chapter 25

From the data Fang Linlin helped uncover, Zhuo Feng discovered that his mother loved him very much. In those days, she was ridiculed by the mistress. Then, when he was ill and had a high fever, she wanted to ask Father Zhuo for help with the medical expenses. However, Father Zhuo avoided her, and the mistress said a lot of humiliating words to his mother, throwing their mother and son into the mud.

His mother was already distraught, and she died in an unexpected car accident while in a state of despair and stupor on her way back. As far as Madam Zhuo’s character was concerned, Zhuo Feng had some doubts about whether the car accident was an accident. However, whether it was an accident or not, his mother’s experience was inevitably stimulated by Madam Zhuo.

The three-year sentence she faced, which couldn’t be increased only for attempted harm, was too light. Although life in prison would make her miserable, Zhuo Feng was still not going to let her go. Although he had no memory of his mother, he knew that his mother loved him. So, his mother’s hatred, he must be avenged!

Back home, Zhuo Feng not only studied law and computer knowledge, but he also began to self study business management. Coupled with the college entrance examination, his daily schedule was packed from morning till night. He almost never put down the books, making Su Yuanyuan feel anxious and worried as she watched him. Isn’t this the same as in the original story? He was studying hard regardless of his own health and growing up to defeat the Zhuo family. She had no doubt that today’s Zhuo Feng can do better than in the original story, but his body was exhausted. What would be the use of revenge at the cost of his own health?

After Zhuo Feng bought another business book and came back, Su Yuanyuan directly sat down on it and said menacingly, “Scholar! You can’t ignore your health like this. If you go on like this, you will lose your life! Would your mother want you to sacrifice your body to avenge her?”

Zhuo Feng was stunned and subconsciously said, “Why not? I will just study a little more. It’s not that serious.”

“Why not? Look at your face for yourself. If you want revenge, I will help you. We have plenty of ways. Why do you have to compete with him so badly?”

Zhuo Feng was silent for a moment, and hugged her with a sigh. “I just think it is better to beat them fair and square. Otherwise, we always need you to sneak up on them. It’s too dangerous. Before, we secretly recorded videos, pretended to be others with voice changers, and went to Internet cafes to upload them. You even saved my life. Any deeper investigation than these would raise suspicion. Although no one is paying attention to these things now, and no one would imagine it was you, people will always find out that there are too many such things. I don’t want you to take risks for me, Yuanyuan. Once someone finds out that you are a fox demon, the consequences are unthinkable.”

It turned out that he didn’t want Su Yuanyuan to help because he was afraid of her being exposed despite him being eager for revenge. He didn’t want them to have too many good days, so he had to try his best, and then deal with them after gaining some power. Su Yuanyuan’s heart was moved, but she patted his face with her paw. She was unhappy and said, “If there are suspicions, I can be more cautious. You can also think of more workarounds to do it yourself, but just don’t exhaust yourself!”

Zhuo Feng pinched her ears in amusement and relented. “Fine, fine, little madam. Whatever you say. From now on, I will go to bed before 10 o’clock every night, and from 6 o’clock in the morning, I will take time to go for a run. I won’t do any part-time jobs except the pet shop, okay?”

Su Yuanyuan nodded haughtily, “That’s more like it, children should be obedient.”

Zhuo Feng chuckled as he looked at the cute and arrogant little hairy dumpling. Then, he suddenly threw her up, and firmly caught her before she exploded in anger, and kissed her on the mark between her eyebrows. “Why are you so cute! I’ll let you take care of everything in the future, ok? I’ll let you take charge of everything at home.”

Su Yuanyuan, who was rubbed comfortably, hummed twice, “For the sake of your obedience, I won’t dispute with you! Go to bed, go to bed early and get up early!”

“Yes, little madam!”

