Chapter 272 She Won't Let a Single One Go

Zhou Hairong followed behind, grinning, and squeezed through the crack in the door with his shoulder.

"Mom, I'm begging you this once! Listen to me, she's already slept with me, she deserves some recognition, right? Just let her marry me! I need a wife, don't I? That way I can have a better life, don't you think?"

What did you call me?

Zhou Shufen turned around abruptly.

"Do I have a son like you? Get out of here! Get out now!"

"Fine, you can tell me to get lost."

Zhou Hairong's smile vanished.

"But you have to give me 10,000 first. The passbook is hidden under the third board under the bed, and the password is your birthday. If you don't give me the money, fine, I'll go to the school right now and tell everyone that Cheng Jiaqi is a slut I slept with, a whore! Let's see how she studies then? How she can face people then? She won't even be able to find a job!"

"What era are we living in? Still using this to blackmail people?"

Zhou Shufen gave a cold laugh.

"Have you never been to school? Is your brain in your ass? A woman's chastity is not a man's trophy! Just because you've slept with someone doesn't mean she has to be your wife! This is a crime, do you understand? It's a crime!"

"I won't give you a single penny."

She approached Zhou Hairong step by step.

“Right now, I’ll call the police. The police will investigate you, arrest you, and put you in jail. You’ll never be able to step out of prison again for the rest of your life.”

"I can keep you in there for eight or ten years, don't even think about escaping!"

"What you've done is enough to condemn you to three lifetimes. Do you think you can get away with this? Do you think I'll still have a soft spot for you?"

Zhou Shufen was too lazy to waste any more words; getting it over with once and for all was the easiest way.

This kind of scum is a pollutant to society and a torment to Cheng Jiaqi.

Zhou Hairong owes her more than two lives already.

She gave birth to him, and she raised him.

And what was the result?

They raised a vicious and ungrateful beast.

In her previous life, her death was inextricably linked to him.

On the day she had her heart attack, she called him and begged him to take her to the hospital.

But he won money at the gambling table and said with a smile.

"You old codger, you're dead, so what? You can't possibly scam me out of my money!"

When she was found, she was already cold and stiff.

Cheng Jiaqi, less than three months after her death, was also tricked by Zhou Hairong into going to the countryside, where she was tortured to death.

This son is more venomous than a snake.

"Jiaqi, you lie still and don't come out. Auntie will take care of him for you."

She held Cheng Jiaqi's shoulders and gently helped her lie down flat.

After confirming that her breathing had stabilized, Zhou Shufen left the room.

She stood behind the door and took out a small packet of powder from her sleeve.

With a flick of the finger, the paper package opened, revealing grayish-white powder inside.

She approached the unconscious Zhou Hairong, grabbed his chin, and forced him to open his mouth.

With his other hand, he precisely and evenly sprinkled the powder into his mouth.

As soon as the powder fell, Zhou Hairong's body jerked violently, and he fell straight to the ground.

Zhou Shufen squatted down expressionlessly and forcefully dragged him up.

One step, two steps, she dragged Zhou Hairong step by step into the secret space.

System: [Hey! We've got some work to do!]

Zhou Shufen gave the order in a cold voice.

"Cripple him."

System: [This is something Brother Snake excels at; clean and efficient, leaving no trace.]

Before the words were even finished, a burly figure was already slowly moving in a corner of the space.

Zhou Shufen approached the large snake coiled under the trellis step by step.

She didn't say anything, she just stood there quietly.

The snake slowly raised its head, its scarlet tongue flicking in and out.

A moment later, the snake's head nodded three times.

The next second, the snake suddenly coiled up, its thick body instantly wrapping around the snake.

Zhou Hairong's body was swallowed by the scales in that instant and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Shufen did not go with them.

She stood there, her hands hanging at her sides.

In her previous life, the Zhou family drained her of her last drop of blood without even a word of thanks.

She worked tirelessly from dawn till dusk, managing the household chores and raising her three sons.

The result was indifference, betrayal, and even joint oppression.

Fortunately, fate gave her a second chance.

In this life, she is no longer the helpless Zhou Shufen.

What good would it do to have them?

She taught them wholeheartedly, explaining the reasons in every sentence and protecting them time and time again.

But they only listened to Hu Ermei's mouth, to her spreading rumors.

They would rather believe a stranger than their own mother.

Stupid, whose fault is it?

Not to mention Zhou Hairong, if any of the others dare to provoke her or harm Jiaqi, she won't let any of them get away with it.

In two lifetimes, how many sins has this scoundrel committed?

In her previous life, he used those methods to ruin Jiaqi. In this life, she will make him taste what it means to wish he were dead.

Then let him be a eunuch for life.

She took a deep breath, and most of the frustration in her chest dissipated.

A short while later, the giant snake swam back.

It was dragging a person in its mouth.

It was Zhou Hairong.

He lay on the ground, his eyes closed, his face as pale as paper.

"Snake Immortal, are you sure... he'll never be able to hold his head up high again?"

The snake flickered its tongue and then nodded several times in succession.

System: [Don't worry, even with gene reshaping technology, he can't grow back.]

"Can you take him back to Liuchang Village?"

Wipe out all those messy memories from his mind, so that he remembers nothing.

System: [Satisfaction guaranteed. Leave this to me, I'll handle it flawlessly, making him wonder who he is for a long time.]

"You haven't been watching short dramas lately? What, you've switched to surfing the internet? You're always so secretive."

System: [Hehe, you caught me red-handed. Tired of watching short dramas? I've been browsing forums lately and found that real-life gossip is much more interesting than TV dramas. Don't worry about anything, he's completely forgotten who his mother is, just like a newborn baby.]

Zhou Shufen: "Can the remaining few... also have their memories erased? Stop hanging around in front of me every day, giving me that blood-sucking look the moment you see me."

System: [We haven't found any concrete evidence of wrongdoing yet, so we can't act rashly. Punishment requires evidence. I'm not the kind of system that just accuses people; there are rules and procedures to follow. It's not too late for me to take action after they've actually done something wrong.]

Zhou Shufen: "Okay, thank you for your hard work. You go ahead with your work, just don't overwork yourself."

She then exited the space.

In the room, Cheng Jiaqi was curled up in the corner of the bed, her whole body huddled into a small ball.

Zhou Shufen: "Could you also make her forget what just happened? She's so young, she shouldn't be carrying such a heavy load."

System: [No. She has to bear her pain herself. Forgetting it is tantamount to accepting her fate. Only by overcoming it can she truly live.]

She sighed silently.

"Jiaqi, do you remember what your auntie just told you?"

Cheng Jiaqi slowly loosened her grip.

She turned her head and looked at Zhou Shufen.

“Auntie, I heard everything…and I remembered it all. Not a single word was missed.”

Zhou Shufen gently placed her palm on the cold back of her hand.

"Just remember it, don't take it to heart. Those bastard's words were just trying to smear you, to make you feel dirty and bad. But we know perfectly well that you are innocent, that you were bullied, not that you did anything wrong."