The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 678 - 647: Suicide, It’s Not Your Fault_1

Chapter 678: Chapter 647: Suicide, It’s Not Your Fault_1

When everyone heard the Village Chief Qi’s words, those who had planned to leave stayed and crowded around.

Qi Shuming, being young, held a torch and stepped forward to examine the scene. He was shocked and exclaimed, "It’s Qi Jianguo!"

"What?" Qi Shuli was also surprised, "How could it possibly be Qi Jianguo? Don’t talk nonsense."

If Qi Jianguo had set the fire, it would be merited that Qi Jianguo misfortunately landed in jail, but they had offended the wealthiest old lady in Qijia Village — their branch of the family wouldn’t be able to turn their fate around anymore.

"Although he doesn’t look like he used to, it is indeed Qi Jianguo. There’s no mistaking it. If you don’t believe me, come and see for yourself," Qi Shuming said loudly. Qi Jianguo really was ruthless and cold-hearted.

Qi Jianguo was strong before and had his way with He Tiantian, which resulted in a few years of imprisonment.

Now, having finally been released, although the villagers somewhat shunned him, there was no actual bullying of Qi Jianguo, at most they only mocked him behind his back.

After such a length of time, who would care about these things!

They had never imagined Qi Jianguo would become so desperate as to seek revenge!

This revenge meant burning Third Grandma Qi and her entire family — several lives, both young and old!

Qi Shuli, frightened, walked up to Qi Shuming. By the light of the torch Shuming held, he took a careful look and swayed, nearly collapsing onto the ground.

"How could this Jianguo do such a thing!" Qi Shuli cursed angrily, making it clear he had family to consider and promptly distancing himself from the matter.

Qi Dazhu frowned and said, "Let a few young men tie up Qi Jianguo. We’ll send him to the county public security bureau first thing in the morning."

Qi Jianguo was like a madman and should not have been released. He should be locked up for life.

Qi Fangfang heard noises in the village and had initially wanted to come out and see, but upon seeing the heavy rain outside, she stayed in.

"Fangfang, what’s happening outside?" Mother Qi asked softly. She had been feeling nervous and short of breath all day, uncomfortable and unable to sleep at night.

Qi Fangfang replied, "It might be a couple arguing in the middle of the night in the village. It shouldn’t be anything serious. It’s raining outside, it should disperse soon, and we’ll know what happened tomorrow."

"Oh!" Mother Qi responded, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, and staring at the ceiling.

The next day before dawn, Village Chief Qi had people escort Qi Jianguo to the county’s public security bureau.

Old Wu and Xiao Chen came to investigate. The evidence was indisputable, and with Old Man Liu’s and other villagers’ testimonies, Qi Jianguo was caught red-handed — the evidence was irrefutable······

By the time Qi Fangfang and Mother Qi found out, Qi Jianguo had already been detained.

Mother Qi fainted on the spot, while Qi Fangfang sat on the ground in a daze. Old Lady Qi had aged and she passed away from suffocation.

While Qi Shuli was busy distancing himself, his mother had passed away, and he couldn’t just ignore it; he gritted his teeth and made arrangements for the funeral.

Thankfully, Qi Shuli still had some standing in the village and some villagers came to help. Otherwise, Old Lady Qi’s funeral might not have come together.

Qi Fangfang was filled with regret for telling her brother about He Tiantian, which led him to desperation, to do such a thing.

He Tiantian was her brother’s doomed fate all along.

Although Qi Fangfang resented He Tiantian, she had resigned to her fate, only wishing for the family to live a good life.

The root cause of it all was He Tiantian.

If she had not come to Qijia Village, her brother would have been dejected for a while but would have gradually recovered and forgotten over time.

In the morning, Qi Jianguo was sent to the county public security bureau, and by the afternoon, he committed suicide in detention out of fear of his crimes.

Qi Jianguo knew that his crime had been exposed; this time it was arson. With his previous criminal record and no one to help him navigate the situation, he guessed that he would be sentenced to a long prison term.

There was no meaning left for him to live, he had long wanted to die.

Even if he had successfully killed He Tiantian and her family last night, he would have committed suicide, thinking of it as his own form of accompaniment in death.

The death of Qi Jianguo threw the county public security bureau into disarray, but luckily Qi Jianguo truly was guilty, so closing the case did not take much effort.

After Huo Yingjie sent He Tiantian, Third Grandma Qi, Old Man Qi, and the children to Secretary Qi’s house, he asked Liang Hongyu to help take care of the children.

"Alas, Qi Jianguo must have been crazy to do something like that," Old Man Qi said slowly, a single misstep had led to a cascade of errors.

"Alas!" Third Grandma Qi also sighed, "They say turning back is the shore, but how many can truly turn back? He failed to recognize his own mistakes, so the moment he had a chance, he thought of revenge. It would have been strange if he’d had a good end!"

He Tiantian, aware that Qi Jianguo wanted revenge against her, apologetically said, "Grandma, Grandpa Qi, I’m sorry, it’s all because of me, I’ve caused you trouble."

"Silly child, don’t say such things," Third Grandma Qi said, "You didn’t provoke Qi Jianguo, it’s all his doing for not knowing how to repent. It has nothing to do with you."

He Tiantian had already let go of her lingering thoughts about Qi Jianguo.

In a past life, after He Tiantian was reborn from a Little Spirit Snake bite, Huo Yingjie helped her seek revenge; she had no regrets.

In this life, Qi Jianguo harbored ill intentions against her, but she had also avenged herself, so they were even now.

As long as Qi Jianguo did not trouble her, she would definitely not bother Qi Jianguo or his family.

However, all of this was just wishful thinking for He Tiantian.

"Ah, such a good house, burned up just like that," He Tiantian said with a bitter smile, and it even contained Third Grandma Qi’s possessions!

"Out with the old and in with the new. As long as the people are safe, a burned house can be rebuilt," Third Grandma Qi said nonchalantly, "I want to build a villa on top of the old house, a multi-story one with more rooms. If possible, I will pay to buy the residential lands on both sides and turn it into a big courtyard to enjoy my life."

Just because Third Grandma Qi did not want to go abroad didn’t mean she disliked comfort.

After all, Third Grandma Qi was an old lady with experience; she wanted a flush toilet and a water heater for the bath.

While her health was still good, she wanted to enjoy herself thoroughly.

"Alright!" He Tiantian said with a smile, "I’ll foot the bill for the house construction."

"No need, Tiantian," Third Grandma Qi laughed, "If your Uncle Shuliang didn’t have the money, I would let you pay, but he has plenty. Would he begrudge building a house for his old mother?"

He Tiantian smilingly said, "Uncle Shuliang is your real son, my dad is your adopted son, and I’m your adopted granddaughter. I must foot half the bill. If you refuse, you’ll be treating us like outsiders."

"Tiantian is being filial to you, just accept it, otherwise she’ll feel uneasy once she leaves," Old Man Qi persuaded, "If it’s going to be built, then build the best kind, those little western-style buildings."

"Alright!" said Third Grandma Qi, "Well, it’s getting late, Tiantian, take the children and go rest at Xiao Yan’s house."

He Tiantian looked at her son, drowsy and with tear stains on his face, feeling especially heartbroken.

She had frightened him tonight.

Fortunately, none of the children were harmed, and Little Rotating Turtle had done a great service.

She would find time tomorrow to properly thank Little Rotating Turtle.

Once in Qi Xiaoyan’s room, He Tiantian prepared a towel to wash the children’s faces and applied some moisturizer, coaxing the two children to sleep.