Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 130 - 130: 128: Repaying Debts: The Storm Approaches (Part II)

“But Dad…” Di Yelei hesitated.

“Ms. Zhao, let go of Third Child. You’re embarrassing yourself, a woman acting like this. I, Di Defu, must have no luck or virtue to have married a disaster like you. Sigh!” Elderly Mr. Di sighed, looking as if he aged by ten years in an instant.

Ms. Zhao couldn’t help but let go of Di Yelei’s thigh, moving closer to Elderly Mr. Di with a whimper.

“Old man, what’s the matter? This is…”

“Ms. Zhao! I’m getting old! I don’t have many years left, and I can’t protect you for much longer, so you… just take care of yourself.”

After saying this, Elderly Mr. Di leaned on his crutch, shakily walking back into the room. The once shrewd and decisive man had succumbed to the passage of time, now walking with great caution in his old age.

“Old man! Old man! Old man!”

Ms. Zhao’s mournful cries couldn’t bring him back. Elderly Mr. Di’s heavy steps led him into the room, and he closed the door behind him.

“Old man! You damn bastard, are you really just abandoning me like this?”

Ms. Zhao fell silent for a moment before suddenly wailing loudly, louder than at any other time.

Di Yelei ignored her, took the bamboo basket from Liu Sisi’s hands, placed it at his father’s door, and left the old house, not looking back.

“I heard she is my mother’s distant cousin. Although she’s a few years younger than my mother, my mother liked her the most. When my dad had an arranged marriage with my mother, she was just a young girl accompanying my mother. She fell in love with my dad at first sight. Unfortunately, my dad and my mother were already in love, so when my mother married him, their feelings remained strong. She didn’t marry until she was 20 years old and considered an old maiden. A big reason for my mother’s constant illness was her presence. After my mother passed away and her husband died, she couldn’t wait any longer and married over here after her three-year mourning period.”

Di Yelei held Liu Sisi’s hand, speaking softly.

So there was such an inside story!

If that’s the case, Ms. Zhao’s feelings for Di’s father should be considered genuine.

Liu Sisi nodded, recalling Elderly Mr. Di’s words just now, suddenly understanding why Ms. Zhao was crying so bitterly!

Di Yelei’s large hand felt exceptionally warm and strong, completely enveloping her small hand as they quickly walked toward home.

Halfway there, they could already see Di Xuan tumbling and crawling toward them from a distance, rolling on the ground by accident.

“Dad! Something’s happened to Dad…!”

The two were shocked! Di Yelei took a few quick steps to help Di Xuan up.

“What’s going on? Xuan’er!”

“Something happened…at home…” Di Xuan gasped for breath.

Di Yelei suddenly pushed Di Xuan aside and sprinted towards home like a madman.

“Dad, don’t go! Someone’s there to catch you…”

Di Xuan, sweating profusely, yelled loudly, “Dad! Don’t go back— there are… there are so many governmental office’s runners at home, they say… they say they’re here… to catch you!”

To catch Yelei?

Liu Sisi’s head buzzed, and she couldn’t help but sway a little.

Forcing herself to steady her body, she quickly grabbed Xuan’er clothes, almost toppling him with her strength. “What did you just say? There are governmental office’s runners at home to catch Yelei?”

Di Xuan’s face was covered with sweat and tears. He gritted his teeth and nodded, “Mom! What should we do?”

What can they do?

“Get up! Let’s go back and see!”

Liu Sisi yanked Di Xuan up forcefully, no longer caring about anything else. They both sprinted towards home, and she didn’t even bother to pick up the bamboo basket.

The short distance seemed insurmountable, and Liu Sisi’s mind was a chaotic mess, unable to recall anything.

Before she even got back to her house, Sisi heard YingEr’s cries from afar.

The doorway to the house was surrounded by layers of people, all pointing and chattering in the center of the scene, creating a loud, chaotic atmosphere.

“Make way! Make way—”

Liu Sisi desperately tried to push through the crowd, which was tightly packed and left no gaps at all.

In her urgency, Liu Sisi bit the person in front of her fiercely, not even caring where her teeth landed. As expected, the person turned around and cursed angrily!

Seizing the moment, Liu Sisi squeezed through the crowd and finally got a clear view of the situation in the courtyard.

At the entrance of the courtyard, there were four officers with big blades standing solemnly on each side, successfully stopping the curious onlookers. YingEr sat weeping in the center of the courtyard, her once-clean body now covered in mud. Two more officers were standing on either side of the hall’s doorway.

Without saying a word, Liu Sisi lowered her head and rushed in.

“Stop! Nobody is allowed to interfere with the government’s legal process!”

Two officers with massive blades barred the entrance, preventing Liu Sisi from entering.

“Let go! This is my home! I am the mistress here! Let me in.” Liu Sisi, completely disregarding everything, madly tried to break in.

Only then did the two officers let her pass.

Once inside, Liu Sisi quickly helped YingEr up from the ground: “YingEr, YingEr, don’t cry! Where’s your dad? Where’s your dad?”

“Dad, Daddy is in the room… Mom! Waaaah—”

YingEr continued to cry uncontrollably.

“Don’t cry, YingEr, don’t cry. Mom will go have a look. Don’t cry!”

Liu Sisi left YingEr and strode towards the hall.

“YingEr won’t cry, no more crying!” YingEr wiped her tears away.

Before she could come any closer, the door of the hall opened from inside, and Zuo Xingyu came out with Di Yelei in tow.

Di Yelei’s shoulders were wrapped in a thick iron chain, along with a heavy shackle, and his feet were dragging a large chain. With every step he took, the chain made a loud clinking noise that dumbfounded Liu Sisi.

“Ye Lei! —What happened to you? Didn’t you say everything was fine? What on earth is going on?”

Liu Sisi exclaimed as she rushed towards them.

“Idle people must not interfere with the government’s case!”

Besides Zuo Xingyu, another elderly constable was holding Di Yelei’s arm. The man pushed Liu Sisi away the moment she got too close.

Liu Sisi pleaded, “Mr.Officer, please give me some leeway, I just want to say a few words, just a few words!”

“Let her say a few words! Law is not devoid of human kindness; there is always time for a word or two.” Zuo Xingyu finally spoke up.

“Fine! It’s up to you, leader.”

The man turned around and ordered the others, “Hurry up! We have to escort the criminal back to the county government office immediately, we will have to travel through the night tonight, such terrible luck!”

“Sisi, I’m sorry to have worried you again.”

Regardless of the current situation, Di Yelei spoke softly to Liu Sisi, “Don’t worry, take care of yourself and the two children. I will return home safely. Think about it, have I ever broken a promise that I made to you?”

His words carried an inexplicable reassuring power.