Chapter 23

Yu Li snatched the money from Wu’s mother and pulled out a pen she was carrying. “Come on, sign here! This money is payment for the three years of work I did for the Wu family. You owe me! Once you sign, I’ll guarantee I won’t expose Wu Guohua’s affairs in the army!”

“If you like buying coffins, you can buy one and lie in it, cursing all you want! But if the Wu family dares to make any move against me again, if I catch wind of it, I’ll drive your head straight into your stomach!”

For safety’s sake, the Wu family agreed to sign the contract.

The agreement was that the Wu family would pay for the three years of labor, and in return, Yu Li wouldn’t expose Wu Guohua’s affairs in the army, nor would she pursue the matter of Wu Tong writing a letter to destroy the military marriage!

Once she had the money, Yu Li happily left.

360 yuan!

That amount of money was such a pleasant surprise!

She could buy so many things with it.

But she knew very well that the Wu family wouldn’t let it go so easily.

Earlier, in the heat of the moment, Wu’s mother had agreed to give her the money to calm her down, but now that things had settled, Wu’s mother and Wu Tong would definitely go crazy over this sum.

They might even resort to financial schemes or worse, harm her.

So she decided to take action before they could.

Thinking about Wu Tong’s scrawny son, Yu Li still felt a bit sorry for him.

The boy, Mao Dan, was actually quite well-behaved, much better than a piece of wood, and certainly not like the rest of the Wu family.

It was a pity he had to grow up with Wu Tong.

She decided to secretly inform Mao Dan’s grandparents about how he was living, that things were going badly for him.

Yu Li’s guess was correct.

The moment she left, Wu Tong and Wu’s mother had a huge falling out.

“Mom! How could you give her such a large sum of money!” Wu Tong screamed.

Wu’s mother was so furious she nearly passed out, her chest heaving. “Do you think I wanted to give it to her? If you hadn’t stirred up trouble, pretending to be Lu Guanshan and writing that letter, she wouldn’t have made me do this! If she really calls Guohua’s unit, and he gets expelled, how are we supposed to live? Fortunately, you still have money from your in-laws. You’ll have to advance it, use it for Guohua’s bride price!”

Wu Tong stomped her foot. “Why should I? The money my in-laws gave me is for raising the child, not for his bride price!”

Wu’s mother clutched her chest, gasping for air. “Why don’t you understand? It’s because you took my savings! You caused all this trouble with Yu Li, and now Guohua’s money is gone!”

But Wu Tong cried, “You lost your money, so does that mean I have any left? I have none! I’ve spent it all!”

Looking at her daughter’s two large suitcases full of clothes, Wu’s mother finally realized the truth.

Her daughter was nothing like Yu Li, who knew how to manage life.

The money her in-laws gave, and the money she had taken from Wu’s mother, was all gone.

In other words, between the two of them, there was only about twenty yuan left—just enough to buy train tickets to go join Wu Guohua.

Wu’s mother screamed in despair, collapsing on the bed, crying and pounding her chest.

“This is such a curse! A curse! How did it end up like this? How are we supposed to live, how?!”

Seeing her mother so upset, Wu Tong panicked, quickly kneeling. “Mom, I’ll figure something out, don’t cry! It’s my fault, I shouldn’t have done this! But why couldn’t we just not give that large sum to Yu Li? I’ll find a way to get it back. She doesn’t deserve all that money!”

Wu’s mother tried to say something, but her heart was racing so fast that she couldn’t speak anymore.

Wu Tong was in a complete panic, and Mao Dan, her son, came running, grabbing at her clothes. “Mom, why did Aunt Yu leave? I want to eat the egg custard Aunt Yu made!”

Looking at Mao Dan’s thin, pitiful face, Wu Tong’s tears fell. She gritted her teeth and said, “You’re still calling her Aunt Yu? She’s a worthless, heartless scum! She doesn’t care if you’re hungry!”

After thinking for two days, Wu Tong grew angrier by the minute.

She decided to throw a poisonous snake into Yu Li’s window!

It would be best if I could bite her to death without anyone noticing!

Go and get the money back!

Wu Tong didn’t dare to catch the snake himself, so he spent money to buy a poisonous snake and put it in the cage.

But before she could take any action, someone came to her house.

My ex-husband’s parents rushed over as soon as they received the news.

At that time, their son died unexpectedly and was washed away by the flood without a trace. Their grandson was only one year old. They respected Wu Tong’s wishes.

If Wu Tong stayed to raise the child, they would definitely treat her as Wu Tong’s father’s own daughter.

But if Wu Tong wants to remarry, they have no objection and will raise their grandson well.

But Wu Tong wanted to take the child back to her parents’ home! And she also wanted to take away all the 800 yuan pension from her ex-husband.

The Xie family hesitated for a long time, but thinking that Wu Tong was also very pitiful, they agreed.

But they didn’t expect that after Wu Tong brought the child back to her parents’ home, she would not allow them to see the child.

She said that seeing them would remind her of her ex-husband’s tragic death, which would be bad for the children!

Promise to raise the child well and let the child visit his grandparents after he turns 18.

The old couple believed Wu Tong for the sake of their son and grandson.

But I didn’t expect to hear a piece of news by accident, saying that my daughter-in-law had spent all her money, and Maodan was very thin!

Both of them were heartbroken.

When I entered the door, I happened to see Wu Tong beating eggs.

Maodan hugged her legs and cried, “Mom, I’m hungry, I’m really hungry!”

Wu Tong slapped him and said, “Are you the reincarnation of a starving ghost? When that bitch Yu Li hit me, you didn’t even rush over and bite off her flesh. You still have the nerve to tell me you’re hungry. I’d better starve you to death. Go find your damn father!”

The old couple who just came in saw their grandson being abused like this, and their hearts were broken with pain!

Go there immediately to take your grandson away and take the pension at the same time.

“Wu Tong! If Jiawei were still alive, he would never agree to you treating the child like this! Return the pension to us, and we will raise Maodan ourselves!”

Wu Tong was not willing to do that. She pointed at her parents-in-law and cursed, “Why should I give it to you? Your son, that short-lived ghost, died and made me a widow for the rest of my life. I haven’t bothered you yet! I can raise my son however I want! It’s none of your business!”

As they spoke, the two sides began to fight.

Maodan was so scared that he burst into tears.

The Xie family’s wife rushed into Wu Tong’s room to look for cash.

Wu Tong went in to stop them, and the two of them were fighting so violently that they didn’t notice the snake cage.

The snake inside hissed and ran out and crawled into the quilt.

Mrs. Xie was not the kind of person who would just throw a tantrum. Seeing that Wu Tong was so shameless, she simply didn’t want any money. The couple just took their grandson and left!

Wu Tong’s face turned green with anger and she cried out of grievance!

Mother Wu tried to climb out of the room but fell under the bed and immediately passed out.

As Wu Tong was crying, a snake came out and bit her leg!

“ah!!!”

Wu Tong screamed and shouted desperately: “There is a snake! There is a snake! It’s a poisonous snake! Help me!!”