Chapter 433: Fawning

Upon hearing that her father wanted her to go with him to meet his first love, Xiao Churan refused almost without hesitation: "I'm not going!"

Xiao Changkun spread his hands: "Then don't stop Ye Chen from going with me. In any case, one of you two must go with me."

"You..." Xiao Churan was too angry to speak, and questioned: "Is having a meal with an old classmate more important, or is finding Mom more important? Dad, can't you tell the difference in your heart?"

Xiao Changkun blurted out: "I can tell the difference. Of course, having a meal with an old classmate is more important!"

"You..."

Although Xiao Churan had always had a good temper, at this moment she was truly about to explode with anger.

Xiao Changkun, however, said with an indifferent face: "Churan, you have to understand one thing. This world does not revolve around your mother. There are four people in this family. Your mother and I each have our own needs. You can revolve around your mother, but you cannot force me or Ye Chen to revolve around your mother. Don't we have our own lives? Don't we have our own needs?"

Speaking of this, Xiao Changkun continued somewhat excitedly: "Does it mean that if your mother cannot be found for a day, I cannot do anything else for a day, and can only go out to look for her? If she can never be found for the rest of her life, does that mean I don't have to do anything else, and will spend the rest of my life looking for her until I die? If that's the case, then I would rather run away from home. Why go through all this trouble?"

Xiao Churan was rendered speechless all of a sudden.

Although she knew that what her father said was fallacious, she had to admit that there was some truth in his words.

Her father had been suppressed by her mother for so many years. Now that her mother had suddenly disappeared, it should be a relief for him, and even more of a release.

In utter helplessness, she could only compromise: "I don't object to you having a gathering with your classmates, but after you meet, you must help me find Mom's whereabouts!"

"Fine, fine, fine." Xiao Changkun agreed repeatedly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will definitely go all out when the time comes."

Just then, Ye Chen came out with the fried eggs and bacon. Seeing Xiao Changkun's attire, he said in surprise: "Whoa, Dad, you're looking quite handsome today."

Xiao Changkun chuckled and said happily: "How is it? Is it presentable?"

Ye Chen nodded and said with a smile: "It's truly very presentable."

Xiao Churan, who was on the side, rubbed her temples and said to Ye Chen: "You accompany Dad to meet his old classmate at noon. After the meal, hurry up and go to places like mahjong parlors to look around and ask if anyone has seen Mom."

Ye Chen agreed immediately and said: "Okay, wifey. I'll go with Dad after we finish eating."

At the same time, breakfast had also begun in the detention center.

Ma Lan had slept in the toilet all night yesterday, shivering all over from the cold. She was so hungry that she was about to faint, and was just hoping to eat some breakfast to replenish herself; otherwise, she was afraid she would really faint from hunger.

The two people who picked up the food soon carried back a plastic crate. Everyone went over to get their food one after another. Ma Lan didn't dare to take it directly, but walked up to Zhang Guifen and asked pitifully: "Sister Zhang, can you let me eat something? I haven't eaten for a day and a night..."

Zhang Guifen frowned while drinking porridge and eating a steamed bun, and asked her: "What does it have to do with me whether you eat or not? Did I stop you from eating?"

Ma Lan said with a bitter face: "I'm afraid that if I eat, you will beat me again..."

Zhang Guifen sneered: "It's good that you know. If you want to eat, just eat as you please. You can take a beating better once you're full."

Ma Lan knew this was a threat. As long as she ate, or even just reached out to get the food, she would very likely get a beating.

So she cried and begged: "Sister Zhang, you've already beaten me and scolded me yesterday, and punished me too. I just beg you to show mercy and spare me..."

Zhang Guifen raised her eyebrows and questioned: "I can spare you, but who can bring my deceased mother back to life? Do you know how miserable she was when she couldn't breathe and was suffocated to death on the hospital bed because she drank pesticide?"

Ma Lan said with snot and tears: "Sister Zhang... I know you are a filial daughter, but I never harmed your mother..."

Zhang Guifen scolded angrily: "Still talking nonsense with me? Let me tell you, my mother was killed by an unfilial daughter-in-law like you, so I feel disgusted when I see people like you! You should be glad that this isn't ancient society; otherwise, I would have chopped you up to act on behalf of heaven!"

Old Mrs. Xiao, who was on the side, hummed triumphantly: "Guifen, you are absolutely right! A woman like this should be put in a pig cage in ancient times! That kind of bamboo cage, lock her inside, tie a few big stones to it, and then throw it into the river to drown her directly!"

Ma Lan was so scared that she didn't dare to make a sound, nor did she dare to eat. She could only lower her head and stand in front of Zhang Guifen like a child who had made a mistake.

Zhang Guifen finished the last of her porridge, used the last piece of steamed bun to swirl around the porridge bowl, wiped up all the remaining rice residue, and ate it in one bite.

Afterwards, she said with lingering appetite: "Oh my, it seems I'm not full."

At this time, a female prisoner pointed at the plastic crate and said: "Sister Fen, isn't there one portion left in there? Why don't you eat that one too!"

Zhang Guifen looked at Ma Lan with a deliberate smile and asked happily: "Oh my, Ma Lan, I'll eat your portion of breakfast, you don't have any objections, right?"

"No objections, no objections!" How could Ma Lan dare to say a word of disagreement? She could only nod like a garlic press.

Zhang Guifen smiled: "It's good that you have no objections. I'm a person who exercises a lot, so I have a big appetite. Beating you yesterday consumed a lot of energy, so I really need to replenish myself well today."

As she spoke, she walked to the plastic crate, took out the lunch box inside, opened it, and then held the steamed bun in one hand and the lunch box to drink the porridge with the other.

Because she deliberately wanted to torture Ma Lan, she slurped the porridge very loudly, making Ma Lan's legs go weak from craving, and her stomach twitched even more violently.

Zhang Guifen ate all the steamed buns in big mouthfuls, then drank the porridge until about one-third was left, and then deliberately shook her hand, dropping the lunch box on the ground, and the porridge spilled out immediately.

Zhang Guifen let out an "oh my" and said with annoyance: "Why did it spill? What a waste..."

As she spoke, she waved her hand at Ma Lan and said: "Go to the toilet, get the mop, and mop this spot clean."

Ma Lan had never cherished food in her life, and had never even finished a bowl of rice cleanly, but now, looking at the puddle of rice porridge on the ground, she actually felt very heartbroken.

Seeing her eyes fixed on the rice porridge on the ground, Zhang Guifen smiled and said: "Ma Lan, if you are hungry, you can also kneel on the ground and lick up this porridge."

When Ma Lan heard this, she felt so aggrieved she wanted to die.

Kneeling on the ground to lick porridge? The floor was so dirty! Countless people had stepped on it, and the mop used in the toilet was already pitch black. Now, to be asked to lick the porridge spilled on the ground, how could she endure it?

Even if she starved to death, she couldn't lick it!

Thinking of this, she hurriedly said: "I'd better mop it clean."

Zhang Guifen sneered: "Suit yourself, but you will lick it sooner or later. If you don't believe me, let's wait and see!" ===== CHAPTER 434 =====