Lin Shuyue looked at Cao Manjin and saw that she was clenching her hands tightly and looking at Li Xiaohe with eyes full of hatred.
The hatred was so strong that it startled Lin Shuyue. She quickly motioned to Yin Xin to look. Yin Xin was also startled when she saw it, and hurried over to stand in front of Cao Manjin.
When Lin Shuyue saw her going over, she followed her. When Cao Manjin saw the two of them, the hatred in her eyes lessened a little.
Perhaps because it was too cold, Yin Xin's hands were shaking. She pulled Cao Manjin closer and whispered to her, "Manjin, you're still young. Don't do stupid things for someone who's not worth it, okay?"
Cao Manjin didn't say anything, but she loosened her grip slightly. Yin Xindao continued, "If you don't think about yourself, why don't you think about your second child? She was just a newborn when she was sent away. Now it's been five years, and she's five years old. Don't you want to find her? Why don't you report the case to the police and ask them to help you find her?"
Cao Manjin thought of her daughter, who had kicked her belly every day to comfort her during her ten months of pregnancy and whom she had never met, and her eyes were slightly dazed.
"Auntie, can I still find her It's been so many years, can I really find her?" Cao Manjin had never had a good life since she was a child. When she was most sad as a child, she thought that when she grew up, she would find a man to marry early, and find a man who was good to her, so that she could get away from the family that made her miserable.
When she grew up, she met Wei Guoyong, who was eloquent, good-looking, and worked in a forestry farm. Cao Manjin had always envied the people in the forestry farm since she was a child. It was said that they all had salaries, and as long as they planted trees in the mountains, they would have food to eat.
In addition, Wei Guoyong at that time was indeed considerate and gentle, and Li Xiaohe was not difficult to get along with, so she decided to marry into the Wei family.
Everything was fine before she got pregnant. After she got pregnant, she knew what it meant to give birth to a child and could see clearly whether a person was a human or a ghost.
Cao Manjin accepted the fact that she did not marry the right person. She felt that her life had been miserable and that God had given her life just to suffer. She did not mind marrying a bad person. She was no longer at the age of praying to God to be better to her.
She had taken care of children before. She had never experienced family affection, and she longed for someone who needed her and whose heart and eyes were filled with her. Daya was that person whose heart and eyes were filled with her.
Daya died in an accident. Cao Manjin was very sad and wanted to go with her, but she had another baby in her belly. She couldn't be so cruel as to deprive her of the chance to be born.
She endured the sadness and persevered. Whenever she felt heartbroken and couldn't breathe, the child would kick her in the stomach. Each kick was her motivation to live.
The child was sent away, and she went down the mountain like crazy every day to look for her. She searched every family with a newborn baby down the mountain, but she couldn't find her.
At that time, she was pregnant again, and she gave birth to the child because Wei Guoyong raped her. That day, Li Xiaohe and Wei Guoyong pressed her down on the kang, and no matter how she struggled, it was useless.
San Ya was born. Even though she was not born voluntarily, Cao Manjin still loved her. She was one of the few hopes for her to survive in this world.
But now Erya is nowhere to be found, and Sanya is gone too. She has no hope of living anymore. She even feels like she is the unlucky star her stepmother described her as.
Her mother was killed by her when she was very young, and her daughters left one by one.
"Yes, yes. We will help you." Yin Xin held Cao Manjin's hand tightly, her tone full of determination.
Cao Manjin looked at Yin Xin and nodded slowly. If Cao Manjin were to ask who she trusted the most in the entire compound, it would undoubtedly be the Hang Yuhua family. The reason was simple: first, they were known for being decent people in the compound and never took the initiative to make enemies.
Secondly, whether it was Hang Yuhua, Hang Jiaqing, or Yin Xin, they were all military people, and Cao Manjin trusted military men.
What's more, that year San Ya had a high fever at night and it wouldn't go away. Her mother-in-law was indifferent, so she went to knock on the door of the Hang family. After Hang Jiaqing learned about this, he rode his bicycle and took her to the clinic at the bottom of the dam late at night.
Yin Xin gave her the thickest quilt and cotton-padded jacket her family have. The next day, she even brought her food.
Cao Manjin was grateful to the Hang family, but the reliable shoulder in the autumn wind that night also became an unattainable dream for Cao Manjin, a dream that made her heart ache every time she looked at it.
Cao Manjin had no other thoughts, it was just that she had received too little kindness and too little warmth since she was a child, so when she was desperate, when such a reliable person appeared, she couldn't help but think about him and miss him.
To her, Hang Jiaqing was like the moonlight scattered on the ground, cool yet ever-present. Sometimes, just one glance at him would fill her with joy, and one glance could satisfy her for a long time.
She also had an indescribable respect for Yin Xin. Yin Xin touched her head, and this simple action made Cao Manjin feel extremely aggrieved, and tears fell down in a flash.
