I installed a bug on my son – in – law, only to hear my daughter crying out, “I’m pregnant and still have to go on business trips to work, but you’re fooling around with other women behind my back!”
My heart skipped a beat because I heard the sound of a scuffle coming from there.
My daughter’s cries and screams tugged at my heartstrings. I hurriedly got out of bed. My wife asked me where I was going, but I had already rushed out of the door like a madman.
The sound of the fight stopped on the bug.
I heard my son – in – law’s mother shouting in panic, “What are you arguing about in the middle of the night… My God, there’s so much blood. What should we do!”
My son – in – law’s voice also sounded a bit flustered, “Could she be having a miscarriage? Hey! Wake up. I’m telling you, don’t pretend to be dead. Get up quickly!”
My son – in – law’s mother said angrily, “She’s fainted from your anger. She’s having a threatened miscarriage. Mom has told you not to fool around. Hurry up and send her to the hospital!”
There came the sound of a hasty commotion from there.
My hands gripping the steering wheel couldn’t stop shaking.
I had long suspected that my son – in – law was having an affair because my friend told me that he saw someone like my son – in – law going in and out of a hotel with another woman.
To collect evidence, I learned that my daughter was going on a business trip. So I informed my son – in – law to come to my house to help repair the water pipe. While he was busy, I disassembled his phone and installed a bug, wanting to see if he would fool around with other women while my daughter was on a business trip.
I wanted to protect my daughter in the most secure way. Who knew that the accident would come so quickly!
I quickly picked up my phone to call my son – in – law, but the call was hung up!
Soon, my son – in – law sent me a text message, “Dad, I’m in a meeting and it’s not convenient to answer the phone.”
I was furious. I called again immediately, only to find that his phone was turned off!
Not only his, but my son – in – law’s mother’s phone was also turned off!
From the bug, I heard my son – in – law’s anxious voice, “Quick, turn off the phone. Her dad suddenly called. I don’t know if he has something to do with her!”
My son – in – law’s mother said angrily, “Now you know you’re guilty. A single phone call scares you like this!”
I was going crazy!
I could hear them talking, but I couldn’t get in touch with them. I didn’t even know which hospital they sent my daughter to!
I quickly took out my phone and called the police. After listening to my report, the police station asked me in confusion, “What exactly is your request? They’ve already sent your daughter to the hospital, right?”
I said anxiously, “Can you help me find out which hospital they’re in?”
The person on the other side said politely, “We can’t check that. If there’s nothing else, we’ll hang up first.”
The phone was hung up.
I sat in the car, trembling with anger all over.
I heard that my daughter was sent to the hospital. I also heard the doctor saying anxiously, “The amniotic fluid has broken with massive bleeding. She’s going to give birth, but the parturient is in a coma. A cesarean section must be performed immediately!”
My son – in – law’s mother, upon hearing this, became anxious immediately and said, “No! She can’t have a cesarean section. She must give birth naturally, or the child will not be smart!”
The doctor said excitedly, “This is a matter of life and death! The parturient can’t give birth naturally now. There’s a life – threatening danger!”
My son – in – law’s mother shouted frantically, “If my grandson is born a fool, can you be responsible? You find a way to make her give birth naturally. Anyway, if we don’t sign, you’re not allowed to perform the cesarean section. If you dare to do it, I’ll sue you in court!”
Listening to what was said there, I excitedly picked up my phone and searched through the address book.
I called my old classmate who is a doctor. As soon as the call was connected, I couldn’t help crying as I spoke. I cried and said, “Old classmate, please help me quickly.”
My old classmate told me not to panic first. I gasped for breath, trying hard to express the current situation. But there was a rush of heat in my head, surging to the top of my head, making me stutter and my fingers tremble.
I knew it was anger.
I couldn’t control this anger. My body could hardly bear it!
After hearing this, my old classmate said anxiously, “It’s over, it’s over. Your daughter’s mother – in – law is really a disaster there! According to hospital regulations, if the family members are not present, they can perform a cesarean section immediately to save the person. But if the family members are present, as long as her mother – in – law doesn’t sign, even if your daughter loses her life, the hospital can only watch her die!”
