Chapter 85 Is Li Fen Dead?
Hearing Li Fen's hatred towards her, Jiang Ruzhen felt that this person was simply inexplicable and had the mind of a madman.
What does all that she went through have to do with me?
Was it her who made Shen Jun dislike Li Fen? Was it her who made Li Fen get drunk? Was it her who made Li Fen accept her fate instead of reporting the abuse to the police? Was it her who made that bastard Qin Youcai take a liking to her?
This is all Li Fen's personal choice, what does it have to do with her?
However, in order to lower Li Fen's guard, Jiang Ruzhen did not refute, but instead curled up as much as possible, passively taking a few blows, while letting out a few cries of pain that made Li Fen even more rampant.
"mom--
"Li Fen, stop! Don't hit my mom! Hit me instead!" Shen Shuxin woke up at some point and saw Li Fen abusing Jiang Ruzhen. She cried and struggled on the ground.
"Xin Xin, how are you? Don't speak, Mom is fine... Ah—" Jiang Ruzhen heard Xin Xin's voice and immediately stuck her head out to take a look.
Li Fen became even more ruthless in beating her. Jiang Ruzhen tried to block with her arm, but a blow came down hard, and with a crack, it seemed like her forearm was broken.
Li Fen stopped at this moment, sat down on the ground panting heavily. After all, she had been tormented for a while, not having enough to eat or wear.
She was abused by different people every day, and during her time on the run, she was even more terrified and never got a full night's sleep.
Now that Jiang Ruzhen and Shen Shuxin have been caught, she is very excited, but physically weak and unable to hold on.
She turned back to look at Shen Shuxin with a sneer, "You little slut, you're awake? You feel sorry for your mother after seeing me beat her? Don't worry, I'll give you another beating later."
"Don't touch my Xin Xin, Li Fen. If you have any grievances, take them out on me. What kind of skill is it to make things difficult for a child?"
Despite the excruciating pain from her broken arm, Jiang Ruzhen struggled to her feet. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Xie Hui quietly climb in through the back window.
She was crouching behind the mud wall, waiting for an opportunity to rescue Xin Xin. As long as Xin Xin was safe, she would have no more worries.
She tried her best to stall Li Fen and prevent her from noticing what was happening over there.
Li Fen couldn't help but laugh out loud when she heard Jiang Ruzhen's words, but as she laughed, she burst into tears.
"Jiang Ruzhen, why are all the children you raise so good, while my children are all ungrateful wretches?"
I tormented Shen Shuxin for so long last night, but she didn't utter a single complaint.
I told her I would stop tormenting her if she gave you a piece of my mind, but she said a lot of nice things about you in front of me and didn't want to say a single bad word.
Why? God is so unfair. Why do you get so much love from so many people, while I have to suffer like this?
"Does it mean that if you die, I can take over your life and destiny? Then go ahead and die!"
Li Fen wiped away her tears, raised the stick in her hand, and swung it at Jiang Ruzhen again. Jiang Ruzhen closed her eyes and tried to curl up her whole body, exposing her back.
But Shen Shuxin's eyes widened in horror at the sight of all this, and she rolled toward Li Fen without hesitation.
He kicked Li Fen's shin with both legs, causing her to stagger and her facial muscles to twitch grotesquely.
"You little bastard, since you're so protective of your mother, then you should die in her place!"
She threw away the wooden stick in her hand, took out a fruit knife and lunged at Shen Shuxin. Just as the tip of the knife was about to pierce Shen Shuxin's lower abdomen, Xie Hui rushed out from the shadows and crashed into Li Fen.
Li Fen was thrown a great distance by the impact. She looked at Xie Hui in astonishment and said, "You little bastard, where did you come from? Since you're all eager to die in Jiang Ruzhen's place, then you should die too!"
At this moment, Li Fen's hair was disheveled, her eyes bulged, and her face was ferocious and terrifying, like a demon from hell crawling out to claim a life.
