Chapter 62 Kidnapping
Liang Yanfang couldn't believe her eyes.
She checked it over and over again.
When he finally understood, he collapsed to the ground.
She sat there with a pale face, her lips trembling with fear, and her hands shaking like they were not her own!
Ten seedlings! Seven hundred yuan!
All gone!
Almost all of the seven hundred yuan was borrowed by her!
If all this is gone, how can she pay back the money?
Liang Yanfang wanted to cry but had no tears.
My husband's factory is in the suburbs, and he only comes home when he's working his shift.
Moreover, Liang Yanfang didn't dare let him know.
After much thought, I can only go to Wang Kaiyun and my second brother.
She stood up with the help of the wall and staggered towards Du Linsheng's house.
He stumbled along the way and fell, leaving a black eye.
But she didn't care about all this. She quickly got up and walked forward again.
Du family.
Du Linsheng was eating quietly.
He ate the meal cooked by Wang Kaiyun.
Wang Kaiyun usually cooks in a haphazard manner. When he saw his son coming back, he just steamed the dry rice cakes he had made in the morning and fried some chili peppers and sweet potato leaves for him.
Du Linsheng was not picky. He just ate without saying a word.
Wang Kaiyun looked at his honest son and thought of Chen Minzhi and Xiaoxiao who could not be brought back. He became more and more upset:
"Son, can't you just go and cling to her?"
As the saying goes, "A virtuous woman is afraid of being clingy with her lover," not to mention that they have a child.
We have children! This family cannot be broken up! As a mother, who doesn't think about their children?
Du Linsheng ate his meal without even raising his head:
"Mom, you saw it that day. Who can be good enough for Chen Minzhi's new boyfriend?"
Wang Kaiyun's eyes shrank.
Of course, she also saw the little hooligan. With the way he was dressed and looked, she would have to walk around him even when she went out on the street!
How did Chen Minzhi find such a person!
Du Linsheng ate his poop for a long time, and finally raised his head from the bowl, looking at his mother with a pair of dead eyes:
"Forget it, I say."
The voice was muffled, as if he had lost all enthusiasm for life.
What Wang Kaiyun despised most was his son's behavior. His eyes widened immediately:
"How can we just let it go like this? If Chen Minzhi comes back, you can still have a wife and children. Mother has also thought about it. A daughter-in-law is a daughter-in-law. After all, the old family has a legacy, and the Du family will not be cut off. But you can't be without a wife and children! What will happen!"
She was upset and complained to her son:
"Look at your miserable behavior, like a dead bun. No wonder everyone runs away! They all look down on you!"
Du Linsheng listened to his mother's complaints with lifeless eyes.
Suddenly, I felt that the scene before my eyes seemed familiar.
It's just that my mother was facing Chen Minzhi, and I was just listening on the side.
Du Linsheng suddenly realized that the knives that his mother had stabbed into Chen Minzhi were now stabbed into his body.
Are you feeling uncomfortable?
Du Linsheng didn't know, but he suddenly felt a little regretful.
If...if he had stepped in to intervene when his mother was arguing with Chen Minzhi, would the situation between him and Chen Minzhi not be like this now?
Or if he had not let Wang Kaiyun live in their little home at an earlier time, would they still have a complete family now?
No one could give Du Linsheng an answer.
Even Du Linsheng himself can't do it.
He could only listen to Wang Kaiyun's complaints and slowly swallow the rough-tasting dry poop into his mouth, as if he was swallowing a life that was hard to swallow.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
When Liang Yanfang rushed in, Du Linsheng didn't hear clearly what she was saying at first.
It was not until his mother cried out "Wow" that he suddenly came to his senses.
He put the unfinished dry poop on the table and helped Wang Kaiyun, who was sitting on the ground and crying, up. He thought to himself that the same knives that had stabbed Chen Minzhi were now stabbing her.
*
I have to say, Liang Yanfang is really good at fooling people.
Although these ten seedlings died in her hands.
But she managed to trick Wang Kaiyun into joining her in cursing the unfounded "murderer".
Wang Kaiyun was so anxious that he even wanted to call the police, which made Du Linsheng stop.
