44 Scapegoat
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Seeing his mother choking and about to be sent away, Chi Jianjun was panicked and at a loss.
Although he was not so willing to take care of his mother whose temper was getting worse and worse, he did not want her to die, especially at his hands.
"Xiaohong? Xiaohong, come and help! Mom's in trouble!"
Chi Jianjun then remembered to give Li Zaohua first aid. He dropped the bowl and spoon in his hand, walked forward to help Li Zaohua up and patted her back, while also calling out to Zheng Xiaohong for help.
Zheng Xiaohong, who was staring at the pot in the kitchen, heard the shouting, her eyes turned slightly, and she hesitated before going over.
Seeing that Li Zaohua's face was blue and purple and she looked like she could not breathe, Zheng Xiaohong couldn't help but feel secretly happy.
That would be great. It would be perfect for her if the old woman could choke and die completely.
She has taken care of the old woman enough during this period of time.
Moreover, the accident happened at Chi Jianjun's hands, so no one can blame her as his daughter-in-law.
Although she was secretly happy, Zheng Xiaohong still had to pretend to be anxious and worried on her face.
He walked up to Chi Jianjun angrily, slapped him, and started scolding him loudly.
"You're a son, and I took care of Mom for so long and she was fine. Now, even when I ask you to feed her, you can cause trouble. What else can I expect from you?!"
These words made Chi Jianjun feel panicked and blame himself. He had not expected this.
He knew how to feed people, but he didn't expect that after he fed his mother a few mouthfuls of porridge, she choked and was about to die.
Faced with Zheng Xiaohong's accusations, Chi Jianjun could not say anything to shirk responsibility and could only anxiously give his mother first aid.
However, he was not a professional after all, and the first aid measures he took were not only ineffective, but made Li Zaohua's condition worse.
It was not until Li Zaohua's limbs went limp and his eyes began to roll back that Zheng Xiaohong, who was looking anxious, reminded him.
"Don't delay at home, Mom's condition is too serious, let's send her to the hospital quickly!"
Chi Jianjun was confused. At this time, he had completely become Zheng Xiaohong's yes-man. Naturally, he did whatever Zheng Xiaohong asked him to do.
Chi Jianjun immediately carried Li Zaohua, who was still breathing, on his back and rushed to the hospital.
But after being carried up from the bed by him, Li Zaohua's condition became even worse.
Before I even left the house, I took my last breath.
Seeing his mother's hands suddenly drooping, Chi Jianjun's legs went limp and he almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Zheng Xiaohong came over in time to help him, preventing him and Li Zaohua on his back from falling.
Zheng Xiaohong tentatively stretched out her finger and measured under Li Zaohua's nose, and her face changed drastically.
"Jian, Jianjun, our mom is dead! Mom is gone!"
Zheng Xiaohong's tears began to fall and she cried loudly.
Zheng Xiaohong cried so sincerely.
Thinking of the torture she had suffered at the hands of the dead old woman these days, she cried even louder.
Upon learning that his mother was completely dead, Chi Jianjun could no longer remain calm and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Looking at his biological mother who had slipped off his back and was no longer moving, he let out a howl and started howling too.
Chi Jianjun was both sad and anxious.
The sad thing is that his biological mother, who had depended on him since childhood, is gone, and no one will treat him better than his biological mother in the future.
What made him worried was that his mother Li Zaohua choked to death while feeding him, and he became the culprit who killed his own mother!
If his neighbors knew about this, would he be arrested and thrown into jail?
Even if he is not arrested and thrown into jail, his reputation will probably be ruined.
No matter what, his mother did die at his hands.
But he really didn't mean it. He didn't expect that his mother would choke to death while drinking porridge.
In the past, his mother would gulp down porridge, and a bowl of porridge would be gone in a blink of an eye. He had no idea that his mother was so fragile now!
Chi Jianjun felt very aggrieved and blamed himself.
He wanted to continue crying, but it was only after Zheng Xiaohong reminded him that he remembered to carry his mother back to bed.
Otherwise, it will be difficult to manipulate the machine once it cools down.
The neighbors around heard the noise from the Chi family and thought something was wrong, so they rushed over.
"Xiaohong? Jianjun? What's going on in your family? Did something happen to your mother?"
Aunt Wang, who heard the crying of Chi Jianjun and Zheng Xiaohong, ran the fastest and started asking questions while knocking on the door.
When Zheng Xiaohong went to open the door for Aunt Wang and others, Chi Jianjun, who was still in a daze, glanced at the bowls of rice on the table next to him and suddenly came to his senses.
Chi Jianjun quickly took the bowl with a lot of porridge left in it to the kitchen and hid it.
As long as he doesn't say it and Zheng Xiaohong doesn't say it, no one will know that his mother choked to death because of the porridge he fed her.
He doesn't want to live with the bad reputation of killing his own mother!
So his mom must be able to understand his helplessness and forgive his carelessness, right?!
Chi Jianjun hid the bowl and returned to his room. He looked at his mother's eyes which were still open. He felt guilty and reached out to close her eyes.
But no matter how Chi Jianjun tried to close her eyes, Li Zaohua's lifeless eyes just wouldn't close.
