Chapter 59 Anna Bai, Pregnant with a Ghost Baby
Old Chu was a handsome and quite confident old man.
She waited ten years for him before marrying him, and he didn't believe she had no lingering feelings for him.
His former wife was not only willing to be ruthless, but she was also exceptionally heavy-handed.
When the feather duster fell, there was a cool breeze first.
Immediately afterwards, the skin that was hit felt a little numb, a little itchy, and a little hot.
But once the tingling, itching, and heat subside, it's just a throbbing pain.
He screamed in pain, crouched down clutching his injured arm, his entire old face twitching.
Staring at his grandmother in disbelief, he asked, "Adan, you...you hit me?"
"I'm not just going to hit you, I'm going to beat you to death!"
Grandma held up a feather duster and ground her teeth together, making a crunching sound.
"You old bastard, we broke off all ties back then, and you're still haunting me like a ghost!"
"You shameless old bastard, I'll beat you to death!"
Old Chu: "..."
He stared intently at his grandmother, his eyes filled with hurt and disbelief.
His facial muscles twitched incessantly, his lips moved slightly, and he tried to speak several times but couldn't utter a word.
In his view, even though he is old, he is still rich and good-looking.
When the family was severed back then, this woman was clearly crying her heart out.
Now that he's come in person, shouldn't this woman be happy to go back with him?
Moreover, when it comes to "old," it's clearly this woman who looks older.
He's all old and withered!
"you……"
He gritted his teeth, looking disappointed and angry when he saw that his grandmother still wanted to hit him.
"Chu Hongdan, don't push your luck!"
You're the kind of people who don't know what's good for you!
Grandma smacked Old Chu twice with a feather duster, making him howl in pain and flee in a sorry state.
"You old bastard, you never came to me when there was nothing wrong, but when there was trouble, you always tried to drag me down with you. I'll beat you to death!"
Bai's mother stood there dumbfounded, watching her own father run away with his head in his hands, frozen in place.
She never imagined that someone who used to be so good-tempered could be so ruthless now.
After a moment of stunned silence, she finally came to her senses, rushed to her father's side, squatted down, and glared angrily at her grandmother:
"Chu Hongdan, you're the old bastard, you're the old scoundrel!"
"We're here to give you a way out, so don't be ungrateful!"
"If it weren't for you, how could my mother have..."
Before she could finish speaking, her grandmother swung a feather duster at her again.
"Your mom? What happened to your mom?"
Do you know why your mother ran away? She had a lover outside!
"Not only did she have a lover outside, but she also gave birth to twins for him!"
"Chu Hongdan, shut up!" Chu Tianjian, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up.
His eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at his grandmother, his teeth clenched tightly.
But then, as if remembering something, he turned his face away and softened his voice:
"Mother, we're here today to ask for your help. It has nothing to do with my and Tianying's biological mother."
"Don't mention her."
"Brother, don't call her that! She doesn't deserve to be my mother!"
The feather duster kept hitting Bai Ma, but this time she didn't jump up and down like before. Instead, she stared intently at her grandmother, not even trying to dodge.
"Chu Hongdan, don't make excuses for yourself. It's because you've been hogging the seat and won't let anyone out that my mother was so angry she died!"
"I'm hogging a seat? What seat am I hogging?"
Grandma laughed in exasperation.
"I thought I wanted to be your mother?"
"Back then you said that your mother was angered to death by me, and I was also puzzled. I only met her twice, so how did it become my problem?"
"When I looked into it, I found out that your mother's illness was caused by the time she gave birth to her lover's child!"
Seeing that Bai Ma was about to explode with anger, she curled the corners of her lips and continued:
"You think she came back back then wanting to acknowledge you because she missed you?"
"Pah! She can't afford to support her twins anymore, so she wants to squeeze more money out of you!"
Grandma poked Bai Ma's shoulder with a feather duster and sneered:
"Chu Tianying, think about it carefully. Every time she sees you, after you come back, doesn't she steal money for you every time?"
"She could abandon you when you were just born, do you really think she came back to you because she felt sorry for you?"
"If she cared about you, why didn't she come back to save you when your brother was kneeling at my door with you, who was almost starving to death?"
Compared to the Chu family, who still harbor resentment, Grandma had completely let go.
So they hit them where it hurts.
Touched on a sore spot, Bai Ma broke down immediately.