[ Ding ~~~ Cao Manjin's good and evil value decreased, 45%···30%···20%···15%···· ]
Lin Shuyue breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Cao Manjin. Cao Manjin wiped away her tears and gave Lin Shuyue an extremely forced smile.
Because she had such feelings for Hang Jiaqing, she wanted to leave a good impression on Lin Shuyue, even though she knew that her feelings could never be revealed in the sun, and perhaps no one would know her feelings for Hang Jiaqing until the moment she died.
There was a warm atmosphere among the three people here. Wei Guoyong was watching from the side and felt that Cao Manjin, who did not even respect his own mother, was extremely annoying.
He was about to curse, but Wanda's mother on the other side opened fire on Li Xiaohe.
"Li Xiaohe, why are you pretending? Why didn't you open the door for Sanya last night? I heard the sound of you opening the door for Sanya to go to the toilet." Aunt Wang was really sad for Sanya.
Sanya is a very well-behaved and sensible child. She is also very sweet-mouthed and always calls out to everyone she sees. When she is busy, she is taken to the mountains. As long as she is given some food and toys, and she sits on a mat, she will play for a long time without crying or making a fuss.
Aunt Wang's son had a granddaughter two years ago. He sent her back for her to raise just after she was a hundred days old. The child was like a donkey, never stopping for a moment. When she was not around, the child would go up the windowsill, down the mud, or into the snow. Whenever Aunt Wang felt exhausted by the child, she would think of the sensible San Ya next door.
Because there is a sharp contrast, Aunt Wang is very good to Sanya. Her daughter-in-law often buys delicious food from the city for her granddaughter, and she will secretly give some to Sanya. When she cooks delicious food at home, she will also call Sanya to come and eat.
Cao Manjin was not an ignorant person and would bring her some food. Most of the wild vegetables in her house were sent by Cao Manjin.
From the moment she learned that San Ya was gone until now, Aunt Wang was so sad that she couldn't even eat breakfast.
The people who came to watch were talking about it. They all lived in the same courtyard, so they knew a little about the situation of each family.
Cao Manjin had been married for more than ten years without giving birth to a son. Li Xiaohe and Wei Guoyong were very dissatisfied with her. When Sanya just learned to walk and talk and could be relieved of their worries, Li Xiaohe took the child to sleep with her. Why? Wasn't it just to make Cao Manjin and Wei Guoyong have a son as soon as possible?
Li Xiaohe had cursed Cao Manjin countless times, both openly and covertly, for not being able to get pregnant with a son in all these years. Everyone knew that her family wasn't home to eat, and even at such a young age, San Ya had to go outside to use the restroom at night.
Who wouldn't say Li Xiaohe was cold-hearted? Even some people who loved their children were a little dissatisfied with Cao Manjin, but after thinking about it carefully, they couldn't be angry with Cao Manjin.
Cao Manjin's life was already difficult enough. From the day she married into the Wei family, even the day before she gave birth, she was constantly working, never taking a single day off. Because she worked so hard, Li Xiaohe retired early to live at home.
She was only forty years old at that time, and she would dress up beautifully every day to go to the bottom of the dam to visit her lover. She had never even hold her granddaughter, and all she did was urge Cao Manjin to give birth to a son.
Not to mention Wei Guoyong, he is a loser. A group of young men went to plant trees and each received 100 seedlings. Others had already planted all the seedlings and went to get the second batch, but Wei Guoyong still had half of them.
If it weren't for the help from the people in the yard, the mother and daughter would have starved to death long ago. For so many years, it's not an exaggeration to say that the Wei family was supported by Cao Manjin.
Now, in this courtyard and the nearby forest farm, who doesn't say something behind the Wei family's back? When talking about Li Xiaohe and Wei Guoyong, who doesn't say that the mother and son love eating peacefully with Cao Manjin, but started cursing after eating.
Some families in the yard were envious of a daughter-in-law like Cao Manjin. They couldn't marry a good daughter-in-law themselves, but the Wei family didn't cherish the one they had.
Aunt Liu was one of them: "Sister Wang is right, you, Li Xiaohe, are not a good person. You might have frozen San Ya to death on purpose. You are a very cold-hearted woman."
"Manjin, if you ask me, you should just divorce Wei Guoyong. What are you doing with a man like him?" Aunt Liu openly provoked.
As soon as she said this, Li Xiaohe was furious. She was able to live such a comfortable life now because of Cao Manjin's support. If Cao Manjin left, who would take care of her daily life? Would she rely on those men at the bottom of the dam?
What use are those men other than taking off their clothes and getting on the kang?
"Stop talking nonsense. I was sleeping soundly last night. That little girl San Ya went out to the toilet by herself. She didn't come back after going to the toilet and waited outside for her mother to come back. Who can you blame for her freezing to death? That was her fate!" Li Xiaohe didn't feel guilty. She didn't even think that the death of a little girl was a big deal.
