45 The Old Lady Who Wants to Kill
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Ai Iketani, who found walnut pieces in the eight-treasure porridge, naturally would not let it go.
Although she and Li Zaohua had no grandparent-granddaughter relationship, she could not just watch Li Zaohua being killed.
Originally, she thought that this was only about her stepmother, but when she saw her scumbag father rushing into the kitchen with a guilty look on his face and trying to pull her out, Iketani Ai began to suspect him too.
Could it be that the couple both thought Li Zaohua was a burden and conspired to do this?
When Chi Jianjun reached out to pull her, Chi Gu Ai turned away and took the pot of steaming eight-treasure porridge off the coal stove.
"Auntie and uncle, please stop worrying. There's something wrong with the cause of her death. It definitely wasn't a natural death!"
When Iketani Ai said this, the neighbors who came to help with the funeral were stunned.
Didn't Li Zaohua die of natural causes? The neighbors instinctively looked towards Zheng Xiaohong, who was kneeling in front of the mourning hall.
Among the Chi family members, the only one who would kill Li Zaohua is Zheng Xiaohong.
After all, as neighbors, they knew how Li Zaohua had manipulated and tortured Zheng Xiaohong over the years.
They had reminded Li Zaohua before to be nicer to her daughter-in-law Zheng Xiaohong.
Otherwise, when I am old and unable to move in the future, I will definitely have a hard time and suffer if I fall into Zheng Xiaohong's hands.
At that time, Li Zaohua did not take their reminders seriously. She thought that with her son and eldest grandson around, Zheng Xiaohong would not dare to treat her badly, so she became more unscrupulous.
Now it’s all right, you got your retribution!
Zheng Xiaohong was already feeling guilty, and being stared at by so many people, and then seeing Chi Guyai carrying out the pot, she became even more panicked.
This was the only terrible thing she had ever done in her life, but she never expected it to be discovered so soon.
If she had known earlier, she would have poured out all the remaining eight-treasure porridge in the pot.
But she had lived a hard life, so how could she bear to give up that pot of delicious porridge?
Now it became evidence that she was harming others.
But before Zheng Xiaohong could say anything, Chi Jianjun jumped out and loudly refuted her.
"What nonsense are you talking about, girl?! How could there be any problem with your grandma's cause of death?! Are you still holding a grudge against me and deliberately coming here to mess up your grandma's funeral?!"
"Your grandma is gone. Even if you still hold a grudge against her for treating you badly in the past, you shouldn't bring it up now. Just calm down."
Chi Jianjun, who choked his own mother to death, felt even more guilty, and now he hated Chi Guai.
This damn girl used to pretend to be ignorant of what was going on at home, but she came so quickly today just to stir up trouble and pick a fight with him.
Haven't I been good enough to her over the years? Fifteen dollars a month in child support is enough for an average family to eat and drink for a month.
In order to pay her child support, he could not save any money.
Compared to the twins who were loved only by him, Iketani Ai was the one who received real favor.
She was not satisfied yet and wanted to harm him!
With Chi Jianjun taking the lead, Cheng Xiaohong jumped out first, and Zheng Xiaohong also reacted. She hurriedly stood up and tried to grab the pot from Chi Guyai's hand.
"Gu Ai, you can't say that. Everyone knows how I feel about your grandma. Besides, your dad has been at home all day. He was the one who took care of your grandma at the bedside and even fed her meals with his own hands."
If anything bad happened, it was your dad's fault, not mine.
"With what you said, can your dad still do anything to your grandma? Can he harm her?"
You've really ruined your father's reputation. What good can you gain from it?
Even if it doesn't bring any good, it won't have much impact.
Ai Iketani has now established a firm foothold in the bureau, and even if something happens to her scumbag father, it will not affect her work.
Seeing that the scumbag father and stepmother refuted in unison and refused to admit anything, Iketani Ai didn't waste time talking to them.
He waved away his stepmother's hand that was reaching out to grab the pot and brought the pot to the middle of the mourning hall.
He stirred the pot with a spoon and scooped out a spoonful of eight-treasure porridge with chopped walnuts.
"Auntie Wang has been our neighbor for the longest time. You should remember how my grandmother had an allergic reaction to the walnut cake my mother bought and nearly died, right?"
After a careful look, she found some boiled walnut pieces in the spoon. Aunt Wang slapped her thigh excitedly.
"Remember, remember, your grandma had a huge fight with your mom because of this. She is indeed allergic to walnuts."
"The doctor who treated your grandmother at the time said that her allergy to walnuts was caused by changes in her physical condition after her illness was cured. Your mother didn't know this and bought the walnut cake, but it wasn't intentional."
"Jianjun, you should be aware of this matter. How could you let your wife add chopped walnuts to the eight-treasure porridge?!"