I cried and said, “This is a life! How can the hospital not save her!”
My old classmate sighed and said, “Without the signature of the family member, it’s just not possible. Don’t panic first. I’ll quickly mobilize all my friends in the medical school to find out which hospital your daughter was sent to. I’ll dig three feet into the ground to find it for you!”
I kept telling myself that for the sake of saving my daughter, I must not act like a headless chicken now.
I opened the mobile phone map and recalled the time my son – in – law drove.
From the bug, I could hear that he drove for about eight to ten minutes just now.
The problem is that my son – in – law’s home is not far from the city government. Next to the city government in every city, there will be the city’s top – notch resources.
As long as I search, I can see that within five kilometers around his home, there are five Class – A tertiary hospitals, four Class – B secondary hospitals, and one maternity and child – care hospital!
But this is already enough!
I sent the information of these ten hospitals to my old classmate, and he told me that he would check the maternity and child – care hospital first.
After hanging up the phone, I listened to the sound from the bug again.
I heard the nurse saying the situation anxiously, “If we don’t perform a cesarean section soon, the parturient can’t be saved!”
My son – in – law was obviously panicked. I could hear him saying anxiously what to do now. Then my son – in – law’s mother suddenly said, “Wait a minute. Let’s discuss it first.”
The nurse was on the verge of a breakdown, “My God, this mother – in – law. I’ve already told you how low the parturient’s heart rate is. Do you think there’s still time to discuss?”
“Shut up! This is our family matter. How old are you? How dare you point fingers at your elders!”
My son – in – law’s mother stopped the nurse. I heard the voices over there getting smaller. She should have pulled my son – in – law to the quiet corridor.
My son – in – law said tremblingly, “Mom, what should we do now? How about signing quickly and having the baby delivered by cesarean section?”
My son – in – law’s mother said angrily, “You idiot. How did I give birth to such a stupid son like you! I ask you, if she’s saved, will she divorce you?”
My son – in – law said without hesitation, “She will definitely divorce me!”
My son – in – law’s mother said again, “If she divorces, will she take half of the family property? And in a lawsuit, the child will definitely be raised by her. Then she’ll ask you for alimony and raise a child who hates you. Your life will be ruined!”
My son – in – law asked, “What if her family makes trouble?”
My son – in – law’s mother said, “It was the hospital that killed her. What does it have to do with us? Now her life is in our hands. Even if we deliberately don’t sign and let her die, it’s not illegal! And once she dies, all the money she saved will be yours, right?”
My son – in – law said in surprise, “Mom, you can think so far!”
“It’s not that mom can think far. It’s that you’re stupid! Ignore whatever the doctor says later. Let me talk.”
Listening to the conversation there, my already uncontrollable anger rose rapidly.
At the same time, my phone received another message.
On one hand, my old classmate sent me a message, saying that my daughter was not in the maternity and child – care hospital. He had already checked six hospitals, and there were four left. He told me not to worry first.
On the other hand, my wife asked me where I ran to in the middle of the night and if there was any urgent matter.
Looking at my wife’s message, I couldn’t help crying bitterly.
My wife is the closest person to me in the world. But as parents know, when people reach a certain age, their children become the driving force of their lives.
How should I tell her about this?
Our only daughter is in danger at the moment. How should I break the news to her!
I’m already shaking all over and can’t control myself. I really need the closest person to accompany me through this difficult time, but I don’t know how to tell her this news!
Just as I was hesitating whether to tell my wife, I heard the doctor’s sad voice from the bug.
“The parturient has passed away. Please sign. The child still has a chance to live. Sign, and we’ll perform a cesarean section.”
Hearing this, the hot thing in my brain suddenly couldn’t bear it, as if it exploded, spreading continuously in my head.
My daughter…
My only daughter, who was in her twenties, passed away.
I kept trying to recall my daughter’s face in my mind, but my brain seemed to be broken. I couldn’t figure out what she looked like now. I only remembered that when she was a child, she wore clothes with little rabbits and kittens, walked wobbly towards me, stretched out her hands to me, but called me mom. Finally, she threw herself into my arms.
