Chapter 57 Anna's mother comes to visit...

"Ugh, you bitch!"

Zhuang Jingxuan, a ghost, was almost so angry she burst into flames.

She ran over again and swung her weapon at the unconscious scum from both sides.

"You bastard, you disgusting person! I'll beat you to death!"

She ran her hand across his face several times, but finding it wouldn't cause any harm, she plopped down on him, sobbing and covering her face.

"I thought two-timing was disgusting enough, but he keeps pushing the boundaries of human depravity..."

He took his girlfriend's things and gave them to his mistress, and he wouldn't even buy her anything new. He's stupid, mean, and stingy.

Why did she ever fall for a man like that?!

Zhuang Jingxuan choked up: "It's so shameful to have liked someone like that."

Her cries were deafening, and Xu Juan's screams were equally earth-shattering.

"Impossible! Impossible! You're talking nonsense!"

Xu Juan struggled but couldn't move, so she started pounding on the wall.

"Do you know who Ah Zhi's father is? His father is Gu Youwei, a famous real estate tycoon in Hong Kong. He has no shortage of money!"

"As his son, what right does Ah Zhi have to try to appease me with secondhand goods!"

Chu Ci looked at the jewelry on her ears and neck.

"Since he introduced his father to you, did he tell you that he was just his father's illegitimate son?"

"What?" Xu Juan clenched her fists, her eyes filled with panic.

"What do you mean by 'private'? You mean... what is Ah Zhi?"

"An illegitimate child, that tycoon's illegitimate child."

Chu Ci emphasized it again.

"Although he is Gu Youwei's son, he is Gu Youwei's illegitimate son, and his mother died young. Do you think he can win the inheritance?"

She gazed at Xu Juan's completely bloodless profile and asked softly:

"Xu Juan, have you never thought about this before? Since his family is so rich, why do they need you to pay for their medical expenses?"

Xu Juan's voice trembled: "He had a falling out with his family to be with me, and his father doesn't want to take care of him anymore..."

"So even if he died in the hospital, his father was unwilling to pay his medical bills?"

Xu Jing: "..."

Her eyes were filled with fear and panic, and her heart was pounding wildly.

She dared not look Chu Ci in the eye.

...The question was very simple, but she couldn't answer it.

Or rather, she was unwilling to admit the answer in her heart.

A moment later, she clenched her fists tightly, raised her chin, and took a deep breath.

What exactly do you want?

She tried to completely avoid the problem.

"Is my arrest related to you?"

"We don't even know each other, why are you stopping me?"

"No, if he has no grudge against me, then he must have a grudge against Ah Zhi."

She thought she had guessed the correct answer and her eyes widened suddenly.

"You're just someone who has a grudge against Ah Zhi, so you want to force me away, make me stop taking care of Ah Zhi, and leave him to fend for himself in the hospital!"

"You bitch!" she glared fiercely. "You're so vicious!"

Chu Ci almost laughed at her calling her a "bitch".

He lowered his gaze to the pearl pendant swaying on Xu Juan's ear and continued the previous topic.

"So you're assuming your boyfriend will be left without anyone to take care of him, and that his father won't send anyone to look after him once you leave. Right?"

Xu Juan: "..."

She bit her lip hard and simply closed her eyes.

I won't look, I won't answer, I won't ask.

Chu Ci's gaze remained fixed on the pair of swaying pearl earrings on her earlobes.

"Xu Juan, your earrings are very pretty."

Xu Juan shuddered and suddenly opened her eyes, a sense of foreboding, just like T had felt earlier, welled up inside her.

The thought that the earrings were also a gift from her boyfriend sent a chill down her spine.

"This wasn't given by Ah Zhi, it has nothing to do with Ah Zhi!"

Zhuang Jingxuan, who was crying loudly, stopped, "Nonsense! You're talking nonsense!"

She jumped up and leaned closer to look at Xu Juan.

I answered with certainty, "This is the free gift, I can't be wrong!"

Looking at Xu Juan's fearful eyes, filled with worry that she would expose him again, Chu Ci suddenly felt powerless.

Xu Juan herself was unwilling to believe it, so no matter how much evidence she could provide, Xu Juan could always find an excuse to refute it.

“Xu Juan,” she released Xu Juan from her pincers, “you look bad in this self-deceiving way.”

Xu Juan: "..."

She rubbed her aching arm, leaned her shoulder against the wall, turned her face away, and blinked rapidly.

Tears of shame and indignation welled up in her eyes, and no matter how hard she tried to wipe them away, she couldn't stop them.

But she couldn't refute it.