Liang Yanfang also thought that no matter how much she thought about it, it was just a few orchids that died. When she went to the police station, how could she explain to the police that these orchids were worth so much money? Would anyone believe her?
Liang Yanfang thought it would be useless.
Wang Kaiyun had recovered from his earlier stress. When he heard that they all objected, he could not help but say angrily:
"Then what do you say we should do? Are we just going to let the seven hundred dollars go to waste?"
After saying this, he turned to Liang Yanfang:
"My dear wife, you asked me to borrow the 700 yuan! You must return my money to me in full!"
Liang Yan was complaining in her heart, but on the surface she had to say:
"Mom, we are all family, so we can talk about our own affairs behind closed doors, right? If you ask me, I'll have to think about what I'm going to do if I borrow money from others!"
After she said this, she glanced at Wang Kaiyun:
"Mom, you were there when we went to look for Chen Meijuan and the others. You can't pull yourself out of this matter!"
Wang Kaiyun pursed his lips and felt a little uncomfortable when he saw Du Linsheng looking at him.
She did go, and some people were even unwilling to give them money, so she was the one who guaranteed the money.
But she kept all these things a secret from her second son.
She even thought that when she got the money, she would deposit it with her eldest son, so that she would have some retirement money and feel comfortable spending it.
Who would have known...
Liang Yanfang's words made it impossible for her to refuse with a clear conscience. She could only say:
"So what do you think we should do now?"
Liang Yanfang did not answer this question, but asked Du Linsheng:
"Second brother, didn't you say before that you would bring Chen Minzhi back? What's going on?"
Du Linsheng's confused eyes opened, which made Liang Yanfang a little scared:
"Didn't you always push me and Chen Minzhi to divorce? Why are you asking this now?"
Liang Yanfang smiled awkwardly:
"Then I'm not doing this for you and Xiaoxiao?"
"You know, Chen Minzhi is rich now. With the money she earned from selling her workstations, she opened a store with Xia Tang. That store is right in front of the herbal medicine factory. There are always people lining up every day. It's very profitable!"
"If you ask me, she can earn at least 100 or 200 yuan a month!"
One or two hundred!
Liang Yanfang's eyes were shining with jealousy.
However, Du Linsheng still looked dead:
"What does that have to do with me?"
"Why is it okay?"
Liang Yanfang was anxious:
"If you remarry her, won't all her money be yours? She has savings and income, so when the time comes, it will be easy for her to pay off the 700 yuan bill, right?"
Liang Yanfang earnestly advised Du Linsheng:
"Mr. Lin! I'm doing this all for our family!"
These words persuaded Wang Kaiyun so much that he was moved.
She couldn't help but ask Leung Yan Fong:
"My dear wife, can Chen Minzhi really make that much money?"
"Then what about fake ones?"
Liang Yanfang said crisply,
"Mom, she works for Xia Tang. Xia Tang has opened three stores in the past six months. He pays a lot of rent every month. How can she earn less?"
Wang Kaiyun couldn't help but look at Du Linsheng again:
"Second brother, why don't you go again..."
"I'm not going."
Du Linsheng's face fell completely, and there was a rare bit of firmness in his voice:
"Mom, Chen Minzhi and I are really done. If I don't go find her, you can't go either!"
But the next second, Wang Kaiyun immediately choked back at this sentence:
"If we don't go? If we don't go to find Chen Minzhi, where will the money come from? From you? Your monthly salary of forty or fifty yuan, what can it be worth?"
The courage that Du Linsheng had finally mustered was once again shattered.
However, even so, he still insisted on not going to find her, and refused to give in no matter how Wang Kaiyun scolded him.
In the end, Wang Kaiyun was at his wit's end.
When she sent Liang Yanfang away, she sighed:
"My eldest daughter-in-law, you can see that the second child is really stubborn. I can't do anything about it."
Liang Yanfang rolled her eyes and said:
"Mom, this isn't a solution, is it?"
"If the second son doesn't go to Chen Minzhi, who else in our family can get this money? There are only a few months left... If someone else comes to ask for the money, I won't be able to do anything."
