After the farce ended and He Yanzhi left, Guan Wenru threw Lin Jiaman and the two children out of her house.
She lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), wondering what to do next... how to get back to that world.
Her parents, brothers, her lover, and her children are still waiting for her.
Her body was too exhausted, and she fell asleep while thinking about it.
The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, the cold air seeped in through the cracks in the window.
Guan Wenru opened her eyes, and after a brief moment of confusion, she quickly regained her senses.
The memories of last night... whether it was the tragedy of my past life or the conflict of yesterday, are clearly imprinted in my mind.
She knew she could no longer live the way she had before.
A moment later, Lin Jiaman's voice, still carrying lingering resentment and her usual commanding tone, rang out from outside:
"You bitch! Are you fast asleep? Get up and cook! Do you want us to starve? You think you're some capitalist's daughter waiting to be waited on?"
Guan Wenru sat up expressionlessly and put on the faded old cotton-padded jacket.
She didn't respond immediately as usual, but instead slowly folded the blankets before lifting the curtain and going out.
Lin Jiaman stood in the outer room with her hands on her hips, her face still showing the anger she felt after being humiliated last night.
Han Xiangdong and Han Fengjiao rubbed their eyes, looking sleepy and impatient.
Guan Wenru didn't even look at them, and walked straight into the small, cold kitchen.
Seeing her obediently enter the kitchen, Lin Jiaman revealed a smug smirk and muttered, "You're smart enough to know what's good for you..."
As usual, she coaxed her two children, waiting for the food to be served.
However, the sounds coming from the kitchen didn't sound like a family meal being prepared.
After a while, Guan Wenru came out carrying a bowl containing rice porridge and a fried egg.
She walked straight to the table, sat down, and started eating by herself, completely ignoring the two children and one adult staring wide-eyed at her.
Lin Jiaman was stunned, hardly believing her eyes. "What...what do you mean?! Where's our food?!"
Guan Wenru slowly finished the last mouthful of porridge, picked up a fried egg, took a bite, and chewed slowly.
Only after swallowing the last bite of food did she slowly raise her head, her gaze calm and unwavering as she looked at Lin Jiaman.
The timidity and intense anger of yesterday were gone from his eyes; only a bottomless coldness and indifference remained, which made Lin Jiaman feel inexplicably uneasy.
"Your food?" Guan Wenru's voice was soft, yet carried a chilling calmness. "What does it have to do with me?"
"You!" Lin Jiaman's anger flared up again, and she instinctively wanted to unleash a torrent of curses, raising her hand as if to strike again. "You've gone too far! You..."
He hadn't finished speaking!
Guan Wenru suddenly moved!
Her movements were as fast as lightning; without warning, she suddenly stood up and took a step in front of Lin Jiaman!
Under the horrified gazes of Lin Jiaman and her two children, she suddenly reached out and grabbed Lin Jiaman's neck tightly!
Although the force might not be fatal, the sudden ferocity and immense power instantly choked Lin Jiaman's curses into a hoarse sound, and her face quickly turned red!
Han Xiangdong and Han Fengjiao screamed in fright and huddled together.
Guan Wenru brought her face close to Lin Jiaman's, staring into her wide-open eyes filled with terror and suffocation. She lowered her voice, each word like a cold knife piercing Lin Jiaman's ear:
"Lin Jiaman, listen to me carefully."
“From today onwards, you, and your two good grandchildren, better behave yourselves! Don’t cause any more trouble!”
“Otherwise,” she tightened her grip, her nails almost digging into Lin Jiaman’s flesh, “I will make sure your Han family is utterly disgraced! Completely rotten and stinking in this compound!”
Lin Jiaman struggled in vain, her eyes filled with terror and disbelief.
Guan Wenru continued with a cold smile, dropping the bombshell:
"What did Han Haoxian say to me back then? Hmm? He said that Han Xiangdong and Han Fengjiao were orphans of martyrs, without parents, pitiful, and that I must raise them as my own children..."
"But are these two children really orphans of martyrs?"
Guan Wenru's voice was extremely low, yet it resounded like thunder in Lin Jiaman's ears:
"You really think...I don't know...Zhao Mei?"
The moment the name "Zhao Mei" was uttered, Lin Jiaman's pupils contracted sharply!
The struggling movements froze instantly, the color drained from his face, leaving only boundless panic and horror!
It felt like someone had suddenly grabbed my Achilles' heel!
Guan Wenru admired her ghost-like expression and knew she had made the right bet!
Lin Jiaman dared not gamble with the Han family's reputation!
And as expected, the Han family knew that the two children were actually born to Han Haoxian and Zhao Mei!
She slowly released her grip on Lin Jiaman's neck, even patting Lin Jiaman's stiff, frightened cheek with a hint of disgust, her tone laced with extreme sarcasm:
"Lin Jiaman, tell me, if I were to reveal this truth to the public... to let the organization, to let everyone in the compound know that their revered 'martyr' Han Haoxian not only committed marriage fraud but also had affairs outside the marriage, fathering two illegitimate children and forcing them on me, this 'capitalist's daughter,' to raise..."
"Will he still have this good reputation of 'glorious sacrifice'? Will your Han family still be able to hold your heads high in this compound?"
"If the organization finds out that the mother of these two ungrateful wretches is currently abroad... do you really think your Han family can still be respected?"
Lin Jiaman slumped down like a lump of mud, leaning against the wall, coughing violently and gasping for breath, her eyes filled with fear as she looked at Guan Wenru.
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