Chapter 87 Why Don't You Just Die?
Her money was stolen!
Zhou Mu gritted her teeth, staring at the large hole at the bottom of the piggy bank, and broke down in tears, feeling even more heartbroken than the day she realized Zhou Yue hated her and was using her as a tool for revenge. "Waaah..."
She saved up money for three years! That's her money for school and food for the next few years!
Zhou Chenglong whistled as he entered, beaming. When he saw Zhou Mu crying while clutching his piggy bank, he froze and was about to turn away.
"Stop right there!" Zhou Mu roared.
"What's wrong? Mumu, I have something to take care of, I have to go now."
"I told you to stop right there!" Zhou Mu roared again, slamming the piggy bank down at Zhou Chenglong's feet with a loud thud.
The already damaged wooden crate fell apart completely.
"Why did you steal my money?" Zhou Mu cried and questioned him. "You have hands and feet, you're strong, you can work and earn money, why did you steal the money I worked so hard to save?"
"That's my money for school, my money for food... Waaah... Why do you all want to force me to my death? Can't I even live?"
Zhou Chenglong was startled by Zhou Mu's desperate look. "I... Mu Mu... I didn't mean to force you to your death. Just consider it a loan to your uncle. I will definitely pay you back when I have the money."
"Pay it back? Then pay it back right now!" Zhou Mu roared, "Mom is right, you're a menace! A cowardly, incompetent, selfish menace! Why don't you just die already?"
Mentioning Zhou Yue, Zhou Chenglong's meager sense of guilt vanished. "Huh? I'm a menace? Then what kind of good person is your mother? I'm her own brother, and she's so vicious as to want to sell my kidney!"
"And you, Zhou Mu, with a mother like her, how good can your nature be? Don't tell me you made over six thousand yuan by collecting scraps. Where did your money come from? Did you steal it? Or did you swindle it from that rich girl?"
Zhou Mu rammed into Zhou Chenglong's arms like a cannonball, punching and kicking him. "You're talking nonsense! All my money is earned honestly! If you hadn't caused our family to be robbed, Mom wouldn't have resorted to such crooked means, and she wouldn't have gone to jail. Now you're even stealing my money, you shameless giant baby, what are you still living for?"
Enraged by the insults, Zhou Chenglong ripped Zhou Mu away and slammed him to the ground. "I'm not going to argue with you today, but if you push your luck any further, I'll beat you to death!"
Zhou Mu lay on the ground crying for a long time before getting up. She knew she would never get the money back, but she still clung to a sliver of hope and went to the house of the widow Zhou Chenglong had been seeing, only to find that she couldn't even get inside.
She went to call the police again, a skill she had just learned from Feifei, but Zhou Chenglong had already gone into hiding.
Holding the remaining 1882 yuan, Zhou Mu thought it over and over, and finally decided to put it in Feifei's music room. Feifei and Kong Ying didn't care about this little bit of money, and she felt at ease leaving it in the music room.
After Feifei found out, she locked the drawers in the music room and gave all the keys to Zhou Mu.
*
It was two months later that Feifei heard Zhou Mu tell her about the aftermath of Lü Xin's fall.
Zhou Mu sighed, "Lü Xin's injury wasn't just a simple broken leg; no wonder her mother was so agitated that day."
Feifei got up from the piano bench and leaned over the desk, waiting for her to tell her the gossip, "So, what happened?"
Zhou Mu also put down his pen and lay down on the table. Their eyes met, and he playfully hooked his finger with Fei Fei's. "When Lü Xin fell down the stairs, she hit her lower back and spine, which damaged her spinal cord and nerves, leaving her completely paralyzed. Then, unable to bear the blow, she climbed out of the window and jumped from the fifth floor, dying instantly."
"Oh? Is it that... tragic?" Although Feifei had never met Lü Xin, she couldn't help but feel sorry upon hearing about the loss of a life. "What about the murderer? Hasn't he been found yet?"
Zhou Mu shook his head, "No, our school doesn't have surveillance cameras, so it's very difficult to investigate."
She saw Lü Xin's mother lurking at the school gate several times, which terrified her. After all, she had a grudge against Lü Xin and had even received compensation for emotional distress from Lü Xin's mother. Although she was in the right, from the other party's perspective, she was kicking someone when they were down.