How come Wang Kaiyun didn't know what Liang Yanfang said?
But now she really doesn't know what to do.
She sighed and finally said:
"Then let's wait and see. When the boss comes back, we can discuss it with him, okay?"
*
Liang Yanfang is afraid of her husband.
Du Yansheng was not an honest man like Du Linsheng. When he heard that the little money in the family had all been lost, he would definitely pin her down and give her a good beating.
Therefore, no matter what Wang Kaiyun and Du Linsheng wanted to discuss with the boss, she would never let Du Yansheng know about it.
The only way to cover up this matter is to let Chen Minzhi take money.
But how can we let Chen Minzhi take the money?
Liang Yanfang's eyes rolled around and she soon came up with an idea.
The very next day after Liang Yanfang discovered that the orchid seedlings had died, Chen Minzhi went to the Sandian store as usual.
She first sent Xiaoxiao to kindergarten, and then worked in the store until the afternoon. At four or five o'clock, she would either go to pick up Xiaoxiao herself or say hello to the teacher and ask someone in the store to help run errands.
The store was as busy as ever today, so Chen Minzhi asked the waiter Xiao Jiang to take Xiaoxiao back.
Xiao Jiang left early and came back empty-handed.
Chen Minzhi was stunned:
"Xiao Jiang, where is my girlfriend?"
Unexpectedly, Xiao Jiang grabbed Chen Minzhi's arm with a confused look on his face:
"Sister Minzhi, when I went to the kindergarten, the teacher said Xiaoxiao had been picked up by someone. She also said that Xiaoxiao knew someone, so they let her go."
"What? Picked up?"
Chen Minzhi's face changed, and she grabbed Xiao Jiang and asked excitedly:
"Who took him away? Did the teacher tell you?"
Xiao Jiang shook his head:
"The teacher said that Xiaoxiao called that person... 'Uncle Mom'?"
"Auntie...Liang Yanfang?"
Chen Minzhi broke out in a cold sweat immediately.
She didn't care what Liang Yanfang's purpose was in taking Xiaoxiao away, she knew that she had no good intentions anyway.
She immediately couldn't sit still anymore and stood up, ready to rush out.
At this moment, Xia Tang and Xiao Liu walked in from outside one after another. Seeing Chen Minzhi looking at a loss, Xia Tang instinctively felt that something was wrong:
"What's wrong with you?"
Chen Minzhi grabbed Xia Tang's arm:
"Liang Yanfang... Liang Yanfang took Xiaoxiao away?"
"Why? To force you to remarry Du Linsheng?"
Xia Tang's brows suddenly wrinkled.
She patted Chen Minzhi's arm:
"Don't worry, she can't get out of here alone. Xiao Liu and I, as well as the guys who can spare some time, will go with you to find her!"
Chen Minzhi nodded vigorously.
Not long after, Qin Yue, who had come to pick up Xia Tang, also arrived at the Sandian. Together with the two people who could leave from the Sandian, there were five or six people in total.
After some discussion, they decided to go to Liang Yanfang's home first to look for her. If they couldn't find her, they would go to Du Linsheng's home.
However, Xia Tang's belly was really big now, and she couldn't walk as fast as others. Although Xia Tang kept emphasizing that she could walk, she was forced to stay in the third store to listen to the news.
Several people left quickly.
Xia Tang was in the store, but he was also feeling uneasy.
When I finally decided to go out to greet Chen Minzhi and the others, as soon as I reached the door, I saw Chen Minzhi and the others had already hurried back.
She faced Xia Tang, her expression even more solemn than before:
"No one."
There was no one in Liang Yanfang's house.
The neighbor said that she was only seen at home in the morning and was not seen at other times.
Chen Minzhi narrated the above words calmly, but her legs and feet felt a little weak.
Xia Tang helped her sit down beside him:
"Then go to your ex-husband's house. Liang Yanfang is so close to your mother-in-law. I don't believe she didn't discuss such a big thing with her."
After saying this, Xia Tang paused for a moment and said very firmly:
"One more thing, we have to call the police."
