Chapter 404: Chu Xiong and His Wife Lose Everyone’s Support and Fall into Complete Despair!

Inside the detention center, in order to avoid prison, Chu Xiong and his wife dropped to their knees without hesitation before Chu Ling, bawling their eyes out as they ‘repented.’

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“Xiao Ling, only you can save us now! We’re sorry. Our way of ‘teaching’ you before was wrong!”

“But you have to believe us. We beat you for your own good! Look at how we ‘raised’ you… so sensible and well-behaved now?!”

“Especially compared to that ungrateful beast Tang Rou, you’ve grown into a kind little angel~~~”

“We raised you for so many years, be the bigger person and don’t hold it against us. Give us one chance to turn over a new leaf, wipe the slate clean, okay?”

“From now on, we’ll treat you as our real biological daughter. As for Tang Rou, that unfilial brat. We can do without her!!!”

“We’ve seen clearly now. Only you are our precious daughter! Xiao Ling! Please believe us, Dad and Mom love you.”

“………..”

Hearing her biological parents hurl all kinds of insults at her, Tang Rou’s mouth twitched, her face dark as night, and she inexplicably felt a little bitter inside.

Chu Ling, meanwhile, kept a cold face the entire time, standing in place and looking down at them.

Her eyes were deep as an icy pool, without the slightest warmth.

These ‘parents,’ who in her memory had always been arrogant and cruel, were now like two dogs wagging their tails and begging at her feet, snot and tears everywhere as they confessed.

Chu Ling had fantasized about this scene countless times in her dreams, but when it truly happened, all she felt was a cold sneer.

“Listen to the nonsense you’re spouting. Don’t you find it ridiculous yourselves?”

Chu Ling’s body trembled slightly not from anger or sorrow, but from the rush of vengeful pleasure surging up from deep inside.

At the same time, she found it utterly absurd and ironic.

Every word out of Chu Xiong and his wife’s mouths was like them slapping their own faces.

Their past abuse of her was now being prettified into some so-called ‘parenting method?!!

And they still had the shamelessness to come begging for her forgiveness???

Heh heh……..

This is the kind of thing where even an auntie who tolerates everything couldn’t tolerate it anymore!!!!

A mocking smile curled at Chu Ling’s lips. She bent forward slightly, closing in on Chu Xiong and his wife’s faces until she was eye-level with them.

There wasn’t a hint of pity in her gaze, only hardness and finality.

Her voice was frigid and firm, each word like an ice spike stabbing straight into their hearts.

“Didn’t expect it, did you? That you’d end up like this one day!”

“Now that it’s come to this! You’re only saying these things now. Don’t you think it’s too late?”

“You think… that kneeling down and begging me, saying ‘sorry,’ means I can forgive everything you did in the past?”

“What a joke!!!”

“From as far back as I can remember, what you left me with was nothing but beatings and scolding. Every day I had endless chores, never enough to eat. The moment I did anything even slightly against your wishes, all I got was fists and kicks.”

“And you still have the nerve to say you ‘raised’ me for eighteen years? You tortured me for eighteen years, okay!”

“Back then, no matter how I thought about it, I could never understand why other people’s parents treated their kids with their whole hearts. While you two were so abnormal…”

“That question tormented me for over ten years, until recently, when I finally realized the truth!!!”

“It turns out I’m not your biological daughter at all! That’s why, in your eyes, my life was cheaper than grass!”

“…………”

Chu Ling vented everything she’d long wanted to say in one breath, pouring it all out.

Afterward, she felt as if a knot of resentment that had built up over many years loosened in her chest, replaced by an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

She shook her head as if mocking herself, then straightened up, looking down at the trembling Chu couple, and with one sentence echoing in the air:

“I won’t forgive you. Ever.”

Then Chu Ling turned and left, head held high, steps firm, without a trace of hesitation.

No matter how her former ‘parents’ begged and screamed behind her……….

Her footsteps didn’t slow in the slightest.