She raised the knife in her hand and charged at Xie Hui like a madwoman. Xie Hui, without fear, spread his arms to block Shen Shuxin.
Jiang Ruzhen heard the noise and turned around, just in time to see this scene.
She couldn't let anything happen to Xie Hui or Xin Xin, so she ran desperately towards Li Fen and shielded the two children with her body.
He raised his arm, trying to block Li Fen's knife, and then kicked her in the chest.
Li Fen was exhausted at this point and was kicked to the ground by Jiang Ruzhen, the knife in her hand falling to the side.
She struggled to get up while cursing, but Jiang Ruzhen rushed over at top speed, picked up the knife, and with a twist of her body, turned her back to Li Fen and stabbed her forcefully.
"Pfft!"
Jiang Ruzhen felt a warmth in her hand, and her hands began to tremble uncontrollably, but without hesitation, she quickly pulled out the knife and stabbed again.
One cut, two cuts, three cuts...
After stabbing her six times, she finally pulled out the knife and turned to look at Li Fen.
Li Fen's lower abdomen was riddled with holes, and she lay dying in a pool of blood.
Jiang Ruzhen slowly retreated, fell to the ground, and the knife fell to the side.
"mom--"
"Godmother—"
Xie Hui had already untied the ropes binding Shen Shuxin's hands and feet. The two of them were terrified and cried out, trying to come over and help Jiang Ruzhen.
"Stop right there, don't move."
"Whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo!" came the sound of a police siren, growing louder as it approached.
Despite her trembling hands, Jiang Ruzhen calmly turned to look at Xie Hui and Shen Shuxin.
"You two stay where you are and try not to disturb the scene. I believe the law will give us justice."
The two children were terrified when they witnessed Jiang Ruzhen committing murder. They stood there stunned for a long time, and Shen Shuxin choked back tears.
"Mom, what should I do? What if the court sentences you to jail? It's all my fault, how could I be so stupid. I should have turned around and left the moment I saw Li Fen, instead of getting tangled up with her and giving her the opportunity to attack me."
"If she hadn't caught me, you wouldn't have killed someone to save me... Mom, I won't let anything happen to you. I'll just say that I accidentally stabbed Li Fen while I was fighting with her..."
"Xin Xin, it's me. I was attacked by Li Fen when I was saving you, and I accidentally stabbed her."
"Just say it was me. I'm a martyr's family member. They can't just arrest me and execute me, can they?" Xie Hui hurriedly interrupted Shen Shuxin.
He would not want to see either Shen Shuxin or her godmother get into trouble.
"Shut up." Jiang Ruzhen heard a commotion outside. "The police are here. Tell me the truth. I acted in self-defense. I'll be fine."
No sooner had she finished speaking than the door was kicked open by the people outside, and dozens of men in hats rushed in.
When they saw the scene inside the house, they were all startled.
Jiang Ruzhen picked up the knife from the ground and walked towards the crowd, tilting her body to show them the handcuffs on her wrists.
"Li Fen just tried to kill me with a knife. I had no choice but to fight back. I don't even know where I stabbed her. Please check on her quickly to see how she is."
Uncle Hat started working, while the ambulance carried Li Fen away.
Someone unlocked Jiang Ruzhen's handcuffs, and just as the doctor came over to bandage her wounds, Jiang Ruzhen collapsed to the ground, looking radiant, and fainted.
It's unclear how long she was unconscious, but when she woke up again, she opened her eyes to see a snow-white wall.
The smell of disinfectant wafts through the air; this is a hospital.
She tried to move, but found her left hand being held tightly.
She turned her head and saw that Lu Mingzheng had been dozing off by her bedside at some point, and her hand was being held tightly in his palm.
She tried to pull her hand away, but touched the wound.
"Hiss!" She gasped in pain.
"Jiang Ruzhen, you're awake!" Lu Mingzheng was startled awake by her voice, and his expression immediately changed.
"You've really gotten capable, haven't you? You dared to go and rescue someone all by yourself. Do you think you're a cat with nine lives?"
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