Chapter 52: Long-time Friends
Wei Xi looked at the child's face and then closed her eyes.
After a while, a picture appeared in her mind.
Wait until Wei Xi opens her eyes.
Sister Xie couldn't wait to ask, "Master, do you know where my son is?"
Wei Xi nodded: "Your son is far away and yet he is right before your eyes."
Sister Xie was puzzled.
What's the meaning?
[You mean your son lives near your home? ]
Wei Xi: "Yes, your son is not lost. He is in the house next to yours."
"What?" Sister Xie was surprised.
"The only people living next door to me are Jia Rou and her family. She and I have been friends for many years. When my son disappeared earlier, I went to her house to ask about it. She said my son had never been to her house. Not only that, Jia Rou and her husband even helped me look for my son."
Wei Xi said: "I'm not mistaken, he is at your friend Jia Rou's house."
Sister Xie still didn't quite believe it. After all, Jia Rou was such a good person. Why would she hide her son?
"Master, is there some misunderstanding here? I know Jia Rou. When my son was sick before, she was the one who went to town to find a doctor. My husband and I are so grateful to her."
Wei Xi looked mysterious and said, "That Jia Rou was jealous of you."
When Sister Xie heard this, her eyes widened in disbelief.
"Why should she be jealous of me? She's obviously younger and prettier than me, and she's married to a husband who treats her very well. Why should she be dissatisfied?"
Sister Xie is a simple-minded person. When she was young, she married and moved to the village where her husband lives. She is not familiar with the people here and often feels lonely.
She was not accustomed to the local customs and habits, and had no friends to talk to. At that time, her personality was not as cheerful and unrestrained as it is now.
Jia Rou was the first one willing to get close to her, and soon they became good friends. Her shy personality gradually opened up, and she integrated into the village.
Wei Xi asked, "Did your son Dongdong behave in any unusual way before he ran away from home? Or did he do anything that made you feel uncomfortable before?"
"Abnormal?" Sister Xie muttered.
Before she could reply, her sister said, "There was indeed something unusual, but I didn't think about it that way at the time. My nephew is a bit naughty, but he still listens to his parents sometimes."
"On that day, I came to visit my sister and happened to run into her family having dinner. My nephew annoyed my sister again, and my brother-in-law got angry. So he said something like, 'My parents really don't like him,' right there on the spot."
"My sister and my brother-in-law were too thick-skinned to take this remark to heart. They just felt that it was their own negligence in disciplining Dongdong that led to his becoming like this."
[When a child says his parents really don't like him, someone must have told him something.]
[This child's story reminds me of the remarried woman.]
[I thought of that, too. Her stepson was instigated by someone. Could it be that Sister Xie's child was also instigated by someone?]
My younger sister saw the comments and said, "I thought so too. Now it seems that it must have been Jia Rou who badmouthed my sister and brother-in-law in front of Dongdong."
Sister Xie was a little dazed when she heard what her sister said.
She seemed to recall something from the past.
"My son did do something chilling. He said Aunt Jia Rou was gentler and that he wanted Jia Rou to be his mother, not me."
"My husband also said that my son always sends delicious food and drinks to Jia Rou. At first, my husband thought that my son prepared them for me..."
"Later, my son didn't want to study anymore. He said we were controlling him and he wanted to run away from home to earn his own money. This often made my husband and I very angry."
Sister Xie added, "I need to quickly take my son back from Jia Rou. I wonder how much bad things he's heard from her about me these past few days since he hasn't been home."
My sister also said, "Master, is Dongdong okay at Jia Rou's place?"
Wei Xi shook her head: "No."
The two sisters breathed a sigh of relief, then they got up from their chairs, went out with anger on their faces, and went to Jia Rou's house next door.
[Wow! Is he going to settle the score with Jia Rou?]
[Please don't turn off the live broadcast! We still want to watch the show.]
"Don't worry? It won't be closed. My nephew hasn't been found yet."
After a while, Sister Xie stood in front of Jia Rou's house and quickly knocked on her door.
Seeing no sound from inside, Sister Xie knocked hard on her door.
Suddenly an impatient voice came from inside.
“Who is it?”
"It's me."
The person inside seemed to pause after hearing Sister Xie's voice.
Then, Jia Rou opened the door slowly.
The audience saw that she looked to be in her forties. Although she was younger than Sister Xie, she looked more vicissitudes of life than Sister Xie.
Even so, her facial features are better than Sister Xie's, and it can be seen that she was a beauty when she was young.
"Sister Xie, what's wrong with you?" Jia Rou looked at her angry face and felt inexplicably panicked.
"Tell me! Where did you hide my son?"
Jia Rou was stunned. "Didn't you come to my house last time to look for him? Our house is so small, how could we possibly hide your son? And why would I hide your son when he's fine?"
"I've consulted a fortune teller today, and she said my son is at your house. You vicious woman, your son is dead and you want to steal my son, right?"
[Oh my god, it seems there is something hidden here? ]
Jia Rou's expression was a little unnatural: "Sister Xie, what do you mean? Just because my son died, you naturally think that I hid your son?"
"I really didn't doubt you before, and I didn't think you were that kind of person, but you disappointed me. The master said that my son is in your house. Don't you deny it?"
"You'd rather believe the words of a con man than your friend of decades?"
Sister Xie was stunned.
If the master had told her at the beginning that her son was at her home, she would not have believed it. But the questions the master asked afterwards told her that what the master said was true.
Sister Xie pushed her away and said, "If you feel that I have wronged you, why don't you let me find it myself?"
Jia Rou quickly stopped her: "I didn't hide your son. My house is so small, where can I hide your son?"
At this time, her husband came back and learned that Sister Xie was there looking for someone.
He immediately said angrily: "What does your son's disappearance have to do with us? If you don't leave, I will call the police."
Sister Xie immediately said, "Call the police! I finally see you two clearly today. Now that your son has died, you're obsessed with my son. How could I have considered you my friends?"
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