It was as if she’d finally unloaded a thousand-pound burden. Her heart filled with a rare sense of exhilaration and fulfillment.

She knew those shadows of the past would forever be trampled beneath her feet.

She knew that from this moment on, she was truly free………

“Hahaha… good, good, good! Truly worthy of being my precious daughter! When it’s time to cut, you cut feet at all!”

“As for you two beasts, you’d better watch yourselves~~~”

“If nothing unexpected happens, this will be the last time we ever meet in this lifetime.”

“……….”

Tang Guoan and his wife exchanged a look and laughed heartily, leaving the detention center hand in hand.

As for Tang Rou……..

She couldn’t even be bothered to spare her biological parents a glance, coldly turning away and following behind the Tang couple.

Behind them, Chu Xiong and his wife went rigid, falling into complete despair!!!!!

No one knew how long passed before Tao Yan, snapping back to herself. With a miserable face, she turned and nudged the dazed Chu Xiong with her elbow.

“Husband, what do we do now? Wuwuwu… I don’t want to go to prison (?_?)…..”

Hearing that dead-person wail, Chu Xiong got so annoyed he backhanded her with a huge slap.

Smack smack smack!!!!!

“Cry, cry, cry! All you do all day is cry! Useless! Shut up!!!”

After his slap ‘reward,’ Tao Yan finally stopped, at least for the moment, daring only to sniffle quietly.

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“It’s not over yet. As long as the sentencing hasn’t come down, we still have hope…”

“There is justice in this world! Magic City is so big. I don’t believe the Tang family can cover the sky with one hand!!!!”

“It’s fine, don’t panic! We still have hope, because the villagers back home will definitely find a way to save us.”

“That’s right! Our Chu Family Village has always been united and loving, of one mind and one purpose! One place in trouble, eight places rushing to help!!!”

“The clan rules are: if villagers have conflicts, don’t take sides; but when it comes to outsiders, we must unite against them!”

“I have 95% absolute confidence!!! The thousand-plus households of Chu clansmen in our village must be, under the village committee’s leadership, thinking up every possible way to rescue us!!!”

“………….”

Chu Xiong clenched his fists, speaking with feverish conviction, as if he could already see the scene of the villagers coming to take him out.

Beside him, Tao Yan had doubts, but at this point, she could only force herself to believe.

Because after blow after blow, the couple were already on the verge of collapse.

They desperately needed this tiny sliver of hope to hold themselves together………..

Just as the couple huddled together for warmth, encouraging each other!

“(#`O′) Hey! You two, come over. People from your village came earlier and asked us to pass this letter to you.”

At the detention room entrance, a guard appeared and slid a letter through the iron bars.

Hearing that, both Chu Xiong and Tao Yan’s eyes lit up. Their faces were flushed with excitement as a blazing fire of hope ignited in their hearts.

Could it be he was right……….

Were the villagers truly united out there, trying every possible way to rescue them?!!

Thinking of that, the couple were so moved they burst into tears, overwhelmed beyond words.

They swore silently that once they returned to the village, they would wash their hearts clean, start over as better people, and repay the villagers’ great kindness…

Hmph!

The Tang family and those two vicious little bitches think they can use this chance to kill us?

Did the Tang family and those two vicious little bitches think they could use this chance to finish us off?

They definitely didn’t expect………

That we have so many ‘relatives’ protecting us!!!

Once we get out of here, we’ll find a way to get revenge.

For all those years of ‘raising’ her, the Tang family not giving ten or eight billion would be unacceptable. They absolutely wouldn’t let it go. If necessary, they’d blow it all up, mutual destruction!!!!!

After getting this well-deserved ‘huge sum,’ they’d use it to build roads in the village, build schools, build public facilities, and so on.

For the village’s drop of kindness, we must repay it with a spring’s torrent.

With hearts full of gratitude, Chu Xiong took the letter and opened it.

Then the couple stared at each other, frozen on the spot.

“…………”

Right.

They forgot neither of them were illiterate. The characters on the page recognized them, but they didn’t recognize the characters at all……..

