The meal was ready quickly, and the three of them were about to sit down when Qi An slapped each of them: "Who gave you permission to sit?"
"Xiao Tang..." Chen Li, his face swollen, was about to speak when a bowl of hot soup was splashed on his face.
Chen Li screamed in pain.
Qi An sneered: "You call me 'Xiao Tang'? From now on, you will call me 'Master.' You don't want to know the consequences of calling me that wrong."
"What I say is law, and you must obey it absolutely, understand?"
The three men nodded in humiliation: "Yes, Master."
Ata laughed so hard he hiccuped. So the Demon King was such a show-off too.
Qi An took a bite of food, then frowned and spat it in Chen Li's face: "Did your mother beat the salt seller to death? Is she trying to poison me?"
"And you, don't eat today. You can eat when the food is cooked in a way that is edible."
Qi An pointed to the corner: "Go, squat in a row over there, one steamed bun each. The old woman will watch."
The three were so hungry they were seeing stars. The father and son squatted in the corner and wolfed down their food, while Chen's mother swallowed hard, but neither of them paid any attention to her.
Qi An never wanted to suffer, so he directly instructed Chen Li to order a table full of delicacies for her, because he couldn't let anyone else suffer.
Besides, this is all Su Xiaotang's money. If she doesn't spend it, is she going to leave it to those bastards?
It pained Chen Li to no end; in his heart, it was all his money that was being spent.
However, he had no other choice at the moment. He would be beaten if he didn't say something right, so he could only do as he was told and take it one step at a time.
After eating and drinking his fill, Qi An started picking fights.
She picked up a strand of hair from the ground: "Who mopped this floor?"
Chen's father swallowed hard in fear and said tremblingly, "I...I dragged it."
Qi An grabbed a baseball bat and hit him on the leg. Chen's father cried out and immediately knelt down.
That's right, she thought it was unhygienic to play with her hands, so she used a baseball bat instead.
"Since you can't clean it with a mop, you'll kneel down and scrub it bit by bit. You'll eat every single hair you find."
"yes."
Another blow: "What should you call me?"
"Yes, Master."
She checked the clothes drying on the balcony; they were nice and clean.
Just when Chen's mother thought she had escaped a calamity, the devil asked again, "How did you wash it?"
Chen's mother was confused: "It was washed in the washing machine."
Before he could finish speaking, he was struck by a baseball bat: "Who the hell told you to use the washing machine? Don't you pay for water? Don't you pay for electricity? Wash it again, by hand."
Chen's mother hadn't eaten yet, and she almost fainted when she heard this, but she didn't dare to say that washing it again would waste more water.
Because these were all tricks she had used on Su Xiaotang before.
Now karma has caught up with her. She wiped away her tears and washed her clothes with cold water, not daring to mention boiling water, knowing full well that she would be beaten.
Chen Li, who constantly talked about being filial to his parents, didn't dare utter a single word to Su Xiaotang, nor did he offer any help whatsoever.
Qi An looked down on him even more. He was a selfish vampire who only cared about himself. His own parents were not as important as a single hair on his head.
Thinking of this, Qi An gave Chen Li another good beating.
Chen Li asked in confusion, "I didn't do anything wrong, why are you hitting me?"
"Do I need a reason to hit you? You're breathing, it's disturbing me."
For three days, the three members of the Chen family were beaten several times a day, and they were not able to eat or sleep well.
They got up earlier than the chickens and went to bed later than the dogs. Qi An assigned them work every minute and every second, and they were beaten for no reason.
The elderly couple soon broke down and asked to return to their hometown.
Qi An was gnawing on a chicken leg when he heard this and looked puzzled: "Why do you want to leave? Haven't I been good to you? Our family is so happy. You're not allowed to leave. A family should stay together."
Mr. and Mrs. Chen: ...It seems only you are happy.
The two swallowed hard: "The crops at home are almost ready for harvest, we need to go back and check on them."
"That's right, that's right."
Qi An: "How come I heard that you sold your house and land before you came here?"
These two people came with no intention of leaving; the whole family is determined to exploit the descendants of the deceased.
Trying to run away now? No way!
She looked at the three people huddled like quails in front of her and smiled kindly: "Trying to fool me? Looks like you've eaten too much."
"Starting tomorrow, you don't need to eat three meals a day anymore. Anyway, you have nothing to do, so one meal is enough. Don't waste food."
When Mr. and Mrs. Chen heard this, they almost fainted. This beast who doesn't speak human language, can't she see that they work from morning till night?
Ignoring his parents' miserable state, Chen Li tried to appease them, saying, "I haven't been to work for three days. The company can't function without someone. I'll go earn money, and you can stay home and spend it, okay?"
Qi An has quickly become familiar with this small world in the past few days, spending money like water, going out to spend tens of thousands every day, which makes Chen Li's heart bleed.
It's all his property.
Qi An gave him a half-smile: "You reminded me, you've been fired, you don't need to go to the company anymore."
"What? What gives you the right to fire me?"
Chen Li almost fainted. That company was his capital; without it, he was just a poor boy.
He had completely forgotten how that company came about.
Looking at the woman in front of him, he felt a burning hatred in his heart, but he dared not show it on his face.
Qi An struck him several times with a stick until he knelt on the ground before he spoke:
"Why should I? Have you forgotten that the company, the house, the car, and even the food and clothes you three good-for-nothings eat—aren't they all mine? I can give my things to whomever I want, what's the problem?"
If someone occupies another's nest for too long, they are prone to hallucinations, as if it were rightfully theirs.
Chen Li stammered in agreement, but a murderous intent arose in his heart.
He had originally planned to take things slowly and gradually acquire the Su family's assets, but now it seems he has no choice but to speed things up.
He was afraid that if he stayed with this crazy woman, he would be beaten to death before he even got the money.
Qi An didn't care about their little tricks at all, since they couldn't hurt her anyway.
She doesn't know how to manage a company, nor does she intend to, so she directly hired a professional manager to run it.
That day, Qi An went out and spent money again, and oh, he used Chen Li's card again.
Chen Li was at home looking at the deduction notices, and his heart was trembling with heartache.
That damned woman has almost maxed out his credit card! What has she bought? She's spent almost a million in just a few hours!
Mr. and Mrs. Chen hesitated: "Son, is this okay? If we get caught, we'll be in jail."
Although they hated Su Xiaotang and coveted the Su family's money, they didn't dare to commit murder.
Chen Li said sinisterly, "Don't worry, no one will find out. After she dies, you can go back to your hometown. I'll tell everyone that she went back to your hometown with you to relax. After a while, I'll sell the company, and we can find a city where nobody knows us to live."
When Mr. and Mrs. Chen thought of the Su family's money, their hesitation vanished, and the three of them began to discuss how to kill her.
Anyway, Su Xiaotang's parents are already dead, and there's no one left in the Su family.
Over the years, through his deliberate efforts, Su Xiaotang has rarely left her home and has no close friends. Even if she disappeared, no one would notice.
The three of them had already discussed how to dispose of Su Xiaotang's body after her death, while Qi An was still enjoying life in the brothel.
She first browsed through jewelry stores, then went to a high-end club, where she lay on the bed in a silk robe, with a face mask specially prepared by a beauty master on her face.
A group of handsome men and beautiful women surrounded her, massaging her scalp, caring for her nails, and relaxing her legs.
Every now and then, someone would put imported cherries into their mouth, and the red wine was served through straws.
Oh, right, there were also several professional violin and piano masters playing for her in the room.
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