"My good granddaughter, promise me something..." the old man squeezed out a sentence between his teeth, his voice already very weak.
"Grandma, I agree to whatever you say, as long as you live well and don't leave me..." Dai Yuxiao cried and put her cheek close to the old man's moving lips.
"Don't embarrass your...uncle...give him...a way out..." After the old man finished speaking, the joints of his fingers were completely opened and they dropped weakly. His eyes, lips and teeth were tightly closed, and there was no response anymore.
"Grandma, grandma!" Dai Yuxiao shouted with all her strength, heartbreaking, but she could never call back this loving old lady.
Mu Lengrui sighed. He looked at his hand. The black blood had drained out, and a drop of red blood oozed from the wound. The snake venom had been cured. He picked up Dai Yuxiao's hand, which was crying, and the wound had also condensed.
A drop of red blood is no big deal.
He straightened up, picked up the old man's body, which was getting colder, and walked towards the vegetable patch behind the house.
Dai Yuxiao followed slowly behind her with tears in her eyes. She couldn't believe that in just one night, this small wooden house that was full of warmth yesterday was reduced to ashes. She couldn't believe that her grandma, who was chatting and laughing with her yesterday, was like this.
Let go quickly.
Mu Lengrui gently placed the old man's body in the green vegetable field, picked up the rusty shovel on the edge of the vegetable field, and began to dig a hole. His mood was not much better than that of Dai Yuxiao. Such a loving gesture
The old man suddenly let go, making him, who had always been indifferent, unable to stop tears from filling his eyes.
The two people held up handfuls of loess with their hands, sprinkled it on the kind old man, and silently held a final farewell ceremony for her.
After burying the old man, with the scorching sun in the sky, Dai Yuxiao didn't want to stop for a moment, so he kowtowed a few times in front of the old man's tomb, took Mu Lengrui's hand, and walked quickly down the mountain along the mountain road guided by the old man yesterday.
I thought that there were two people when we came here, and there would be three or four people when we returned. However, after an inexplicable fire, there were still only two people.
The old man was already sleeping in the vegetable field behind the wooden house that turned to ashes, and Shen Mengyuan, her so-called uncle, was dragging his broken arm and disappeared.
On their way down the mountain, the two men did not forget to bring green plants with jagged leaves. Sure enough, even if they encountered colorful poisonous snakes along the way, they all avoided them and were very afraid of them.
Without the obstacle of poisonous snakes, the rugged road was not difficult for the two young people. In less than two hours, the two returned to the small town.
Looking back at the winding mountain road and recalling all the scenes that happened, it feels like a world away.
From the perspective of searching for clues, it was a worthwhile trip. She found out the truth about her mother's car accident. The culprit was indeed what she imagined, that is, the hypocritical aunt Meng Liangxian.
Even if the clues are found, the important witness Shen Mengyuan is missing. How can they convince her father that the clues they found are the facts? What if her aunt denies it?
"I may do something that will make you unhappy!" Afterwards, Mu Lengrui wiped his dripping hair with a towel, his face was sinister, and he looked very unhappy.
"What's the matter?" Dai Yuxiao instinctively protected her chest with both hands, thinking that this man was about to become lustful again.
"Why are you dodging like this? I'm not a savage beast!" Mu Lengrui was very dissatisfied with her action. He was even disdainful. This woman would be better off guarding him than treating him like an animal. He is not an ordinary male animal who is always ready to attack.
She is in heat, what is she doing when she is so nervous? It is really disgusting.
"I... what is that thing that makes me unhappy?" Dai Yuxiao asked timidly, her hand protecting her chest still tightly, refusing to relax.
"I will not let go of your uncle - Shen Mengyuan!" Mu Lengrui said fiercely, his face looking cold and terrifying.
"Why! I promised grandma! It's been so long since my mother's incident. He did something wrong because of Meng Liangxian's instigation. Why should we hold on to his shortcomings?" Dai Yuxiao was dissatisfied with his attitude and felt He is not tolerant enough and cares about everything.
"It's been so long, what about the things in front of you? Hmm? What about the fire last night? What about your grandma's death, huh?" Mu Lengrui's eyes showed a wolf-like green light, piercing Dai Yu. The look in Xiao's eyes made her panic.
"Fire? My grandmother's death? What does it have to do with him..." Dai Yuxiao met his gaze, her heart trembling, but she still asked in confusion.
"What does it have to do with him? It's a big deal. He started the fire! He also introduced the snake into the house! If it weren't for him, your grandma would have gone down the mountain with us today. Do you understand, you stupid woman? !" Mu Lengrui's tone was filled with anger, and he was extremely angry that Dai Yuxiao was still protecting that wretched man.
"Is it him? Really? Is it really him?" Dai Yuxiao's eyes widened in disbelief, and his hands were intertwined due to nervousness.
"I carried you out and met him who was about to rush into the house. He was surprised and asked why we were in that room. It was obvious that he thought the old man lived in his room, so he introduced the poisonous snake into the old man's room. The room originally wanted to kill us and rescue the old man, but who knew that he accidentally harmed the old man like this!" Mu Lengrui analyzed.
From the moment Shen Mengyuan rushed into the house and was hit by him, he had already begun to doubt that if he discovered a fire, he should rush into the house to save the old man. Why did he run into their room, unless he thought that there was a fire in that room? The person who lives there is an old lady.
When he panicked and discovered that the room was in the wrong room, and hurriedly ran to another room to save the old lady, the matter was irreversible. Several snakes had wrapped around the old lady's body.
