Chapter 1194

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Xiaohua shoved the so-called rat poison straight into Lan Menglian's mouth; in that instant, not only did Lan Menglian never see it coming, but Wang Erhai and Li Xiulan were also stunned dumb!

Lan Menglian was choked by the powder of that so-called rat poison, coughing nonstop, unable to speak!

Liang Ailan broke free from her grasp and hurriedly ran far away, then wept helplessly.

"Xiao Hua, doing this will cost a life!"

Li Xiulan turned pale with fright, so anxious she nearly cried:

"Why bother arguing with this shrew! She's just a good-for-nothing; throwing your own life away for her isn't worth it! What do we do now — hurry, call 120, take her to get her stomach pumped!"

Wang Erhai was also frantic, fumbling for his mobile phone to make the call.

But Wang Xiaohua said:

"Second Brother, no need to call — this isn't rat poison at all!"

The moment Wang Xiaohua spoke, Wang Erhai couldn't help but freeze.

Lan Menglian, still coughing uncontrollably, saw her lie exposed by Wang Xiaohua and also froze.

Then she hurriedly said:

"Wang Xiaohua, you bookworm know jack shit! This IS rat poison! I'm telling you, I'll die right here in your Wang family home, then come back at night as a vengeful ghost and scare your whole family to death!"

Wang Xiaohua didn't know whether to laugh or cry:

"Who are you trying to scare, thinking I don't know anything? I studied chemistry — would I not know what rat poison is like? Besides, powdered rat poison has been off the market for ages; nowadays it's all granules, blocks, or bait forms. Where did you get powdered rat poison?"

As she spoke, Wang Xiaohua picked up the plastic bag holding the powder, licked a bit into her mouth, then said:

"It's just flour! Who are you trying to intimidate!"

Seeing her lie completely punctured, Lan Menglian knew she couldn't keep up the act, yet she still brazenly shouted:

"Wang Xiaohua, don't push it too far! This time I didn't bring rat poison, but next time I absolutely will bring rat poison to your house and eat it right in front of you!"

Wang Erhai, hearing this, didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

This Lan Menglian — she really can put on a show!

Passing off flour as rat poison, screaming about suicide — thank goodness Third Brother saw through her trick, otherwise she really would have scared us into submission and gotten her way!

Li Xiulan let out a breath of relief!

As long as Lan Menglian hadn't eaten real rat poison, everything was fine!

She only feared the youngest brother's life would be ruined forever if she truly had ingested rat poison!

Wang Xiaohua sneered at Lan Menglian:

"Lan Menglian, are you really willing to die for Liang Xinghua? You'd better think it through. I heard from Second Brother that you and Liang Xinghua divorced long ago; right now you're only back together, not remarried! If Liang Xinghua hadn't been screwed over by his girlfriend and fallen from his executive post at Liguo Mountain, do you think he'd come seeking reconciliation with you? Also, search your own conscience — do you really love Liang Xinghua to the point of life and death?"

Lan Menglian's heart gave a jolt at those words.

Truth be told, she doesn't love Liang Xinghua at all anymore!

And she knows Liang Xinghua has zero love left for her either!

The only reason she's still raising hell at the Wang household is to extort some benefits.

"Wang Xiaohua, why say so much? Bottom line: either you forgive my husband, or you pay me compensation — otherwise this will never end!"

Wang Xiaohua's eyes narrowed:

"How much do you want?"

Lan Menglian replied:

"At least fifty thousand — anything under fifty thousand and you can forget about me letting you off!"

Wang Xiaohua didn't know whether to laugh or cry:

"Do you realize this is extortion? If we actually give you fifty thousand and then turn around and report you to the police, you'll be the one sitting in prison!"

Wang Xiaohua only said all this because he never intended to actually do it.

Sending Lan Menglian to prison would be easy as pie, but he couldn't bring himself to — after all, if Lan Menglian went to prison too, what would become of that little girl Liang Ailan?

Liang Ailan is innocent; honestly, being born into such a wretched family is truly pitiful!

Poverty itself doesn't matter, but there must be a healthy family atmosphere and a sensible, level-headed mother to cultivate a sound personality in a child.

With the family Liang Ailan is in, frankly, her life is more than half ruined already — whether she can even test into high school is questionable; the most likely outcome is she won't even finish junior high, then runs wild with those spiritual young girls, goes out to work, and gets pregnant early.

If she meets a somewhat responsible delinquent, maybe she'll live out her days in peace.

If she meets an irresponsible one, or if she herself gives up completely, her future life will probably be even more wretched than Li Yuncui's.

Hearing Wang Xiaohua say her actions constituted extortion, Lan Menglian started to get cold feet.

She definitely doesn't want to go to prison.

Yet she still remained utterly hard-mouthed:

"Wang Xiaohua, don't think just because you have a little education you can bully me! You wait — I've got plenty of ways to deal with you!"

With that, Lan Menglian dragged her daughter, turned around, and left.

Seeing Lan Menglian had no intention of letting things rest easily, Wang Erhai couldn't help but feel worried, and said to Wang Xiaohua:

"Third Brother, why not spend some money to send her packing? Better one less trouble than one more!"

Wang Erhai didn't want to keep tangling with this crazy woman either, because she's completely unreasonable and her behavior is extremely radical — who knows, some day she might actually do something lethal!

Wang Xiaohua thought it over and also felt his Second Brother's words made sense.

The happiness principle of concession — nowadays the Wang family's days are passing pretty well; there's truly no need to fight Lan Menglian to the death.

Just treat it as losing money to avert disaster.

So he said:

"Let's wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow, after Lan Menglian's anger subsides a bit, I'll go with you to find her, then give her some money and send her off to the city to work!"

However, when the next morning arrived.

After the two brothers ate breakfast, they went together to that raw house.

But they discovered the house door was tightly shut. Lan Menglian had long since vanished without a trace, leaving only her daughter Liang Ailan, locked inside the house wailing loudly.

"Mama, Mama, don't abandon me, Mama..."

Liang Ailan pounded on the living room gate, crying her heart out.

Wang Erhai and Wang Xiaohua were both extremely surprised. They hurriedly asked Liang Ailan through the door:

"Lanlan, where did your mom go?"

Liang Ailan cried as she said:

"My mom said she's going to the city and never coming back. She doesn't want me anymore, wuwuwu..."

It turned out that after Lan Menglian returned to this raw house from the Wang family yesterday, she thought for a whole night about those words Wang Xiaohua had said to her. The more she thought, the more she felt Wang Xiaohua's words were reasonable.

How could she ruin her perfectly good life for a useless waste like Liang Xinghua?

Back when she and Liang Xinghua got back together, Liang Xinghua wasn't even willing to remarry her!

Liang Xinghua simply doesn't love her at all!

Since that's the case, just run off directly now!

Anyway, she and Liang Xinghua are already divorced!

As for Liang Ailan this burden, she absolutely would not bring her along no matter what. Previously bringing Liang Ailan to live in the county town had already scared her witless!

So she hardened her heart and abandoned Liang Ailan in Shanggou Village, going to the city alone.

Anyway, there are plenty of kindhearted people in Shanggou Village. Someone should give Liang Ailan a meal to eat. She won't starve to death!