Chapter 690 Let's see how many days she can live.

"You dare?!"

Qi rushed forward to snatch it like a madwoman, but Shen Wantang calmly extended a foot.

With a "thud," Qi Shi, caught off guard, fell heavily to the ground.

Du Juan and Qin Xin took the opportunity to sweep everything off the table, leaving nothing for Qi Shi and Shen Mingxuan.

Shen Mingxuan tried to grab them, but Granny Yan was too strong, and she couldn't get close to Dujuan and Qinxin. When she tried to use brute force, Granny Yan pushed her away without any politeness.

Qi lay on the ground, nearly losing her breath, and couldn't get up for a long time.

She pointed at Shen Wantang's nose and cursed, "You shameless, greedy wretch! How dare you steal my things and trip me! I am your mother! How dare you disrespect me? I can report you to the authorities for being unfilial!"

Shen Wantang sneered and stepped on Qi Shi's back: "I not only dare to trip you, I also dare to step on you!"

"A lewd woman who has committed adultery with another man, does she dare to lecture me? Does she dare to expect me to be filial? Father has already divorced you, yet you still dare to spout such nonsense and claim to be my mother?"

"I think you've lost your mind and are talking nonsense."

"Qin Xin, bring me some bluestone bricks!"

Qin Xin immediately handed over the bluestone bricks that she had prepared beforehand.

Qi stared in horror. She tried to get up, but Shen Wantang held her firmly down, and she couldn't get up no matter what she did.

"You little bitch, what are you doing?! What are you doing with those bluestone bricks?!"

A cold smile appeared on Shen Wantang's lips: "Of course, we'll smash open your skull and see just how much water is inside!"

"You dare?! I—"

"Smack!"

Shen Wantang picked up the bluestone brick and smashed it down cleanly.

A piercing scream rang out: "Ah!!!"

"Mother!"

Shen Mingxuan screamed in terror as she watched blood flow from her mother's head.

She stared at Shen Wantang in disbelief: "Shen Wantang, you're insane! How dare you hit my mother with such a big brick! This is murder, a crime! I'm going to report you to the authorities!"

Holding the bluestone brick, Shen Wantang walked step by step toward Shen Mingxuan: "Oh? You want to sue me? When your mother hit me with this bluestone brick, why didn't you go to the government to sue her? Were you mute back then? Or is your mouth itching now and you need me to scratch it for you with this bluestone brick?"

Shen Mingxuan kept retreating until she reached the wall, where she had nowhere left to go.

Her face turned pale: "Shen Wantang, you, you, you, step back! If you come any closer, I'll get rough with you!"

As she spoke, she pulled out the gold hairpin from her hair and gestured wildly at Shen Wantang.

Shen Wantang looked at her trembling hands and the rather heavy, gleaming gold hairpin, and cried out, "Granny Yan, do you see? My elder sister is going to use this hairpin to stab me to death! I'm so scared!"

Granny Yan stepped forward, snatched Shen Mingxuan's gold hairpin, and slapped her hard across the face!

Shen Mingxuan didn't even have the slightest strength to resist. She only felt a blur before her eyes, and the gold hairpin was gone. Her face was burning with pain!

It was only at this moment that she discovered that the bitter-faced nanny who had always been by Shen Wantang's side actually knew martial arts!

Shen Wantang pressed the bluestone brick down on Shen Mingxuan's head, inch by inch, and said, "What did you say just now, sister? What are you going to the government office for? My memory isn't very good, I've forgotten. Sister, please repeat what you just said."

Shen Mingxuan's ears were ringing from being beaten by Granny Yan, and her head was being pressed down by Shen Wantang with a bluestone brick. How could she dare to speak recklessly at this moment?

She never knew that Shen Wantang, who used to be so timid, had become so ruthless!

She had smashed her mother's head until it bled, and now she had no doubt that if she angered Shen Wantang again, Shen Wantang would crack her head open as well!

Seeing that Shen Mingxuan was silent, Shen Wantang nodded in satisfaction. She picked up the bluestone brick and patted Shen Mingxuan's head: "It's best if you know what's good for you, sister. Otherwise, if you bleed on the spot, it will easily dirty my clothes."

Shen Mingxuan's head ached from the two slaps, but she gritted her teeth and didn't make a sound, because at least Shen Wantang had held back and hadn't really cracked her skull open.

Seeing that she had become obedient, Shen Wantang casually threw the bluestone brick on the ground.

She walked back to Qi Shi and looked down at her: "Stop pretending to be dead, stand up. I deliberately held back, I didn't knock you unconscious, otherwise you wouldn't feel the pain of your head bleeding."

As she spoke, she kicked Qi.

Qi opened her eyes angrily, clutching her throbbing head as she got up: "Shen Wantang, what exactly do you want? You've hit me, you've cursed me, why aren't you leaving? Are you determined to kill me? Let me tell you, even if you marry Gu Qianhan and have the Duke's mansion's protection, murder is still punishable by death! Don't think you can do whatever you want!"

"Kill you? You wish!"

Shen Wantang looked at her coldly: "I just opened a gash in your head, how could I let you die so easily?"

“You cut me on the head, and it hurt for days. Shouldn’t you have a taste of that too? After you’ve had your turn, I can kill you later.”

"Oh, right, a few days ago I got caught in the rain and my wound became infected again, which caused me to have a high fever and almost killed me."

"What a pity, it's not raining today. Dujuan, come, water her!"

Du Juan immediately stepped forward, took a pot of water, and poured it directly onto Qi Shi's head.

The screams rang out again: "Help! Murder! Shen Wantang has murdered someone! Help! Someone, please save me!"

"Stop yelling, no one will come to save you. Didn't I tell you, I've dismissed all the servants in the manor? Now it's just you and your daughter left. Why don't you ask your daughter for help and see if she'll save you?"

Madam Qi covered her head, her eyes filled with hope as she looked at Shen Mingxuan: "Xuan'er..."

However, she then saw that Shen Mingxuan lowered her head, pretending that she hadn't seen anything.

The hope in Qi's eyes turned into disappointment, and finally into despair.

Shen Wantang suddenly laughed: "Qi Xiangru, it seems your daughter isn't stupid. She knows that if she doesn't say or do anything, I won't touch her."

"But if she comes to rescue you, you'll be safe, but she'll suffer. She's very good at weighing the pros and cons."

"Guess who she learned this from? Yes, that's right, it's all thanks to you, her mother, for your excellent teaching!"

Qi felt dizzy and her vision blurred. She was furious and gritted her teeth, but she was powerless against Shen Wantang: "You, you did it on purpose! You deliberately drove a wedge between my daughter and me! You just wait, I won't let you get away with this!"

Shen Wantang sneered, "You should worry about yourself first! Granny Yan, push her into that secret cave and let's see how many days she can survive in there!"