“Wake up!”
The man kicked Si Hanche in the stomach.
Curling up on the ground, the pain jolted Si Hanche back to consciousness.
He found his hands tied, his mouth sealed with tape, and his glasses missing somewhere.
Being severely nearsighted, he could only instinctively search for Jiang Mingyan through his blurred vision.
Seeing him awake, Jiang Mingyan struggled against her ropes, making muffled “mmph” sounds through her gag.
Just as Si Hanche felt relieved hearing Jiang Mingyan was okay, two henchmen grabbed him by the collar and hauled him up!
They dragged him before the man sitting on a chair and ripped the tape from his mouth!
Si Hanche’s lips stung from the tape removal. Wang Qiang tapped the dagger against his face,
“You heartless bastard! For this woman, you dared to play with my niece’s feelings and then discard her! To vent Mengyu’s anger, I must chop off one hand – either yours or this woman’s!”
He pointed the dagger tip at Jiang Mingyan,
“Speak! Whose hand should I take – yours or this woman’s?”
Jiang Mingyan’s heart sank, her eyes instinctively turning to Si Hanche.
He was one of the world’s few leading neurosurgical authorities, these hands having performed countless exquisite surgeries other doctors couldn’t accomplish.
If Si Hanche lost his hands, it would be a tremendous loss to the medical field!
Previously, for Shen Mengyu’s sake, he had mercilessly chosen to remove her eyes. This time, he would undoubtedly choose… to sacrifice her hands without hesitation.
Si Hanche coldly stared at Wang Qiang, though his vision remained blurry.
“You’re Shen Mengyu’s uncle, aren’t you? No wonder she only knows how to scheme behind people’s backs – it runs in the family.”
No sooner had he spoken than the man violently kicked him in the chest!
“Enough nonsense! If you don’t choose soon, I’ll chop your hand off first! Then that woman’s!”
Originally, Wang Qiang had hoped that after Shen Mengyu married Si Hanche, he would provide funds to inject capital into his small company.
Never expecting he would discard Mengyu so casually!
Not only could Mengyu not swallow this humiliation, he couldn’t bear it either – treating a woman like precious treasure he hadn’t even fully enjoyed yet, only for Si Hanche to discard her like worn-out shoes!
Since he couldn’t get money from the Si family, there was nothing left to hold back!
The two henchmen pressed Si Hanche’s bound hands against the ground. He urgently cried out,
“Wait! I choose…”
Though Jiang Mingyan clearly knew what choice Si Hanche would make, she still inwardly laughed at herself when she heard him speak.
This was the first time she had ever seen such a panicked expression on his usually composed face.
For someone as proud as Si Hanche, losing his hands would probably be more painful than death itself, wouldn’t it?
Wang Qiang smiled with satisfaction.
This soul-crushing choice was quite amusing – truly worthy of that clever little Mengyu’s devising.
Let this woman called Jiang Mingyan hear it with her own ears, then die in agony!
“See? Even married couples are like birds in a forest fleeing separately when disaster strikes! Of course the Si family’s second young master would choose…”
“I choose Jiang Mingyan!”
Si Hanche said hoarsely.
Everyone froze.
Jiang Mingyan stood rooted to the spot, her face full of disbelief.
“What did you say?”
Wang Qiang narrowed his eyes, not quite catching it.
When disaster strikes, human nature is to preserve oneself at others’ expense! Why was this different from what he expected?
Si Hanche’s eyes were bloodshot as he gritted his teeth and repeated,
“I said, if you want to chop something off, take my hand! Don’t touch her!”
Jiang Mingyan’s eyes widened, shaking her head vigorously while making muffled ‘mmph’ sounds, her emotions visibly agitated.
They had already called off their engagement. She didn’t want, nor did she need him to do this!
She knew that what Shen Mengyu wanted was her hand!
As long as Si Hanche chose to chop off her hand and then reconciled with Shen Mengyu, she wouldn’t actually harm him.
Si Hanche looked at Jiang Mingyan, his voice hoarse beyond recognition,
“Although you said we’re even, Jiang Mingyan, I’ve been misunderstanding and hurting you all this time. Today I’ll repay you with my hand, and only then will we truly be even.
Actually, I never told you – you’re an outstanding jade carver. That pair of Jade Butterflies you gave me when our families arranged our engagement was beautiful… Pity I shattered them.
Your hands should remain intact – you’ll definitely carve even more beautiful and exceptional works in the future.”
Jiang Mingyan’s nose stung unbearably, tears falling like broken strings of pearls.
Noticing hatred flashing in her eyes, Wang Qiang curiously walked over and tore the tape from her mouth.
He wanted to see what she had to say.
Pale-faced, Jiang Mingyan spoke through clenched teeth,
“Si Hanche, when you returned that jade butterfly to me, I kept begging you to believe I didn’t hit Shen Mengyu with my car.
But you threw the jade at me, demanded to break off our engagement! Said that jade carved by a black-hearted woman like me couldn’t ward off evil, but would only attract disaster!
Now I’m telling you – today’s disaster was brought by you!
You’re just a fool who’s been completely deceived by Shen Mengyu, happily playing along with her schemes!
I don’t want your hypocritical concern here! Get away from me!”
Any other woman would have fainted from terror when kidnapped and facing dismemberment.
Si Hanche saw that Jiang Mingyan was clearly terrified, yet thought that by insulting him like this, he’d feel humiliated and abandon her out of anger.
Why was she so foolish? So foolish it gave him an indescribable… heartache.
Si Hanche laughed self-mockingly,
“You’re right, Jiang Mingyan, I am a fool. That’s why I was blinded by Shen Mengyu, unable to distinguish genuine feelings from false ones.”
He told Wang Qiang,
“Ignore her. She’s terrified and not thinking straight, doesn’t know what she’s saying. If you’re going to chop, take my hand, no more nonsense!”
Wang Qiang told Si Hanche with a triumphant expression,
“Since you’re about to die anyway, I might as well tell you – Jiang Mingyan really didn’t hit Mengyu with her car.
Mengyu was hiding near the Jiang residence, waiting for her to drive out before jumping in front of the car pretending to be intentionally hit.
The injury on Mengyu’s leg was from her deliberately jumping from the second floor. What they say – you can’t catch a wolf without risking the child!”
Si Hanche admitted it – he was indeed the big foolish wolf caught in Shen Mengyu’s trap!
But the words “about to die” instantly made his face turn ashen.
Wang Qiang was just toying with them first before killing them both!
Wang Qiang ordered his subordinate to bring a small electric saw, looking perversely at Si Hanche,
“I heard you were the top scorer in the national college entrance exams. I wonder if brains like yours are larger than ordinary people’s, or if the brain wrinkles are deeper?”
“First, pry open his skull for me to take a look, then I’ll sell his brain for ten yuan to a hotpot restaurant. Let the customers taste whether human brains and pig brains actually have the same flavor.”
Si Hanche’s heart pounded violently—Yan Zheng’s inner thoughts were all true!
Those words she had ‘cursed’ him with—about his miserable death—were actually about to come true!
Even the price his brain would be sold for was exactly the same!
He, a dignified medical doctor, couldn’t bear the thought of his brain being valued the same as a pig’s!
Wang Qiang sneered as he stepped forward, grabbing Jiang Mingyan by the hair,
“As for you, little beauty, it’d be a waste to just strangle you. If you make me happy, I’ll smuggle you out with Mengyu. Let Mengyu teach you how she usually serves me, and from now on, both of you can serve me together. How about that?”