Chapter 219 Two in One
Noticing Jia Anping's gaze, Yue Hongmei glared back at him fiercely.
Jia Anping withdrew his gaze and lowered his eyelids.
Zheng Wenfang looked very haggard. She didn't notice the quarrel between her eldest son and Yue Hongmei. She just cried to Peng Guihua and the others, "Third sister-in-law, I can't live like this anymore. I don't have a daughter of my own. I was so devoted to Xiangxiang, but who knew..."
"Bah, just shut your stinky mouth. You treat Xiangxiang with all your heart, but all you do is make Xiangxiang, a half-grown child, do endless housework." Yue Hongmei couldn't help but scold.
Zheng Wenfang paused in her crying, as if she felt a little aggrieved by Yue Hongmei's words, and said, "Sister Yue, what's wrong with a girl doing some housework? Didn't we all live this way when we were young? I heard from the neighbors in the family compound that your eldest daughter was also ordered around by you when she was Xiangxiang's age? Besides, when I entered the Ding family, Xiangxiang was responsible for the housework at home. How could I have ordered her to do this? Zhigang, don't you think so?"
Yue Hongmei choked and was a little short of breath, but she still defended herself: "She is my biological daughter, it is only natural for me to order her around. You are a stepmother who has never raised Xiangxiang for a day, why should you let Xiangxiang serve you."
Peng Guihua couldn't bear to listen any longer and sneered, "You're not ashamed to say that. How many days have you raised Guoguo? You only care about giving birth but not raising her. You don't deserve to be her parents!"
Yue Hongmei suddenly felt embarrassed. She wanted to refute with Sheng'en, but when she looked at Ding Dayong, Ding Dazhu and Ding Tao standing next to Peng Guihua, and then at herself who was isolated and helpless, she felt sad for a moment and forgot to retort to Peng Guihua.
She turned her head in confusion.
Ding Jianguo didn't come, and Jianshe went to work.
You can't let the whole family waste time just for a dead girl, but forget that Ding Dayong and Ding Tao also have jobs. Peng Guihua and Ding Zhicheng even took a two-day train ride to come and help.
She only saw Ding Jiandang standing at the back of the crowd like a piece of wood. He was like a stranger to her and didn't even look at her.
Yue Hongmei was so angry that she couldn't help but curse: "Ding Jiandang, you are a dead man, can't you see that your mother is about to be bullied to death?"
Ding Jiandang looked up, walked over without knowing what was going on, and did not respond to his mother's accusation.
Yue Hongmei was so angry that she could not hold back her anger. She kept mumbling curses, but the only words she kept coming back were "ungrateful" and "heartless".
In other words, Junjun recently took the children to the countryside again. If Junjun were here, she would not be so isolated and helpless.
When Yue Hongmei was angry but had no place to vent it, Zheng Wenfang kept staring at Ding Zhigang with resentment, and it seemed as if she was waiting for a reaction.
Ding Zhigang looked up at her, then looked away without saying anything.
No matter how unqualified he was as a father, he was still full of expectations when he knew Xiangxiang was preparing for the college entrance examination.
The eldest couple signed up, and Jiandang and Xiangxiang also signed up. He thought that if one of the four could become a college student, it would be an honor for his Ding family, so he was very much looking forward to it.
But this expectation was destroyed by my stepson.
It’s useless that he treats his stepson so well, but he just can’t get him acquainted with her. He’s just like Ding Nianjun.
Ding Zhigang gave in to his stepson again to save face, and he got very angry that day.
So he didn't speak up to protect Zheng Wenfang at this moment.
Zheng Wenfang felt wronged, and tears were about to fall. Peng Guihua said irritably, "Alright, now we need to find the child. Uncle, which places have you searched in the past two days? Let's take a comprehensive look and ask the police. Then we can search separately and plan a plan later."
Ding Zhigang and Yue Hongmei didn't agree, but they didn't object either. They just stiffened their necks and remained silent.
Which places have you searched? The two of them felt a little guilty now, as they didn't seem to have searched many places in the past two days.
Peng Guihua winked at Ding Zhicheng, who looked at Ding Zhigang and said, "Brother, Jianguo's mother, let's find Ding Xiang's child and take her back home. Brother, if you want to give me living expenses, then give me that. If you don't want to, forget it. I'll tell my parents about it in the afterlife."
There was something of a general in these words. The two of them didn't really want that little bit of living expenses. Xiangxiang could earn it by herself with work points. But they just didn't want Ding Zhigang to be too happy. Anything that couldn't be saved would go to Zheng Wenfang and the two bad guys she brought with her.
