After being wrongly married, I stabbed my husband to death and became famous throughout the world.

In the past, Zhou had the original owner completely under her control. The original owner was never someone who would lie or dare to lie, so Zhou never imagined that she would experience something like this.

Li Shu sat there, tears welling up in her eyes, wanting to cry but afraid to. She opened her mouth slightly and said, her voice filled with grievance, "Maybe it's because I... got bitten by ants... I... I'm fine..."

"..." Zhou's lips twitched twice.

This girl is absolutely awful!

Who are you pretending for?

Zhou quickly looked around guiltily, "I didn't lay a hand on you—"

The neighbors chuckled awkwardly, seemingly embarrassed by having stumbled upon Zhou's secret; their gazes made Zhou's face burn.

Li Shu raised her hand again, asking Zhou to help her up. Zhou wanted to pull her up hard, but after what had just happened, she didn't want to be laughed at again, so she didn't try.

Everyone knows that she and her stepdaughter don't get along. In the past, she often beat the child.

However, things have been different in recent years. As her children have grown up, they need to be married off. If she is known for being fierce and intolerant, it will cost several taels of silver to marry off her son, and it will be difficult for her daughter to find a husband. Therefore, Zhou has become more restrained in front of outsiders.

Li Shu gently placed her wrist on Zhou Shi's hand. Her delicate appearance made Zhou Shi subconsciously bend over, but this action made Zhou Shi feel that something was not quite right. It was as if... she was an elder, yet she had become the servant of this brat.

I'll deal with her when we get home!

Zhou secretly hardened her heart.

Soon, we entered the room.

As soon as the door closed, Zhou was about to shake her off when Li Shu pulled her hand back first and even straightened her body.

The Li family wasn't poor. They had a small courtyard house with two sections, and several dozen acres of land that they rented out. Logically speaking, with such a family fortune, even if the original owner couldn't live the life of a young lady, she wouldn't be struggling to make ends meet.

In reality, the original owner had been a slave in this family since childhood.

She was responsible for all the laundry and cooking, which was both mentally and physically exhausting.

She suffered and endured hardship, yet received no praise. Zhou Shi spoke ill of her outside, saying she was picky about food and difficult to raise, and that she was dark, strange, and hard to communicate with. Over time, the children in this alley no longer wanted to play with the original owner.

Outsiders could clearly see that Zhou treated Ali badly, but they never spoke up for her, and that's why.

From a young age, Ah Li had a bad reputation for being silent and gloomy. Under the influence of Zhou Shi and Li Chutian, the original owner was pitiful but not innocent in the eyes of outsiders.

They said the original owner was inhuman, would steal money from the family, would deliberately damage her younger siblings' belongings, and would even secretly put dirty things into the rice jar and oil pot every few days... Whenever something happened in the family, the dirty water was all the original owner's fault.

If this happens too often, outsiders will think that the Li couple should teach her a lesson. Even if Zhou Shi occasionally goes too far, it will become what the original owner deserves.

Li Shu had just arrived and had just suffered a great injustice, so she could maintain a fragile persona for a short time.

"You think you've grown bolder after just one trip to jail? You were acting like a vixen outside just now; anyone who didn't know better would have thought I'd beaten you! You brat! Your father was right, you've really gone astray!" Zhou Shi glared at her, furious. "Do you even know the trouble you've caused the family! The yamen is making us pay the Qi family money. We raised you all these years, and you haven't even shown filial piety or repaid us, and now you're dragging us down with you. What sins have I committed to have a daughter like you?!"

"It's just silver, I have a way to make sure you don't lose out," Li Shu said casually, glancing at her.

Zhou was stunned for a moment, then fell silent: "What method?"

“If the Qi family is gone, you naturally won’t have to pay this money, right?” Li Shu said matter-of-factly.

But these words sent a chill down Zhou's spine: "What...what do you mean by that?"

“The Qi family doesn’t have many relatives. Qi Yanfeng is gone, and his mother is all alone. If you don’t want to pay compensation, just secretly get rid of her. Wouldn’t that save you a lot of trouble?” Li Shu said, spouting nonsense. “Besides that, there’s another way. You and my father can take those three children and drown yourselves. Once the debt is settled, it’ll be over.”

After Li Shu finished speaking, he grinned at Zhou Shi.

Zhou thought she would be able to say something useful, but she was so unreasonable and nonsensical that she was furious.

However, she wasn't one to be trifled with, and she couldn't tolerate her stepdaughter stepping on her head. She immediately retorted angrily, "You've certainly learned to talk a good game, but don't think that just because you went to jail once, met the magistrate, and have Captain Ma backing you up, you're all that great. Let me tell you, the Yao family and the Ma family are at odds right now, and your marriage is completely over. In the future... if you don't want your father and I to marry you off to some widower as a second wife, you'd better behave yourself!"

“I can create one murder case, and then I can create a second one.” Li Shu wasn’t afraid of her. “Go ahead and try.”

Zhou felt a pang of fear, recalling Qi Yanfeng's death and still feeling lingering unease.

In their small town, besides the military households, who would dare to kill someone?

But Ah Li did it anyway, and came out of the government office unscathed!

"You...you're not allowed to eat tonight! I want to see how tough you really are!" Zhou spat and said angrily.

She wanted to hit her, but the brat's personality had changed. She had acted weak at the door earlier, and if she really got beaten up, who knew how she would lie to others? She couldn't do something like leaving evidence!

She has plenty of ways to manipulate a young girl!

Li Shu stopped arguing with Zhou Shi and went back to the original owner's room.

The original owner's house was in the westernmost corner. The room was very small, and there were only a few old clothes in the room.

She definitely couldn't stay at the Li family's house for long. Even if she was confident she wouldn't suffer any losses, Zhou Shi was noisy, Li Chutian was selfish, and the original owner's three half-siblings were not easy to get along with. If she had to argue with them every day, it would be too troublesome.

Her household registration is with the Li family. Without household registration, her movements are restricted, so she needs to find a way to solve the problem once and for all.

Li Shu rested in the house for a while, and soon after, Zhou's three children returned.

Zhou's eldest son was less than two years younger than the original owner of the body. He ate a lot and grew very strong. He had learned some martial arts from the military households and planned to go to the city to serve as a city guard in two years. Her thirteen-year-old daughter was even more delicate and pampered, as beautiful as a flower. Zhou's youngest child was already eleven years old. He had been studying since childhood and was the most favored by Li Chutian...

Although these three people were not old, they were already used to treating the original owner like cattle and horses, and always tormented her with a sense of righteous indignation.

“Mother, I heard that the fool is back? Perfect timing. You can let her out. I’ve accumulated a lot of dirty clothes these past few days, so let her wash them for me. By the way, my friends are all curious about how she managed to kill Qi Yanfeng. I’ll take her out with me tomorrow so others can see.” These words were spoken by the eldest son, Li Linsheng.