bayedsolid Chapter 458 What should she do?
Chapter 458 What should she do?
Putting aside the fact that Gao Cuizhi, Hong Yan'an's lover, had been feeling her heart pounding wildly ever since Chu Xin suggested playing with Hong Yangyang alone, the fact that the two of them were whispering in front of a group of people, seemingly having a secret they couldn't tell anyone, made her even more anxious.
Peeking outside, her hands unconsciously gripped the window frame, her fingernails almost splitting from the heat.
Chu Xin thought, "You're already in a hurry now? There will be plenty of times for you to be in a hurry later."
You might not be able to compete in terms of brains or intelligence, but when it comes to real strength, you're definitely no match. Even without revealing these bullet casings, it would be a matter of a few words to take you down.
Don't want to talk?
Let's see how long you can hold it in!
After receiving Hong Yangyang's solemn reply, Chu Xin stood up. "Okay, I'll wait for you to come find me, my good friend!"
If I'm not mistaken, Gao Cuizhi will lose her patience in two days at most.
After Zhou Yichen saw that the two of them had finished talking, he said goodbye to Hong's mother, "Please don't think it's a bother. If anything happens or you think of any clues, please tell us."
Hong's mother wiped away her tears and agreed.
She didn't doubt that her grandson, who was so young, could become good friends with this woman; she thought it was perfectly normal.
Because her grandson is really knowledgeable and very likable.
After seeing the group off, Hong's mother took her grandson home and found that her daughter-in-law, who had always been unwilling to face strangers, was standing in the yard.
"Cuizhi, why are you out? Is something wrong?"
Hong's mother's words sounded rather lukewarm. If it were a stranger, one could say that her attitude was distant, but since the other party was her daughter-in-law, it seemed that she was somewhat unwelcoming to her.
Of course, she did dislike him to some extent.
Although her daughter-in-law was from Kyoto, she was not a generous person at all. At one point, Hong's mother even felt that her son had forced her into this relationship, which was why the two of them became an ill-fated couple.
However, her son repeatedly swore that the two of them were truly willing to get married, and that his daughter-in-law was not an ordinary housewife; she worked in the workshop of an arsenal and was a salaried worker.
It is said that women in the new era can hold up half the sky, and Hong's mother thought that there should be nothing that would make Gao Cuizhi feel wronged and marry a man she had no feelings for.
Hong's mother was a little depressed. This daughter-in-law was pretty, but what good was she?
Not only is she not good with words, but she's also very sullen, always wearing a long face as if someone owes her hundreds of dollars.
Sometimes, even when it's just the three of them at home, it's as if she doesn't exist. If you don't actively reach out to her, she might not say a word all day.
Fortunately, her beloved grandson wasn't close to her, otherwise he might have developed a strange personality and become mute!
At first, Hong's mother was unwilling to have such a daughter-in-law, but as time went on, she found that her son and daughter-in-law never argued or quarreled. She gradually accepted the reality.
It's hard not to wonder if this kind of life is really good.
Anyway, she couldn't stand it. Even if they argued occasionally, it would make it seem like they were really living together. The two of them were more like a temporary couple who were just living together.
Furthermore, her daughter-in-law's behavior made her feel that being a mother-in-law was not challenging at all, so she always treated her with indifference.
Gao Cuizhi shook her head and said, "Mom, let me take care of Yangyang for a while!"
Before Hong's mother could react, Hong Yangyang herself became unhappy, shrinking back and only revealing her head, refusing:
"I don't want to, I want to stay with Grandma."
Hong's mother was not very comfortable letting the two of them be alone together, because her daughter-in-law was usually indifferent to her grandson. The child was so young that he had never even had a drop of milk. She had fed him little by little with rice water mixed with milk powder.
"Look, he doesn't want to either. You all love talking about democracy and all that, so let's not make a little kid like him suffer, okay?"
Gao Cuizhi looked at the two people, one old and one young, and for a moment she didn't know what to say. Her eyes, red and swollen from crying, were just slits as she looked at them silently and stubbornly.
Hong's mother immediately thought of how, since her son's accident, her daughter-in-law, though still quiet, had cried many times, which was extremely rare under normal circumstances.
Her heart softened without her realizing it. She sighed, squatted down, and gently coaxed her grandson, "Yangyang, Mommy is also feeling bad. Daddy isn't home right now, and you're the only little man here. Can you stay with her for a while?"
Hong Yangyang frowned, her big, dark eyes darting back and forth several times before tilting her head to look at Gao Cuizhi, "Does Mom really need me to stay with her?"
If it's true, then we can't refuse anymore. Dad said we should consider Mom's feelings.
Gao Cuizhi nodded firmly, "Yes!"
So, the shrewd and calculating Hong Yangyang was brought into the house by someone Chu Xin felt she needed to be wary of.
Chu Xin, on the return trip, had no idea that her worst fears were already coming true after they left.
From the moment she got into the car, she was wondering whether, in order to keep her secret, she should act alone, or follow what she knew and guide Zhou Yichen and the others to investigate together, and then secretly take advantage of the situation and deal with the person when the truth was about to come out.
Before she could make up her mind, Zhou Yichen spoke first.
“Hong Yan’an’s wife can be a key point of entry; she is far less weak than she appears to us.”
In the car, where only the hum of the engine could be heard, his sudden words caused a moment of silence between Chu Xin and Chu Yunting.
Chu Xin thought to herself, "As expected, Zhou Yichen has a sharp eye. He must have already suspected Gao Cuizhi a few times before, otherwise he wouldn't have visited the Hong family so many times and questioned her every time."
She's not Lin Daiyu; you can't expect her to cry all the time.
Chu Yunting, however, was not in favor of it.
"This woman is frail in every way. She acts like the sky has fallen because her husband is gone, and she cries endlessly every time. What can we find out by investigating her?"
"No, don't forget, Gao Cuizhi also worked in an arsenal. In such a place, a woman needs to be able to endure hardship to survive. A person with such perseverance panicked because of her husband's disappearance. Her initial crying can be understood as a sign of their deep affection and concern for each other."
But if this happens every time, it doesn't fit her image as someone working at the factory.
Zhou Yichen did indeed draw his conclusion only after he had concrete evidence.
"Do you remember when I asked Zhou Wen to visit the arsenal again?"
When he came back, he told me that Gao Cuihua was once the youngest senior fitter in the entire factory, and she was responsible for processing the most precise parts.
Later, due to an accident, she injured her hand and was not as steady as before, so she retired. Not long after, she registered her marriage with Hong Yan'an.
Initially, our focus was entirely on Hong Yan'an's social circle, completely ignoring Gao Cuizhi. But based on what we know now, strictly speaking, shouldn't she also be considered a suspect?
Chu Yunting listened in silence, only nodding in agreement.
Chu Xin gritted her teeth. Why was that bastard so eager? All she did was skip two meetings because she was lazy, and he was already investigating her.
What should she do?