Chapter 668: I’ll Help You One Last Time

Chapter 668 I'll Help You One Last Time

Fu Xianghong dragged around two thankless burdens, working herself to death—for what?

The moment she died, her in-laws abandoned the two children, saying they were going back to the countryside to retire.

They didn’t even bother to handle Fu Xianghong’s funeral arrangements.

Was it worth exhausting herself for such people, only to leave her two children behind?

Jiang Yu sighed, feeling a twinge of sadness, but not real grief.

She wasn’t that close to Fu Xianghong.

The Fu family arranged Fu Xianghong’s funeral and took the two grandchildren in.

When Jiang Yu saw them, she was startled.

Once lively and mischievous, the children now cowered timidly, nothing but skin and bones.

Feeling sorry for them, Old Master Duan started by donating some money.

Jiang Yu followed suit, throwing in ten yuan as a gesture to comfort Fu Xianghong’s spirit.

After Fu Xianghong’s passing, trouble hit Deng Hongyi’s family.

Not in the residential compound, but back in his hometown.

Ignoring everyone’s warnings, Old Lady Qian borrowed money from Lin Hongxia to buy medicine from Witch Zhu, which she then mailed to her eldest daughter-in-law.

Within days of taking it, things went wrong.

“Her daughter-in-law didn’t even know she was pregnant. After a week of that medicine, she suffered a massive hemorrhage. By the time she reached the hospital, she lost the baby, and her health ruined.”

All this pushed Boss Deng over the edge.

He called Deng Hongyi, screaming accusations and curses.

If he weren’t stuck where he was, he’d have come charging into Beicheng for revenge.

He’d been holding onto hope that his wife might bear him a son.

Now, all was lost.

“What about Wang Moli’s mother-in-law?” Jiang Yu asked.

She couldn’t just ignore this news.

No sooner had she spoken than Wang Moli’s voice came from outside: “Help! Someone, please help!”

Jiang Yu, Xu Lihua, and the others rushed out.

Wang Moli sobbed, “My mother—she took a kitchen knife to settle scores with that Witch Zhu!”

Everyone froze in shock.

With a knife in the mix, someone could get killed!

“What are you waiting for? Go to the factory and fetch your husband! We’ll follow and try to calm her down.”

Though warm-hearted, Xu Lihua was kind-hearted, but she'd never put herself in harm's way—she'd just talk at most.

On the way, she reminded Jiang Yu, "Let’s not get too close later. We’ll just stand by and try to calm her down. Getting hurt over this wouldn't be worth it."

In her opinion, Witch Zhu had it coming for harming so many children.

Jiang Yu nodded. "We won’t go near. We’ll just take a look."

When they arrived at Panjia Alley, where Witch Zhu lived, a crowd had already gathered.

Witch Zhu and Old Lady Qian were in a chase—one fleeing, the other pursuing. The former had already been slashed twice, and the ground was covered in alarming amounts of blood.

At the sight, Xu Lihua kept backing away.

"Get back, everyone! Everyone be careful!"

Old Lady Qian had gone crazy. If she couldn’t tell friend from foe and started slashing at anyone, what then were they supposed to do?

Someone behind her asked timidly, "Aunt Xu, should we still try to talk her down?"

Xu Lihua swallowed. "We'd better keep quiet. There’s no talking her down now."

What if their voices drew Old Lady Qian’s attention to them?

Fortunately, it wasn’t long before the security team and the police arrived.

Deng Hongyi stepped forward, wrestled the cleaver away from Old Lady Qian’s hands, and roared, "Haven't you done enough?"

Old Lady Qian collapsed, sobbing as she sat on the ground, tearing at her hair.

"She killed my grandson! I want her to pay with her own life!"

This was the first time Witch Zhu had encountered anyone this crazy. Her medicine had caused problems before, but at most, it led to some yelling and paying them off—never knives.

Wang Moli’s face was grim as she glared coldly at Old Lady Qian.

"She’s at fault, but aren’t you too? I refused to give you money, so you went and borrowed it anyway. I warned you, and so did your son, but when did you ever listen to any of us?"

Witch Zhu was certainly to blame, but Old Lady Qian had only herself to blame.

With her assault, this wasn't going to be swept under the rug.

The police took both old women to the station, and the whole spectacle was over.

Xu Lihua patted her chest and sighed in relief. "Thank God no one got killed."

The onlookers dispersed, and Jiang Yu made her way out of the alley.

Just as she stepped out, she spotted Chu Yunmei.

Their eyes met, both stunned.

"Jiang Yu."

Chu Yunmei walked over and asked in a hushed voice, "Does a Witch Zhu live in this alley? I heard she’s the real deal and came specially to see her."

Jiang Yu pointed at the police officers, who hadn’t gone far. "You just missed her. She was just taken away by the police."

Chu Yunmei blurted out, "What's going on here?"

Jiang Yu wasn’t going to say anything, but seeing her like this, she couldn’t help but think of He Jundao getting snipped.

"Comrade Chu Yunmei, do you know who Witch Zhu is? How many lives has her medicine ruined? How many pregnant women have miscarried because of her drugs? Did you even bother checking?"

Chu Yunmei’s face paled—she obviously didn’t.

"Who introduced Witch Zhu to you? Think hard about what they were really after."

Chu Yunmei fumbled with her top button, biting her lip.

Jiang Yu’s words were blunt. Upon reflection, there were indeed issues, but she instinctively didn’t want to assume the worst of others.

"It was Jundao who told me. He probably didn’t know Witch Zhu was a fraud either."

Jiang Yu: "..."

She’s dumber than a bag of hammers.

"Comrade Chu Yunmei, I can’t stand you – you’re so damn naive. But as a fellow woman, I’ll help you one last time."

Chu Yunmei’s expression darkened, her lips pressed tightly together.

Even the woman at her back couldn’t take it anymore and scolded, "Who talks to people like that?"

Jiang Yu ignored her and spoke bluntly, "He Jundao got fixed years back. Did you know that? Even if you didn’t, he certainly knew. So why would he still make you take medicine? And He Dongqi—who’s really his father? You’d better dig deeper."

With that, she stopped engaging with Chu Yunmei.

If she wouldn’t listen, words won’t get through. Can’t fix stupid.

Chu Yunmei went dead still, as if struck by lightning, standing rigidly in place, unable to move.

Suddenly, she swayed and almost ate dirt.

Luckily, the person beside her caught her in time.

"Yunmei."

Chu Yunmei lifted her face, tears falling without her realizing, just gaping at her.

"Sister-in-law, what did Jiang Yu just... say?"

The Chu family’s sister-in-law seethed, crushing her hand.

"Jiang Yu said He Jundao had a vasectomy long ago! Did you hear that? He had a vasectomy—he played you from the start! Today, you should finally see right through him!"

Chu Yunmei went statue-still for a long time, deaf to her sister-in-law’s pleas.

"Yunmei, snap out of it."

Chu Yunmei opened her mouth slightly, then closed her eyes and dropped like a sack.

"Yunmei!"