Chapter 334: Is She Reborn?

The stinking sock fell out of her mouth, and Bai Mo began to beg for mercy, "Nainai, it is my fault toward Father, but I truly did not expect such a thing to happen. If a life could be traded for a life, I would rather it be me who died!"

She could only try to steady this crazy old woman for now, "Nainai, I miss my father just as much as you do! In my heart, I only have one father, Bai Guosheng!"

Bai Laotaitai suddenly laughed; she found it ridiculous, "Is this how you coaxed my foolish daughter-in-law into spending money to take you to see doctors everywhere?"

"I tell you, you cannot fool me, you old woman!"

Bai Mo looked behind herself; this was the edge of a cliff, not particularly high, but more than enough to fall to her death.

"Nainai, these words are all from my heart!"

Bai Laotaitai leaned on her cane, "Are they from your heart? Then go tell my son yourself!"

She kicked the basket containing Bai Mo down.

After a few screams, the sound slowly faded away.

Only then did Bai Laotaitai walk down the mountain, calm and composed. A life for a life; she would pay the price. To lose one Bai Mo in exchange for the rest of her Bai family not being harmed by this evil obstacle—it was worth it!

She had assumed her daughter-in-law would ask about Bai Mo's whereabouts upon returning from the city, but she did not expect that after hearing she didn't know, she didn't ask further.

Just like that, Bai Mo's life was gone.

When Bai Mu went to attend Si Rong's funeral, she chatted with their family's nanny, Xiao Yu, and only then did she learn that the hairy fig roots she had sent over were actually poisoned.

She had thought it was her own unintentional act that killed Si Rong, but she did not expect the nanny to say that the person who had almost been poisoned to death was her.

Bai Mu had actually dug those hairy fig roots from the mountain behind Bai Mo's back; she was very careful about the things she gave to Si Rong.

It was just that after digging them up, she had left them to dry in the courtyard for two days, and during this time, she had not mentioned a word of it to Bai Mo.

She had not expected that she would still manage to tamper with them; come to think of it, she must have used those children from the village who often ran back and forth in front of the gate.

She was already physically disabled yet still racked her brains to harm others; there was truly no need to keep her around.

……

"Grandpa, that butterfly is so pretty, is it Grandma transformed?" Niu Niu asked.

Jiang Cheng held her hand, "You saw it too?"

"Mm, I think it looks a lot like Grandma; she must miss us very much too."

"Yes, how could she not?"

Jiang Cheng used a handkerchief to carefully wipe the fine dust off the tombstone, "This morning Niu Niu ate two small steamed buns, but the ones I made aren't as delicious as the ones you made, old woman."

"No! The ones Grandpa makes are just as delicious as the ones Grandma made!" Niu Niu retorted.

Jiang Cheng looked down at his little granddaughter, smiled gently, and crouched down, "Niu Niu is very good. In the future, if Grandpa isn't by your side, you must still eat well and listen to your mom and dad, you know?"

"Where is Grandpa going?" Niu Niu asked hurriedly.

"A very far place."

"Then when will Grandpa come back?"

"If Niu Niu misses Grandpa, then Grandpa will appear by Niu Niu's side, just like Grandma."

Although Niu Niu did not understand, she still shook her head, "Niu Niu doesn't want Grandpa to go!"

Mom said Grandma was still keeping her company, a spiritual companionship, but she didn't like this kind of companionship; she missed the kind of companionship from before when Grandma would hold her and call her Niu Niu.

Niu Niu's eyes felt a bit sore, but Mom had said she couldn't cry because Grandpa missed Grandma even more than she did, and if she cried, it would make Grandpa sad.

She hugged Jiang Cheng, "Grandpa, I want you to stay with Niu Niu like this every day."

Jiang Cheng held her and said nothing.

For the next period of time, Jiang Cheng was willing to play chess with Jiang Dacheng, occasionally drank a little wine, and picked up and dropped off Niu Niu at school just as before.

Half a year later, just when the siblings Jiang Sinian and Jiang Siyu had breathed a sigh of relief, on a snowy morning, Jiang Cheng disappeared.

"Dad isn't home?" Jiang Siyu received the call and started rushing home without even washing her face, "What happened?"

"How were you watching Dad?" She was so anxious she began to speak without thinking.

"Last night Dad was still fine at home; he even had a little wine with my father-in-law and went to coax Niu Niu to sleep. I don't know where he went; hurry back and help look!"

In less than ten minutes, Jiang Siyu rushed back.

The three of them, plus Jiang Dacheng, Fang Ting, and the neighbors, all began to look for Jiang Cheng.

"I know where Grandpa went; he must have gone to see Grandma."

Niu Niu put on her down jacket and snow boots, "Grandpa is bad; how could he go see Grandma by himself? Why didn't he wait for me?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Sinian picked up his daughter and drove toward the cemetery.

From afar, everyone only saw a person sitting by the tombstone.

A lot of snow had fallen on his head and shoulders; no one knew how long he had been sitting there.

"Dad!"

"Dad!"

Jiang Sinian ran over, and looking at the scene, the grown man had large tears dripping down.

It was his fault; he had thought his dad was slowly moving past the sadness of his mother's passing, so he had been busy with work during this time and hadn't paid attention to his dad's emotions.

"I'm going to call 120!" Jiang Siyu's phone was pushed aside by Jiang Sinian, "It's useless; Dad is already gone."

His body was already stiff; no one knew when he had come last night.

Or with what kind of mood he had sat here for the whole night.

When handling the funeral arrangements, Jiang Sinian found a suicide note in his father's bedroom; it was very brief.

Children, do not be sad; Dad is going to find your mother.

Since she left, the three meals and four seasons have lost all meaning to me.

Please bury the small box under the letter with me.

Jiang Siyu opened it and found it contained an old fountain pen, a pink hair tie, and their marriage certificate; they were all his keepsakes.

Following his father's last wishes, Jiang Sinian buried his father.

Bury him and his mother in the same grave.

……

Ring-a-ling—

Ring-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling—

A sound coming from somewhere unknown woke Si Rong, who opened her eyes with great effort.

She felt a pain at the back of her head.

Everything before her eyes felt unreal; she saw a middle-aged woman standing in front of her with her hands on her hips, "Si Rong! Stop pretending! I didn't even use any force just now!"

"My nephew Shen Lan is a fine, talented young man; there's nothing about him that isn't good enough for your Si Family, is there?"

"Your Si Family is marrying off a daughter, not selling one, right? You still want a two-hundred-yuan dowry?"

"Let me tell you, that dowry was borrowed from our family by your mother-in-law, and you must pay it back today! Otherwise, don't even think about holding your wedding!"

A young Li Xuan pursed her lips; she had dressed up specially today and was wearing a pink dress, "Si Rong, today is your big day with Shen Lan, don't let this two hundred yuan delay things, just hurry up and give her the two hundred yuan?"

"No way!" Ming Zi interjected, "The Shen Family borrowing money from you is the Shen Family's business, the two-hundred-yuan dowry is what Shen Lan should give to the Si Family; are you people out of your minds to make the bride pay back money on the day of the grand wedding?"

This chaotic scene, wasn't it what happened on the day she married Shen Lan?

Was she, Rebirth?

Shen Lan seemed very troubled, "Si Rong, my aunt just has a straightforward temper, look at this matter..."

He hoped Si Rong would be more sensible, hurry up and return the two hundred yuan to his aunt, and not delay their wedding.