Chu Ci originally intended to leave, but after thinking about it, she answered Xu Juan's question.

"I have no conflict with your boyfriend, but you are the one I have a conflict with."

Xu Juan's hand, which was wiping away tears, froze, but she didn't turn her head to look at her.

Chu Ci: "You wanted to prolong your boyfriend's life, so you chose your blind date to be the unlucky one. And the unlucky one you chose is my customer."

After saying that, she went out, but came back a little while later.

When they returned, Madam was handcuffing Xu Juan.

She was led outside by Madam, and when she looked up, she saw Chu Ci standing at the door.

Xu Juan lowered her head, avoiding Chu Ci's gaze.

Chu Ci: "Think carefully about what I just said. Your parents may be a little biased towards your brother, but they definitely don't not love you."

She remembers that in those days many girls had to give money to their families for household expenses, and some girls even had to hand over all their wages before getting married.

However, Xu Juan was able to use all of her salary to pay for her boyfriend's hospital fees, which shows that she has the right to completely control her own salary.

This situation is extremely rare in this era and in this place.

Even when she visited Xu Juan's home before and mentioned that she stole money to pay for her boyfriend's medical expenses, her parents stood up for her.

This clearly shows that her parents are not as bad as she claims.

Xu Juan remained silent with her head down, not answering. It was unclear whether she had listened to her.

After Madam put Xu Juan in the car to return to the police station, she went back to find Chu Ci.

"Miss Chu, come with me to see our injured colleague at the police station."

"good."

Several police officers who had been injured by Xu Juan's "master" were put together in a ward on the top floor.

On the way with the policewoman, Chu Ci couldn't help but ask:

"Madam, in Xu Juan's case, would she be sentenced under Hong Kong law?"

The policewoman thought for a moment and nodded.

"Maybe. The amount of money involved in her case has reached the threshold for filing a case, but as you know, Miss Chu, her situation is quite special."

She gave an awkward laugh. "After all, she stole her sister-in-law's money, so it's not wrong to say they're family."

"How she is raised in the end will probably depend on what her sister-in-law does."

However, the policewoman herself still believed that Xu Juan was alright.

What kind of thing is it for a woman to send her husband's daughter to jail if she wants to stay in her husband's family?

She was not only her in-laws' daughter, but also her husband's younger sister.

If Sister-in-law Xu Juan really does that, then her marriage with her husband will probably be in trouble.

Xu Juan was the one who did wrong, but in the end, it was her unjustly accused sister-in-law who suffered...

The policewoman sighed inwardly: This is truly tragic.

They quickly reached the top floor of the inpatient department.

The officers claimed they were injured, but it was more likely they were possessed by evil spirits.

Moreover, the severity is much less than that of Wei Yong, who was targeted; simply pinching his fingers with chopsticks to force out the evil energy is sufficient.

It only took her a few minutes to bring the officers back to their senses.

When she was leaving, Madam went to see her off, and the way she looked at her changed.

"Miss Chu, no, no, Master Chu."

The policewoman looked at her with admiration, her eyes curving into crescents.

"My mom is very superstitious. Your technique seems very professional. Are you an expert in this field?"

Chu Ci smiled and nodded, "My home is in Kwun Tong District. Do you see that building?"

In those days, buildings with more than 20 floors like the one she lived in were still rare, making it quite conspicuous.

“I live in that building. If your mother needs me, she can go to the 15th floor to find me.”

“My shop sign is very eye-catching; you can see it as soon as you get off the elevator.”

"Okay, okay!" Madam nodded repeatedly. "I understand, thank you, Master Chu!"

She still had work to do and couldn't stay for too long, so she had to ask someone else to take Chu Ci home.

When the car arrived at the apartment building, Chu Ci got out of the car, took two steps, and then stopped.

She turned around and looked at Zhuang Jingxuan, who had been following her closely, and said helplessly, "Why are you following me like this?"

Zhuang Jingxuan had been crying, and her baby face was flushed.

But when she glared, she switched back into her fiery little chili pepper mode.

"Did you build this road? Why can't I walk on it?!"

Chu Ci glanced at her indifferently, then turned and headed home.

Zhuang Jingxuan followed her all the way until they reached her front door, where she couldn't go in. Only then did she hesitate and speak:

"Was it awful of me to have liked that kind of person?"

Chu Ci: "..."

?

A question mark popped into her head. "What did you say?"

Zhuang Jingxuan bit her lip and raised her head, her eyes filled with shame and indignation.

"I said, I used to like men who were stingy, stupid, and bad. Wasn't that awful!"

