Chapter 86: Cannon Fodder Sister of the Female Lead (38)

In the original owner’s memory, this man always looked at Jiang Lai with his nostrils facing the sky, eyes full of disdain and contempt.

He appeared gentle and weak on the outside, but was actually violent and vicious. When he hit people, he would pull out the belt from his waist and lash at Jiang Lai’s face.

And now, he stood there, looking timid and somewhat panicked, making him seem like an honest person who had a momentary lapse of judgment.

Jiang Lai sneered, taking a deep breath.

"You want to kill me."

Zhang Wei, upon hearing that, hurriedly shook his head.

"I didn’t, I just wanted to... right, play a prank. I originally just wanted to play a prank, I never expected it to result in such serious consequences, I’m sorry, really sorry."

"A prank? Children at seven or eight years old don’t even know what pesticides are. I can accept that as a prank. How old are you? You look about twenty, yet you put colorless and tasteless rat poison powder in someone else’s lunchbox. And you call that a prank?"

"I... I, I’m sorry, I’ll drop out, I won’t appear in front of you again."

Want to drop out to solve the problem?

Dream on.

At Jiang Lai’s request, Zhang Wei’s parents also came.

In the hospital, two almost eighty-year-old-looking elders stood in front of Jiang Lai. Especially Zhang Wei’s mother, who looked extraordinarily old, more like his grandmother.

But that made sense. In order to have a son, this old lady gave birth to eight daughters in a row. The family was so poor that even rats couldn’t be found, yet she gritted her teeth and gave birth to a ninth, and this time it was an undesirable son.

Only after marrying into the Zhang Family did the original owner find out he had eight sisters, each mean and difficult to deal with, especially the old lady in front of her, who was downright malicious.

To ensure the original owner conceived a son on the first try, she was made to try any folk remedy, like eating cow dung and drinking cow blood were considered decent; the old lady even hired a spiritual medium to pound on the original owner’s belly with a wooden mallet every day, ignoring her cries of pain, just to have a grandson.

Zhang Wei and his mother were cowardly towards the strong but bullying to the weak. Seeing that the Jiang Family was not easy to provoke, they appeared timid and scared, making one reluctant to blame them.

Zhang Wei’s parents kept apologizing, and Jiang Lai, sitting on the bed with a cold expression, said,

"You didn’t raise your son right. There’s a stick over there; give him a good beating first."

The old lady glanced at the broomstick leaning against the wall, then at her precious son, and of course refused. If it weren’t for Jiang Lai’s father being the team leader and Jiang Lai’s brother having some money, she would have already started cursing.

"Won’t beat him? Brother, call the police then, and see how many years he’ll get for attempted murder."

Zhang Wei, upon hearing that, hurriedly picked up the stick and shoved it into his mother’s hands.

"Mom, hit me, quickly, or I’ll have to go to jail!"

Crying, the old lady took up the stick, trembling as she reluctantly tapped it on Zhang Wei twice.

Jiang Qiuhe took one look, directly grabbed the stick, and struck Zhang Wei hard on the back.

"Hit with this force! Or I’ll help you hit him!"

The old lady hastily shook her head, and when she took the stick again, finally used a bit of strength, and even so, Zhang Wei’s delicate skin was sweating all over from the pain, making his mother nearly kneel to apologize.

"Isn’t it enough? Hit him, scold him, he won’t go to school anymore! Just let us go!"

Let go?

The way she said it made it seem like Jiang Lai was some unforgivable criminal.

So she nonchalantly said,

"Okay, brother, call the police."

Jiang Qiuhe, without any hesitation, directly went out to call the police, frightening Zhang Wei and his parents into crying and cursing, with the old lady sitting on the ground wailing, lamenting her misfortunes, accusing the Jiang Family of bullying, and crying about her son’s once great academic performance, now forced to drop out because of a girl.

Upon hearing this, Liu Shuping immediately charged forward and tore into her, neither of them easy to deal with when it came to cursing, but Liu Shuping had the edge with her strength, and seeing the old lady had been hit enough, Jiang Lai then called the doctor over.

"Doctor, this family is causing trouble and not letting me rest properly, and they’re even hitting my mother."

Liu Shuping, who hadn’t suffered a scrape, also sat down to cry, louder even than Zhang Wei’s mother, causing the doctor to frown and throw Zhang Wei’s family out.

In the afternoon, Cheng Lie arrived.

Jiang Lai was sleeping, so when Cheng Lie came in, he saw the little girl looking pale and unconscious, and his eyes turned slightly red with distress.

After a while, Jiang Lai woke up, and upon opening her eyes, saw Cheng Lie looking serious and frowning.

"Are you still feeling unwell?"

"Mm, I’ve been feeling nauseous, dizzy, and sleepy."

Seeing her so weak, Cheng Lie tenderly stroked her hair, comforting her in soft tones.

"It’s okay, I just talked to the doctor, and he said you just need to rest a bit more."

"Why did you take so long to get here?"

"I’m sorry... I’m sorry, it won’t happen next time."

Jiang Lai knew he had rushed back from another place, surely sleepless all night, so after being a bit dramatic, she didn’t say much more.

After learning about the whole incident, Cheng Lie’s face took on a frosty look. The man who always wore a smile in front of Jiang Lai was showing a dangerous and fierce expression for the first time.

"I’ve already got a way to resolve this; you don’t need to do anything."

"Mm, I know you’re the best, but there are some things better left to me."

Cheng Lie had already dropped out of school; in his words, since he was to marry a wife with a prestigious university degree in the future, it didn’t matter whether he finished high school or not — the family would already have someone educated.

No longer having the identity of a student, Cheng Lie took on even more of a street-smart vibe. Having been in business for so many years, he had some means to deal with those troublemakers.

After the police were called, Zhang Wei was detained, but because the consequences weren’t too severe, he was only expected to be held for a few days before being released.

Just when everyone thought the matter would end there, unexpectedly, Zhang Wei, just released, was suddenly taken back in, and no amount of the old lady’s crying and tantrums stopped her son from being taken away.

Later, when the story spread, everyone learned that what Zhang Wei used on Jiang Lai was no ordinary rat poison, but a new type of poison long banned for purchase and use by the state. Originally used for laboratory sterilization, it had later been unlawfully used through illegal channels, causing a considerable disturbance, thus it was banned.

Now Zhang Wei dared to buy such a substance to harm someone, his audacity and cruelty chilling. Once the news got to reporters somehow, it was published, and even made it to the evening news.

Due to the negative social impact, Zhang Wei was arrested again and sentenced to ten years in prison for illegally purchasing banned substances.

This incident caused quite a stir at school. The school even held an all-student meeting to sternly criticize Zhang Wei and educate everyone on the importance of diligently studying and observing laws and regulations.