two Yu brothers left before she opened her heart to her daughter.
"Why don't you help Guilan?"
During the meal, Hao Mei heard Yu Yaoyue talking about Chen Guilan in a joking tone. Hao Mei had always had some ideas in her mind, so she took the opportunity to speak them out when no one was around.
"Ah?" Ru Tang's first reaction was to reach out and touch her mother's forehead.
"It's not hot. Why are you talking nonsense if you don't have a fever? She wants to mess up your daughter and son-in-law's business. Do you want me to help her?"
Being a nice guy to this extent, I'm afraid you don't want to live a good life anymore.
"She is young and naive, but she is related to you by blood. Your father and I can't live together anymore, but your last name is Chen after all. You can't write two Chens with one stroke. Guilan is still a little girl. It's not easy for her to make her way in the world."
Hao Mei had a good impression of Chen Guilan. Chen Guilan used to be quite good at pretending, and she was the only one in the Chen family who could talk to Rutang.
"Mom, we were all deceived by her. You know, she did a lot of things behind my back."
Ru Tang told her mother everything that had happened since her rebirth, hiding the fact that Chen Guilan might have been reborn. She started with how Chen Guilan had a crush on Yu Yaoyang, how she had sowed discord between her and Yu Yaoyang, and now how she was planning to steal her business.
After hearing this, Hao Mei felt numb and felt that she had lived for more than 40 years in vain. She couldn't believe that she had made a mistake before!
"You can't have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others. Since she has that kind of idea about Brother Yaoyang, we can't give her the opportunity to make mistakes. I don't care if she wants to do business, but if she dares to plot against us, I won't let her go."
Seeing that her mother was still digesting this bombshell news, Rutang simply dropped something even more bombshell.
"Mom, I suspect that the sudden fire in our house was set by Chen Guilan."
"What?!!" Hao Mei was so shocked that she was pale from morning till night. This was simply beyond her understanding.
"Chen Guilan set fire to our house, what did she want?!"
"I just thought of this today. I'd like to make a bold guess. She might not want me and Brother Yaoyang to get married and give it a try. If I get burned, she'll spread the news in the village, saying that I have an unlucky fate. She wants to use this method to prevent Brother Yaoyang and I from being together."
Rutang had not originally intended to think so badly of people, but when she found out that Chen Guilan might also be reborn, she couldn't help but think more about it.
"What Chen Guilan didn't expect was that there is true love in the world. Li Hua would risk his life for us and rush into the fire to save us. I didn't even get a minor injury, and it didn't delay me getting my marriage certificate with Brother Yaoyang at all."
"I still don't quite believe it. She's only in her early twenties. How could she have such bad thoughts?!" Hao Mei couldn't digest what her daughter said.
Just to compete for her son-in-law, she was so cruel as to set fire to her house. How vicious a person must be to do such a thing?
Kind people cannot understand the thoughts of such people, and even if they think about it, they feel that they are going too far.
"Her mental age is more than 20..." Rutang said in a low voice. If Chen Guilan was reborn, she would be in her 40s.
If Chen Guilan was reborn, she would have seen Yu Yaoyang's achievements in later lives.
Obsessed with money, Chen Guilan did not want to miss out on Yu Yaoyang, a high potential stock. A man who could make it into the Forbes rich list was enough to make her put aside her conscience and take risks.
What's more, Chen Guilan must know that her relationship with Yu Yaoyang will get better and better after marriage. If she doesn't take action now, her chances of success in the future will be even smaller. These factors are enough to make Chen Guilan make a big mistake.
"These are all your guesses. We can't make guesses out of thin air when there is no evidence at all," said Hao Mei.
"We will have evidence. I saw her with a man, but when she was setting up the stall, the man did not come to help her. She was busy setting up the stall by herself. This abnormal behavior is enough for me to believe that she is guilty."
There are at least two people running Rutang's stall, and sometimes three people are busy working together. They are so busy that they hit their heads and kick their feet.
Chen Guilan was struggling there alone, which was very suspicious. After all, she was such a lazy person. There were people around her but they didn't help her. This was very suspicious, unless Chen Guilan was afraid that she and Yu Yaoyang would see that man.
"After I finish dealing with Sister Li's family, I plan to ask Brother Yaoyang to investigate this matter. The easiest way is to follow the man and see what size shoes he wears. It would be even better if we can get the man's shoe prints."
The fire in her house left behind a key piece of evidence: the shoe print on the outer wall.
At Rutang's request, the police station has preserved the shoe print using technical means. As long as she can get the shoe print of the man who was with Chen Guilan, she can compare the shoe print left on the outer wall of her house to see if it is that man's. The truth will come out sooner or later.
"This person is so evil, she deserves it! Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, she will get her comeuppance!"
Hao Mei has now been completely convinced by Rutang, and feels ashamed for having just tried to help such a bad-intentioned person.
"I don't know if there will be retribution or not, but she'd better not target our family anymore, otherwise..." Rutang lowered her eyes, she would take action.
She wants her whole family to live a happy life. Whoever dares to destroy her family's happiness will be made miserable. She always keeps her word.
In a bungalow about ten minutes' bike ride away from Rutang's home, Chen Guilan sat on a tattered wooden bed with a worried look on her face.
There were a few pieces of money on the dirty bed sheet.
She counted repeatedly: "1 cent, 5 cents, 2 cents..."
When she came to the city, she took 10 yuan from home and made a bold statement that she would not go home until she made a lot of money.
Now there are only 2.40 yuan left.
"Ah!!! What on earth is going on!" Chen Guilan grabbed her hair in despair.
After two days of business, she lost more than ten yuan. Tomorrow morning, the village horse carriage will come to bring her some seafood, and she will have to pay 10 cents for the fare. She hasn't eaten dinner yet, and she is too lazy to cook. She has to pay to buy a steamed bun...
"I'm so angry!" Chen Guilan pounded the bed hard.
The shabby bed was shaking because of her knocking.
She couldn't understand why all this happened. She was clearly doing business according to Chen Rutang's way, so why couldn't she sell anything on the first day and the second day?
Everything costs money when you go to the city. Renting a house costs money, eating costs money. Before you even earn any money, you’ve already lost everything.
After counting all the money, when will she be able to make a breakthrough?
Just as Chen Guilan was thinking, there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Chen Guilan said impatiently. A vulgar voice came from outside the door.
"Sister Guilan, it's me."
Hearing this voice, Chen Guilan's face changed drastically. How did he find this place?
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