Lin Xingwan raised the steel pipe in her hand high and swung it towards Deng Qi's groin.
"Ah—" Deng Qi's scream echoed for a long, long time on the mountainside. The others present were all so scared that cold sweat broke out and their faces turned fearful.
Especially seeing the blood-red stain around Deng Qi's crotch, which quickly soaked the ground, the others, though not hit by Lin Xingwan, felt a sharp pain in their own vital areas.
"Our Deng family... our Deng family is going to be extinct... Ancestors of the Deng family, I've failed you, I've failed you." Seeing his son's gruesome wound, Deng San could imagine how badly rotted the flesh was inside, even through his pants.
For years, Deng Qi had been sowing his wild oats, and Deng San had abetted him, all because he desperately wanted a grandson.
Now that hope was dashed, Deng San coughed up a large mouthful of blood in anger.
Zhou Jinbai also marveled at his wife's ferocity. The woman who once feigned strength yet craved love seemed to have grown up in an instant.
An invincible aura emanated from her, so dazzling that Zhou Jinbai couldn't bear to look away.
At this moment, he saw a golden phoenix being reborn from ashes.
"So? You're still not going to tell me where those photos are, are you?" Lin Xingwan's tone was chillingly cold. Deng Qi's face turned the color of a pig's liver from the pain, his whole body trembling violently.
Deng Qi looked at the steel pipe Lin Xingwan raised again in terror. He had a strong premonition that if he didn't hand over the photos, his head would be the next to be smashed.
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything. Those photos are in my bedside cabinet in my bedroom." After Deng Qi finished speaking, Zhou Jinbai glanced at one of the bodyguards.
The bodyguard immediately understood and quickly ran out of the room.
Lin Xingwan scanned the other people present. She walked over to a chair, sat down, and asked, "Who was it who threw that woman out of the car back then?"
"I don't know, I really don't know."
As soon as Deng Qi finished speaking, Lin Xingwan ordered the bodyguard, "Break one of his hands."
The bodyguard aimed the gun at Deng Qi's arm. A gunshot rang out, and Deng Qi's arm was severed, falling in front of the other men, who screamed and retreated in terror.
The now stunningly beautiful Lin Xingwan was no longer a goddess they wanted to desecrate in the eyes of these men, but a vengeful spirit come to claim their lives.
They even felt that the woman's features bore some resemblance to the woman from that year.
Could it be... she had really come to claim their lives?
Zhou Jinbai had originally planned to deal with the scum for his wife, but now he realized he had nothing to do, so he might as well sit by his wife's side as a mascot.
"Still not talking? It's fine, I have plenty of time to ask. If you don't tell me next time, I'll break your other hand, then your legs, and then your head. After you die, I'll ask the others, and I'll kill you one by one."
Lin Xingwan's face was filled with immense hatred. Even though she hadn't witnessed the events of that year, she could tell from their brief words how desperate her mother must have been at the time.
"The car back then was black, license plate number Yan K00000, but I don't know who was inside. They threw the woman out and drove away. That's all I know, I swear, I didn't lie to you. My dear grandmother, spare me, I really don't know who the woman in the car was. The car windows were tinted black back then, I couldn't see clearly at all, grandmother, I'm telling the truth, let me go, please, I'll kowtow to you."
Deng Qi was truly terrified. Having been crippled twice, he knew this woman would definitely do as she said.
He endured the excruciating pain, got up from the ground, and knelt before Lin Xingwan, kowtowing frantically as if possessed.
Only when Zhou Jinbai heard the license plate number did his leisurely expression turn solemn.
If it was indeed that license plate number, the terrifying forces involved made him feel a chill down his spine.
"You said the car windows were tinted black, so how did you know there was a woman inside the car?" Lin Xingwan's eyebrows were cold and alluring, making it impossible to look directly at her.
At this moment, her voice was like the melting snow from the peak of a snow-capped mountain, pure and yet with a bone-chilling coldness.
"Because that woman spoke. She told us we could do whatever we wanted with the woman they threw out, and she gave me the camera. After I took the photos, I sent the negatives to her. However, I was reluctant to part with those photos, so I secretly printed several copies for myself. Later, that woman had someone introduce business to me, and that's why our Deng family's tea became in short supply."
Deng Qi no longer dared to hide anything from the woman before him.
Lin Xingwan's gaze fell on Ding Xinrong. Ding Xinrong, who had been kneeling on the ground, instantly felt as if he were being coiled by a beautiful python, and looked at Lin Xingwan in terror.
"I don't know anything, I don't know... I didn't make any money, I just slept with that woman a few times, I really don't know anything." Ding Xinrong feared that this woman would treat him the same way she treated Deng Qi. He felt his manhood was in jeopardy, and even his arm felt like it was about to fall off.