"Nonsense! Chu Hongdan, you old hag, you're talking nonsense!"
She reached out and grabbed her grandmother's face. "My mother has been dead for so many years, and you still dare to slander her like this? Aren't you afraid she'll come looking for you in the middle of the night?!"
"Let her come all you want. I've done nothing wrong, so I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on my door in the middle of the night!"
Grandma is getting old; after hitting the ground for half a day, she had almost used up all her strength.
When faced with Bai Ma, who dared to fight back, the feather duster in her hand was snatched away in an instant.
"You old bitch, how dare you talk about my mother! I'll kill you!"
Bai Ma pursed her lips in anger, holding a feather duster, ready to hit her grandmother's face.
Suddenly, a foot sticks out from inside the door.
While dodging the feather duster in her hand, he also kicked her away.
"Oh, my stomach..."
Bai Ma flew out and landed on the ground, unable to get up for a long time.
Looking up with a pained expression, Chu Ci withdrew his foot and was returning the feather duster to his grandmother.
She stared at Bai Ma, her voice tinged with barely perceptible irritation: "Your mother can't come into my house, but Granny Guo, whom you drove to her death, can come to your house."
"Chu...Chu Ci!"
Bai Ma lay on the ground, gritting her teeth in hatred.
Chu Tianjian quickly helped her up and glared fiercely at the people he had brought with him.
"Are you all just sitting around doing nothing? Are you just going to watch your sister-in-law get beaten up?!"
After saying that, he whispered a few words of comfort to his sister.
He pressed down on his sister's shoulder and warned in a low voice, "Don't forget why you came here this time!"
"Anna is your only support in the Bai family. Don't you want to save her?"
Bai's mother glanced instinctively at her daughter lying on the stretcher behind her, clutching her aching stomach, and almost cried out of anger.
"As you can see, Dad and I have said everything we could, good and bad, but they just won't save them!"
Chu Tianjian glanced at his sister: "I'll talk to them in a bit. Don't say a word, understand?"
Bai's mother frowned reluctantly and did not answer.
Chu Tianjian was very dissatisfied with his sister's willful attitude, but now was not the time to dwell on such things.
He turned to look at Chu Ci, pushed up his glasses, and smiled.
"You're Chu Ci, the child my mother adopted, aren't you?"
He reached out his hand to the side, and someone immediately handed him a box.
According to seniority, you should call me Uncle.
"Since this is the first time I've come to see you, I brought you a small gift. See if you like it."
He handed the item over, but Chu Ci didn't even look at it.
The box in Chu Tianjian's hand fell to the ground, revealing the jewelry, imported cosmetics, and even a mobile phone inside.
He prepared things that young girls would like these days, but the more effort he put into preparing them, the more it seemed that he had ulterior motives.
Grandma pointed to the stretcher behind Bai Ma and said, "Don't think I don't know why you brought her here. Isn't it because you want to ask our Aci for help?"
“I’m telling you, you have to pay for the sins you’ve committed yourself. We, Aci, can’t help you!”
"Don't even think about dragging my Aci into this mess, or I'll fight you to the death!"
When Bai Ma heard her say that, she couldn't hold back any longer.
"Old man, say that again!"
Chu Tianjian glared at her, and seeing her retreat dejectedly, he turned back to his grandmother and smiled again:
"Mother, Tianying and I were ignorant before, please don't hold it against us. We are family after all."
"Now that we've finally found you, you're still living in someone else's house with Aci. How uncomfortable is that?"
"I think you should take Aci and come back with us."
Grandma rolled her eyes and gave him a cold laugh.
“I’ve been taking care of you since you were five years old. How could I not know what you look like?”
"I'll say it again: we've severed ties. Aci can't help with your family's affairs."
"It's late at night, if you don't have anything else to do, you should go home."
After she finished speaking, she was about to close the door when Chu Tianjian suddenly grabbed her.
After being rejected time and time again, Chu Tianjian couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
He glared at his grandmother, his voice still relatively calm:
“Mother, Anna is Tianying’s only child. You used to say you treated her like your own daughter, but now you’re not even willing to help her?”
When he brought it up again, Grandma smacked his hand with a feather duster as he tried to pry open the door.
“I raised her like my own daughter, but she doesn’t acknowledge me!”
“You two siblings chased me away like I was a dog. Even a dog that’s been chased away can at least get a food bowl. What about you?”
