As Wang Meijuan entered the kitchen, Lin Wanyi finally boarded the plane.
She let out a long sigh of relief and asked Lin Jiajun:
"Did you guys really not see Wang Hao just now?"
Lin Jiajun shook his head, and Liu Renzhi also shook his head.
"But I saw him clearly."
Liu Renzhi said, "It might be an illusion caused by too much stress. Wanyi, take a good rest for a while after you go back this time."
Lin Wanyi was still puzzled, but since they both said they didn't see him, it must be true.
After all, she had successfully boarded the plane. If Wang Hao was really there, he wouldn't have let her leave without trying to stop her.
The plane slowly took off. Lin Wanyi watched the city below gradually fade from her sight.
She still couldn't help but get teary-eyed.
This place where she had lived for eight years, this place where she had suffered grievances for eight years—she was finally leaving it.
She remembered how in the past, every time she saw a plane flying in the sky, she would think of her parents' home.
Today, she was finally on the plane leaving.
Back then, she came here full of longing for marriage and beautiful hopes for love.
Eight years had passed, and all she was taking away with her were scars.
What exactly is marriage for?
What exactly does marriage bring to a woman?
An out-of-shape body from pregnancy?
The household chores she was forced to learn?
The chaotic daily grind of making ends meet?
The mother-in-law's deliberate difficulties and the husband's blame?
And a personality that grew more and more silent?
Besides these, what else was there?
The more she thought about it, the sadder she became, and she couldn't hold back her tears.
Liu Renzhi handed her a tissue:
"Your bitter days are over. From now on, it will all be happiness."
Outside the window, Wang Hao looked up at the plane in the sky.
Was it the flight Lin Wanyi was on?
The two of them still ended up at this point.
Whose fault was it exactly?
What was the reason?
Wang Kai's furious roar interrupted his thoughts. He turned his head and saw Wang Meijuan, her eyes bloodshot, holding up a kitchen knife like a wild beast.
She waved it around wildly, muttering constantly:
"Are you going to give me money or not? Are you all going to give me money or not?
"Hurry up and give me money, I need to go see my son."
Chen Qingxiu, her face ashen, hurriedly went out to call the police. Liu Chunlan hastily tried to persuade Wang Meijuan:
"Put down the knife, Juan'er, put down the knife.
"What are you doing? They are your biological brothers, and I am your biological mother. How can you point a knife at us?"
"Hahaha!"
Wang Meijuan laughed maniacally:
"So now you know they are my biological brothers and you are my biological mother?
"But why didn't any of you help me?
"Mom, my son had an amputation, he almost died. Even at a time like this, none of you are willing to give me a single cent?
"If you insist on pushing me like this, then don't blame me for being ruthless. We'll fight to the bitter end."
As she swung the knife around indiscriminately, Liu Chunlan finally got scared. She quickly said:
"Put down the knife, put it down quickly. I'll give you the money, okay?"
Wang Meijuan still didn't drop the knife; instead, she pointed it at Liu Chunlan:
"I want at least three hundred thousand."
Liu Chunlan's old face was covered in tears: "Juan'er, Mom really doesn't have that much money.
"How about Mom gives you ten thousand?"
"No!" Wang Meijuan continued waving the knife:
"How could you not have money? When Wang Kai got married, he left you hundreds of thousands, and when I got married, I gave you hundreds of thousands too.
"And you still say you have no money. Where is your money? Where did it go?
"How much money could an old country woman like you possibly spend?"
Liu Chunlan stammered, and Wang Hao also helped Wang Meijuan ask her:
"Yeah, Mom, where is your money? Logically speaking, you should have at least seven or eight hundred thousand right now. Where is it?
"How about this, older brother, older sister. Mom is getting old now, and I'm afraid that one day she might suddenly get confused and not even know where her money is or how much she has.
"So since all three of us are here today, let's have her give the money to us. What do you think?"
Wang Kai nodded, and Wang Meijuan immediately said, "Okay, let's split it. We split it right now.
"Divide all her money into three parts, one for each of us."
Wang Kai said, "We can't divide it like that, sister. How can a married daughter come back and take a share of her parents' property?
"If this money is to be divided, it's between me and Wang Hao. It has nothing to do with you."
"How does it have nothing to do with me?"
Wang Meijuan grew anxious: "In today's society, sons and daughters are equal. Daughters also have the right to inherit family property.
"Why shouldn't I get a share? Even if we go to court, you'd have to give me my share."
Wang Kai wanted to say something else, but Wang Hao spoke first:
"Brother, don't blame me for being blunt. Our sister is a married daughter, that's true, and she indeed has no right to share Mom and Dad's money.
"But what about you?"
He paused, and Wang Kai quickly said:
"What about me? Why bring me into this?"
Wang Hao twitched the corner of his mouth:
"Haven't you always said you married into your wife's family? Haven't you always said you have nothing to do with the Wang family anymore?
"Before the new year, didn't you want to sign some property waiver agreement with Mom?
"Since that's the case, what right do you have to take a share of the Wang family's money?
"So, at the end of the day, Mom and Dad's money should all be mine, because I've been the one taking care of them all these years.
"I even gave them two thousand a month for living expenses. Over eight years, I've given over a hundred thousand. Have you guys? Which one of you gave anything?"
"No!"
"No!"
Wang Kai and Wang Meijuan were both unconvinced.
Wang Kai reacted even more strongly:
"What nonsense are you talking about? Whether I married into her family or not, I'm still a son.
"A son has the right to inherit family property. Wang Hao, you don't get the final say in this."
Wang Meijuan also said, "I don't care about sons or daughters, marrying out or marrying in.
"My idea is very simple: three people, three equal shares.
"Whatever Mom has, we split it. It's fair to everyone, and nobody can complain."
"What do you mean nobody can complain?"
Wang Hao disagreed: "Then are you going to provide for them in their old age?"
"Why should I provide for them?"
Wang Meijuan acted as if she had heard a joke:
"I'm a daughter, a married-out daughter. Why should I provide for their old age?
"Wang Hao, how did I never realize you were so shameless before?"
Wang Hao laughed out of sheer anger:
"You two are really a great older brother and sister. One says a married daughter doesn't provide for the parents.
"The other says he married into his wife's family and doesn't care about our family's affairs.
"But when it comes time to split the money, both of you suddenly want an equal share.
"Brother, sister, where is your shame?
"Where is it?"
Wang Kai's face flushed red. He thought for a moment:
"Then how about you get sixty percent and I get forty? I'll take a little less?"
"I disagree!"
Wang Meijuan raised the kitchen knife in her hand again.
They argued fiercely, completely oblivious to the fact that Liu Chunlan hadn't said a single word this whole time.
What could she say?
She didn't dare to speak at all, because right now she didn't even have fifty thousand yuan to her name.
Wang Meijuan pointed the knife directly at Liu Chunlan:
"Mom, you tell us. You tell us how this money should be divided.
"How many shares should it be split into?"
Liu Chunlan's body was trembling:
"Juan'er, Juan'er, don't scare Mom, Mom has high blood pressure.
"Listen to me, it's not that I won't give it to you, it's that I really don't have much money.
"I don't have the hundreds of thousands you're talking about, I really don't."
"Nonsense!"
Wang Meijuan continued to shout:
"You haven't had any major expenses all these years, and you get two thousand in living expenses from Wang Hao every month.
"Where did your hundreds of thousands go? How could you possibly not have money?"
"Mom, I think Haohao is right. You really are confused, and you've completely forgotten about your own money.
"We have to divide this money today!"