"Your mother is in such poor health right now. This is no different from taking her life."
Chi Jianjun, who hadn't noticed that there were chopped walnuts in the eight-treasure porridge, also took a look into the spoon.
When they looked at the porridge in the spoon and saw that it was mixed with walnuts, they were dumbfounded.
No, it turns out his mother choked to death due to an allergic reaction to walnuts, not because he fed her too quickly?!
The walnut pieces look similar to the peanut pieces, and it is difficult to tell the difference after they are boiled.
He got up in a hurry in the morning and his mind was not clear. He didn't even wash his face when Zheng Xiaohong urged him to feed his mother. He didn't pay any attention to this.
Damn it, he almost took the blame for that vicious woman Zheng Xiaohong!
No wonder Zheng Xiaohong was so resentful after getting up this morning, and kept complaining that he didn't help her.
He was worried that she would turn evil, so he had to stay at home to help her and feed her mother.
He actually fell for Zheng Xiaohong's trick and was dragged by her into becoming the executioner who killed his own mother!
"Because my grandmother is allergic to walnuts, she has avoided them for years and never buys them to eat. Everyone in the family knows this."
"So, can you explain where the walnut pieces in this porridge came from, Old Chi and Stepmom?"
"You knew my grandma was allergic to walnuts and couldn't touch them, but you still used them to make porridge and fed them to her. If that wasn't intentionally trying to kill her, what is that?"
"I didn't do this. I had no idea. I only fed your mother a few mouthfuls of porridge. I had no idea there were chopped walnuts in it."
"If I had known, I would never have fed you milk. No matter what, I would never do something like deliberately harming my own mother."
"It's all your fault, Zheng Xiaohong! Not only did you want to harm my mom, you even used me to do it. You have a black heart!"
Finding that he almost took the blame for Zheng Xiaohong, Chi Jianjun began to cry out for injustice, then grabbed Zheng Xiaohong by the collar and wanted to settle the score with her.
Not only did Zheng Xiaohong harm his mother, she even did it through him. It really made him angry!
If Gu Ai hadn't noticed something was wrong and found out the truth in time, he would have lived the rest of his life with the guilt of killing his own mother!
How could Zheng Xiaohong admit it?
Once she admitted it, she would be convicted of murdering her mother-in-law, and she would be sentenced to jail and even be shot.
"I, I am also wronged. I bought the ingredients of this eight-treasure porridge from a peddler selling miscellaneous grains in the countryside. What was mixed in it is nothing more than what the other party said."
"The vendor said there were no chopped walnuts mixed in, so I thought it was just chopped peanuts. Who knew the vendor was dishonest and tried to fool me? I couldn't tell by my poor eyesight."
Anyway, the peddler was walking around the streets and was nowhere to be found, so Zheng Xiaohong just pushed everything onto him.
As long as she doesn't admit that she deliberately mixed walnut pieces into the food to harm others, no one can prove her guilt.
However, no one believed Zheng Xiaohong's sophistry at all.
Aunt Wang rolled her eyes at her, thinking that Zheng Xiaohong was treating them all as fools.
Walnut crumbs are much more expensive than peanut crumbs. Is the vendor a fool? Not only does he not explain clearly, but he also actively mixes the more expensive walnut crumbs into the product?
It must be that Zheng Xiaohong spent extra money, so someone gave her the extra money.
Who would believe that she didn't mean to harm Li Zaohua?
I really didn't expect that Zheng Xiaohong, who used to be like a punching bag, would be so cruel and ruthless.
If she didn't want to take care of her paralyzed mother-in-law, then she could just not do it. Why would she resort to such ruthless violence and kill her?!
Thinking of this, Aunt Wang and others looked at Zheng Xiaohong with lingering fear.
They were afraid that they had accidentally offended Zheng Xiaohong in the past, which would make her hate them and take ruthless action against them.
Zheng Xiaohong was furious when she found out that no one believed her at all.
Then his eyes fell on the pot of porridge and he rushed forward like crazy to snatch the pot.
As long as she pours out all the porridge in the pot and destroys the evidence, no one will be able to find any evidence that she has committed murder!
Of course, Iketani Ai would not let her succeed.
The moment Zheng Xiaohong pounced on the rice pot, she kicked it.
Zheng Xiaohong, who was rushing towards the rice pot, was kicked in the direction where Li Zaohua was lying dead.
Zheng Xiaohong, who was kicked and failed to brake, fell on Li Zaohua.
As luck would have it, the yellow paper covering Li Zaohua's face was blown away by the wind she brought.
The face, which looked a little hideous and purple due to suffocation, was facing Zheng Xiaohong.