"Call the police? Can you?"
Chen Minzhi asked hesitantly.
At present, everyone’s legal awareness is very weak, and most people have almost no concept of “going to the police when there is a problem”.
Things that seemed to make sense became unclear when they arrived at the police station.
Xia Tang understood Chen Minzhi's hesitation, but it was obvious that this matter was no longer within the scope of civil affairs.
At the most basic level, this is child abduction; at the most basic level, this is kidnapping and perhaps extortion.
"Just call the police. It's okay. Explaining it to the police is better than anything else."
She called a partner over and gave him some detailed instructions, then said to the others:
"Let's go to Du Linsheng's house together!"
At this time, Du Linsheng was sitting alone on a cold stool, in a daze.
In the afternoon, after Liang Yanfang left, Wang Kaiyun complained to him for a while again.
Some said he did not help the man in need, some said he was a good-for-nothing, and some said he could not control his wife and she had to worry about her.
This was the first time that Du Linsheng felt that Wang Kaiyun's words were so unpleasant since Wang Kaiyun started living with him.
He also gradually recalled the past.
It turns out that Wang Kaiyun used to speak so harshly!
He favors the eldest brother and blames himself. This point has never changed.
But he had grown up and recently got a good job with royal pay, which brought honor to her.
And after marriage, her sharp tongue was usually directed at Chen Minzhi, making him forget all the scolding he received as a child.
He lowered his head, holding his head with his hands weakly, and kept scratching, but even so, he couldn't stop his damn head from thinking:
Was this the same kind of scolding that Chen Minzhi received at that time?
What was Chen Minzhi doing when she was scolded?
If...if he could have prevented it a little, would Chen Minzhi not have divorced him?
He didn't know, he just felt regretful.
But if he were to do it again, he himself didn't know whether he could stand up again.
He just kept his head down and didn't even notice that Wang Kaiyun had entered the room.
Wang Kaiyun threw the vegetables he bought on the ground as soon as he entered the door and stretched out his hand to Du Linsheng:
"The price of vegetables and meat has gone up again. The living expenses you gave me are not enough! Give me another five dollars!"
Du Linsheng raised his head and looked at his mother.
Wang Kaiyun was startled by his look, but then he became confident and said:
"Why are you looking at me like that? Don't you want to eat the food I bought?"
"Do you think I spent this money alone?"
As he spoke, he hid the copper coin on his wrist into his sleeve.
Du Linsheng opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Before the two of them could react, the door was suddenly kicked open from outside.
"Which idiot..."
Wang Kaiyun was about to curse, but was immediately frightened by the crowd of people rushing in and stopped talking.
It was no wonder that she was afraid. The tall and strong Qin Yue and Xiao Liu, plus a few other people with unfriendly faces, looked really scary.
Wang Kaiyun saw Chen Minzhi come out first and asked:
"Chen Minzhi, you're getting a divorce, why are you making trouble in our house?"
On the contrary, when Du Linsheng saw Chen Minzhi coming in, his dead look showed some rare spirit.
But the next second, when he heard what Chen Minzhi said, the light in his eyes disappeared instantly.
"What? Xiaoxiao was stolen by Liang Yanfang?"
Wang Kaiyun was as surprised as Du Linsheng.
Wang Kaiyun even glanced at Du Linsheng and waved his hands hurriedly:
"This matter has nothing to do with me! What do I want with that girl?"
Chen Minzhi gritted her teeth and said:
"Aren't you and Liang Yanfang the best of friends? Liang Yanfang did it, can you say you had no idea?"
Wang Kaiyun quickly denied:
"Chen Minzhi, please stop slandering me!"
"That's my granddaughter! Even if Liang Yanfang wants to do something, she can't tell me!"
But even though he said this, his tone still sounded a little weak.
Xia Tang pulled the trembling Chen Minzhi aside and asked Wang Kaiyun in a calm voice:
"Auntie Wang, so Liang Yanfang took Xiaoxiao away, and you really didn't know about it?"
Wang Kaiyun's head was shaking like a wave drum.
Xia Tang asked again:
"Then do you know why she did this?"
