Shen Jue instinctively tried to pull away as if he had been electrocuted, but she grabbed him in time. The slightly cool breath against his wound brought a faint tingling sensation. His entire body froze, and his mind completely shut down.
His only thought was that this damned woman, Jiang Xu, had really gone crazy.
But he soon realized that Jiang Xu was blowing on his wounds purely for show. He noticed that while blowing on his wounds, she was also deliberately provoking Zhou Jinmo.
She was using him as a tool to provoke Zhou Jinmo.
Although he disliked Jiang Xu and even hated her, being used like this still made him extremely unhappy.
So he exerted some force and pulled his arm out of Jiang Xu’s grasp, then moved farther away from her.
Jiang Xu merely raised an eyebrow at this and did not care.
“We’ve already understood the situation.”
After combining Jiang Xu’s statement with Zhou Jinmo’s behavior and words, the robot police determined that Jiang Xu had been telling the truth, while Zhou Jinmo was simply someone who was not right in the head.
Judicial decisions in the future were also much more efficient. The police immediately assessed the circumstances of the case and ordered Zhou Jinmo to compensate Jiang Xu three million on the spot. After all, eight million had been somewhat unrealistic.
Zhou Jinmo was naturally unwilling to accept it, but the police did not let him speak. They forcibly opened his light-brain and transferred three million to Jiang Xu’s light-brain account.
This amount was only half of what the original Jiang Xu had lent him. But that did not matter. Jiang Xu had already decided that she would not only recover all the money the original Jiang Xu had lent him, but also get back every cent she had spent supporting him for three years.
After the compensation was paid, Zhou Jinmo would be taken away for legal proceedings. Once the sentence was determined, he would receive the corresponding punishment.
Even as Zhou Jinmo was being taken away by the police, he continued shouting, “This is completely upside down! Completely upside down! Women should stay at home and serve their husbands, manage the household, and raise the children. How could men possibly end up serving women instead?”
Before he could finish, he was electrocuted again.
Jiang Xu smiled at the frightened Zhou Jinmo and waved goodbye, mouthing the words, “Good luck.”
After seeing the police leave, Jiang Xu made up her mind.
Since the heavens had given her a second chance at life, she had to find a way to change her fate.
This time, she was going to live well.
When she returned to the living room, she saw Shen Jue clutching his chest and kneeling on the floor, his face pale.
Jiang Xu’s heart jolted.
She remembered that because Shen Jue had failed to stabilize his ability in time this time, he would eventually lose his ability. Later, in a contaminated zone, even though he would have the chance to pull the original Jiang Xu away, he would simply let the mutated cow send her flying.
In the apocalypse, having no ability was hardly any different from being useless.
When Shen Jue saw the original Jiang Xu die, he had felt an immense sense of satisfaction. But after losing his ability, he had also lost the courage to keep living. He had originally planned to give up on himself, but the female protagonist saved him in time and gave him hope for life.
From then on, he became the female protagonist’s most loyal follower.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xu immediately rushed over and tried to help him.
“How are you?”
Before she could touch Shen Jue, an angry shout came from the doorway.
“Jiang Xu, what are you doing again?”
Jiang Xu froze and turned around.
A handsome man with a buzz cut stood at the entrance, wearing a combat uniform. The anger in his eyes seemed capable of burning straight through her.
The buzz-cut man strode toward her angrily.
Jiang Xu instinctively took several steps backward.
“Jiang Xu, are you ever going to stop?” The handsome man stood in front of Shen Jue and angrily shouted at her. “Shen Jue has already been obedient enough toward you, yet you actually went crazy again and beat him until he looks like this. Are you even human?”
Jiang Xu searched through her memories for a moment and immediately understood who this person was.
Shangguan Yan, one of the original Jiang Xu’s five husbands, was a fourth-level fire-type ability user and currently a member of C City’s team responsible for clearing out mutated plants and animals.
Originally, Shangguan Yan had already relied on his own strength and was preparing to be promoted to independently lead a team under his superiors.
But the original Jiang Xu was unreasonable.
Simply because she had gotten tired from shopping with Zhou Jinmo, she had used her light-brain to order Shangguan Yan to come pick her up.
At the time, he was capturing a third-level berserk rabbit and had temporarily blocked all messages on his light-brain according to regulations.
After bombarding him with messages without receiving a response, the original Jiang Xu became furious and went to cause a scene at his workplace.
As a result, after Shangguan Yan had finally killed the berserk rabbit and obtained its crystal core, he not only received no commendation but was actually demoted.
It was not that Shangguan Yan was particularly obsessed with becoming a team leader. The reason he had worked so hard to climb the ranks was because he wanted to reach a high enough position to find his younger brother, who had been missing for ten years.
Because of the original Jiang Xu’s outburst, Shangguan Yan would now have to remain in his current position for at least ten years before he could advance.
After returning home, he had argued with the original Jiang Xu.
But not only did she refuse to admit she had done anything wrong, she even mocked him, saying that he was destined to remain an ordinary team member for the rest of his life and would never have a chance to rise again.
She had even ordered him to kneel and lick her feet.
Furious, Shangguan Yan left home and stayed at his workplace for a week without returning.
If he had not heard that his wife had called the police just now, and happened to be nearby, he would not have come back.
He had never expected to return and immediately see Jiang Xu going crazy again, beating Shen Jue until he was covered in bloody wounds.
His anger instantly surged.
If he had not still possessed some reason, he would have wanted to burn Jiang Xu to ashes.
“You misunderstood. I was just trying to help him up,” Jiang Xu tried to explain.
She had not been the one who injured him, but since she had taken over the original Jiang Xu’s body, she also had to bear the consequences of the original owner’s actions. She could only silently accept it.
“Do you think I’ll believe you?”
Shangguan Yan rushed over with a mocking laugh and checked Shen Jue’s condition.
He discovered that apart from the injuries on his body, the most serious problem was that his ability had become unstable.
“Come on. Let’s go back to the room and stabilize your ability.”
Shangguan Yan helped Shen Jue up and was about to take him upstairs to the second-floor room.
“Wait!”
Jiang Xu spoke instinctively.
Shangguan Yan turned his head and looked at her mockingly.
“What? Do you want to hit me too?”
Knowing that they would not believe her no matter how much she explained herself now, Jiang Xu glanced at the injuries on Shen Jue’s body and ignored his remark.
“Take him to the hospital. Whether it’s treating his injuries or stabilizing his ability, it would be safer there.”
The moment she said this, both men were stunned.
Jiang Xu was actually willing to send Shen Jue to the hospital?
Who knew what kind of scheme she was plotting this time?
But Shangguan Yan quickly reacted and sneered.
“Miss Jiang, are you out of money again? Are you using Shen Jue to the hospital as an excuse to ask us for money?”
“Sorry, I don’t have any money.”
Shen Jue also replied coldly, “I just paid your bills. I don’t have any money on me either.”
“Huh?”
This time, it was Jiang Xu’s turn to be stunned.
That was not what she meant at all.
She quickly remembered that the original Jiang Xu often used all kinds of excuses to ask them for money.
After getting married, the husbands’ money was handed over to their wives for safekeeping. The wives were responsible for all kinds of household expenses.
But the original Jiang Xu had taken that money and either spent it on useless luxury goods or given it to Zhou Jinmo.
Jiang Xu immediately opened her light-brain account.
Under the mocking gazes of the two men, she transferred one million to Shen Jue’s account.
“Take this for now. If it isn’t enough when you get to the hospital, just tell me. I’ll transfer more.”
Seeing this, both Shen Jue and Shangguan Yan were stunned.