See if I can't kill them.
Although he didn't know what Xu Qiao meant, since both parties were willing to reconcile, what was the big deal in becoming friends? Song Yu agreed with a playful smile.
After hanging up the phone, the two continued walking forward. Before they reached the door of their home, they heard a large group of people standing at the door and arguing, "Song Yu instigated my little girl. She happened to be back today. I think I will teach her a lesson so that she won't dare to meddle in other people's affairs in the future."
There was no reaction on Song Yu's face when he heard this, but Yaya's face turned pale.
Song Yu gently pushed Ya Ya, who was still frozen in place, took off the backpack and whispered to her, "Don't go home yet. Go out for a walk and come back when I call you."
Ya Ya was so anxious that tears fell down, "No, I will go with you."
"Be obedient." Song Yu chased her away without further explanation. "It will be over soon. If you keep interrupting my performance, I will scold them to death."
There were people standing everywhere at the entrance of the courtyard. There was even a big man sitting on the steps with his hands crossed, as if he was afraid that the people inside would run away.
"This Song Yu, she loved to play tricks when she was little. I didn't expect that she even instigated our Yaya. Now she has a day off and doesn't even come home. We haven't even seen her. We don't know when she was sold. It must be her teachings. Our child can't speak, and we don't know how she is being abused behind the scenes. If anything really happens, I won't live anymore."
A middle-aged woman wearing an apron stood by, covering her face and crying quietly. Several people standing nearby patted her shoulders and comforted her. If you didn't know her, you would really think that this Song Yu was so heartless and guilty.
"Sister, don't cry. Let's teach her a good lesson today so that she can't take the girl in anymore. She has no place to live, and the girl will come back by herself." The man sitting in front of the door seemed to hate the crying. He frowned to hide the disgust in his eyes. He held a cigarette between his waxy fingers. He took a big puff and slowly exhaled the thick and dense white smoke.
The white smoke dissipated, and a tall, thin figure appeared at the end of the path. One hand hung down, holding an exquisitely crafted woven straw hat, and his face looked expressionless. The people standing around looked at each other in bewilderment at this scene, and no one dared to speak for a moment.
"Song Yu, where did you hide our Yaya? Huh?" Aunt Li took a step forward, her expression looking very anxious. "As for Yaya running away from home, I won't blame you as long as you are willing to let her come back. I won't bother with you because you are young, but Yaya is even younger than you. She hasn't been home for almost half a year. I don't even know where she sleeps outside or whether she eats well."
As she spoke, she was about to cry again. The onlookers couldn't help but feel deeply sympathetic for the woman's pitiful experience.
Sure enough, a fat, big-eared onlooker blushed and cursed, "What's wrong with you, young man? Why don't you do something good? Aunt Li's daughter is still mute and has been away from home for half a year without a trace. You are an adult now, and this behavior can be considered human trafficking. We can call the police to arrest you, don't you know?"
"No, no, no, Xiaoyu, we are all neighbors. I won't call the police. As long as you let Yaya come back, our family can pretend that this incident never happened." Aunt Li took a step forward sadly, held Song Yu's hand, and said almost in a pleading tone.
"Sister, why are you wasting time talking to her?" The man who had been smoking in front of the courtyard gate suddenly stood up and said gruffly, "Let's just call the police. She's a human trafficker. Arrest her, and Ya Ya will come back."
Aunt Li turned around and wiped away a tear, angrily scolding her brother, "I told you not to call the police. Xiaoyu is still a little girl. She can't have a criminal record when she applies for a job or civil service exam. Her grandmother died young, and we are all neighbors. Why did you do such a thing?"
Then the woman turned around and said in a soothing tone, "Xiao Yu, Li Zhi was just saying that out of anger. Hurry up and bring Ya Ya back. We won't call the police and we won't come looking for you again. You..."
The hand that was originally held in her palm was suddenly pulled away. Aunt Li was stunned and even forgot to continue squeezing out tears.
"Then call the police."
The girl gave a polite smile and took a step back, creating a distance that was too close to the woman, making her feel uncomfortable. "I'll wait here."
"Xiao Yu, Aunt Li didn't mean that." The woman panicked. "There's no need to get to this point. Your grandmother and I have been neighbors for many years. Aunt Li even held you when you were a child. If you hadn't done this, Aunt Li..."
Song Yu watched her acting for so long with cold eyes, and now he had completely lost his patience. He interrupted her and asked, "What did I do?"
"You..." Aunt Li's expression was almost unbearable.
Seeing that she couldn't speak, Song Yu turned to Li Zhi, who was standing beside her with a look of surprise, and said in a high voice, "I'm asking you guys. What did I do?"