Chu Ci was taken aback. "Shouldn't he be the one who's bad? What does it have to do with you?"

Zhuang Jingxuan buried her head in the corner, her voice muffled, "But I feel so embarrassed whenever I think about how bad my taste is..."

She sobbed, "How come I didn't realize he was this kind of person when I was still alive? I even used my allowance to support him..."

Now, thinking about all that pocket money that was wasted on scum, her heart aches!

Chu Ci never expected that scumbag had been kept by Zhuang Jingxuan all along.

She's living off a man and still dares to cheat on him; she's shameless.

"Then your memories with him can indeed be considered a dark chapter in your life."

Chu Ci nodded in agreement, "If I had such a dark past, I wouldn't be happy now either."

Zhuang Jingxuan: "..."

Thank you for your gloating consolation.

She buried her head in the corner of the wall, figuring she wouldn't die from it, and kept banging her head against the corner.

Chu Ci took off her coat, paused for a moment, and then asked her a question:

"Zhuang Jingxuan, when you came to my house to find me, you actually wanted to help Xu Juan, right?"

The kowtowing outside the door stopped abruptly. Chu Ci looked out the door and only saw her back as she passed through the wall.

Chu Ci lowered her eyes, tugged at the corners of her lips, and went to sleep after taking a shower.

But just as she lay down and was drifting off to sleep, the door was suddenly pounded on.

The sound was so loud and the vibration so strong that when she opened her eyes and saw the ceiling, she thought it was going to be an earthquake.

She opened her bedroom door and came out, and her grandmother's bedroom door was also pushed open.

The soul-summoning bell in the living room was quiet. Grandma stood at the bedroom door, rubbing her eyes and yawning, muttering:

"What time is it? Who is it?"

But that's just how their business is; it's normal for people to come after something happens at night.

Just as she was about to open the door, a frantic shouting and cursing suddenly came from outside:

"Chu Hongdan, open the door for me! Don't cower like a turtle!"

"How many years have you been hiding? Are you still going to hide in your shell like a turtle?!"

"Open the door! Open the door right now!"

It seemed to be noisy outside the door; she was shouting and yelling, and it seemed like someone was trying to persuade her.

But the woman banging on the door wouldn't listen; she continued to cry and shout as she pounded on the door.

"Chu Hongdan, I know you're in there! Open the door for me right now!"

"If you don't come yourself, I'll have someone break down your door!"

When He Lihua renovated her house, she used all the best materials, especially the security door at the entrance, which was made very thick.

But now, not only could they clearly hear the noise outside the door, but even the door frame was shaking violently.

This clearly shows how loudly and forcefully the person outside the door used.

Chu Ci subconsciously glanced at his grandmother.

The living room lights were off, but by the moonlight, she could still see her grandmother still reaching for the door, her face as white as a ghost.

"Grandma?"

Grandma stood frozen in place, as if rooted to the spot.

It was too late, and Chu Ci was worried that the people outside would disturb the neighbors.

Just as she was about to open the door, Grandma suddenly screamed and grabbed her:

"Aci, don't go over there!"

Grandma's hands were ice-cold, gripping her wrist tightly.

She looked up at Chu Ci, her shrewd eyes dimming, a hint of pleading in them:

"Aci, no... don't open the door!"

Chu Ci: "..."

She hugged her grandmother's shoulders reassuringly, frantically searching through the original owner's memories in her mind.

But no, absolutely nothing.

Grandma is easygoing and gets along well with everyone around her.

Even when she used to cheat and swindle people to tell fortunes in order to support herself and her young self, Grandma only said the nice things.

Who would come knocking at a time like this and cause such a commotion?

"Grandma, you go back inside first."

The banging on the door grew louder and louder.

Chu Ci picked up the landline receiver, looked in the phone book, and found the building management's phone number.

“I called the property management and asked them to come up and remove the person.”

Grandma stared blankly in the direction of the door, her two hands clenched tightly together, trembling slightly.

Hearing Chu Ci's words, she was stunned for a while before she reacted.

"No...it's no use, Aci, they can't drive the people outside away."

"Why?" Chu Ci asked.

"..."

But Grandma stopped talking.

Even so, Aci still had the property management come up.

However, just as Grandma said, they couldn't drive the people away at all, and they were defeated almost instantly.

"Hello, is this Master Chu?" the property management called.

Chu Ci's story spread widely throughout the building, and the property management treated her with great respect.

The property management staff, who are usually cheerful when they meet people, were now complaining to her on the phone with a mournful tone.

"Master, it's not that we're irresponsible, it's just that those people outside your door... we can't afford to offend them!"