I still remember that I picked her up and gently told her that I was not mom, but dad.
She looked at me with her big black eyes in my arms. Then she suddenly buried her little face in my chest and called me dad.
That was the first time she called me dad.
That day, I held my daughter in my arms and kept saying that dad loves you, and dad will protect you and love you for a lifetime.
But now…
It hurts so much… My heart hurts so much!
I can’t breathe. My vision is blurred. My body can’t bear this anger and grief!
My daughter, my only daughter…
She’s gone.
She’s no longer in this world.
Even if I want to recall the way she looked when she was in her wedding dress, crying and laughing because she was reluctant to leave us, I can’t remember.
I only remember that day when I held the little her in my arms and promised to love and protect her for a lifetime.
Suddenly, my old classmate called me.
He said excitedly, “I found out. She’s in the Second Hospital. Hurry up and go!”
I was driving, crying uncontrollably. My voice was hoarse, “It’s gone… It’s too late… It’s gone…”
My old classmate fell silent.
I cried again and said, “I don’t have a daughter anymore. What should I do… My baby is gone. She’s so young. She’s not here anymore…”
My hands were shaking so much that I couldn’t drive. I could only turn on the adaptive cruise and let the car drive on the ring – line viaduct.
I asked, “I have their recording. They deliberately didn’t sign. Can I sue them and make them pay with their lives?”
My old classmate finally spoke, “I’m sorry, it’s useless. Your recording can only make them lose the lawsuit when they blackmail the hospital. Listen to me. The matter is not over yet. Your daughter was pregnant, right? Her child can still be saved. That’s her flesh and blood. You have to protect her child…”
His words reminded me.
Yes, my daughter’s child can still be saved.
She had bought a lot of cute little clothes, saying that she would dress her child in them.
She had touched her belly kicked by the baby and curiously asked my wife if she was also fidgety in the womb.
She had also coquettishly asked me to hand over my private money so that she and the baby could stay in a postpartum care center. I was so happy that I took out all my private money.
My daughter was looking forward to the birth of the baby so much and eager to be a good mother.
I must protect my daughter’s dream.
However, the sound from the bug brought me new collapse.
I heard the doctor urging, “Sign quickly. We can perform a cesarean section only after you sign.”
But my son – in – law’s mother spoke again, “How many times have I told you, let us discuss it first!”
I was driving, feeling dazed.
I didn’t understand why they still didn’t sign. What was there to discuss.
I heard them go to a quiet place again.
My son – in – law asked in confusion, “Mom, why don’t you sign yet?”
My son – in – law’s mother said angrily, “You’re stupid! She’s dead. Why sign? I ask you, you’re only in your twenties. Will you find a new wife in the future?”
My son – in – law said, “Surely I will.”
Those words, like a beast, stabbed my heart hard.
My daughter had just died a few minutes ago.
But he immediately confirmed that he would remarry.
My son – in – law’s mother said excitedly, “So why sign? Just let the child suffocate in the womb. I tell you, if the child isn’t born, it’s okay. But once it’s born, your life will be ruined!”
My son – in – law gasped, “Is it that exaggerated?”
My son – in – law’s mother said hatefully, “Without a wife to help you take care of the child in the future, how can you focus on your career? And with a step – child, which innocent girl would be willing to marry you? You’re only in your twenties. You have many opportunities in the future!”
My son – in – law hesitated, and finally said with some hesitation, “You’re right. But anyway, that’s also my blood.”
My son – in – law’s mother said, “You’re stupid. The child’s mother was pissed to death by you. When the child grows up, will he be filial to you? Will he support you in your old age?”
My son – in – law, upon hearing this, quickly said, “Then don’t let it be born. The truth will come out eventually. The child will know sooner or later. We can’t raise an ungrateful child!”
Hearing their conversation, I panicked and quickly picked up my phone to contact the Second Hospital.
