665 Returning It to You

Chapter 665: Return It to You

Hu Changshou refused to leave.

Su Xiaozhi’s tears had already dried up. There was nothing she could do. It was useless to regret it.

She wanted to call Hu Changshou up for dinner, but he didn’t.

He would only say, “My life is yours. If you want to take it away, kill me. I’ll return it to you.” Apart from this, Hu Changshou was unwilling to say anything else.

At night, Su Xiaozhi went to the village to deliver food. Her eyes were red and swollen.

She was late. As soon as she arrived, she heard Madam Wang cursing.

Madam Wang knocked on the head of the bed fiercely, making clunking sounds. As she knocked, she cursed. Su Dalang and Su Erlang’s families did not care. No one approached the room where Madam Wang and Old Master Su lived.

Su Xiaozhi was sad. She pushed the door open and entered. Before she could speak, Madam Wang hit her with a stick. Immediately after, she cursed viciously, “You rotten b*tch. B*tch, do you want us to die? Are you the same as those with rotten consciences? Why are you only here now? Do you want to starve us to death?”

Su Xiaozhi’s heart was filled with grievances. She picked up the stick on the ground and choked. She clearly wanted to complain about her grievances to Madam Wang, but her words were covered by Madam Wang’s vicious curses. She could only swallow all her grievances and silently take out the food for Madam Wang without saying anything.

She fed Old Master Su with tears in her eyes.

Madam Wang cursed as she ate, “Cry, cry, cry. Cry until you die, you rotten thing. If you want to die, you should die. The two of us will definitely live for a long time. Let’s see you rotten things die one by one!”

Su Xiaozhi wiped away her tears as she fed Old Master Su.

Old Master Su could no longer speak. He could only move his fingers.

He looked at Su Xiaozhi with unfamiliar emotions in his eyes.

Su Xiaozhi endured the intense grief in her heart and wiped away her tears repeatedly. She fed Old Master Su mouthful by mouthful.

After feeding Old Master Su, Su Xiaozhi cleaned up the old man’s bed and washed him up.

Madam Wang was already done eating, but she was still cursing.

What Su Xiaozhi did not notice was that Madam Wang was also crying.

After Su Xiaozhi packed up and was about to go back, Su Xiaozhi felt her sleeve being pulled. She turned around and saw Old Master Su grabbing her sleeve tightly.

Su Xiaozhi was puzzled. She choked and said, “Father, I’m going back.”

Old Master Su’s eyes narrowed as if he had something to say.

Madam Wang hit the bed with a stick. “Damn b*tch, can’t you see that your father wants to speak? Leave. If you leave, your rotten heart will die.”

Madam Wang’s curses pierced Su Xiaozhi’s heart. She pried open Old Master Su’s hand and realized that there was a piece of gold in Old Master Su’s palm. She was stunned.

She looked at Madam Wang. Madam Wang avoided her gaze and said very softly, “Just take what your father gave you. Anyway, none of you are good people. I might as well give it to you.”

After cursing softly, Madam Wang slammed the bed with a stick and scolded loudly, “I’ll beat you to death, you piece of trash. You bring me pig food every day. You will be struck by lightning sooner or later.”

Su Xiaozhi saw that Madam Wang’s stick was hitting the edge of the bed and did not really hit her.

With tears in her eyes, she took the gold. Old Master Su no longer grabbed her. Instead, he slowly closed his eyes.

Su Xiaozhi left the house in a sorry state.

Outside, Madam Li and Madam Zhou were watching the show. Seeing Su Xiaozhi come out in a sorry state, Madam Li smiled and said sarcastically, “Xiaozhi, it’s been hard on you. With Mother like this, we don’t even dare to go in. Looks like it’s good to have a daughter. Daughters are more considerate.”

Madam Zhou also echoed and said with a smile, “Xiaozhi, I’ll have to trouble you to take good care of Father and Mother. When the autumn harvest comes this year, I’ll give you some food. It’s not that I don’t want to do my best, but I’m already old and my body can’t withstand Mother’s rod. After all, you were born by Mother. You’re the flesh that fell from Mother’s body. Mother won’t really hurt you.”

Madam Zhou thought that she was more scheming than Madam Li and spoke better than her.

Su Xiaozhi felt very tired and did not want to say a word. She left numbly.

No matter how beautiful Madam Li and Madam Zhou’s words were, it could not change the fact that they did not take care of her parents.

Madam Wang knew how to hit people. It was very painful, so how could it not hurt?

Su Xiaozhi packed her things and left. She had to cook again and wash the dirty sheets.

After Su Xiaozhi left, Madam Li and Madam Zhou changed their attitude.

