1876

With the scandal at Pine Garden Villa, some people were certainly not going to sleep well that night. Yun Yuanfeng was so worried about his future that he couldn’t sleep a wink. The entire Wang family had come knocking for an intervention, and more than a dozen uncles and brothers of Mrs. Wang’s family forced Wang Qingpeng to write a letter of guarantee overnight.

Not long after the operation at the hospital, Lin Shuhua woke up. When she heard that she had lost the baby and her uterus and would never have children again, she smashed everything in the ward hysterically.

It was her eldest sister-in-law who went to take care of Lin Shuhua. She had always despised women who became mistresses, and now, not only did Lin Shuhua not make a single penny, but she had also destroyed herself. It seemed karma had a way of coming back to you after all.

Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi brought over the Xiao family doctor, whom Xiao Jinglin had placed in the hospital. After Xiaoqi escorted Lin Shuhua’s eldest sister-in-law away, Xiaoliu and the doctor entered the ward. Lin Shuhua looked at the doctor, and the strange man in front of her as resentment and despair filled her eyes. She had just finished trashing the ward and was utterly exhausted.

“Since you’re done venting out your frustrations, perhaps you’d like to listen to what we have to say next.”

Xiaoliu told Lin Shuhua about their arrangements for her. “You cheated on Yun Yuanfeng and made a complete fool out of him. You should be lucky he didn’t kill you. Not to mention, you also offended Mrs. Wang’s side of the family. The Yang family is wealthier and more powerful in Jingdu than the Lins. You should know that we just received word from the Yang family that Wang Qingpeng has written a guarantee letter. If he ever sees you hanging around Jingdu again, he will come for you and break your legs. You don’t need to question the Yang family’s capabilities. Anyone in their family who dabbles in the dark side can easily find someone to kill you, and no one in your Lin family will dare to beg forgiveness on your behalf. What’s more, all your relatives are pegging their livelihoods on Yun Yuanfeng’s good name, so they certainly won’t dare offend him for your sake.”

It was because she knew all this that Lin Shuhua was infuriated. She hated him with all her guts! She had shot herself in the foot and brought this upon herself! She did not doubt that Mrs. Wang hated her for what she had done, and there was no way that worthless Wang Qingpeng—who knew only how to sponge off others—would risk offending Mrs. Wang’s family for her sake! That aside, she certainly had no faith that her so-called relatives would stand up for her. From the time she entered the hospital for surgery until now, only her eldest sister-in-law had visited her, while all the other relatives who had begged her for help in the past were nowhere in sight!

“There’s no way I’ll stand for this! Yun Yuanfeng did this to me. He has to pay for what he’s done!”

Thinking that she would never be able to have children of her own again, her overwhelming hatred made her breathless.

“I think you haven’t clarified the situation yet. If this child did belong to Yun Yuanfeng, you could ask him to make amends. However, it’s a pity that you used him first. Yun Yuanfeng has spent a lot of money on you recently. With all that money spent, he can sue you for fraud since he was a victim in the first place. Even if you file a lawsuit, you can’t win against him with his status. And if you involve Wang Qingpeng in all of this, you will only be left at a dead end.”

“Then, what do you expect me to do now?”

Lin Shuhua looked wearily at the man standing in front of the window, with his back toward her. She could hardly see what he looked like with a baseball cap hanging low and sunglasses on his face. He was right. She couldn’t fight against the rich and powerful, but she couldn’t swallow the raging anger boiling inside her either.

“You leave Jingdu and never come back!”

Xiaoliu nodded to the doctor. Then, swiftly, the doctor took out a sleep-inducing sedative from the medicine box he had brought with him and injected it directly into Lin Shuhua’s arm.

“What are you doing…” Before she realized it, she had already lost consciousness.

The doctor put away the needle and snorted softly. “Only you have the patience to say all that nonsense to her. We could have just given her the injection right away and gotten rid of her!”

“It can’t be helped. Our young miss is a kind soul. She doesn’t want to kill her and get her hands dirty. Why else did you think we needed to put this act together? People like them may seem unremarkable, but sometimes the unremarkable sand can still hurt your feet. This is the best way to stop her from ever coming back.”

