Chapter 150 Kowtowing and Apologizing, Even Fainting, Is Useless
She reached out to take Xia Qianqian's hand, but the other woman avoided her with disgust.
"Playing around?" She pointed to the mess of vegetable leaves on the ground, then to the dagger still clutched in Xia Wenwen's hand. Her voice wasn't loud, but every word was clear. "Breaking in with a knife, saying I know sorcery and wanting to kill me—is this playing around?"
"This..." Madam Xia was speechless, her smile frozen like a mask.
"Mom!" Xia Wenwen suddenly cried out, clinging tightly to Madam Xia's waist. "She bullied me! She hit me! You have to avenge me!"
Frustrated by her daughter's crying and seeing the villagers watching, Madam Xia decided to throw caution to the wind and pointed at Xia Qianqian, yelling, "Qianqian! How could you be so heartless! She's your own sister! Even if she's wrong, why didn't you be more lenient with her? Did you have to be so cruel?"
"Absolutely?" Lu Zheng suddenly stepped forward, blocking Xia Qianqian's path. "Madam Xia, your daughter led armed men into a private residence in the middle of the night, slandering my wife as a demon, and now it's become us who 'went too far'?"
He glanced at Madam Xia's face and said, word by word, "Either we make Xia Wenwen kowtow and admit her mistake and compensate our family for the losses, or we go to the commune to report the case now—gathering a crowd to commit violence and framing an innocent person is enough to put her in jail for several years."
The words "report the crime" struck Mrs. Xia like a thunderbolt. Her face turned deathly pale, and she tightened her grip on Xia Wenwen's hand—jail? If her daughter went to jail, her life would be over!
The villagers were in an uproar: "Yes! This crazy girl should be dealt with by the police!"
"Why should others tolerate your misdeeds?"
Mrs. Xia felt weak all over from the villagers' pointing fingers and Lu Zheng's cold eyes, and her arms around Xia Wenwen trembled like leaves.
She had only one thought in her mind: she absolutely could not let her daughter go to jail! The Qin family was still waiting for the marriage alliance, and if this matter got out, Wenwen's marriage would be completely ruined!
She pinched Xia Wenwen's arm, lowered her voice, and pleaded with a sob in her voice, "Wenwen! I'm begging you! Quickly apologize to your sister! Then this matter will be over..."
"Apologize?!" Xia Wenwen shoved her away like a mad dog, screaming with bloodshot eyes, "Mom! You actually want me to apologize to that bitch? Whose mother are you anyway?!"
She glared at Madam Xia, her eyes filled with a chilling malice: "I forgot! You raised Xia Qianqian for over ten years! In your heart, she's your biological daughter, isn't she?!"
Xia Wenwen suddenly burst into a shrill laugh, pointing at Madam Xia's nose, "So that's why you teamed up with outsiders to bully me! You all want to trample me under your feet, don't you—!"
"Smack!"
Madam Xia, unable to bear it any longer, slapped him across the face.
"You...you dare hit me?!"
Xia Wenwen covered her face, her eyes wide open as if they were about to burst, bloodshot eyes covering the whites of her eyes. She never imagined that her biological mother would take action for Xia Qianqian!
She glanced at Madam Xia's hand, frozen in mid-air, and then at the villagers' amused expressions. A metallic taste suddenly welled up in her throat, and her body went limp as she fell backward.
"Oh, you're already dizzy?"
Xia Qianqian smiled slightly, slowly walked over, and squatted down: "You're so pitiful, let me help you."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly pinched Xia Wenwen's philtrum hard.
"Hmm!"
Xia Wenwen convulsed in pain, her eyes snapping open, tears and cold sweat streaming down her face. Just as she was about to curse, she heard the villagers shouting excitedly:
"She's awake! She's awake! Qianqian, you're really resourceful!"
"Exactly! They're so kind-hearted, saving such an ingrate!"
These words pierced Xia Wenwen's ears like needles. Looking at Xia Qianqian's innocent "I'm helping you" expression, she suddenly understood—she did this on purpose! That bitch Xia Qianqian!
"puff--"
A surge of blood welled up in her chest, and a mouthful of blood splattered onto Xia Qianqian's cloth shoes, staining a small patch of the shoe red.
Xia Wenwen, panting heavily, glared venomously at Xia Qianqian. Just as she was about to unleash a torrent of abuse, she heard Lu Zheng's chilling voice:
"Qianqian, step back a bit."
Lu Zheng strode over and pulled Xia Qianqian behind him, his brows furrowed tightly, his tone full of disgust: "Look, she's dirtied your shoes."
He squatted down and gently wiped the tips of Xia Qianqian's shoes with a clean handkerchief: "What bad luck."
Seeing Lu Zheng carefully protecting Xia Qianqian, and then thinking about her own disheveled fall on the ground, Xia Wenwen couldn't catch her breath and everything went black.
She really wanted to faint, but the pain from that moment made her philtrum burn, and her nose was also filled with sour fluid. She was afraid that Xia Qianqian would pinch her again, so she could only bite her tongue to keep herself awake.
"Now that you're awake, don't waste time." Lu Zheng's voice was devoid of warmth. "Kneel and apologize."
She's in such a terrible state, yet Lu Zheng is still clinging to it?
Xia Wenwen looked at Lu Zheng; her pitiful affection had long since shattered into dust by the slap and the humiliation she had just endured. Now, all that remained was burning hatred in her eyes!
She not only wanted to ruin Xia Qianqian, but also drag Lu Zheng down with her! She even wanted to pounce on him and rip out Lu Zheng's heart with her fingernails to see what it was made of. How could he be so cruel? She poured her heart out to him, and this was all she got in return?!
His heart must be just as black as that bitch Xia Qianqian's! Otherwise, why would he stand by and watch Xia Qianqian bully her, and even help that bitch?!
Seeing that she didn't move, Lu Zheng frowned even more and took a step closer, his icy aura almost freezing people.
Xia Wenwen trembled, her nails digging deeply into her palms. She knew this wasn't over. Lu Zheng was determined to humiliate her, and the villagers were all watching…
Humiliation overwhelmed her like a tidal wave, but she dared not resist. She knew that if she didn't do as Lu Zheng said today, they would definitely not let her go.
Xia Wenwen bit her gums until they bled, the taste of blood spreading on her tongue. She sneered, her voice hoarse, "Isn't it just kowtowing?"
"Thump!"
Her knee slammed heavily onto the bluestone slab. With her neck stiff and a fierce determination to destroy everything, she kowtowed in Xia Qianqian's direction.
The movement was too hasty and forceful; they didn't even notice the protruding, sharp edge of a rock on the ground.
His forehead struck the sharp stone, and blood gushed out instantly, flowing down his brow bone and covering his face in a gruesome manner.
Xia Wenwen trembled in pain, but gritted her teeth and didn't make a sound. She just raised her head, blood trickling from her forehead, but her eyes were like poisoned knives, glaring at Xia Qianqian and Lu Zheng.
Lu Zheng frowned and subconsciously pulled Xia Qianqian behind him. He didn't want to frighten her like this.
He waved his hand impatiently, like shooing away a fly: "Get lost."
Xia Wenwen leaned against the wall and scrambled to her feet, her resentful gaze like that of a viper, glaring fiercely at Lu Zheng and Xia Qianqian. Her lips trembled, but she couldn't utter a single word.
She had only one thought in her mind: she would remember this debt!
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