Chapter 165 Luo'er Takes Action to Replace the Midwife
Zhao tried to get up and reach out to grab Li Qingluo, but unfortunately, apart from being able to wriggle slightly, she couldn't muster any strength or move.
So all he could do was open his mouth and forcefully curse, "You, you little bitch... it's all your fault... you're the one who made me like this today!"
Li Qingluo: "Me? No, this is karma. Zhao, if you hadn't had the evil intention to switch me with someone else back then, you would at least be able to work as a midwife now, and with the rewards and pay, wouldn't your Liu family be living a wealthy life long ago?"
"But you had to harbor such a vicious intention, swapping your own granddaughter to the general's mansion to gamble on your family's future prosperity. And what about me? I'll become a slave and a horse in your Liu family. Are you even human?"
Li Qinglu grabbed Zhao's head and forced her to tilt her head back.
Staring at her face, the hatred in Li Qingluo's heart could no longer be contained and overflowed in an instant.
"I was only four years old, and you made me clean up your excrement, wash your feet, and serve you. In the dead of winter, I had to fetch water from the river. In the sweltering summer, I had to cut grass under the blazing sun. I had to go to work in the fields before dawn, and at night, after the whole family had gone to sleep, I still had to wash all of your family's clothes!"
"My hands get sores and pus every year, and even now, they still itch and hurt terribly on rainy days!"
“I slept in pigsties and chicken coops, and I always smelled terrible.”
"I've never worn a new piece of clothing, and I've never used a complete set of bowls and chopsticks!"
"I have to serve you, and I also have to serve your husband, your son and daughter-in-law, your granddaughter and grandson! You are all human beings, but I am the only one who is a slave, a servant, a beast of burden!"
"I cook all the meals for the whole family, but I myself have never had a full meal!"
"You wanted to sell me when I was thirteen. If I hadn't been smart enough to sprain my ankle and hide in the mountains, I would have been that old man's wife by now!"
“You found me, pretending to care about me, but then you starved me for three days and three nights, and when you came out you still beat me up badly.”
"I thought you were family, my own father, mother, and grandmother, but are you acting like human beings?"
“When I was fourteen, your third son coveted and spied on me. He was clearly a beast, couldn't you see that yourself?! Yet you tormented me! You caught me and immediately called me a slut, saying that I seduced him, and then you stripped me naked and pushed me into the river in the dead of winter. I almost lost my life that time!”
"Zhao, you refuse to be a human being, choosing instead to be the mother of a beast, because you are a beast yourself!"
Li Qingluo shoved her hard to the ground, then stood up and stomped hard on Zhao's face.
Zhao let out a scream: "Ah—!!"
"Liu Cao'er! You were born with such a lowly fate! Who told you to despise yourself like this!"
“Back when you were in our house, you clearly had opportunities to leave and run away, but every time we coaxed you, and Wang Shi would pretend to be sick and pitifully hold your hand, you would soften and stay.”
"You crave the love of your family, you long for us to one day show you a little kindness, but you don't know that we can never treat you as a human being, because you are just the little beasts I brought home, the calf, the horse, the dog, the chick!"
"How can a beast be considered a family member, sharing meals and sleeping in the same bed as a human?"
"You treat me this way today, is it because when you return to Jinling, to your own home, there is still no one to love you?"
"I heard that their favorite is still our Zhu'er! Look, even after what Zhu'er did, they still can't bear to kill her. Your parents, your brother, even though you are their own flesh and blood, even though Zhu'er is from the Liu family, their favorite will always be her—"
"You were born without anyone to love you!"
"You were born a bastard, destined to be abandoned and despised—"
"Ha, ha ha ha, ha ha ha—ah!!"
Li Qingluo's foot then stepped on her neck.
Zhao was instantly out of breath, her eyes wide open, her face turning red and purple from holding her breath. Her collarbone, which had been pierced by the iron hook, bled again as Li Qingluo exerted force.
Zhao was in so much pain that she almost fainted. Her old bones could not withstand Li Qingluo's torment. Her eyes rolled back and she looked like she was about to die, but Li Qingluo suddenly let go of her foot, allowing her to catch her breath and she came back to life.
"Why...why don't you kill me..."
Zhao was already exhausted.
They clung to life like a dog that had been skinned and had its tendons pulled out.
Li Qingluo was enraged by her, which is why she just used such a ruthless method.
But she suddenly regained her senses, so wouldn't killing her so easily free her from this predicament?
Moreover, there were still many questions she hadn't asked clearly.
"No rush, the night is long, let's catch up slowly."
Granny Deng gritted her teeth and took the whip from the rack.
