Tian Siyi took out the knife, walked up to the suspended dog corpse, and inserted the knife under its chin, cutting with force.
In just a few moments, she had peeled off the Labrador Retriever's face, revealing red flesh and black skin.
Tian Siyi kept the dog's face, wiped her hands and face clean of blood, went to a hotel, took a shower, changed her clothes, and returned home.
At this time, it was still early in the morning, and Tian Siyi took advantage of her mother's exercise regimen to secretly place the peeled dog face on Martinxiang's bedside table.
When Martinxiang returned from exercising and saw the dog's face, she was frightened, screamed loudly, and then silently shed tears as she sat on the ground.
Truly, one can't match such cunning methods.
Although Martinxiang was old, she wasn't completely muddled. She suspected that it was her daughter-in-law's doing, though at the time, she thought her daughter-in-law wouldn't have such a cruel heart. Also considering that she had indeed hit her grandson the day before, she realized her mistake and cried silently for a while without alerting anyone else. She only told her son that the dog was missing, concealing the truth and not questioning Tian Siyi.
However, she spent the following three months having nightmares, dreaming of her disfigured dog asking her for its face. In response, she secretly held a Buddhist ceremony.
Initially, Martinxiang had no intention of pursuing Tian Siyi for the dog's death, but Tian Siyi's methods became increasingly ruthless. Just a few days ago, Martinxiang suddenly caught a cold, and her fever rose to over 40 degrees. She started talking nonsense, and Tian Siyi, as the daughter-in-law, was attending to her.
Suddenly, Martinxiang began to chant, constantly mentioning her eldest son, Ma Minghui, which further incensed Tian Siyi.
She thought to herself, "You old thing, living in our house, instead of incessantly mentioning the second son, you went on about the eldest son. A mother like you, a mother-in-law like you, what's the use of you!" She harbored thoughts of killing Martinxiang.
But this killing is illegal. If discovered, one will have to go to prison and eat "rice" there. Tian Siyi is young and naturally does not want to give up her life for Martin Xiang.
She also didn't know where she had heard of a remedy that said moldy "rice" is very toxic. If a person eats a large amount, they can easily die of a heart attack, and it cannot be detected at all.
That afternoon, Tian Siyi went out to buy a lot of aged "rice." These "rice" were all unsold by the merchants and sold to feed pigs.
She picked out a pound and a half of moldy "rice" from a large sack, then removed the moldy parts and cooked them all in the meat soup.
That evening, she fed the meat soup to Martin Xiang.
Spoonful by spoonful, Martin Xiang drank it bit by bit.
When she had almost finished, Martin Xiang fell asleep peacefully. Once she slept, she never woke up. The moldy "rice" toxin had triggered Martin Xiang's heart disease.
A life, entrusted to her daughter-in-law.
The evilest thing is a woman's heart!
Having heard Martin Xiang tell all the details of the incident, Ma Guohua was filled with anger. His teeth were almost ground to bits, and he rushed to the kitchen, took out a knife, and wanted to kill Tian Siyi.
"Dammit, I thought you were a good daughter-in-law, didn't expect you to be a viper. Today I'll kill you, then commit suicide! Atone to my mother in the underworld."
Ma Guohua rushed towards Tian Siyi, who was scared and hid under the sofa.
Luckily, Ma Minghui stopped Ma Guohua. As the older brother, he was relatively restrained in his actions.
He said to Ma Guohua, "Brother, don't be foolish. It's not worth it to lose your life for this woman.”
Ma Guohua hugged his brother Ma Minghui and cried in despair, saying he was not angry at the woman's poisonous methods, but at himself for letting his wife kill his mother!
At this point, I had to speak out, let the spirits redress their wrongs. The method to solve it had to be handed over to the spirit.
After calming the Ma family, I asked Martin Xiang, "Martin Xiang, have you told all your grievances?"
"I have. I want Tian Siyi's life."
"Whose life you want, that's your business. But first, I need to tell you, I've found your ‘yin’ soul. Are you willing to let your ‘yin’ soul and departure soul merge before making your decision?" I knew the departure soul was the master of evil and killing, and the decisions it made were extreme. So I needed Martin Xiang's ‘yin’ soul to merge with the departure soul, so that the decision she made would be her truest.
Martin Xiang's grievances had been expressed, and she was not as stubborn as before. She nodded at me and said she was willing to let her ‘yin’ soul and departure soul merge before making a decision.
I nodded. If I decided to let Martin Xiang's departure soul speak out the grievances, then I also had to be fair to Tian Siyi, even though she was as cold-hearted as a snake.
I patted Da Jintai.
Da Jintai took out the "Soul Storage Tube," opened the lid, and said the word "go" to Martin Xiang.
A black energy hovered in the air for two rounds before entering Martin Xiang's mind.
Ah!
Martin Xiang let out another "Ah" sigh.
This time, Martin Xiang's expression changed. Instead of being as resentful as before, she now appeared mostly benevolent.