After the call was connected, I endured the pain in my throat and said anxiously, “My daughter is in your emergency department. My son – in – law’s mother refuses to sign for a cesarean section. Please arrange the surgery quickly. We’ll raise the child. They don’t need to!”
The staff member on the other side said, “I know. The comatose pregnant woman sent here today, right? A retired old professor just called to inquire. We’re all discussing this.”
I said hurriedly, “Yes, perform a cesarean section quickly. I’m the child’s grandfather. Hurry up!”
The staff member said regretfully, “Uncle, we don’t dare to take this risk. Please come as soon as possible, or the child will be too late.”
I said excitedly, “Perform the surgery quickly! I’ll arrive in a few minutes!”
The other side said in a low voice, “A phone call can’t prove your identity. If something goes wrong during the cesarean section and the man’s family doesn’t admit it and sues in court, I’ll lose my job… Uncle, I’m sorry! Please come as soon as possible!”
The phone was hung up.
I stepped on the gas pedal hard and drove at a crazy speed!
Regulations, regulations, all are regulations!
Regulations are supposed to save people, but now they are used by my son – in – law’s mother to kill my daughter and harm her child!
I could hear crying.
It wasn’t just me crying, but also the nurse’s crying coming from the bug.
The hospital nurse was crying and pleading with my son – in – law’s mother, “This mother – in – law, the parturient’s belly has been moving. Do you know what that means?”
“The baby inside is uncomfortable, running out of oxygen, struggling non – stop. The baby wants to live!”
“Sign quickly. The baby can’t hold on anymore!”
Facing the nurse’s plea, my son – in – law’s mother’s voice was very cold, “Our family matter is none of your business, right? If the child is born, will you raise it?”
She ignored the nurse. The hospital gate was already in front of me.
I entered the hospital and rushed towards the emergency room.
My heart was beating so fast. I covered my chest, endured the sharp pain in my heart, and kept running.
I told myself it was still in time. I had to save my daughter’s last flesh and blood, which was her most important wish in this world As a result, at this moment, the voice from the bug came again.
The nurse cried and said, “The child is gone. It’s a double – fatality. Are you satisfied now?”
This simple sentence made me, who was running, stop in my tracks.
I gasped for breath, looking at the empty hospital in the middle of the night. Everything around seemed to be spinning.
My son – in – law’s mother started to scold shrilly, “How do you talk! Call the hospital leader here. I want to file a complaint against you!”
The nurse broke down and said, “Both of them could have been saved, but you kept delaying the signature. You killed them all!”
My son – in – law’s mother shouted, “Where’s the leader! Is there no leader in this hospital to take care of this!”
This time, it wasn’t just from the bug.
I could hear my son – in – law’s mother scolding at the end of the corridor.
Soon I heard a doctor come out and stop the nurse, saying that the nurse was new, a college student, and asking my son – in – law’s mother not to argue with the young person.
My son – in – law’s mother cursed, “Get her out of here! Otherwise, I’ll slap her in the face. She’s so young and talks so viciously. It’s our family who lost someone. When is it your turn to blame us!”
I walked towards the emergency room ahead.
From the bug, it was always their malicious ideas.
My son – in – law asked, “Mom, why are you so angry?”
My son – in – law’s mother said, “I have to be angry. That little nurse can’t keep her mouth shut. She has to be kicked out quickly. Otherwise, what if the father – in – law hears?”
My son – in – law suddenly understood, “You think so far – ahead.”
My son – in – law’s mother said, “Now call your father – in – law and say something has happened and ask him to come to the hospital.”
My son – in – law asked worriedly, “I just lied to him that I was in a meeting. Now I’m asking him to come. What should I say?”
My son – in – law’s mother said, “Lie. Say you were worried about their health and originally wanted to notify them after she passed the critical period. Then cry and act very painful. Even if they’re angry and sue us in court, we don’t have to be afraid!”
My son – in – law suddenly understood, “Okay, I’ll call her dad right now.”
Finally, my phone rang.
I picked up the phone and looked at the fire box next to the corridor. The fire box was hanging on the wall, with a fire axe inside and a fire extinguisher placed below.
