Chapter 99 — The Car Accident Commotion
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"Enough! Huiru, have you made enough of a scene? You know perfectly well what happened here. You were the one who forgot to bring my father's medicine, and now you're shifting the blame onto someone else!" The middle-aged man gave a cold snort, as though he had long since had his fill of his wife.
"Fine! I've been a daughter-in-law to your Liu family for all these years, and this is how you treat me!" A vicious light flashed in Huiru's eyes, and she reached out to claw at Wang Xinyan's face. "You've taken a fancy to this little slut, have you? I'll tear her face to shreds and see whether your heart aches!"
"Smack!" A hand closed tightly around Huiru's wrist, pinning her fast so that she could not move an inch.
"Who? Who's holding me?" Startled, Huiru turned to look at whoever had seized her.
"If she really did hit someone, she'll answer for it." Wei Zhao gave the woman called Huiru a cold glance. From her behavior and her earlier words, it was plain that her background was no ordinary one. She went about things with a recklessness that bordered on lawlessness.
Since Wang Xinyan drove a sports car, her family must be well off, and yet this woman showed not the slightest scruple. That alone proved she feared no trouble she might stir up. And her talk of firing the health bureau chief and telephoning the mayor only confirmed it.
Of course, it was also possible she was merely bluffing, hoping to extort a little more money.
"Who are you? Husband, look at this pretty-faced fellow. He dares to meddle, and he even wants to hit your wife! Liu Tianyi, are you going to do anything about it?" Huiru started shouting again.
"That's enough, young man. This is none of your business, so don't get mixed up in it. Let her go. Striking someone carries legal consequences!" Frowning at Huiru's clamor, Liu Tianyi addressed Wei Zhao.
"Striking her? I'm only stopping her from striking someone else." Wei Zhao sneered, though he released the woman called Huiru all the same. When had he ever feared anyone? Still, he was on a mission now, and there was no telling how long he would have to stay in Songshan City, so he did not care to invite trouble.
Liu Tianyi's old face flushed red at Wei Zhao's words, and he shot his wife a fierce glare. This wife of his — he was utterly helpless against her. Back when the Liu family had fallen on hard times, they had formed a marriage alliance with the Zhangs, his wife's family, and only with the Zhangs' aid had the family's fortunes been preserved.
But his wife, leaning on what had happened back then, rode roughshod over him and left him without a shred of a man's dignity. Yet when he thought that she was, after all, the wife of his youth, who had borne him a handsome son and a beautiful daughter, he swallowed it down.
Only in recent years, as he grew older and his vigor in the bedroom failed him, his wife had begun to suspect that he kept a woman on the side. At the slightest rustle of rumor she would weep and wail... leaving Liu Tianyi with no recourse at all. The moment he grew angry with her, she would dredge up the old days, and even go weeping to his father that he had had a change of heart, which galled him beyond measure.
"Are you all right?" Wei Zhao released Huiru and turned to look at Wang Xinyan. The reason he had come over was that Wang Xinyan had helped him on the train. Though Wei Zhao had not needed the help, he still acknowledged the kindness.
"I'm fine..." Wang Xinyan shook her head... Several times she had wanted to take out her phone and call someone, but on second thought she let it go. She had slipped out of the house this time to go shopping in secret. If her parents found out, they would likely scold her to death.
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