Sure enough, as soon as Ding Zhicheng finished speaking, Ding Zhigang's face twitched and he blurted out, "Give it to me, how can I not give it to you... No, no, no, Zhicheng, let Xiangxiang stay in the city. I will definitely treat Xiangxiang well."
Zheng Wenfang also said: "Yes, Xiangxiang is just a child, her father and I don't care about her."
Peng Guihua glanced at the eldest sister-in-law. She was so hypocritical. Even if she was so generous, she couldn't leave the family without a child born by Yue Hongmei. She said, "Let's get rid of it. Isn't it enough that the child has caused you trouble? You said you care about it, but I want to ask what you care about?"
"Auntie, can you please be reasonable? It was Ding Xiang who was causing trouble for us. She and her bitch mother prevented me from taking the college entrance examination and ruined my future. I, Jia Anping, will not let this go." Jia Anping, who was standing behind Zheng Wenfang, looked at Yue Hongmei with resentment and said.
Ding Dayong and Ding Dazhu were about to step forward, but Yue Hongmei had already pointed at Jia Anping's nose and started to curse: "Who are you calling a bitch? You little rascal, it was you who hid Xiangxiang's admission ticket and caused her to not be able to take the college entrance examination. You also harmed my son before. It was obviously you and your brother who peeped at female comrades in the toilet, you shameless bastards."
Zheng Wenfang was too busy performing tea art and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Peeping at female comrades when they go to the toilet was something that the party did. I apologized to them on his behalf. Now Ding Xiang has made it impossible for my son to take the college entrance examination, and you are still slandering me..." Then he glared at Ding Zhigang, "Zhigang, are you dead? Can't you see that I am almost being bullied to death by your ex-wife?"
Ding Jiandang rushed over and yelled, "It was Jia Anshun who peeped at the lesbians in the bathroom, not me!"
Jia Anping: "It's you, you're the little hooligan!" His eyes fell on Yue Hongmei again, and he cursed at her expressionlessly, "You're a bitch, you old bitch that no one wants!"
"Anping, don't talk to your elders like that." Zheng Wenfang quickly stopped Jia Anping.
Yue Hongmei was almost mad with anger: "You little bastard..." While cursing, she wanted to rush up and tear Jia Anping apart.
"stop!"
A sharp scolding came from the side. Everyone present was stunned and looked in the direction of the sound.
Ding Guo came over with two police officers, and it was one of them who spoke up to stop them.
"Guoguo, why are you back?" Peng Guihua asked in surprise.
"Sister!" Ding Dayong and others said hurriedly.
Ding Jiandang also shouted, "Big sister!"
His expression was a little complicated for a moment.
"Oh, this is really strange..." Yue Hongmei didn't expect to see Ding Guo at this time. As soon as she said something sarcastic, Ding Guo glanced at her coldly, "Shut up!"
Yue Hongmei: ...
Ding Guo looked around and pointed at the two police officers, Yue Hongmei and Ding Zhigang, and said, "I don't know if you have seen them before, but these two are Ding Zhigang and Yue Hongmei, the biological parents of the missing Ding Xiang. Ding Xiang is not yet an adult, and as Ding Xiang's parents, they have failed to fulfill their guardianship responsibilities for their underage child and should be punished by law."
Yue Hongmei and Ding Zhigang were both stunned. What the hell?
Others were also stunned. What guardianship responsibilities? What sanctions?
The two police officers who followed looked at Yue Hongmei and Ding Zhigang expressionlessly.
In fact, they have never heard of this regulation.
But Ding Guo asked them to help scare this irresponsible pair of parents, and they were willing to help. There was no need for them to say anything at this moment, just look at them sternly, and Ding Guo would do his job.
After Ding Guo finished speaking, he took advantage of the strange silence in the room and pointed at Zheng Wenfang, saying, "This should be Ding Xiang's stepmother. During the time Ding Xiang was in the family compound of Fengning Steel Plant, she and her twin brother were wrongly accused and framed more than once. As a result, her twin brother Ding Jiandang was expelled from school, and Ding Xiang was forced to return home..."
"No, I didn't frame Ding Xiang, it's..." Zheng Wenfang didn't care about being shocked by what Ding Guo had just said. When she saw the war suddenly burning on her head, she hurriedly shouted to stop it.
Of course she had heard of Ding Guo and had written letters to her in-laws. She also knew that Ding Guo had a ruthless personality and would not associate with her family if he said so. But she didn't expect that he would be so harsh to her when they met for the first time.
