mtl008 Chapter 327 Living in Pain, She Was a Sinner!
Chapter 327 Living in Pain, She Was a Sinner!
Xu Zhizhou covered his face.
Fresh blood kept flowing from between his fingers.
The crimson blood against her snow-white skin was a shocking sight.
Twenty years.
From the day he stepped into Country P, Xu Zhizhou has been trapped on this land.
She didn't expect that her mother-in-law would react so strongly simply by mentioning that she wanted to go back to China.
For a while.
Xu Zhizhou's eyes immediately reddened, revealing a wronged expression.
She doesn't understand.
She just wanted to go back to China, so why did her mother-in-law react so strongly?
Xu Zhizhou considered rebelling.
But her husband died because of her.
She wouldn't be who she is today without her husband.
and so.
She couldn't resist!
She had to live in her husband's place and take good care of Old Mrs. Zheng in his place.
Old Mrs. Zheng's insults towards Xu Zhizhou continued. She walked up to Xu Zhizhou and began punching and kicking him, crying out angrily, "You jinx! It's all your fault! You killed my son! If it weren't for you, my son wouldn't be dead!"
"Why was it Xiangqian who died?!"
"You killed my son, and now you want to go back to China to find some other man!"
“Mom, you’ve misunderstood,” Xu Zhizhou explained, “I’ve never thought about going to see other men…”
Before she could finish her sentence, Old Mrs. Zheng interrupted her, "Never thought about finding another man? If you've never thought about going out to find another man, then why are you trying so hard to go back?"
At this point, Old Mrs. Zheng continued, "Don't forget, you're just an orphan! Before you met Xiangqian, you were homeless and didn't even have a home! It was Xiangqian who gave you a home! You're a cursed loner, you don't have a single relative in the country. What else can you do after returning home besides finding some random man to sleep with?"
After that accident.
Xu Zhizhou has forgotten everything, including her relatives and friends. All the memories she has now come from Old Mrs. Zheng.
She learned from Grandma Zheng that she had been an orphan since childhood and that she only had her current life after meeting Zheng Xiangqian.
Therefore, in Xu Zhizhou's mind...
Zheng Xiangqian was not only her husband, but also her benefactor who had given her a second chance at life.
"Why go back to China?" Xu Zhizhou was taken aback. "I don't know, I don't know either..."
She really doesn't know.
She didn't even know which city she was going to.
But a voice inside her kept telling her to go back to China, to go back to China!
just like.
It was as if something important was waiting for her back home.
The answer will be found once we go back.
"Don't know?" Old Mrs. Zheng looked at Xu Zhizhou, her eyes full of malice. "I think you're just bored and want to act horny!"
"No, no," Xu Zhizhou shook his head. "Mom, I'm not!"
Old Mrs. Zheng sneered, "No? You slut! Don't think I don't know what you're thinking! You can't hold on anymore? Let me tell you, as long as I'm here, you're not going back! You have to stay here and guard this place! Until you die!"
As she finished speaking, Mrs. Zheng became so emotional that she couldn't catch her breath and collapsed backward.
"mom!"
Xu Zhizhou and the maid immediately helped Old Madam Zheng up.
"Quick, get the nitroglycerin pills."
Mrs. Zheng has a history of heart disease and cannot tolerate stress; she was really angered today.
Fortunately, the castle always kept quick-acting heart medicine on hand.
But today, after taking a quick-acting heart medicine, Mrs. Zheng still showed no signs of waking up.
Seeing the unconscious Grandma Zheng, Xu Zhizhou could no longer hold back her tears, crying, "I'm not going back, Mom, I'll never say I want to go back again! Please don't let anything happen to you! You absolutely can't let anything happen to you!"
If anything were to happen to Grandma Zheng because of her, she would feel terribly guilty.
Her husband had died because of her.
My mother-in-law can't have any more problems.
The family doctor arrived quickly.
Grandma Zheng was helped to bed.
After a thorough examination, the family doctor, Tina, smiled and said, "Mrs. Zheng, you don't need to worry. The old lady is fine; she just fainted temporarily."
Hearing this, Xu Zhizhou breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay."
Tina closed the first-aid kit and continued, "Let me treat the wounds on your face."
Xu Zhizhou raised her hand to touch her face, only then realizing that the wound on her face had already scabbed over. She nodded, "Thank you for your help, Dr. Tina."
"It's what I should do." Tina opened the first-aid kit, took out disinfection tools, and first disinfected Xu Zhizhou's face. "How did you get this? The wound is so deep?"
I thought it was just a scratch.
Never thought.
If the wound were deeper, you would see the bone.
Hearing this, Xu Zhizhou smiled and said, "I accidentally tripped and fell."
Did you trip and fall?
What happens when you fall down?
Tina glanced at Old Mrs. Zheng lying on the bed.
Don't think about it.
It must be another masterpiece by Old Mrs. Zheng.
Tina has been working in the castle for over three years and has some understanding of the Zheng family's affairs.
she knows.
Xu Zhizhou is a woman who has had a very difficult life.
She has been a widow for over twenty years, has no children, and has a rigid and eccentric mother-in-law.
Tina was a little confused.
What could possibly make a woman willingly remain a widow for so many years, enduring such torment from an old witch?
But this was a matter for the host family, and Tina, being a doctor, couldn't ask too many questions. "Mrs. Zheng, I'm going to clean your wound now. It might hurt a bit, so please bear with it."