"You all say that everything I've eaten and drunk over the years is owed to your mother, and you even want to take off my clothes!"
"If it weren't for the servants in my household taking pity on me and leaving me some clothes, I would have been thrown naked out onto the street by you right then and there!"
"Now that you're in trouble, we're family again? Bah!"
"I've already figured it out. Raising you two is like feeding my heart to a dog!"
"You don't need to play the emotional card here. I said I won't save him, and that means I won't!"
When Chu Tianjian was hit on the hand with a feather duster, he only gasped but did not pull his hand back.
Still clinging tightly to the door, he frowned and tried to persuade her:
“Mother, even if you hate us, you have to think about Aci.”
He spoke with heartfelt sincerity: "You're so old now. What if you pass away one day? How will Ah Ci, a young girl, survive in the chaotic world of Hong Kong?"
"If she is willing to cure Anna, then she will be Anna's older sister from now on."
"Whether it's me and Tianying, or the Bai family, none of us will abandon her."
"When she's out there, who will dare to bully her?"
Grandma spat in disgust at his suggestion.
"Bah! Entrusting Aci to a bunch of bastards, I won't rest in peace even in death."
"Don't even mention others, you guys can devour me, Aci, without leaving a trace, how could anyone else possibly have a chance?!"
As she spoke, she struck again with the feather duster.
This time, the blow probably hit Chu Tianjian's hand bones, causing him to shudder and involuntarily release his grip.
Seeing that his grandmother wouldn't budge, Chu Tianjian's face turned completely cold.
“Mother,” he straightened up despite the pain, his eyes regaining their coldness, “Dad and I are here to invite you today because of our friendship from back then.”
"But since you won't listen to reason or force, don't blame us."
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and immediately twenty or thirty thugs wielding sticks rushed up from behind him.
Chu Ci even noticed that several people had guns tucked into their waistbands.
Chu Tianjian stood with his hands in his pockets, chin held high above him.
"Mother, are you going to let us in willingly, or are we going to lead people in and force our way in?"
"you……"
Grandma was so angry that her chest heaved.
"You bastard! Trespassing is illegal!"
"So what if you break the law?"
He smiled and was about to say something when Chu Ci suddenly shielded his grandmother behind him, coldly meeting his gaze.
"Chu Tianjian, you've been doing business with the Bai family lately, haven't you?"
"..."
Chu Tianjian's smile faded slightly, but he quickly smiled again and softened his voice:
“Ah Ci, are you interested in doing business? Then after you help Anna, your uncle will take you to try your hand at business.”
"Let's skip the trial run." Chu Ci waved his hand. "You saved Bai Anna to curry favor with the Bai family and gain more benefits, right?"
Before Chu Tianjian could say anything, Bai Ma couldn't help but jump out.
"So what if it is? The marriage between the two families is a powerful alliance. What do you know!"
Seeing her spoiled and arrogant demeanor, Chu Ci chuckled.
"A merger between two strong companies is fine, but if Bai Anna isn't of Bai family blood, can it still be considered a strong partnership?"
"..."
Bai Ma stopped jumping up and down.
Instead, his face turned deathly pale.
Old Chu and Chu Tianjian subconsciously looked at Bai Ma.
When the two saw Bai Ma's expression, they knew that Chu Ci was right.
Old Chu stared wide-eyed, his lips trembling, and he stammered "you" for a long time but couldn't utter a single word.
Finally, his eyes rolled back, and just as he was about to faint, Chu Tianjian caught him.
His face was extremely ugly, but he said, "Chu Ci, we treat you like a junior member of our own family, yet you want to cause your aunt and uncle to drift apart?"
Only then did Bai's mother realize what was happening, and she started yelling at Chu Ci:
"You little bitch, no wonder you were taught by that big bitch Chu Hongdan, you can spout slanderous words so easily!"
"What are you all standing there for?" she yelled at her henchmen behind her, "Hurry up and slap her mouth shut!"
But the people behind her looked at each other, and none of them went up.
The one leading them looked at Bai Ma with a troubled expression:
"Sister-in-law, my brother said he'd take Master Chu back, he didn't say he was going to beat him up..."
Before he could finish speaking, Bai Ma slapped him across the face.
Bai's mother glared at him, her eyes wide with anger. "I told you to hit him, so hit him! Stop talking nonsense!"