I picked up the phone, grabbed the fire extinguisher, and walked towards the emergency room.
On the phone, my son – in – law said to me painfully, “Dad, is it convenient for you to talk to me now? I have something to tell you.”
I didn’t say a word. In my mind, there was still the image of my daughter toddling and throwing herself into my arms back then.
She called me mom in my arms. I corrected her several times. The first time she buried her face in my chest and called me dad.
Such a little baby.
My only daughter, the hope of my life.
The brightest little star in my life fell at the age of twenty – something.
My son – in – law sighed, “I’m at the Second Hospital. You guys come over. Let’s talk face – to – face.”
I said, “I can’t hear clearly. It’s a bit noisy on your side.”
My son – in – law quickly said, “Then I’ll find a quiet place to talk to you.”
I saw the figure of my son – in – law appear at the end of the emergency room. He was on the phone but didn’t notice me because he directly entered the janitor’s utility room next to it.
I quickened my pace.
My son – in – law sighed and said, “Dad, something has happened at home. Don’t be nervous. Calm down your emotions. I’ll tell you slowly.”
I murmured, “I only have one daughter. How can you expect me to be calm?”
My son – in – law asked in confusion, “How do you know it’s about her?”
I walked to the utility room and opened the door. My son – in – law’s mother happened to see me. She said in surprise, “Father – in – law, why are you here?”
I ignored her and pulled out the fire hydrant.
My son – in – law’s mother’s face changed drastically.
In my mind, I kept recalling what I had said to my daughter over and over again that day, that year.
Dad loves you. Dad will protect you and love you for a lifetime.
She smiled sweetly in my arms, showing a few small teeth.
I lifted her up and played the game of throwing her high. She giggled non – stop.
My only daughter, the most beautiful light in my life.
The door was opened, and my son – in – law, who was on the phone, turned around and stared at me with his mouth wide open, “Dad…”
My son – in – law’s mother shouted hysterically, “Run! Run quickly!”
Before my son – in – law could react, I had already jammed the hose of the fire extinguisher hard into his mouth and into his throat!
I pressed the fire extinguisher, and a large amount of foam sprayed out frantically!
My son – in – law rolled his eyes wildly, with foam and blood constantly gushing out of his throat. The large amount of foam made his stomach expand rapidly, and he vomited blood violently!
He struggled hard, but I exerted all my strength and directly pushed the entire hose into his stomach!
My son – in – law looked at me in horror and weakness.
This anger of mine finally couldn’t be suppressed.
I roared at him, “I’ll kill your whole family today and let them be buried with my daughter!”
In the emergency room, the doctors and nurses were so scared that they didn’t know what to do. My son – in – law’s mother let out a crazy scream.
Seeing her son vomiting a lot of blood, she rushed towards me excitedly, scratching my face with her fingernails and crying and shouting at me, “Let go of my son! What are you doing!”
I grabbed my son – in – law’s mother’s hair and looked at the door of the emergency room.
There was a square piece of glass on the door. I used all my strength and smashed her head against it!
With a loud bang, the glass was shattered.
My son – in – law’s mother fell limply to the ground. Her face was covered with blood and glass shards. Her nasal bone was cut a deep gash, and a large amount of blood was spraying out.
She covered her nose and cried out, “Help… What are you all still standing there for? Help!”
Only then did the medical staff react and quickly come up to try to stop the fight. But I had already kicked my son – in – law over, making him fall into the utility room. Then I grabbed my son – in – law’s mother’s hair and dragged her into the utility room like a dead dog.
My son – in – law’s mother didn’t want to be dragged. She struggled frantically, kicking her legs randomly. Her feet were cut by the glass shards, and she let out a pig – like scream in pain.
I closed the door and locked it.
The doctors and nurses kept knocking on the door outside. I looked down at my son – in – law’s mother and my son – in – law.
My son – in – law’s mother’s face was covered with blood, and my son – in – law was lying on the ground, spitting out foam and blood in big mouthfuls.
I picked up the cleaning mop in the utility room. My son – in – law’s mother shouted at me hysterically, “Are you crazy! Do you know what you’re doing!”