"How many pieces of jewelry did you take from that woman back then?" Lin Xingwan stood up from her chair and walked in front of Ding Xinrong.
Ding Xinrong was so terrified that he wet his pants.
The air was filled with the stench of urine, making people nauseous.
"I only took a necklace and a pair of earrings from that woman. I gave the necklace to someone else, and as for the earrings, I sold them..."
"I took a bracelet, and I sold it too."
"I took a gemstone ring, we sold them all, and the money was used to build houses. As for the people who died, their jewelry was thrown into the big river."
The other men explained one after another, fearing that their fate would be the same as Deng Qi's.
Just then, the bodyguard who had disappeared earlier returned by helicopter.
He held a box and respectfully presented it to Lin Xingwan, "Young Madam, please take a look."
Lin Xingwan quickly took the box and opened it. The first photo made her eyes bulge with rage.
Her heart was torn apart, and her already bleeding soul suffered another fatal wound.
Because the woman in the photo, with a face full of despair and covered in blood, was her mother!
But what had these beasts done to her?
They had stripped her naked and tied her to a pillar, piercing her skin with toothpicks, especially in the unspeakable places, all of which were covered in scars.
The second photo showed her mother crawling on the ground with bloody hands, leaving long bloodstains on the cement floor. Standing behind her was Ding Xinrong with a lecherous smile.
Despair, outrage, destruction...
Lin Xingwan couldn't bear to look further, but she forced herself to continue.
She remembered what Duan Muxing had said, that he had lived over twenty carefree years and had no idea what his mother had gone through back then.
So, this was how she had gone through it.
Then she was taken away by her father and subsequently betrayed.
Lin Xingwan finally understood why, when she had a splitting headache, those terrifying images would appear in her mind.
It was only after her mother had gone through this series of events that she had become this way.
She had never wronged anyone, yet she had been hurt and abandoned by countless people.
Everything she had endured for the past twenty years was a joke compared to her mother's experiences.
Lin Xingwan's emotions fluctuated too greatly. She felt the familiar pain return, and she didn't even have the strength to stand steady.
Zhou Jinbai quickly caught Lin Xingwan, his god-like handsome face filled with deep concern. "Are you okay?"
Lin Xingwan endured the excruciating pain and said with difficulty, "I'm fine."
After speaking, Lin Xingwan said to the bodyguards, "Make the others impotent too."
The bodyguards obeyed. They didn't need to use steel pipes like Lin Xingwan. The guns in their hands quickly aimed, and deafening gunshots filled the room. The crotches of these men bled, and even the dying old man Deng San did not escape.
The room was filled with the screams of these men. Lin Xingwan spoke again, "Go find toothpicks and pierce them one by one. How they tormented my mother back then, they must experience it themselves now."
Lin Xingwan gave another order, and the bodyguards quickly went to find toothpicks.
Zhou Jinbai looked at Lin Xingwan's extremely pale face and couldn't help but say, "Let's go back first. As for these beasts, you can deal with them however you want, but your health is the most important thing right now."
He was too worried about his wife's health. It wasn't worth it to make herself sick over these beasts.
"No, I want to see them pay for their actions with my own eyes before my anger can be slightly appeased." Lin Xingwan shook her head. These were the people who had tormented her mother. She would torment them bit by bit, returning tenfold or a hundredfold the pain they had inflicted on her mother.
Soon, the bodyguards found toothpicks and began to prick the men.
"Help! It hurts so much!"
"Living Buddha, spare us, I'll kowtow to you!"
"Ah... my leg, kill me! I'm in too much pain."
The air was filled with the pleas and screams of these men. Some who tried to escape in pain had a hand shot off. The most tragic was Ding Xinrong, whose limbs had all been blown off, leaving him barely clinging to life on the ground, gasping for breath.
The torment lasted from day to night.
Finally, the entire room was filled with the heavy smell of blood.
When Lin Xingwan and Zhou Jinbai boarded the plane back, the few small Western-style houses in Anlong Village were doused with gasoline and set ablaze.
The flames raged, burning everything, including the bodies in Ding Xinrong's house.
On the helicopter.
Lin Xingwan watched the firelight below grow smaller and smaller, her eyes cold from beginning to end.
Even her body exuded a chilling coldness.
Zhou Jinbai held Lin Xingwan on his lap, patting her back gently as if comforting a child, trying to soothe her emotions.
"I can understand how you feel, just like when I saw my father's body parts found one by one. Wife, if you feel sad, cry it out. Don't keep it inside."
Lin Xingwan remained silent, resting her ear against his chest, listening to his heartbeat.
"Zhou Jinbai, who was so heartless back then to abandon my mother in Anlong Village? I wish I could kill her with my own hands now." Lin Xingwan's eyes were filled with unquenchable resentment. She wouldn't cry; instead, she felt as if she had grown up overnight.
