Chapter 50 Hanging at your doorstep
Zhang Wulai was nothing like what her mother said, "just a sore on his body," but rather his whole body was covered in sores.
The black, rotting sores resembled spots on a mango, clustered together, making it appear as if there was almost no healthy flesh on his body.
Grandma was retching on one side, and her two uncles glanced at her and were so frightened that they rushed out of the room.
"Sis, my sister-in-law wants me to go back right away, I'm off!"
"Sis, I'm leaving now, I have something to do!"
The two of them used their hands and feet to desperately squeeze out of the house, their throats churning, and they tightly covered their mouths.
That's so disgusting! Don't throw up in someone's house!
"Hey! You guys..."
Seeing that her two brothers had also left, Zhang Wulai's mother was so angry that she stomped her feet.
They cursed the two brothers with the most offensive language, even their ancestors for eighteen generations.
When she realized she had also cursed herself, she sat on the ground and started crying.
She said her life had been unfortunate; she married a man who died young, who left her with the entire family, her own family didn't help her, and her son even got into trouble...
Grandma finally managed to suppress her nausea and started chasing people away without saying a word.
"Alright, I've already told you I can't help you. You should take your son and leave now!"
Zhang Wulai's mother paused in her sobbing, then said matter-of-factly, "My two brothers are gone, how am I supposed to get them back!"
"Isn't this something you should be thinking about?!" Grandma glared. "He's your son! He's so thin right now, why don't you carry him back on your back?!"
Zhang Wulai was not only covered in sores, but he also became very thin.
He used to provoke people everywhere, cheat them out of food and drink, and even dine and dash, which made him strong and muscular.
Now it seems as if someone has drained all the blood and flesh from me overnight, leaving only a skeleton.
Zhang Wulai's mother glanced at her son.
Although he was her own son, the black sores on his body were so disgusting that even she, his own mother, almost vomited.
The thought of carrying such a son on her back made Zhang Wulai's mother refuse without a second thought.
“My son is so weak right now. If I trip and fall while carrying him, who will pay for the damages? You’ll have to pay!”
Even knowing that Zhang Wulai's mother was even worse than him, Grandma was still so angry that she was panting heavily when faced with such an unreasonable person again.
"Who told you to bring him here? If you brought him here, you're obviously going to get rid of him!"
Zhang Wulai's mother rolled her eyes and simply lay down on the ground.
"Can't be moved!"
She rolled over casually, put her hands under her head, and looked as comfortable as could be.
"You stood by and watched us die, so my son and I are going to hold you responsible today!"
"you……"
Grandma was so angry that she pounded her chest when she saw the two scoundrels on the ground.
Seeing how angry Grandma was, Zhang Wulai's mother rolled her eyes again.
"Danpo, where is your granddaughter? Where is Aci?"
She chuckled as she thought of something, and smoothly sat up from the ground.
“I read the newspaper every day. Your granddaughter is very capable. The newspaper says she's amazing!”
"Call her out here and let her see my son!"
Judging from her shifty eyes, Grandma knew she was up to no good.
"She's not home! Aci isn't here!"
"How could she not be home!"
Zhang Wulai's mother scrambled to her feet and started searching the house.
"Is this incense shop owned by Aci? I read in the newspaper that she's the owner."
"The shop is open, how could the owner not be here?"
She rushed into the kitchen and bathroom, and seeing no one was around, she was about to open the bedroom door.
Grandma couldn't stop her, so she turned around, took out a feather duster, and hit the hand that was pushing the door open.
"You scoundrel! Believe me or not, I'll call the police right now and have them arrest you and your son!"
Having been hit, Zhang Wulai's mother finally found an excuse.
He lay down on the ground and started crying out "Ouch, ouch," rolling around on the ground.
"Help! Help! Someone's about to kill me!"
"You..." Grandma threw down the feather duster, picked up the landline, and said, "You just wait! I'll have the police come and arrest you right now!"