Martin Xiang took a look around, walked step by step toward Tian Siyi.
Tian Siyi, afraid that Martin Xiang would take her life, didn't dare to come out and kept hiding under the sofa.
"Girl, come out. Let's talk it out today."
Martin Xiang was not as aggressive as before.
Tian Siyi still didn't dare to come out and kept hiding under the sofa. Ma Guohua was angry and grabbed the sofa, pulled it out. He grabbed his wife's wrist and slapped her across the face: "Damn you, you killed my mother, yet still pretend to be innocent."
Martin Xiang opened Ma Guohua’s hand and gently took Tian Siyi's right hand, and sighed for a whole minute, saying: "Girl, since you married into our family, I have taken you as my own. There are things I need to say now."
She looked at Ma Minghui with a loving expression and said, "You all say that I favor Da Jun, but do you know how Da Jun's childhood was? We were poor when we were young. Da Jun was sensible, so he helped chop firewood, cook, and wash clothes from a young age. As he grew up, he helped his father earn a living. At that time, I doted on the little one, took care of him, and never asked Da Jun to do anything. It can be said that Da Jun was a laborer in our family when he was young, while Xiao Hua was our young master.
To help with family work, Da Jun dropped out of school for five years. Later, when life improved a little, he went back to school, in the same class as Xiao Hua. For this, Da Jun was teased by his classmates, but he wasn't angry. It wasn't until the college entrance examination that he wanted to go to university. At that time, going to university was not like it is now with the various subsidies, and the tuition was expensive. The money in our family was just enough for one person to attend university. At that time, both Da Jun and Xiao Hua wanted to go. As a mother, I made Da Jun drop out and let Xiao Hua go to university. Because of this, Da Jun resented me for several years. Later, when Da Jun went down south to do business, he became a mature person and forgave me as a mother. Speaking of which, I'm really sorry to Da Jun."
Ma Minghui's eyes welled up with tears as he held Martin Xiang's hand, telling her it was all in the past.
Martin Xiang shook her head and addressed Ma Guohua, "Xiao Hua, I haven’t told you about these things, and you don't know how you managed during those years. I've said it now, have you released the bitterness in your heart? Girl, have you released the bitterness in your heart?"
It’s true, everything in this world has underlying grievances, as my father said.
In the first half of her life, she was good to her younger son, and in the later years, she favored her elder son. In general, this was how things had to be handled.
Ma Guohua actually had some resentment towards his mother favoring his older brother. But after hearing all this, he didn't say a word and knelt on the ground, knocking his head to Martin Xiang and then to Ma Minghui: "Brother, I.."
He was choked up and couldn't speak anymore.
Ma Minghui quickly helped him up, saying, "We're brothers, what’s all this for? I am your elder brother today, and I will always be your elder brother. We've always said that the elder brother is like a father, isn't it? Our dad passed away early, so I must be the backbone of our family."
I have always thought that Ma Minghui was very adept at dealing with people, and now I see that he is truly noble and a real man.
I patted Martin Xiang's shoulder and said, "Auntie, your time is running out. In another moment, you will have to leave your three daughters. So, tell us, how do you want to deal with Tian Siyi?"
Martin Xiang chuckled and held Tian Siyi's hand, saying, "Girl, people fear mistakes. One wrong step leads to another. You may have grievances, but I don't blame you. Everyone has grievances, but you shouldn't have done what you did!"
"Mom, I'm sorry," tears welled up in Tian Siyi's eyes. It seemed she genuinely regretted what she had done, knowing that she had brought an end to the life of a "respected mother" herself.
Looking up, Martin Xiang said to me, "Master of the departed spirits, I don't want the girl to pay with her life, I want her to live well with my son for the rest of their lives. I only have one request, to take the departure soul of the girl with me."
It was clear that Martin Xiang did not want to break up the marriage between Tian Siyi and her second son and wanted them to continue living together.
I had no objections, after all, it was their family affair, and it was her request. What did it have to do with me?
Moreover, taking away the "most evil departing soul" from Tian Siyi's body can also be considered a punishment.
I said to Tian Siyi, "Tian Siyi, do you regret it?"
"Regret! I regret it a lot," Tian Siyi cried. The book is updated {half} [floating] [life]
I said, "Well, since you regret it, if your mother takes away the departing soul from your body, are you willing? After it's taken away, your mind won't be as clear as before in this lifetime, you might act foolishly at times, are you willing?"
"Willing, even if my mom takes my life now, I'm willing," Tian Siyi bowed to Martin Xiang again.
"I'm not willing! I'm not willing to continue living with the 'woman' who almost killed my mother," Ma Guohua roared.
Martin Xiang smiled, took Tian Siyi to Ma Guohua, and put her son's and daughter-in-law's right hands together.
Then, I watched Martin Xiang's departing soul leave Ma Lanfang's body, and behind her, Tian Siyi's departing soul followed.
The old and young, these two departing souls, disappeared before my eyes like that.
I sighed in my heart: perhaps, there is no love deeper than maternal love.