When asked who was outside the door, he lowered his voice:

"Master, those are members of the Bai family!"

"If it weren't for the fact that we have some brothers in our security team who have experience in the underworld, we would have been beaten up as soon as we went up there!"

How did you get involved with them?

Chu Ci: "..."

She had expected Anna Bai would come looking for her, but she never imagined that the Bai family would come looking for her grandmother.

Moreover, it seems that the Bai family members outside are quite familiar with her grandmother.

After hanging up the phone, Chu Ci lowered his head and stared silently at the phone.

She suddenly remembered that her grandmother had repeatedly reminded her to stay away from the Bai family.

She had initially thought it was her grandmother's way of worrying her about getting into trouble, but now it seemed that her grandmother simply didn't want the Bai family to come looking for her...

The door was still being pounded on, and people outside had even started ramming it.

Through the heavy gate, she seemed to hear the familiar voices of her neighbors.

Chu Ci scratched his head and sighed.

It seems she needs to find a way to earn more money and then open a stall downstairs.

Opening a shop in a residential building can be very disruptive if you encounter unreasonable people.

Grandma seemed to have heard the neighbors arguing with the Bai family. Her dull pupils trembled, and she slowly raised her head.

"Aci, didn't you hear Ahua's voice outside?"

Chu Ci listened carefully and said, "It really does sound like He Lihua's voice."

Grandma's heart skipped a beat. "Aci, open the door quickly! This is a family matter; we can't let others get involved!"

Chu Ci quickly went to open the door.

She was right; the people outside were indeed banging on the door.

The moment she opened the door, the two men who were ramming it with their bodies couldn't stop themselves.

With two loud thuds, they crashed to the ground, piling up like a human pyramid, clutching their bruised shoulders and groaning in pain.

Outside the door, He Lihua was arguing with Bai Anna's mother.

He Lihua was wearing pajamas and holding a feather duster as a weapon.

"What do you want? You're keeping us up all night, are you ever going to stop?!"

Some neighbors were too afraid to come out, only opening their doors a crack and peeking out:

"I've called the police! You thugs, just you wait! You really think nobody can control you?!"

Over the years, relying on the Bai family behind her, Bai Ma has acted arrogantly and domineeringly, and no one has ever dared to stand up to her.

She stared at He Lihua, then glanced at the neighbor who had poked his head out, her voice cold:

"Sleep? Sleep your ass! I'll kill you today and make you sleep for the rest of your life!"

Before she could finish speaking, two men emerged from behind Bai Ma, knuckles clenched, and threateningly cracked her knuckles.

"Who do you want to kill?"

He Lihua's husband, Zhou Jiacheng, was not intimidated this time. He stood in front of his wife without flinching.

Pointing at Bai Ma's nose: "Say that again!"

Jingjing was a little scared when she was woken up, but she didn't expect her father to be so tough.

Hiding behind and cheering, he said, "Dad, you're amazing! Quickly use your newly learned boxing technique to knock them away!"

Seeing that a conflict was about to erupt, Chu Ci called out to Aunt Bai:

"Who are you, coming to my house and banging on the door so late at night?"

She had just gotten out of bed; her injured hand wasn't in a sling, and she looked no different from a normal person.

However, the injury on her hand hadn't healed yet, and she could only use one arm.

Using her good arm, she lifted the person who had fallen on her floor and threw him in front of Bai Ma.

The remaining person was kicked out by her, sliding forward on the smooth floor and almost knocking Bai Ma away.

"ah!"

When Bai Ma saw Chu Ci open the door and came out, she was about to speak when she was suddenly bumped in the leg by someone who was slid over.

She screamed and sat down on the ground with a thud, clutching her leg and unable to stand up for a long time.

Jingjing, being young, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The child's laughter stood out in the suddenly quiet hallway.

After she laughed out loud, He Lihua also laughed along, and the other neighbors who were watching the commotion also burst into laughter.

Jingjing hugged her toy bear, tugged at her mother's clothes, and grinned, revealing her missing front tooth.

"Mom, she looks like a yellow croaker lying on its back!"

Today, Bai Ma, dressed in all yellow, was speechless.

She lay half-reclined on the ground, her face turning red and then pale, and glared at her underlings beside her.

"What are you standing there for! Are you blind?! Hurry up and help me up!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Sister-in-law, are you alright?"

The henchmen then realized what was happening and quickly helped her up.

The first thing Bai Ma did after standing up was to glare fiercely at Jingjing, who was grinning broadly.

Upon meeting her fierce gaze, Jingjing's toothless grin froze, and she quickly shrank back behind her mother.

