No one listened to Wang Hao. No one would let him out. They all blocked his way, holding him back.
His anger turned into a wild frenzy:
“Get lost! All of you, get lost! Every single one of you, get out of my sight!
“If you don’t leave now, I’ll kill you, do you hear me? All of you, get out!”
Wang Hao completely lost it. Not far away, Lin Jiajun stubbed out his cigarette, smirked, and walked away.
He still had places to go. He needed to find Zhou Chenyu.
Zhou Chenyu was still groggy, barely awake, when she heard loudspeakers blaring outside:
“Oh, how times have changed! The maid’s daughter thinks she can run the house now, and on top of that, she’s spreading lies and slandering a proper wife.
“I’ve never seen anyone so shameless—until today.
“Sisters, this bitch used us as pawns online. Should we let her off easy?”
“No way! We’ll never let a thief crying ‘stop thief’ like her off!”
“She’s inside. Let’s break in together!”
Heavy kicks pounded against the front door, making it boom.
Chen Siming was the first to snap out of it. He grabbed Zhou Chenyu by the hair and roared:
“Zhou Chenyu! Look at the mess you’ve made! Get up, now! Get up!
“Get these people out of here, do it now!”
Zhou Chenyu’s scalp stung from being pulled. Finally, she understood.
She heard what the crowd outside was screaming—it was all about her.
She couldn’t comprehend it: “Why are they cursing me? I didn’t do anything wrong. Why are they cursing me?
“What’s happening? Shouldn’t they be throwing eggs at Lin Wanyi? Shouldn’t they be cursing her?
“Why are they all coming after me?”
Chen Siming opened his phone and shoved it at her:
“You’re asking me why? Look for yourself! See for yourself what ‘why’ means!
“Everything online is about you now. All of Lin Wanyi’s stuff has been taken down, except her official announcement with Liu Renzhi.
“Zhou Chenyu, take a good look.”
Panicked, Zhou Chenyu grabbed the phone. When she saw the wedding date Liu Renzhi and Lin Wanyi had officially announced, her legs gave way:
“No, this can’t be. How can Renzhi still marry her after all this?
“Why? What does she have that I don’t?
“I won’t accept it! I just won’t!”
“I don’t give a damn if you accept it or not!”
Chen Siming threw her clothes at her:
“Get the hell out of here. Don’t stay in my place any longer. Take all that garbage you brought with you.”
Zhou Chenyu clutched the clothes but didn’t dare leave.
The people outside were irrational. If she walked out now, they’d curse her to death.
She wouldn’t go.
She begged Chen Siming:
“Let me stay here, please. Let me wait until they’re gone. I can’t go out now—I absolutely can’t.”
“Get lost!”
Chen Siming showed her no mercy:
“Do you think I want them raising hell at my door? This has nothing to do with me. Don’t drag me into it.”
As he spoke, he opened the door and shoved her outside.
He wasn’t acting without thought. He’d seriously considered Huang Chunlian’s suggestion—marrying Liu Siyue.
That would bring him nothing but benefits.
Liu Siyue was beautiful and came from a good family, especially as Liu Renzhi’s precious darling.
Marrying her meant marrying into the endless wealth of the Liu family.
So now, he absolutely couldn’t shelter Zhou Chenyu. He had to cut ties as fast as possible.
He didn’t fully understand how those people had tracked Zhou Chenyu to his place, but he had no time to think about it.
His only thought was: don’t let Zhou Chenyu drag him down.
Zhou Chenyu stood at the doorway, disheveled and pathetic.
The crowd swallowed her instantly.
Someone yelled loudly:
“Hit her! Beat this bitch to death! This venomous liar!”
“Beat this ungrateful dog! Hit her! Kill her!”
Fists rained down on Zhou Chenyu. She couldn’t see who was hitting her—there were too many people.
She could only keep pleading:
“You’ve got it wrong! It’s not what you think! It really isn’t!
“Stop, please! Have mercy! You’re going to kill me!
“I’m the victim! I’m the one being bullied! How can you hit me?
“Someone’s dying! Someone help me, please!”
Her cries for help drowned in the crowd. Soon, photos of her and Chen Siming appeared online.
People also dug up that she had come out of Chen Siming’s house.
Huang Chunlian was furious when she saw the trending topic.
She immediately called Chen Siming:
“When did you get tangled up with her? Siming, didn’t I tell you to be careful lately?
“What will the Liu family think when they see this? Liu Renzhi treats Liu Siyue like a treasure. If he finds out you’re mixed up with Zhou Chenyu, will he still let Liu Siyue marry you?
“You’re such a headache! Couldn’t you have picked anyone else to fool around with? Why that little slut?”
Chen Siming had no idea those people would find him here.
He’d only thought of Zhou Chenyu as a cheap fling who threw herself at him—nothing more.
Now he regretted it like crazy.
But he was even more afraid to go out. Even though he could hear Zhou Chenyu’s cries and pleas for help, he still didn’t dare step outside.
Ten minutes later, the crowd surrounding Zhou Chenyu suddenly scattered like running water.
In just a minute or two, hundreds of people disappeared—all of them, gone.
Zhou Chenyu struggled to lift her swollen, reddened eyes. She saw Lin Jiajun not far away, waving at her.
She understood. Everything clicked.
It was Lin Wanyi’s doing. It was all planned by the Lin family.
Lin Jiajun had brought those people.
She had been set up by Lin Wanyi.
She tried to muster the strength to confront Lin Jiajun, but as soon as she took a step, she collapsed heavily to the ground.
She had no strength left—none at all.
She wanted to call 120, but her phone had been smashed to pieces by the crowd.
In pain, she crawled to the door and knocked:
“Siming, help me, please…
“Call an ambulance for me… I beg you… It hurts so much… My whole body hurts…
“Please, just open the door…”
Chen Siming was so furious with her that he wouldn’t lift a finger.
Just before she passed out, Nanny Wu appeared.
She had seen Zhou Chenyu on a live stream on her phone.
Seeing her battered and bruised face, Nanny Wu wailed heartbrokenly:
“Xiao Yu! Xiao Yu! My daughter! Who did this to you?
“Tell me who, and I’ll sue them! I’ll make sure they pay!
“Tell me, who was it?”
As Zhou Chenyu lost consciousness, she pointed toward Lin Jiajun in the distance and managed three final words:
“Lin… Wan… yi…”
An ambulance took Zhou Chenyu to the hospital.
Her entire body was covered in bruises—every inch of her beaten black and blue, yet somehow none of the injuries were life-threatening.
Nanny Wu wept bitterly by her bedside:
“Xiao Yu, you’re my only child. I won’t let them get away with this.
“I’ll make them answer for what they did. I’ll drag Lin Wanyi here to apologize to you.
“I won’t let them off easy!”
She left Zhou Chenyu in the nurse’s care and walked out of the hospital.
This was the Second Hospital. She was going to the First Hospital.
She was going to confront Liu Renzhi. She would ask him why he treated her only daughter this way.
Was her daughter supposed to be inferior to Lin Wanyi?
Why?