It was as if she was unwilling to die and was glaring at him, her unfilial son.
Chi Jianjun, feeling guilty after being stared at, discovered that Aunt Wang and the others had already entered the house. He threw himself on Li Zaohua and cried even louder.
"My poor mother, it's all because of me that I didn't take good care of you, that's why you're gone like this—!"
Seeing Chi Jianjun crying bitterly, Aunt Wang and others who were unaware of the inside story hurried to persuade him.
"Jianjun, stop crying. Your mother has been paralyzed in bed since she got sick. Now that she's gone, she's finally free. Please move aside so I can change her clothes and clean her up."
As she spoke, Aunt Wang was about to come over to pull Chi Jianjun.
But looking at his mother's eyes that were still closed, how could Chi Jianjun dare to move away?
As the old saying goes, only those who harbor resentment, unwillingness, and regret will not be able to close their eyes even after death.
His mother was fed to death by him, so he must be full of resentment and unwillingness.
What if Aunt Wang and the others saw his mother unable to sleep and became suspicious of him?
Chi Jianjun, feeling guilty, refused to move away no matter what, acting like a filial son whose mother had died.
Oh, his mother did die!
Aunt Wang and the others were unaware of Chi Jianjun's guilty conscience. Seeing Chi Jianjun throwing himself on Li Zaohua and crying so sadly, they felt a little emotional.
Before, Li Zaohua had a stroke and was paralyzed. Seeing that Chi Jianjun ran to live in the dormitory of the security department and often did not go home, he pushed all the responsibility of taking care of Li Zaohua to Zheng Xiaohong. They also said that Chi Jianjun did not care about his mother.
Now it seems that they misunderstood Chi Jianjun.
We are all ordinary people and we need money to make a living.
Zheng Xiaohong cannot go to the factory to work and earn money because she has to take care of the elderly. If Chi Jianjun also stays at home to take care of the elderly, the Chi family will not be able to survive.
They think Chi Jianjun is unfilial, which is really wrong.
But since the person is dead, they must change clothes and prepare for burial as soon as possible. If Chi Jianjun delays any longer, Li Zaohua will die.
Thinking of this, Aunt Wang and several other female comrades worked together to pull Chi Jianjun away.
When they suddenly met Li Zaohua's wide-open eyes, Aunt Wang and others were shocked.
However, they didn't think much about it. They thought that Li Zaohua was obsessed with something and couldn't sleep because she couldn't see her most beloved grandson.
"Zaohua, your eldest grandson is still in the juvenile detention center and can't come back for the time being. You can go with peace of mind. I'll ask Jianjun or Xiaohong to go to the juvenile detention center and see if they can apply to have Gufeng come home so he can wear mourning clothes for you."
I don’t know if this really met Li Zaohua’s wish, or if her muscles relaxed after she died for a while, but Aunt Wang easily closed Li Zaohua’s eyes.
Finding that his mother had finally closed her eyes and that no one else doubted the cause of her death, Chi Jianjun breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground exhausted.
Chi Gu Ai was training Long Aotian in the bureau. Halfway through the training, she saw Zhao Xiu'e, who lived in the same building as the Chi family, running over.
"Grandma Gu Ai's just passed away. You should go over and see her and send her off for the last time."
When Ikegani Ai heard what Zhao Xiu'e said, she was stunned.
She's out of milk? That's unlikely.
Isn’t it said that evil will last for a thousand years? She even went to the Chi family yesterday.
Although Li Zaohua was lying on the bed unable to move or speak at that time, she looked in good spirits.
How come he disappeared after just one night?
Of course, Chi Gu Ai went to see Li Zaohua not to be filial, but to supervise her stepmother.
If her stepmother Zheng Xiaohong slacked off in taking care of her grandmother or was not attentive enough in any way, she would have to supervise her and ask Zheng Xiaohong to improve immediately.
Judging from the mental state of Li Zaohua she saw yesterday, if she is well taken care of, she can live for at least several more years.
Now that she knows that Li Zaohua is dead, Iketani Ai instinctively becomes suspicious.
Could it be that her stepmother finally couldn't stand it anymore and hit her?!
With such suspicion, Iketani Ai rushed to the Ike family.
As soon as I walked in, I saw the system's hotspot connection flashing.
Ikeyani Ai's eyes lit up, and she felt that as she expected, there was indeed something wrong with the cause of Li Zaohua's death!
At this time, Li Zaohua had been changed into clothes and had her appearance tidied up by Aunt Wang and others. She was just waiting for Chi Gufeng, who was detained in the juvenile detention center, to come back and send her for cremation.
When Chi Jianjun and Zheng Xiaohong saw Chi Guyai rushing over in a police uniform, their hearts skipped a beat.
Ai Iketani has recently been involved in solving several murder cases, and her reputation as a little detective has spread.
The couple, having heard of Iketani Ai's nickname, felt their hearts pounding.
Fearing that Chi Gu Ai would see something after seeing Li Zaohua's body, the couple hurriedly stopped Chi Gu Ai and prevented her from seeing Li Zaohua for the last time.