After promising Su Yuanyuan not to get exhausted, Zhuo Feng changed his schedule and began to ponder in the direction of ‘side channels’. A few days later, he really came up with an idea. Didn’t Madam Zhuo provoke and humiliate his mother? He can also frequently go to provoke Madam Zhuo ah! After all, there are no rules that say he, the victim, couldn’t go visit her in prison. As for what Madam Zhuo would think after his visits to the prison, it’s none of his concern.

There was also Father Zhuo. The business world paid more attention to profits. The gilding was never enough, and they always kick someone when they’re down. As long as he cooperates well with Su Yuanyuan, he doesn’t have to worry about finding the Zhuo family’s weaknesses. When the two of them fall, the wayward young master Zhuo Yichen, would naturally be ruined along with them. He doesn’t believe that Zhuo Yichen could grind his teeth to stand up and revive his family business.

After coming up with a detailed plan, Zhuo Feng left to see Madam Zhuo with two different meal sets on visiting day. Madam Zhuo knew she would meet Zhuo Feng, and cleaned herself up especially, trying to keep a noble and elegant appearance in front of her rival’s son. However, the haggardness that penetrated the bones couldn’t be covered. The ugly face and thin body all revealed that she was having a difficult time inside. She was most likely being bullied.

Zhuo Feng showed just the right smile, and actually had more than a few traces of his mother’s shadow, “It seems that Madam Zhuo is living a good life nowadays, which suits you very well. I don’t know if you have reflected on your faults after going in, if you have recognized that being a third party is a shameful act, and if you have been unable to sleep at night. Have you repented for hurting others?”

Madam Zhuo’s pupils shrank and stared at Zhuo Feng. “What are you doing here? You’re laughing at me? Your mother can’t keep a man because she was useless! I’ve been Mrs. Zhuo for so many years, so how come I haven’t been abandoned? I think she deserves to die. What’s the use of living for that kind of waste?”

Zhuo Feng doesn’t change his expression. He simply said, “In my opinion, the empty name of Madam Zhuo is even more pathetic.”

“What did you say?”

“Am I wrong? It’s been so many days, but did Mr. Zhuo come to see you? If someone was going to check up on you, it wouldn’t be my turn to visit you today. I also brought you something to eat. It’s too pitiful to see that you don’t have enough to eat inside, and no one cares about you. I’ve always had the habit of feeding stray dogs. I bought less dog food this time, and the rest is to buy food for you. By the way, we are talking about Mr. Zhuo here. He now lives with a beautiful woman in her early twenties. I think they went to the hospital for the obstetrics and gynecology department. Maybe I’m about to have a younger brother?”

Madam Zhuo got emotional, slapped the table and got up, “Impossible! You’re lying!”

The prison guard took out his baton and shouted sternly, “Sit down! No ruckus allowed!”

Madam Zhuo subconsciously shrank and sat down, but she was still very agitated. “You are lying to me. I don’t believe you. He wouldn’t do this to me!”

“Because of what you did, the Zhuo’s industry has shrunk by half. Do you think he would hate you or not? When my mother was with him, he went from a rural nothing to a company boss. Many people said that my mother was able to bless her husband. Tell me, you made him like this, isn’t it called ‘a husband’s curse’?” Zhuo Feng looked at his watch and didn’t say any more, but got up with the same smile as his mother. “It’s time, I should go. I’ll leave the food with the prison guard. If Madam Zhuo is too hungry, you can ask the prison guard for it. I will come to see you again next month. Oh, by the way, I’ll keep writing to you, to persuade you to repent. Along the way, I’ll tell you some of what’s going on out there. Goodbye, Madam Zhuo.”

“Stop! Zhuo Feng, tell me clearly! Zhuo Feng?!”

Madam Zhuo’s angry shouts were intertwined with the stern shouts of the prison guards, but Zhuo Feng left the prison without stopping. Visiting the prison once a month was obviously not enough. He could write letters. Right now, he dangled what’s going on outside in front of Madam Zhuo, and he wasn’t afraid that she won’t read the letters. For next month’s visit, he believed that with that bit of food, Madam Zhuo would agree to see him. After all, it’s not easy to get enough to eat there.