I kicked the mop and broke it, pointing the sharp broken end of the mop handle at her.
My son – in – law’s mother was a bit panicked. She quickly said, “Father – in – law, listen to me. I don’t know how you found out about the situation here, but today it’s all the hospital’s responsibility…”
Before she could finish speaking, I had already jammed the broken mop handle hard into her mouth!
I stirred it forcefully. She rolled her eyes wildly, spitting out gums, blood, and fragments of her broken tongue.
My son – in – law weakly pounced on his mother, and I kicked him away again, brutally torturing my son – in – law’s mother’s rotten mouth with the mop handle!
It was this rotten mouth that kept saying nonsense about not signing and deliberately killed my daughter!
My son – in – law weakly picked up his phone and said to me in horror, “I’m going to call the police!”
I roared, “I don’t intend to live today!”
I pulled out the mop handle. My son – in – law’s mother burst into tears with a “wow”. Her mouth was completely ruined by me. She covered her mouth and looked up at me with hatred. But that hateful look didn’t last long because I had already jammed the mop handle into her eye socket and smashed her eyeball!
My son – in – law’s mother trembled all over. At first, she couldn’t even scream. When she dully raised her hand and touched the mop handle stuck in her eye socket, she finally let out a terrified scream!
At this moment, my son – in – law completely went crazy.
He roared, “I’ll fight you to the death!” and rushed over, hugging my waist.
He tried to throw me to the ground to suppress me. At the same time, he picked up the other half of the mop handle and stabbed it hard into my waist!
I felt a sharp pain in my waist. My muscles contracted in pain, and I gasped for air.
But I endured the pain, clenched my fist, and smashed it hard on his throat!
My son – in – law was beaten until he couldn’t breathe. He spat out blood from his mouth and stabbed my waist again and again with the sharp broken mop handle!
He shouted, “I’ll kill you!”
I grabbed his face and pressed my two thumbs against his two eyes.
My son – in – law seemed to sense what I was going to do. He suddenly became terrified and stopped hitting me, trying to escape.
However, I held onto him tightly, not letting him escape my control.
My thumbs gradually exerted force, digging into his eyes.
It doesn’t matter if my waist is pierced.
It doesn’t matter if my heart is stabbed.
My only daughter is gone.
I have no reason to live in this world anymore. Then I’ll kill all those who killed her!
My son – in – law’s body kept shaking.
As my fingers went deeper, blood flowed down my palm.
Seeing that her son was in danger, my son – in – law’s mother, regardless of having lost one eye, rummaged through the shelves in the utility room in a flurry for something.
She found a putty knife. In a hurry, she picked up the sharp part of the putty knife and stabbed it into my arm.
While stabbing, she cried and said, “Let go! Let go!”
I didn’t dodge, letting the putty knife leave streaks of blood on my arm.
Two streams of blood finally spurted out from my son – in – law’s eyes.
He knelt on the ground, crying and shouting, “Why! You old madman, why are you doing this!”
I murmured, “You had dinner at Outback Steakhouse today, ordered a seven – rare filet mignon. Then you went to Wanda Cinema to watch a movie, but you were kissing a girl all the time during the movie.”
My son – in – law couldn’t say a word.
He kept trembling, and I said softly, “I heard everything. I heard everything you did.”
He cried to his mother in a panic, “Mom! Open the door quickly!”
My son – in – law’s mother had been blinded by anger and anxiety just now. Now she remembered that opening the door was the best way. She rushed over to open the door, and I just grabbed the mop handle stuck in her eye.
I pulled it hard!
My son – in – law’s mother knelt on the ground in pain, losing all her strength. I raised the mop handle and smashed it hard on her already broken nasal bone!
She fell to the ground, twitching all over, unable to even cry out.
I rummaged through the shelves and saw several bottles of medical alcohol.
A janitor’s utility room wouldn’t have this kind of thing.
I knew that probably because the emergency room was right across the way, the nurses here were too lazy to run, so they operated against the rules and casually put a few bottles in the utility room for easy access when needed.
