Chapter 289: Chapter 287: Blood Repays the Sins

“Shen Yueli, are you crazy? I’m your mother-in-law and your own aunt!”

Watching Shen Yueli without the slightest hesitation, it was clear she had already made up her mind.

Mrs. Ying Sr.’s eyes widened, her lips trembling with rage.

“Mom, there’s no other choice. Please rest in peace. During holidays, I’ll bring Rufeng and others to burn more joss paper for you…”

Shen Yueli lowered her head, kneeling on the ground, pleading tearfully.

“You, you’re talking nonsense! Why don’t you die, why doesn’t your dad Shen Changlong die!”

Mrs. Ying Sr. was on the verge of going mad with anger.

Seeing the family gradually gathering outside the Buddha hall, she was even more furious, pointing shakily at everyone.

“And you all, did you plan this long ago, wishing I’d die so you could all swear loyalty to this vicious woman?”

“Old Dowager, don’t blame the First Lady; she’s only thinking of the family’s well-being!”

“Grandmother, go in peace, we will always remember your contributions to this family!”

“Aunt, please don’t blame Yueli, we know she’s in pain too, sigh…”

Thud, thud!

Everyone hung their heads, dejectedly kneeling on the ground.

“Nonsense, all of this is nonsense! If Shen Yueli really cared about this family, why doesn’t she stand up and confess herself!”

Mrs. Ying Sr. was trembling all over, turning to Shen Yueli and cursing her.

“Why should I die? I won’t! Get out of my way, all of you! I, I want to find my son Wenyuan!”

She quivered as she leaned on her cane, attempting to squeeze through the crowd to the door.

But everyone exchanged discreet glances, blocking her path tightly, refusing to let Mrs. Ying Sr. leave.

“Aunt, just accept your fate. My sister is so young, and my father is the head of the family, they can’t bear all this!”

Thud!

Seeing Shen Qingqiu, who had rushed over after hearing the news, suddenly kneeling at Mrs. Ying Sr.’s feet.

He raised his head, pleading bitterly.

But his hands firmly gripped her pant leg, as if afraid she’d run away.

“You scoundrel! So you all planned this, just to drive me to death on purpose!”

Mrs. Ying Sr.’s face twitched violently, screaming hysterically in rage.

But what answered her was a dead silence from everyone.

No one said a word, yet they all moved closer together.

Blocking the Buddha hall’s door completely, not a drop of water could pass!

“…Yueli, Yueli, you can’t do this to me. When you wanted to bring Rufeng in, I was the one who supported you without considering anything!”

A heavy weight in her heart, Mrs. Ying Sr.’s eyes dimmed, feeling her heart in her throat.

In the current situation, it seems difficult to escape death!

Only by swaying Shen Yueli might there be a way out.

With this in mind, she immediately changed her tone, pleading with a face full of entreaty to Shen Yueli.

“I even handed over the family’s power to you. You became the number one socialite of the Imperial Capital under my support, always glorious.”

“Later, when you couldn’t stand Lin Suxin, it was I who ignored Wenyuan’s pleas, insisting he drove Lin Suxin out to face the wrath of Xuanwu Mountain!”

“You even complained that Lin Fan was too outstanding, overshadowing your son Rufeng, and asked me for help…”

“That’s why I went against my conscience, forcing Wenyuan and Lin Fan to harm each other, making him personally slander and frame his own son!”

“Yueli, I did so many dirty deeds for you, couldn’t sleep peacefully day and night, always praying to Bodhisattva to forgive my sins… But you need to have a conscience, how can you coldly push me to death?”

The hysterical wailing echoed throughout the Buddha hall.

In the shrine, the statue appeared solemn through the rising smoke, lowering its gaze silently.

Everyone kneeling at the door exchanged complex glances.

The past rights and wrongs, in fact, were all caused by these two women colluding together.

Now it has come to the point of mutual destruction; how pitiful and lamentable!

But their mistakes should not be borne by others.

Today, someone must die to solve the predicament faced by the Ying and Shen Families!