The excuse used was that Iketani Ai was too young and would not be able to bear the shock of suddenly seeing a loved one die.
Ikegani Ai scoffed at this. She and Li Zaohua were not really good grandparents and grandchildren, and their relationship was not that good.
The couple tried their best to stop me from taking a last look at Li Zaohua. They must have felt guilty and was afraid that she would notice something.
Of course, Chi Gu Ai would not be stopped by them. She waved away Chi Jianjun and Zheng Xiaohong's hands and walked to the bed.
Having possessed victims several times, Iketani Ai has developed a lot of courage.
Even when looking at a dead person, there is no fear at all.
After staring at Li Zaohua's body for a while, Ikeyani Ai really found something wrong.
There were many small red spots on Li Zaohua's exposed neck and back of her hands, and her skin was a little red and swollen.
This herpes doesn't look like it's caused by mosquito bites, but rather like it's caused by allergies.
Ikeyani Ai actually knows what Li Zaohua is allergic to.
She turned around and went to the kitchen, and sure enough, she found eight-treasure porridge mixed with chopped walnuts and peanuts in the rice cooker.
There are not many chopped walnuts in the porridge, and they are ground very finely. At first glance, they look almost the same as chopped peanuts and are almost indistinguishable.
Because there were too few and too broken walnuts in the porridge, even Chi Jianjun couldn't tell.
When it comes to Li Zaohua's allergy to walnuts, not many people know about it.
Iketani Ai knew this from the memories of her previous life.
Speaking of Li Zaohua and Liao Xiangyun, the former mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, their relationship was not so bad at the beginning.
When Liao Xiangyun spent money and effort to treat Li Zaohua's illness, the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was still good.
It was after Li Zaohua recovered from her illness that Liao Xiangyun bought some walnut cakes. The greedy Li Zaohua ate most of them, which caused an allergic reaction and she almost died. This was the reason why the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law broke down completely.
Li Zaohua just found out that she was allergic to walnuts. After escaping death, she started to hate Liao Xiangyun.
He felt that it was because of the walnut cake Liao Xiangyun bought that he almost lost his life.
Li Zaohua, who had experienced a serious illness and valued her life very much, thought that Liao Xiangyun despised her as a burden to her mother-in-law and wanted her dead.
Liao Xiangyun felt that she was wronged, as she didn't know that her mother-in-law was allergic to walnuts.
My mother-in-law had eaten walnut cake before, and it was fine at that time.
My mother-in-law suddenly became allergic to walnuts. I am not a god or a doctor, so how could I know?
However, Li Zaohua did not accept Liao Xiangyun's statement at all. It happened that she had recovered from her illness and felt that she could stand up and compete with Liao Xiangyun for the power of the family, so she took the opportunity to quarrel with Liao Xiangyun.
Liao Xiangyun is not someone who can tolerate being bullied.
She was very angry when she thought about how she had spent so much money and effort to treat her mother-in-law, but ended up saving an ungrateful person.
She completely clashed with Li Zaohua, and the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law became increasingly worse as neither of them gave in.
Because Li Zaohua was allergic to walnuts, walnuts had not appeared in the Chi family since her predecessor was born.
My previous incarnation knew that Li Zaohua was allergic to walnuts, and it was Li Zaohua herself who said it.
At that time, Liao Xiangyun had already passed away, and Li Zaohua, who disliked her predecessor, used this incident to suppress her predecessor.
She said that her mother almost killed her, and no matter how badly she treated her, she deserved it and it was her mother's fault.
Zheng Xiaohong, the family chef, also knew that Li Zaohua could not eat walnuts.
Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any chopped walnuts in the eight-treasure porridge she cooked.
So now that it has appeared, it must have been done intentionally by Zheng Xiaohong.
The purpose is to get rid of the evil mother-in-law Li Zaohua without anyone knowing!
Li Zaohua was paralyzed and unable to speak, so even though she had an allergic reaction to the walnut porridge and felt uncomfortable, she couldn't say anything.
She ate very little and the allergic symptoms were mild.
If Iketani Ai hadn't observed carefully, she would have mistaken the redness and swelling from the allergic herpes for mosquito bites.
As early as when Chi Gu Ai turned around and went to the kitchen without saying a word, Chi Jianjun and Zheng Xiaohong became nervous.
It's just that the two of them are nervous about different things.
Chi Jianjun went to the kitchen because he was afraid that Chi Gu'ai would find out that his mother had choked to death.
Zheng Xiaohong was killed because she didn't have time to destroy the body.
If Ai Iketani finds out that there are walnuts mixed in the eight-treasure porridge in the pot, she will be finished!
The two of them were both annoyed. Why did they have to wait for Chi Gu Feng to come back? They should have sent the person for cremation immediately.
Now, instead of waiting for Iketani Yutaka to come back, Iketani Ai has come.
In the past, when they asked Chi Gu Ai to go back to the Chi family, she always refused, but this time she was very proactive.
Zheng Xiaohong didn't dare to stop Chi Guyai, so she encouraged Chi Jianjun to go.
Chi Jianjun hurriedly got up.
He had no idea that Zheng Xiaohong had used him to kill his own mother!
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