Chapter 25 If you don't give up, I'll kill you...
Chapter 25
The air suddenly became quiet.
Chen Xiulan's face contorted for a moment, "Meng Yingying!"
Meng Yingying was really annoyed by them. From the first moment she met them, she knew that Chen Xiulan and Uncle Meng were the same kind of people.
shrewd eyes, greedy gaze, and an arrogant attitude.
Everything about them, inside and out, shows that they are the same kind of people.
This was also the type of person Meng Yingying disliked the most.
"Excuse me, who are you?" Meng Yingying stood at the door, unmoved, showing no intention of letting her in. Her tone was distant as well: "I don't think I know you."
"I don't think our relationship is good enough that you can call me by my name."
When it comes to maintaining a haughty attitude, no one can compare to Meng Yingying. The so-called genius Meng Yingying was inherently aloof and distant.
Chen Xiulan was so angry she almost fell over. She realized that Meng Yingying, who was acting so aloof, actually seemed like a wealthy young lady raised by a well-off family.
In this era where everyone looks so drab, Meng Yingying's skin is as white as milk, and she has a face with exquisite features, delicate eyebrows, red lips and white teeth. It's hard for anyone to ignore her.
Her figure was also amazing. She was wearing a loose dress, but somehow she had cinched it at the waist, making her waist look incredibly slender and delicate.
It's absolutely gorgeous.
Chen Xiulan couldn't understand how the Meng Yingying in front of her could be so different from the dark-skinned, 300-pound Meng Yingying her son had described.
But she knew one thing: no man is immune to lust, and her son was no exception. If her son were to see Meng Yingying's true appearance...
He will definitely regret breaking off the engagement.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiulan immediately became vigilant. Even if Meng Yingying was beautiful, she would never let Meng Yingying come to their house.
A beautiful, orphaned girl is not needed by the Qi family.
What the Qi family needs are in-laws who can provide assistance to their family, not girls like Meng Yingying who have lost their parents and are all alone.
You know who I am, right?
Chen Xiulan's gaze was somewhat scrutinizing, the kind that looked you up and down.
Meng Yingying rubbed her itchy fingers, barely suppressing the urge to slap someone. "I don't know."
"Ma'am," she smiled, "who are you?"
Her attitude infuriated Chen Xiulan to the point of being speechless; "She's certainly sharp-tongued."
She originally wanted to say that she was Qi Changming's mother, but then she thought about it and was afraid that Meng Yingying would become clingy to her once she found out her identity.
That would be a losing proposition.
"Forget it, you don't need to know who I am."
Chen Xiulan said, "I'm here on someone's behalf to tell you that since you've broken off your engagement, you should go back to where you came from as soon as possible and not stay in Harbin."
Meng Yingying stood at the door, quietly looking at her, her eyes clear as water, "On what grounds did you ask me to leave?"
"Is Harbin your home?"
She couldn't understand how the Qi family could be so shameless as to interfere with her decision to stay in Harbin.
Chen Xiulan was taken aback. "Harbin isn't my city, but let me tell you, my Qi family are locals in Harbin, and we've been operating here for forty years. Meng Yingying, are you sure you want to go against us?"
“I’m here to give you a chance. If you know what’s good for you, you’ll give up your spot in the performing arts troupe and leave Harbin.”
"otherwise--"
Meng Yingying sensed the threat in the voice, and her porcelain-white face hardened. "Otherwise what?"
"Kill me?"
As she spoke, she leaned closer to Chen Xiulan, lowered her voice, and enunciated each word clearly, "Are you sure you want to kill me?"
Even her tone sounded fearful, coupled with her flustered, pale face.
Chen Xiulan looked at her carefully, and after confirming that Meng Yingying was afraid, she nodded threateningly, "It's good that you know."
Who would have thought?
One second ago, Meng Yingying was pale with fear and trembling, but the next second she hid behind Officer Qin and cried out for help, "Comrade, you have to be my witness!"
Her doe-like eyes were filled with terror.
“I don’t know this comrade, but as soon as she arrived, she threatened me to leave Harbin and give up the cultural troupe’s assessment, otherwise she would kill me.”
Meng Yingying looked puzzled. "It's true that I'm from out of town, but are people in Harbin really this vicious? They'll kill someone over the slightest disagreement."
