roccoschili Chapter 226 Seeking Death
Chapter 226 Seeking Death
Pan Yi's lips twitched violently, feeling increasingly frustrated.
Pan Xiaohua continued, "Go ahead and drag it out. If you won't leave, I will. I'll go home after the verdict is handed down tomorrow."
The younger sister, Pan Xiaocao, said, "Sister, I'll go back with you. I still have to go to school."
Pan Lanlan also whispered, "Auntie, I...I want to go back too."
In the Pan family, girls were not well-regarded.
If it weren't for her good looks, her mother wouldn't have given her a friendly look if she wanted to sell her for a good price.
Even so, she still did a lot of housework.
She and her sister are alright, because they have two older brothers to support them.
Besides, they're all grown up now, so we won't control them by hitting or scolding them like we did when they were little.
My niece is so pitiful. She has no older brothers. Her second brother, Pan Hong, married into another family, so her eldest brother became the only hope for the family.
The one-child policy was strictly enforced. Seven or eight years ago, in the countryside, a family with one daughter could have another child.
Now, even if you only have one daughter, you're not allowed to have a second child.
Three to five years ago, she often heard them scolding Lanlan, saying that she had taken up a male's place in the family.
Because of her, the family can no longer have a male heir.
Knowing that she was disabled, the family had another opportunity to have another child.
She didn't know how her arm was broken, but she could vaguely guess.
Leaving her here will only make her a target for their anger.
As a girl herself, she felt sorry for her niece and also felt sorry for the child.
"Alright, I'll take Xiaocao and Lanlan with me. Big brother and sister-in-law, you can stay here and wait it out."
"Wait a minute."
Pan Yi said he would stay here in a fit of anger. He wasn't actually that filial; he just couldn't swallow his anger.
They failed to replace the person and even lost one.
The whole family is here, and we've spent quite a bit of money.
His perfectly healthy son was born prematurely.
There's no milk to drink, and she's always getting sick.
My daughter is still disabled; there's no cure for her arm injury.
It's a losing proposition no matter how you look at it.
Moreover, he suffered huge losses; how could he accept that? How could he swallow this insult?
But anger aside, life goes on.
“We need to discuss this further. We can’t just leave like this. I’ve consulted a lawyer, and even if we lose tomorrow, as long as we persist in appealing, there’s a high chance we can get Mom a two-year reduction in her sentence. She’s so old; are you really going to just abandon her?”
Hearing him say that, Pan Xiaohua finally relented.
It's not that we're ignoring her, it's just that she's powerless to help.
Besides, they were in the wrong to begin with, so what should they do?
Of course, it would be good to try to get her out of jail for two years less, after all, she's already this age, we can't let her die in there.
"Alright then, if it doesn't work out, we'll appeal again. But we can't keep the whole family here; the expenses are too high."
Pan Yi nodded, glanced behind him, then looked up at the building and said, "Let's go back first."
They closed the door, and Lin Yuyao couldn't hear them anymore.
She then learned that the case of the Pan family swapping and throwing children was going to trial today.
Lin Yuyao went back to sleep, and while she was half asleep, the knocking on the door sounded again.
Lin Yuyao was startled awake, but she didn't make a sound. Instead, she went back to the door and listened to the sounds outside.
After knocking a few times with no response, Pan Xiaohua said, "It seems no one's here. They probably haven't come back yet. I'll return the kettle tomorrow."
After saying that, the door slammed shut again.
Lin Yuyao breathed a sigh of relief; it turned out that the person from the other side was returning the kettle.
She checked the time; it was already 10 p.m.
She always goes to bed early, and usually goes to bed around this time.
It seems Fu Huaiyi won't be back tonight, or if he does, he won't bother her again.
For some reason, Lin Yuyao felt uneasy.
After thinking for a moment, I took a realistic toy gun out of my bag and put it under my pillow.
This was given to her by Fu Huaiyi before. He was worried that she might encounter danger while walking at night, so he always kept it in the small bag she carried with her.
Inside were plastic bullets; she had tried shooting at radishes and could pierce them at close range.
But that force certainly won't kill anyone, though it will definitely make someone scream in pain.
This is enough.
She felt much more at ease after putting the toy gun under her pillow, and this time she slept soundly and quickly fell into a deep sleep.
The situation on the other side, however, was not so peaceful.
Pan Xiaohua had already fallen asleep with her younger sister and niece. Huang Chun pulled Pan Yi, who had changed his clothes and was eager to get started, and asked, "Are you really going to do this?"
"Otherwise what?" Pan Yi rolled his eyes at him and said, "I asked the lawyer, and the first trial will be over tomorrow. We can't win, and my mother will definitely have to go to jail for a few years."
Huang Chun wanted to say, "We've come this far, so let's just squat down," but she didn't dare.
She kept worrying and trying to persuade me, "What if something happens? Maybe we should just forget about it. What will I do with the two children if something happens to you?"
Pan Yi shook off her arm and snorted coldly, "You stupid woman, you keep saying bad things to bring me bad luck. You don't wish me well, but if I get arrested, it's because of your curse."
Hearing her say that, Huang Chun finally gave up trying to dissuade her.
Otherwise, if he fails, he'll most likely blame himself, and might even get a beating.
Ugh!
She has such a hard life.
Looking at herself and then at Fu Leyi, she felt increasingly jealous of her.
They're all daughters-in-law of the Pan family, so why is there such a big difference?
Pan Yi tiptoed out the door, gesturing for Huang Chun to be quiet and close the door behind him so as not to disturb his two younger sisters.
Today they had a lawsuit with the Fu family, and Fu Huaiyi was there too. Afterwards, he took Fu Leyi's family back to the city, and he guessed that Fu Huaiyi wouldn't be coming back.
I had already checked when I sent my sister to return the water bottle around 10 o'clock, and sure enough, she hadn't come back.
This is the opportunity.
Hmph, the verdict in this case will be decided tomorrow, right?
Once I arrest your woman, let's see if you want to win the lawsuit or just keep your woman.
Pan Yi took his tools upstairs and carefully tried to pick Lin Yuyao's door lock.
Picking a lock wasn't too difficult for him. He listened while rummaging around, and soon found the locking mechanism. He quickly pried open the door.
However, the door did not open as he expected. He pushed it several times but failed. It seemed that there was more than one lock.
Hey, this young lady is really cunning.
I don't believe he can't open this lock.
He changed his card and followed the doorman to scan it, until he reached a lock.
I tried to find the right direction and slowly inch forward, but after inching for a long time, I couldn't move an inch.
How is this going?
I tried for about ten minutes, working up a sweat in the cold weather, but I still couldn't get it open, and it wouldn't budge.
In the end, Pan Yi gave up.
If it hasn't moved at all after so long, then it must be a problem with the lock.
He didn't know what was different about the lock, but he was certain it couldn't be opened.
There are other people living in this building, so he can't just kick the door down.
Otherwise, the banging might disturb the neighbors who have trouble sleeping, which would be troublesome.