She didn't offend Ding Guo, did she?
As soon as Zheng Wenfang opened her mouth, Ding Guo suddenly asked, "You didn't make a false accusation. Who was it that peeped at the lesbians going to the bathroom, and who stabbed your little son with a needle?"
When asking questions, she took the microphone specifically for Zheng Wenfang.
"The one who was peeking was Anshun, and the one who was watching Zha Jianhua was Anping. Anshun was young and didn't understand..."
Ding Guo took back the microphone immediately.
Everyone got the impression that because the police were present, Zheng Wenfang was so nervous that he didn't react and blurted out something.
Zheng Wenfang's face changed drastically, and the words she hadn't finished were stuck in an instant. She didn't even care that she would tell the truth, and hurriedly explained: "No, no, no, it's not Anshun, not Anshun and Anping, it's Dingxiang... I mean Dingxiang is the one who zha Jianhua, and the one who peeked at the lesbian in the toilet was Ding Jiandang, not Anshun."
It would have been better if she didn't explain, but such incoherent talk only confirmed that she blurted out the truth in a panic.
Jia Anping's expression changed as well. He looked at his mother viciously and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Then he looked at Ding Guo and the two police officers: "It's not me, nor is it Anshun. My mother is talking nonsense."
Ding Jiandang looked at Zheng Wenfang suddenly, then looked at Ding Guo in shock.
Yue Hongmei and Ding Zhigang felt like they were on a roller coaster. One second ago, they were still worried about guardianship and the law, and their hearts almost jumped out of their throats. They had never heard of any responsibility for not taking good care of the child before!
The next second, the two were shocked by Zheng Wenfang's words!
"Okay! You bitch, I said my son was wronged, you have such a vicious heart..." Yue Hongmei was angry again and pounced on Zheng Wenfang.
Ding Zhigang stood there in a daze, looking at Zheng Wenfang and Jia Anping, mother and son, in disbelief.
There was a commotion over there. Ding Guo looked at Ding Jiandang and waved at him. Ding Jiandang was still a little dazed, but he walked over instinctively: "Big sister!"
"You and Dingxiang have the best relationship and have spent the most time together. Think carefully about where else Dingxiang can go."
Ding Jiandang came back to his senses and said hurriedly, "Sister, I looked for it yesterday."
Ding Guo smiled and said, "When people are overly worried and nervous, they tend to overlook some things hidden in the corners of their memories. Don't worry, put aside a few obvious places, and then think about whether there are other places."
Ding Jiandang nodded blankly: "Okay, okay, I'll think about it again."
Also, was his injustice vindicated?
His innocence was proved, just like that?
Ding Guo then looked at Peng Guihua and the others and said, "Uncle San, Aunt San, these two police officers are here to help find Ding Xiang. I just learned about the places we have searched in the past two days. Let's get together and split up to look for her again."
Peng Guihua and Ding Zhicheng didn't care about the chaos over there, and hurriedly shook hands with the two police officers and thanked them repeatedly.
Then he looked at the people over there who were fighting each other and shook his head. He really couldn't count on them, so he stopped counting on them.
Find the clove quickly and worry about the rest later.
But what kind of guardianship did Ding Guo talk about just now? Could it make Ding Zhigang and Yue Hongmei go to jail?
Ding Guo smiled and shook his head: "I just wanted to scare them and take the opportunity to trick Zheng Wenfang and her son to see if I could get something out of them. I didn't expect that I could really get something out of them."
She was not simply trying to clear the grievances of Ding Jiandang and Ding Xiang. She felt that Ding Zhigang was too idle and had left Ding Xiang to his uncle and aunt, while he himself had a wife and children in the city, and his life was a little too comfortable.
Moreover, in the matter of finding Dingxiang, their presence will be useless except for causing trouble for others. It is better to let them fight each other and find something to do. We can also calm down and sort out our thoughts and find Dingxiang as soon as possible. Uncle and Aunt will not have to run around outside in the cold weather.
Not to mention that Dayong and Ding Tao both took leave to help find people.
And where is the so-called eldest son of the Ding family now?
When Peng Guihua heard that there was no such responsibility, she was a little disappointed. She nodded and said regretfully, "I should have lied about Ding Xiang's admission ticket just now. What the hell is that? They framed Ding Xiang!"
Ding Guo didn't respond and took them away from the raging battle circle. They discussed the directions they would search in and agreed that no matter whether they could find the target or not, they would meet at a fixed location two hours later to discuss the next search arrangements.
The two police officers will continue to help find the person.
