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Chapter 120 : Alarm bells ringing for mother and daughter
The old lady was more open-minded. “I never thought I would be so lucky in this life. I can see Haicheng before I die.”
“Mom, Lizi has been talking about you guys for a long time, and she wants to bring you over all the time.”
When Chen Xianyun thought of her daughter-in-law, her thoughts were immediately diverted. Once she got in the car, she was tortured by motion sickness and no longer had the mood to feel sad.
Jiang Li found the place according to the address given by the teacher. She knocked on the door, and someone greeted her. After explaining her purpose, she was led in.
The courtyard was deep, with winding corridors and houses, rockeries, and pavilions. Every step revealed a new scene. Jiang Li was led into the third courtyard and then reached her destination.
A courtyard was being renovated. Everything else had been done, leaving only the blank walls. People were talking in the middle of the courtyard.
Seeing Jiang Li coming, the middle-aged man in the Zhongshan suit turned around, but was stunned the moment he saw her.
“Shuzhen!”
How could this person know my mother? Jiang Li’s heart was in turmoil, but she remained calm on the surface, saying, “Hello, I was introduced by Teacher Ye. I am Jiang Li, a student of the Fine Arts Department of Haicheng University.”
After a moment of shock, the middle-aged man was interrupted by Jiang Li’s words and regained his composure.
Yes, there are people in the world who look alike. Although this girl looks like my deceased sister, I heard that she died from an illness a long time ago. How could she come to Haicheng to attend university?
“Old Xu, what’s wrong with you?” The lady standing next to the middle-aged man was very wealthy, but didn’t seem to know how to dress. She wore a round, white pearl necklace, emeralds, and rubies around her neck, and her wrists and fingers were adorned with dazzling jewels.
The way she looked at Jiang Li was full of scrutiny. Ever since Old Xu had been rehabilitated, many women had tried to get close to him, but she had driven them all away.
If this woman is after my family’s wealth and throws herself at him, don’t blame me for being rude.
Zhou Hui looked Jiang Li up and down. Jiang Li was dressed simply that day, in a simple white shirt, black skirt, and a pair of green cloth buckle shoes.
Her black hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin, and she wore no jewelry except for an emerald green bracelet on her snow-white wrist. But even such a simple outfit couldn’t hide her dazzling brilliance.
She wasn’t from Haicheng, and she met Xu Haicheng when she was sent down to the countryside. She married him by chance, along with her daughter. Before Old Xu was rehabilitated, she vaguely guessed his family background was good, but she didn’t expect that he was so wealthy he could rival a country.
She followed Old Xu back to Haicheng and was almost overwhelmed by the vast wealth. However, there were many people in the large family and many social events. Because she could not read much, she often felt out of place and nervous.
She was even more wary of the women who appeared around Old Xu. Old Xu was gentle, elegant, and generous with his daughter. Apart from the fact that they had nothing in common, he was simply the best husband in the world.
Jiang Li sensed the woman’s ill will towards her, but since the job was introduced by her teacher, she couldn’t turn it down.
After greeting everyone, she began to paint. The host requested a landscape theme, with the specific details left up to Jiang Li.
The sketch had been shown to them in advance, and the drawing had been finalized. Jiang Li was particularly devoted to her work when it came to her major, and it was completed in one morning.
After receiving her salary, Jiang Li packed up the paints and brushes she had brought with her and politely declined the housekeeper’s offer to stay for dinner.
But she didn’t expect to be stopped by someone as she was leaving. “Are you the art student my father called? I don’t think your painting is that good! I’m not satisfied with this painting, you have to redo it.”
The housekeeper beside her said, “Miss Ling, this painting was chosen by the master early this morning.”
“I don’t care. Since it’s my yard, I decide what gets painted. You, go back and repaint it.”
Du Ling acted bossy and was filled with hostility toward Jiang Li, because her mother, Zhou Hui, had cried to her after returning home.
When Du Ling learned that there were female students around her stepfather who wanted to seduce him, alarm bells went off in her mind. She was originally just the daughter of a widow from the countryside.
After her mother remarried her stepfather, she began living a life she had never dared to imagine before. She drove a car, had jewelry and beautiful clothes, and her stepfather gave her whatever she wanted.
She would never allow this wealthy life to change because of anyone’s appearance.
Jiang Li said calmly, “I’ve completed the work according to the contract. If you want a different painting, you can find someone else.”
Jiang Li ignored the crazy woman and turned to leave, but suddenly, a black patent leather bag with silver metal inlays flew toward her face.
Du Ling’s twisted face was full of malice. She used all her strength, hoping to scratch the woman’s face, so she could go out with that face and seduce a married man.
Jiang Li lowered her head to avoid the attack, then snatched the bag with a backhand and returned the blow. The sharp metal buckle hit Du Ling’s right cheek. Du Ling felt a sharp pain and blood slowly began flowing down her face.
Jiang Li didn’t stop there. She grabbed Du Ling’s hair, slapped her left and right, and continued slapping her more than ten times while on top of her.
Du Ling tried to push Jiang Li away, but Jiang Li’s strength was so overpowering it felt like a mountain pressing down on her. She screamed at the housekeeper, “Are you dead? Pull this woman off me quickly, I’m going to scratch her face!”
The housekeeper stretched out her hand but hesitated. By the time she made a decision, Jiang Li had already stood up on her own.
Du Ling immediately pulled out a mirror to check the wound on her face and found not only was her face scratched, but her cheeks were swollen, looking like a pig’s head.
She smashed the mirror in a fit of rage. “Do you know who I am? If you dare hurt me, I’ll make you pay!”
The noise of their fight reached Zhou Hui’s ears. Zhou Hui rushed over and, upon seeing her daughter in this state, immediately wanted to pull Jiang Li’s hair, but Jiang Li twisted her hand and pulled her hair hard instead.
Zhou Hui, who couldn’t gain the upper hand, was so angry that she slapped the housekeeper. “Are you dead? This bitch dared to act wildly in my house and beat up the master! Call the guards, I want to beat her to death!”
The housekeeper, over sixty years old, had been with the Xu family for decades, and even Mr. Xu had never raised his voice to him.
But after Zhou Hui and her daughter came, they showed no respect for him, beating and scolding him at every turn, which made the housekeeper extremely angry.
After Xu Haicheng arrived, the housekeeper first objectively explained the situation, saying that Du Ling was beaten entirely because she was vicious and attacked the young girl’s face as soon as she arrived.
“In addition to this incident, Miss Ling has also beaten classmates twice, insulted a teacher once, and isolated a classmate, causing him to drop out of school once. I went to the school to handle these matters, following Ms. Zhou’s instructions.”