OBS Chapter 44 Don't you want to live anymore?
Chapter 44 Don't you want to live anymore?
Deng Xiuzhen felt somewhat wronged. She was doing this for the family, to give everyone a better life, and to prevent Qin Yanlin from suffering and to ensure he lived a long and healthy life.
Looking back, it's not entirely Qin Yanlin's fault; he didn't know what would happen in the future. From today's perspective, he did indeed buy a few acres of worthless wasteland.
Just as I was lost in thought, the children returned.
Not seeing Zhang Yanlin, Wenjing asked, "Mom, where's Dad? Why hasn't Dad come back?"
Wenxin and Wenyu also looked over.
Deng Xiuzhen didn't want the child to know about their argument, so she replied, "Maybe business is good today, and we're busy running around doing business?"
After waiting for a while, Qin Yanlin still hadn't returned. Fearing the children might be hungry, they left some food for Qin Yanlin and then ate with the children.
In the middle of the night, Qin Yanlin still hadn't returned. Deng Xiuzhen was uneasy and went out to look for him. The alley was pitch black, and she couldn't see or hear the familiar sound of motorcycles.
Deng Xiuzhen returned home anxiously and lay down, but she couldn't fall asleep. She spent the whole night making pancakes, her mind preoccupied with her worries.
Qin Yanlin didn't return home all night. Just as dawn was breaking, Deng Xiuzhen got up, went outside for a walk, and found her family's motorcycle parked next to the house.
I felt a little more at ease: Qin Yanlin didn't drive his motorcycle out, so he probably didn't have an accident. He was probably just angry and went to a friend's house.
When he comes back, apologize to him properly and say some nice things to coax him.
Deng Xiuzhen made up her mind, turned around and went into the house to prepare breakfast for the children.
After dinner, Qin Yanlin didn't return, but Deng Xiuzhen drove off in her motorcycle.
If Qin Yanlin is angry, we can wait until he comes back and then coax him. The family's breadwinner can't be left idle.
When Deng Xiuzhen returned home at noon, Qin Yanlin still hadn't come back, and she started to panic.
I hurriedly prepared lunch, and after the children finished eating, I told them to remember to go to school later before driving off in my motorcycle.
I wondered if Qin Yanlin was at a friend's house, he wouldn't have stayed out all day, but if he wasn't at a friend's house, where would he have gone?
My maternal home? Absolutely not.
At the mother-in-law's house? Possibly, but only possibly.
Oh, and there's also a new house I bought but haven't lived in yet!
With that in mind, Deng Xiuzhen turned the car around and headed straight for Chenjiawan.
Parking, opening the door—all in one smooth motion.
Looking at the dusty, untouched room, Deng Xiuzhen was very disappointed.
As I turned to leave, something tripped me. I bent down to pick it up and found it was a keychain. After a closer look, I realized it wasn't Qin Yanlin's.
After thinking it over carefully, Deng Xiuzhen sensed something was wrong. She had cleaned the house before the roof was repaired, although not thoroughly, but the floor had been swept, so there shouldn't be anything left on the ground that she hadn't noticed.
The repairman didn't go inside the house while inspecting the roof; he even left his water outside, and the door was locked. It's impossible that they left the key here on the roof.
Deng Xiuzhen's heart skipped a beat: Someone had come in!
She turned on her small flashlight, squatted down to examine the footprints on the ground, and sure enough, she saw a set of fresh footprints on the thick layer of dust, with some fresh soil on them!
Just as I was about to take a closer look, I suddenly felt something flash past the window.
A sense of crisis welled up in her heart, and Deng Xiuzhen gave up on continuing to check. Instead, she pretended to be nonchalant and came out to look around the house and up to the roof.
"Xiuzhen, you've come to see the house?" When Chen Ma noticed Deng Xiuzhen's arrival, she quickly came out of the house to greet her, holding a few cloves of garlic in her hand.
"Yes, I'm worried about leaks, so I'll come and check on it every now and then. Sigh, this house is such a bad investment. We can't live in it, and we can't rent it out either. I have to come and look after it all the time," Deng Xiuzhen sighed.
"What's done is done, there's no point in regretting it now," Chen Ma comforted Deng Xiuzhen, though she was quite pleased with herself.
In her excitement, she unusually invited her guest to stay: "Xiuzhen, why don't you come to my house for lunch?"
"No, thank you for troubling me." Deng Xiuzhen quickly declined politely.
"No trouble at all, my son and grandson are coming back today, no need for special preparations." As soon as she finished speaking, a child who looked to be over ten years old rushed out of the house, shouting, "Grandma, why won't your TV turn on? Can you help me take a look?"
"Xiuzhen, can you take a look at this for me? I don't know what's wrong with this TV. It started getting speckled yesterday," said Chen Ma.
“Okay, I’ll go take a look,” Deng Xiuzhen readily agreed.
Although they didn't have a TV at home after moving to the city, they always watched TV in the countryside. She had heard Qin Yanlin say before that static on a TV screen could be due to a bad signal or a loose connection. Adjusting the antenna or reconnecting the cable would usually fix it.
After entering the room, I checked the wiring and found no problems. Then I went outside and rotated the antenna to adjust its direction.
Standing on the ladder, rotating the antenna, he asked Chen Ma if it was ready. Deng Xiuzhen suddenly felt a chill, like being watched by wolves in the wilderness at night.
She instinctively looked in the direction from which the chill was coming, but only saw a middle-aged man and a smiling woman.
The man had a kind and honest look on his face, and waved to her with a smile.
The woman smiled radiantly as she brushed fallen leaves from the boy's head.
Aunt Chen called out, "It's ready, you can watch now."
Deng Xiuzhen then climbed down the ladder.
Chen's mother introduced her to the man: the middle-aged man was her eldest son, named Chen Chuang; the woman was her eldest daughter-in-law, named Cheng Xue; and the child was named Chen Yingchao, Chen Chuang's youngest son.
After greeting them, Deng Xiuzhen said that her children were waiting for her to cook, and then turned and left.
When she got home, Qin Yanlin still didn't return. Deng Xiuzhen was very annoyed, feeling that Qin Yanlin had gone too far: even if she had done something wrong, the deed was already done, so what did it mean to run away and not come home? Did he not want to live with her anymore?
She could think about it, but Qin Yanlin wasn't coming back, and there was nothing she could do. Her child was coming home soon, and she still had to cook dinner.
When I took off my coat, I remembered my keychain. I took it out and examined it closely. Although the workmanship was quite exquisite and it wasn't a common style, I didn't find anything special about it.
After dinner, Qin Yanlin still hadn't returned. Deng Xiuzhen assumed he had gone back to his mother-in-law's house in the village.
Thinking that there was no one to take care of the child at home, and that it wasn't safe for a woman to go out alone at night, plus she hadn't slept all night and was a bit sleepy, she didn't go out and the whole family went to bed early.
On the third day, Qin Yanlin still hadn't returned.
Deng Xiuzhen couldn't sit still any longer. She wanted to go to her husband's house to see what was going on, but there was no one to take care of the child. Then she thought of Old Man Zhao.
Old Zhao was standing in their makeshift wooden kitchen, roasting and smoking cured meat over a fire, when he saw Deng Xiuzhen. He warmly invited her to sit down.
Hearing that Qin Yanlin had been missing for several days, he was very surprised. He immediately agreed to take care of the child and told Deng Xiuzhen to go back as soon as possible. He instructed her: If the township authorities do not see him, report it to the police station as soon as possible.
Upon hearing that the police had been notified, Deng Xiuzhen immediately ran to the police station, reported the disappearance, and then returned to her hometown.