"You said you sleep all night. How did you know that the child was waiting outside for her mother to come back?" Policeman Zhao Fugang had been observing carefully. Wei Guoyong was not sad about the child's death, and the child's grandmother, who had just returned from outside, was even more so.
They didn't even ask how the child died, they just knew she died of freezing.
It was freezing cold, and Zhao Fu didn't want to waste time talking to Li Xiaohe. He simply said to his colleague, "Just take her away."
Li Xiaohe had never dealt with the police station at the foot of the mountain, but she knew that the forest police in their forest farm did not care about anything.
She was shocked by Zhao Fu's words. Before she could react, she was handcuffed. She panicked: "This is molestation, this is molestation, why are you taking me away? I haven't committed any crime!"
Li Xiaohe knew what she had done, and she was very afraid of these policemen. If she was sent down the mountain, who knew if she would be interrogated?
"Guoyong, Guoyong, please tell them something. I didn't do anything!" Li Xiaohe hurriedly looked for her son for support.
Wei Guoyong didn't dare to confront the police. He looked away when his mother gave him a look.
Li Xiaohe's heart sank for a moment, and she quickly looked at Cao Manjin: "Manjin, Ah Jin, please talk to the police. I don't know anything. You know I feel sorry for not taking good care of your child. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against me, okay?"
Cao Manjin felt dazed and wanted to laugh when she heard the name Jin. Apart from her deceased mother, only Li Xiaohe called her that. She was deceived by the name at that time. Since she became pregnant, Li Xiaohe never called her that again.
It's been so long, it's so disgusting.
She looked at Li Xiaohe: "Why should I not care? If I could, I would kill you."
Cao Manjin didn't believe that Li Xiaohe did it unintentionally, because just two days ago, she had scolded San Ya. Saying she was so troublesome, she might as well just die.
She didn't take it seriously at the time, because Li Xiaohe's bad mouth had been going on for a long time.
Now that she think about it, both he and Li Xiaohe deserved to die.
The murderous intent in Cao Manjin's eyes startled Li Xiaohe. While she was stunned, she was stuffed into the jeep. When she came to her senses and tried to struggle to get out of the jeep, she was blocked by Zhao Fu who came up later.
A young policeman who was following Zhao Fulai said to Cao Manjin, Wei Guoyong, and Aunt Wang, "You three, come with us."
Wei Guoyong didn't dare to go, and was dragged away by the young policeman by his arm.
The jeep couldn't accommodate so many people, and Hang Yuhua, as the director of the forest farm, had to go too. Hang Jiabai got in his car, and Yin Xin followed. It wasn't appropriate to leave Lin Shuyue alone at home, so she went too.
The neighbors also dispersed, but they went to one of the houses. They had to have a good discussion about what happened today.
Arriving at the police station at the foot of the mountain, Lin Shuyue and Hang Jiabai were waiting in the lobby. Li Xiaohe, Cao Manjin, Wei Guoyong, Aunt Wang, Yin Xin, and Hang Yuhua were all taken in for questioning.
The lobby of the police station was well heated and didn't feel cold at all, but the police station was also very simple and there were few staff in the office. At this moment, all the staff had gone to take statements, and there was no one in the entire lobby.
The white phone on the desk has changed color, only the big red words on the wall are still eye-catching.
Lin Shuyue and Hang Jiabai were watching and talking in low voices. As they were talking, a tractor appeared at the door of the police station and a man in his thirties, dressed in police uniform, hurried in.
He looked a little flustered and anxious. He lifted the curtain and came in, bringing in a gust of cold wind.
"Brother." Hang Jiabai shouted loudly.
Hang Jiaqing paused. It was only now that he saw his younger brother and the pretty woman beside him.
He knew that his brother would come with his girlfriend, and he also knew that they would arrive today, but Hang Jiaqing obviously did not expect to meet them at the police station.
He glanced towards the interrogation room, then pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "What happened? Tell me."
After a pause, Hang Jiaqing couldn't help but whispered, "What about her? Is she okay?"
Lin Shuyue and Hang Jiabai looked at each other in astonishment. They both knew that the "she" Hang Jiaqing was talking about could not be Yin Xin, nor Aunt Wang who was in her fifties. It could only be Cao Manjin who was only twenty-nine years old.
"Brother, you?" Hang Jiabai was a little uncertain: "Does our parents know?"
Hang Jiaqing didn't answer, but leaned against the wall and lit a cigarette with his stiff hands. The smoke rose up, hiding his true expression.
Perhaps he had finally come to his senses and his rationality had returned. He said, "Don't tell our parents. They can't accept me doing this. They won't allow me to do something immoral."
If Hang Yuhua and Yin Xin knew that he coveted someone else's wife, they would break his legs. Hang Jiaqing was not afraid of this. He was afraid for other reasons.
"It will also change my attitude towards her. Her life is hard enough, I can't hurt her."
"Just pretend you know nothing." After a pause, he said, "Help me with this one, please."