Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 669: Chapter 669: The Real Puppet Master
 

“Yes, Your Honor!”

The governmental office’s runners acted swiftly. Two buckets of water were splashed onto Old Man Li, who eventually woke up after a bout of coughing, half dead and barely able to move. He truly couldn’t muster the strength to get up.

Previously, he was able to get up, but he pretended to stay down. Now, he wanted to get up, but he no longer had the strength.

Jiang Xiaocai had one of his eyes blasted out by Old Man Li. His face was battered and bloody. Fortunately, the doctors managed to save his life in time, along with Old He’s miraculous medical skills.

At the moment, he was awake and was carried into the inner hall on a stretcher.

As soon as Jiang Xiaocai was carried into the hall, he moved his sole remaining eye, heavily bandaged with gauze, looking around at everyone. When he saw Old Man Li, beaten and bloodied, he first paused, then began to laugh uproariously!

“Excellent! Excellent blow! Old Man Li, you had this coming…haha…”

Jiang Xiaocai was increasingly amused until, much to his dismay, his laughter aggravated his facial injuries, causing him agonizing pain which made him roll around the floor clutching his head.

The clerk standing next to Di Yelei hurried over: “This man has a blood clot in his skull and shouldn’t be moved. Even if we don’t execute him, he only has at most three months to live.”

Di Yelei nodded, thinking about how, despite his many faults as recounted in everyone’s testimony, this man had shielded Di Ying from start to end and had never harmed her.

After some thought, he finally gave up on the idea of executing him.

“Jiang Xiaocai, I’m going to ask you a question now. It’ll be best if you tell the truth, to avoid further suffering. Of course, if you are willing to tell the truth, I will order doctors to treat you again. Got it? How many people were involved in this?”

Jiang Xiaocai clung onto his head for quite a while before finally letting go.

“Your Honor, there were more than twenty people in total. The specific affairs were handled by my big brother. I’m not clear about the details.”

“Where are the others?”

“As my big brother told me, one group was in North City, drawing your attention. While we took Di Ying towards South City, guaranteeing an absolute success.”

“Where exactly in North City?”

“I am not exactly sure, but I’ve heard my big brother speaking about a bay in North City. Apparently, they know your Di family very well. They hate the Di family members indeed.”

“Knows us inside out?” Di Yelei raised an eyebrow in surprise.

Before Jiang Xiaocai could speak, Old Man Li chimed in: “Ahem…Hehehe! Di Yelei, aren’t you curious about who’s acquainted with your Di family so intimately? Let me tell you! It’s someone you’d never even dream of! Haha…”

Di Yelei became serious: “Who exactly is it?”

“Who is it? Hehe… How pitiful! Despite all your merits, Di Yelei, why would your sister and brother-in-law despise you so much, wishing to see you dead? Hahaha…”

“What? Who do you mean?”

Di Yelei could not hold it in, standing up abruptly. He only had one sister!

His rage flared.

“Old Man Li, don’t think you can get away with spewing nonsense. The prison and its 108 types of torture tools are still there, waiting for a live human’s fresh blood!”

“Ha, ha, ha! If you think I’m lying, then just take it as a lie! Hehehe…”

Old Man Li’s sinister laughter lingered in the courtroom.

It also caused Di Yelei’s heart to sink.

The resuscitation continued from the afternoon until the next morning, when Old He instructed Liu Sisi to dress English.

“We have passed the first crucial stage. However, the following three days are still extremely perilous. As long as her spleen stops bleeding, we can consider having snatched her back from the King of Hell’s hands. Otherwise…Sigh! It’s tricky!”

Old He walked out of the room, shaking his head in dismissal.

Liu Sisi quickly followed him: “Quickly! Bring out the food specially prepared for Old He. Old He, your guest room is ready, please.”

“That’s enough, we’re not newly acquainted, you go take care of the child. I’ll go eat myself.”

Old He waved away her farewell gesture.

Not insistent at all, Liu Sisi returned to the bedside, carefully covering her with a thin quilt. Looking at Ying’er, who barely had a patch of undamaged skin remaining, she couldn’t hold back her tears.

When Di Yelei came home from the office, heartbroken and disoriented, he found the side hall empty.

He sat there for a long time, feeling too ashamed to go see Ying’er. Ying’er was his child. Her pitiful state was due to his own errors. She was lying there, barely showing signs of life apart from her last breath.

After a while, he finally gathered the courage to go to Ying’er’s small courtyard.

Before he entered, he saw Di Xuan standing outside the yard door, straining his neck to peek inside.

“Xuan’er, what are you looking at? Why don’t you go in?”

Di Xuan was evidently startled! After stammering for a good while, he said, “I… I have something else to do, I’ll come back later.” Having said that, he ran away as if fleeing for his life.

The left behind Di Yelei silently watched his back, not uttering a word.

At dinner time, the whole family was dead silent.

Liu Sisi was taking care of Ying’er and hadn’t shown up. The cooked dishes were sent directly to the room by the servants.

Guihua hurriedly ate her meal, then went to the room to relieve Liu Sisi. There were still three days left, even an iron body wouldn’t be able to endure without shifts.

After eating, everyone left one after another, Di Yelei stood up: “Dad, third child has something to say to you.”

Elderly Mr. Di glanced at the departing Liu Sisi, nodded silently: “Let’s go to my courtyard.”

Although he didn’t know what the third child wanted to say, the weight on his face instinctively made him feel that the matter was undoubtedly very serious.

Indeed, Elderly Mr. Di had never expected it to be so serious!

“This… how is this possible? You have already investigated this matter, are you absolutely sure?”

Di Yelei was silent for a long while: “Dad, when was I ever off the mark?”

Elderly Mr. Di sank into his chair, looking ten years older in an instant.

Right! This was his third child, not Di Gaoyuan, and certainly not Di Ah-bao!

He was silent for a long time before he sighed: “I got it, I know what to do, don’t worry!”

Di Yelei stood up, solemnly and respectfully making a bow towards Elderly Mr. Di: “On behalf of Ying’er, thank you, Dad!”

On the other hand, Liu Sisi was listening to Madam Thirteen’s report.

“After our people caught someone, they stayed put and kept a secret watch. Sure enough, someone sneaked into the manor last night. Our people didn’t hesitate and…

“Hmm? Keep going,” Liu Sisi urged.

Madam Thirteen hesitated a bit: “We caught the person… it’s the Prince Consort’s brother-in-law, Yuan Mengbai.”

“What? Who did you say it was?”

Liu Sisi could no longer stay put.

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