Along the way, Wang Xuechan didn't speak, and her steps were hurried, losing her usual grace.
Tang Jiaojiao followed closely behind, not daring to speak.
After returning home, Wang Xuechan checked every room to make sure that her mother-in-law and husband were not at home.
Then he sat down on the sofa in the living room, folded his arms, and called Tang Jiaojiao angrily: "Come and sit down."
Tang Jiaojiao looked at Wang Xuechan, walked over and sat down quietly, staying far away from Wang Xuechan.
Wang Xuechan glanced at her: "Can I eat you?"
"I don't listen when I talk to you. It's just like going to school. It's not easy to find a partner when I get out."
"You go find a country bumpkin. Now, everyone is dead and you have to make trouble."
"You made the mess yourself, just tell me what to do, right?"
Tang Jiaojiao glanced at her mother, lowered her head, and whispered, "Mom, that matter has been investigated clearly, and it has nothing to do with me."
"It won't affect me."
Wang Xuechan sat up, put down her arms, glared at Tang Jiaojiao, and said through gritted teeth: "Won't it affect you?"
"Do you know what gossip others will spread?"
"You only care about your own pleasure, why don't you think about us?"
"How do you ask us to raise our heads and speak, and how do we behave as human beings in the workplace?"
Faced with her mother's questioning, Tang Jiaojiao remained silent.
She didn't know why her mother, who was usually kind to her, suddenly became like this.
Tang Jiaojiao thought again: her mother was such a good-looking person, so she must have felt even more embarrassed when she heard that she and Yang Chenlin were related by blood.
My mother doesn't want to have anything to do with rural people.
Tang Jiaojiao was trembling, hoping that her mother would end the abuse quickly.
The sound of the door opening saved Tang Jiaojiao, who was restless. She turned around and looked over, and it was grandma who opened the door and came in.
Wang Xuechan glanced at Tang Jiaojiao, put away the ugly color on her face, and tried her best to look normal.
Mother Tang put the dishes she was carrying on the dining table: "Xuechan, are you back from a business trip?"
Wang Xuechan responded feebly: "Mom, I'm back."
Tang's mother smiled and said to her, "Are you tired? Have a good rest and I'll make braised pork ribs for you."
She asked Tang Jiaojiao again: "Jiaojiao, what's wrong with you? You don't look good."
Wang Xuechan hurriedly smiled to cover up: "Mom, it's okay. She just has a heat stroke due to the hot weather."
Mother Tang smiled and went to the kitchen: "I'll make some mung bean soup to relieve the heat."
Wang Xuechan turned around and winked at Tang Jiaojiao: "Don't look like this."
"If your grandma finds out, do you want to make her angry to death?"
Mother Tang's voice sounded from behind: "Xuechan, what are you talking about?"
Wang Xuechan was frightened and looked back at her mother-in-law: "Mom, it's nothing."
Mother Tang looked at her and asked, "I just heard you say that you made me so angry?"
Mother Tang looked at Tang Jiaojiao worriedly: "Did Jiaojiao encounter any difficulties?"
Tang Jiaojiao glanced at her grandma in panic, then lowered her head.
Tang's mother came over, sat down next to Tang Jiaojiao, and asked her softly: "Jiaojiao, tell grandma, what happened?"
Tang Jiaojiao's shoulders trembled: "Grandma, Yang Chenlin is dead..."
Tang Jiaojiao had been hiding it, and Tang's mother only found out about it. She sat next to Tang Jiaojiao in surprise and looked at her and asked, "You were such a good person, why did you die?"
Seeing Tang Jiaojiao speechless and in tears, Tang's mother worriedly comforted her: "Okay, okay, don't cry..."
Wang Xuechan was afraid that her daughter would say other things, so she hurriedly went over to persuade her, "That's right, Jiaojiao, don't be sad."
"Let grandma prepare delicious food for you. You can go to the bedroom and take a nap first."
Tang's mother echoed: "Yes, yes, Jiaojiao, go and take a nap. When you wake up, you will forget everything."
Wang Xuechan took Tang Jiaojiao to the bedroom, laid her down on the bed, and covered her with a quilt: "Close your eyes and sleep."
Wang Xuechan sat beside the bed and patted the quilt gently.
After a long time, she got up and walked slowly to the window, looked outside, and fell into deep thought...
When she heard Officer Zhou ask if Yang Chenlin and Tang Jiaojiao were related, Wang Xuechan's heart skipped a beat, as if there was a crack in the ice and she would fall into the ice cave at any time.
She was afraid that the secret in her heart would be discovered.
After so many years of painstaking efforts to hide it, no clues should be revealed, and no one should know.
Ever since she knew that Tang Jiaojiao and Yang Chenlin were dating, Wang Xuechan had strongly opposed it.
Everyone thought that Wang Xuechan was concerned about Yang Chenlin's identity as a rural person, but she was the only one who knew that it was not just that.
Yang Chenlin came from Maple Bay. Mentioning the name of that place was enough to make Wang Xuechan feel like he was in an ice cellar in summer.
Tang's mother had already prepared the meal and walked in gently. Seeing Wang Xuechan standing in front of the window, thinking deeply, she walked over to comfort her.
Mother Tang patted her shoulder lightly, and Wang Xuechan turned around suddenly, trembling all over. After seeing clearly that it was Tang Mu, she patted her thumping chest and said, "Oh, you scared me to death.
Mother Tang smiled slightly: "Why are you so obsessed with it?"
Wang Xuechan said softly: "Jiaojiao's incident happened too suddenly, and those who heard it were frightened."
"You said it's a good thing that the person is gone. If two people are together, there will be more people in the future."
Mother Tang looked at Jiaojiao on the bed and sighed leisurely: "Yes, how could such a thing happen?"
In the office, Zhou Zhimo's desk was filled with various documents, some of which had already turned yellow.
Although the case of Yang Chenlin's death was clear, Zhou Zhimo still had a mystery in his mind about the test report, and he wanted to find out.
Zhou Zhimo first searched for all the information about Yang Chenlin, but seemed to find nothing.
He found the information about Tang Jiaojiao's family and looked through it carefully. His hard work paid off and he finally saw the clues.
Tang Jiaojiao's grandmother, Mrs. Tang, Liu Yuqin, was once an educated youth sent to the countryside, and the place where she was sent was Maple Bay.
Liu Yuqin spent four years in Maple Bay before returning to the city and marrying Tang's father.
Zhou Zhimo looked at the address on the information and frowned slightly: Could this be the intersection of Tang Jiaojiao and Yang Chenlin?
He continued to look through the information at the back, until he finished looking through it, and there were no other clues.
Zhou Zhimo decided to meet Tang Mu.
Tang's mother retired at home, with a round face, crooked eyes when she smiled, and a kind face.
Zhou Zhimo said to her straight to the point: "I came here this time to ask you about something."
Mother Tang smiled and said, "You can ask whatever you want."
Zhou Zhimo said: "I saw that you were in Maple Bay when you were an educated youth."
Mother Tang nodded: "Yes."
Zhou Zhimo said: "I want to know something about what happened back then."
Tang's mother looked at him with some confusion: "In those days, educated youths all worked the same way."
