Chapter 172 She Killed Again
After hearing what Xie Jinxiang said, Gu Qijiao opened the window and looked into the distance. There was a flame rising into the sky. That was the direction where Zhang Aniu's house was.
Most people like to join in the fun. Even though Gu Qijiao was reborn, she was no exception. She said to Xie Jinxiang:
"Mom, wait for me, I'll be out soon after putting on some clothes."
Zheng Yun was not really interested in this kind of crowding, but since Gu Qijiao wanted to go and see, he sat up and started to put on his clothes.
When walking to Zhang Aniu's house, I met many villagers on the road. Everyone was discussing the fire, but no one knew how it was caused.
When they arrived at Zhang Aniu's dam and saw Bai Xiaoou tied to a tree with his face swollen and blue in the firelight, Gu Qijiao heard from others that Bai Xiaoou had started the fire.
"It's because Zhang Aniu is so bad. He saw Bai Zhiqing gave birth to a girl, and he beat Bai Zhiqing to death after the child was born. Bai Zhiqing screamed miserably at that time. I had just laid down, and Zhang Aniu's parents were in the room. No one could persuade Aniu."
"Then you don't know what Bai Zhiqing did during the day. She went to see Zheng Zhiqing with a big belly and was discovered by Zhang Aniu. Zhang Aniu was going to beat her during the day, but she escaped because her water broke. Unfortunately, she was not good enough and gave birth to a girl. What's the point of that!"
"It's useless to have a girl, so why don't you just find a wife and live with your two brothers for the rest of your life? Boys and girls are the same. Look at Gu Qijiao, she got into college, got a job in Beijing, found a good man, and built a two-story red brick house for him. How is she worse than having a boy?"
The villagers gathered in groups of three or five, chatting quietly amidst the volcanic sky.
After listening to it many times, Gu Qijiao finally understood what was going on.
It turned out that Bai Xiaoou gave birth to a girl smoothly after returning to Zhang's house.
Seeing that the girl was angry, Zhang Aniu was furious. In addition, Zhang Aniu was unhappy about Bai Xiaoou's previous visit to Zheng Yunru, so he actually attacked Bai Xiaoou who was still in bed.
When Zhang Aniu's parents saw that it was a girl, no one stepped forward to stop the fight. They just let Zhang Aniu beat Bai Xiaoou, and no one cared about the newborn baby crying loudly.
Neighbors said that Bai Xiaoou was beaten badly, and people living several doors away could hear Bai Xiaoou's screams.
The child was crying loudly in the middle of the night. Zhang Aniu was annoyed that the child was disturbing his sleep, so he drove Bai Xiaoou and the child out of the house.
Bai Xiaoou, who had finally coaxed the child to sleep, wanted to go back into the house, but found that Zhang Aniu had locked the door from the inside.
Bai Xiaoou, whose body was swollen and whose eyes were filled with blood and whose vision was blurred, became ruthless at that moment.
She quietly locked the door of the room from the outside, and then piled the firewood from the kitchen and the corn stalks from the yard in front of the house little by little.
Finally, he used a pot of newly bought kerosene to paint the doors and windows of the entire house.
Then she lit the match in her hand.
The flames broke out almost instantly.
When Zhang Aniu and his parents discovered the fire, it was already very big. They were awakened by choking and wanted to open the door to get out, but found that the door was locked from the outside.
Moreover, the door was painted with kerosene, and the fire was raging. In the end, none of the three people escaped, as they were all choked to death in the house.
The only person who survived the fire was Zhang Aniu's sister Zhang Alian, who lived alone in a side room. Bai Xiaoou also locked her room but did not pour kerosene on her or burn her.
After the fire started, Zhang Aniu first scolded Bai Xiaoou, but later, unable to bear the smell of smoke, he began to beg Bai Xiaoou, but Bai Xiaoou remained unmoved.
He stood in front of the burning house holding a child, sneering from time to time.
Soon the people in the room fell silent. At this time, Bai Xiaoou opened Zhang Alian's door. She handed the child to Zhang Alian and said:
"When I was in this family, you never bullied me. You should thank yourself, otherwise you, your parents, and your brother would have ended up like me."
Later, the neighbors came to Zhang's house, tied Bai Xiaoou up and tied him to a tree.
Bai Xiaoou did not resist and let those people tie her up.
After knowing the whole story, Gu Qijiao glanced at Bai Xiaoou. There was madness and cruelty in her eyes, without a trace of regret.
Zheng Yun said in Gu Qijiao's ear:
"After she hit you to death, she had this fearless expression on her face. She has a very paranoid personality and is very decisive in doing things. No matter what it is, as long as she chooses to do it, she will not regret it."
Gu Qijiao knew what Zheng Yunru meant by these words. He was advising her not to feel guilty about slandering Bai Xiaoou.
However, Zheng Yun was wrong about one thing. Bai Xiaoou would not regret making a choice.
To this day, she regrets it very much, thinking that she should not have come to this remote place just to follow Zheng Yun.
She lost too much as she walked step by step, and in the end she couldn't tell whether she loved Zheng Yunru or just wanted to get him because of her obsession.
But none of it mattered anymore. The choice she made today would allow her to completely part ways with the people she loved, her children, and her parents.
Bai Xiaoou eventually followed the same old path she had taken before. She killed someone, but the person she killed before was different from the one she killed today.
The scene was too tragic. After listening to the villagers' explanation of what happened, Gu Qijiao felt that there was no point in staying any longer and left with Zheng Yun.
The next day, people from the police station took Bai Xiaoou away.
The time for Zheng Yunru and Gu Qijiao to start school had also arrived. After sending Zheng Shuning back to Suzhou, they went to register at Yenching University.
Zheng Yun-ji planned to use his past memories to work in the business world, so he applied for economics as his major in college, and also minored in psychiatry and mental health.
He was curious about his mental state, so he wanted to learn more about it.
Gu Qijiao applied for the Chinese linguistics major. She likes her current job very much, so she chose a major related to her job.
In the future, Gu Qijiao hopes to have a magazine of her own.
When standing at the university gate, Gu Qijiao looked at the name of Yenching University and laughed so hard that her body shook. She said:
"Hey, classmate A-Ryou, congratulations, you're finally going to college!"
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