With no choice, Chu Xiong could only shamelessly beg the guard to read it out loud for him.

Two and a half minutes later,

The guard holding the letter wore a strange expression as he explained its contents. The general meaning was:

“You two bastard sons of bitches have brought an extremely vile negative impact to the village’s reputation.”

“After a unanimous vote by 10,086 households, it has been decided that Chu Xiong and his wife will be removed from the clan register.”

“From this day forward, the village has nothing to do with you two. You are forbidden from stepping into Chu Family Village for eternity.”

“As for the few scraps you left behind, they’ve already been divided up by the villagers as compensation. Your house has also been converted into a public facility.”

“In short: get lost as far as you can. If you dare come back, we’ll break your dog legs. Consider yourselves notified!”

“……………”

On the back of the letter, there were also the names of 10,086 households, everyone who had signed with real names in this vote, demanding the couple be kicked out of Chu Family Village.

[Chu Wenhao, Chu Siyuan, Chu Yating, Chu Zhihao, Chu Jinyu, Chu Xinyi, Chu Zeyu, Chu Xiaohan, Chu Tianjun, Chu Wan’er, Chu Ruixiang, Chu Zixuan, Chu Wenxuan, Chu Mengqi, Chu Lingxiao, Chu Yuting, Chu Chenyang, Chu Siyuan, Chu Jinxuan, Chu Haoran, Chu Zihan, Chu Jiahao, Chu Xinyue, Chu Tianyu, Chu Mengyao, Chu Yuqi, Chu Wanru, Chu Ruilin, Chu Zixuan, Chu Chenxi, Chu Yuchen, Chu Sihan, Chu Jinyu, Chu Haoyu, Chu Mengting, Chu Lingbo, Chu Xinyi, Chu Zehao, Chu Wenxuan, Chu Yaqi, Chu Ruixue, Chu Zixin, Chu Chenxi, Chu Siyuan, Chu Jinlin, Chu Haoran, Chu Yujia, Chu Menglei, Chu Yuxin, Chu Wanjing, Chu Ruiyun, Chu Zixuan, Chu Chenfeng, Chu Siyuan, Chu Haomiao, Chu Menglu, Chu Lingyun, Chu Zeyu, Chu Wenhao, Chu Yajing, Chu Zhipeng, Chu Xinyi, Chu Tianyu, Chu Mengying, Chu Yuxin, Chu Simiao, Chu Zixin, Chu Chenxi, Chu Jinlin, Chu Tianjun, Chu Menglei, Chu Yuqi, Chu Ruilin, Chu Zixuan, Chu Chenxi, Chu Zehao, Chu Wenxuan, Chu Mengqi, Chu Siyuan, Chu Ruixue, Chu Yajing, Chu Wenhao, Chu Zihao, Chu Jinyan, Chu Mengyao, Chu Yucheng, Chu Wanlin, Chu Ruiyun, Chu Zihan, Chu Chenlu, Chu Siyuan, Chu Jinxuan, Chu Tianxiang, Chu Yuchen, Chu Mengting, Chu Yuhao, Chu Wan’er, Chu Ruixiang, Chu Zixuan, Chu Chenfeng, Chu Siyuan, Chu Jinyu, Chu Tianjun, Chu Yujia, Chu Menglei, Chu Yufeng, Chu Wanru, Chu Zixuan, Chu Chenyang, Chu Sihan, Chu Jinlin, Chu Haoyu, Chu Mengqi, Chu Lingyun, Chu Siyuan, Chu Ruixue, Chu Zihan, Chu Wenhao, Chu Yaqi, Chu Zhipeng, Chu Jinyu, Chu Xinyi, Chu Tianyu, Chu Mengyao, Chu Yuqi, Chu Wan’er, Chu Ruixiang, Chu Zixuan, Chu Chenxi, Chu Siyuan, Chu Jinxuan, Chu Haoran, Chu Yuchen, Chu Mengying, Chu Yulin, Chu Wanjing, Chu Zixin, Chu Chenxi, Chu Siyuan, Chu Jinyu, Chu Haomiao, Chu Menglu, Chu Lingyun, Chu Zeyu, Chu Wenhao, Chu Yating, Chu Zhihao, Chu Jiamin, Chu Mengqi, Chu Yuxin, Chu Wanru, Chu Ruiyun, Chu Zixuan, Chu Chenfeng, Chu Siyuan, Chu Jinlin, Chu Tianjun, Chu Yujia, Chu Menglei, Chu Yuhao, Chu Wan’er, Chu Ruixiang, Chu Zihan, Chu Chenxi, Chu Siyuan, Chu Jinyu, Chu Haoyu, Chu Lerong, Chu Yiyun, Chu Xixue, Chu Lingqing, Chu Zhiyao, Chu Nianzhen, Chu Hanqiao, Chu Rudong, Chu Xiangtong, Chu Yibo, Chu Shudie, Chu Wansi, Chu Xiahan, Chu Qingman, Chu Xiangqiao, Chu Daiyun, Chu Chulu, Chu Tongyun, Chu Lingxuan, Chu Yingling, Chu Linglan, Chu Qilu, Chu Erzhen, Chu Congtong, Chu Aoqing, Chu Ruoling, Chu Xiatong, Chu Muling, Chu Wanqiu, Chu Panxia, Chu Chuliu, Chu Yingtian, Chu Man’an, Chu Nanzhen, Chu Miaofu, Chu Yuliu, Chu Hanlian, Chu Xiaojun, Chu Xialan, Chu Yaqin, Chu Shuqin, Chu Yourong, Chu Yilan, Chu Xiaohan, Chu Yihan, Chu Qiuyan, Chu Zhiqiao, Chu Shuixiang, Chu Yingzhi, Chu Zuibo, Chu Huanlian, Chu Yeshan, Chu Zhihui, Chu Xiangtong, Chu Xiaoyu, Chu Younan, Chu Fanmeng, Chu Erman, Chu Nianbo, Chu Mengyao……….]