Her slap not only turned the face of the person who was hit black, but also the faces of the others.
A young man carrying a stick couldn't help but stand up and yell at Bai Ma:
"You old hag, I'm giving you face by calling you 'sister-in-law'! Don't push your luck!"
Although the others did not speak out, they also discussed Chu Ci's words extensively.
"What did that woman just say? That the young lady isn't the boss's child?"
"This is the kind of medium even the boss wants to find, so what he says must be true!"
"I knew it! The eldest son has so many sons, but only one daughter... Turns out, this daughter isn't his biological daughter at all!"
These thugs were originally sent by the Bai family. Now that they heard that Bai Anna was not a daughter of the Bai family and that Bai Anna's mother had hit people, they naturally became indignant.
Chu Tianjian's face darkened. He walked up to the group of people who had spoken and calmly said:
"You mean your boss was cheated on and then acted like a fool, raising someone else's child for so many years?"
"..."
The people who were talking immediately fell silent.
The eldest brother has a lot to save face, so he can't just say things like that.
Seeing that they had all quieted down, Chu Tianjian said in a deep voice, "Now that you know you were wrong, why don't you take them away quickly!"
The group looked at each other, then decided to take action.
Chu Ci kicked over the first few people who came up to him, and Grandma was furious: "Do you really think the Hong Kong police are pushovers? You just wait!"
Chu Tianjian sneered: "Then try calling the police and see if they're pushovers!"
He had barely finished speaking when a cold female voice came from behind him:
"Isn't it inappropriate for Mr. Chu to say that?"
"Our police station just found the stolen gold for you this morning, how come you're calling me a good-for-nothing tonight?"
Chu Tianjian froze and turned to look behind him.
Wu Jiangxue, carrying a late-night snack, appeared behind them without them noticing.
She was still wearing the uniform she wore when she met Chu Ci yesterday, with short hair covering her forehead and a slender figure.
Even with a fat cat perched on his shoulder and a takeout snack in his hand, his aura was no weaker than Chu Tianjian's when he casually glanced at everyone in front of him.
Seeing Chu Ci looking over, the fat cat that was lazily perched on Wu Jiangxue's shoulder stopped licking its paws.
Raise your round head high, and proudly puff out your chest:
Meow~
He had an air of smug satisfaction about taking credit.
Chu Tianjian never expected to see Wu Jiangxue here. His expression changed several times before he finally greeted her with a forced smile.
"Wu sir? It's a pleasure to meet you here. I never expected to see you here."
"You live in this building too?"
Wu Jiangxue ignored his outstretched hand, raised her chin, and pointed at the underlings he had brought with him.
"What are you doing? Starting a gang fight? Or coming to collect protection money?"
"How could that be, Officer!"
Chu Tianjian was practically begging for justice.
"Knowing that you were transferred here from outside, Officer Wu, we have always behaved ourselves and never thought of causing you any trouble!"
He smiled and pointed to Chu Ci and Grandma standing at the door, introducing them with a smile:
"I just brought people here to get acquainted with the place and to reconnect with my mother and my eldest niece."
"Pah!"
Seeing that the young policewoman had an incorruptible demeanor and ignored Chu Tianjian's attempts to curry favor, Grandma quickly ran over.
She pointed at Chu Tianjian, "Madam, don't listen to their nonsense!"
"He brought so many people here because he wanted to smash up my house and kidnap my granddaughter!"
"mom……"
Chu Tianjian frowned, looking helplessly at his grandmother, who seemed very aggrieved.
"I just want to take you and Aci to live a better life, how can you say that to me?"
He smiled at Wu Jiangxue with a bitter face, "Wu sir, the old man is a bit stubborn, don't misunderstand."
Wu Jiangxue remained unmoved by his words, glancing indifferently at the thugs wielding sticks.
"So, the reason you asked the old man to come back with you is because you need to bring weapons."
Chu Tianjian: "..."
Sensing her attitude, Chu Tianjian quickly addressed the people he had brought:
"Alright, I've already shown you around the house. There's nothing more for you here. Go back now."
Bai Ma's eyes widened, "Brother!"
She ran to the stretcher where her daughter was and knelt down, her eyes red and swollen. "What will happen to my daughter?"
Chu Tianjian took a deep breath, never expecting his sister to be so tactless.
He's been in the Bai family for so many years, and he's only been busy competing with other women for their affections. He hasn't developed a single brain.