"Okay." Xu Zhizhou nodded.
The cleaning process was indeed very painful, lasting for seven or eight minutes.
But Xu Zhizhou remained completely silent, without even flinching.
Tina was somewhat shocked.
Having worked in the castle for three years, she never knew that this seemingly weak Madam Zheng possessed such incredible willpower.
If it were anyone else, they would probably have cried out in pain by now.
But Xu Zhizhou did not.
Suppressing her shock, Tina's eyes filled with even more admiration.
After cleaning the wound, Tina began bandaging it and instructed, "Madam, please be careful to avoid certain foods these days. You cannot eat raw, cold, or spicy foods."
"Okay." Xu Zhizhou nodded.
Tina put away the first-aid kit and then said, "By the way, Madam, you seem to be a little malnourished. You should pay attention to supplementing your diet with more high-quality protein, such as eggs, milk, and lean meat."
Xu Zhizhou said with a smile, "I have been a vegetarian for twenty years."
Tina looked at Xu Zhizhou and said, "Some people are suited to a vegetarian diet, while others are not. In your current condition, it is not suitable for you to continue eating vegetarian food."
Xu Zhizhou had a major accident, so his health wasn't very good to begin with. In recent years, he has been eating a vegetarian diet, which has led to nutritional deficiencies. If this situation isn't addressed, his health will collapse.
"It's nothing." Xu Zhizhou shook his head indifferently.
Over the years, she has gotten used to it.
Moreover, if Grandma Zheng can eat it, then she can naturally eat it too.
Xu Zhizhou turned to look at Grandma Zheng lying on the bed and asked, "Is my mother really alright?"
"Don't worry, the old lady is fine."
Snapped!
Just then, the door was pushed open from the outside.
A figure walked in from outside.
The woman was wearing a white trench coat and had exquisite makeup on her face.
This is Zheng Xiangqian's younger sister.
Zheng Xiangrou.
"Xiang Rou, you're back."
"Yes." Zheng Xiangrou nodded, then walked to the bedside. "Mom, are you alright?"
Tina then spoke up, "Miss Xiang Rou, the old lady is fine. She'll be alright after a little rest."
Zheng Xiangrou looked at Tina, "Are you sure?"
“Yes.” Tina packed up her medical kit and looked at Xu Zhizhou. “Madam, I’ll head back now. Just send someone to call me if you need anything.”
"Ok."
Tina picked up the first-aid kit and turned to walk out the door.
Almost as soon as Tina left the room, Zheng Xiangrou seemed to have become a different person. She walked up to Xu Zhizhou, raised her hand, and slapped Xu Zhizhou's uninjured side of his face!
Snapped!
The slap was very forceful, leaving a clear handprint on Xu Zhizhou's face.
"You bitch! Are you trying to kill my mother?" Zheng Xiangrou said angrily, "Isn't killing my brother enough for you?"
With tears welling up in his eyes, Xu Zhizhou explained, "Xiang Rou, I... I didn't mean to..."
If she had known that simply mentioning wanting to go back would provoke Old Mrs. Zheng to this extent, she would never have brought up going back, even if she were beaten to death.
"I think you did this on purpose! You want to kill my mom so you can go out and find some other man! Shameless slut! If anything happens to my mom today, I'll never forgive you!"
Xu Zhizhou lowered his head, his eyes filled with guilt.
She wanted to explain, but didn't know what to say.
Ultimately, it was she who wronged the Zheng family.
If her husband hadn't died because of her, things wouldn't have turned out this way.
Everything started because of her!
She is the source of all evil!
and so.
Even if she couldn't stand it, she had to accept the slap her sister-in-law gave her.
If she retaliates, it will only make the family more and more chaotic.
Zheng Xiangrou looked at Xu Zhizhou and continued, "Go kneel! Go kneel in the ancestral hall! Go kneel to atone for my brother's sins!"
"Understood." Xu Zhizhou lowered his head and walked towards the ancestral hall.
Open the door.
The sunlight then shone down on Xu Zhizhou from outside.
warm.
Xu Zhizhou looked up at the sunlight, a bitter smile appearing on his lips.
She turned back to look at Zheng Xiangrou inside the room.
These kinds of days...
When will this finally end?
The Zheng family's ancestral hall is very large.
Inside are the ancestral tablets and a portrait of Zheng Xiangqian.
Xu Zhizhou looked at Xu Xiangqian's portrait, trying hard to recall things about her and her husband.
But no matter how hard she tried.
She couldn't recall a single memory of her husband, not even a tiny fragment.
just like.
It was as if God had completely stripped that memory from her mind.
Even more terrifying.
Because of her amnesia, even when she looks at her husband's photo, she doesn't feel that intense longing or love.
just like.
That's not her husband!
He was just like a stranger.
So many years.
Xu Zhizhou had never dreamed of Zheng Xiangqian.
Her only feeling towards Zheng Xiangqian was guilt.
I feel incredibly guilty.
She killed Zheng Xiangqian.
If it weren't for her, Old Mrs. Zheng wouldn't be in this state now.
She is a sinner!
Xu Zhizhou knelt on the ground, his eyes brimming with tears. When he spoke, his voice was hoarse, "Xiangqian, why did you save me back then! Why? Why did you leave me alone in this world to suffer!"