Zheng Xiaohong's pupils shrank, and she screamed and tried to crawl away.
But because he was so scared that his legs went weak, he fell on Li Zaohua again.
This time, Zheng Xiaohong pressed hard on Li Zaohua's chest, causing the porridge stuck in Li Zaohua's throat to suddenly spurt out and hit Zheng Xiaohong's cheek.
Then, the dead Li Zaohua let out a gasping sound.
Hearing the panting sound, Zheng Xiaohong forgot the disgust of being contaminated by filth, and felt both happy and surprised.
The good news is that my mother-in-law may have come back to life and is not completely dead, which means she has not been involved in any murder.
There was no way her stepdaughter could send her to jail.
What shocked her was that if her mother-in-law came back to life, wouldn’t she still be a burden to her in the future?! She really didn’t want to take care of her anymore!
Chi Jianjun also thought that his mother was alive again, so he hurried forward to check.
What disappointed Chi Jianjun was that after checking, he found that the sound was caused by the food that was blocked in his mother's throat being vomited out and the breath that was trapped in her chest being expelled.
His mother died after all and could not come back to life.
"Zheng Xiaohong! You killed my mother, I'm going to fight you!"
Chi Jianjun was certain that it was Zheng Xiaohong who deliberately cooked porridge with walnuts in it for his mother, killing her.
Chi Jianjun, like a filial son, rushed to Zheng Xiaohong and slapped her in the face.
Zheng Xiaohong, who had just climbed up from Li Zaohua, was pulled back again.
After being beaten, Zheng Xiaohong was stunned for a moment, but when she came to her senses, she rushed forward and fought with Chi Jianjun.
"I killed her? You're talking nonsense! It was you who choked your mother to death while feeding her. You are the murderer who killed your mother!"
Chi Jianjun did not accept the accusation at all and slapped Zheng Xiaohong again.
"How dare you, bitch! If you hadn't put chopped walnuts in the porridge, my mom wouldn't have suffocated to death because of the allergic reaction. It's all your fault, bitch! And you want me to take the blame!"
"If I had known you were so cruel, I shouldn't have married you in the first place!"
"Since I married you, there haven't been many good things happening to our family. It's been going downhill."
"Your ex-mother-in-law is right. You are a jinx. You brought bad luck to your ex-husband, and now you are bringing bad luck to me and my mother!"
"My mother was killed by you!"
When Zheng Xiaohong heard Chi Jianjun calling her a jinx, her eyes turned red and she was burning with rage.
What she hates most in her life is people calling her a jinx!
When she was a child, her family members died one after another, and she was scolded as the unlucky star that brought bad luck to the whole family.
Later, when she got married and her husband died, her reputation was further confirmed.
When Chi Jianjun wanted to marry her, he clearly said that he didn't mind her reputation.
Unexpectedly, he still disliked her in his heart and thought that all the problems in the family were caused by her.
Thinking about everything she has done for this family over the years, Zheng Xiaohong feels that it is not worth it.
Seeing Chi Jianjun waving his hand towards her again, Zheng Xiaohong grabbed his arm and bit it.
Chi Jianjun was in so much pain that he cried out in pain.
"Are you pretending to be a filial son in front of me now?! Why didn't you take care of your mother yourself when she was paralyzed?! You pushed all the care work of your mother onto me and you just enjoy yourself. Do you know what kind of life I've been living?!"
"Then you can't harm my mother! She's your mother-in-law!"
"I told you I didn't mean to do that. It was the grain vendor who mixed in chopped walnuts and didn't tell me the truth!"
"Do you take me for a fool? Do you believe what you said?!"
Ai Iketani watched the couple fighting each other and had no intention of trying to stop them.
Aunt Wang and others were also stunned.
If the two of them had not bumped into the spirit bed during the fight and almost knocked Li Zaohua, who was lying on it, to the ground, they would not have been able to react.
Seeing that Li Zaohua couldn't rest in peace even after her death, Aunt Wang and others shook their heads and sighed.
He hurried forward and finally managed to pull the two people apart.
Zheng Xiaohong bit herself to death because her eyesight was poor and she didn't notice that there were chopped walnuts mixed in the grains.
Iketani Ai didn't argue with her and asked someone to notify her colleagues at the Public Security Bureau.
Someone died in the family, and it wasn't a natural death, but Zheng Xiaohong couldn't just deny it.
There were not many vendors selling miscellaneous grains near the textile factory in recent days. With the help of public security colleagues and the masses, the vendor who sold miscellaneous grains to Zheng Xiaohong was quickly found.
When the hawker was found by the police, he was terrified.
I thought that the policy had changed again and that running my small business was illegal.
When the peddler found out that someone had died in the family to whom he had sold grains, and that they said that walnut pieces had been mixed into the grains he sold, he immediately cried out that he was innocent!
