Chapter 364: Qin Huairu's Loss

Liu Jianguo's uniform exuded immense deterrent power.

Coupled with his explosive, thunderous shout.

It gave everyone present an overwhelming sense of shock.

They all froze.

Especially the two parties involved felt it most deeply.

The cleaver in An Jiahe's hand clattered to the ground.

The black gun muzzle exuded a deadly chill; he had no doubt that if he did not stop as Liu Jianguo ordered and flung his cleaver away, Liu Jianguo would surely pull the trigger without mercy.

At that moment.

Death?

Or life?

It was truly an unknown.

To speak frankly.

He took the cleaver to confront Jia Zhangshi for an explanation, not really intending to send her underground to see Yi Zhonghai; his aim was merely to threaten her properly.

To put it plainly.

If Qin Huairu were truly pure and chaste.

Let alone Jia Zhangshi.

Even if An Jiahe and Jia Zhangshi joined forces to coerce her, Qin Huairu would likely not yield easily.

In the Guo Da Piezi incident, Qin Huairu very likely, as the daughter-in-law said, was just lazy and greedy, scheming to take their money and rations.

Why should they, with their hard-earned money, pay your meal tickets and food expenses, Qin Huairu?

Sometimes they even stole from home and gave the money to you, Qin Huairu.

In this.

It would be strange if there were no foul play!

A typical two-sided transaction.

The enraged An Jiahe had just slapped Qin Huairu twice in public, and after the crowd dispersed, he pressed her down and beat her severely.

His inner anger did not dissipate after beating Qin Huairu; instead, it grew even larger than before, making him even more furious.

Grievances have a source.

Debts have a collector.

Since things were as Qin Huairu said, all caused by Jia Zhangshi's coercion, one had to seek her out for an explanation, which then led to the terrifying chase-and-slash incident that left everyone scrambling to escape.

The effect of establishing authority had already been achieved.

Out of concern for his own life.

An Jiahe simply took the easy way out, not bothering to argue with Jia Zhangshi.

As for Qin Huairu, she certainly could not escape a brutal beating.

The future is long.

As Qin Huairu's husband, An Jiahe had both the means and the reason to discipline her.

Today's Guo Da Piezi wife blocking-the-door incident peeled away An Jiahe's most illusory disguise, inadvertently activating his hidden true self.

At this moment, the domestic violence war god was thoroughly declared resurrected!

This was also thanks to Jia Zhangshi.

Jia Zhangshi probably still didn't realize what she had unleashed; seeing Liu Jianguo step forward and hearing the cleaver drop behind her, she knew her miserable life was temporarily spared.

Her body went limp.

She slumped softly onto the ground.

Just now.

She had been relying on a desperate burst of strength to hold herself up; if Liu Jianguo hadn't appeared, Jia Zhangshi thought she could still run, but upon his arrival, knowing her life was safe, she instantly felt all her strength drain away and collapsed lazily onto the ground.

With a panic-stricken face lifted upward, she wailed to Liu Jianguo, earnestly accusing An Jiahe of filial impiety.

"Jianguo, you've finally shown up—you don't know, this heartless scoundrel An Jiahe actually wants my old woman's life; if she hadn't run fast, she'd have gone underground to see Dong Xu and his father; Jianguo, seize An Jiahe."

Not far away.

Qin Huairu, her face swollen like a pig's head.

Watching this scene before her.

A faint sense of loss flickered in her eyes.

Years of hard work.

In the end it became east-flowing river water, turning into futile effort.

All this.

All of this was Qin Huairu's design; she knew her status as An Jiahe's wife.

The reason she approached Guo Da Piezi was to bleed him dry in every way, causing him to hand over his wages in full to Qin Huairu and even steal money from home to subsidize her.

This stemmed from the idea of borrowing a knife to kill.

Over these years.

Jia Zhangshi's ever-increasing bloodsucking of Qin Huairu left her barely able to breathe.

The lazy, gluttonous Jia Zhangshi was like a huge bloodsucking reptile clinging tightly to Qin Huairu; even if she exerted all her strength and used every means at her disposal, she could not shake off that damned bloodsucking creature.

Left with no alternative.

Qin Huairu recalled the incident where Yi Zhonghai exterminated Jia Dongxu.

Yi Zhonghai, out of an abundance of caution, used an accident to send Jia Dongxu away; why shouldn't he, following the same pattern, devise a similar method to eliminate Jia Zhangshi?

Jia Zhangshi died.

The secret of Qin Huairu's involvement in Jia Dongxu's accident faded away with Jia Zhangshi's death; no one knew it anymore.

As a result.

Her life would be much better.

After careful calculation.

Qin Huairu regarded An Jiahe as a knife in her hand; at the steel mill, she deliberately had Guo Da Piezi pay for her meal in front of the coworkers.

By relying on her superb methods.

Guo Da Piezi's wages weren't enough for Qin Huairu to cause trouble.

To satisfy Qin Huairu.

Guo Da Piezi stole money from his own wife.

The later blockage was within Qin Huairu's expectations.

As a scheming woman who moved among many men, Qin Huairu clearly knew what those men feared; they most feared their reputations being ruined.

No man would willingly wear a green hat, especially when countless people are aware of it.

As the instigator of An Jiahe's green‑hat incident, Jia Zhangshi would surely not fare well; she was very likely to be killed by the furious An Jiahe.

This was also the reason why, when Qin Huairu was hit by An Jiahe just now, she deliberately covered her face and shoved all the blame onto Jia Zhangshi.

To make this matter a bit more thorough.

Qin Huairu deliberately staged a suicidal act in front of An Jiahe, just to provoke him into rushing to fight Jia Zhangshi to the death.

She succeeded.

An Jiahe grabbed a kitchen knife and went to settle the score with Jia Zhangshi.

For the sake of his persona.

Qin Huairu had Xiao Dang call Liu Jianguo and Shazhu.

She knew Liu Jianguo was a comrade who always carried a weapon; as soon as he appeared, he would witness An Jiahe brandishing a kitchen knife and cutting down Jia Zhangshi.

Then An Jiahe would not survive.

The previous plan.

Foolproof.

The truly unexpected event that Qin Huairu did not anticipate.

The 200‑catty Jia Zhangshi, driven by the will to live, became a sprightly athlete, forcing herself to run from the rear courtyard to the central courtyard, and then Liu Jianguo appeared.

A fierce roar.

An Jiahe dared not move.

This scene.

Qin Huairu hated it so much her teeth itched.

Besides her suffering a beating for nothing, none of her goals were met—Jia Zhangshi did not die at An Jiahe's hands, and An Jiahe was not taken out by Liu Jianguo.

A feeling of helplessness.

It welled up in Qin Huairu's heart.

She probably thought of her own plight.

Qin Huairu's sorrow rose from her heart.

A mournful wail flew from her lips.

"My life is so bitter."