Chapter 35

“You old man, last time, I sent you to the west, this time, I’ll be a good person to the end, and send you on your way again.”

Zhan Hongyan raised the brick, her face contorted, she used all her strength, preparing to deliver a fatal blow, to completely kill the unconscious old woman.

“Zhan Hongyan, stop!” A stern shout rang out. Zhan Hongyan froze for a second, before she could react, she was kicked away. The brick fell with her, landing right next to Grandma Sheng’s feet.

“Close call.” Zhan Xinyue helped Grandma up, quickly feeling her pulse. She knew she was unconscious, which was a slight relief, but she was still apprehensive. She helped the old woman up and carried her to a slightly cleaner spot to lie down.

“Zhan Hongyan, what you said just now is true, last time, Grandma was also killed by you?” Zhan Xinyue walked closer to Zhan Hongyan, stepped on her hand, preventing her from getting up.

A few minutes ago, Zhan Xinyue had woken up from a nightmare. She didn’t know why, but she felt uneasy. She ran to Grandma’s room and saw no one in bed. She went to the toilet, and there was no one there either.

Zhan Xinyue was afraid that something had happened to Grandma, so she quickly went out to search. Fortunately, she had good hearing, and Chang Hong Brigade wasn’t very big. She didn’t take long to hear Zhan Hongyan’s voice, shouting that she had sent Grandma to the west last time, and this time she was going to beat Grandma to death.

“I was just thinking, Grandma’s body was clearly fine, how could she suddenly die? So it was you who did it. Zhan Hongyan, how did you kill Grandma last time?”

The more Zhan Xinyue thought about it, the angrier she got. She pressed down hard on Zhan Hongyan’s fingers, repeatedly grinding them, “Grandma was so good, they were all war heroes. How could you do that?”

“Ouch,” the fingers were connected to the heart, Zhan Hongyan gasped in pain, she didn’t even have the strength to shout loudly.

“You, you really, are, also reborn.” Zhan Hongyan said weakly.

“Don’t talk nonsense, answer me. Last time, what method did you use to kill Grandma?” Zhan Xinyue pressed down harder, this time she didn’t step on her hand, she directly ground Zhan Hongyan’s face.

“I, I poisoned her. Who, who told her not to sleep well, she ran into my room and caught me…” Zhan Hongyan gritted her teeth. Now that she had been caught, she no longer concealed it.

Her heart was now filled with resentment, “Why? Last time, it was me who married Sheng Tunan. He was the man who got a marriage certificate with me. Why did he make me stay home alone? If Sheng Tunan was willing to touch me, would I have cheated?”

“If I hadn’t cheated, the old man wouldn’t have found out, and I wouldn’t have poisoned her, she wouldn’t have died. So, it was the fault of…”

“Watch your mouth.” Zhan Xinyue kicked Zhan Hongyan in the mouth.

Zhan Hongyan howled in pain, she continued to rant, “It’s no use kicking me. The culprit who killed Grandma Sheng is Sheng Tunan. Why did he marry me and then not touch me?”

Zhan Xinyue was speechless, “Did you forget? It was you and your mom who stole my marriage. It was me who was supposed to marry Sheng Tunan. If it weren’t for your greed, seeing that Sheng Tunan became a battalion commander, then you couldn’t wait to marry me off to Li Jian, and you used Grandpa Sheng’s letter to force him to fulfill the old man’s wish, would he have married you?”

“It’s all your own fault!”

“It’s not like that. No matter what, Sheng Tunan married me, he has to take responsibility for me.”

Selfish people never think they are wrong. They think everyone should give their all for them.

“This life, I didn’t marry Sheng Tunan, why did I still get caught by the old, by Grandma Sheng, when I was with the three intellectuals? My reputation is ruined, how can I become a rich wife in the future?”

Zhan Xinyue shook her head helplessly. It was useless to reason with this kind of person. She just said, “Last time, Li Jian was just a decoration. He didn’t have any business acumen, all the wealth was earned by me. This life, even if you successfully marry him, you’ll only suffer with him for the rest of your life.”

Zhan Xinyue had originally thought that Zhan Hongyan would marry Li Jian, letting her and Li Jian, Liu Ru Yan, and those two ungrateful dogs bite each other. But now, she knew that Zhan Hongyan was the culprit who killed Grandma in her previous life. This life, if she hadn’t arrived in time, Grandma would have been killed by Zhan Hongyan. Zhan Xinyue didn’t want to spare her life.

