Free Web NovelChapter 439: Chapter 433-434: Getting Beaten 3
With every sentence she spoke, Feng Ling slammed the woman’s head against the ground. Regardless of whether the woman answered, she just kept asking, kept slamming her head.
Gu’er got a clear look. The person whose hair Feng Ling was grabbing and whose head she was slamming into the ground was none other than Zhou Mei. The Zhou Mei of today was thinner and more haggard than before, having lost her former vibrancy. Clearly, life wasn’t treating her well. Her forehead was already bleeding, causing tears of pain to stream down Zhou Mei’s face, but Feng Ling remained unmoved and continued her assault.
"Have you lost your mind? Why would I hit my own cousin? Let go!"
At that moment, the man in front of them also stood up. Gu’er had seen him once before; it was Zhou Mei’s cousin, Zhou Fugui.
So it was the Zhou cousins who had found Feng Ling. And Feng Ling hadn’t brought her down to see Li Zhi at all; the Zhous had arranged for Feng Ling to lure her down here.
’I must have pregnancy brain. How could I have possibly believed Feng Ling?’
From what Feng Ling was saying, it seemed the story was that Gu’er had stolen Sun Jiaming, causing Zhou Mei to lose her child and become unable to conceive again. Feng Ling must have pitied Zhou Mei, so she had listened to the Zhou cousins and brought Gu’er down here for a confrontation, to give them some kind of "explanation."
’I don’t know whether to call Feng Ling stupid or not. If the Zhou cousins just wanted an explanation, they could have gone directly to the Sun Family, or even to me. Why would they need an outsider to secretly lure me down here?’
"I *am* crazy! You clearly told me that Gu’er caused your cousin to miscarry, that she can’t have children anymore! You said her husband beats her every day because of it, that she couldn’t go on living like this and just wanted an explanation from Gu’er! But why did you try to hurt her baby? What did the baby ever do to you? I’ll kill you!"
Feng Ling’s eyes were bloodshot. She attacked Zhou Fugui in a frenzy, her mind completely blank. She hated these two. They had tricked her. They had used her to try and harm Gu’er’s baby, and that was something she could not accept. If something really happened to Gu’er’s child, she would never be able to forgive herself.
"Get off me, you psycho! Don’t get in my way."
Zhou Fugui roughly shoved Feng Ling aside.
Feng Ling was a weak woman; she was no match for Zhou Fugui. He sent her to the ground with a single shove.
She saw Zhou Fugui rushing toward Gu’er, and now she understood the Zhou cousins’ real goal. ’They didn’t want an explanation at all. They want to get rid of the baby in Gu’er’s womb!’
’No! I can’t let him succeed! I can’t let him hurt the baby in Gu’er’s womb! Otherwise, I could never forgive myself, not even in death!’
A look of insane resolve flashed in Feng Ling’s eyes. Heedless of anything else, she threw herself forward, wrapped her arms around Zhou Fugui’s leg, and bit down hard. She bit with all her might, as if channeling every ounce of strength in her body, as if Zhou Fugui were her mortal enemy and she wouldn’t be satisfied until she had torn a chunk of flesh from him.
Zhou Fugui flinched in pain, a vicious glint in his eyes. Any thought of showing mercy because she was a beautiful woman vanished as he kicked out at Feng Ling.
The spot where Zhou Fugui kicked her burned with searing pain. Combined with the earlier collision, it felt like her organs had been rearranged. But she held on tightly to his leg, her teeth clamped down, refusing to let go.
Gu’er could see that Feng Ling was fighting with her life on the line. Some incredible force seemed to be supporting her small, weak body. No matter how much Zhou Fugui hit, kicked, or stomped on her, she wouldn’t let go.
"Help! Someone’s trying to kill us!"
Gu’er shouted through the pain. She had wanted to scream for help earlier, but the pain had been too intense, and then Feng Ling had started attacking Zhou Mei. But she couldn’t stay silent any longer. Her stomach was hurting terribly, and if she didn’t call for help, Zhou Fugui would probably beat Feng Ling half to death.
After Gu’er shouted, she thought she heard someone coming their way. People back then weren’t like they would be later; many were still upright and willing to help when they saw trouble.
When Zhou Fugui saw that people were coming, he couldn’t care about anything else. He had to run, now! But as he tried to flee, Feng Ling refused to let go.
Feng Ling’s eyes were starting to lose focus; she was seriously injured. But she held fast to Zhou Fugui’s leg, driven by a single thought: ’Don’t let go. Don’t let him hurt the baby in Gu’er’s womb.’
Seeing that things were going south, Zhou Mei endured her own pain and tried to pry Feng Ling’s hands off.
Gu’er saw that help hadn’t arrived yet, and she couldn’t stand up to help. She looked around and saw a few broken pieces of brick in a nearby flowerbed. She grabbed them and started throwing them at Zhou Mei and Zhou Fugui.
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Thank you to Dingdingdangdang3 for the peace charm, and congratulations on your safe delivery and healthy baby! Thank you to 876839286 for the monthly pass, and thank you all for your support. There was a heavy snow here today, and I was out in it all day, so I caught a cold. I’m posting two Chapters together, and then I’m off to bed.
