5
In the afternoon, I finished obtaining the divorce certificate and went home to retrieve my luggage.
As soon as I stepped in, she hurled a barrage of accusations at me: "What have you let Lele do again? The teacher said Lele didn't go to school at all today. Do you have to spoil her like this?"
I looked at her coldly, unwilling to say another word in explanation.
She wouldn't believe me anyway, so why waste my breath?
Lin Qingyu observed my silent, indifferent expression, and an inexplicable sense of panic welled up within her, yet she could only mask it with anger: "Hasn't Lele not eaten at home for days now? I'm warning you, you must bring her back tonight."
Bring her back?
Counting the time, Lele's ashes should indeed be able to "come back" now.
I tugged at the corner of my mouth: "Alright."
Upon hearing my response, Lin Qingyu's expression finally relaxed a bit, then she headed to her brother-in-law's room.
Before leaving, she condescendingly left one more sentence: "If Lele behaves well recently, I'll take a day off to bring her to the amusement park."
After she left, I glanced around the house I had lived in for seven years.
With my luggage and Lele's belongings, I walked out without a trace of nostalgia.
It wasn't until dinner time that Lin Qingyu noticed my disappearance.
She frowned and snorted coldly: "This child is becoming more and more uncontrollable under her care."
Just as she was about to send someone to find me, a subordinate came in with two pieces of paper: "Director Lin, the people downstairs found two pieces of paper while cleaning the confinement room."
She took them and saw they were written in Lele's childish handwriting.
"I'm sorry, Mom. Lele was wrong. Lele shouldn't have picked up random things, Lele knows now."
"Mom, Lele is very brave! Lele didn't cry!"
"Mom, it's so dark here. Lele hurts, there are so many bugs..."
"Mom, save Lele..."
Lin Qingyu frowned: "What bugs? Is the environment in the confinement room that poor?"
However, the next second, another person ran in, panting heavily.
"Director, the crematorium sent over an urn, saying it's... it's Lele's!"