Liu Fen watched her younger sister crying and wailing.

So Liu Fang was capable of crying, feeling heartache, and begging after all.

She knew how to worry about Liang Huan, but why couldn’t she care about someone else’s daughter? Even without Liang Huan, Liu Fang still had a son. But if Liu Fen lost Xia Xiaolan, she would have nothing left. For Xia Xiaolan’s sake, Liu Fen had dared to divorce and had dared to take a knife to Xia Dajun.

Liu Fen feared nothing!

“I won’t let Xiaolan kill her. Xiaolan is still young – I’ll do the killing myself! After I kill her, I’ll go to prison. If the state wants to execute me, then execute me. I’ll admit my guilt. Right now, I even want to kill you. You care about your daughter but push Xiaolan into a fire pit. You look down on Xiaolan, and you look down on me as her mother… Since you wouldn’t listen when Xiaolan and I refused several times, I’ll have to kill Liang Huan to make you remember.”

Liu Fen had always been a woman of few words, rarely speaking at such length.

Even a cornered rabbit will bite – Liu Fen wanted nothing more than to bite Liang Bing’an and Liu Fang to death.

Others could look down on her, but what right did they have to look down on Xiaolan? Xiaolan had been through so much, and she was so excellent. Compared to Xiaolan, Liang Huan was both annoying and inferior, not even worthy of shining Xiaolan’s shoes… Just give Xiaolan time, and her daughter will become even more outstanding! The mother and daughter’s lives were slowly improving – they were earning money, preparing for university, and even found a satisfactory boyfriend.

Whoever crossed Xiaolan would face Liu Fen’s mortal opposition.

Her appearance was truly manic – while Xia Xiaolan was putting on an act of madness, Liu Fen had genuinely snapped.

Liang Bing’an felt his legs weaken as well. The blood from Liang Huan’s neck kept dripping steadily – if it continued, someone would die.

Even the most cold-blooded person wouldn’t remain unmoved watching their daughter die before their eyes.

Liang Bing’an couldn’t stay calm anymore:

“Release Liang Huan first, everything can be discussed. About not marrying Fan Zhenchuan – it’s not up to me now, but we can discuss solutions… Yes, solutions. You can leave for another place immediately, leave Yunan Province, and never come back, take your mother with you!”

The solution Liang Bing’an offered was surprisingly similar to what that nanny had suggested.

To avoid marrying Fan Zhenchuan, the only option was to leave.

The farther away the better, where Fan Zhenchuan couldn’t find them.

Fan Zhenchuan surely had an evil reputation in Hedong County. If such a tyrant couldn’t be controlled within Hedong County, what about the entire Yunan Province?

Seeing Xia Xiaolan unmoved, Liang Bing’an remembered the ten thousand yuan in his bag. The money was originally meant for Xia Xiaolan anyway – if he didn’t use it now to buy Liang Huan’s life, when would he use it?

Liang Bing’an threw his briefcase over:

“There’s ten thousand yuan inside. Take the money and leave with your mother. It’s enough to live on for several years. This should prove my sincerity, right?”

“So as soon as I let you leave, you’ll go straight to the police station to file a report – that I robbed your money and injured your daughter, enough to qualify for the Strike Hard campaign, right? My dear Uncle, your words are half-true and half-false, still not completely honest. You should be grateful you told half the truth, otherwise this knife would have gone in deep!”

Liang Bing’an was shocked to have his thoughts exposed.

He was planning to report it, but not in the provincial capital – he would have the Hedong County police make the arrest. Whether Xia Xiaolan would end up in prison or be forced to marry Fan Zhenchuan after being brought back to Hedong County would depend on her own choice.

The mother and daughter only had each other – Xia Xiaolan might not care about herself, but surely she would care about her mother.

Who knew Xia Xiaolan wouldn’t be so easily fooled?

Liang Bing’an was both shocked and angry. Being beautiful and smart, didn’t she understand what she should want?

