Nanny Wu was shattered by Liu Renzhi’s coldness. She rolled on the ground, wailing:
“What do you mean, your mother-in-law? Did I agree to that? Liu Renzhi, did I agree to her being your mother-in-law?
“You cross the bridge and burn it, you’re ungrateful—you’re nothing but a wolf, a wolf.
“Liu Renzhi, I’m telling you, you must give me ten million, or I’ll haunt you forever.
“Let’s see how you get married, let’s see how you live the happy life you want.”
Ha!
“Haunt me?”
Liu Renzhi made a phone call:
“Get this old hag out of here. I never want to see her again.”
A minute later, a few security guards tossed Nanny Wu outside the hospital gates.
From inside the window, Liu Renzhi watched her stamp her feet and slap her hands as she cursed.
He reflected:
“Wanyi, have I been too good to them? Should I have kept more distance?”
Lin Wanyi leaned against his back:
“It’s not your fault. They’re the ones who don’t know their limits, who have no boundaries.”
Liu Renzhi stared silently into the distance, his mind made up.
He would drive both Nanny Wu and Zhou Chenyu out of City A. Otherwise, they would never stop causing trouble.
They would definitely come after Lin Wanyi again.
That was something he couldn’t allow and wouldn’t tolerate.
Zhou Chenyu had been in the hospital for two days, but before her wounds had even scabbed over, the hospital told them to leave.
Nanny Wu refused:
“She hasn’t even healed yet! Her wounds haven’t scabbed, how can you kick her out?
“This could leave scars. She’s a girl—how can she let herself have scars?
“No, she has to stay until she’s completely better.”
The hospital paid no attention. A few security guards quickly tossed them out the main entrance.
Zhou Chenyu wept and screamed:
“I can’t leave. Mom, my face isn’t ready yet.
“If this hospital won’t take me, let’s go to another one.”
She and Nanny Wu went to many hospitals, but every single one refused to treat her.
Even the shady beauty clinics, which only chased dirty money, turned her away.
She collapsed by the roadside, sobbing:
“Mom, is it Lin Wanyi? Is she trying to destroy us completely?
“We have no house now, barely any money left. What are we going to do? What the hell are we going to do?”
How was Nanny Wu supposed to know?
For decades, she had poured all her energy into Liu Renzhi.
She thought that if she controlled him, everything else would be under her thumb.
So she had no idea what to do now. She was completely helpless.
Zhou Chenyu flipped open her new phone. She knew a lot of wealthy socialites and rich heirs.
Before, they had always included her in everything.
But now, whenever she called, no one answered or they hung up the moment they heard her voice.
Only Meng Xi said to her:
“Zhou Chenyu, just quit it. Liu Renzhi has warned all of us second-generation heirs: anyone who associates with you will lose all business dealings with him.
“No one is going to talk to you anymore, Zhou Chenyu. Go back to being what you are—a maid’s daughter.”
“No!”
Zhou Chenyu held her head and shrieked.
“I am not a maid’s daughter! I am a young lady, a young lady of the Liu family.
“I am not a servant’s kid, I am not!”
Nanny Wu tried to hold her and comfort her, but Zhou Chenyu slapped her hard:
“You useless old hag! It’s all your fault. Why are you a maid?
“Why aren’t you a rich wife? Why did you have to give birth to me in a servant’s home?
“I don’t want to be a maid’s daughter! I don’t want to be looked down on like a lowly servant!
“It’s you—everything is because of you, you useless old thing. You are not my mother!”
Nanny Wu’s old face was streaked with tears, but she still tried to soothe Zhou Chenyu:
“It’s Mom’s fault. It’s all because I’m useless.
“But now, Mom has no more options. Liu Renzhi’s heart is too hard.
“Xiaoyu, come back to the countryside with Mom. Let’s go back and recover first.
“All the money Liu Renzhi paid me over all these years—I never spent a single cent. I saved it all. It’s enough for us to live on for a while.
“Come home with Mom. We’ll plan ahead, and if we have to, find a decent guy to marry you. Mom’s money will be enough for you two to live peacefully in our old county town.”
But how could Zhou Chenyu ever go back to the countryside?
When they had made threats to Liu Renzhi earlier, it was only an act—playing it up to pressure him.
She had never actually intended to go back. In her heart, the Liu villa was her true home.
That was her only home.
She was a young lady of the Liu family. Go back to being a village girl?
Impossible. Never.
She could only be a wealthy heiress, only a rich man’s wife.
She ran wildly through the streets.
She had no idea where she was going—anywhere but the countryside.
If she went back, she would die. She was sure of it.
She ran, and Nanny Wu chased behind her.
No one knows how long she ran—until Nanny Wu was about to collapse. Just then, a car pulled up in front of them.
Huang Chunlian spoke coldly:
“Get in.”
She arranged for them to stay in a small, one-bedroom apartment.
Nanny Wu asked:
“Madam, are you going to help us?”
Huang Chunlian glanced at her:
“From today on, you stay here and keep your heads down. Don’t go out, or if Liu Renzhi catches you, I’m not responsible.
“I’ll come when I need you. Got it?”
Nanny Wu nodded rapidly. She knew Huang Chunlian wanted to use them, but right now she had no other choice.
If she wanted to stay in City A, she had to listen to Huang Chunlian.
After all, she was Liu Renzhi’s biological mother.
As Huang Chunlian left, she threw a glare at Zhou Chenyu:
“Don’t even think about my son. He’s going to marry Liu Siyue, not a maid’s daughter like you.”
After Huang Chunlian left, Zhou Chenyu felt even worse.
“Liu Renzhi turned down a divorced woman with a child for me, and chose her instead. Even Chen Siming fancied that slut Liu Siyue over me.
“What’s wrong with me? Mom, what is it that I lack compared to them?
“Is it my figure? My education? But I outshine them in everything. When I really think about it, it’s my status—it’s the fact that I’m a maid’s daughter.”
She couldn’t accept it. She simply couldn’t.
And neither could Wang Hao.
His entire body had been torn up by glass shards.
The doctors spent five hours picking the splinters out of him.
He barely had an inch of unbroken skin, short of the area covered by his shorts.
He hissed in pain.
Then he opened his phone, only to be flooded with news of Lin Wanyi and Liu Renzhi’s impending wedding.
At the photo of Lin Wanyi’s radiant smile, rage boiled up inside him.
He had thought that partnering with Zhou Chenyu would strike a fatal blow against Lin Wanyi—at least bury a thorn deep in Liu Renzhi’s heart.
But instead, they had announced their engagement.
They had received even more blessings.
He couldn’t understand Liu Renzhi’s mindset.
He racked his brain, but overheard the patient on the bed beside him gossiping:
“Honey, did you see the news? The richest billionaire is getting married—and his bride is a woman who’s been divorced.
“How amazing must she be to marry into such a rich family as a single mother? It’s so enviable.”
Her husband smiled as he handed her a glass of water:
“The rich must have their reasons. Why are you jealous? Aren’t I good enough for you?”
The woman giggled:
“Haha, is it a crime to envy for a second? I wonder if her ex-husband is kicking himself now?”
"She married him from so far away, but he doesn't appreciate it and even resorts to domestic violence? And he gets his whole family in on it too.
"You really think she can't live without him? Ha, he's probably hiding at home crying right now."
The man chimed in as well:
"He must be full of regret now. After all, she married him from far away—she must have loved him.
"But now it's too late to regret it. Serves him right!"
