Chapter 425

Ma Lan, who was beaten all over, was also hungry to the point of not being able to stand it.

At noon, Ye Chen had just finished cooking, and she hadn't even eaten a bite before she was caught by the police.

After tossing and turning all afternoon until now, coupled with fear and beating, her physical strength was consumed greatly, so she was even hungrier.

So she crawled over carefully, took a lunch box from the plastic basket, and was about to go to the corner to eat by herself, when Zhang Guifen suddenly shouted at her, "Ma Lan, what are you doing?"

Ma Lan hurriedly said, "Big... Big sister, I want to eat something..."

"Eat?" Zhang Guifen shouted, "You bastard who doesn't respect your mother-in-law, you still have the face to eat?!"

"I... I..." Ma Lan choked up instantly, but suddenly didn't know how to answer Zhang Guifen's question.

Zhang Guifen scolded with dissatisfaction at this time, "What I what? Come over here!"

Ma Lan could only walk to her side staggeringly, nodding and bowing, "Big sister, what are your orders..."

Zhang Guifen snatched the lunch box from Ma Lan's hand and said coldly, "People like you don't deserve to eat, get lost."

When Ma Lan heard this, she cried and said, "Sister, I only ate something in the morning today, and I'm almost fainting from hunger now. Please have mercy and let me eat two bites..."

"Eat?" Zhang Guifen laughed, "You are a person who lives in Tang Chen Yi Pin, isn't it a drop in status to eat this kind of food?"

Ma Lan cried and said, "Sister, I'm really hungry, please have mercy and let me eat two bites, you can't watch me starve to death..."

Zhang Guifen said coldly, "Don't worry, you won't starve to death if you don't eat for two or three days."

Ma Lan begged, "But I'm really hungry..."

Zhang Guifen questioned with disgust, "Are you finished? Let me tell you, you'd better get lost, if you say one more word, do you believe I'll beat you to death now?"

Looking at Zhang Guifen's fierce appearance, Ma Lan trembled in her heart, and the aggrieved tears rolled down immediately.

She was afraid that Zhang Guifen would hit her again, so she could only hide in the corner by herself, watching Zhang Guifen eat up her portion of food and dishes spoon by spoon...

At this moment, Ye Chen was preparing dinner in the big kitchen of Tang Chen Yi Pin.

Xiao Churan and Dong Ruolin came back together. As soon as Dong Ruolin arrived home, she hurriedly ran to the kitchen, saying, "Oh my, I came to stay at your house and caused you trouble, so I should help you do more housework!"

After saying this, she had already drilled into the kitchen and asked Ye Chen shyly, "Is there anything I can help with?"

Ye Chen said, "You don't need to help, go out and watch TV with Churan."

"But I don't want to watch TV!" Dong Ruolin said shyly, "I just want to help you, even if it's just helping out."

Ye Chen knew what she was thinking, so he hurriedly said, "Really don't need to, I'm used to cooking alone, you go out and sit for a while and wait for dinner."

Just as he was speaking, Xiao Churan walked into the kitchen and asked Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, have you seen my mom?"

"No." Ye Chen asked pretending to be surprised, "What's wrong? Mom hasn't come back yet?"

"No." Xiao Churan said, "I originally thought she went to a party with friends, but just now her friend called me and said that my mom hasn't been reachable since the afternoon. They have been waiting for her to confirm the meal, but they can't find her anywhere. I asked Dad, and Dad said he didn't know where she went, so I thought I'd ask you."

Ye Chen said lightly, "I really don't know where Mom went. She asked me for money at noon, saying she was going to eat with friends, but I thought, our family's money is managed by Dad now, so I said it had to be with Dad's consent. Dad didn't let me give it to her, so I didn't, and Mom was a bit angry."

Xiao Churan nodded thoughtfully and muttered to herself, "This is a bit strange. Not at home, and didn't go to a party with friends, then where could she have gone..."

Ye Chen shrugged his shoulders and said, "Maybe she went somewhere to play mahjong?"

Xiao Churan said, "That wouldn't make her phone turned off, people can't be reached, she has never been like this before."

"What if the phone is out of power?" Ye Chen said, "Don't worry first, Mom is an adult, she should be able to take care of herself."

Xiao Churan sighed, "Although she is an adult, her style of doing things is not as good as a child's. I'm really afraid that she will cause trouble everywhere."

Dong Ruolin asked in surprise, "Auntie is missing?"

"Yes." Xiao Churan said worriedly, "The phone can't be reached, I asked around, and no one has seen her."

At this time, Xiao Changkun poked his head in and asked in surprise, "Why are you all in the kitchen as soon as you come back? I was going to let you come and accompany me for tea."

Xiao Churan asked him, "Dad, has Mom contacted you? It's so late, why hasn't she come home yet?"

As soon as Xiao Changkun heard her ask about Ma Lan, he snorted coldly and said unhappily, "Who knows, don't worry about her, maybe she's causing trouble for us somewhere again."

Since learning that Ma Lan had lost all the family's money, Xiao Changkun's dissatisfaction with Ma Lan could no longer be hidden.

These past few days, every time he saw Ma Lan, he thought about the fact that all the family's money had been lost, so he wished Ma Lan would go out and go crazy, out of sight, out of mind.

Xiao Churan sighed helplessly and said, "Dad, I know Mom was wrong, but Mom has already apologized, she also knows she was wrong, don't be angry with her anymore, what if Mom is forced by you to run away from home?"

"Run away from home?" Xiao Changkun sneered disdainfully, "If she could really run away from home, I would go to Luo Han Temple tonight to burn incense and worship Buddha, thank Buddha, it would be best if she could evaporate from this world like Qian Hongyan, then I would really be liberated!"

When Xiao Churan heard this, she felt helpless to the extreme. The relationship between her parents had reached this point, and she felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

After a moment of silence, she said, "Dad, no matter how wrong Mom is, you have been together for more than twenty years, can't you forgive each other?"

Xiao Changkun waved his hand, "Forgive her? Doesn't exist, I will never forgive her in my life!"

After saying this, Xiao Changkun put his hands behind his back and walked out slowly.

Xiao Churan sighed, hesitated again and again, and then said to Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, you know many people in Jin Ling, that Master Hong Wu seems to have a good relationship with you, can you let her help check? See if anyone has seen Mom."

Ye Chen said, "Wife, children sometimes play late, Mom has only been out for an afternoon, what's there to worry about? She used to play mahjong, sitting at the mahjong table, she wouldn't get up until she played eight rounds. What if she really went to someone's house to play cards? Even if you turn Jin Ling upside down, you might not be able to find her!"

Xiao Churan pursed her lips and thought for a long time, then said, "Alright then, let's wait a bit longer. If she doesn't come back by ten o'clock, I'll call the police!"

"Call the police?" Ye Chen said awkwardly, "Is that necessary? The police are very busy, it's better not to trouble them with this kind of thing."

"How can that be." Xiao Churan said seriously, "Auntie has been missing and hasn't been found yet, what if my mom is the same as her! If I can't see Mom or reach Mom by ten o'clock, you have to accompany me to the police station!"