Out of fear and panic, he hesitated for a long time before giving up rescuing people and running away. He happened to bump into them at the door who were about to enter the house to save people.
Busy rescuing people, Mu Lengrui had no time to care about him, let alone chase him, and could only watch him flee.
After going down the mountain, I recalled every detail and finally determined that the fire was caused by the wretched man Shen Mengyuan. No wonder he insisted on going down the mountain the next day. It turned out that he was pregnant with a ghost.
That night, all three of them drank rice wine, so they slept deeply, but he was the only one who didn't drink at all.
All of this, he was preparing to murder them. He must have a villain's heart. He was worried that the two men would do harm to him after taking them down the mountain and make him atone for his sins and serve him in prison for the rest of his life, so he committed this murderous act.
In fact, as long as he was willing to testify, they did not want to embarrass him. They just wanted Meng Liangxian to show his true colors and did not want to hold anyone legally responsible.
"Ah! It's really him!" Dai Yuxiao suddenly realized that this wretched man, this so-called uncle, had killed her grandmother, his biological mother, so cruelly. He really had no humanity at all.
Mu Lengrui threw the bath towel aside and sat by the bed without saying a word, his handsome face as cold as ice.
Dai Yuxiao bit her lip lightly and thought for a moment, her dark eyes flickering: "Now that Shen Mengyuan is missing, how can we expose Meng Liangxian? There is no handwriting on that check. Although we know the truth, there is no solid evidence at all..."
"You don't need to worry about this matter, I have my own way..." Mu Lengrui frowned, not knowing any good way to make Meng Liangxian willing to plead guilty and unable to fight back.
Dai Yuxiao huddled on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze, thinking about her mother, grandma, and father, in a daze.
Mu Lengrui dialed the hotel's internal phone, his voice hoarse: "Ask your manager to come to my room, I have something to explain."
When Dai Yuxiao heard that someone was coming to their room, he quickly got up from the bed and went to the bathroom to change his clothes.
Coming out of the bathroom, the hotel manager had already appeared at the door of the room respectfully with a big smile: "Mr. Mu, what are your orders? I'm happy to help you."
"Help me find some people to search the mountain... Find a person, his name is Shen Mengyuan, his arm has been broken, and he looks wretched..." Mu Lengrui's face was expressionless.
"Sou Shan? I have heard of this person, but there are many venomous snakes on the mountain, and most people don't dare to go up the mountain..." The hotel manager looked troubled and rubbed his hands uneasily.
"I have a way to deal with poisonous snakes. Searching the mountain is rewarded. As long as you are willing to go up the mountain, you will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan a day. If you find the person, you will be rewarded with an additional 100,000 yuan... But you must find the person within three days!"
"Ah! Ten thousand yuan a day! And an additional reward of one hundred thousand yuan?" The hotel manager's eyes widened in surprise. His monthly salary was only five thousand yuan, but it was only ten thousand yuan a day!
Mu Lengrui took out a sawtooth leaf plant they brought back from the mountain and held it in his hand: "This kind of plant can be found everywhere on the mountain. If you carry it with you, poisonous snakes will not dare to get close. If you are accidentally bitten by a snake, Injury, this plant can detoxify it."
The hotel manager took the plant over with a smile on his face: "I didn't expect that Mr. Mu has a good way to deal with snakes. Then we locals will no longer be afraid of venomous snakes when we go up the mountain... You are such a good person... "
Listening to his flattering words, Mu Lengrui frowned impatiently: "I will leave here tomorrow. If there is any progress, I will contact Butler Yu... As long as I can find Shen Mengyuan, I will give you an extra hundred thousand yuan..."
"Ah, one hundred thousand yuan! Okay, okay, yes, yes...I will definitely do it..." The hotel manager's eyes lit up. One hundred thousand yuan was his salary for almost two years. Naturally, he was overjoyed and left respectfully.
Early the next morning, the two returned with some relics, the violin left by her mother, the last painting Liu Yuan gave to her mother, and of course the last letter.
This return trip was not as exciting as a helicopter. They chose an ordinary car. Dai Yuxiao slept the whole way. She leaned on Mu Lengrui's shoulder and slept soundly and peacefully.
After arriving at the station, Dai Yuxiao felt very thirsty and ran to a roadside stall to buy ice cream. She took out a hundred-dollar bill. The shopkeeper did not have change for the time being, so she went to the stall next door to change it.
During this interval, Dai Yuxiao was bored and opened the Times on the stall. A large photo of a woman was printed on the newspaper, with a happy and shy smile on her face. This woman was Dai Shuanglin.
The title is very eye-catching, "The socialite's pregnancy is dark, Dai Shuanglin is pregnant?" Dai Yuxiao frowned, picked up the newspaper, glanced at it, and read the content carefully.
The main idea in the newspaper was that Dai Shuanglin had a dark knot in her bead, and the young politician Zhuang Yucen chose an auspicious day to hold a luxurious engagement ceremony.
"What are you looking at?" Mu Lengrui's voice came over. He was waiting in the distance, but when she didn't come over, he came over to ask. When he lowered his head, he also saw the news.
Although Dai Yuxiao temporarily forgot about Zhuang Yucen during the days she spent with Mu Lengrui, when she saw the news, she couldn't help but twitched in pain, as if she was being violently stirred by a sharp knife.
He continued, refusing to give up until her heart was broken into pieces.
Gray mist enveloped Dai Yuxiao's face, and she left the stall in a daze. Even the stall owner was chasing after her to give her change.