A passerby who was watching nearby spoke up for them first, "You kidnapped someone's little girl. She hasn't been home for six months. And the little girl can't even speak. She's really suffered a lot."
Song Yu turned around and walked up to the passerby with a blank expression, "Did you see me being kidnapped?"
The passerby had originally come here to visit relatives today. He had no idea about the situation here and was simply dragged here to watch the fun. At this time, he spoke rashly, and the relatives who came with him and knew the inside story could only step on his foot hard. The passerby immediately dared not say a word.
"I originally thought that since we've been neighbors with your grandmother for so many years, as long as you send Yaya back, we'll just pretend this never happened. But who would have thought you would be so rude? I wonder if my poor little girl is so scared of going home because of you."
"Go home?" Song Yu sneered, "Do you mean to let her go back to that home where there was a thunderstorm after school and no one picked her up, and she accidentally fell into a field on the way home in the rain, and she had a high fever in the middle of the night and no one cared, and finally she became mute after being burned to death?"
"She could have spoken." Song Yu still remembers that year when she returned to her grandmother's house during the summer vacation. What she faced was Yaya, who could no longer speak and looked a little stupid. Her grandmother said that the family was doing evil, so Song Yu spent a long time teaching Yaya sign language.
"Have you ever been kind to her since she was little? Ever since she became mute, over a decade has passed. Does anyone in your family know sign language? She was bullied in junior high school because she couldn't speak. Did you ever intervene?"
With each sentence, Song Yu's expression became worse than the previous one, but there were two other people whose expressions were even worse than hers. Aunt Li was still trying to argue, "She didn't tell us anything, so why didn't this girl say a word?"
As she spoke, she was about to cry again, "Our little girl has suffered so much. She was bullied at school, but you didn't tell our family. Auntie is so derelict in her duty. When our little girl comes back, I will definitely treat her to delicious food and fish."
Song Yu looked at him coldly, "I told you, will you take it to heart?"
She turned and pointed at the small courtyard behind her. "Didn't you ask me where I hid Yaya? For the past six months, she's been living at my grandmother's house during her vacations. My grandmother has been dead for a long time. There's a light on in this room, but Aunt Li, have you ever thought of taking a look?"
"You clearly knew where Yaya was, but you didn't care. She's just a high school student. You haven't given her any money since the day she ran away. Haven't you ever thought about how she's going to survive?"
"You didn't look for me half a year ago, or a few months ago, but you chose to wait until I came back to look for me. What are you trying to do?" Song Yu stared at the two of them expressionlessly. "Are you putting on this show just for everyone to see?"
"Is that true?" The passerby asked in shock, while the people standing nearby nodded. "Then who is that woman...?"
"That's stepmother."
"Whether Yaya comes back or not is entirely up to her own wishes. If she voluntarily wants to come back one day, I will definitely not stop her, but it is absolutely impossible at the moment." After saying this, Song Yu said to the crowd of onlookers, "Please come and bear witness for me."
"If anyone uses this excuse to cause trouble for me again, don't blame me for suing you for defamation." After saying that, Song Yu turned and walked into his own yard.
The remaining crowd gradually dispersed, leaving only the original Li siblings.
Li Zhi came over and said, "Sister, that's enough, let's go back."
Aunt Li suddenly raised her head and slapped him, "Why didn't you say a word just now? Huh? Didn't you say that Song Yu took the mute away, and we should get some compensation? Why didn't you say anything just now!"
"You've called so many people here, how am I supposed to speak?" Li Zhi was also annoyed. "What's the difference between this and selling a child? Don't let it ruin your reputation."
Seeing Aunt Li gasping for breath, Li Zhi hesitated and said, "What about my brother-in-law? He really doesn't want his own child anymore? Even though she's mute, she can still get some money as a betrothal gift after she gets married."
Aunt Li said angrily, "What else can I say? That dead man has no regard for the family at all. Whenever I mentioned taking her back, he said the Song family is better off than ours, and that the mute is disabled and would have a better life in the Song family. What a pretense! I didn't see how kind the mute was to her when he was at home."
The two of them walked away pulling each other. Song Yu stood on the balcony on the second floor and watched them leave for a long time before going downstairs.
She sent a message to Yaya and sorted out the things she brought back from the market today. The fruits were fresh when she visited the market in the morning. They picked a large watermelon with green skin and black stripes from the melon stall, picked up a knife and cut it in the middle. Half was just right for her and Yaya.
When she had almost eaten half of her slice, no one replied to her message. Song Yu frowned. Could it be that her phone was out of battery? She put down the watermelon, washed her hands, and planned to go out to look for someone.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw Yaya running towards me in a hurry, dragging someone with her hand.
At first, Song Yu didn't see clearly, until the two of them were getting closer and closer. What was going on? Why was Xu Qiao here?
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