Volume 1 Chapter 11: It's All That Angler's Fault!
Ms. Zhou extended her left hand toward Shen He, threatening her with a harsh tone: "Return the original recording to me, and I'll let you go. Otherwise, I'll make sure you never marry into the Mu family!"
Although Shen He had long seen through Ms. Zhou's cold-blooded and selfish nature, she still underestimated the depths of her depravity.
Shen He gave Zhou Yulan a thumbs-up, mocking her: "Hiring someone to assault your own daughter, Zhou Yulan, you're the best."
"But I refuse to return the original to you." Facing Zhou Yulan, Shen He quickly unlocked her phone and said, "I'm going to post your recording online right now, so you'll be infamous…"
This decision of Shen He's thoroughly provoked Zhou Yulan.
Zhou Yulan rushed over and knocked Shen He's phone into the lake behind her.
Seeing Shen He's phone fall into the lake, Zhou Yulan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She took out her own phone, turned on the camera, and said to the masked man, "Take care of her!"
The tall, burly man easily pinned Shen He to the ground.
Shen He struggled frantically, begging for mercy loudly. The man slapped Shen He hard across the face and shouted angrily, "Shut the hell up!"
Shen He fell silent from the blow.
The loud slap made Zhou Yulan's heart tremble.
A flicker of reluctance flashed in her eyes, but considering her own interests and her son's future, she still raised her phone and began filming Shen He…
Suddenly!
Woo-woo, woo-woo—the sound of police sirens grew closer, heading toward the wetland park.
Hearing the sirens, Zhou Yulan's expression changed drastically, and the man panicked, scrambling to his feet to run.
At that moment, Shen He smiled mysteriously, pulled out a dagger hidden behind a trash can, and stabbed the man in the abdomen!
"Ah!" The man let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Zhou Yulan was heartless. In her previous life, she had managed to abscond with all the Shen family's wealth. In this life, how could Shen He possibly meet her without any preparation?
Seeing the dagger in Shen He's hand, Zhou Yulan suddenly understood something, and a chill ran down her spine.
"Shen He, you deliberately set a trap for me!"
Only now did Zhou Yulan realize that Shen He had intentionally come alone to meet her and threatened to post the audio file online—all to force her into a corner!
Shen He's red lips curved slightly, her smile cold. "Ms. Zhou, every step was your own choice. How can you blame me?"
Shen He had indeed set a trap for Zhou Yulan.
But Shen He only dug the hole—it was Zhou Yulan who willingly jumped in, step by step.
Soon, the police arrived at the scene.
Seeing the police, Shen He completely changed her earlier cunning demeanor.
Her hands holding the dagger trembled with fear, her dark cat-like eyes filled with tears as she panicked and said, "I killed someone, I killed someone…"
Zhou Yulan was stunned by her masterful acting.
"You… you little bitch!"
"Quiet!" A female police officer walked over and roughly twisted Zhou Yulan's hands behind her back.
As the cold handcuffs snapped around Zhou Yulan's wrists, she grew frightened. "Officer, this little bitch set me up!"
Zhou Yulan tried to argue.
Shen He lifted her pale face, gazing pitifully at Zhou Yulan, and accused her with despair and pain: "Mom, even if I offended you at Grandma's birthday banquet today, and you think I'm disobedient, you didn't have to hire a man to humiliate me."
As soon as these words were spoken, the police officers on the scene looked at Zhou Yulan as if she were a beast.
Zhou Yulan couldn't clear her name even if she jumped into the Yellow River.
Realizing she had truly been successfully framed by Shen He, she flew into a rage and began hurling abuse at Shen He.
The insults were as vile as they could be, and she was mercilessly detained and taken away in a police car.
Only then did the female officer approach Shen He, intending to take the dagger from her hand.
Shen He gripped the dagger tightly, unwilling to let go.
Her lips trembled with fear as she asked the officer, "Sister, I think I killed someone. Will I go to jail?"