"Call the police! Let the police arrest us!"
Zhang Wulai's mother was not afraid at all, lying on her back on the floor with her legs crossed.
"Anyway, my son is gone, so I have no more hope! Let the police arrest us; they'll still have to feed me three meals a day!"
Her beady eyes fell on the closed bedroom door, and she suddenly chuckled.
"Danpo, I know Aci is at home. Let her come out and let her see my son!"
"Pah! Ah-Ci's not home, don't even think about it!"
The smile on Zhang Wulai's mother's face vanished, and she began to roll around again, clutching her bruised hand.
"Help! Danpo is about to kill someone!"
“If my son dies here, you will have to pay with your lives!”
"My son is all grown up and still married, and he hasn't even left any descendants for the Zhang family! What am I going to do when I get old!"
She saw that Danpo was standing to one side, ignoring her cries and only waiting for the police to arrive.
Without hesitation, he gritted his teeth and reached out to open the bedroom door.
"You two heartless, evil-hearted women! If I'm not having a good time in my old age, neither of you will be!"
"You hit me, and now I'll never be able to do heavy work again! You have to get Chu Ci out today, so she can take care of me in my old age after my son is gone! Otherwise, this isn't over!"
Grandma's eyes widened; she was so angry she almost fainted.
He picked up the feather duster from the ground and started hitting Zhang Wulai's mother.
"You're the heartless, black-hearted woman!"
"They worked for the Bai family for money, drove Granny Guo to her death, and now they're trying to take advantage of our Aci."
"I'll beat you to death, you heartless woman! How dare you try to take advantage of my Aci! If you dare to cling to Aci, I'll drag you and your scoundrel son down with me!"
Grandma rained down feather dust on Zhang Wulai's mother, making her scream in pain.
Seeing that Danpo wasn't satisfied with just hitting her with a feather duster, she actually opened the window and tried to drag her out.
Zhang Wulai's mother quickly sprang to her feet, her face contorted with fear.
"Danpo, you're insane! You really want to die!"
"If you dare touch my granddaughter, I'll fight you to the death!"
Grandma was so angry that her face turned red, and she picked up the feather duster and was about to rush over again.
Zhang the Scoundrel's mother was so frightened that she hid everywhere.
"Dan Po, what's wrong with you! Your Aci is asking about Mi Mei. Everyone thinks she's unlucky and doesn't want to marry her. I need someone to take care of me in my old age. Wouldn't it be a win-win situation if our two families got married?"
"You're so beautiful! Go eat shit!"
Grandma used all her strength and beat her until she screamed.
“Our Aci is truly capable, those who look down on her are blind! You want me, Aci, to work like a slave in your house? Bah!”
"You heartless woman, give up on that idea!"
Zhang Wulai's mother was beaten badly, so she started to give up again.
"You've ruined my son because of the Bai family, what am I supposed to do for the rest of my life?!"
"The Bai family ruined your son, go find the Bai family! Why are you dragging my Aci into this mess!"
Zhang Wulai's mother said confidently, "The Bai family is big and powerful, how could I beat them! If you can save my son, my life will be secure for the rest of my days."
"My later years are ruined, isn't it all because of you two heartless women who refused to help me when I was dying?!"
She lay down on the ground, letting her grandmother hit her with a feather duster.
"Go ahead and hit me! Kill me if you want! If you can't kill me, cripple me, then you two heartless women will have to take care of me for the rest of your lives!"
Her nonchalant attitude made Grandma so angry that she felt dizzy.
Chu Ci, who was inside the house, never expected that Zhang Wulai's mother would be even more shameless than her son.
Worried that her grandmother might be angered by the shameless mother and son, she quickly pushed open the door and went out.
When she saw Chu Ci come out, Zhang Wulai's mother's eyes lit up. She finally found an excuse and started rolling around on the ground.
"Everyone, come quick! These two heartless women are abandoning my son and trying to kill him!"
Her voice traveled through the open door and echoed in the corridor for a long time.
