allonlinenovel Chapter 13 Distortion
Chapter 13 Distortion
In Ningshui Village, life became increasingly difficult for Lü Daquan's family.
Wu Guizhi is the wife of Lü Dahe, the eldest son of the Lü family.
Relying on her status as the eldest sister-in-law of the Lü family and the support of her own family, Wu Guizhi often flaunted her power and put on airs in front of the other members of the Lü family.
Given that Wu Guizhi was able to bring back some important things like grain for the family, and also considering the power of Wu Guizhi's family, the two elders of the Lü family, Lü Sikang, and Cao Qiuju mostly feared and flattered Wu Guizhi, but dared not set any rules for her.
Even though Wu Guizhi sometimes didn't give them a friendly look, Lü Sikang and Cao Qiuju didn't dare to argue with her.
As long as Wu Guizhi brings back some fine grains from her parents' home, it will be enough to make Lü Sikang and Cao Qiuju extremely grateful, and they would wish to treat Wu Guizhi like a precious treasure.
Now that Wu Guizhi is working for the Yuan family, she naturally won't miss the opportunity to get on their good side.
Under such circumstances, the Lü family, who were hated and despised by the Yuan family, could only be deliberately targeted and schemed against, and die feeling humiliated.
The Yuan family's intention, especially Yuan Yutong's intention, is to make sure that Lü Daquan's entire family suffers a terrible death. Therefore, Wu Guizhi will naturally try her best to gain the Yuan family's approval, which will be a great opportunity for them to ascend to heaven!
Moreover, in these dire times when the disaster is getting worse, Wu Guizhi only needs one or two coarse grain buns to make a group of people risk their lives for her.
Seeing how badly Xie Shulan's condition had become, Wu Guizhi thought about the benefits she had received and the many more she would gain in the future. She was very satisfied to have boarded the Yuan family's ship.
Especially when she caught another glimpse of the few dry grass roots in Xie Shulan's tattered shack, Wu Guizhi became even more smug and couldn't help but laugh: "Xie family, I told you long ago not to do anything immoral, but you wouldn't listen. Now you're getting your comeuppance, aren't you?"
"How could your family be so heartless, wanting to harm the daughters of wealthy families and let your own sparrow take their place and enjoy a life of luxury in a wealthy household?"
"You actually dared to do such a despicable and vicious thing, you deserve retribution!"
"Now, even God can't stand it anymore, right? You all deserve what you've done!"
Now that Wu Guizhi has received some benefits from the Yuan family, she stands even taller and is basically the most powerful person in the Lü family and in Ningshui Village.
Even the village chief and the elders of the Lü clan, including Lü Sikang and Cao Qiuju, treated Wu Guizhi with extra respect, hoping to build a good relationship with the Yuan family through her and obtain other benefits from them.
With this goal in mind, the people of Ningshui Village have already abandoned Lü Daquan's family.
Regardless of whether Lü Daquan and his family are truly innocent, once they become involved with the Yuan family and the Yuan family tries to humiliate Lü Daquan and his family, they will abandon Lü Daquan.
If things really escalate, none of them can stand up to the Yuan family; the only solution is to send Lü Daquan's family out as scapegoats.
The famine was getting worse and worse. They all needed food and drinking water, but so far only the Yuan family had given Wu Guizhi a portion of these. Wu Guizhi had the power to decide and control them, so they had no choice but to submit to Wu Guizhi's tyranny and forget the help that the Lü Daquan family had given them and the kindness they had shown to them.
Seeing Xie Shulan's furious expression, and noticing that the people around her had long been bought off and subdued by her, only wanting the food she gave them and not standing up for Xie Shulan, but instead echoing her words and nailing Xie Shulan and the others to the pillar of shame, all of this greatly satisfied Wu Guizhi's pride and vanity, and she enjoyed this feeling even more.
Meeting Xie Shulan's angry gaze, Wu Guizhi merely gave a faint sneer and continued, "Xie family, since you have done such a vicious thing, attempting to deceive the heavens and steal the essence, destroying the status and position of the eldest daughter of the Yuan family, aren't you worried that the truth will be exposed?"
"The truth will eventually come out. You have only yourself to blame for your current predicament!"
"People shouldn't do bad things. Heaven has eyes, and everything you're going through now is your retribution!"
After saying all this, Wu Guizhi looked around and saw that everyone else present was disgusted and contemptuous of Xie Shulan, cooperating with her completely and believing in everything. Wu Guizhi knew that her plans were progressing very smoothly and were very effective.
By continuing in this manner, Wu Guizhi believed that she would gain further recognition from Yuan Yutong and her family.
That would be an excellent opportunity for the Wu family and for her child!
Looking again at Xie Shulan, whose eyes were blazing with anger, Wu Guizhi was very satisfied with her reaction and continued, "Your family's schemes and tricks have prevented the eldest daughter of the Yuan family from enjoying a life of luxury in the Yuan family all these years. Instead, she has suffered alongside you. Don't you feel any remorse for the heinous things you did back then?"
"Your actions have utterly disgraced us all!"
"Fortunately, the truth has come to light, your conspiracy has been exposed, and you can expect retaliation from the Yuan family. Sending you to jail will be an easy task."
"After all, you have done such heinous things, the Yuan family will not let you off the hook, and you will be severely punished!"
The more she targets Xie Shulan's family and torments them to the point of collapse, the more food and benefits she will receive next time, making it easier for her to do more things.
Although Wu Guizhi also found the actions of the Yuan family and Yuan Yutong very incomprehensible, she was naturally very happy to accept the many benefits and the humiliation inflicted on Xie Shulan's family.
It can be said that every time Wu Guizhi saw Lü Daquan's affection for Xie Shulan and the care and closeness that Lü Muren and the others showed to Xie Shulan, she felt envious, jealous, and resentful of Xie Shulan compared to her own family's life, and she only wanted to destroy that kind of happiness.
Fortunately, her chance has finally come, and she will not let Xie Shulan and her family off easily.
The more Wu Guizhi saw Xie Shulan's family living a miserable life, the more she derived a twisted sense of satisfaction.
This was the key reason why Wu Guizhi was so excited, as if she had been injected with chicken blood, besides the benefits she received from the Yuan family.
For example, at this moment, Xie Shulan had become so thin that she could only find a little bit of grass roots, which was not enough to fill her stomach. She could only endure hunger. Wu Guizhi felt particularly happy and wanted to continue to stomp on her.