Noticing the slap mark on Shen He's face and the disheveled collar of her shirt, the female officer gently reassured her, "This was self-defense, it's fine. Besides, that scoundrel isn't in any life-threatening danger—just injured."
Hearing this, Shen He finally relaxed and willingly released the dagger.
The female officer placed the dagger into an evidence bag and told Shen He, "Young lady, you almost got hurt tonight. Thankfully, a kind-hearted person fishing nearby noticed the situation and reported it to us."
"If we had arrived a few minutes later, things could have turned out badly."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yulan felt utterly helpless.
It was a fisherman who had ruined her plans!
"Come on, let's go to the police station to give a statement."
"Alright."
Shen He glanced across the wetland park, where Qin Yi, the fisherman, was waving the flashlight from her phone at her.
She lowered her head, and the corners of her lips curled up into a faint smile once more.
On the opposite side of the wetland park.
Seeing the police arrive on time and take away Zhou Yulan and the others, Qin Yi whistled softly, packed up her fishing rod, and prepared to leave.
As she turned around, she noticed another fisherman sitting on the nearby observation deck.
Qin Yi was taken aback.
Had this person been here the whole time?
But the next second, Qin Yi showcased her social butterfly nature, waving at the person. "Hey, friend, you're here for night fishing too?"
Song Jingcheng, holding a thermos cup, glanced at Qin Yi indifferently and replied with a simple "Mm," before asking, "How was your catch tonight?"
Qin Yi lifted her empty bucket and said cheerfully, "A great haul! Friend, I'm off now." With that, she quickly gathered her gear and slipped away.
Song Jingcheng stared at the now completely quiet opposite shore.
He had only come out in the middle of the night to enjoy the night breeze, never expecting to witness such a spectacle.
Shen He.
How had he never noticed before that Mu Tingyun's girlfriend was so capable of stirring up trouble?
With someone so unfathomable suddenly appearing in his circle, Song Jingcheng felt a sense of curiosity toward Shen He for the first time.
…
Late at night, Shen Guanghui was summoned to the police station.
Upon learning the full story, Shen Guanghui was furious and immediately slapped Zhou Yulan several times!
"Zhou Yulan! Shen He is our daughter! Even if you don't love her, she's still a piece of flesh that came from your body!"
"Shen He may not have shown you enough respect, but did you have to harm her like this? In all the world, what kind of mother hires someone to assault her own daughter?"
"You're downright wicked! How do you expect Yaozu to face others after what you've done?"
Zhou Yulan was in a daze, still unable to comprehend how she had fallen into Shen He's trap.
She had thought her plan was flawless, never imagining that there would be fishermen in the wetland park in the middle of the night!
It wasn't until now, hearing Shen Guanghui mention their son Shen Yaozu, that Zhou Yulan finally came to her senses.
She suddenly grabbed Shen Guanghui's hand, pleading with him: "Husband! Go beg Shen He right now, make sure she doesn't sue me, no matter what you have to get her to sign the letter of forgiveness!"
"I can't go to prison, if I go to prison, Yaozu's future will be completely ruined!" Only when it concerned her son's prospects did Zhou Yulan finally feel fear.
Shen Guanghui pointed at her nose and scolded: "Now you're scared? Why didn't you think about Yaozu before you acted!"
"Shen He pushed things too far!" Anger twisted Mrs. Zhou's face as she said through gritted teeth: "I'm her biological mother, how could she treat me like this?"
"It's only March, and she actually wanted me to jump into the wetland park in the middle of the night! I'm a landlubber, jumping in would mean certain death!"
"And on top of that, she demanded thirty percent of my company's shares as soon as she opened her mouth. She's an insatiable devil, I just wanted to teach her a lesson!"
"It's all that fisherman's fault!"
Things had reached this point, and Mrs. Zhou blamed everyone and everything—the heavens, the earth, the fisherman—but never considered herself at fault.