Reborn: The Lion To Hunt The Wolf - Chapter 208

Inside the Jing household.

Jing Shuping was persuading in sorry straits, “Brother listen to me, this matter is not clear yet and everyone should head back first. I will give all of you an answer and compensate for this heavily.”

He tried to lure his brother with money, who’s eyes lit up with greed by the offer.

Nevertheless, Jingnan’s mother spits her saliva onto Jing Shuping’s face and threw sand on him, “Who wants your blooded money? Pay with one’s life for a life! My son was killed by Jing Zhe so pay a life! This matter will not end! It was your wife who made my son come here and then had him killed! Surrender that sŀut over. I will personally avenge my son.” She bellowed in wretchedness.

Jing Shuping was very angry and was cursing Xiao Shen in his heart. If she didn’t insist on bringing Jingnan to City A this would not happen.

Shutting Jingnan’s Mother away by the servant, Jing Shuping contested with his brother secretly. However, he was actually in a disadvantageous position as his brother’s family demanded compensation with a large sum of settlement. With no son to support in the future, their demand seemed very unreasonable.

Jing Shuping didn’t want to touch his Jing Family’s ȧssets as it was his blood and work. With no other choice, he turned to his wife and ȧsserted: “It’s because of you that I’m pushed to this state. As you are old now let’s give away all the jewelry in the house to my brother’s family. If you want to change Jing Zhe’s reputation we have no other choice.”

When Xiao Shen heard this demand, she was like having to eat a bitter gourd and unable to speak about the bitterness.

However, for the sake of her daughter, she reluctantly accepted it with a nod. Her heart ached to the point of bleeding, but she had no way to prevent this as the Xiao Family had deserted them.

After Jing Zhe’s arrest, Xiao Ran made a post in Webo that the Xiao Family would not interfere in this as Jing was not their concern.

Xiao Shen’s heart was like cold ashes. She bewilderedly sat on the floor. She wanted to beat her ċhėst and stamped her feet in regret! But what’s the use of it? Grinding her teeth, she secretly made a call to a person, she never dreamed of talking in order to make the Xiao Family kneel before her.

‘This list of attacks, I will count every one of it and not let the matter down easily, You b*tch.’

—That Night—

Yet to his surprise, his daughter was bailed out by someone else.

Thinking that his wife had pulled some strings to get his daughter out, he furiously got back into the car and drove back home.

Upon entering the brightly lit living room he caught sight of his wife and daughter sitting on the couch.

Jing Shuping snorted and fought back the urge to slap his wife, but looking at his daughter’s present condition he was flabbergasted.

Even if it were only three days, his daughter looked very wan and sallow. Her face was pale and devoid of any color. There were even dark circles beneath her eyes, which were bloodshot red. Her face was sunken in, and her cheeks had become hollow, losing its baby fat.

She hugged her knees tightly and sat with her body curled up in the corners of the couch, bȧrėfooted. She looked rather pitiful.

His anger depleted upon seeing his daughter’s poor state, Jing Shuping grieved: “I told you repeatedly not walk in the path you mother designed, but you still did it and now see how you created an unglamorous past that can’t be cleaned with any water. You further disgraced both families by going to prison.”

The word ‘Prison’ triggered the emotion weld up inside Jing Zhe. Her heart wrenched in pain, she cried miserably. “Ahh!!!”

Xiao Shen gently embraced her into her arms. Jing Zhe burst into tears and hugged Xiao Shen tightly as if she had finally broken free from hell. Xiao Shen was heartbroken to see her in this state.

“You bastard! Even a monster would not hurt its own children, how could poke her fragile heart? She is your daughter for god sakes! Have some consciousness of what you speak.”

She had never seen her daughter in such a state of despair and hopelessness, almost at the brink of death.

“What do you mean by that? I’ve told you to stop scheming against others, yet you didn’t listen and your daughter still organized that party! The whole Jing Family was embarrassed by her. Now you want to hold me responsible and remind me of what to talk about? My daughter is in this state and it is all because of you. You’re jealous because you can’t replace your daughter in Xiao Ran’s position. Neither can you erase the fact that you can’t be the Xiao? It’s not impossible for you to return to the Xiao…. or to the Tang. ”

‘Pak!’ A hard slap. The sound echoed in the empty living room.

Jing Shuping felt a surge of pain in his face. The slap was like a sudden clap of thunder, crushing his mind and breaking down his world. Looking at the person who slapped him, his pupils dilated. He opened his mouth but only air came out.

An angry voice sounded, “Did you forget my existence? I don’t care whether you recognize her as the Xiao or not, but she’s the only descendant of the Tang Family and also my daughter. This is an indisputable fact.”

Jing Shuping’s heart was in shock and at that moment he felt terrified and was unable to speak a single word as he quickly bowed his head in fear.

“I dare not, Mother. I dare not…It was due to the moment of anger. Forgive me, Mother.”

Jing Shuping gazed at the old woman before him sitting with a strong dementor. At her age she should have one foot in the grave, however, instead of that, she was here to suck his life force out.

She looked similar to Jing Zhe but quite aged. Needless to say, Old Tang knew a lot of underhanded means to destroy one’s life, but on the surface, she always looked gentle and virtuous. Which might make others doubt her action?

It must his wife’s work.Sh*t! She called his Mother-in-law! What to do now?