666 A Million Times for You 28 (1/2)

No one answered.

Ling Ciye exited the room and said sluggishly, ”Did she sneak out again?”

Jin Qingyue opened the door. Just as she was about to go down to search for Jin Bao'er, she was greeted with the sight of the latter squatting by the door, giving her a huge sense of relief.

Jin Bao'er had already dozed off while squatting.

Jin Qingyue carried her into the room and opened all the windows to let the air in.

”Why didn't you turn off the stove after preparing dinner last evening?”

”I remember having turned it off properly. Or did I forget to?”

Ling Ciye set his laptop down on the coffee table in the living room and opened it to watch the surveillance camera footage.

The two of them instantly got the chills after watching.

The footage showed that Jin Bao'er came out of her bedroom at two o'clock in the morning while Jin Qingyue and Ling Ciye were both asleep and entered the kitchen. She then left the house and never came back since then.

Clearly, Jin Bao'er was the one who turned on the gas stove.

Ling Ciye had never felt so exasperated before, not even when he found out that she was the culprit behind the bird carcass in the tomato soup. It had never occurred to him that Jin Bao'er would be brazen enough to try and kill them both.

Grabbing his hand with both her hands, Jin Qingyue looked at him nervously and said, ”Brother Ciye, don't get angry. Let me handle this matter. I promise this won't happen again. Trust me, alright?”

She was extremely worried, fearing that he would break up with her because of the incident.

Ling Ciye rubbed his throbbing temples and asked earnestly, ”Is Bao'er really only six years old?”

”She'll turn six on the 20th of January next year.”

He stood up and said with a sigh, ”She's not just a mischievous and detestable child. I actually fear living with her. I think you should think through it carefully and weigh the pros and cons on your own. I'll be going to your brother's place for a while.”

Jin Qingyue was overwhelmed with dejection, and her heart sank as she watched the door close.

She folded her arms and a sullen expression formed on her face. She recalled gaining a tremendous amount of weight when she was pregnant with Jin Bao'er and insisting on keeping the fetus despite the countless number of times Shi Shaochuan had been unfaithful toward her. She even raised Jin Bao'er single-handedly and showered her with all the love she could offer.

Would Jin Bao'er have turned on the gas stove if she hadn't known that it could kill?

She was so young, yet already so relentless…

Jin Qingyue was overwhelmed with misery, and tears began streaming down her face uncontrollably, like a broken string of beads.

She remained seated on the couch all the way until daybreak.

Jin Bao'er woke up to find that she was already lying on the bed. She then sat up straight and caught sight of her mother packing her luggage. ”Mommy, I'm hungry,” she said, completely forgetting about what had happened the night before.

After sorting the luggage, Jin Qingyue dumped a set of clothing onto the bed and said, ”Change into this and freshen up. I'll send you to your father's place afterward.”

”Really?” Jin Bao'er jumped for joy and hurriedly proceeded to put on her clothes.

”Are you aware of the consequences of leaving the gas stove on?” Jin Qingyue asked calmly.

”I… I just wanted to stay with Daddy but you refused to let me,” said Jin Bao'er.

”So you decided to kill me and Uncle Ciye by causing a gas leak.”

”You won't die from gas poisoning. Daddy said it'll at most teach you a lesson, how is it possible that you would die?” Jin Bao'er asked in puzzlement, staring at her mother with her eyes wide open.

Jin Qingyue took a deep breath. Shi Shaochuan was indeed the instigator! she cursed in her head.

”Your Daddy lied to you. Inhaling an excessive amount of gas will lead to poisoning, which would ultimately be fatal. We'll all die.”