I opened the bottle cap and poured the alcohol on my son – in – law’s mother’s arm.
I said coldly, “Since your hand can’t even sign, I don’t think it’s useful to keep it.”
After that, I took out a lighter and lit the alcohol!
My son – in – law’s mother’s hand was immediately ablaze. She, who couldn’t cry out just now, twisted in pain on the ground like a maggot, screaming loudly!
The small utility room was soon filled with smoke. My son – in – law cried out, “Mom! What’s wrong with you!”
My son – in – law’s mother cried out that I was setting her on fire.
Suddenly, my son – in – law shouted, “Don’t move! The room is so small. If you move around, you’ll burn us all to death!”
My son – in – law’s mother didn’t dare to move, but she couldn’t help crying in pain. I deeply sighed.
I said, “Why do you still think you can survive?”
My son – in – law’s mother was stunned. I had already poured the alcohol on her face.
Her face was full of wounds. The moment the alcohol was poured on, she covered her face and fell to the ground in pain. I directly lit it.
This sharp – tongued face was soon engulfed by flames!
I looked at her coldly. At first, my son – in – law’s mother could still scream, but soon, she couldn’t even make a sound.
My son – in – law sensed that something was wrong with his mother. He said in panic, “Mom, what’s wrong with you again? Say something! Mom!”
My son – in – law’s voice was trembling and full of sobs.
I looked at him, blind, groping around, and said softly, “Your mom is dead, and you’re going to die too.”
He trembled all over and cried, “We were wrong! Let my mom see a doctor. It’s all our fault. I’ll make it up to you by being your servant in the future. I’ll never dare again!”
He knelt on the ground, kowtowing constantly.
But he was blind.
He didn’t even know that he was kowtowing with his back to me.
I looked down at him, picked up his phone, then held his hand and unlocked it with his fingerprint.
I opened my son – in – law’s WeChat, found a woman, and sent her a lot of messages.
“You said you were single! Why did a pregnant wife suddenly appear!”
“You have a wife, so why did you chase me! Why did you lie to me!”
“What should I do now? I became the other woman out of nowhere! I thought I met love, but then I ran out of the hotel naked. I don’t want to live anymore!”
“I’m standing on the rooftop now. I have no face to live!”
“If I die, I won’t let you go even as a ghost!”
I opened the voice message and said weakly, “Live on. Nothing is more important than being alive.”
She quickly replied, asking who I was.
I said softly, “Little girl, he has been punished. Live well. Don’t make your parents sad.”
I put down the phone, picked up the broken mop handle, and pointed it at my son – in – law’s neck.
I said, “Apologize quickly.”
He said fearfully, “I’m sorry…”
The moment he finished apologizing, I stabbed the mop handle through his neck!
My son – in – law fell to the ground, twitching a few times like a slaughtered chicken, and finally stopped moving.
I gasped for breath and slowly opened the door.
The medical staff at the door were startled when they saw me.
Especially the scene in the utility room made them even more terrified.
As I walked out, a nurse said tremblingly, “You… Don’t do anything stupid. We’ve called the police!”
I asked, “Where’s my daughter?”
She pointed nervously at a bed in the emergency room.
When I walked over, the medical staff quickly gave way, not daring to make contact with me.
I walked to my daughter’s side. Her face was covered with a white cloth.
When I pulled off the white cloth and saw her bloodless face, my heart ached.
I picked her up.
Just like I held the little her in my arms back then, just like I played the game of lifting her high with her in my arms back then.
Finally, once again, I held my daughter in my arms.
She used to giggle in my arms, but now, she would never laugh again.
I kissed my daughter’s forehead and said softly, “Good baby, Dad is taking you home.”
The intense pain in my waist kept me awake all the time.
A nurse couldn’t help but say to me, “Your waist… You must receive treatment immediately.”
I had no intention of answering others. At this moment, in my eyes, there was only my daughter and her unborn baby.
I asked the nurse, “Is it a boy or a girl in her belly?”
