Chapter 30 I'll drag you all down to hell with me

Yan Songyu went to the hospital with a lot of doubts. Not only did Feng Yu have a good relationship with Master Xu, but her father also had a private relationship with Master Xu.

Lost in thought, she bumped into a mother holding a child. She quickly helped her up and apologized, "Oh, I'm sorry, are you hurt?"

When Zhou Yue saw it was Yan Songyu, she hurriedly pressed Zhou Mu's pale face into her arms and stammered, "No, it's alright. The child is still sick. I'll go now."

After she finished speaking, she grabbed Zhou Mu and ran away. Yan Songyu frowned as she watched Zhou Yue's hurried back. She had been too busy lately and had forgotten to pay attention to Zhou Yue. What was wrong with Zhou Mu this time?

"Songyu, you're here." Feng Yu was pleasantly surprised to see Yan Songyu. He thought Yan Songyu was going to continue avoiding him or was still angry with him.

"Your relationship with Master Xu can't be that simple, can it?"

"Well, it's actually quite good. What's wrong?"

Yan Songyu recounted the incident at Sihai Teahouse, saying, "I was very careful to play games with him the whole time. After it was over, I tentatively asked him about the return gift for the tea, and he told me to ask you and Dad when I got back."

"It's alright, don't worry. Master Xu might just be apologizing." Feng Yu smiled and pulled Yan Songyu to sit down. "Sit down, I'll tell you slowly."

"Speak quickly."

"Actually, I am the godfather of Master Xu's son."

"What?" Yan Songyu was shocked. "Master Xu also has an illegitimate son? Is it a family tradition in the Xu family to hide their sons and raise them outside?"

Feng Yu knew she was thinking of the child that Master Xu had used to threaten Xu Huanzhi, so he explained, "A child born in wedlock."

"Secret marriage?"

Feng Yu nodded, "Yes, Brother Xin has too many enemies, so he hasn't made his marriage public, nor has he brought his wife and children into the public eye. Almost no one knows about it."

"How did you know that? Are you and Master Xu so close that you could know such a secret?"

"It was because I accidentally saved Yingzhi from drowning a few years ago that I found out he was Brother Xin's son. Later, Brother Xin told Yingzhi's fortune and recognized me as his godfather, and that's how we became close."

Yan Songyu frowned deeply after hearing this. "So he still allowed Xu Huanzhi to attack you?"

“Brother Xin was away on a business trip, otherwise Xu Huanzhi wouldn’t have dared to be so arrogant.” After saying that, Feng Yu apologized to Yan Songyu, “I’m sorry, Songyu, I didn’t tell you at first because Brother Xin has been protecting Yingzhi very well, and I couldn’t just leak this information.”

Yan Songyu waved his hand dismissively, "No wonder you even know the secret of Master Xu's background."

After that, Yan Songyu thought about her encounter with Zhou Yue again. "Has Zhao Qi sent any new information? I haven't had time to pay attention to Zhou Yue lately, but I just saw her taking Zhou Mu to see a doctor."

"There was a dispute in the Zhou family, and Zhou Mu's hand was broken."

In fact, Feng Yu had just learned the news as well.

Zhou's mother and Zhou Chenglong moved into Zhou Yue's house in order to get money. Zhou Yue was so bothered that she took out 30,000 yuan of the more than 50,000 yuan she had painstakingly saved and returned it to her mother. She wanted to send the two of them home, but Zhou's mother was not satisfied. She and Zhou Chenglong robbed her of all her money and also accepted the betrothal gifts from an old bachelor in the South District. They then led the man directly into Zhou Yue's bedroom.

When Zhou Yue got home from get off work, she was embraced by an old bachelor. She fought back fiercely and pulled out a knife.

The old bachelor wanted to find a wife. He had seen Zhou Yue before she was disfigured, but he knew his place and was all talk and no action. Now that Zhou's mother was taking the lead and Zhou Yue was no longer that unattainable beauty, he thought he was all he needed. Little did he know that Zhou Yue would be so fierce!