The police station has to deal with a lot of cases every day and cannot spare too many people. Now with Peng Guihua and others, there are enough people, so they split up and acted immediately.
Ding Jiandang followed all the time. Without the quarrels and accusations from his parents, Ding Jiandang felt less stressed. He slowly thought about where Ding Xiang might go, and subconsciously followed Ding Guo, walking silently behind him.
Ding Guo took a look and ignored him, turning on the small speaker.
I planned to try my shoes, but shoes can't choose targets out of thin air, so I had to take off my shoes and look along the street. I would also go into alleys to see if there were any abandoned shacks or the like with no owner.
"Does Dingxiang have any food coupons on her?" Ding Guo asked suddenly.
Ding Jiandang took two quick steps forward and said, "No, but she has money on her, so she can only go to the black market to buy things."
Ding Guo nodded and said nothing more.
After walking around without much success, the two turned back and reunited with everyone else, but still couldn't find anyone.
But they were all very cold and their tongues slurred when they spoke.
Ding Guo said: "Let's find a place to eat first, and then we can disperse and look outside the city."
People have to keep looking, but they also have to eat.
The two police officers wanted to refuse, saying they wanted to go back to work to eat, but were pulled in by Ding Zhicheng and Dayong. Ding Zhicheng said, "I've caused you so much trouble, how can I let you go without food?"
When they arrived at the state-owned restaurant, Dayong rushed to pay the money and tickets. Each person had a big bowl of hot shredded chicken noodles, and ordered a few steamed buns in case it was not enough.
After coming out of the state-owned restaurant, Ding Jiandang, perhaps because he was warm and his mind was more active, suddenly thought of something. He looked at Ding Guo and said, "Sister, is it possible that Xiangxiang has returned to the steel plant's staff quarters?"
Ding Guo: "Didn't Ding Zhigang move out? The factory didn't take him back?"
Ding Jiandang: "No, that was the dormitory assigned to my father based on his seniority. He just moved out temporarily and never took it back."
Ding Zhigang borrowed Ding Jianguo's name and said that his eldest son's family was still renting a house outside, and they would move to the staff quarters when the lease on the house expired.
The larger apartment was withdrawn because Ding Zhigang got divorced, and the house was applied for based on the qualifications of both spouses working. Since they are divorced and Yue Hongmei is no longer an employee of the steel plant, she was replaced with a smaller one.
Moving out does not disqualify you.
Ding Jianguo is no longer living there for the time being, so the house will be empty for a while.
"Then hurry over and take a look." Peng Guihua said, "Whether he's here or not, just taking a look will put your mind at ease."
The group hurried to the steel plant's staff quarters.
I didn't expect Dingxiang to be so blind...
Dingxiang was found hiding in a corner of a small house in the steel plant’s housing estate.
The door was locked and she climbed in through the window.
If Ding Guo hadn't heard the rustling sound coming from inside through the small speaker and taken a look through the crack in the door, everyone would have thought that they were in vain again.
Ding Dayong kicked the door open, and Ding Xiang stood up from the corner in fear: "Brother Dayong?"
Then Peng Guihua and her group rushed in. "You kid, oh you kid, you're going to scare us to death!" Peng Guihua stepped forward and pulled the person out. She was anxious and angry, and couldn't help but patted her on the shoulder twice, "You kid!"
Ding Xiang's face was filled with shock, and there was a blank look of disbelief in her eyes. She let Peng Guihua pat her: "Aunt, Uncle, Big Sister!"
Why are Third Aunt and the others here?
Ding Guo glanced at her, then turned to the two police officers and said, "We've found the person. Thank you for your hard work over the past two days. I'm sorry for causing you trouble. Thank you."
The two police officers also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good that they found it. It's good that they found it."
But he still went up to ask Ding Xiang a few questions as usual and also gave her some criticism and education.
Dingxiang was dazed the whole time, and looked a little nervous and timid. She was surprised that Third Aunt and the others would come, and she didn't understand why the police also came.
After the police left, Peng Guihua said helplessly: "Why didn't you send us a telegram?"
Ding Tao also said, "Why didn't you tell me what happened? Look how scared Aunt San and the others were. They bought tickets and came here right away when they knew you were missing, fearing that something might happen to you."
Ding Xiang burst into tears and hugged Peng Guihua and cried: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect..."
I didn't expect that there are still people who care about her.
Ding Jiandang's eyes also turned red.
After Ding Xiang had vented her emotions, Ding Guo said, "Let's go back to Zaohua Lane first!"
