At this moment, Jian Xiu didn’t make things difficult for him any longer.

She reached out her right hand, using her index and middle fingers to lightly pinch the receipt from his grasp before slowly withdrawing it.

Her deliberate and unhurried manner left Scarface completely stunned.

If someone like her was just an ordinary village woman, then that would truly be extraordinary.

But of course, he only dared to think this in his mind. At this moment, he didn’t even dare to breathe too loudly, let alone speak.

Jian Xiu opened the receipt right in front of Scarface. After confirming the contents, she walked over to Jian Ming and handed it to him.

“Big Brother, take a look and see if this is the one. If it is, burn it.”

Jian Ming had just barely processed the series of actions Jian Xiu had performed.

Hearing her words, his trembling hands reached out to take the slip. He wasn’t literate enough to read much, but he recognized his own handwriting on it—each stroke carefully marked by himself.

“Yes! This is the one! This is the one!”

“Good. Then, Big Brother, burn it.”

Hearing their exchange, Scarface let out a sigh of relief.

At this point, he didn’t dare to ask for anything else—he just wanted this terrifying woman to spare his life.

Forget about the twelve taels of silver, he’d be willing to pay even more if necessary.

They called him a desperado, but in the end, he was still afraid of death.

Very soon, the men brought Fenjie back.

However, the moment Jian Xiu saw her, her face darkened.

Not because of anything else, but because of the visible handprint on Sister Fen’s cheek.

There was no need to ask—someone had clearly slapped her.

“Mother! Mother! I’m back! I was so scared earlier… sob… sob…”

As soon as she saw Qian Hongmei, Fenjie rushed into her arms, clearly shaken to the core.

“Fen’er, what happened to your face? Does it hurt? Who hit you? Let me see…” Qian Hongmei held her daughter tightly, her voice full of distress.

Scarface instinctively glanced at Jian Xiu upon hearing Qian Hongmei’s words.

That one look nearly scared him out of his wits.

After all these rounds, just from her expression alone, he knew that Jian Xiu was furious.

Her face was so cold it could freeze the air around her—if this wasn’t anger, then what was?

“Did you hit her?” Jian Xiu asked coldly.

“N-No! No, Lady Warrior, it wasn’t me! It wasn’t me! Please spare me…”

“Then tell me, who did?” Jian Xiu pressed on. “If you tell me, maybe I’ll spare your life.”

“It… It was him… Yes! Him!” Scarface hastily pointed at one of his subordinates.

Following his gaze, Jian Xiu turned her attention to the man in question.

“B-Boss, I…”

“Shut up! If it wasn’t you, then who was it?” Scarface cut him off before he could explain.

Jian Xiu understood immediately.

She let out a cold chuckle and said, “The girl is injured, and the house is destroyed. You claim your subordinate did it, but as the leader, shouldn’t you be held responsible?”

She deliberately sighed as if troubled.

“You can’t say I didn’t give you a chance. I, Jian Xiu, am a fair person. Since your men were the ones who acted, that means you failed to discipline them. And the debt was clearly repaid, yet you still took someone’s daughter and even beat her—this is not easy to let go.”

As she spoke, Jian Xiu slowly stepped closer to Scarface.

Seeing this, not only was Scarface trembling uncontrollably, but even his three subordinates were scared out of their wits.

“Lady Warrior! I’ll pay! I’ll pay for everything! Just name your price, and I’ll make sure to—mmph—”

Smack! Smack! Smack!

Before he could finish, Jian Xiu’s hand had already struck his face three times, sending him sprawling to the ground.

Just as he struggled to get up, Jian Xiu pressed her foot against his chest, looking down at him from above.

“Pay? Do you think you can afford it?” she said coldly. “But you’re right about one thing—you do have to pay. But before that, you also have to take this beating. After I’m done, then we’ll discuss compensation.”

She wasn’t the original owner of this body, but she had inherited all of her memories.

Everything the original soul had endured, she could feel just as deeply.

Seeing her family like this, no one could understand the pain in her heart.

These were the people who had loved and protected her since she was a child.

That was why, the moment she saw Scarface, the killing intent had instinctively flashed across her face.

If Zhang Zixuan hadn’t reminded her, there would have been four corpses lying on the ground by now.

At this point, Scarface was truly terrified.

He never expected to run into such a formidable opponent today.

And he certainly never imagined that one day, he’d be stepped on so humiliatingly by a woman.

He tried to muster some strength to get up, but as soon as he moved even slightly, the pressure from Jian Xiu’s foot increased, pinning him down harder.

“Lady Warrior, I will pay! Please tell me how much! As long as it’s within my power, I will do anything to make it up to you!”

Hearing this, Jian Xiu merely curled her lips into a cold smirk.

She then turned to Qian Hongmei and asked, “Sister-in-law, it’s time for us to settle the score.”

“Huh? What… What do you mean?” Qian Hongmei stammered.

Jian Xiu: “…”

Her expression instantly revealed her frustration—How could someone be this clueless?

Seeing this, Zhang Zixuan stepped in to explain.

“I believe Xiu’er is asking you to calculate how many times they’ve come to harass you over the years.”

“Huh? They come once or twice every month. Lately, it’s been twice.” Qian Hongmei answered without hesitation.

Hearing this, Jian Xiu nodded knowingly before turning back to Scarface.

“Five years. Almost five full years. That means, on average, you’ve come to harass them every single month. And every time, you’ve treated them the same way you did today, right?”

“L-Lady Warrior, no, we didn’t… we wouldn’t dare…”

“I don’t care what you claim. I say you did, so you did.” Jian Xiu cut him off sharply.

She then crossed her arms and looked at Scarface with a calculating gaze.

“Just like today, you’ve smashed everything in their home. You heard earlier—there isn’t even a single chair left to sit on. That needs to be compensated, right?”

“Yes, yes! I’ll pay for it!”

“My parents, my brother, and my sister-in-law are all injured. They’ll need to see a doctor and get medicine. You’ll cover that too, won’t you?”

“Yes! Of course! I’ll pay for everything!”

“In that case, shouldn’t we properly calculate just how much silver has been lost over these years?”