Comrade Qin was almost leaving, but after hearing Meng Yingying's words, her face darkened immediately. "Comrade Meng, don't worry, the people of Harbin are definitely not thugs, much less local bullies who would kill someone at the slightest provocation."
Meng Yingying hid behind Comrade Xiao Qin and pointed at Chen Xiulan, "But this auntie said she wanted to kill me."
"Comrade Qin, what should I do?"
I almost cried.
Seeing Meng Yingying so obedient, weak, and frightened, Comrade Xiao Qin immediately felt the urge to protect her. "Don't be afraid. Our reception area has security personnel, and they are all veterans. They won't let her hurt you."
But this was not the final outcome Meng Yingying wanted. She lowered her eyes and said in a trembling voice, "But what if she kills the security guards too?"
Meng Yingying knew from a young age that when an individual cannot solve a problem, it should be addressed by the group.
Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Officer Qin's eyebrows furrowed, and she looked furious. "She dares! If she really dares to do this, my older brother is a police officer in the Public Security Bureau. I can testify for you and have her arrested."
This is exactly what Meng Yingying wanted.
She asked Comrade Qin to be her witness, essentially with the intention of calling the police. Otherwise, she wouldn't have asked Comrade Qin to be her witness in the first place.
"Thank you so much, Comrade Qin." Meng Yingying held Comrade Qin's hand and said dependently, "I really don't know what I would have done without you."
Hearing this, Comrade Qin's protective instincts surged even stronger. She looked at Chen Xiulan with a face full of accusation, "You, a local, you're just making a fool of us locals."
"And they keep kicking people out. Do they think Harbin is their personal home?"
Chen Xiulan was surprised that Meng Yingying had managed to win over the receptionist at the team's guesthouse with just a few words.
"Comrade, don't be fooled by that vixen Meng Yingying."
"She spoke first, asking if I was going to kill her."
Pointed at by her, Meng Yingying turned pale and hid behind Comrade Qin, asking, "What was your answer?"
"Are you saying you're going to kill me?"
Chen Xiulan remained silent; she absolutely could not admit it at this moment.
Seeing this, Comrade Qin immediately understood what was going on and shouted into the corridor, "Old Wu, call the police! Someone's trying to kill someone!"
This shout startled everyone in the other rooms of the guesthouse, who all came out to greet the crowd.
"Who wants to kill someone?"
"This is the garrison's guesthouse. Who would dare to kill someone here? They'd be asking for trouble."
As more and more people came out to watch the commotion, Chen Xiulan turned to run away. Unlike Meng Yingying, who was from out of town, she was a local and had a job.
If someone she knows sees this, won't she have any shame?
Unfortunately, she was trying to run away. Meng Yingying, with her sharp eyes, deliberately raised her voice, "She's trying to run away!"
When Comrade Xiao Qin saw Lao Wu coming up the stairs, he immediately pointed at Chen Xiulan's nose and said, "It's her! Lao Wu, grab her!"
Upon hearing Xiao Qin's shout, Lao Wu jumped up almost instantly, rushed to Chen Xiulan's side, and pinned her down. "Committing a crime in the garrison's guesthouse, do you think we're dead?"
Old Wu was also a veteran. He was later transferred to the team's guesthouse. When he jumped like that, his elbow came down.
Chen Xiulan almost screamed, "Ah!"
It hurt her terribly.
Old Wu sneered, "You deserve to die in pain."
"Don't worry, everyone." He looked at the people coming out of the room and said, "Our garrison guesthouse is protected by veterans, and we will never allow any bad guys to commit crimes in the garrison guesthouse."
Everyone immediately felt a little relieved.
"That's alright, but people like that are really despicable."
Chen Xiulan had never experienced anything like this before. She had lived a respectable and dignified life.
"Don't listen to their nonsense, this is my daughter-in-law."
She immediately defined the matter as a private one, saying, "It was just us arguing and joking around."
"If we weren't acquaintances, I would never have said such a thing, wouldn't you say so, Meng Yingying?"
She was still winking at Meng Yingying.
"yes."
Chen Xiulan was overjoyed when Meng Yingying agreed, knowing that Meng Yingying was young and easy to manipulate.
