“I’ll beat you to death! Dad, big brother, come quick—let’s kill her together!” Wen Xinghe, battered senseless by Wen Chuxia, mumbled unconsciously.
Everyone in the room only saw that Second Brother Wen had won the fight, but in reality, Wen Chuxia had deliberately offered her face for Wen Xinghe to strike.
When Wen Xinghe swung his fist at her, the scene from before her death flooded Wen Chuxia’s mind, her eyes turning bloodshot as she could no longer suppress the bone-deep, piercing hatred.
She targeted Wen Xinghe’s pressure points, delivering a fierce beating to his vital areas. This thrashing left no visible wounds and caused no immediate discomfort.
But in half an hour, he would be in excruciating pain, unable to leave his bed for at least half a month.
Wen Chuxia’s thoughts drifted back to long ago, when Wen Xinghe had been bitten by a venomous snake in the countryside and she had sucked the poison from his wound.
Wen Xinghe had once sworn resolutely that in this life, he would only dote on her as his sister and would never show favoritism toward Wen Yuyan again.
Back then, she had naively believed that she had finally earned the affection of her father and brothers.
But reality had delivered a resounding slap to her face. As soon as Wen Yuyan returned, everything instantly rewound, reverting to how it had always been.
The solemn vows her father and brothers had made scattered like dust in the wind, leaving no trace behind.
Since Wen Yuyan had chosen to give up going to the Huo family, no matter what happened with the Huos, Wen Chuxia would absolutely not live with her father and brothers.
Thinking that they would have no further ties in the future, she wished she could just stab him to death with a needle. But having been granted this rare chance at rebirth, she didn’t want to waste the heavens’ favor.
Touching her reddened cheek where Wen Xinghe had struck her, Wen Chuxia cast an icy gaze at him, landing precise blows on his pressure points while quietly threatening him: if he didn’t want to die, he’d better obediently agree to sever ties.
“Xinghe, Mom begs you, stop hitting her. We don’t want anything anymore, wuwuwu…” Liu Cuihua sobbed as she chased after the siblings.
Wen Xiuyuan watched as his second son slapped his eldest daughter several times across the face. He thought his son was too foolish—how could she meet Third Young Master Huo with a swollen face?
He wanted to step in and break up the fight, but Wen Yuyan held onto his arm. “Dad, just let Second Brother beat some of that hostility out of Sister. Don’t let her embarrass you at the Huo family.”
“Chuxia, if you just kneel down obediently and beg Dad, say you won’t sever ties, then Dad will make your second brother stop—”
Wen Xiuyuan’s words were cut off by Wen Xinghe. “Dad, let’s sever ties with her quickly. We don’t have to give her a single cent.”
Wen Xinghe hadn’t actually intended to sever ties, but the pain was too much—he couldn’t bring himself to beg for mercy.
He could only go along with Wen Chuxia’s wish to cut ties. If she could beat her own brother this fiercely, severing ties with such a heartless person wasn’t a loss for him.
“Dad~~ Sister has worked hard all these years taking care of our family. Why don’t you just write up a severance document and let her go live a good life!
Look, Second Brother is dead set on cutting ties. If Second Brother beats Sister to death, could you bear to see him get into legal trouble?
Second Brother~~ Don’t keep hitting Sister’s face. If she goes to the Huo family to complain and play the victim, we’ll be in trouble~~” Wen Yuyan fanned the flames as she spoke.
Hmph! Go complain to the Huo family? Dream on!
Not just the Huo family—everyone in the entire Dayuan looks down on the daughter of a capitalist. They’re all bad people. Let’s see who you can complain to or play victim with.
This lifetime, let Wen Chuxia taste what it’s like to be ostracized by everyone, while I go to the countryside with Father and brothers to endure hardship.
It’s the autumn of 1973 now. At most, we’ll suffer for four years. Besides, there’s a future tycoon waiting for me in the countryside.
Hahaha, thinking of this bright future, Wen Yuyan couldn’t help but laugh, her delicate face brimming with smug satisfaction.
In her previous life, she had many regrets and much bitterness.
Given a second chance, she would not follow her meek mother into remarriage with the Huo family to suffer exclusion; she would stay by her father and brothers’ side to enjoy a comfortable life.
