Chapter 303
But no matter how the Ma family questioned her, even when Ma Yong and Ma's mother beat her, Yao Yi refused to admit it and asked them to search.
Ma Yong and his mother searched their room but couldn't find the key. They searched the entire house again but still couldn't find the key. They finally began to believe what Yao Yi said and suspected that Ma's father had left the key outside.
Ma Yong even warned her fiercely at the time: "It better not be you who stole the key. If I find out that you stole the key, I'll beat you to death!"
At that time, Yao Yi seemed calm on the surface, but in fact, he was trembling with fear in his heart.
Now, hearing Yao Yi say that she was the one who stole the key, Aunt Xie asked in confusion, "Didn't Ma Yong and the others find out?"
Yao Yi didn't say anything. She dug out the key she had buried in the dirt in the corner and said to Aunt Xie, "Mom, come around to the back and I'll throw the key to you through the window. Be careful not to be seen by others."
The room Yao Yi was imprisoned in was the room she and Ma Yong shared. It had only one window, which was high and faced the back alley.
"Okay." Aunt Xie followed Yao Yi's instructions and went around to the back alley while observing her surroundings.
After going around to the back alley, Aunt Xie coughed a few times, signaling Yao Yi that she could throw it away.
Yao Yi wrapped the key in a rag and threw it out of the window. Because the window was small, she had to throw it twice before it succeeded.
Hearing the sound of the rag wrapped around the key falling to the ground, Yao Yi felt relieved and a little nervous.
Aunt Xie got the key and ran to the front where she had just spoken to Yao Yi. She whispered, "Yi Yi, I got the key. I'll unlock it and take you back now."
"Be careful and pay attention to see if the Ma family has returned. If they do, leave quickly." Yao Yi warned.
"I know." Aunt Xie said.
I have the key in my hand. If it doesn’t work this time, there will always be next time.
Aunt Xie looked around and went to unlock the door first.
Yao Yi stood in the house, staring at the door, listening to the noise outside, feeling nervous, scared and expectant.
When the lock on the door was opened and Aunt Xie pushed the door open and came in, Yao Yi was so excited that she almost cried.
Aunt Xie saw Yao Yi's face covered in wounds, and her eyes turned red: "Yiyi..."
Yao Yi was the first to react. She suppressed her emotions and said, "Mom, hurry up and leave, otherwise we won't be able to leave once the Ma family comes back."
"Yes, yes, let's go quickly." Aunt Xie also reacted.
Yao Yi restored the door locks to their original state and ran towards the slum with Aunt Xie.
She enjoyed the sunshine and breathed the winter air. For the first time, she felt that the air outside was so fresh and the winter sunshine was so comfortable.
She felt that as long as she ran back to the Yao family, even if the Ma family came looking for her, they would not be able to take her away, and she would not go back with the Ma family.
Now, she is truly free!
Yao Yi couldn't help but smile.
Yao Yi and Aunt Xie ran back to the slum quickly. On the way, they met people from the slum. Faced with everyone's puzzled looks and questions, Yao Yi and Aunt Xie had no time to explain. They ran all the way back to Yao's house and locked the door before they felt safe.
It was at this moment that Aunt Xie heard Yao Zaoer's heart-wrenching cry in the room.
Aunt Xie suddenly felt something was wrong and ran back to the inner room to see that the thermos had fallen to the ground and the inner tank was broken. Half of Yao Zaoer's clothes were wet, and the skin on her neck and hands was terribly red with many blisters on it.
Seeing Aunt Xie coming back, Yao Zaoer cried even harder: "Grandma—it hurts—it hurts so much—"
After Aunt Xie went to look for Yao Yi, she left Yao Zao'er at home alone. At first, Yao Zao'er was having fun on her own, but then she accidentally bumped into a cabinet, causing the kettle on the cabinet to fall down. The stopper on the kettle was not tightly plugged in, and when it fell, the stopper loosened, spilling all the hot water, most of it onto Yao Zao'er.
Seeing her only grandchild become like this, Aunt Xie blamed herself so much that she picked up Yao Zaoer and rushed to the hospital.
When Yao Yi saw Aunt Xie was about to leave, she panicked and grabbed Aunt Xie and asked, "Mom, where are you going?"
"I'll take Zao'er to the hospital."
"Are you going to leave me home alone? What if the Ma family comes looking for us while you're not around? Mom, I don't want to be home alone. I'm scared." Yao Yi grabbed Aunt Xie's clothes and refused to let go.
Aunt Xie was a little embarrassed: "But look at Zao'er, she's been burned so badly. If we don't go to the hospital quickly, I'm afraid she'll get scars and won't heal. If the Ma family really comes, just don't open the door. Your father and the others will be back soon."
"Since Dad and the others will be back soon, you should wait for them to come back and let them take Zao'er to the hospital." Yao Yi said, "Mom, I'm really scared of being beaten by the Ma family. I don't dare to be alone at home, and I don't dare to face the Ma family alone."
As Yao Yi spoke, she lifted up her clothes and showed Aunt Xie the new and old wounds on her body.
"Look at what the Ma family has done to me. There's not much left on my body."
When Aunt Xie saw the injuries on Yao Yi's body, her heart ached.
"Why are you crying!" Yao Yi yelled at Yao Zao'er, who was still crying. "I was beaten like this, and I didn't cry. You just got burned once, what's there to cry about? It's not like I haven't been burned before, did I cry? What kind of life have I been through recently? The Ma family beat and scolded me like an animal, did I cry?"
Every time Yao Yi said something, Aunt Xie's heart ached a little.
When Yao Yi finished speaking, Aunt Xie's eyes were red.
"Mom won't go. I'll stay at home with you. I'll rinse the dates with cold water." Aunt Xie wiped the tears from her eyes.
Yao Yi smiled and nodded: "Yeah."
Although Yao Zaoer was protected by thick clothes, the hot water flowed down to her skin. Although the wounds on her body were not large, several of them looked very shocking.
Aunt Xie used cold water to flush Yao Zaoer's wound, which made Yao Zaoer shiver, but it seemed to have little effect on the wound, and the wound showed no signs of healing.
Rushing to the back, Aunt Xie was at a loss as to what to do. She could only smear wood ash on Yao Zaoer's wound, and wait for Yao's father and others to come back, and then asked them to take Yao Zaoer to the hospital.
Yao Yi watched Aunt Xie smearing wood ash on Yao Zao'er and asked, "Where's Zhong Lan? Why isn't she at home watching over Zao'er?"
Aunt Xie told Yao Yi that Wu Zhenzhen was pregnant and asked Zhong Lan to take over her job temporarily.
"Zhong Lan is so lucky. Wu Zhenzhen could have given the job to anyone else, but she did." Yao Yi sneered, "Isn't she afraid that Zhong Lan will take over her job and not give it back to her?"
"Zhong Lan said that she would return the job to Wu Zhenzhen after she gave birth." Aunt Xie's eyes suddenly flickered. She glanced at Yao Zao'er with fear and said to her, "Wait here for me. I'll go to the room and get you some clean clothes."
After saying that, she pulled Yao Yi and went to Zhong Lan's room.
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