However, the next second, Meng Yingying, whom she thought was easy to manipulate, suddenly started crying and said, "You asked me to break off my engagement with your son, and I'm breaking off my engagement too."
"After the engagement was called off, I could no longer count on my childhood sweetheart, so I could only hope that I could pass the exam to join the cultural troupe stationed in the military."
"But you won't even leave me this much hope, threatening to kill me if I don't get out of Harbin."
"The people here are the judge. Is there really such a person in the world? Or is it that everyone in Harbin is this domineering, and I, an outsider, can't even stay here?"
Hey!
That's quite a big hat.
The people around her immediately spoke up for her, "How could that be? Everyone in Harbin is a good person."
"That's right. We Harbin people are not only righteous, but also soft-hearted. We would never bully the weak."
"As this comrade said, if you stay, we will beat you to death. Such scum are rare in Harbin."
“I know her. She’s the deputy director of the supply and marketing cooperative. What’s her name? Chen Xiulan? Her husband works at the grain bureau, right?”
It turned out that someone at the scene had actually recognized him.
Chen Xiulan immediately became anxious and vehemently denied it, saying, "Don't talk nonsense, I am not Chen Xiulan."
"Pah, you are Chen Xiulan."
"You really think I don't recognize you?"
It turned out that a woman came out of a room at the back of the corridor.
"I even bought things from your supply and marketing cooperative before, and you were the one who weighed them for me. By the way, my older sister lives in the same apartment building as you, but it's normal that you don't recognize me. After all, you, Chen Xiulan, are so arrogant, how could you possibly remember a relative of your neighbor?"
“However,” the other person changed their tone, becoming sarcastic, “don’t think that just because you don’t admit you’re Chen Xiulan, I won’t recognize you.”
The other person was an older woman who grabbed Meng Yingying's hand and started nagging, "Comrade, don't be afraid of this old hag. You and her son have already broken off the engagement, so what kind of mother-in-law is she to you?"
“Since she’s not your mother-in-law, how dare she not only kick you out but also try to beat you to death? I think you should call the police and have her arrested.”
"We in Harbin will not tolerate such scoundrels who tarnish the reputation of the people of Harbin."
Meng Yingying felt a warmth in her heart. She hadn't expected that even after she made a big fuss in this unfamiliar place, there would still be people who stood by her side without hesitation.
In fact, Meng Yingying felt that these people in front of her were even better than her neighbors who had watched her grow up in Mengjiatun.
Meng Yingying is a simple-minded person, and everything is written on her face. "Auntie, thank you. If you hadn't said that, I would have almost mistaken her for my mother-in-law."
"Pooh."
"What kind of mother-in-law is she? Not only did you not have any of the proper betrothal and marriage arrangements, but you also broke off the engagement with her son. To you, she's just a piece of dog poop on the street."
Meng Yingying was feeling quite upset before, but when she heard the word "dog poop," she almost couldn't help but burst out laughing.
But in the end, I held back.
"Meng Yingying!"
Seeing everyone siding with Meng Yingying and being called a piece of trash herself, Chen Xiulan immediately became anxious, "Stop trying to frame me."
Meng Yingying turned around, her fair face full of indifference, her eyes devoid of any emotion. "Whether I framed you or not, everyone present can testify for me."
"Whether you're trying to kill me or not, Officer Qin can testify."
"Auntie, if you don't want people to know, then don't do it in the first place."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Qin, the officer next to him, shouted, "Make way, make way, the police are here."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiulan's legs went weak. She pretended to be calm and said, "I didn't kill anyone. I was just giving my future daughter-in-law a warning. You can't arrest me."
Unfortunately, Officer Qin wouldn't listen to her explanation. She immediately turned to her older brother and said, "Officer Qin, I heard it with my own ears. This woman threatened Comrade Meng Yingying, saying that if she gave up the cultural troupe's assessment and got out of Harbin, she would kill her!"
Qin Gong was born with a square face and thick eyebrows, and he looked very righteous.
However, this time he didn't blindly believe his own sister, but asked Meng Yingying, the person involved, "Is what she said true?"
"Yes."
Meng Yingying seemed to have thought of something terrible, her fair face filled with terror, "She's the one who wants to kill me."
The little girl was well-behaved and pretty, with an innocent and frightened look on her face. No one thought she was lying.
