0p0 Chapter 52: Should the other daughter be left without a father?
Chapter 52: Should the other daughter be left without a father?
The moment those words were spoken, the surroundings became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Xia Juntao lay on his back on the ground, his eyes vacant.
"Stop talking, stop talking..."
He muttered to himself, his fists clenched tightly, and large veins bulged on his red neck, as if he were suppressing immense pain.
Yang Zhaodi, however, wouldn't let him off the hook, speaking slowly and clearly, word by word.
"You should be glad that I got back in time, otherwise that beast would have really succeeded."
That was the third time she felt like the sky was falling. She rushed up to Liu Jiabao like a madwoman, pinned him down, and choked him hard.
Despite her mother-in-law's beatings, she had only one thought in her mind: she wanted to kill Liu Jiabao.
But Yao Yao rushed forward, crying, to shield her from the stick: "Mommy, no, don't hit Mommy, don't..."
In order to protect her daughter, she had no choice but to let Liu Jiabao escape.
The mother-in-law even chased after him, telling him to come again next time.
"You little bitch, do you know you've ruined my plans? This piece of trash is already unwanted, and Liu Jiabao finally took a liking to her. Instead of taking advantage of this, you quickly married her off to earn some dowry money, otherwise... Ah! Damn it! You dare hit me? This is outrageous!"
She looked at her mother-in-law and felt as if those words were piercing her ears like steel needles.
She could no longer bear it and slapped that vicious face several times, wishing she could cut a piece of flesh off her face.
But she was just a woman after all, and no match for her tall and strong father-in-law.
Her father-in-law grabbed her hair and dragged her to the edge of the water vat, then pressed her head firmly into the water.
"No, don't hit Mommy, Grandpa, I beg you, I beg you, waaaaah, Mommy..."
"I'll beat you to death! I'll beat you to death! Damn it, how dare a daughter-in-law hit her mother-in-law? This is outrageous!" The mother-in-law was still standing there with a stick, as if she wanted to beat her and her daughter to death.
But in the end, they didn't dare to cause any deaths, fearing they wouldn't be able to explain it to Xia Juntao later.
She escaped death.
Fortunately, she escaped unharmed.
"That night I packed my things, determined to take my daughter with me even if I had to sleep under a bridge, but..."
At this point, Yang Zhaodi's eyes reddened again, and she choked up as she said, "When I went to Yao Yao's room to find her, I found that she had tied a rope around her neck, stood on a stool, and hanged herself."
"Mom, I'm sorry. I just... I just don't want you to get beaten and scolded anymore because of me." Xia Yaoyao hugged her and cried uncontrollably.
Upon hearing this, Yang Zhaodi burst into tears: "No, it's my fault, I should have moved out with you a long time ago, I'm the one who ruined you!"
[Oh my god, this is so suffocating! How can there be such grandparents in the world? Aren't they monsters?]
Compared to the Liu family, these cruel grandparents are even more chilling.
[Where is Xia Juntao? Don't he know his parents are so wicked?]
"Ah...ah..."
Suddenly, Xia Juntao, lying on the ground, let out a beast-like howl. He curled up, clutching his head and pounding it desperately: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault..."
He was a boy, and not much older than his older brother, so their parents always treated them equally and never favored either of them.
When he was a child, his family was poor, and his parents would always save the best food for them. Later, his older brother was admitted to a university but he was not. They didn't tell him to give up, but gritted their teeth and insisted that he go to a junior college.
They always say that boys need to study more to have a future.
He was genuinely grateful to his mother and respected his father.
Therefore, even after he had a daughter and his elder brother had a son, he found that his parents' hearts had quietly turned towards his elder brother, but he still remained filial and wanted to repay their kindness in raising him.
During the five years he was away from home, his wife did tell him how his parents treated their daughter.
But whenever he asked his parents, his mother would cry and complain that his older brother and sister-in-law were not there, nor was he, and that his only daughter-in-law was estranged from him and not close to him.
He openly and subtly accused his wife of not taking good care of their youngest daughter, so she was being slandered even though she kindly helped her take care of the child.
He then talked about his childhood, which made him feel guilty and uneasy. He really thought that his wife still resented his mother because of their youngest daughter.
He was kept in the dark for six years until one day six years later, he suddenly received a phone call from his wife.
His wife calmly asked him, "Your daughter is dead, are you satisfied now?"
At that moment, all the blood in his body seemed to stop, and he froze, only his mouth instinctively asking, "How...how did you die?"
"Your parents drove you to your death."
He rushed back as fast as he could ever have, but even at his fastest speed, it still took him two days and two nights.
On the third day, when it was fully light, he hurriedly passed by the old locust tree in front of the Liu family's house and saw his wife wearing a red dress, her eyes wide open in death, staring straight in the direction of the Liu family and their house.
On the cement ground beneath her feet was a pattern that defied understanding, surrounded by scattered pieces of yellow paper and cinnabar...
"After Yao Yao died, I took her to be cremated by myself, and then scattered her ashes into the sea."
"Her life was so miserable, trapped in Lotus Village, this cannibalistic place. I didn't want her to be trapped here even after she died, but I never imagined that she wouldn't find relief even in death. It's so tragic."
Yang Zhaodi laughed self-deprecatingly, then took a deep breath and looked at Lin Sui: "As for the magic array diagram you mentioned, I found it on my way back, along with the yellow paper and cinnabar."
“I knew that I couldn’t take revenge while I was alive, and I didn’t want to live anyway, so I simply followed the steps on the magic circle diagram and completed my suicide step by step.”
"I even wrote this in my will, and Xia Er should know about it too."
Xia Juntao was still curled up on the ground, trembling uncontrollably.
The suicide note not only mentioned the magic array diagram, but also clearly stated that his daughter was almost attacked by Liu Jiabao again before her death...
Yes, Liu Jiabao, there's another Liu Jiabao still alive.
Xia Juntao slowly raised his tear-streaked face, his bloodshot eyes filled with murderous intent.
He quickly got up from the ground and rushed out.
Before Lin Sui could react, she heard two hurried running sounds outside.
Then Xia Juntao roared, "Liu Jiabao!"
Lin Sui quickly followed, and they ran into Xia Juntao in the corridor not far away.
Xia Juntao was kneeling on a man, his hands gripping the man's neck tightly.
Lin Sui took two steps forward and saw the man's black-rimmed glasses lying beside him, his face, which originally had a scholarly air, flushed red.
Lin Sui glanced at him briefly before her gaze returned to Xia Juntao's face, which was filled with ferocious hatred. She said, "If you kill him, you'll go to jail too."
Xia Juntao ignored him and tightened his grip even more.
Lin Sui: "You've already lost one daughter, do you want to leave another daughter without a father?"