But Bai Dalin was very certain that it was here.
"I don't know what that is!" The old woman was startled. She already knew that Bai Dalin had come looking for the pearl, but she knew that the pearl could earn a lot of money. Her son needed it, but Bai Nuo needed it too, so the old woman could not say where the pearl was.
"I've never seen those beads before. What are they? What are they used for?" the old woman continued to ask.
"Didn't I tell you? We have white ones and other colors, round beads, you can make bracelets." After all that, Bai Dalin, clinging to his last bit of patience, thought his mother was really getting old. Hadn't he just told her what they looked like? How long had it been? Had she already forgotten? Was she playing a trick on him?
The old woman shook her head, certain that it was a pearl. Since it was a pearl, there was no point in saying anything more.
“I’ve never seen this before,” the old woman said calmly. “Why don’t you look for it elsewhere?”
Bai Dalin's temper flared up immediately. He had been humiliated all day. Everyone said that Bai Nuo had it, but his mother still claimed she hadn't seen it. Had his mother ever seen Bai Nuo's things? Bai Dalin simply couldn't believe it. He was already so tired, and his mother was still playing games with him like this!
Chen Qiuling watched coldly from the side. Seeing that Bai Dalin was about to get angry, she quickly pulled him up and said understandingly, "Mother said there's nothing left, so there's nothing left. Why are you getting angry? Let's look somewhere else. I'm going out. Mother can't move. It's so hot at noon. Mother must really want to go to the toilet or get a drink of water. You go out. I'll take care of Mother."
Then, Bai Dalin was pushed out by Chen Qiuling, who took one step and pushed three steps.
"Look in the kitchen!" Chen Qiuling leaned against the door, poked her head out, and whispered to Bai Dalin. Seeing Bai Dalin nod and go into the kitchen, she turned and walked into the house.
His face turned cold as soon as he came in.
There was a teapot and cups on the table. Chen Qiuling poured a cup and then walked to the old woman's bedside, looking down at her.
The old woman was also looking at her, or more accurately, at the water in Chen Qiuling's hands.
She was very thirsty and wanted to drink water.
"Want some?" Chen Qiuling smiled when she saw the old woman unconsciously lick her lips. This old woman had been making things difficult for her and giving her attitude every year since she entered the house more than ten years ago. Only this year, when she was pregnant, did she give her a little kindness.
Good heavens have eyes! This old woman is finally unable to move and has finally fallen into her hands.
The old woman shook her head, pretending not to see Chen Qiuling's smug expression.
Grandma was very perceptive. No matter how virtuous Chen Qiuling appeared, Grandma hadn't forgotten that Chen Qiuling had come in with Bai Dalin, meaning they had the same goal: to find the beads. Given that Chen Qiuling had this purpose, why would Grandma touch her water?
"I bet you really want to drink this glass of water I'm holding. Don't worry, there's no poison in it. You saw me pour it, didn't you?" Chen Qiuling sat down in the spot where Bai Dalin had just been sitting, smiling seductively. "I forgot to tell you, Bai Yu was beaten by your son, so badly that he lost all his teeth. He's so scared that he's hiding in the village and doesn't dare come back. If you're waiting for him to come back and give you water, you'll be waiting to die of thirst."
The old woman was also worried, but she didn't want to show it in front of Chen Qiuling, so she could only pretend not to care, "I'm really not thirsty, you're overthinking it."
Chen Qiuling felt extremely pleased to see the old woman unable to move but still stubborn. After looking the old woman up and down, she clicked her tongue twice and sighed, "You look so pitiful. Let me guess how you got like this. Was it because your son beat you? Look, this is retribution. That bastard Bai Nuo kidnapped me, and the sins she committed have come back to haunt you."
As Chen Qiuling spoke, she suddenly lowered her head, getting close to the old woman's face. The old woman could see the pores and fine wrinkles on Chen Qiuling's face. "Are you convinced of what you've achieved?"
The old woman turned her face away, not wanting to pay any attention to this crazy woman!
Chen Qiuling chuckled and looked up. She casually poured the tea in her hand onto the towel placed by the bed. Then, she picked up the towel, took it to the table, poured all the tea from the teapot onto it, wetting it completely, before nonchalantly taking the towel and sitting down again.
“Do you know? Dalin really needs that bead. Without it, he will offend the magistrate and might lose his job or even his life. I’m newly pregnant, and I can’t let anything happen to Dalin, either way.”
The old woman tilted her head and said, "Dalin has never even seen that bead, yet he still agreed. Whatever the consequences, he should bear them."
Chen Qiuling bent down and used her other hand to forcefully move the old woman's head towards her, looking directly at her, "Aren't you worried about him?"
"Whatever the consequences, it's all Dalin's fault." That was the only sentence the old woman kept repeating.
Seeing that the old woman was unyielding, Chen Qiuling could no longer maintain her composure. Her face contorted in anger, and she slammed the towel in her hand against the old woman's face, pinning down her hands. She said hatefully, "Tell me, where is the bead? Or I'll kill you!"
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