After that, Zhuo Feng would send a letter to Madam Zhuo every 3 days, telling her how sweet it was between Father Zhuo’s and his new sweetheart, and how badly Zhuo Yichen was bullied in the labor camp. Of course, it was necessary to routinely persuade her to repent. When he advised her, it was inevitable to mention her mistakes over and over again. This was the key to provoking Madam Zhuo psychologically.

Letters from prison would be reviewed by the prison guards, but there was nothing wrong with the letters from Zhuo Feng. It only made people think that he was a kind child. Even though he was almost killed, he still tried to persuade the other party to turn over a new leaf. In connection with his good deeds of feeding stray dogs all the time, there was nothing contradictory about this behavior.

With one thick letter after another, Madam Zhuo learned the outside news from him like she was addicted to it. However, the accusations against her past were an invisible chokehold tightening on her slowly, leaving her nowhere to escape. She began to have nightmares. She couldn’t sleep all night, because once she slept, she would dream that Zhuo Feng’s mother would ask her why she stole her husband, that the driver’s wife was screaming and disfigured, that Zhuo Yichen was beaten black and blue, and that Father Zhuo was kissing someone else…

And many, many more. She would dream about all the people she had hurt over the years. Day by day, she became afraid of the night, afraid of sleeping. During the day, she was even more dazed and couldn’t do anything properly. She looked like a demon possessed, so people looked at her like an eyesore. Naturally, she was even more bullied and scolded. Before long, Madam Zhuo was almost tortured to death.

Finally, on the second month’s visitation day, Madam Zhuo was practically desperate to see Zhuo Feng, and her first words were, “Where’s the food? Give me something to eat, give me something to eat!”

This time, Zhuo Feng only brought a little food, but Madam Zhuo didn’t dare to complain. After scarfing it down, she felt that her stomach wasn’t so empty. Then, she looked at Zhuo Feng and asked anxiously, “Is that bitch really pregnant? Is that bastard really going to marry her? And my son? Did he break a bone again? Do the guards not care if people beat him up? He’s just 18 years old!”

Zhuo Feng didn’t expect the psychological attack would take effect so quickly, but he knew something about the darkness in prison. He raised his eyebrows and said, “I don’t know. I recently went back to my hometown to learn about my mother. My mother is really a good person, caring for her husband and child, taking care of her family properly, and her greatest wish in life was to have a happy family. Why did you want to destroy her family? Why did you want to kill her? You killed her. Did you dream about her? Have you sincerely repented?”

As he spoke out word by word, his smile merged with his mother’s appearance. Madam Zhuo looked at him as if she saw the woman who questioned her in her nightmare every night. That woman is back! She has come back for her revenge! With a scream, Madam Zhuo suddenly got up and brought down her chair. She squatted on the ground with her head in her arms and cried, “Don’t come looking for me! I was wrong, I was really wrong! I don’t dare anymore, don’t look for me!”

Zhuo Feng stopped the prison guard’s reprimand and spoke with a faint smile, “Madam Zhuo, do you think you have a successful life? Being the mistress that everyone spurns, giving birth to an illegitimate child, destroying other people’s families and killing their original wives, as if you got everything. Now, you can’t keep your husband’s heart, and you can only live like a widow and turn a blind eye to your husband staying outside. The son you raised didn’t live up to expectations, and he doesn’t have any potential except to cause trouble. Now he also has a habitual fracture at the labor camp, whereas you suffer every day in prison. But when you go out in the future, you can only watch your husband marry a beautiful new sweetheart and dote on his newborn son. Would you say that you failed? Shouldn’t you reflect and repent?”

Madam Zhuo was caught up in the scenario of his words. A sense of despair instantly enveloped her whole body. She screamed and pushed Zhuo Feng as she ran back, “No! I am not a failure! I am Madam Zhuo, the envy of all! I’m Madam Zhuo!”