He Lihua and her neighbors had never seen such a scoundrel before; they were both curious and infuriated.
"They've already said it's incurable, so you should go to the hospital!"
"That's right, they're just consulting spirits, not becoming immortals. You have to go to the hospital to get treatment!"
"Is this person about to die, and you're here to extort money from him?"
Upon hearing someone say that she was trying to extort money, Zhang Wulai's mother rolled over and stood up.
"Who's trying to scam me! Who's about to die! You old hag, watch your mouth! I have connections in the White Tiger Gang, or I'll have you beaten to death!"
The person she was threatening was an old lady.
The old lady was so angry that her cheeks trembled, not expecting that Zhang the scoundrel's mother would dare to threaten people so openly.
"You...you...you scoundrel!"
Zhang Wulai's mother was already immune to those two words.
She rolled up her sleeves. "You old hag, say it again, what did you say to me?"
Chu Ci quickly stepped in front of the old lady, staring sternly at Zhang Wulai's mother.
"You'd better stop now. If you dare to lay a hand on me, I won't be polite."
"polite?"
Zhang Wulai's mother adopted a fighting stance and reached out to pull Chu Ci's hair.
"You dare touch me! If you dare hit me, I won't get up. I'm going to stick to you all today!"
She shouted loudly, and just as she reached out her hand, everything went blurry before her eyes.
Before he could react, Chu Ci pinned him to the ground.
Her face was pressed tightly against the cold ground, and her arms ached from being pressed down.
"The owner of the incense shop here is going to kill someone!"
Chu Ci pressed down on Zhang Wulai's mother, who was struggling incessantly, and finally understood why her grandmother wouldn't let her out.
These kinds of scoundrels are the most difficult to deal with; they are completely unreasonable and can turn black into white.
And once it sticks, it's like chewing gum, impossible to shake off.
Her back teeth were grinding together, making a grinding sound. "Are you going to walk by yourself, or should I throw you down?"
Zhang the Scoundrel's mother: "I'll hang myself at your doorstep!"
She cried loudly and miserably: "Does Granny Guo think she'll hang herself? I will hang myself too! I'll hang myself at your doorstep tomorrow, and I'll haunt you two heartless old women even as a ghost!"
Chu Ci, unable to bear it any longer, dragged her into the elevator.
Zhang Wulai's mother shouted and yelled, and the elevator doors opened quickly, but several people rushed out.
The newspaper vendor, Liang, was holding his son, and his wife was on the verge of tears.
"Master, help! My son is being haunted!"
Chu Ci then realized that the elevator was covered in blood.
Even so, the newspaper reported that his son's eyes rolled back and he kept banging his head against the elevator.
Behind him, a daughter in a white dress was so anxious she wanted to cry.
However, her brows were bruised, and she didn't look like a living person at all.
"Carry him inside first."
Chu Ci quickly directed the people in the elevator.
"No way!" Zhang Wulai's mother blocked the doorway. "Why should they be shown first? We were here first, so we should be shown first!"
Grandma: "I already said I can't see him, you should take your son to the hospital right away!"
"He can watch even with his head smashed like that, so why can't my son watch?"
Zhang Wulai's mother was lying at the doorway, and she started acting like a scoundrel again.
"You're bullying us, a widow and her child! If you don't show me first, no one's getting in the door!"
The newspaper's author, Liang Qi, said: "Everyone tells you to go to the hospital, so just go! Master Chu is a good person, how could he possibly lie to you!"
"Why not!" Zhang Wulai's mother lay motionless. "Anyway, until my son is cured, none of you are allowed in!"
The newspapers, seeing her acting like a scoundrel, didn't tolerate her at all.
"You're not leaving, are you? Fine, I'll send you!"
He gestured behind him, and the people who came with him immediately lifted Zhang Wulai's mother up and carried her into the elevator.
Grandma was delighted and pointed to Zhang Wulai lying on the ground: "There's another one here!"
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