Chapter 317: The Despicable Zhu Yiwen

Shi Youxuan had already been locked in the basement for a night.

Her lips were blue from the cold, and the cold wind continued to pour in incessantly.

The iron door of the basement creaked, and Zhu Yiwen entered, surrounded by bodyguards in front and behind.

A Qing turned off the cold wind, certainly not for the sake of Shi Youxuan, but for fear that the Head of the Family would catch a chill.

"Why is it so cold in here?"

Looking around, Zhu Yiwen feigned indignation: "This is outrageous. I am still alive, yet you dare to abuse my wife. Are you trying to rebel, hmm?"

"I am sorry, it was my negligence. Please, Head of the Family, punish me." A Qing stood before him, volunteering for punishment.

"You must be punished; I will deduct a year of your salary. But you manage hundreds of people here, so this matter cannot be blamed entirely on you. Go and bring the person in charge of this place here."

Soon, the person in charge of the Dungeon was brought over.

In front of Shi Youxuan, Zhu Yiwen severely reprimanded the person in charge, then had him thrown out, along with the five people guarding the Dungeon—all of them were to be kicked out and never hired again!

"Head of the Family, Head of the Family, I was wrong. I won't dare do it again, I will never dare do it again, Head of the Family."

The manager knelt before Zhu Yiwen, begging bitterly, and his subordinates did the same.

A crowd knelt before Zhu Yiwen, several of them weeping and begging bitterly.

They were willing to accept any punishment as long as they weren't kicked out; they all had families with old and young to support. Physical punishment didn't matter, but losing their jobs would easily lead to their entire families starving to death.

Once the atmosphere was sufficiently brewed, Zhu Yiwen said to the group: "You neglected my wife and still want to beg for my forgiveness? Keep dreaming."

"Locking my wife in here is a matter between us husband and wife. You detestable, petty people, looking down on others—you even dared to abuse my wife. What else is there that you wouldn't dare to do? Get out, I cannot keep you any longer."

These people were resentful in their hearts, but they dared not argue out loud.

It was clearly the Head of the Family who had ordered them to give his wife a hard time when she was brought in yesterday; that was the only reason they had done so. Otherwise, even if they had been given a hundred guts, they wouldn't have dared to abuse his wife.

But servants cannot argue with the Head of the Family. No matter whose fault it was, if the Head of the Family said it was their fault, they had to accept it!

"Madam, Madam, please put in a word for us. We will work like horses and oxen to repay your great kindness in the future!" One who was quick-witted caught the implication in Zhu Yiwen's words and turned to beg Shi Youxuan.

Consequently, everyone realized what was happening, and several of them went to beg Shi Youxuan.

The Madam was the most lenient toward the servants; everyone in the mansion knew this!

Shi Youxuan knew that Zhu Yiwen was putting on a show.

At a time like this, he still wanted to exploit her soft heart and kindness?

Preparing to force her to submit?

Heh.

Shi Youxuan smiled charmingly, a ruthless glint flashing across her beautiful face, and she said softly: "I think just firing you or punishing you is too light. You should all be thrown into the sea to feed the fish!"

Zhu Yiwen's expression stiffened; he had not expected Shi Youxuan to say such a thing.

"No, Madam, please don't!"

"Madam, you have always been the most merciful; you cannot treat us like this..."

"I have old parents above and young children below; if I die, how will my family survive?"

A wicked charm flashed across Shi Youxuan's face, and she smiled in a way that made one's blood run cold: "Then let them go die with you. When my family died, I decided to go with him, so you can too."

Uh...

Zhu Yiwen gave A Qing a look, and A Qing hurriedly chased everyone out.

Those guarding the Dungeon were old hands, and Zhu Yiwen would not be willing to dismiss them; everything he had just said was merely to put on a show for Shi Youxuan.

But since Shi Youxuan had seen through it, he couldn't use that tactic anymore and would have to change his approach.

"You've been locked up for a night. Have you thought it through?" Zhu Yiwen asked.

Shi Youxuan sneered: "I've thought it through. I've realized that I was a fool, a stupid pig, for not discovering for so many years that you are a creature with a human face but the heart of a beast."

