Chapter 1113

Wang Yingzhi was temporarily kept at the Shi Family and placed under strict guard.

Midnight.

Zhihao, being kind-hearted, went to deliver her a meal.

Although he knew this old woman was no good, both good people and bad people had to eat, and she was at such an advanced age that she looked quite pitiful.

"Eat."

It was a simple bowl of noodles, yet the fragrance was mouth-watering.

Wang Yingzhi pleaded: "Please, untie the Rope on my hands; I can't eat like this."

"Alright."

He didn't think much of it and untied the Rope for her.

Wang Yingzhi suddenly pushed Zhihao away and ran.

She ran to the door, then retreated back.

There were people guarding outside; it was a miscalculation.

She had thought the middle of the night would be a good chance to escape, but she hadn't expected these people to guard her so airtightly.

Zhihao had just been pushed into a stagger; now he stood up, rubbed his backside, and said indignantly: "You old woman are too much! I was kind enough to worry about you going hungry and brought you food, and you actually treat me like this?"

"Thump—"

Wang Yingzhi knelt straight down before him; it was so sudden that Zhihao had no defense at all.

"Don't do this, get up quickly. You're older than me; isn't doing this going to shorten my life?" Zhihao had been furious just a moment ago, but now that she was kneeling, his heart immediately softened and he forgave her.

"Please, let me out. The life I lived at the Ji Family was worse than that of a pig or a dog. I'm already this old; I just want to find a place to grow old in peace and don't want to struggle anymore..."

Wang Yingzhi packaged herself as very pitiful, hoping to win sympathy.

Zhihao was truly softened; he agreed immediately: "Fine, I'll go out and plead for you."

He left as soon as he said it, and she didn't even have time to stop him.

Pleading, of course, was useless.

He was even given a harsh lecture, and his wife scolded him into his senses.

His wife said not to be blindly kind; kindness without principles is called aiding and abetting evil!

He didn't understand Wang Yingzhi at all; that woman had done many excessive things in the past and hadn't changed even now.

Furthermore, she still had great utility; if he let her go privately, it would affect his sister-in-law's plan.

On one side was an old woman with no relation to him, and on the other was his closest and dearest wife; naturally, the scales in Zhihao's heart tilted toward his wife.

Wang Yingzhi didn't get away; after dawn, people from the Sheng Family came to take her away!

"No way, no way, I'm not dreaming, am I?" She muttered to herself, completely unable to believe her eyes, thinking she was dreaming, and even pinched herself hard, grimacing in pain.

It was real, not a dream!

She was arranged in another Villa, not living with the masters of the Sheng Family, but the standard of living was the same—she was treated to good food and drink; except for not having much freedom, everything else was very good.

One week later.

Shi Youxuan came to find her: "I want to talk to you."

"I want freedom; I'm not going back to the Ji Family."

Shi Youxuan: "I don't have the final say in this matter."

She was very angry and said resentfully: "You don't have the final say? Shi Youxuan, stop playing the pig to eat the tiger in front of me. Have I suffered few losses at your hands over these years? Your heart has more schemes than there are strands of hair; be careful that having too many schemes will bring retribution."

Shi Youxuan was not angry and retorted directly: "Having many schemes won't bring retribution, but people with many evil schemes will. You don't need to look at others; just look at yourself and you'll know—the retribution has arrived."

Wang Yingzhi rolled her eyes at the retort, but she had to admit that Shi Youxuan made sense.

"Hmph! You ungrateful wretch, I helped you solve those two brats, yet you returned my kindness with enmity and schemed to send me to the Ji Family. You have just as many evil schemes as I do."

Shi Youxuan didn't want to dwell on this with her and said: "How about we make a deal? Interested?"

"I want to leave the Ji Family."

This counted as a condition, and also as Wang Yingzhi's bargaining chip.

Shi Youxuan: "I can give you money, but I really don't have the final say in this matter; it requires the Clan Leader's consent to be valid."

"How much can you give me?" Her eyeballs rolled around; after considering for a moment, she was still tempted.

"A blank check; you can fill in the amount yourself."

"Really?"

Wang Yingzhi was no longer resentful, and her eyes shone with brilliance.

"Yes, really. If you don't believe me, we can write an agreement and sign a document."

"Alright, alright, write it down. Writing it down is good; with it in black and white, you can't go back on your word."

She beamed with joy, rubbing her hands together as if eager to try.

Swish—

Shi Youxuan took an agreement out from behind her back as if performing magic: "Take a look, if you have no objections, sign it."

Wang Yingzhi didn't dare to be careless; last time she went to the Ji Family, she had signed an agreement, but because the contract had too many clauses and the first few seemed fine, she had signed it.

As a result, later when she got tired of staying at the Ji Family and wanted to leave, Ji Yingjie used the contract to threaten her, causing her not to dare to leave.

And later, when the contract could no longer threaten her, she discovered she couldn't leave even if she wanted to, so she could only escape.

She read it very carefully, going over it six or seven times from beginning to end.

Shi Youxuan was not in a hurry and waited patiently; she was certain that Wang Yingzhi would definitely be tempted.

Sure enough, Wang Yingzhi read it one more time and then agreed to sign.

Wang Yinghao's room.

Shi Youxuan carried the ginseng soup inside and said to her father-in-law, "Dad, let me feed Mom; you go and rest for a while."

He was a bit worried and hesitated to leave, but he still left the room.

For the past few days, because he was afraid of upsetting his wife, he had never mentioned the name Wang Yingzhi in front of her, and because Wang Yingzhi was locked up, she could not harass him either.

However, his wife's condition had not improved at all; she had even lost the ability to say the single words she could speak a few days ago.

This was also why he finally made up his mind to try the plan they had decided upon.

The ginseng soup was fed into her mouth, spoonful by spoonful.

"Mom, Wang Yingzhi has moved into the house," she said calmly.

Her tone was very calm, but she was very nervous and observed her mother-in-law's changes very carefully.

Her blood pressure became unstable, and her heart rate also fluctuated.

But fortunately, it was within a normal, controllable range.

"Jiang..."

Wang Yinghao's lips moved a few times, and she struggled to squeeze out one word.

Shi Youxuan asked, "Are you worried that she will pester Dad?"

"Mm," Wang Yinghao replied.

Shi Youxuan said, "Yes, we are also worried that she will pester Dad, so we let her move into the neighboring Villa and have people watch her twenty-four hours a day..."

Her mother-in-law's expression softened a little, and Shi Youxuan continued, "But one can guard against a thief for a thousand days, yet one cannot be on guard for a thousand days; she must have come to our house to seduce Father-in-law. What do you think I should do? It's not good for me as a daughter-in-law to interfere too much, but if I don't, I'm letting you down..."

Shi Youxuan felt sorry for her mother-in-law right now; she had to say these things to make her mother-in-law get better quickly, even though it was a bit cruel.

Tears flowed from the corners of Wang Yinghao's eyes; she was heartbroken, but she stopped speaking.

Seeing that things were not looking good, had she been too heavy-handed?

She quickly tried to pull it back.

"Mom, I shouldn't have told you these things, but that woman said she is your sister and wants to come over to take care of you personally. We couldn't refuse, so would you mind refusing her yourself?"

"Okay!"

She agreed, her tone firm and her words clear.