“Mom, stop talking. I’ve never dared to forget all the good you’ve done for me…”

Shen Yueli raised her bloodshot eyes, seemingly laughing and crying.

“Since you did so much for me, then do a bit more… bring the confession!”

With a ferocious look, she suddenly shouted towards the door.

“Old Madam, I’m sorry. For the sake of this large family, please endure some grievance and press a bloody handprint on this confession.”

Ah Fu, holding a large paper filled with charges, tearfully approached Mrs. Ying Sr.

The handwriting on it was deliberately mimicking hers, obviously intending to be thorough.

“I won’t sign, why should I sign! Shen Yueli, if you force me to die, believe it or not I’ll drag everything down with me?!”

Mrs. Ying Sr.’s eyes were vacant, blankly staring at the lines of writing on the confession.

It almost listed all the wrongdoings committed by the Ying and Shen families over the years.

Even harboring Kim Soohwan from the Guxin Group, rampaging in the Imperial Capital.

Was also blamed on her?

“Get lost! Get out of my way! I’ll, I’ll go turn myself in to the authorities; if I die, we’ll all die together!”

Mrs. Ying Sr. was utterly furious, her face twisted with rage.

With anger boiling, she lost her reason, swinging her cane wildly towards those blocking her path.

“Old Madam’s gone mad; hold her down, make her confess!”

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly evaded, yet the path remained obstructed.

With Shen Qingqiu’s support, Shen Yueli sat back on the wheelchair.

Gritting her teeth, she ordered coldly, and a few sturdy bodyguards from the Shen family, wearing grim faces, forced their way forward.

Holding down the frenzied Mrs. Ying Sr., rendering her unable to move on the ground.

“You bastards, you heartless bastards, one day you’ll all face retribution!”

Mrs. Ying Sr. sobbed, trembling with rage, struggling desperately.

She suddenly recalled the scene from seven years ago, when she forced Lin Suxin to death.

How similar, how painful it felt!

“Suxin, mom was wrong, mom was blind to trust Shen Yueli, that wicked woman… ah, ah!!”

Mrs. Ying Sr. screamed miserably, regretting so deeply she felt sick.

Wanting to slap herself in frustration!

She had long seen that Shen Yueli was a venomous woman with a wicked heart.

Yet she still chose to believe her, cruelly committing one shameless act after another!

Not only pushing her son Ying Wenyuan into gloom, becoming the laughing stock of the entire Imperial Capital.

But also receiving her comeuppance, ending up in her current situation!

“Smash her mouth for me. What’s with the screaming? It sounds terrible!”

Shen Yueli’s whole body tensed, her face as dark as a storm.

She simply stopped pretending and directly gave orders to the Shen Family’s bodyguards.

Losing to Lin Suxin had been her most taboo mental wound these past two days.

At this moment, hearing Mrs. Ying Sr. suddenly realize her mistakes and feeling sorry for her former daughter-in-law,

it only fueled Shen Yueli’s jealousy, as if it were a fire that would consume everything!

“Old Madam, I’m sorry.”

Slap, slap, slap!

The Shen Family’s bodyguards understood and immediately lifted Mrs. Ying Sr.’s hair, forcing her tear-streaked old face upward.

Then, strong hands continuously slapped her.

Instantly, Mrs. Ying Sr. screamed miserably, spitting blood, with several broken teeth flying out of her mouth!

“…”

Seeing such a tragic scene, everyone from the Ying family present felt tight-faced, sharing the same sorrow.

Some wanted to speak up to stop it.

But under Shen Yueli’s cold gaze, all of them shut their mouths, not daring to make a sound.

“Madam, that’s enough. Why torment her?”

Just at that moment,

an elderly, lingering sigh came from outside the door.

Everyone’s faces changed simultaneously, all looking at the hunch-backed Uncle Qian as he walked in with his hands in his sleeves.

“Hmph, who do you think you are? How dare you meddle in my affairs? Do you want your goddaughter Lingling to die over there?”

With malice in her eyes, Shen Yueli sneered with a vexing tone, threatening him.

This old man seemed ruthless but had repeatedly shown mercy to Lin Fan.