Zhu Yiwen's face turned cold: "So, you absolutely refuse to help me anymore, is that it?"

"Ha!"

"Hahaha..."

Shi Youxuan laughed coldly, laughing at how this man was truly obsessed with money; his brain probably contained nothing but money and nothing else.

Even at a time like this, he still thought she would help him make money. Was his brain stuffed with banknotes?

Shi Youxuan didn't need to answer; Zhu Yiwen already knew the answer.

He was very disappointed, but he would not give up, threatening her: "I was able to snatch you back from Jiangzhou and destroy Sheng Hanyu in Jiangzhou. You should also be able to imagine that it wouldn't be difficult for me to make a move on your daughter."

"Do as you please."

Shi Youxuan's answer was beyond Zhu Yiwen's expectations.

He even felt a bit of pity for Shi Ran: "Shi Youxuan, are you even a mother? Your daughter is in danger, and you aren't afraid at all?"

Shi Youxuan: "Is my fear useful? You won't refrain from making a move on Shi Ran just because I'm afraid. Zhu Yiwen, I know you too well. If you want to kill, then kill. Spare me the nonsense."

"You should continue to calm down. I will come back to talk to you tomorrow."

Zhu Yiwen left, disappointed. But this time, he did not have anyone turn the cold wind back on.

Shi Youxuan curled up in the corner, her mind filled with the last words Sheng Hanyu had said to her: "Xuanxuan, you must live, live well. I love you."

"I love you too, you jerk," she said softly.

"Head of the Family, the Madam still refuses to eat," A Qing reported.

This was already the third day of Shi Youxuan's hunger strike; she hadn't touched a drop of water. A Qing was truly at a loss and had no choice but to come and report to the Head of the Family.

"Useless thing, why do you ask me about everything? Find a doctor to give her a nutrient drip," Zhu Yiwen scolded A Qing; his temper had been getting worse lately.

A Qing asked: "Then, should we invite the Madam back to her room?"

Reminded by A Qing, Zhu Yiwen finally remembered that Shi Youxuan was still locked in the Dungeon.

No wonder A Qing kept coming over again and again to ask, unable to let a doctor go to the Dungeon.

But moving her back to a room was equivalent to a disguised concession.

Zhu Yiwen rubbed his temples, which were throbbing with pain.

"Let her come back." He still had to concede; he could not let Shi Youxuan die, for even if she did not help, having her in his hands was still useful.

Shi Youxuan saw Sheng Hanyu standing before her smiling at her; she felt she must be about to die, right?

It must be, otherwise how could she see Sheng Hanyu.

She had seen with her own eyes that person surnamed Fang plunge a knife into his heart; he must have been in great pain, yet he still smiled at her—how could he actually still smile?

"Are you stupid? Why didn't you dodge, why didn't you run? Run, you run..." Shi Youxuan lay on the bed, but she was sleeping very restlessly.

Her body was as hot as if it were burning, and she kept talking nonsense.

"Sheng Hanyu, I hate you!"

"I was living just fine, why did you have to come find me? It would have been better if you hadn't come; if you hadn't come, I would still be living just fine like a fool..."

The doctor took the thermometer from under her arm and held it up to the sunlight to look—forty-one degrees.

"Mr. Zhu, the lady must be sent to the hospital; she is in great danger now and has already started hallucinating."

Zhu Yiwen said: "Can we not send her to the hospital? You can prescribe some fever-reducing medicine or give her a fever-reducing injection."

He did not want to send her to the hospital; hospitals were crowded and gossipy, and if Shi Youxuan were to come into contact with others and reveal his affairs, it would be over.

His affairs were not as simple as just family scandals that should not be aired in public.

The doctor shook his head: "I am sorry, Mr. Zhu; if you do not wish to follow my advice, you will have to find another doctor."

He was afraid of bearing the responsibility; the patient's hands and feet were cold, and it was very likely she would continue to heat up.

It was already forty-one degrees; if she got any hotter, her brain would be fried.

In the end, Zhu Yiwen still followed the doctor's advice and sent Shi Youxuan to the best hospital.