Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Things went well. There will be a reward when I go home...
Apart from the Kong family, only Changzong and Uncle Yang had not returned from the village. Jiang Hongguo became more and more worried and kept Aunt Liu company at night.
Aunt Liu had just returned from Aunt Wang's house, where she had cried with her. Her tears had not yet dried, and she spoke with sorrow and guilt. She had said bad things about Aunt Wang out of jealousy before, but luckily Hongguo kept her mouth shut and didn't tell anyone.
"Your Aunt Wang cried several times and said she was willing to use everything in the house to get Qingdai back. I reminded her to keep a low profile and not buy the TV. It would only make people hate her and be jealous. Then, it might not be possible to get a daughter-in-law back."
The villagers who came back said that Auntie Wang's family showed off their wealth, and the daughter-in-law must have found a treasure, so she was followed. Otherwise, how could Kong Lao San escape but Meng Qingdai didn't? The bad guys knew that Meng Qingdai was valuable, so they wanted to dig treasure from her.
The police investigated for a few days and said that there were few useful clues, no witnesses, and no suspects. The case had made no progress for the time being. They all said that Meng Qingdai could not come back alive, and they were afraid that her body might not even be found.
Jiang Hongguo tossed and turned, unable to sleep, for Meng Qingdai, but more for Gu Changzong. Her worries were right. She knew that Changzong was strange, but others didn't know, so Changzong was safe.
Meng Qingdai was equally puzzled. Aunt Wang's family not only did not help to cover up, but also showed off, which hurt Qingdai badly.
"Hongguo, don't worry about Changzong. Your uncle Yang sent a letter saying that if they can't find him, he and Changzong will be back in a day or two. They have helped to look for him for several days. We have done our best."
"I know, but I feel sad when I think about what happened to Sister Qingdai." Jiang Hongguo felt really sad.
Thinking of Meng Qingdai's fate, Jiang Hongguo became worried about Changzong's future and couldn't control her fear.
Uncle Yang came back, but Changzong didn't come with him. Jiang Hongguo looked worried. Uncle Yang and Aunt Liu misunderstood Hongguo and thought she was jealous. She was jealous that Gu Zhiqing shouldn't care so much about Meng Qingdai and didn't even go home.
Hongguo was not jealous at all. Before Changzong left, he asked her whether she hoped Meng Qingdai was alive or dead. She replied that she hoped Sister Qingdai was alive. If it hadn't been for her saying that, Changzong would have returned long ago.
After waiting for another day, Changzong still didn't come back. Jiang Hongguo began to feel annoyed. No matter how pitiful she felt for others, they were not as important as her own family. Changzong was so stubborn. Why did he take her words as if they were an imperial decree and not know how to adapt?
Before returning to Changzong, Uncle Chen arrived.
Uncle Chen said that he came to see her because he was worried about her, but in fact he was trying to find out about her relationship with Gu Changzong in a roundabout way.
Jiang Hongguo noticed that Uncle Chen had something else in mind and said, "Uncle, I think of you as my own father. If you have something to say, don't beat around the bush and tell me directly."
After Hongguo's father passed away, Chen Minyi treated Hongguo as his own daughter. That was why, after he got the news and found out that Changzong had not returned yet, he became worried about Hongguo.
Since the matter was not explained clearly and Hongguo did not know the seriousness of it, Chen Minyi explained the reason and purpose of his visit.
"Chang Zong's family was rehabilitated. When he went home, the car overturned. The driver, Lao Wang, was the most seriously injured. After he was discharged from the hospital, he suddenly wanted to divorce his wife and be with the doctor who treated him. Meng Qingdai was the same. At first, her family disagreed with the Kong family, but she changed her mind after she was discharged from the hospital. I'm afraid that the feng shui of the place where the accident happened is not good, and I'm worried that Chang Zong will be like this, affecting your relationship with your husband and wife, so I came to ask you, has Chang Zong changed?"
Changzong has changed. To Hongguo, Changzong has become better.
But she didn't dare to say it. Even though she regarded Uncle Chen as her real father, she couldn't tell him about Changzong's changes.
Jiang Hongguo shook his head: "Chang Zong is the same as before. When he was an educated youth, he was a teacher in the literacy class. He and Meng Qingdai had a mentor-apprentice relationship for a while. He just went to find him this time. Uncle Chen, don't think too much. I believe in Chang Zong."
Uncle Chen believed it, but the news he brought made Jiang Hongguo even more uneasy. Master Wang, the car driver, wanted to divorce after being discharged from the hospital. How could someone be interested in him, a doctor in the county hospital, with such a good job?
How did he win the doctor's favor? Was he another Meng Qingdai?
Jiang Hongguo couldn't wait any longer and decided to go to the county town to find Changzong.
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The last time Jiang Hongguo came to the county town was to redress the grievances of Gu Zhiqing's family. He couldn't wait to go back, so Hongguo came to see him off. Later, the passengers in that car had an accident just after leaving the city. Changzong was lucky, as his injuries were the lightest. He did not go back, and his relationship with Hongguo became better and better.
Jiang Hongguo had to admit that there was something going on. If there was something going on, there must be something going on. Changzong was so good to her, and she just wanted to live a good life.
On the way to the county public security bureau, the sky suddenly became overcast and it was about to rain. Hongguo panicked and ran to the eaves of a house to shelter from the rain. Suddenly, she heard a babbling sound coming from the house across the wall. She leaned over and looked through the crack in the door. She saw a girl in the house who was trying to run out but was dragged back. She couldn't shout out and looked like a mute girl.