Compared to Chen Xiulan's mean expression, as if she wanted to devour her alive, the difference in their attitude was immediately apparent.
"Comrade, you have made an unwarranted threat to the personal safety of the victim. Please come with us."
When Qin Gong'an took the silver handcuffs, he was about to put them on Chen Xiulan. Chen Xiulan's legs went weak; she had lived a dignified life.
I've never been taken away by the police.
"Comrade, you can't take me away. I was just joking with Meng Yingying."
“She is my daughter-in-law. Go out and ask around. Since ancient times, it’s normal for a mother-in-law to either scold her daughter-in-law or beat her to death.”
Meng Yingying was somewhat angry, "If your daughter-in-law is not only going to be beaten, but also at risk of being killed at any time, then I will absolutely never marry into your family."
"Besides, I've already broken off my engagement with your son!"
At this point, Meng Yingying turned to Officer Qin and said, "Officer, based on what this officer said, I suspect that her eldest daughter-in-law may be beaten and verbally abused at any time in their family."
"I request that the police officers and the women's federation work together to investigate the Qi family. If it is true, as she says, that it is normal for a mother-in-law to beat and kill her daughter-in-law, then please do your best to save that innocent and pitiful woman."
"After all, even the landlords in the old society weren't as vicious as the Qi family."
"They beat and abused their daughter-in-law!"
As for how Meng Yingying knew that they had a daughter-in-law.
She deduced that from Qi Xiaoer's name; he definitely had an older brother, otherwise he wouldn't be called Qi Xiaoer.
Qi Jia’s Huang Zhizhi couldn’t help but sneeze. Who was talking about her?
Chen Xiulan never expected that the excuse she made up would become evidence of their abuse of their daughter-in-law in Meng Yingying's mouth.
Chen Xiulan stared wide-eyed, wishing she could devour Meng Yingying alive.
"Our family is not an old landlord family!"
If Meng Yingying dragged her along like this, she would suspect that her whole family would be dragged down with her.
Startled by the glare, Meng Yingying ducked behind Officer Qin like a frightened deer, whispering, "Officer, she's glaring at me, I'm scared."
Qin Gong'an frowned, looked up, and saw Chen Xiulan's vicious expression. He scolded, "Behave yourself."
"If what Comrade Meng said is true, that your Qi family has a habit of abusing female comrades, then the Women's Federation should definitely come in and investigate."
"But before that, you need to come with me to the police station to make a statement."
This was said to Chen Xiulan.
Seeing that she couldn't escape, Chen Xiulan was dumbfounded. "Comrade, don't listen to Meng Yingying's nonsense."
But Qin Gong'an seemed to be under Meng Yingying's spell, ignoring her completely. He turned to Meng Yingying, whose face was pale and who looked obedient, and whispered, "Comrade Meng, you also need to come to the police station with me."
"You are the victim. Come with us to make a statement."
Meng Yingying hesitated for a moment, then bit her lip and said obediently, "Can't I not go?"
"I have to go to the cultural troupe stationed in the team for an assessment this morning."
Police Officer Qin shook his head. "That won't do. You're the person involved, so you have to come with us. Here's what we'll do." He thought for a moment. "Once you're in our unit, I'll give you priority in taking your statement and try not to delay your assessment time."
Meng Yingying raised her wrist to check the time, then nodded, "Alright then."
"The police officers helped me solve my problem, so it's only right that I cooperate with them."
Her fair face, obedient demeanor, and bright, sparkling eyes all exuded trust.
This softened Qin Gong'an's tone a bit. "Don't worry, I'll make an exception for you. It won't delay you."
Meng Yingying nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
She left with Officer Qin to go to the police station to give her statement. Halfway there, she remembered that "Qi Xiao Er" had said he would come to pick her up early this morning.
However, Meng Yingying glanced quickly at Chen Xiulan and thought to herself, "She's already sent 'Qi Xiaoer's' mother to the police station."
Will Qi Xiaoer come to pick her up again?
Meng Yingying didn't know. She bit her lip, hesitated for a moment, then turned back and left a message for Xiao Qin, "Comrade Xiao Qin, if Commander Qi comes later, tell him not to come looking for me."
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Author's Note: The red envelope in Chapter 22 has been drawn, mwah!
The next update is still at 6 PM.
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