"This……"
Wang Kaiyun hesitated at this time.
Xia Tang and Chen Minzhi exchanged glances:
"Auntie, it's definitely not fun for Liang Yanfang to kidnap Xiaoxiao like this. I don't know what her purpose is, but what if she wants to sell the child? Who will be able to find her then?"
Her voice was gentle, both persuasive and threatening:
"If you know something, you'd better tell me. Otherwise, if the police find out that you didn't report it, you will end up in jail."
"What? You called the police?"
Wang Kaiyun was a little anxious:
"It's just a small matter between relatives. Why did you call the police?"
"When it comes to children, it's not just a small matter between relatives."
Xia Tang said seriously,
"If you have nothing to do with this matter, then even if we call the police, it has nothing to do with you. However, if you are involved, and if you hide something, then when the police come to investigate, don't blame us for not warning you in advance."
Wang Kaiyun is an old woman who has never worked, so why would she be willing to deal with the police?
His eyes were always fixed on Du Linsheng.
Du Lin sighed and said to his mother:
"Mom, why don't you stop hiding Liang Yanfang's affairs from her. Just tell her for the sake of your... five-year-old granddaughter and your two sons!"
These words are left unsaid.
But Wang Kaiyun was like being splashed with cold water, and he suddenly woke up.
Yes! Two sons!
She also has two sons who are working!
If they are involved in this matter, it would be strange if the factory doesn't fire them all!
Liang Yanfang is such a confused person!
At that moment, Wang Kaiyun even hated Liang Yanfang.
If she hadn't insisted on investing in those damn orchid seedlings, wouldn't this have happened?
She lowered her head for a long time, and finally spoke:
"I really didn't know that Xiaoxiao was taken away by her, and she never told me."
"But she has a den nearby..."
*
Liang Yanfang could never have imagined this in her dreams.
She had just settled Xiaoxiao in her mother's shabby house when the police showed up.
Could it be that when she was putting Xiaoxiao down, the child was crying too hard?
But this did not prevent her from crying heart-wrenchingly when her arms were handcuffed tightly with the "silver bracelets".
As she was escorted out of the door, she saw Chen Minzhi who almost rushed over to bite her, Xia Tang with a big belly and cold eyes, and Wang Kaiyun and Du Linsheng.
Liang Yanfang burst into tears instantly.
She yelled at Wang Kaiyun, saying that they had caught the wrong person and that she was just playing with Xiaoxiao. As an aunt, how could she have any bad intentions!
However, Wang Kaiyun just looked away with a very unnatural expression.
Du Linsheng just stared at her straight, and his gaze was the coldest she had ever seen.
Liang Yanfang's legs were so weak that she could hardly walk, but she was still carried away by the police.
She was under severe punishment when she committed the crime, and what awaits her is only an even more severe punishment.
The moment Chen Minzhi received Xiaoxiao's call, the tense emotions suddenly relaxed.
She wanted to scream and cry, but in the end she just hugged Xiaoxiao's soft little body and cried inconsolably.
Xia Tang and Qin Yue both watched her without saying a word.
Her eyes fell on Du Linsheng.
Seeing Wang Kaiyun pointing in the direction of Chen Minzhi, the always obedient man shook his head firmly.
His face was gray and his expression was that of a dead man.
Wang Kaiyun was still hoping that he could come up and say some sweet words to Chen Minzhi, perhaps taking this opportunity to win the woman's rare tenderness.
Du Linsheng refused.
Not only did he refuse, he also said to his mother:
"You don't have to go over there either. If you go and harass them again, I will jump into the river and die."
He actually didn't know if he had the courage to die. Just saying this had already drained away all his courage.
However, Wang Kaiyun was obviously frightened. He opened and closed his mouth, but in the end he said nothing.
Looking at Chen Minzhi and Xiaoxiao in the crowd, Du Linsheng turned around.
He turned around slowly and walked out of the crowd with his heavy legs.
He felt that this was the end of his life.
If you feel sorry for your wife and daughter when you are married, try not to bother them again after the divorce.
This was the last thing he could do for them.
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