Chapter 7 – An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth

Madam Lin, Wu Guiqin, lunged at her viciously.

Lin Xiaodou was standing right beside the wooden table, which was cluttered with bowls, chopsticks, and plates.

She grabbed a plate and smashed it, hurling the shards toward Madam Lin’s face.

The shattered pieces were like bone-piercing blades, carving a deep gash down her face that laid the bone bare.

In an instant, flesh tore open, and bright red blood gushed out.

“Ahhhh!!!”

Madam Lin let out a heart-wrenching, piercing scream from the pain.

“Wife!”

“Mom!”

Father Lin and Lin Dawei rushed over.

Madam Lin dropped to her knees, both hands clutching her blood-covered face as she wailed and rolled on the ground in agony.

“It hurts… it hurts so much… so much blood… someone help!”

Seeing Madam Lin in such a miserable state, Lin Dawei exploded with rage.

He clenched his fists and swung them toward Lin Xiaodou.

“You ugly freak! You dared to hurt my mother? I’ll beat you to death!!”

But before he could reach her, Lin Xiaodou kicked him flying.

“BANG!!!”

Lin Dawei slammed hard into the wall and bounced off onto the floor, even leaving a dent in the wall.

Lin Xiaodou raised her eyebrows slightly.

She had only used about ten percent of her strength just now, yet the effect was so powerful.

If she went all out, she might bring the whole house down.

“Lin Xiaodou, what are you doing?! Are you insane?!”

Father Lin roared in anger.

He only frowned when Madam Lin was injured.

But seeing Lin Dawei kicked to the ground, he immediately grew anxious.

That was his precious son—no one could harm him.

“That’s right, I am insane, and it’s all because of you!”

Lin Xiaodou sneered coldly, picking up a broom by her foot and walking toward Lin Dawei.

Standing over him, she began to beat him ruthlessly.

Lin Dawei screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

“Stop it! You ugly freak! You crazy bitch!”

Lin Xiaodou ignored him and kept hitting.

Since childhood, Lin Dawei loved using brooms or sticks to beat her.

Every time he hit her, he’d gloat and say he was beating a dog—a drowning dog.

“Well today, I, Lin Xiaodou, will let you truly experience what real dog-beating techniques feel like!”

Her eyes were icy cold, and the broom in her hands moved like lightning, striking Lin Dawei from head to toe.

The strikes were like scraping scales off fish—each blow stung unbearably.

At first, Lin Dawei was still cursing furiously.

But soon the pain overwhelmed him, and he curled up on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.

“You’ve gone mad! You’re really crazy! Stop right now!”

Father Lin couldn’t hold back any longer and rushed to intervene.

He was actually a little afraid of the deranged Lin Xiaodou.

But since she was beating his most precious son, he had to step in.

Before he could get close, Lin Xiaodou kicked him aside.

“Back off! Aren’t you the one who always loved being a bystander? Get back in your corner—I’ll deal with you later!”

In this Lin family, everyone was guilty.

When Madam Lin and Lin Dawei hurled abuse and beat her, Father Lin always stood by coldly, never stepping in to defend her.

He acted benevolent, never raising a hand or voice against her, but he was the most selfish and indifferent of them all.

Just days ago, when she tried to escape and broke her leg, it was because he relentlessly pursued her from behind.

“You… You dare to kick me?!”

Father Lin fell to the floor, his face full of disbelief.

In this household, Lin Xiaodou had always relied on him the most, obeyed everything he said.

He never imagined the obedient daughter would one day strike him!

He’d heard his wife mention how strong this daughter was, but never believed it—until now, when the pain in his ribs forced him to.

“Ahhh! You damned girl! I’ll beat you to death!”

Madam Lin howled and cried on the ground for a while.

Now, she had somewhat recovered, and the bleeding on her face had stopped.

Seeing Lin Xiaodou relentlessly beating Lin Dawei, Lin Mother screamed in fury and rushed over.

Lin Xiaodou swung the broom in her hand backward, striking straight at her.

“Thud!!!”

The broom hit Lin Mother’s shoulder, sending her crashing to the floor.

She stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

If the cut on her face earlier from the shattered plate could still be considered an accident, then now, she was sure—

That timid, submissive daughter had gone mad!

Lin Mother let out a piercing howl and began slapping her thighs, wailing loudly.

“This is karmic punishment! How did I give birth to such a jinx? She actually dared to lay hands on her own mother!”

“Oh heavens, come and see! This crazy daughter is going to beat someone to death!”

The shrill cries grated on Lin Xiaodou’s ears.

She flung the now-unconscious Lin Dawei to the floor like a dead dog.

Then she walked toward Lin Father and struck his legs with the broom.

Earlier, when hitting Lin Dawei, Lin Xiaodou had only used a tiny bit of her strength for fear of killing him.

But this time, she used a little more force on Lin Father.

With one hit, both his legs were broken.

“Hiss! Lin Xiaodou! You really have gone mad!!”

Lin Father broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, his eyes bloodshot as he glared at her.

Even Lin Mother stopped screaming and shrank back in fear.

At last, the world fell silent.

The effect of using fear as a warning was surprisingly effective.

But it still wasn’t enough.

Lin Xiaodou curled her lips into a cold smile and dropped the broom on the floor.

Seeing her movement, Lin Mother’s eyes lit up.

It seemed the mad daughter was finally tired of hitting. She had to run out and call for help.

But just as she thought that, Lin Xiaodou started walking toward her.

Lin Mother’s pupils contracted. She scrambled backward on the floor, shrieking:

“What are you doing?! What are you doing!!”

Lin Xiaodou grabbed her by the hair and dragged her toward the cupboard.

“What am I doing?”

“You got a wound on your face—I’m treating it for you!”

With a cold smile, Lin Xiaodou picked up a bag of salt and poured it onto Lin Mother’s wound.

The white salt landed on the raw, bloody flesh—

It was like fire scorching the heart, like a swarm of ants gnawing at her bones.

“Aaaahhh!!!~~~”

Lin Mother writhed on the ground like a worm thrown into a sea of flames, screaming and twisting in agony.

Watching the horrific scene,

Lin Xiaodou felt nothing but satisfaction.

Back then, the original Xiaodou had her face disfigured by boiling water at the tender age of three.

She had rolled on the ground crying in agony, her scalded face blistered and oozing pus, yet not a single person had come to help.

That tiny little girl had been so helpless and so desperate.

That pot of boiling water—Lin Mother could’ve carried it herself, but she had insisted the original Xiaodou do it. Wasn’t it clear she was deliberately putting her in harm’s way?

“Since you ruined my face back then, I’ll ruin yours too.”

Lin Xiaodou’s gaze was icy.

In her past life, back in the modern world, she had once experienced the warmth of parental love.

But everything ended abruptly when she was twelve.

Her parents died in a car crash, and she was forced into an orphanage.

Overnight, she had to grow up from a naive little girl into someone self-reliant.

The hardships of the orphanage had forged Lin Xiaodou’s cold and unyielding heart.

They also taught her that the only person one could rely on in this world—was oneself.

Only by becoming strong could others not dare to bully you.

Although she wasn’t the original Xiaodou, the memories etched in her mind ran bone-deep—she felt everything as if it were her own.

The only thing she could do—was take revenge!

Lin Mother ruined the original Xiaodou’s face, so she’d let her taste that pain.

Lin Father forced the original Xiaodou to break her leg, so she’d let him feel what it meant to be crippled.

Lin Dawei often beat the original Xiaodou, so she’d let him know what it was like to be the one beaten!

An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth!!