"Also, do you think someone like me would choose someone like him as a man? Am I blind?"
Song Jiao’s previous words would definitely not make Zhang Xiaolong believe it, so she planned to guide the other party from a normal person’s perspective.
Anyway, if she wanted to explain, she could say that she was forced and it was arranged by her family.
As long as she is in the newspaper, Zhang Xiaolong will definitely take Wang Lili into consideration.
Zhang Xiaolong bent down, his eyes flashing with anger. He grabbed Xie Xun's feet and dragged him away from the scene roughly like a bag of useless garbage.
His actions were full of anger and determination, as if he wanted to vent all his dissatisfaction and disappointment at this moment.
Zhang Xiaolong knew that it was impossible to get the money from Song Jiao, so he could only find a way from Xie Xun.
Song Jiao stood aside and watched all this happen.
She just made a soft click, a cruel smile on her face.
It looks like the good show is about to begin.
After being dragged back to his residence, Xie Xun was violently awakened by Zhang Xiaolong pouring a basin of cold water on him. As soon as he opened his eyes from his coma, he saw his former comrades, all with ferocious looks on their faces, wielding gleaming steel pipes in their hands, surrounding him.
"Xie Xun, you really are a good gamer! You've tricked all of us!" Zhang Xiaolong roared, his voice filled with anger and disappointment. "You even dared to deceive us! Lin Rulan is not your wife at all!"
"You have two choices now," one of the brothers said viciously, "Either you return everything you've eaten and used from us during this time, and give us an extra thousand yuan as compensation! Or, we'll beat you to a pulp so you can never cheat anyone again!"
Xie Xun looked at the angry faces around him in horror, feeling unprecedented despair.
He tried to explain, his voice filled with pleading and panic: "Lin Rulan is really my wife! I bought her for three hundred yuan, how can she not be my wife! She has money, if you need money, go find her!"
"Are you still lying to us?" Zhang Xiaolong's face was gloomy. He shook the steel pipe in his hand, making a threatening buzzing sound. "Do you have a marriage certificate? Show it to me!"
"I... I..." Xie Xun stammered and couldn't speak, panic and fear flashing in his eyes.
He tried to prove his words with the reputation of the villagers, but Zhang Xiaolong interrupted him mercilessly.
"The village? Hahaha!" Zhang Xiaolong laughed, but his laughter was full of sarcasm and coldness. "What I want is the marriage certificate! Without it, everything you say is useless!"
Following Zhang Xiaolong's order, the brothers around him waved the steel pipes in their hands and smashed them hard at Xie Xun's body.
Xie Xun's screams came one after another, and he kept shouting "Lin Rulan is my wife", but no one around listened to his explanation.
With a crisp sound of broken bones, Xie Xun felt excruciating pain in his legs. He rolled on the ground, clutching his legs and wailing, but the brothers around him showed no sign of stopping.
"I'll give you three days," Zhang Xiaolong said coldly. "If you can't come up with a thousand yuan to appease our anger after three days, your family will prepare a coffin for you!"
The other side
"What's going on?" Wang Lili asked softly. She had just walked out of the newspaper office, with a curious look in her eyes.
In the office, she happened to see Zhang Xiaolong and Xie Xun hurriedly coming, which made her curious.
Song Jiao shook her head slightly, her tone calm, "Zhang Xiaolong just came to talk to me about something."
She didn't say much and didn't seem to want to go into the topic further.
Seeing this, Wang Lili did not force it. She cleverly chose to change the subject and invited Song Jiao to go to the restaurant for dinner together.
The two walked side by side, relaxed and comfortable.
However, distancing herself from Xie Xun was only Song Jiao's first move.
After dinner, Wang Lili told Song Jiao the result of the lawyer she had consulted on her behalf. "The lawyer said that this kind of marriage is invalid. You are free to leave. If necessary, they can apply for a court hearing."
"Okay, I'll take care of it soon."
Wang Lili nodded.
The two finally separated in front of the rental house.
The next morning, the sun shone through the clouds, making the view in front of the newspaper office exceptionally bright.
However, the bright sunshine did not seem to bring any warmth to Shelly who was waiting at the door.
He stood there alone, his eyes revealing a hint of helplessness and anxiety.
When Song Jiao appeared at the door of the newspaper office, Xie Li's eyes immediately locked on her.
This was the first time he saw Song Jiao in formal attire. The smart outfit made her look completely different from usual.
In Shelley's eyes, this woman was both familiar and unfamiliar. They had lived together for three years, but now he could no longer understand her.
"Stepmother, my dad was beaten and sent back home with his legs broken." Shelly's voice trembled slightly, and he clenched his fists.
“Those people told us to collect 1,000 yuan in three days, otherwise they would sell us three siblings to work as laborers in an illegal factory until we paid back the huge debt.
"In the end, he couldn't bear the huge pressure anymore, and his knees softened and he knelt on the ground. "I beg you, please help us!"
Song Jiao raised her eyes and looked at Xie Li in front of her with indifference.
There was no trace of sympathy or pity in her eyes, only indifference and alienation. "What does your father have to do with me?"
She said in a cold tone, "Besides, why should I help you?"
Xie Li was stunned. He didn't expect Song Jiao to say such a thing.
"But isn't it because of you that he's like this?" Shelly argued eagerly. "If you hadn't denied your connection to him, would he have been beaten like this? You're responsible for this no matter what."
These words were taught to him by the educated sister in the village.
However, Song Jiao just sneered, "Because of me? Isn't it because he's lazy and spends his days gambling and whoring? What does it have to do with me?"
Her words were full of sarcasm and disdain. "I have to go to work. My time is precious! Don't waste my time anymore." After that, she turned and walked into the newspaper office, leaving Shelly standing there in a daze.
Song Jiao walked to the desk and turned on the system screen.
Shelly looked at the direction she left with resentment, seemed to have thought of something, clenched his fists and walked towards the village.
As soon as he entered the room, he heard Xie Xun's incessant cursing. He walked into the kitchen, glanced at the kitchen knife, then at the axe thrown on the ground for chopping wood. He called Xie Hai over and handed him the knife. "Xie Hai, do you want freedom or do you want to be locked up in a coal mine and do hard labor for the rest of your life?"
Xie Hai replied without even thinking: "Of course I want to be free!"
Shelly nodded. "Okay! Now take this knife and come in with me, and kill Dad! Once he's dead, we'll run away. We won't be caught if we run."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
