Chapter 91: Chapter 91: Her Peerless Hero
"Help! Help!" Zhao Nuanyue cried out again and again, screaming at the top of her lungs, hoping someone would save her. But all she received in return was Mrs. Liâs scornful smile and sinister laugh. No one else responded.
"Iâd advise you to save your strength. Iâm the one in charge here. No one is coming to save you. Just serve my son well, and if you make him happy, Iâll be a little nicer to you. Otherwise, Iâll torture you slowly until you learn to obey."
âYouth is a wonderful thing!â
"Help! Help! Iâm begging you... let me go!" Zhao Nuanyue wailed in despair. "Heavens above, open your eyes! Why do you let the wicked live so well while the good are driven to such despair? Open your eyes and strike these heartless, inhuman monsters dead..."
"Heh heh..." Mrs. Li laughed sinisterly. "Still struggling at a time like this? Still trying to resist? You really expect the heavens to strike me dead? Go on, let them try! Let them come and strike me down... Iâve never believed in that superstitious nonsense. If evil was truly repaid with evil and good with good, I would have died eight hundred times over by now..."
Mrs. Li couldnât even remember how many evil deeds she had committed or how many people she had framed.
But so what?
Those people were already dead, nothing more than stepping stones for her and her husbandâs rise to power. As for retribution, that was just something to fool the common folk. She was alive and well, possessed power and wealth, and could control the lives, deaths, and freedom of others.
Take the present situation, for example. So what if Zhao Nuanyue was beautiful? In Mrs. Liâs eyes, she was nothing but a playthingâa toy to be bartered away.
Zhao Nuanyueâs struggles agitated the impatient Li the Fool, who started slapping her across the face with both hands, one after another.
Her cries for help became muffled and indistinct. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and her face became swollen and bruised from Li the Foolâs punches and kicks.
"Help... Yu Sen..." At that moment, the only thing on Zhao Nuanyueâs mind was Hua Yusenâs name. She desperately wished that the man she loved would appear before her when she needed him most, to save her from this hell.
"Donât waste your breath. No one can save you. If youâve still got the energy, keep talking, keep struggling. My son will show you what it means to wish for death. You can cry to the heavens and the earth, but no one will answer!" Mrs. Li said viciously. âHow dare she call my son a fool? Sheâll have to bear the punishment, torture, and torment a fool can deliver.â
As Li the Fool continued to beat her, Zhao Nuanyueâs consciousness began to fade. In the midst of the assault, the Dragon Roar Grass was broken. Far away in Nianqiao Village, the Little Red Carp grew extremely agitated.
It could sense that Zhao Nuanyue was in trouble. If it didnât get there in time, she might die.
âDidnât the masterâs beloved Hua Yusen rush over? Why hasnât he saved her yet?â
Just as Zhao Nuanyue was about to give up all resistance, the door was suddenly smashed open.
The tremendous crash forced Zhao Nuanyueâs eyes open, and she looked toward the newcomer.
âOh God, had the heavens heard her prayers, heard her cries? Had they sent Hua Yusen to her?â
âOr was her mind playing tricks on her, making her see things?â
Even though Hua Yusen was in disguise, Zhao Nuanyue recognized him instantly by his eyes. It was him.
Hua Yusen raised his leg and kicked Li the Fool squarely. Li the Foolâs burly body crashed to the ground, and he let out a squeal like a stuck pig...
He struggled to his feet to fight back, but Hua Yusen now looked like a demon from hell. The fury in his eyes could have burned Li the Fool to ashes.
The fool didnât dare to advance, but Hua Yusen wasnât about to let him go. This idiot had dared to touch his woman, dared to humiliate his woman. He was courting death...
Hua Yusen kicked Li the Foolâs body again and again. Each blow made Li the Fool howl in pain and beg for mercy...
At that moment, Zhao Nuanyueâs mind was filled with nothing but Hua Yusen and a line from a movie she had seen in her past life: "My love is a peerless hero. One day, he will ride a seven-colored cloud to come and marry me."
Though Hua Yusen hadnât arrived on a multicolored cloud, he was, without a doubt, her peerless hero, rescuing her from her suffering.
At that moment, the physical and mental trauma became too much for Zhao Nuanyue to bear, and she fainted.
Seeing the intruders, Mrs. Li was shocked. "Who are you? This isnât a place you can just barge into! Get the hell out of here, or Iâll make you pay! Get out! Guards! Guards!"
"Youâll find out who we are soon enough, but this place is no longer your personal fiefdom," Hua Yusen said coldly. "You will pay for what youâve done and regret it for the rest of your life!"
Mrs. Li froze for a second, then rushed to the window. She saw that the entire area outside was under control.
Mrs. Li was horrified. She had been caught red-handed.
âWho are these people?â
âNo, I have to get out of here first. Without evidence, no one can do anything to me!â
Just as Mrs. Li tried to escape, people from outside blocked her path.
Two people pinned Mrs. Li against the wall and handcuffed her. In truth, the best thing for her to do at that moment was to commit suicide and take all the blame. She had tortured many people to death, but she lacked the courage to kill herself.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Mrs. Li shrieked. "I am Li Jianfengâs wife! Let me go immediately, or youâll face consequences you canât afford!"
"Heh. Thanks to your âgood deeds,â your husband has already been arrested for embezzling public funds," another man said coldly. He then took something and stuffed it directly into Mrs. Liâs mouth, partly because he didnât want to listen to her endless threats, and partly to prevent her from biting her tongue to commit suicide.
Their target had never been this arrogant, power-abusing Mrs. Li, who was merely borrowing her husbandâs authority. It had always been Li Jianfengâand his position.