If her foolish older sister wanted to sever family ties, all the better—so she wouldn’t come crawling back to the Wen family if she couldn’t survive on her own.
Although she didn’t mind keeping a servant, without severing ties, Wen Chuxia could still make trouble over dividing the family property—that would be too annoying!
“Yinhe, Xinghe, are you really determined to cut ties with Chuxia?” Wen Xiuyuan asked hesitantly.
Severing ties with his eldest daughter now held no benefit for him, yet he was unwilling to let her take the Wen family’s wealth to the Huo household.
“Sever them, we must sever them,” Wen Xinghe declared resolutely, shouting. There was another sentence he didn’t shout out loud: otherwise, I’ll be beaten to death by her.
“Since Second Brother is determined to sever ties, I have no objections,” Eldest Brother Wen said, his face ashen.
He had no mind to care about others; unable to endure the hardships of prison, he had no desire to be sent to the countryside either.
He only hated that he wasn’t born a daughter, able to follow their mother into the Huo family through remarriage and enjoy a life of comfort.
By now, Wen Yuyan had already handed paper and pen to Wen Xiuyuan. “Dad, just write it. Don’t be angry—you still have me and my brothers~~”
“Yanyan is truly Dad’s good daughter, unlike Wen Chuxia, that ungrateful wretch who can never be tamed. I’ll write the severance document right now.
Once you sign it, get out. Don’t think of taking a single cent or even a piece of clothing with you.” Wen Xiuyuan’s vicious words struck Wen Chuxia like a thunderclap.
In her past life, when Wen Yuyan left home, the father and his three children practically wanted to give her the entire family fortune, shedding tears as they bid her farewell—a scene so touching it moved people to emotion.
“Sign it quickly. Once you sign, get out. Leave immediately.” Wen Xinghe flung the severance document, already signed and thumbprinted by the four members of the Wen family, at Wen Chuxia.
She reached out and took it, signing without hesitation. Wen Xiuyuan watched with displeasure and tried to snatch the document after she pressed her thumbprint.
But Wen Chuxia held it tightly. Clutching the three copies of the severance document, she said coldly, “This still needs to be notarized at the public notary office. I’ll give it to you after it’s stamped.”
“You unfilial wretch, get out! Get out right now! Looking at you for even a moment shortens my life.” Wen Xiuyuan roared in furious humiliation.
In his rage, he kicked out at his sobbing ex-wife. Eldest Brother Wen stepped forward to pull Wen Xiuyuan back.
He said heartlessly, “Dad, if you want to hit someone, hit Wen Chuxia. If you beat Mom to death, no one will be left to help us.”
“Xiuyuan, Yinhe, Xinghe, Yanyan, are you all so heartless? Won’t you even let Xiaxia and me take a couple of changes of clothes?” Liu Cuihua, kicked to the ground by Wen Xiuyuan, asked tearfully.
Too heartbroken to get up, she remained on the floor until Wen Chuxia forcefully pulled her to her feet.
“Cuihua, don’t blame me either. Blame that ungrateful wretch—she’s the one who insisted on severing ties,” Wen Xiuyuan said angrily.
“Wuwuwu, Wen Xiuyuan, are you even human? Just throwing us mother and daughter out like this?”
“Mom, let’s go.” Wen Chuxia dragged the struggling Liu Cuihua along, watching coldly as the four members of the Wen family shoved them out the door, stripped of everything.
“Ungrateful wretch, what kind of look is that?” Wen Xiuyuan roared furiously. This time, he saw clearly the icy chill and mockery in his eldest daughter’s eyes.
Enraged beyond control, he rushed forward and slapped Wen Chuxia. The three Wen siblings directly pushed her. “Get out, get out now!”
Seeing Wen Xiuyuan and his three children shove her eldest daughter past the threshold and onto the ground, Liu Cuihua broke down in loud sobs.
To placate her tearful mother, Wen Chuxia tightly clutched the severance letter, which led to Wen Xiuyuan slapping her.
Then, pushed by the furious Wen Yinhe, she fell flat on her back outside the door. In that instant, a surge of overwhelming rage and hatred welled up inside her.
Just as she was about to leap up and pummel her scoundrel father and brother, a stern voice rang in her ears, “Cuihua, I’ve come to take… Wen Xiuyuan—you hit her again?”