Having made a huge fool of herself, Bai Ma was so enraged that she completely forgot why she had come here in the first place.

"You little bitch, you dare to laugh!" She trembled with rage, pointing at He Lihua, "Smash this family's house!"

Upon receiving the order, the henchmen responded in unison, "Yes, sir!" and prepared to force their way into He Lihua's house.

Seeing that they were trying to force their way in, He Lihua's husband, Zhou Jiacheng, grabbed a baseball bat from the doorway.

"You've broken the law by trespassing!"

He held a baseball bat in front of his wife and children.

But the thugs wouldn't listen to him at all, raised their legs to force their way in, and even punched Zhou Jiacheng in the face.

Seeing that they were about to take action, Zhou Jiacheng could no longer tolerate it.

"Wife, take Jingjing inside!"

Without further ado, He Lihua picked up her daughter, turned around, and went back inside, making sure to close the front door behind her.

For the past month, Zhou Jiacheng has been exercising, wielding a baseball bat with impressive skill.

In the blink of an eye, he knocked two thugs who had come over to the floor, where they couldn't get up.

Bai Ma's face darkened further, and she yelled at her underlings:

"What are you standing there for! You guys go join in!"

The underlings went up one after another, and the baseball bat in Zhou Jiacheng's hand was quickly taken away.

"Damn it, you dare hit my brother? You're asking for it!"

A thug snatched the baseball bat from his hand, kicked him to the ground, and raised the bat high to smash it down on his head.

Zhou Jiacheng covered his head with his arm and subconsciously closed his eyes.

However, after waiting for a while, the expected pain did not come.

On the contrary, the screams of the thugs grew louder and louder.

"?"

He slowly opened his eyes and saw that Chu Ci was exceptionally agile.

Before he could react, she had already snatched the baseball bat that had been taken from him and hit the thug with it.

Smash those thugs with brightly colored hair to the ground, so they can't even get up.

In the blink of an eye, all the people that Bai Ma brought were lying on the ground.

She stood alone in the middle of the corridor, staring wide-eyed in horror at the various thugs lying at her feet.

"you……"

She looked at Chu Ci as if he were a monster, her legs gave way, and she sat down on the ground with a thud.

Chu Ci ignored her, handed the baseball bat in her hand to Zhou Jiacheng, and asked softly:

Are you alright?

"No...it's nothing."

It took Zhou Jiacheng a while to react, his eyes sparkling as he stared at Chu Ci.

"Master, I never knew you were so skilled!"

Chu Ci forced a smile and reached out to pull him up.

"Sorry, it's so late, I'm sorry to have disturbed your sleep."

"It's alright, it's alright!"

Zhou Jiacheng stood up and glanced at Bai Ma sitting on the ground.

"Master, how did you get involved with her?"

He clearly knew Bai Ma. "She's the Bai family's mistress, and the most favored one at that!"

Although I don't know what's been going on with the Bai family lately, they haven't been very active outside, but that's the Bai family!

Chu Ci shook her head. "It's alright. You should go back and rest. Don't come out before they leave."

"Master," Zhou Jiacheng said with a worried expression, "can you handle this yourself?"

"No problem, you should go back and rest."

Zhou Jiacheng hesitated before opening the door, where He Lihua was waiting with her daughter in her arms.

Upon seeing Chu Ci, she whispered, "Master, I've already called the police. My brother's also involved in the underworld. If you need anything..."

"No need, I can handle it."

Chu Ci didn't want to involve their family. Seeing that Jingjing's eyes were red and she was obviously frightened, she patted the little girl's head.

"Don't be afraid, it's alright now."

The little girl nodded, her voice choked with emotion.

After the family closed the door, Chu Ci turned to look at Bai Ma, who was sitting on the ground.

Feeling her gaze, Bai Ma froze, her body stiffening.

"Are you Anna Bai's mother?"

Chu Ci stood not far from her and asked.

When talking about her daughter, Bai Ma suddenly felt energized.

She got up from the ground, staring at Chu Ci with a sinister look: "You're Chu Ci?"

Seeing Chu Ci nod, she snorted coldly, stepped over her younger brother who was lying haphazardly on the ground, and headed towards Chu Ci's house.

What are you doing?

Chu Ci grabbed the back of her collar and pulled her back.

"This is my home!"

When Bai Ma saw her grandmother in the room, her face immediately darkened.

"Your home?"

She stared at her grandmother, her fists clenched tightly at her sides, a forced smile playing on her lips.

"Chu Hongdan, tell her what our relationship is."

"Tell her, 'Can I come into your house?'"