The room is so cold. There is not even a brick, let alone a stool.
Neighbors who heard the noise came out and asked in confusion: "What's going on? Didn't Lao Ding move away..."
Seeing Dingxiang, he exclaimed, "Dingxiang? Oh, why are you here? Your dad couldn't find you these past two days and was so worried."
Dingxiang lowered her head and said nothing.
Peng Guihua snorted coldly: "If you were really anxious, you wouldn't force a half-grown child into this state!"
Neighbors asked one after another, and Peng Guihua did not cover up for her uncle and told him about the grievances that Dingxiang had suffered.
A neighbor murmured, "Didn't they say that Ding Xiang had stabbed her brother?"
At that time, people in the family compound were talking about it, saying that Ding Xiang was too cruel. She secretly gave an injection to such a young child who had not been offended.
Ding Tao said, "It's not Ding Xiang. Ding Xiang was wrongly accused. Zheng Wenfang admitted in front of the police just now that it was her eldest son Jia Anping who stabbed her. They framed Ding Xiang just to drive her back to her hometown. What a vicious family."
"What? Is this true? Why did Zheng Wenfang let Ding Zhigang beat Ding Xiang when she knew about it?" a neighbor exclaimed.
"The fight was fierce..."
"Oh, I really can't tell. Zheng Wenfang speaks softly and always smiles before speaking. I didn't expect she would be such a person."
"How many good stepmothers are there!"
Amid the neighbors' discussions, the group left and took a bus back to Zaohua Lane. Ding Tao and Dayong quickly went to get a jug and poured hot water for everyone to drink to warm themselves up.
Ding Guo said, "Do you have brown sugar and ginger at home? Make some ginger soup. Uncle and Aunt are old, and it would be terrible if they caught a cold."
"Yes, I'll go cut some ginger." Ding Tao said hurriedly.
She has brown sugar in her box and ginger in the kitchen.
Dingxiang was found and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, only then did they feel the biting coldness on their bodies.
While Peng Guihua and the others were busy poking the stove, Ding Guo called Ding Xiang out.
"There's no one else here. Tell me the truth, what happened to the admission ticket?" Ding Guo stared at Ding Xiang and asked.
Ding Xiang looked up at Ding Guo, then lowered her head and picked at her fingers. After a long while, she slowly spoke: "On the morning before the exam, I ran into Jia Anping on the street. He said a lot of nasty things to me and admitted that he was the one who stabbed Jianhua with the needle, but his mother knew it and she was on his side. She also said that Ding Zhigang was always obedient to his mother and that Ding Zhigang listened to his mother in everything. She also said that I was dreaming about going to college and that I was not worthy of it. Even if I passed, I would not be able to study. His mother would find a way to get me married and use me in exchange for a dowry to support his studies. She said that this was my destiny..."
"Sister, I know he said those things to me on purpose to make me feel bad, but I just couldn't control myself. I felt so bad that I didn't even want to take the exam. I couldn't calm down." Ding Xiang's eyes were filled with resentment. "Since he made me unable to calm down and take the exam well, I won't let him pass! So I, I..."
Ding Xiang lowered her head and said softly, "Sister, I'm sorry, I didn't know. I didn't know that you and Uncle and Aunt would come to Fengning just for my matter. I'm sorry, I really didn't know..."
She just had nowhere to go.
Jia Anping's future has been ruined, and she doesn't know what situation she will face if she returns to Ding Zhigang. Yue Hongmei's place is not her home either.
She just wanted to avoid them, as long as possible.
But she didn't regret doing this. Jia Anping framed her and ruined her mood before the exam, so she just wanted revenge.
The only thing I felt guilty about was making my uncle, aunt, brother Dazhu and eldest sister come all the way here to go through so much trouble.
"Sister, if you let Zheng Wenfang tell the truth, Jia Anping will definitely hate you. That person... is a bit weird!"
Dingxiang couldn't say anything specific, but she felt that Jia Anping was a weird and gloomy person.
No matter how much she disliked Zheng Wenfang and the brother she gave birth to, she had never thought of hurting a child who couldn't speak. But Jia Anping had the heart to prick a baby with a needle just to frame her and drive her away.
There were conflicts between the two, but it was they who framed Ding Jiandang first, so he and his fifth brother would occasionally pick people to fight with them.
Before that, Ding Jiandang had never offended them at all.
But the two brothers maliciously ruined Ding Jiandang's reputation and made him drop out of school.
"Don't worry about me, just go back to the house."
Ding Guo turned and went into the house, and Ding Xiang followed with her head down.
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