Chapter 341: Adding a New Member (Part 2)
“I heard you wanted to see me. What’s the matter?”
Marquis Cheng’an weakly said, “Jing’er, I am your real father. How could you do this to me?”
“You killed my grandfather, my uncle, and forced my mother to her death,” Zhou Wangshu looked at Marquis Cheng’an indifferently. “If you’re hoping to win my favor through our pitiful blood relation, you’ll be disappointed. Since I personally sent you here, there’s no way I’ll rescue you again. Marquis Cheng’an, weren’t you exceedingly arrogant? Your sister-in-law, Chen Fei, was an excuse for buying and selling official positions, for corruption and bribery. Your son is even bloodthirsty, treating the common people like mere grass. You must understand that everything in this world has its retribution.”
“I’m willing to give you everything I have, the title and wealth, in exchange for my life.”
“Your life is not worth that much money,” Zhou Wangshu said indifferently, “Oh, and I’ve come to see you not out of any soft-heartedness, nor out of any charity, but to tell you your precious son, Xia Zhen, has turned into a complete madman. Your second wife, Mrs. Tang, is locked in Xia Zhen’s room, and the two must fight for a share of food every day to survive. Tell me, who do you think will live longer, your second wife Mrs. Tang, or your mad son?”
“As for you, you won’t die so soon, because I won’t let you die that easily.”
Marquis Cheng’an saw Zhou Wangshu’s refusal to relent, not even willing to feign the pretense of a caring father.
“I should never have softened back then and left you, this disaster. If I had dealt with you and your mother together, there wouldn’t be any of this trouble now. You are ultimately a bastard of the Zhou Family, always siding with them, never considering your Xia surname. I truly regret recognizing you again. I’d rather have no heirs to inherit the title than bring back this ingrate.”
The nearby Prison Officer couldn’t stand it any longer and asked Zhou Wangshu, “Sir, should we pull out his tongue?”
“No need,” Zhou Wangshu said indifferently, “If you pull out his tongue, you won’t hear his lovely pleas for mercy. From today on, use one form of torture on him daily, until he’s experienced every torture here, then have a doctor bandage his wounds. Do you understand my meaning?”
The Prison Officer isn’t foolish; how could he not understand the meaning?
From the conversation just now, it can be known that Marquis Cheng’an caused the death of his first wife and conspired against her maternal family. Now, Zhou Wangshu’s return to the Capital City is precisely to avenge this family.
Zhou Wangshu left the dungeon.
He stood at the gate of the dungeon, listening to the screams from inside.
Those were the screams of Marquis Cheng’an.
This feeling of someone holding your life and death in their hands, it must be unbearable.
Zhou Wangshu returned from the government office to Cheng’an Hou Mansion. As soon as he returned to the mansion, he saw Su Yaoguang moving things.
“Madam, what is this…”
Seeing him return, Su Yaoguang said, “Mother is now pregnant, second aunt, third aunt, and Jing’er have moved to General Mansion. We don’t have any obstacles or matters here, so I also want to move back to General Mansion.”
“Alright, let’s move back together,” Zhou Wangshu had no objections, “After all, I am your live-in son-in-law, wherever Madam wants to go, I follow.”
Su Yaoguang sensed his unusual mood, stopped what she was doing, and walked over to embrace him.
“Are you feeling unwell?”
Zhou Wangshu leaned on her shoulder, saying bitterly, “For years, I always thought about returning to the Capital for revenge. At first, those years, I thought this revenge was hard to achieve, and to avoid implicating you all, once I found a good opportunity, I would secretly leave, in case I committed a crime of beheading that would implicate you too.”
“Why did you change your mind later?”
“I couldn’t bear to leave.” Zhou Wangshu pinched her cheeks, “I haven’t left yet, and you go around telling people we are a fake couple, and divorce is destined. Those hungry wolves are constantly eyeing you, and once I leave, I’m afraid you’ll be eaten by them. I thought about it, the revenge must be exacted, but it’s not necessary to use an extreme method for revenge.”
There are thousands of ways to exact revenge in this world. Some harm the enemy a thousand while being harmed eight hundred yourself. Some are like boiling frogs in warm water, at first not feeling much, but over time, the frog will also be boiled to death. He wants to retreat entirely and must use the warm water boil.
“Back then, Cheng’an Hou Mansion seemed incomparably towering in my eyes. It was like a mountain, pressing down on me so hard I couldn’t breathe. Later, with you by my side, we traversed many challenges together. I watched you rescue people from dire straits repeatedly, and then I thought, with a little woman like you able to accomplish such things, what am I afraid to do?”