There was some rustling in the yard for a while, and then it became quiet again.
Ruan Suhe and Lu Zhengxiang were packing up in the house. They were discussing what they could take with them and what they could leave out, so they didn't hear the strange noise in the yard.
"Ah! What happened to Ruoruo? Why is she lying on the ground? Go and take a look."
Ruan Suhe, who had just left the bedroom and was about to go to the living room to clean up, saw Ruoruo lying crookedly in the yard, and suddenly became panicked.
Hearing the sound, Lu Zhengxiang lifted the curtain and came out, and saw Ruan Suhe limping and crying towards Ruoruo who was lying unconscious.
"Don't worry, I'll carry Ruoruo to the kang."
As he was speaking, he strode over, picked up Ruoruo in his princess arms, went back to the bedroom and gently placed Ruoruo on the kang.
"Ahem. Ahem."
He used first aid immediately. When he pressed on Ruoruo's chest for the third time, Ruoruo started coughing.
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"Dad... Dad, where's my brother?"
"Brother? Yes, Tiedan, where is Tiedan?"
Only then did Ruan Suhe come to his senses and realized that Tiedan was missing.
"Did... Lu Zhengyu... take Tiedan away?"
At this time, she tried hard to regain her rational and logical thinking, and instantly thought that the only people involved in the whole incident were Lu Zhengyu and the vicious mother-in-law.
"Be good, Ruoruo. Dad will definitely bring your brother back to you. The back of your neck is injured. Lie down and rest first. Remember not to run around."
Lu Zhengxiang's brows were now tightly furrowed, and there was a lot more fierceness in his eyes.
"Since you can't move around easily, take care of Ruoruo first. I'll go to the old house to see what's going on."
He sympathized with Ruan Suhe's injured legs and planned to go to the old house alone.
"I don't want to stay in the house. I want to go with you. It was my negligence that Tiedan was taken away."
Ruan Suhe didn't want to be left out by him, so she expressed her desire to go with him.
Lu Zhengxiang lowered his head and thought for a few seconds: "Okay, let's go together."
She turned around and carefully told Ruoruo to rest well on the kang, and to make sure to lock the bolt on the door after they left, and not to run around.
Considering that her leg was still injured, Lu Zhengxiang went to Aunt Hu's house to borrow a ox cart.
It is conceivable that as long as you have been to Aunt Hu's house, you will definitely hear some particularly unpleasant words about Ruan Suhe.
Ruan Suhe clearly felt that Lu Zhengxiang looked very unhappy after he came back pulling the ox cart, so she tactfully kept quiet.
"...You have been rumored like this in the village?" Lu Zhengxiang's sudden and incoherent words made her unable to react for a moment.
"Hmm? Ah? ...What?"
"Aunt Tiger said that you often have seizures in the village, and you look crazy and stupid to everyone you see."
"…Well, it's not as exaggerated as Aunt Tiger said."
Ruan Suhe could imagine with her eyes closed that he went to Aunt Hu's house to borrow a car, and all he heard were bad things about her that were exaggerated.
Seeing that she didn't want to say more, Lu Zhengxiang didn't discuss the topic in depth.
The old house is quite some distance away from Ruan Suhe and his family's yard, and it takes about half an hour to get there by ox cart.
Most of the roads nowadays are bumpy and full of stones, so ox carts are very bumpy when driving on them.
Ruan Suhe was quiet the whole time, and kept thinking about how Lu Zhengyu and Pan Yuemei kidnapped Tiedan.
"Well, I suspect they used drugs, otherwise how could Tiedan be taken away without making any sound?"
She couldn't really call Lu Zhengxiang the word "husband" now, so she could only omit it.
"It's very likely. We must search the old house thoroughly. I don't think Zhengyu and his mother would leave Tiedan in a conspicuous place."
When Ruan Suhe heard this, she knew that he already had a plan in mind and said no more.
By this time the sun had risen high in the sky. The light became stronger and stronger, the temperature gradually increased, and Lu Zhengxiang drove the ox cart faster and faster.
The journey that would normally take half an hour now only took about twenty minutes and we were almost at the old house.
"We're almost at the old house, just hold on a little longer."
Lu Zhengxiang carefully observed that Ruan Suhe's facial expression was mixed with hidden pain.
"Well, my little injury is nothing. The important thing is to find Tiedan as quickly as possible."
Ruan Suhe shook her head slightly.
As they were talking, the ox cart had already stopped in front of the big wooden door of the old house.
Normally at this time of year, the main door here is usually open, because the village committee secretary must be prepared to solve problems for everyone at all times. When they saw the tightly closed big wooden door, they were sure that their inner guess would not be far from the implementation.
They looked at each other and their movements became faster. Lu Zhengxiang jumped off the ox cart and knocked on the bronze beast door handle on the big wooden door.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang."
"Who is it? What's going on in the middle of the day? Why don't you come knock on the door in the afternoon?"
Pan Yuemei walked over to open the door cursing, but just as she was about to open the door, she felt an inexplicable chill and subconsciously glanced through the crack in the door.
"Zheng...Zhengxiang, why are you here?"
There was a hint of panic in her words, and even though she tried hard to hide it, Lu Zhengxiang easily noticed it.
"Mom, open the door first. I have something to discuss with Dad."
Pan Yuemei hesitated for two or three seconds, and the action of opening the door was a little delayed, as if she was deliberately delaying time.
Lu Zhengxiang could clearly see the guilty conscience from her every move.
The moment Pan Yuemei opened the door, he forced the wooden door open and rushed in first.
"Hey... Zhengxiang, your dad is in the living room, not in the bedroom over there."
Pan Yuemei didn't have the time to say anything bad about Ruan Suhe. She rolled her eyes at her in a hurry and rushed after Lu Zhengxiang in the direction of the bedroom.
"Ouch, my legs hurt."
Seeing that Pan Yuemei was about to catch up with Lu Zhengxiang, Ruan Suhe quickly pretended that her leg was in pain.
"You bastard, why are you here making trouble when your leg is lame instead of lying down at home? You are as fat as a pig, no one can help you!"
On one side was her eldest son who rushed into the bedroom, and on the other side was her eldest daughter-in-law who was holding her leg in unbearable pain. Pan Yuemei was in a dilemma for a moment.
In a hurry, she picked up the four-legged stool in the corner of the yard and threw it to Ruan Suhe.
"Don't yell, you fat bastard."
Ruan Suhe saw Lu Zhengxiang enter the bedroom, and then she pretended to move slowly and sat down on the crooked little stool.
"Tell me! Where is Tiedan?"
Lu Zhengxiang, who had searched every corner of the bedroom but couldn't find Tiedan, lifted the door curtain and spoke viciously to Pan Yuemei who was about to enter the room.
This was probably the first time that Lu Zhengxiang treated his mother in such an excessive manner, which frightened Pan Yuemei so much that she stood there with her mouth open and shaking, but she couldn't utter a word.
"Tie...Tiedan, what Tiedan? Isn't Tiedan in your room? Why...are you coming to the old house to look for Tiedan?"
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