He sighed dramatically and looked at Chu Ci:
"Aci, your sister isn't feeling well, could you please let her..."
"cannot."
Chu Ci interrupted him directly.
She glanced at the darkness behind Wu Jiangxue, then her gaze returned to Chu Tianjian.
"She brought this upon herself, so she should bear the consequences. I will absolutely not help her with this matter. Take her back."
After saying that, she ignored the people and pulled her grandmother to turn around and close the door.
"you……"
As soon as Bai Ma saw her close the door, she suddenly stood up and rushed over.
Chu Tianjian grabbed him, asking, "What do you want to do?"
Bai's mother shoved him away, tears streaming down her face.
"What am I supposed to do? I'm saving my daughter! Everyone outside says she's amazing, we've even begged her at her door, why wouldn't she save her?!"
Wu Jiangxue squatted in front of the stretcher and suddenly spoke up:
"Your attitude doesn't sound like you're asking someone for a favor."
Seeing her about to lift the blanket off Bai Anna, Chu Tianjian's pupils contracted, and he reached out his hand:
"Officer, wait!"
However, the snow on the Wujiang River has already been lifted.
Beneath the blanket, Bai Anna lay quietly, her entire body covered with black spots the size of copper coins.
The black spots began to fester from the center, with the festering areas slightly concave inwards, emitting an indescribable stench.
But that's not the most surprising thing; the most surprising thing is her belly.
Bai Anna was already thin, but she became even thinner after being entangled with Granny Guo.
The flesh on his limbs was reduced to a thin layer, and the flesh on his belly was as if it were just a layer of skin.
This made the contents of her stomach even more obvious.
Something that looked humanoid was rolling around inside her stomach, sometimes big and sometimes small.
When she was big, the shapes of tiny feet or hands would appear on her belly, which was covered with dark spots.
When she was little, it was as if there was nothing in her belly.
With her size fluctuating like that, it's easy to imagine how much pain Bai Anna must be in.
Seeing this scene, Wu Jiangxue's eyes widened in fear, and she couldn't help but take two steps back.
"What... is going on?"
She looked at Anna's face.
Her eyes, which had been tightly closed, opened at some point.
His once sharp and lively eyes were now filled with despair.
She stretched out her hand, covered in black spots, to Wu Jiangxue with all her might, her dark lips trembling almost imperceptibly.
Wu Jiangxue paused for a moment, then leaned closer to listen:
"I...it hurts so much..."
"You...kill...me..."
Anna Bai doesn't even have the strength to cry now; most of her few words are uttered in breathy breaths.
But Wu Jiangxue still understood what she meant.
She glanced at Bai Anna, who was suffering terribly, then at her fluctuating belly, and frowned as she looked at Chu Tianjian:
What's wrong with her?
Chu Tianjian pursed his lips, unsure of what to say.
Bai's mother cried as she grabbed Wu Jiangxue's hand, "Madam, please, please help us! Please help my daughter..."
She pointed to the closed gate of Chu Ci's house, "Chu Ci, she could have saved my daughter, but she just stood by and watched her die."
"Please, go and talk to her, please ask her to save my daughter..."
Wu Jiangxue opened her mouth, but before she could speak, she suddenly felt a chill sweep over her shoulder.
In an instant, she felt as if someone had placed a large block of ice on the back of her neck, which was so cold it was almost painful.
The big fat cat that had been lazily perched on her shoulder suddenly jumped down as if fleeing for its life.
It jumped to a place far away from her, and all the fur on its body stood on end.
He snarled and stared at her back, making an attacking gesture, hissing and panting.
Wu Jiangxue: "..."
She subconsciously turned her head and glanced behind her.
There was only an empty corridor behind her, nothing at all.
But as she turned her head, the fat cat became even more nervous.
Its bristling tail drooped between its legs, and its paws, embedded in its paw pads, gripped the ground tightly.
The piercing screams echoed through the hallway for a long time.
It was a fear that Wujiangxue had never seen before in it.
Seeing that she was stunned, Bai Ma tightened her grip on her hand.
“Madam…”
Wu Jiangxue withdrew her gaze from the cat, covered Bai Anna's face with the blanket again, and gently brushed away Bai's mother's hand.
"Your daughter is already this sick, so don't delay any longer."
"Take him to the hospital quickly and let the doctor take a look."
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