Chapter 504 Mutual Blame
At night, the men had to keep vigil at Hongwei’s house, and with Hongwei having to stay with the body, he could not spare time to take care of Tong Yao and Guo Jinnian. However, he had already notified the village head to let them stay at his house for the night.
The village head had no objections.
Si Boyi initially wanted to invite Tong Yao to stay at his house, but bearing Lin Fengying and Si Xiaohui in mind, he withheld the words. His older brother had already divorced Tong Yao, so it was not suitable to have her stay at his house, as it would be troublesome if Si Xiaohui made a fuss.
Besides, he knew that Tong Yao did not want to stay at his house. If he were in her shoes, he would not want to either.
As it was getting dark, the village head took Tong Yao and Guo Jinnian home, instructed his wife to take good care of them, and then went back to the Gu Family’s house.
Sibo Yi returned home for a while, but as soon he entered the courtyard, Si Xiaohui ran out from the house, "Second brother, I heard that Tong Yao is back in our village, is it true?"
When Si Xiaohui heard about this, she wanted to go to the Gu house to have a look, but her mother wouldn’t let her go under any circumstances, stating that someone had died at the Gu family, and she was about to get married, so it would bring bad luck and was inauspicious.
"Boyi, is Yaoyao really back?" Zhang Lijuan, who had just lulled the child to sleep, also came out.
Si Boyi intended not to answer Si Xiaohui’s question initially, but when his wife asked, he had to reply: "She’s back and she’s staying at the village head’s house tonight."
"Why let her stay at the village head’s house? Although she divorced my eldest brother, she was once our sister-in-law. You go get her, let her stay with me tonight." When Zhang Lijuan heard that Tong Yao was back in the village, she wanted to see her, but considering that her child was still young and Gu’s father had died of illness, it was not appropriate to take the child there. Thus, she held back and didn’t go.