1329 I Only Want You 27 (1/2)
”Yes, Mother, it's her.”
After receiving a great shock, the elderly lady regained her composure and said vehemently, ”Like what I said, please produce the valid evidence. Don't just accuse us blindly. I may only have a few more years left to live, but I can't let my reputation be tarnished.”
”Evidence? I was initially planning to hypnotize you, but I've now changed my mind. I've decided to take you back to the Widows' Village and let you have a look at your daughter-in-law. You'll be able to hear her. How does that sound?”
Despite being rather apprehensive, the elderly lady conceded, ”Sure. My conscience is clear and I have nothing to be afraid of.”
”Alright, follow me there, then. I'm not afraid of trouble at all. After all, vicious old women like you have to be dealt with the hard way.” An Xiaoning instructed Ma Jianguo to hold the elderly lady down and bring her out. ”Take her son along too.”
”Yes.”
Thus, they returned to the Widows' Village. This time, An Xiaoning was no longer wearing her mask and Fan Shixin did not tag along either. Upon the sight of the police cars, the villagers quickly surrounded them to have a look at what was going on. In order to avoid any disruption to the process, An Xiaoning instructed the police officers to stop the villagers from entering the door.
An Xiaoning then brought the pair of mother and son to the house. They felt much more relieved the moment they saw that there was no one inside the yard.
”Where is she?”
An Xiaoning smirked and quipped, ”What's the hurry? She's not even getting impatient. She's staring at you guys right now.”
An Xiaoning then said to the victim's spirit, ”Don't act rashly. You must stay calm if you want to avenge yourself. I know you're wishing that you could rip this evil old hag into shreds right now, but will you please get a grip on your emotions first?”
The spirit then said, ”Okay.”
Upon hearing the invisible voice, everyone except An Xiaoning turned pale in utter shock, especially the elderly lady and her son. They had just heard the familiar voice clearly. It had to be her!
The elderly lady's initial composure vanished completely, and she almost fell to the ground but was held back by the police officers.
”This…”
The spirit questioned, ”Mother-in-law… my great mother-in-law, what are you so afraid of? Weren't you the one who killed me with your cleaver?”
”I didn't… I didn't, it wasn't me!”
As soon as she finished speaking, the spirit laughed sinisterly and quipped, ”It wasn't you? Who was it, then? How could I not know who the person who murdered me is? You didn't expect that I would still be here, did you?”
After recovering from the shock, the victim's husband muttered, ”Wanzhen…”
The spirit yelled at the top of her lungs in a shrill voice, ”Shut up! Don't call my name. I must have been blind to marry you. My family was strongly against our relationship, and they told me that your mother was a tough nut to crack. However, all I cared about was the way you treated me and I decided to marry you regardless of their objections, simply because I thought that you doted on me. Yet your mother killed me with her cleaver and even minced my corpse up. She even beheaded me and hung my head on the door of my family's home. How about you? You remarried, didn't you? You're living well now, huh? You've never once come back throughout all these years. My biggest regret is marrying you and giving birth to your son!”
”I, Wanzhen, I…” The husband, who was in his fifties, burst into tears and bawled loudly. ”I didn't know. I didn't know that Mother killed you. I really didn't. I'm sorry to have let you down.”
The elderly lady was at a loss for words.
It was already five o'clock in the afternoon by the time they arrived back at the police station.