After being murdered by my whole family, I was reborn

Chapter 1997 You've been caught!

After finishing the breakfast brought by the bodyguard, Zhang Ran sat on the sofa drinking tea and watching the surveillance footage on the computer. Old Man Chen finally got up. He went out of his room and found no one in the living room, but he didn't care. He went to the bathroom, left the door open, and started to flush.

Zhang Ran's gaze shifted to Dong Chan, "From now on, you'll be in charge of watching the surveillance footage."

Dongchan walked over, picked up her laptop, and sat down on the sofa next to her, staring intently at the monitor screen.

Zhang Ran got up and went to the study to handle work, occasionally picking up her phone to reply to messages and make phone calls.

Fu Qin has started a new job in S City. She also mentioned that some of her high school classmates contacted her to organize a high school reunion and asked where she was and whether she would like to attend.

Zhang Ran replied that she was very busy recently, and would go when she had time, otherwise it would be fine. She did not mention that she was also in S City.

With Zhang Ran's consent, Fu Qin added her to the high school classmates' group chat. Everyone was discussing the time and place of the reunion. In no time, there were 99+ messages. Zhang Ran clicked "Do Not Disturb" and became invisible in the group.

Around noon, Dongchan went into the study and placed her laptop on the table.

Zhang Ran's gaze unconsciously fell on the surveillance footage on the computer screen. Chen Zhaodi had finally returned from grocery shopping, but stood in the entryway staring at the shoe cabinet without moving.

Zhang Ran zoomed in on the surveillance footage and saw that she kept staring at the red slippers in the shoe cabinet.

Her left fingers unconsciously tapped the table, once, twice... She was terrified, yet she was back in this hell, wanting to avenge her beloved son.

"Where the hell are you going? You still know how to come back?!" Old Man Chen, who was lounging on the sofa, heard the noise and went over. When he saw that it was Chen Zhaodi, he immediately started cursing.

Chen Zhaodi seemed to suddenly come to her senses and quickly explained, "I went out to buy groceries, but I didn't know where the market was, which took up some time."

Old Chen stared at the groceries she had bought, and his expression softened slightly. "I'm starving! Go to the kitchen and cook!"

Chen Zhaodi quickly reached for the red slippers to change into, but when she passed by the living room, she paused for a moment. The floor was covered with cigarette butts that Old Man Chen had carelessly discarded, and upon closer inspection, she could see that the sofa was also covered with cigarette ash, with several burn holes in it.

"Dad, this is Xiaoyue's home, not her home. Don't treat this like this, she'll be angry." He wasn't supposed to come, but he insisted on coming along. If he angers Xiaoyue, he won't even know how he died.

Old Chen grabbed a water glass from the table and threw it at her.

Chen Zhaodi instinctively dodged, and the glass shattered into pieces at her feet.

Old Chen, enraged, pointed at her nose and yelled, "It's such a trivial matter! Just clean it up and that's it!"

"She's not home?" Chen Zhaodi's eyes subconsciously drifted to the side of the bed where Zhang Ran had slept.

"No, she must have gone to work." Seeing that she was still standing there, Old Chen cursed a few more times: "Aren't you going to the kitchen to cook? Do you want your old man to starve to death?"

Chen Zhaodi quickly went to the kitchen to get busy.

Old Chen lay back on the sofa, turned on the air conditioner, watched TV, smoked a cigarette, and happily enjoyed the good life.

The surveillance camera in the study next door showed the kitchen instead.

Zhang Ran watched Chen Zhaodi skillfully using the gas stove to cook, and a smile involuntarily crept onto her face.

Ten years ago, my mother only knew how to cook with a wood-fired stove. After serving ten years in prison, she was released without anyone teaching her how to use a gas stove.

She suddenly leaned closer to stare at her mother on the monitor screen, "I've caught you~." She had already guessed it before, but this moment confirmed it again; her good mother had also been reborn.