"Comrade Public Security, there is absolutely no walnut powder mixed into the grains at my house. If you don't believe me, you can check it yourself."
"Walnuts are much more expensive than whole grains. How could I possibly mix this with whole grains?"
"What I sold to them was only eight-treasure mixed grains mixed with crushed peanuts. There was absolutely no crushed walnuts."
The police checked the grain bags on the vendor's cart and asked the families who had bought grains from the vendor that day. They finally confirmed that the vendor had indeed not sold grains mixed with chopped walnuts.
Zheng Xiaohong didn't expect that the police actually found the hawker, and her heart sank.
Because the walnut pieces were not sold by the vendor, but she bought them from somewhere else and crushed them to mix in.
The peddler was found, and she couldn't put the blame on him.
Staring at Zheng Xiaohong's pale face and seeing that she could no longer argue, Chi Jianjun wanted to rush up and hit her again, but was stopped by the police.
The moment she was handcuffed, Zheng Xiaohong broke down and collapsed to the ground.
Chi Guyu rushed back from school after learning that something happened at home and was dumbfounded when he saw his mother being handcuffed and taken away.
Why can't her mother just be more patient and be so cruel to her mother?
Now, not only did he lose himself, but he also cheated her, his own daughter!
With a mother who killed her mother-in-law, how could she possibly marry into a good family in the future?!
After Zheng Xiaohong was arrested, Chi Jianjun was filled with relief.
Fortunately, the public security officers enforced the law clearly and knew that his feeding was not the main cause of his mother's death, so they did not arrest him.
What was even more fortunate was that he discovered Zheng Xiaohong's true cruel face in time, and did not give Zheng Xiaohong the opportunity to harm him.
Thinking of this, Chi Jianjun looked at Chi Gu Ai who was also in mourning.
Chi Jianjun now has complicated feelings towards this eldest daughter.
You have to know that Iketani Ai was not very kind when she was obsessed with the cause of her mother's death.
Instead, he thought that he was responsible for his mother's death and wanted to send him in as well.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise and helped him.
This made Chi Jianjun feel neither love nor hate, nor gratitude towards Chi Gu.
I can only continue to kneel in front of the mourning hall and burn paper, just as if Chi Gu Ai didn't exist.
Chi Gu Ai felt very sorry that she couldn't send Chi Jianjun in with her to keep her stepmother company.
In the middle of the night, she leaned against the corner of the mourning hall, looked at Chi Jianjun who was sleeping and snoring, and clicked on the system hotspot connection.
After possessing Li Zaohua, Iketani Ai first lay down and received Li Zaohua's remaining memories.
He discovered that Li Zaohua's memory was full of malice towards her childhood predecessor, and she even thought about selling her to human traffickers. He felt that the vicious old woman deserved to be killed.
Thinking of Chi Jianjun saying during the day that the family had no money and asked her to pay for Li Zaohua's funeral, Chi Guyai snorted.
Such a vicious grandma, I can't refuse and have to wear mourning clothes for her, Chi Jianjun also wants me to pay for her grand funeral? What a joke!
Having said that, if I don't pay a penny, I will definitely attract gossip from my neighbors.
Ikeyani Ai's eyes turned, and she controlled her slightly stiff limbs to climb up from the coffin and walked towards the room where Li Zaohua was sleeping.
After finding the place where Li Zaohua hid her money in her memory, Chi Guai dug out all the money she had hidden.
After counting, I found there were more than two hundred yuan!
Using this money to hold a funeral for Li Zaohua will also gain a good reputation. It's a good deal!
Ai Iketani felt that she was a really filial granddaughter, at least she didn't embezzle the money.
After returning to the mourning hall and stuffing the money into herself, Chi Gu Ai turned around and slapped Chi Jianjun to wake him up.
Then, like a zombie, it pounced on him with twisted limbs!
As soon as Chi Jianjun opened his eyes, he saw his mother rushing towards him in the dark mourning hall with the look of a murderous ghost.
He was so scared that he screamed and turned over to run away!
But his hands and feet were out of control and he couldn't get up at all.
Li Zaohua pounced on him and strangled him, causing him to roll his eyes.
His mother is angry at him for being careless and not noticing the walnut pieces in the porridge and letting her eat it. Is she out to kill him?
Chi Jianjun was so scared that he burst into tears and struggled desperately!
The noise made by Chi Jianjun's struggling woke up Chi Guyu and Chi Gufeng who were also keeping vigil nearby.
As soon as the brother and sister opened their eyes, they saw their dead grandmother strangling their father's neck, pinching his tongue so hard that it stuck out.
The timid brother and sister both fainted in fright!
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