The old bachelor was so frightened that he wet himself, pulled up his pants and ran away, shouting as he ran, "Old woman Zhou, I'm not marrying you! Give me back the betrothal gifts right now, or I'll go to the police station and report you!"

Zhou's mother stared at Zhou Yue, who was disheveled and looked like a demon, with her venomous triangular eyes, and spat, "Look at yourself now, with a burden on your shoulders, and you still look down on Old Wu. Who else would want you but him?"

Holding a kitchen knife, Zhou Yue stared menacingly at her incessantly nagging mother. Suddenly, she went berserk and slashed at her mother with the knife, shouting, "If you don't want me to live, then let's die together!"

"Ah! Stop it! You actually want to kill your own mother! You unfilial daughter, you madwoman!" Zhou's mother was so frightened that she ran around frantically.

Zhou Mu skillfully hid under the bed; otherwise, if she blocked the way, her mother wouldn't hold back.

Zhou Chenglong entered the room with a cigarette dangling from his lips, only to find the house in complete chaos. His mother was about to be struck by Zhou Yue's knife, and Zhou Chenglong quickly grabbed a stick to block it. "Third Sister, don't be impulsive! If you really hurt Mom, you'll go to jail. Do you really want to ruin your life for that? You still have a daughter. What will happen to Mumu if you go to jail?"

Perhaps it was the word "daughter" that brought Zhou Yue back to her senses. She finally stopped, though her eyes were still bloodshot. She said to her mother, who was hiding behind Zhou Chenglong, "Do you know how much I wanted to put rat poison in the rice jar when I escaped from Xiaoxigou? I've held back time and time again. If there's a third time, I'll drag you all down to hell with me!"

Zhou's mother felt a chill run down her spine. She had a gut feeling that this brat really dared to do it!

Zhou Chenglong also stiffened his body and laughed awkwardly, "Third sister, don't say things out of anger. Mom is wrong, I will persuade her, please don't act impulsively."

The matter did not end there, because Zhou's mother was reluctant to return the 20,000 yuan dowry given by the old bachelor. She still wanted to save money to marry her youngest son a city wife. However, since the old bachelor had not gotten a wife, he was determined to get the dowry back. He came to Zhou's house twice while Zhou Yue was at work, but failed to get it back. He was even extorted by Zhou's mother lying on the ground. He was afraid that if something really happened to the old lady, she would blame him and run away.

The third time, which was today, the old bachelor brought a group of brothers to embolden themselves and, taking advantage of Zhou Yue and Zhou Chenglong being at home, went to their door to demand money.

“Zhou Yue, if our marriage is off, you have to return the bride price to me. I’m in the right no matter where you look at it. If you don’t return it, I’ll call the police.”

His brothers chimed in, "That's right, pay back the money!"

Zhou Yue sat at the table eating breakfast, not even lifting her eyelids. "You gave it to me again, what am I supposed to give back? Go find whoever received it."

"As her daughter, shouldn't you try to persuade this old woman?"

"I can't persuade him." Zhou Yue casually pointed at Zhou Chenglong with her chopsticks. "Let him try to persuade him."

The old bachelor looked at Zhou Chenglong again, "Brother, what do you say?"

"Mom, why don't you return the money?"

“What do you mean, ‘give back’?” Zhou’s mother kicked her legs and sat down on the ground. “That’s not the bride price. It’s the medical expenses he paid for the last time he hit me. Ouch, my back hurts again. It must be because the injury hasn’t healed yet.”

The old bachelor was a bit intimidated and took two steps back, but one of his brothers, who had a bad temper, slammed a stick on the table and said, "Don't try that. Pay me back now, or I'll cripple you. You'll really have to pay for my medical expenses."

The man was wildly waving a stick around the house, and the others were also smashing things inside. The scene was chaotic until a scream startled everyone and brought them to a halt.