"You forced me to this!" Mu Xiao'e screamed. "If it weren't for you, how could I have ended up like this!"

"I forced you?" Mu Xiaowan sneered. "Did I force you to seduce a married man? Or did I force you to have impure thoughts and sell yourself out of vanity?"

"Shut up!" Mu Xiao'e raised the bottle. "Now that you've found out, don't blame me for being ruthless! We'll die together."

Just then, the sound of police sirens grew louder as they approached. Mu Xiao'e's expression changed drastically. "You called the police?"

“Of course,” Mu Xiaowan said calmly. “I knew you’d come. Otherwise, do you think I’m as stupid as you, staying here alone to wait for you?”

"You bitch!" Mu Xiao'e lunged at Mu Xiaowan frantically, raising the bottle high in her hand...

Mu Xiaowan quickly hid behind a pillar.

But the bottle was snatched away before it could be thrown.

Mu Xiao'e was kicked to the ground, and a big foot stepped on her back.

Chu Junbai looked at Mu Xiaowan, who was hiding behind a pillar with not even the hem of her clothes showing, and sneered, "Weren't you supposed to be fearless and strong? I thought you would stand still."

Chu Junbai returned yesterday and was furious when he learned of this. Mu Xiaowan told him to calm down and that instead of searching the world for her, it would be better to wait for Mu Xiao'e to walk into the trap. With conclusive evidence, she would have no way to deny it.

However, when the matter was brought up, Mu Xiaowan said she wanted to face it herself. Chu Junbai disagreed, feeling that Mu Xiao'e was too vicious; she was a madwoman capable of anything, and what if Mu Xiaowan got hurt?

Mu Xiaowan insisted on her position, which made Chu Junbai angry, but he couldn't persuade Mu Xiaowan otherwise.

Mu Xiaowan stepped out from behind the pillar and said, "I'm not stupid. This is sulfuric acid, not water. It will hurt a lot if it hurts me." She was most afraid of pain.

"Mu Xiaowan, you bitch, how dare you scheme against me."

"You will not live if you do your own evil."

Mu Xiaowan opened the door, and the police rushed in.

Chu Junbai found a large bottle, put the sulfuric acid bottle inside, and handed it to Ye Jincheng, saying, "Handle with care, this is sulfuric acid."

Upon hearing the word "sulfuric acid," Ye Jincheng immediately looked at Mu Xiaowan and asked, "Are you alright?"

"fine!"

Chu Junbai rolled his eyes at him. How could he let his wife get into trouble while he was here?

Ye Jincheng looked at the sulfuric acid bottle and then at Mu Xiao'e, who was lying on the ground.

"As expected, the dragon has nine sons, each different. Your sister is quite kind. How could you be so cruel? What grudge do you hold against your sister to do such a thing?"

Chu Junbai said, "This kind of person is narrow-minded. She can't remember the kindness others show her, but she can remember the slightest bad treatment from others for a lifetime."

"Mu Xiaowan, I curse you to die a horrible death, I will send you to hell."

Mu Xiaowan's dark eyes were deep and unfathomable.

Chu Junbai's face instantly turned icy. "I think we'd rather not have that mouth. Hurry up and clean up the garbage, don't let it pollute our eyes."

Mu Xiao'e was unwilling to give up and wanted to continue cursing, but someone covered her mouth.

Mu Xiao'e was firmly controlled by the police, her hands cuffed behind her back, still muttering incoherent curses, her eyes filled with resentment and unwillingness.

Her hair was disheveled, and her face was covered in bruises, making her look extremely disheveled. The police officers quickly took her away from the scene.

Mu Xiaowan watched the departing police car, her expression complex.

She took a deep breath, as if to exhale all the pent-up emotions in her heart. Chu Junbai walked to her side, gently put his arm around her shoulder, and whispered, "Don't overthink it."

Mu Xiaowan nodded. "I know, but I never expected her to go this far."

Chu Junbai snorted coldly: "She brought this on herself and doesn't deserve any sympathy."

Ye Jincheng walked over, glanced at Mu Xiaowan, and softened his tone, "Are you really alright?"

Mu Xiaowan shook her head and smiled, "I'm fine. Thank you all for your hard work tonight."

"Then we'll head back now. Xiao Mu, please make time to go over and give your statement tomorrow." Ye Jincheng said and left.

……

A few days later, Mu Xiaowan suddenly received a call from home, telling her to come back immediately. Jiang Yinglan said that her parents had arrived.

Mu Xiaowan's heart sank. She put down her work, told Liu Caiwei and Chu Shaoqing, and hurried home.

It was already past 5 p.m.

During rush hour after school and get off work, buses are packed with people.

Mu Xiaowan failed to get on twice, and now she couldn't even see any pedicabs or motorcycles, so she had no choice but to squeeze onto the next bus.

She finally managed to squeeze on, but it was so crowded she got stepped on a few times. She also had to endure all sorts of mixed smells, and even getting off the bus meant being pushed out – she still had one stop to go.

She then realized that Chu Junbai had unknowingly saved her so much trouble, maintained her gentleness, her elegance, her good mood, and saved him time on laundry and bathing, and even various kinds of pain.

Feeling a stinging pain in her arm, she glanced at it and saw a cut about ten centimeters long with visible bloodstains.

On the Importance of Chu Junbai!

Fortunately, she hadn't refused Chu Junbai's offers to pick her up these past few days! Otherwise, she would have had to go through all this every day.

Despite the pain in her feet, Mu Xiaowan walked back. It was hot, and she was covered in sweat by the time she reached the gate.

As soon as she entered the room, before she even had a chance to drink water or catch her breath, Liu Guilan knelt down in front of her with a thud.

"Xiao Wan, I beg you, for your parents' sake, please let your sister go. She's still young, she's not married yet. If you send her to jail, what will become of her?"

"It's all my fault. I should have taught you sisters a better lesson. If I had, you sisters wouldn't have become enemies, and we wouldn't be fighting to the death."

Mu Xiaowan stood at the door, her fists clenching tighter and tighter.

He had already guessed why the two of them had come here on the way.

But she couldn't refuse to see him.

But in the end, it still hurt her.

Her mother's words weren't pleas for mercy; they were like knives being plunged into her heart.

So it turns out she was wrong all of this.

She was heartless and cruel, she didn't even spare her own sister.

Mu Xiao'e did nothing wrong. What could she have done wrong? She's still young!

Ha! Hahaha!

What will become of Mu Xiao'e in the future?

That's a great question.

What would happen to her future if that sulfuric acid were splashed on her?

The fact that Liu Guilan came here shows that he had long ago cleared up the ins and outs of the world.

Even if Mu Xiao'e exaggerated the story, there was a reason behind it. Liu Guilan didn't even ask her questions and directly sided with Mu Xiao'e.

They were born to the same mother, so why is it that the older brother doesn't love her, the younger sister is favored, and she is the only one who is superfluous?

Just then, Mu Xiaowan saw the only person who loved her, her father, Mu Daniu.

His back was hunched, and his skin was etched with deep wrinkles by the years and the sun, like parched earth.

His hair was already gray, sparsely plastered to his scalp, like withered grass in autumn.

Those rough hands, covered with calluses and cracks, seemed to be a testament to years of working the land.

Though his eyes were cloudy, a hint of tenderness shone through them as he looked at her. His steps were slow and heavy, as if each step carried the weight of years. Despite being only in his fifties, the hardships of life made him look much older than his actual age, like a weathered seventy-year-old.

Mu Xiaowan looked at him, unable to call him "father," because she wondered if this old father had also come to pressure her.

Do he share the same thoughts as his mother?

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