Ma Yunfei licked his lips and said with difficulty, "Wife, you...you must calm down and not do anything foolish. You have to believe me. From now on, I will quit gambling and never gamble again. I will find a way to make money, pay off my gambling debts, and let our family of three live a happy life."
With tears streaming down her face, Chen Yuyan said, "Ma Yunfei, I've been trying to persuade you for ten years, but you've been stubborn and unrepentant. As the old saying goes, 'Once you step onto the gambling table, it's like entering a wolf's den.' I no longer trust you."
Although Ma Yunfei's stomach was growling with hunger, he dared not open his mouth to eat.
Because after eating this last lunch, the whole family would drink rat poison and commit suicide.
His hands and legs were tightly bound, and as long as Chen Yuyan pinched his nose, rat poison would be poured into his stomach.
Ma Yunfei shouted with all his might, "Help!"
Chen Yuyan said with a sneer, "Stop shouting, it won't do any good no matter how hard you shout, there are no neighbors next to our house."
Ma Yunfei was utterly disappointed, muttering to himself, "Poor Ma Yunfei, I've only been reborn for less than half a day, and now I'm going to the underworld again. It's truly a cruel twist of fate!"
Chen Yuyan stood up, put her rice bowl on the table, and said, "Ma Yunfei, if you want to starve to death, there's nothing I can do."
She went into the kitchen, took out three cups, poured three packets of rat poison into each cup, and then poured the remaining half-bottle of honey into the cups.
Chen Yuyan brought out a glass of rat poison and said calmly, "Yueyue, drink this glass of honey water."
Ma Yunfei shouted, "Chen Yuyan, you are the most vicious woman in the world! You actually tried to kill my daughter with your own hands! You...you are truly a heartless serpent!"
Chen Yuyan sneered, "Ma Yunfei, are you stupid? Yueyue is my sister's daughter. My sister entrusted her to me before she died. Now, I have no ability to protect her. The only thing I can do is let her go with me."
Ah! Yueyue isn't actually my biological daughter; she's my sister-in-law's daughter.
So why don't he and Chen Yuyan have a child?
"Honey, I'm begging you. I swear to God: from this day forward, I will never gamble again. You have to believe me, you absolutely have to believe me, just this one last time, okay?"
Chen Yuyan placed the honey water on a small stool.
Yueyue ran over, touched the cup with her hand, and said, "Mom, the water is a little hot. I'll drink it when it cools down."
Chen Yuyan brought over another glass of honey water and said coldly, "This glass is yours. You'd better drink it properly, or I'll have to force you to drink it while holding your nose."
Ma Yunfei's heart was as cold as ice; he had reached the pinnacle of despair.
It's truly a case of crying out to heaven and earth in vain.
Counting on his fingers, he has only been reborn in this family for two hours before he has to go to the underworld again.
With tears in his eyes, Ma Yunfei said, "Wife, to tell you the truth, your husband is dead. I am another man who was reborn into your husband's body. I have never had the bad habit of gambling. If you make me drink rat poison, it will be the same as killing two lives."
"Hehe... Ma Yunfei, you're quite good at making up stories. Please keep going. I'd love to hear what other exciting stories you can come up with."
Ma Yunfei's mind raced; he needed to come up with a good idea to escape the fate of drinking rat poison.
Ma Yunfei's mind was like a stopped machine, completely blank.
Chen Yuyan squatted down and said, "Ma Yunfei, last night was supposed to be our wedding night, but you went gambling and lost a thousand yuan. You even sold our daughter. Tell me, wasn't our wedding night bizarre?"
"Was last night our wedding night?"
Ma Yunfei suddenly noticed a large "double happiness" character pasted on the wall and a red sheet covering the bed.
“Ma Yunfei, if it weren’t for your father saving me from the pond when I was ten, I would never have married a gambler like you. I thought you would turn over a new leaf, but now I’m desperate and can only end our marriage with my death. I hope that in the underworld we will go our separate ways and never see each other again.”
Ma Yunfei asked in surprise, "Did I gamble again last night?"
"Don't play dumb. Last night, as soon as you put down your bowl, you were called away by a bunch of shady friends. This morning, you came running back drunk and told me that you had sold your daughter for a thousand yuan to pay off your debts. I ask you: Who did you sell your daughter to?"
"I...I can't remember."
“Ma Yunfei, if you sell your daughter today, you’ll sell your wife tomorrow. Our family can’t go on like this anymore. The only way out is death.”
"Wife, I...I've changed my mind. I won't sell our daughter."
“Ma Yunfei, don’t say anything more. I’ll ask you one last time: are you going to drink this rat poison willingly, or do I have to hold your nose and force it down your throat?”
Ma Yunfei pleaded in terror, "Wife, I don't want to die, I really don't want to die. Please spare me this time. I promise I'll never gamble again. I... I'll let you cut off one of my fingers."
Chen Yuyan sighed and said, "It's too late, it's all too late. I can't trust you anymore, Ma Yunfei. Our fate in this life is over."
As she spoke, Chen Yuyan pinched Ma Yunfei's nose.
Ma Yunfei struggled desperately, but Chen Yuyan's leg was pressing down on his chest, so he could only kick his legs wildly.
Just at this critical moment, the door was kicked open with a bang.
Chen Yuyan's hand trembled, and the cup fell to the ground and shattered with a crash.
An old man barged into the house.
At that moment, Yueyue was holding the cup of honey water laced with rat poison, about to put it in her mouth.
Ma Yunfei shouted, "Yueyue, don't drink it! The water is poisoned!"
Seeing the scene inside the room, the old man seemed to realize something. He kicked out and knocked over the cup of poison in Yueyue's hand.
The old man said with a stern face, "Ma Yunfei, I'm taking your daughter away."
After saying that, the old man slammed a piece of paper on the table, turned around, and picked up Yueyue.
"Mother!"
Yueyue screamed and struggled in the old man's arms.
Chen Yuyan lunged at the old man like a madwoman, yelling, "Put my daughter down!"
The old man raised his leg and kicked Chen Yuyan to the ground, saying fiercely, "Your husband has already sold his daughter to me."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Ma Yunfei used all his strength, and with a snap, the rope broke.
He jumped up from the ground and pounced on the old man.
The old man seemed to have been prepared. He dodged to the side, holding Yueyue in one arm, and punched Ma Yunfei in the chest with the other.
Ma Yunfei was still under the influence of alcohol and could barely walk steadily. How could he withstand such a punch? He staggered and fell to the ground.
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