With the scandal at Pine Garden Villa, some people were certainly not going to sleep well that night. Yun Yuanfeng was so worried about his future that he couldn’t sleep a wink. The entire Wang family had come knocking for an intervention, and more than a dozen uncles and brothers of Mrs. Wang’s family forced Wang Qingpeng to write a letter of guarantee overnight.

Not long after the operation at the hospital, Lin Shuhua woke up. When she heard that she had lost the baby and her uterus and would never have children again, she smashed everything in the ward hysterically.

It was her eldest sister-in-law who went to take care of Lin Shuhua. She had always despised women who became mistresses, and now, not only did Lin Shuhua not make a single penny, but she had also destroyed herself. It seemed karma had a way of coming back to you after all.

Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi brought over the Xiao family doctor, whom Xiao Jinglin had placed in the hospital. After Xiaoqi escorted Lin Shuhua’s eldest sister-in-law away, Xiaoliu and the doctor entered the ward. Lin Shuhua looked at the doctor, and the strange man in front of her as resentment and despair filled her eyes. She had just finished trashing the ward and was utterly exhausted.

“Since you’re done venting out your frustrations, perhaps you’d like to listen to what we have to say next.”

Xiaoliu told Lin Shuhua about their arrangements for her. “You cheated on Yun Yuanfeng and made a complete fool out of him. You should be lucky he didn’t kill you. Not to mention, you also offended Mrs. Wang’s side of the family. The Yang family is wealthier and more powerful in Jingdu than the Lins. You should know that we just received word from the Yang family that Wang Qingpeng has written a guarantee letter. If he ever sees you hanging around Jingdu again, he will come for you and break your legs. You don’t need to question the Yang family’s capabilities. Anyone in their family who dabbles in the dark side can easily find someone to kill you, and no one in your Lin family will dare to beg forgiveness on your behalf. What’s more, all your relatives are pegging their livelihoods on Yun Yuanfeng’s good name, so they certainly won’t dare offend him for your sake.”

It was because she knew all this that Lin Shuhua was infuriated. She hated him with all her guts! She had shot herself in the foot and brought this upon herself! She did not doubt that Mrs. Wang hated her for what she had done, and there was no way that worthless Wang Qingpeng—who knew only how to sponge off others—would risk offending Mrs. Wang’s family for her sake! That aside, she certainly had no faith that her so-called relatives would stand up for her. From the time she entered the hospital for surgery until now, only her eldest sister-in-law had visited her, while all the other relatives who had begged her for help in the past were nowhere in sight!

“There’s no way I’ll stand for this! Yun Yuanfeng did this to me. He has to pay for what he’s done!”

Thinking that she would never be able to have children of her own again, her overwhelming hatred made her breathless.

“I think you haven’t clarified the situation yet. If this child did belong to Yun Yuanfeng, you could ask him to make amends. However, it’s a pity that you used him first. Yun Yuanfeng has spent a lot of money on you recently. With all that money spent, he can sue you for fraud since he was a victim in the first place. Even if you file a lawsuit, you can’t win against him with his status. And if you involve Wang Qingpeng in all of this, you will only be left at a dead end.”

“Then, what do you expect me to do now?”

Lin Shuhua looked wearily at the man standing in front of the window, with his back toward her. She could hardly see what he looked like with a baseball cap hanging low and sunglasses on his face. He was right. She couldn’t fight against the rich and powerful, but she couldn’t swallow the raging anger boiling inside her either.

“You leave Jingdu and never come back!”

Xiaoliu nodded to the doctor. Then, swiftly, the doctor took out a sleep-inducing sedative from the medicine box he had brought with him and injected it directly into Lin Shuhua’s arm.

“What are you doing…” Before she realized it, she had already lost consciousness.

The doctor put away the needle and snorted softly. “Only you have the patience to say all that nonsense to her. We could have just given her the injection right away and gotten rid of her!”

“It can’t be helped. Our young miss is a kind soul. She doesn’t want to kill her and get her hands dirty. Why else did you think we needed to put this act together? People like them may seem unremarkable, but sometimes the unremarkable sand can still hurt your feet. This is the best way to stop her from ever coming back.”