Yesterday, he secretly found Lin Suxin’s ashes and personally handed them to Lin Fan!

“This old servant isn’t qualified, but seeing you two fighting as mother and daughter-in-law, I really can’t bear it.”

Uncle Qian wore a look of melancholy, shaking his head.

“Don’t forget, you still owe me one last favor.”

Shen Yueli nodded in satisfaction and turned her gaze to the old Mrs. Ying, who lay on the ground, crying in great grievance and sorrow.

In just a moment, she had been beaten to the point where her mouth and nose bled, her mouth filled with blood and flesh.

She no longer dared to scream recklessly, irritating others.

“Uncle Qian, save me, quickly, save me… Think of it as a favor to the old man, please save me. They want to force me to death here!”

Mrs. Ying Sr., suddenly using both hands and feet, crawled to Uncle Qian’s feet.

She seemed to grasp a final life-saving straw, crying out in inarticulate anguish.

“Old Madam, you ordered me not to interfere in Lady Suxin’s matters back then, and you’ve already used up that favor.”

Alas, Uncle Qian remained silent for a moment, then quietly backed away.

“If I save you, how could I face Lady Suxin’s spirit in the afterlife?”

What? Even the old man’s subordinate is willing to watch me die cruelly?

Bang!

Bam bam!!

Mrs. Ying Sr. felt as if she had been struck by lightning, trembling violently.

She opened her mouth in a daze.

Looking incredulously at Uncle Qian, at the familiar, silent faces before her.

Karma, it’s all karma.

With sins so great, she was tormented day and night without peace.

Even trying to pray to the gods and Buddhas to ease the guilt was just self-deception!

Despair, panic, and utter hopelessness fiercely churned within her heart.

“Suxin, I, as your mother-in-law, failed you, failed Xiao Fan, and failed Wen Yuan!”

“I’m here to atone for my sins to you all!”

Bam!

After a piercing scream, Mrs. Ying Sr. suddenly rushed to the altar table below the shrine.

Then she slammed her head into the corner of the table, instantly splitting it open, dying on the spot!

With a tearing sound, blood splattered, staining the lotus pedestal inside the shrine.

The Buddha statue still gazed downward, showing compassion on its face.

“Send the confession with the signature to the higher-ups, saying the old lady couldn’t withstand the pressure and committed suicide out of guilt.”

The corpse, with eyes wide open in unwillingness, slowly collapsed and slid under the table.

Shen Yueli wheeled her chair forward and personally pressed the old woman’s bloodstained hand onto the confession.

Turning around, she handed the paper to the shaky Ah Fu and then coldly glanced around.

“Not a word of today’s events is to be leaked, understood?”

“Y-yes…”

The pale-faced crowd nodded frantically, terrified to even breathe loudly.

“Alright, clean up here immediately, send out the obituary, and prepare the old lady’s funeral!”

Shen Yueli steadied herself, withdrawing alone to a secret room in the back courtyard.

She opened the safe and took out a special satellite phone inside.

Looking at the only number in the contact list, she gritted her teeth and dialed it.

“The Ying family of Xia Country’s Imperial Capital requests help from the Xuanwu Mountain Sect, pleading for the Immortal Envoy to kill the villain Lin Fan who has brought ruination to my family!”

“… Xia Country’s Imperial Capital Ying family? Do you know the cost of requesting aid?”

After a moment, a cold, questioning voice came from the other end of the phone.

“I am Shen Yueli, wife of the Ying family patriarch, willing to offer half of the Ying family’s savings to have Lin Fan pay with his life for my mother-in-law!”

Shen Yueli’s face tightened as she hurriedly pleaded in a low, servile voice.

“Fine, wait, the sect will send someone to handle it.”

Click!

The phone was abruptly hung up.

Yet Shen Yueli let out a long breath, eyes revealing deep malice.

Unless there was no other choice, she wouldn’t dare call this number lightly.

But as long as she could have Xuanwu Mountain take action and eliminate Lin Fan,

even if it meant the Ying family had to pay a heavy price, it would be worth it!

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