The weather was bad at the moment and there was no one around. Jiang Hongguo rushed out, letting the raindrops hit her body and face without slowing down. She really wanted to meet a passerby as soon as possible, preferably a strong man to accompany her, so that she could go back and save people.
Jiang Hongguo didn't dare to say it in her heart. In fact, she had the kind of luck that would bounce back when things hit rock bottom. When things were generally bad, she would be lucky again when things were bad.
She was thinking about meeting someone, and she really ran into someone at the corner, but it was not the kind of man who could save people she thought, but a woman who had suffered too much torture and was emaciated and dying. It was Meng Qingdai.
Did she escape by herself? Are the people who captured her chasing after her? Is she running by herself or is she running with Meng Qingdai? Where are Changzong and the three Kong brothers? Are they nearby?
Jiang Hongguo had a series of questions in her mind, and subconsciously followed the stumbling Meng Qingdai.
Meng Qingdai saw clearly that it was her who was hit, but she ignored him and continued running forward desperately. She actually ran to the door of the house where Jiang Hongguo was hiding from the rain, then broke the door open and fell to the ground.
Jiang Hongguo followed closely behind and was stunned by the scene before him.
There were two bodies lying in the main room, a girl's and a man's. The man's throat was bitten and blood was oozing out. The girl's clothes were torn open and her eyes were wide open, as if she died with her eyes open. Meng Qingdai, who had pushed the door open, was exhausted. She had run so fast just now that she could only crawl into the main room little by little.
"Meng Qingdai, what do you want to do?" Jiang Hongguo chased after her, extremely scared and not knowing what to do.
Jiang Hongguo could see clearly that there were deep marks from the hemp rope on her neck and her eyes were terribly bloodshot. She must have been strangled. Was that the reason why she couldn't speak?
Meng Qingdai could no longer climb. She moved her fingertips unwillingly, digging at the soil bit by bit, staring straight at the dead girl in front of her.
Why would he look at a dead person like that? Jiang Hongguo couldn't understand.
He also couldn't understand why he had to drag Meng Qingdai up, step by step, towards the girl in the room who died with her eyes open.
Her tears fell: "Meng Qingdai, if only what happened today hadn't happened, if only no one had died today, I'm so afraid that there will be bad guys chasing us. If what you want now is what you want to reach, I will help you, and after that, I'm going to run for my life."
On the last two steps in front of the main hall, Jiang Hongguo exerted force suddenly, dragged Meng Qingdai, who was not sure whether she was dead or not, onto the body of the dead girl, and then ran away.
She wanted to see Changzong so much now that she wanted to go to the police station and call the police for help.
"Hongguo." There was a gentle girl's voice behind him, but it was not Meng Qingdai's.
Jiang Hongguo was alert and had goose bumps all over his body. He didn't stop but accelerated and rushed out.
"Hongguo." Another voice came, and then Jiang Hongguo's neck was clamped by a warm arm, getting tighter and tighter.
Jiang Hongguo looked up at the strange girl who had come back to life, and was strangled to death by her in fear.
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When Jiang Hongguo woke up, she was lying on the clean white hospital sheets and her nose was filled with the smell of disinfectant. This was a hospital, which made her feel inexplicably at ease. Except for a slight sore throat, everything else was fine.
How long had she slept? How did she get to the hospital? What happened to the other three people in the room besides her? Was Qingdai dead or alive?
These questions lingered in her mind. Even though Gu Changzong was right in front of her, she didn't dare to ask them easily.
She wouldn't say anything to anyone until she understood the situation.
She pretended to have a headache and couldn't remember what happened at that time. She needed time to think about it. Changzong then told her what happened later.
It was raining heavily at the time. He and Kong Laosan chased the crazy Meng Qingdai. When they found the stranger's house, there were four people lying in the house. The owner, the mute girl, and Jiang Hongguo were unconscious. The bodies of Meng Qingdai and another man had already cooled down after being washed by the heavy rain.
The mute girl woke up first, and she told the police, both gesticulating and writing, that she was at home at the time, and the bad man who coveted her wanted to make a fait accompli for her, so he climbed over the wall to get into the house. Jiang Hongguo, who was hiding from the rain, saw them and was strangled by the bad man for trying to help. Meng Qingdai ran in with injuries all over her body and tried to help. The mute girl and Meng Qingdai joined forces to fight, and the mute girl bit the bad man to death. Meng Qingdai died of her injuries.
Do you believe what the mute girl who came back to life said?
Jiang Hongguo felt as if something was trying to tear open her chest and jump out: "Is the girl who survived really mute?"
Gu Changzong didn't understand why Hongguo asked this question. It was obviously a suspicious tone. Why didn't he express his doubts to him? Instead, he asked another question. Hongguo already trusted him a lot, so why did she not trust him now?
Gu Changzong said: "Hongguo, she is a mute girl and has been mute for many years."
Jiang Hongguo nodded and stopped asking silly questions. When the police came to ask about what happened at that time, Hongguo said he had a headache and couldn't remember.
As soon as she said she had a headache, Changzong became as anxious as an ant on hot pan. He went to see a doctor to ask about her condition, went to complete the hospitalization procedures, and stayed in the hospital with her for observation.
There were cries outside. It was Kong Laosan and Aunt Wang. Jiang Hongguo dug her nails into her flesh and said to Gu Changzong, "Is Sister Qingdai in the morgue? I want to go see her, too."
There was no emotion on Gu Changzong's face. Hongguo said that she hoped Meng Qingdai was still alive. She was a step too late to find her, but Meng Qingdai was alive in another way. What Guoguo hoped for was not unfulfilled.
He asked for praise in a tone: "Guoguo, I did a pretty good job, will there be a reward when I go home?"
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