Wang Hao kept calling Liu Chunlan, but of course, she never answered.
Lin Wanyi looked at the picture of her father's body sent by her younger brother, and her heart ached as if pierced by countless steel needles.
On one side was her father, on the other was her daughter.
She wished she could split herself in half.
With bloodshot eyes, she told Wang Hao: "If anything happens to Keke, I won't let you off.
"I will absolutely not let anyone in your Wang family off."
The car soon arrived at the home of Wang Hao's uncle, Liu Dabing.
From a distance, they could see Liu Chunlan sitting in the yard cracking melon seeds.
Before the car even came to a complete stop, Lin Wanyi rushed out, almost falling to the ground.
She rushed into Liu Dabing's house and shouted loudly:
"Keke, Keke, where are you? Mommy's here to pick you up.
"Keke, come out, Mommy will take you home."
Still, no one answered her.
Liu Dabing followed behind her: "Lin Wanyi, what are you going crazy about in my house?
"You don't even greet your uncle when you see me, where are your manners?"
Manners?
Lin Wanyi couldn't possibly care about manners right now.
She angrily grabbed Liu Chunlan by the collar: "Where is my daughter? Where did you hide her?
"Tell me quickly, where is my daughter?"
Liu Chunlan forcefully tried to pull her away: "Are you sick? Isn't Wang Keke in the hospital? Weren't you guys watching her?
"What are you looking for here? Lin Wanyi, are you crazy?"
Lin Wanyi was truly going crazy. She slapped Liu Chunlan across the face:
"You're still pretending? We saw you take Keke away on the surveillance cameras, and you're still pretending?
"Liu Chunlan, if even the slightest thing happens to my daughter, I will absolutely kill you!"
Liu Chunlan was frightened by her appearance, but she didn't yield.
She screamed: "Wang Hao, are you just going to watch your wife hit me? Are you still my son?"
This time, Wang Hao finally didn't speak up for her. He begged her:
"Mom, what exactly are you trying to do? Yesterday you gave Keke peanuts, and today you secretly took her away.
"What exactly are you trying to do?"
Liu Chunlan looked at him with disappointment:
"What am I trying to do? Everything I do is for you.
"Don't be ungrateful, Wang Hao. Get your wife out of here, I get annoyed just seeing her."
Lin Wanyi couldn't leave. She wouldn't leave without finding her daughter.
She shouted hysterically at Liu Chunlan: "Give me back my daughter! Give me back my daughter!"
"What are you screaming for?"
Liu Dabing suddenly slapped Lin Wanyi hard across the face:
"You bitch, you dare to bully my sister right in front of me. Who knows how you torture her when I'm not around.
"Lin Wanyi, she is your mother-in-law, is it your place to hit her?
"She just told me you hit her yesterday and I didn't even believe it. I even spoke up for you.
"I even said it's not easy for a girl who married far from home, and told her to be more tolerant of you.
"I didn't expect this is how you treat her! Is this the kind of life she lives at home?
"Lin Wanyi, I will teach you the rules of our family today."
Her cheek stung with burning pain, and Lin Wanyi tasted blood at the corner of her mouth.
She licked her lips: "She secretly took my daughter away, why shouldn't I confront her?
"If she doesn't tell me right now, I'll call the police. I'll sue her for kidnapping my child. I'm calling the police right now!"
"You dare!"
Liu Dabing warned Lin Wanyi with a dark face: "What family matters can't be discussed properly? Always threatening to call the police, aren't you afraid of people laughing at you?"
Liu Chunlan deliberately wiped away tears on the side: "Brother, she called the police to slander me at the hospital yesterday. Good thing Haohao testified for me.
"Otherwise I'd be sitting in jail today."
Hearing her say this, Liu Dabing grew even angrier, pointing at Lin Wanyi and shouting:
"Bitch! Kneel down and apologize properly to my sister."
Lin Wanyi stubbornly kept her head high: "I want my daughter. Give my daughter back to me."
Liu Chunlan crossed her arms over her chest: "I am the child's grandmother. I missed her, so I let her stay with me for a few days and I'll take her out to play for a few days. What did I do wrong?
"Lin Wanyi, if you really push me, I'll take Wang Keke away and make sure you never find us."
Lin Wanyi wished she could pounce on and tear apart this vicious old thing.
But Wang Hao held her back: "Calm down! Honey, you need to calm down!
"Look at how calm my mom is, the child must be safe. You go sit in the back for a bit, I'll talk to Mom.
"Trust me, she will tell me."
Lin Wanyi hadn't eaten for a day and a night, and she felt her head spinning.
With no other choice, she could only lean against the wall for a moment.
Wang Hao asked Liu Chunlan in a low voice: "Mom, tell me, where is Keke?"
Liu Chunlan still wouldn't say: "You henpecked, useless thing. If I tell you, wouldn't that be the same as telling Lin Wanyi?
"Get lost, I don't have a worthless son who can't even control his wife."
Wang Hao continued to beg her: "Mom, Wanyi is going crazy with worry. You know she values Keke as much as her own life.
"Why are you making things so difficult for her?"
Liu Chunlan reached out a finger and poked him hard on the top of his head:
"You're asking me? You have the nerve to ask me? If you weren't so soft-hearted and unable to control your wife, would I have to do all this for you?
"I've done everything to help you keep your wife, and you're still going against me?
"Get lost, and tell Lin Wanyi, there's no way she's going back to her parents' home!"
Wang Hao then asked Liu Dabing for help: "Uncle, please help me persuade my mom."
Liu Dabing had a dark face: "Persuade what? Your mom did the right thing! You idiot, would your mom harm you?
"Hurry up and get back, close the door and make a baby. She can go whenever she gives birth to a son!"
Lin Wanyi heard everything clearly.
She finally knew Liu Chunlan's purpose.
She really exhausted all her efforts just to stop her from returning to her parents' home.
Keke was in her hands, she told herself to calm down.
She couldn't go head-to-head with Liu Chunlan.
She lowered her voice: "Mom, give Keke back to me. She didn't eat all day yesterday, she must be starving by now.
"Mom, have some pity on her. Even if she's just a girl, she's still the flesh and blood of your Wang family."
Seeing Lin Wanyi finally start to soften, Liu Chunlan was in a great mood again and tossed a melon seed into her mouth:
"You're right, she is a child of my Wang family, so naturally I won't take her life.
"You want to go back to your parents' home? Fine, whenever you give me a big grandson, that's when I'll let you go back.
"Lin Wanyi, as a mother-in-law, my request is not excessive.
"Go out and ask around, who marries a wife if not to have sons?
"I have endured you for years, and you are still not satisfied?"
Lin Wanyi was anxious and angry. She knew Liu Chunlan had made up her mind not to give Keke back to her.
She could only continue to beg her:
"Mom, my dad passed away. As his daughter, shouldn't I go back for the funeral?
"I just want to take Keke to send my dad off on his final journey. What did I do wrong?
"You are also a daughter, and you also have a daughter. Why do you have to make things so difficult for me?"