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Staring at that neatly packed page of names, Chu Xiong and his wife felt their scalps go numb, unable to recover for a long time.

Among them, they even saw many familiar names, this aunt, that uncle, neighbors next door, and so on…

Even the three-year-old kid from the house next door had signed’ Chu Aotian’ the whole village mobilized?!!

Two and a half minutes later, Chu Xiong was the first to snap back. His face was paper-white as he dropped to his knees in disbelief.

In the end, all his confusion turned into a sky-shaking howl of despair, w(?Д?)w:

“No~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~”

In his breakdown, he even vaguely heard a perfectly timed BGM drifting in from the heavens.

“Snowflakes drift~~~ the north wind howls~~~~”

“Heaven and earth~ a vast~ boundless gloom~~~~”

Beside him, Tao Yan also snapped awake and let out a shrill wail, a desperate scream.

The couple never would’ve imagined……….

What came wasn’t the villagers’ ‘help,’ but their ruthless betrayal!!!

It would’ve been one thing if the pots and bowls at home were divided up clean—

Having their pots and bowls divided up was one thing, but damn it, even their ancestral home that had been passed down for generations could be seized by the villagers and turned into a public toilet!!!!!

A whole village of beasts, ahhh!!! (??)

“Aaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!”

“Let me out! I’m going back to the village to settle accounts with those bastards!!!! Let me out!!!”

“…………….”

In utter despair, the couple howled as they threw themselves at the iron bars, shoving their faces into the gaps and screaming to be let out.

But why would the guards entertain such unreasonable demands?!

They treated it like barking dogs and splendidly ignored them.

Who would’ve thought……..

After losing all hope, Chu Xiong and his wife screamed the entire night. Having lost their final lifeline, they kept screaming even after their voices turned hoarse…

“Woof woof woof—”

And all of this, aside from the law enforcement personnel being tortured inside the station, was completely unknown to the outside world.

At this moment, the Tang family was busy preparing in full swing for tomorrow’s meeting with Lin Xuan and his wife……….