"By the way, Feifei, make sure you take Uncle Zhong with you when you go out. I think Lu Xin's mother seems a bit mentally unstable. I don't even dare to look her in the eye. I'm afraid she'll hold a grudge against you," Zhou Mu instructed.
"Okay, what about you? You need to be careful too. No, I'll take you home these next few days."
Zhou Mu agreed; she was indeed terrified by Lü Xin's mother.
However, on the first day Feifei drove Zhou Mu home, she heard a report on the radio in the car about a vicious murder: Yang Qingqing, the daughter of the principal of Nan Yi Primary School, was hacked to death by a crazy woman on her way home. That woman was the mother of Lü Xin, who had recently committed suicide after falling from a building at school.
It turns out that Lü Xin was pushed downstairs by Yang Qingqing. Because Lü Xin was in a hurry to get home earlier, she bumped into Yang Qingqing and dirtied her favorite clothes. Yang Qingqing held a grudge against Lü Xin, so when she saw Lü Xin leaving the latest that day, she pushed Yang Qingqing from behind.
Actually, the security guards did see Yang Qingqing, but they were bribed by the principal. They originally planned to frame Zhou Mu, but Zhou Mu had Han Lang and Fei Fei as witnesses, so the case was dropped. Then they planned to turn the case into a cold case, but the security guards' resignation caught the attention of Lü Xin's mother.
After staking out the security guard for two months, she kidnapped him, found out the truth, tortured and killed the guard who had aided and abetted her, and then went to seek revenge on Yang Qingqing before committing suicide.
After hearing the report, Feifei and Zhou Mu were both shocked.
As Zhou Mu spoke, his throat became a little dry, and he murmured, "So, this is true maternal love? Being able to disregard everything for one's child."
This intense and sincere emotion was something she could never obtain in her entire life.
"Maybe."
Feifei felt that if she were the one who was hurt, her mother would definitely do everything she could to avenge her. However, she didn't want her mother to go to extremes. Rather than seeking revenge, she wanted her mother to live a good life!
Back home, Feifei told Yan Songyu her thoughts, "I know my mother loves me, but I love my mother too. If it were me, I would hope that even without me, my mother would live bravely, strongly, and happily, instead of wallowing in hatred and destroying herself."
Yan Songyu held Feifei and cried, from sobbing to wailing. But she was a mother, and she would not let anyone who hurt her daughter get away with it. But she was too useless in her previous life, and even with her own sacrifice, she was unable to avenge Feifei.
"I'm sorry, Feifei, Mommy didn't protect you! I'm sorry, Mommy couldn't avenge you! I'm so sorry, Mommy is so useless!"
Feifei had never seen Yan Songyu so out of control, and she didn't understand where her apologies came from. Her mother was the best mother in the world, and she had never wronged her in any way.
She gently patted Yan Songyu's back to comfort her, "Mom, it's okay, Feifei is here, Feifei is alright."
"Mom is the best and most amazing mom in the world! I'm so lucky to be your daughter!"
"No, that's not how it is. I'm not a good mother. I'm sorry, Feifei..." Yan Songyu cried while holding Feifei, her words incoherent.
She became trapped in her own emotions and couldn't pull herself out.
Feifei noticed that Yan Songyu was not in a good mood and was about to call Yan Binghua and Feng Yu when Jiang Chengli returned.
To escape the fact that Yan Songyu had cheated on him, Jiang Chengli devoted himself to his career since joining the branch office, numbing himself with self-pity. But it must be said that the effect was remarkable. He successfully signed several large orders and was officially promoted to sales director last week.
"Feifei? Are you home? Daddy's back. Daddy bought you a present."
Hearing Jiang Chengli's voice approaching from afar, Feifei subconsciously didn't want Jiang Chengli to see Yan Songyu like this, so she let go of Yan Songyu and wanted to go out to greet her herself.
But Yan Songyu held onto Feifei and refused to do anything. "Don't go, Feifei. Mommy will protect you. Mommy will never let anyone hurt you again."
Feifei comforted her, "Mom, I'll go talk to Dad first and ask him to leave, then I'll come back to you right away."
"No! You can't go, Feifei, don't go see him. He's a beast, he'll hurt you."
"Mother……"
Jiang Chengli had already touched the doorknob of Feifei's room, while Yan Songyu inside was still holding Feifei and cursing Jiang Chengli.
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