"Young lady, I've heard that the barbs on this whip tear off chunks of flesh every time it's lashed out. So, after each lash, the whip is covered in flesh, and the skin is covered in blood. Why don't you try it on this wicked woman?"
"If you can't bring yourself to do it, young lady, this old servant will!"
She was furious!
The girl had never mentioned these things to anyone.
When Granny Zhang went to the mountains to find the girl, she only said that the girl was doing farm work in the fields at the time.
In the sweltering summer heat, his face was tanned dark and red, his trousers were rolled up, and his legs were covered in mud and insects, making him even rougher than a farmer.
It was also said that when the girl heard about her background, apart from a fleeting moment of surprise, she quickly accepted the truth.
It was as if she had long suspected that she was not that family's biological child.
They left very decisively, without even saying goodbye to the Liu family, and without taking any luggage.
So this is how the girl has been living all these years!
Yesterday, although Que'er gave the Liu family a good scolding, they only knew the general idea that the young lady would not have a good life in their Liu family. If they hadn't heard the young lady say it herself today, they simply couldn't imagine that the young lady had lived a life in the Liu family worse than that of an animal since childhood!
These members of the Liu family deserve to die!
Granny Deng was furious, but Li Qingluo calmed down instead.
She picked up the whip. "What's wrong with using it? I've been beaten by her when I was a kid, and she probably can't even count how many times she's done it herself."
As he spoke, Li Qingluo lashed out with his whip, striking Zhao Shi hard across the face.
With a pull and a tug, almost half of Zhao's face was torn off!
In an instant, Zhao's face was covered in blood.
"ah!!!"
She screamed in agony, her immobile body rolling twice on the ground.
The screams of Zhao echoed throughout the entire prison. The prisoners in the darkness of every corner trembled with fear at the sound of her voice, and everyone felt insecure.
Li Qingluo looked at the flesh still clinging to the whip and smiled coldly.
"Your old face is easy to peel off. I wonder if your old skin is any easier to peel off?"
As she finished speaking, she prepared to strike again, but Zhao shouted, "I, I was wrong! I, I was wrong... I admit my mistake, I, I'm sorry... It was all my fault back then, I was greedy, I shouldn't have changed your life, I shouldn't have taken you away and then treated you like that..."
"I am a sinner...you, kill me...kill me, give me a quick death, I will not resent you..."
Li Qingluo: "Whether you resent me or not is none of my business."
Whether I give you a quick death or not is none of your business!
"Zhao, you want to die? No way!"
After saying that, she lashed out with her whip again, and Zhao cried out in pain once more, but she could not faint. For some reason, her mind was stubbornly kept clear.
This is torture that is a thousand times more painful than death!
Zhao kept biting her tongue, but her mouth was torn, and half of her face was gone, so she couldn't use her teeth at all...
Even death has become a luxury.
Tears streamed down Zhao's face as she watched the whip about to fall again. She pleaded desperately, "What do you want? My dear young lady... just spare me... I'll do anything, anything..."
Li Qingluo let out a strange laugh: "What do I want? Of course, I just want to see how much pain you suffer."
"By the way, you don't know this yet, do you? I heard that your entire Liu family is now pinning the blame for kidnapping me all on you."
"They've all been taken away by Prince Yun and are now living a life of luxury and comfort, while you? Here you are, ignored and uncared for, suffering endless hardships!"
"They could have brought you medicine, treated your injuries, and saved your life, but... why is no one taking care of you?"
Zhao trembled all over, enduring the pain as she defended herself: "This was all done by me alone! They all knew nothing... It was me who said back then that you were a jinx, that the fortune teller had predicted you would bring ruin to our entire Liu family, so they all followed me in being so cruel and wicked to you..."
"Grass, please... please don't pursue this matter any further, considering I've been your grandmother for sixteen years..."
Zhao had a premonition that her days were numbered.
Having seen through Li Qingluo's ruthlessness and methods, and realizing that she wanted to suffer less, she finally stopped arguing and softened her attitude.
Li Qingluo kicked away the hand that was being offered to her.
A sinister smile, shrouded in gloom, graced her face: "Impossible. I will not let a single member of your Liu family who has ever wronged me get away with it!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao's expression changed drastically.
She stopped pretending and roared angrily again, "Liu Cao'er! What exactly do you want?! Zhizhi and the others are only two or three years old, you can't drag them into this, can you?"
"They don't understand anything yet, but they still call you 'elder sister'!"
Li Qingluo: "When I was first born, I didn't understand anything either. Later, didn't I call you Grandma, and them Grandpa, Dad, Mom, Uncle, and Aunt?"
Zhao looked panicked and stammered, "But, but the matter is over now. You have already returned to the home you should have returned to and become a noble lady. Why won't you let us go?"
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