Madam Li looked at Su Xiaozhi’s departing back and said to Madam Zhou, “Sister-in-law, tell me, why is Xiaozhi doing this? Did Father and Mother secretly give her money?”

Madam Zhou also fell into deep thought. “How would I know? Didn’t we split it when we split up?”

Madam Li thought that it made sense. Once Old Master Su fell, Madam Wang was nothing to be afraid of. She was just a paper tiger. Everything was because of Old Master Su.

Therefore, after Old Master Su fell, they split up. No matter how Madam Wang scolded them, she could not stop them.

When they entered the town, Old Master Su did not go, nor did Madam Wang.

They all left them behind as a matter of course. Su Xiaozhi took over and saved them the trouble.

However, they could not rule out the possibility that the old couple was still hiding some money.

With this thought in mind, Madam Li rolled her eyes and wanted to secretly take a look tonight.

Madam Zhou and Madam Li thought of the same thing.

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When Su Xiaozhi returned home and saw that Hu Changshou was still kneeling, she went over and showed him the gold. She choked and said, “Shou, look, your grandfather gave this to me. Mother didn’t do anything wrong. They gave this to me.”

A piece of gold was worth a lot of money. It comforted Su Xiaozhi’s scattered heart and gave her the courage to firmly believe that she had done the right thing.

Hu Changshou looked at the dazzling gold and smiled sarcastically. “Hehe, congratulations, mother. With this gold, the pain in Mother’s body won’t hurt anymore. As long as Mother feels happy.”

Hu Changshou looked at Su Xiaozhi’s scarred hand. Some of the bruises were caused by Madam Wang.

If there were so many visible scars, what about the hidden ones?

Hu Changshou’s sarcasm made Su Xiaozhi’s heart ache. She retracted her hand in shame. She didn’t know if she wanted to hide the gold or hide her hand.

Su Xiaozhi did not know what to do. Hu Changshou did not touch the food she had placed in front of him.

She had clearly obtained a piece of gold. She clearly felt that her efforts were not in vain, but why did her heart still hurt so much?

Su Xiaozhi knelt on the ground and looked at Hu Changshou sadly. “My son, can you not torture me? I beg you. Boohoo… my heart hurts.”

Hu Changshou’s expression was cold. “I’m not torturing Mother. I’m just returning what you want. How can I have the right to torture you? You’ve always been torturing us. You’ve never said these words in front of Grandpa and Grandma, right?”

666 Going In Alone

Hu Changshou looked at Su Xiaozhi coldly. Su Xiaozhi felt that his cold gaze was too painful, forcing her to face the truth she was unwilling to face.

When had she ever said these words in front of Madam Wang? Even if she was beaten up, she would only cry. She did not dare to.

Hu Changshou forced her to face the embarrassing truths she had avoided.

Madam Wang tortured her. She tortured Hu Changshou and the others. She was really the same as Madam Wang. She also kept saying that she loved her children and was doing everything for their own good, but she tortured them to the point that they wanted to die.

The joy of obtaining a piece of gold had long been extinguished. Only more heartache surged in her heart.

Hu Changshou closed his eyes and let Su Xiaozhi cry in pain.

After Su Xiaozhi cried, she slowly calmed down.

At dawn the next day, Su Xiaozhi circled around Hu Changshou uneasily.

Hu Changshou opened his eyes, which were still cold and bloodshot. He looked at Su Xiaozhi and said, “It’s going to be a day soon. If you don’t take my life, I’m leaving.”

Su Xiaozhi’s tears fell like rain. “Shou, how can I do this? How can I take your life? I didn’t do this to take your life. I just want you to live well…”

Hu Changshou sneered. “Why can’t you do it? Didn’t you already take away half of my chance to live? You might as well take the rest. I owe you. I should return it to you.”

Su Xiaozhi looked like she was avoiding him. “No, no, no…”

Hu Changshou ignored her. He looked up at the sky and slowly got up. After kneeling for a day and night, his knees hurt and were stiff. He walked unnaturally.

Su Xiaozhi wanted to stop Hu Changshou, but Hu Changshou did not stop at all. He did not even hesitate. Only his cold and heartless voice entered Su Xiaozhi’s ears.

“If you want to kill me with a knife, come. I’ll give you my life back.”

Apart from this, Hu Changshou didn’t say anything else.

He could not walk fast. If Su Xiaozhi wanted to kill him, she could definitely catch up.

Su Xiaozhi only staggered a few steps before kneeling on the ground. She watched as Hu Changshou walked further and further away. She regretted it. If she knew this, she wouldn’t have stopped Hu Changshou from following Su Xiaolu yesterday.