“Zhan Hongyan, you know that murder is punishable by death.” Zhan Xinyue looked down at Zhan Hongyan, her eyes filled with killing intent, like a vengeful demon from hell.

“You can’t kill me. If you kill me, you’ll also be shot.” Zhan Hongyan crawled backwards in despair and fear.

“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely obey the law. Kill you? That would only dirty my hands.” Zhan Xinyue picked up the brick and smiled, “But I can torture you a little first.”

Zhan Xinyue knew medicine, she knew where it hurt to hit someone, but she didn’t want to knock her unconscious. She specifically chose those spots to hit. Zhan Hongyan was beaten until she was worse than death, but she could still clearly feel the pain. She begged on her knees, “Just give me a quick death.”

“You can dream on. If you die like this, everyone will think you’re the victim. I want everyone to know what kind of shameless things you’ve done, and how you tried to kill to silence her.”

“You should know, in 1977, attempted murder is also punishable by death. I want your whole family to be implicated by you, and they’ll never be able to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives.”

In the 1970s, if a family had a death row inmate, they would definitely be ostracized by everyone, and people would even throw dog and cow dung at their house from time to time.

The Zhan family wasn’t a good bunch. Zhan Xinyue wanted them to live, but they would only live a miserable life, they would never have a chance to get ahead.

With a sister who was a death row inmate, Zhan Hong Tu could forget about going to college.

“Do you dare to report it? Aren’t you afraid I’ll say you’re reborn and have them take you, this monster, to be studied?” Zhan Hongyan suddenly had a flash of inspiration after despairing.

“Humph.” Zhan Xinyue sneered, she didn’t say anything. She rummaged through the grass for a while, pulled off a few leaves, pinched Zhan Hongyan’s cheeks, forcing her to open her mouth wide, and then stuffed all the leaves in.

Zhan Hongyan wanted to vomit, Zhan Xinyue held her chin, and in a few moves, she made her swallow them.

“What did you give me to eat?” Zhan Hongyan asked, “Are you trying to poison me?”

“Don’t be afraid, you won’t die. This is Scopolia, it will only make your mind confused, make you feel lightheaded, and make you lose your mind.” Zhan Xinyue silently counted to ten in her heart.

As soon as she finished counting, Zhan Hongyan’s eyes began to wander. She didn’t know what day it was, “Where is this? Are we in heaven? Are you a fairy?”

Zhan Xinyue casually pulled off a reed and swayed it gently, her voice was seductive, “Look at it, count to three with me. One, two, three.”

“One, two, three.” After counting, Zhan Hongyan’s eyes glazed over.

In her previous life, Zhan Xinyue had a wide range of interests. She had studied hypnosis for a while. She was very smart, she was a genius. As long as she wanted to learn, no matter what field it was, she could learn it quickly.

Zhan Xinyue, who already knew how to hypnotize, now used the medicinal properties of Scopolia. In just three seconds, she put Zhan Hongyan into a deep hypnotic state.

“Zhan Hongyan, forget about your previous life, forget that Zhan Xinyue was reborn.”

“Zhan Hongyan, forget about your previous life, forget that Zhan Xinyue was reborn.” Zhan Hongyan repeated, her eyes glazed over.

“Who are you?” Zhan Xinyue asked, afraid of an accident.

“Zhan Hongyan.”

“Why do you want to marry Li Jian?” Zhan Xinyue asked again. If Zhan Hongyan still remembered being reborn, she would answer that she knew Li Jian would become rich.

“I don’t want to marry Li Jian, I want to marry Sheng Tunan. He’s a battalion commander, I want to marry him and become the battalion commander’s wife.” Zhan Hongyan’s eyes remained glazed over.

Zhan Xinyue felt relieved. She snapped her fingers, and Zhan Hongyan’s eyes went from glazed over to bewildered to fearful.

“You, don’t kill me. I didn’t mean to hit Grandma Sheng. She caught me with the intellectuals. I just wanted to make money.”

It seemed that it was a side effect of the hypnosis, Zhan Hongyan blurted out everything.

“I need money for Li Jian. He told me to give him a dowry.” Zhan Hongyan said, covering her head, “Why do I want to marry Li Jian? The person I want to marry is clearly Sheng Tunan.”

Zhan Xinyue was even more certain that Zhan Hongyan had indeed forgotten about her previous life. She screamed loudly,

“Help! Someone! Zhan Hongyan is trying to kill my grandma! Help! Help…”