If it weren't for the woman in the car doing such a cruel thing, her mother wouldn't have suffered all this.
Perhaps she should have had a loving husband, a happy family, and lived in this world healthy and well.
"No matter who it is, I will always be with you to find the culprit." Zhou Jinbai lightly kissed Lin Xingwan's forehead. Even though the helicopter was warm, she remained ice-cold.
She felt an invisible hand slowly pushing her into the abyss.
She should have escaped in time, but she stubbornly wanted to illuminate the abyss and rescue the imprisoned soul.
Lin Xingwan slowly raised her hand and cupped Zhou Jinbai's face. She looked at him intently, as if she could never get enough.
Zhou Jinbai smiled, his eyes filled with tenderness.
"Thank you, husband." Lin Xingwan's heart ached immensely. At this moment, she should have been happy because of this man's unwavering devotion.
But she had promised Duan Muxing that she would divorce him after he was rescued.
What should she do?
She couldn't bear to divorce the man whose eyes were full of her. She wanted to grow old with him.
So, was she going to break her promise?
For a moment, Lin Xingwan was extremely conflicted.
Zhou Jinbai, however, mistook Lin Xingwan's emotions for fear and said softly, "It's okay, I'm here. I won't let the murderers of your family get away, nor will I let anyone else hurt you, unless... they step over my dead body."
Zhou Jinbai was about to say something else when Lin Xingwan proactively kissed him.
No longer shy and nervous as before, Zhou Jinbai felt Lin Xingwan's urgency and dominance.
Since last night, this woman had taken the initiative twice.
Zhou Jinbai could not push Lin Xingwan away. Instead, he hugged her waist and deepened the kiss.
The pilot naturally couldn't see what was happening inside the cabin. The two of them were like they were in a small, isolated room, free to do as they pleased.
As Zhou Jinbai carried Lin Xingwan to the bed in the cabin, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.
It felt as if an electric drill was spinning madly inside his heart, and Zhou Jinbai even furrowed his brows tightly.
This pain was brief but profound. After putting Lin Xingwan on the bed, he covered his chest with his hand.
"What's wrong?" Lin Xingwan saw the pain in Zhou Jinbai's eyes and quickly took his hand, asking.
"I probably haven't recovered well these past few days. My chest hurt for a moment." After speaking, Zhou Jinbai tried to lean in to kiss Lin Xingwan, but she covered his mouth.
"Then let's not do it. Otherwise, your body will get worse."
Compared to the pleasure between them, Lin Xingwan cared more about this man's health.
Lin Xingwan's words, when heard by Zhou Jinbai, took on a different meaning.
It was okay to be questioned by his wife in other aspects; he would prove himself with actions.
But to have his virility questioned, and to be told his body was getting worse?
Any man would immediately want to prove his capabilities!
His competitive spirit made Zhou Jinbai cast aside his physical condition. At this moment, he transformed into a big bad wolf, determined to devour the delicious little white rabbit beneath him.
Lin Xingwan had no chance to resist. Just as Zhou Jinbai raised her hands above her head and was about to kiss her rosy, alluring lips, his heart was struck by a sharp pain again, even more intense than before.
Zhou Jinbai groaned in pain, his face turning pale.
His breathing became ragged, and he gasped for air.
Lin Xingwan was startled. Before she could say anything, the man suddenly pressed down heavily on her.
Lin Xingwan's eyes widened, her lips slightly parted, and her hands clenched tightly in fear.
"Zhou Jinbai?"
Lin Xingwan spoke tremblingly, but the man pressing down on her did not respond.
"Zhou Jinbai!"
The entire cabin was silent.
Half an hour later.
At Yan Jing Hospital.
Lin Xingwan and Zhou Bingwen stood anxiously by Zhou Jinbai's bedside.
Lu Shiyan examined Zhou Jinbai, but his refined and elegant face was full of confusion. "This is strange. All his physical indicators are very normal, his heart rate is normal. Why did he suddenly fall unconscious?"
The difficult and perplexing condition made Lu Shiyan doubt his own medical skills. "Is it possible that my abilities are limited and I can't find the cause of the illness? It's impossible. Even the machines can't detect it. Why is this happening?"
Lu Shiyan ran his hand through his hair in frustration. Zhou Bingwen patted Lin Xingwan's shoulder to comfort her. "Don't worry. Maybe he just hasn't recovered well recently. Jinbai has always been lucky since he was a child. He'll surely be blessed by heaven."
Lin Xingwan looked at the kind-faced Zhou Bingwen and nodded reluctantly. "It's getting late. You should go back and be with Grandma. I'll watch him here. If anything happens, I'll call you."
"In that case, I'll go back and deliver some good news first. Otherwise, with my mother's personality, she'll be very worried."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhou Bingwen finished speaking, the hospital room door was kicked open.