What was wrong with marrying Fan Zhenchuan? With Xia Xiaolan’s intelligence, she would probably influence Fan Zhenchuan’s judgment before long. Men control the world, women control men – though Liang Bing’an hadn’t quite formulated it this way, his thinking was similar.

Just as he was about to lunge at Xia Xiaolan in desperation, she suddenly withdrew the sharp knife.

“Since reasoning with you is pointless, wait until I accomplish things beyond your imagination. Only then will you realize how laughably narrow-minded you’ve been, like frogs at the bottom of a well. Get out of here, you’re not welcome. If I end up marrying Fan Zhenchuan, the Liang family will be my first target! Uncle, you’re a smart man – you should carefully weigh the pros and cons of whether to tip off the Fan family. The choice is yours.”

Xia Xiaolan viciously kicked the chair, causing Liang Huan to crash to the ground with it.

Liu Fang struggled to rush over, “Quick, stop the bleeding! Old Liang, hurry and take Huan Huan to the hospital…”

Liang Bing’an tore off the ropes binding Liang Huan and ripped away the tape from her mouth. Though Liang Huan’s upper body was completely stained with blood, she was still breathing. Liang Bing’an carried her and ran to the car.

Liu Fang followed, crawling and stumbling. The couple was so desperate to get Liang Huan emergency treatment that they had no time to settle scores with Xia Xiaolan.

The car sped away from Grandmother Yu’s door like lightning.

Grandmother Yu and Li Fengmei had remained silent inside the house the whole time. As Grandmother Yu came out, Xia Xiaolan smiled apologetically:

“I might have brought trouble to your home.”

“Let them come. This old woman has seen far more intense scenes than this.”

Li Fengmei wasn’t so sure. “Is this enough?”

Xia Xiaolan shook her head: “Of course not. Besides scaring the Liang family half to death, it doesn’t help at all with resolving Fan Zhenchuan’s forced marriage.”

Li Fengmei was speechless.

Then why go to all this trouble?

“To vent anger! Ask my mother – after dumping that bucket of sewage on them, doesn’t she feel much better? When people suffer grievances, they can’t keep it bottled up. Holding it in too long becomes an illness. Rather than making myself uncomfortable, I’d rather make others uncomfortable!”

Xia Xiaolan’s words were somehow irrefutable.

Was Liu Fen feeling better?

She was still bottling things up inside, but after venting, she did seem to feel somewhat better.

Liu Fang held Liang Huan the whole way, crying continuously.

By the time Liang Huan was brought to the hospital, she was barely breathing. When a blood-covered young girl was brought in late at night, even the doctors were frightened. Hearing she had been stabbed, the doctor saw the amount of blood loss and urgently arranged emergency treatment.

Liu Fang, reeking terribly, had lost all semblance of dignity.

After handing Liang Huan over to the doctors, she could barely stand. Liang Bing’an supported her, his heart racing, terrified the doctors would say Liang Huan couldn’t be saved.

“Make her go to prison, she must go to prison…”

Liu Fang kept muttering. Liang Bing’an understood her meaning. Now Liu Fang didn’t want Xia Xiaolan to marry into the Fan family and enjoy a good life. Because of what happened to Liang Huan, Liu Fang would rather see Xia Xiaolan in prison than see Liang Bing’an’s career advance!

If they filed a police report right here, without letting Hedong County police come to make the arrest, even Fan Zhenchuan couldn’t get Xia Xiaolan out of trouble in the closely-watched provincial capital.

Choosing this course of action would send Xia Xiaolan to prison.

Liang Bing’an remained silent, not yet knowing the extent of Liang Huan’s injuries.

After a while, the doctor from earlier emerged with a bloody pair of scissors, their point nearly jabbing Liang Bing’an’s face, his expression dark.

“Are you her parents? What kind of parents are you, rushing to the hospital without even checking… We can’t treat this wound!”

Thud!

Liang Bing’an instantly lost his grip on Liu Fang, and both parents collapsed to the ground.