The nurse said in a low voice, “We don’t know. Since it wasn’t born, we have no idea…”
I said, “Little girl, do me a favor. My family is from Lin’s Village, Shanghuang Village, Tangkou Town. There’s a Lin’s Ancestral Hall in the village. Go find the elders in our clan and ask them to add names to our family tree and tombstone.”
The nurse said in a panic, “Uncle, you can still live. Lie down and don’t move…”
I shook my head, “Please, help me.”
A doctor said, “We’ll ask around. My teacher’s wife is a forensic doctor. Uncle, what names should be engraved?”
I said, “If it’s a grandson, name him Xiangju (Reunion), and if it’s a granddaughter, name her Yuantuan (Reunion too).”
I left the names of the third – generation, held my daughter, and walked on the silent corridor.
Blood dripped, accompanied by my footsteps. I couldn’t tell whether it was the sound of blood dripping or my tears falling.
I just lowered my head, rubbed my face against my daughter’s, and sobbed, “Dad always said he was reluctant to let you get married.”
I put down the back seat of the car and let my daughter lie in it.
I drove and called my wife.
After she answered the phone, she murmured and asked me, “Did something happen?”
I said, “Our daughter is gone. I’m taking her home.”
I heard the phone drop to the ground on the other side.
I heard my wife crying hysterically.
I drove, covering the wound on my waist, feeling drowsy.
When the sirens were blaring, I had already arrived home.
We lay on the bed. My wife and I held hands, and we let our daughter lie in the middle, holding her in our arms together.
I flipped through the photo album of my daughter when she was a child, and couldn’t help crying and laughing.
My wife was already drowsy. There was an empty medicine bottle beside her.
She weakly pointed at the photo album and asked, “Do you remember this? That day, our daughter was curious and secretly smoked your cigarette. She coughed and cried, and we had to send her to the hospital right away. That day, you kept slapping yourself, saying you would never smoke at home again.”
I replied with an “mm – hmm” and turned to the next page.
I said, “This is the day she first went to kindergarten. She cried and didn’t want us to leave. That day, you refused to go to work and secretly hid in the building opposite the kindergarten. You watched our daughter and cried secretly yourself.”
My wife asked, “How did you know?”
I said, “I took a day off that day too. I hid in the building next to yours.”
My wife chuckled, but her laughter became weaker and weaker.
Suddenly, I turned to the page with my daughter’s wedding photo.
She was wearing a wedding dress, holding my arm, and smiling sweetly.
I was a grown – up, but I felt embarrassed when taking pictures. That day, my daughter kept asking me to smile, but I was too shy to smile at the camera.
She got angry. Although she was holding my arm on the surface, she secretly tickled me with her fingers, making me laugh.
What a naughty girl.
I reached out and gently touched the photo.
So beautiful.
I had raised that little girl into a graceful young woman. She was so good – looking.
My wife yawned again. She held our daughter and murmured, “Thank you for bringing her back… I’m so sleepy. I’ll go to sleep first.”
Outside the door, there was already a rough knock on the door.
“Police! Open the door! Open the door immediately!”
We had blocked the door with a wardrobe.
I looked down at the bed.
My blood had stained half of the bed red.
I closed the photo album, also hugged the two of them, and said gently, “I’ll go to sleep too. Our daughter won’t be fussy about sleeping now.”
“Yeah, she won’t be fussy. You used to pretend to be asleep when changing diapers in the middle of the night. Don’t think I didn’t know.”
“Good night. See you in the next life.”
“Good night.”
She closed her eyes, smiled, and gently stroked my daughter’s hair.
“Good baby, when mom closes her eyes, in the next life… I’ll still be your mom.”
Outside the door, the sound of the door being broken open started.
My wife said softly, “Help me. I don’t want to be left behind by you.”
I turned around, picked up the small knife on the bedside table.
She let out a muffled groan and gradually stopped breathing. Blood splashed on the bed like a gorgeous flower, and she held our daughter, smiling sweetly.
After she stopped breathing, I pointed the knife at my own neck.
I thought, I’ll give you a one – minute head start.
Anyway, you can’t run faster than me. In the end, I’ll be the one to hold our daughter first.
(The End)