Su Xiaozhi slapped herself like a lunatic. Her madness did not make Hu Changshou turn around. There was only his gradually disappearing back.

Su Xiaozhi sat on the ground numbly for a long time.

She seemed to have lost her soul and was like a walking corpse doing what she remembered in her mind.

She cooked and washed the clothes before sending them to Old Master Su and Madam Wang.

When she was done and opened the door, she was stopped by a figure. She looked at the child in front of her in a daze and said in a hoarse voice, “Child, do you need my help?”

“Thank you. I don’t need you to help me. I’m here to help you.”

Little Niu smiled kindly.

“Help me?”

Su Xiaozhi looked a little confused. Then, she smiled bitterly. “You can’t help me. No one can.”

Su Xiaozhi didn’t say anything else. She walked past Little Niu and headed into the village.

Su Xiaozhi did not expect Su Dalang and Su Erlang to walk towards her angrily as soon as she entered the courtyard.

Su Dalang slapped Su Xiaozhi’s face first. “B*tch, what did you feed Father and Mother last night? You poisoned Father and Mother. I thought that you were kind. I didn’t expect you to be a vicious woman. You actually poisoned your own father and mother.”

Su Erlang also berated loudly, “You’ve disappointed me too much. I thought you were taking care of Father and Mother out of goodwill, but I didn’t expect you to have such a malicious intention.”

Su Xiaozhi looked confused. “What’s wrong with Father and Mother?”

She looked around in a daze and saw the white sail hanging in the house. She saw the two coffins parked in the central room. Su Xiaozhi felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

The Su family’s commotion had already attracted the attention of their neighbors.

Everyone came to take a look.

Su Dalang and Su Erlang had already angrily told everyone what had happened. Everyone sighed when they heard this.

But who knew the truth about this family?

“We’ll know if what we’re saying is true when we see if there’s any dirt on Su Xiaozhi.”

Madam Li’s arrogance soared. She shouted and searched her body with Madam Zhou.

When the piece of gold was found, Madam Li and Madam Zhou’s eyes widened. Everything seemed to have an explanation.

Su Xiaozhi seemed to have fallen into chaos. She did not know how many punches had landed on her.

How much hair had been pulled out? Her entire body hurt everywhere.

The dirty and smelly sewage was poured on her and she was chased out of the Su family.

She did not even have a chance to defend herself. She clearly had a mouth, but she did not seem to know how to speak. She only saw many people opening and closing their mouths. Su Xiaozhi felt a pain in her heart and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

She was dragged far away by Madam Li and Madam Zhou before being thrown down. Su Xiaozhi could not get up for a long time.

Madam Li and Madam Zhou had already returned. The two families began to hold Madam Wang and Old Master Su’s funerals.

A villager passed by Su Xiaozhi and sighed helplessly.

Su Xiaozhi recovered and staggered home.

From afar, she saw that Little Niu was still at her door.

She walked up to Little Niu, her face ashen and her eyes lifeless. “You’re here to help me. How are you going to help me?”

Little Niu smiled warmly and kindly. “If the fated person agrees, they will know.”

“Then you help me. Then you help me.”

Su Xiaozhi reached out with trembling hands and grabbed Little Niu’s sleeve.

“If the fated person agrees to use a tear as payment, our deal will be sealed.”

Little Niu’s expression did not change as he said calmly.

Su Xiaozhi’s eyes darkened. “Do you want payment?”

“Yes, all contact in this world seeks a return, right?”

Little Niu asked calmly and gently.

Su Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment. She opened her mouth and looked at Little Niu for a while. She asked, “Will there be a return?”

Little Niu shook his head. “Some will, some won’t.”

Su Xiaozhi clenched her fists, her eyes filled with resentment. “You said it yourself. Some will be rewarded, and some will not. You might not be rewarded for helping me, but if you don’t help me, you definitely won’t be rewarded. So what reward? We’ll talk about it after you help me.”

Hearing Su Xiaozhi’s words, Little Niu smiled. His smile did not change. It was kind, bright, and warm. His tone was calm. “The fated person is right, but if there’s no return, I can choose not to do it. In my opinion, I definitely won’t do anything without return. If the fated person is unwilling to agree, then goodbye.”

With that, Little Niu turned around and left slowly, tapping his cane. He didn’t hesitate at all and had no intention of turning back.

Su Xiaozhi looked at Little Niu’s figure and felt that it was a beam of light leaving her. Su Xiaozhi paused for a few seconds before suddenly chasing after Little Niu with all her might. She broke down and shouted, “Don’t go, don’t go. I promise you. Please help me.”