Qian Rushan said softly, "But these are all my heartfelt wishes, so please accept them."
Zhou Chenyu kicked at the blood-stained stone beneath her feet, growing increasingly impatient. "Your few drops of blood are enough. As for these things, we don't need them." Atonement?
Zhou Chenyu slightly opened her eyes, looking at Qian Rushan with a mixture of belief and doubt.
Seeing this, the servant rushed forward, trying to snatch Qian Rushan's knife. "Young master, you've just been whipped dozens of times by the master, and your wounds haven't healed yet. Now you're going to have your flesh cut and bleed again. How can your body withstand that?"
She raised an eyebrow. "Young Master Qian, anyone can talk the talk, right?"
Qian Rushan's heart sank. "You don't believe me?"
Zhou Chenyu smiled at him, "If you want me to believe you, then show me the evidence." With Qian Rushan's power and background, even if he came to make things difficult for them a few more times, it would be more than enough. Unless she had something on him, it would be more believable if he came to apologize.
Baoyu, however, felt relieved. "Qian Rushan, you deserve to be beaten for the mistakes you made. You can't blame anyone else!" Now, she couldn't even find a way to threaten him; she had to avoid him whenever she saw him.
Zhou Chenyu saw that Qian Rushan was describing it so vividly, as if it had really happened. "But..." Qian Rushan's eyes followed her, and he kept trying to speak. Zhou Chenyu turned around coldly and intimidated him: "What? Isn't it enough that we've forgiven you? You want to eat at our house before you leave?"
"The child only did something wrong, why beat him like this?"
Listening to the murmurs in the crowd, Zhou Chenyu suddenly wondered if she had gone too far, rubbing salt into someone's wound. Qian Rushan, holding a knife in both hands, glanced at them and was about to stab them in the chest.
"No, no!" Li Xiuju cried out in terror, not wanting anyone to die at her doorstep. Zhou Chenyu strode forward and snatched Qian Rushan's bloodstained knife. "Qian Rushan, alright, we forgive you!"
Qian Rushan opened his eyes in a daze, "Really?"
“Young master, you don’t need to kill yourself.” The servants surrounded Qian Rushan, who stood up with tears in his eyes, laughing through his sobs. “Miss Chenyu, have you really forgiven me?” “But…” Qian Rushan’s eyes followed her, and he spoke again and again. Zhou Chenyu turned away coldly, intimidating him: “What? Isn’t it enough that we forgive you? You want to eat at our house before you go?”
Zhou Chenyu wiped the blood off his hands and said lazily, "Yes, we forgive you because you're so sincere. But let's make it clear first, we can forgive you, but you have to take your things away."
Zhou Chenyu watched Qian Rushan's every move and silently took out a small hunting knife, just in case. Zhou Chenyu looked over and saw that his bare back was covered with whip marks. His entire back, from his shoulder blades to his waist, was covered with bloody welts and cuts, which was almost unbearable to look at.
Li Xiuju looked at the blood-stained ground and exclaimed in fright, "Qian Rushan, what are you doing?" Qian Rushan held on tightly and cut his hands several more times, groaning in pain, "If my aunt doesn't forgive me, I can't go home, so I can only die here."
"I knew you wouldn't believe me." Qian Rushan wiped his snot and tears, and rushed forward excitedly. He suddenly rushed up, startling Zhou Chenyu. Li Xiuju quickly pulled her back.
"What do you want to do?" Baoyu was about to stop him when he saw Qian Rushan kneel down a few steps away from her for the first time ever, and take off his shirt in front of everyone.
Qian Rushan smiled and scolded the servants beside him, "What are you all standing there for? Miss Chenyu said she doesn't want it, and that's final. Get her out of here now!"
At the order, the servants hurriedly carried away the things, while Qian Rushan remained standing in place. "Miss Chenyu, if you don't want these things, what do you want? Just tell me, and I can make it happen."
Zhou Chenyu glanced at him, then shoved the knife into his hand. "It's enough that we've put aside our differences. We won't take any other advantage."
Along the way, a woman who was still unaware of the situation watched as one passerby after another hurried in the same direction. She immediately grabbed one of them and asked, "Hey, good brother, where are you all going?"
"Are you done yet? If you're late, you won't be able to see anything." The man's friend urged him on. The man replied that he should wait a little longer, and anxiously told her, "What could someone like Qian Rushan be arrested for? A leopard can't change its spots, of course it's for raping women! Sister, the court is about to start! If you really want to know, go there yourself."
The woman watched the man leave after giving his reply, then happily clenched his hand. "That wicked Qian Rushan has finally been caught! This is such great news, I have to go and see for myself!" She quickly ran home to put down her things and followed the large group to the government office. When she arrived, every place where people could stand was packed with people.
Zhou Chenyu sat in the hall and calmly recounted everything that had happened that day.
Her voice fell silent, and whispers erupted from below, all cursing Qian Rushan for the evil deeds he had committed over the years.
However, Qian Rushan, kneeling to the side, showed no remorse whatsoever. He arrogantly raised his chin and looked down at the official sitting above him with disdain.
As expected of him.
Unrepentant.
Zhou Chenyu slowly turned her gaze to the official above, only to hear him shout angrily:
"Qian Rushan, do you know your crime?"
Acknowledging guilt?
Qian Rushan coldly turned his head away. Having spent many days in the dungeon, he had neglected his appearance, and a few tangled strands of hair hung in front of his eyes. As he spoke, his bloodshot eyes glared out, and he replied disdainfully:
"What crime have I committed? This is all just slander by this venomous woman."
slander?
Zhou Chenyu looked at him, his face not flushed and his heart not skipped a beat, and he didn't even have the slightest regret for what he had done.
If it weren't inappropriate to be here, she would have loved to smash him to death with a bottle, just like she did at Jixianglou that day.
She suppressed her emotions and tearfully accused, "Qian Rushan, what goes around comes around. You know better than anyone whether I've slandered you or not."
"Someone, summon Zhou Wanqiu and Chen Cuiping!"
Chen Cuiping?
Qian Rushan froze, then turned around abruptly, glaring at Chen Cuiping who was walking towards him. "Chen Cuiping, what are you doing here?"
Seeing Qian Rushan's furious reaction, Zhou Chenyu finally felt a little better.
A murderous aura, filled with gritted teeth, swept over her. Chen Cuiping didn't want to look at Qian Rushan even once, and knelt down in front of the hall with a thud. "Your Honor, spare my life! I was forced to do this!"
Hearing her mother's cries, Zhou Wanqiu slowly knelt down.
Chen Cuiping kowtowed several times to the ground, pleading, "My lord, spare my life! Everything I did was forced upon me by Qian Rushan. I didn't want to do it. No matter how bad Shen Yu is, she's still my elder brother's daughter. How could I harm my own niece?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com