Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son-Chapter 404

After everyone had left, she immediately ordered hot pot for delivery and then started counting her money with glee.

As she counted it over and over again, the money felt like a windfall. Who wouldn’t be happy looking at it?

However, the look in Wu Yuerou’s eyes made Shao Qiqi feel anything but guilty would be a lie.

Without a word, Wu Yuerou forced her way into Shao Qiqi’s house and, after looking around, noticed the woman was living in an apartment no larger than a pigeon coop. Then she saw the red banknotes on the coffee table and let out a cold laugh.

Here she was without a penny, while Shao Qiqi evidently had enough money to hire Director Mao to mess with her, and in the afternoon she had said she was short on cash, trying to extort one hundred thousand from her...

"Hey, Wu Yuerou, what are you doing coming into my home? Did I let you in?"

As soon as Shao Qiqi came over, Wu Yuerou slapped her across the face without hesitation, shocking Shao Qiqi to a standstill.

Then Wu Yuerou followed it up with several more slaps to Shao Qiqi’s face, and when the latter tried to fight back, she got a kick in the stomach instead.

Shao Qiqi’s frail body couldn’t withstand Wu Yuerou’s furious strength, and she was sent flying to the ground.

For the past month, the suppressed resentment seemed to find an outlet as she took out all her dissatisfaction and grievances on Shao Qiqi, kicking her until she writhed on the ground begging for mercy;

"Stop hitting me, please, no more..."

Just as Wu Yuerou brutally kicked Shao Qiqi in the stomach again, Shao Qiqi nearly passed out from the blow, and a dark red bloodstain flowed from her trousers onto the floor.

The sight of that vibrant red blood shocked Wu Yuerou back to her senses, and her prior anger and resentment were replaced by a wave of fear and uncertainty.

This...

How could this have happened?

Suddenly, the doorbell rang from outside, "Hello, is this Miss Shao? Your delivery is here."

Shao Qiqi lay on the ground, unable to move. She was in tremendous pain, with her uterus contracting painfully, feeling as if she would die any second.

Wu Yuerou’s legs trembled, and she stared deathly at the front door. She didn’t have the courage to open it, nor did she want to.

Shao Qiqi struggled to utter from her throat, "Call the police—"

The words "help me call the police" were too much for Shao Qiqi to say as she passed out.

The shouting from outside suddenly stopped, and Wu Yuerou sensed something was very wrong. Seeing more and more blood on the floor, she panicked completely and flung the door open, fleeing the scene.

As long as she got away from this place, she’d be fine!

Thinking this, Wu Yuerou quickened her steps, running towards her home.

The more she ran, the clearer her mind became, feeling as if she had been under a spell.

From Director Mao asking her for money, to being told Shao Qiqi paid to give her trouble, and then, within two minutes, receiving a message from an unknown number with an address, claiming it’s where she would find the person she was most looking for.

She followed the address there, and the moment the door opened and she saw Shao Qiqi, all she could think of was how to tear her apart!

To think that this person, who in the past wouldn’t even be worthy of carrying her shoes, could humiliate her like this. She might not be able to do anything to others, but a mere assistant—why would she care about her?

But who would have thought, Shao Qiqi actually got pregnant...

That very night, Wu Yuerou was arrested by the police, and once at the police station, she encountered Ye Zhenzhen who had already been waiting there.

It was Ye Zhenzhen who called the police at Shao Qiqi’s doorstep; she recorded her testimony about what she had witnessed.

Only then did Wu Yuerou realize why she felt as if she had been under a spell—it turned out that this whole affair had been a trap from the start!

It was a full set-up designed by Ye Zhenzhen, just waiting for her to fall into it!

"Ye Zhenzhen, you bitch!" Wu Yuerou cursed through gritted teeth as she walked past Ye Zhenzhen.

Ye Zhenzhen’s face remained untroubled, utterly indifferent, with a mocking smile at the corner of her mouth, "After going through so many storms, how have you still not learned your lesson? Like a matchstick that lights up at the slightest touch?"

As soon as she left the beauty salon in the afternoon, she had Da Mi investigate Wu Yuerou’s current predicament. She knew that Wu Yuerou owed money to a man named Director Mao, and that Director Mao was the type whose eyes lit up at the sight of money, a real thug.

With this information, setting things in motion was easy.

As for Shao Qiqi, she was just collateral. If she didn’t want to see Wu Yuerou in the future, she needed to find a suitable reason to bring her down. Why not make use of Shao Qiqi, who had presented herself as cannon fodder?

Using Shao Qiqi to provoke Wu Yuerou would even make Wu Yuerou more enraged.

What she hadn’t anticipated was that Shao Qiqi would miscarry at such a moment. To tell the truth, Wu Yuerou had been a bit too cruel.

Just now, Yu Lili had said that Shao Qiqi’s child was forcefully miscarried by Wu Yuerou’s kicks, yet it was still alive—though the little life couldn’t be saved anyway.

"Slut!" After cursing Ye Zhenzhen, Wu Yuerou turned to the police and said, "You see, she deliberately lured me into this, you can’t wrong an innocent person oh..."

The policeman laughed, "Wrong an innocent person? We won’t wrong a good person. Whether you are wronged or not, we’ll decide after you’ve given us a full account shortly."

Wu Yuerou glared at Ye Zhenzhen through clenched teeth, "I won’t let you off!"

Ye Zhenzhen scoffed at Wu Yuerou, "You’ll have to put some effort into that. Whether or not you can let me off will depend on your behaviour from now on."

She had completed her statement and, after saying goodbye to the police, left the station.

When she stepped out, she wore a long down coat; as she walked out of the police station lobby, the cold night wind rushed at her face. She gathered the hood of her coat and put on her hood, prepared to drive home.

But from afar, she saw a tall figure walking briskly towards her. The two approached each other quickly, and in the next second, she was embraced in the man’s arms.

"Missed you."

The man’s low and magnetic voice, carried by the cold wind, entered her ears, bringing with it an inexplicably warm feeling.

With a smile on her lips, she looked up at him, "How did you get here so quickly? Didn’t you say it would be very late?" 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Quick? If I were any slower, I might not have seen you coming out of the police station. Maybe, if you didn’t say anything, I would never know that Mrs. Song is so capable when I’m not around, and so impressive."

The first part of his statement was said in a gentle tone, but by the end, it gradually became more serious.

Before Ye Zhenzhen could reply, the man said, "It’s cold outside; let’s get in the car and then we can settle this account properly."

Ye Zhenzhen: ...