Zhou Hui breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this scene:
"Are you here to ask for money?"
Jiang Zhiyuan held one end of the rope and sat down. When he heard her words, he laughed out loud.
He did want money back then, but now he doesn’t want money. What he wants is life.
The rope around Du Changqun's neck was swinging in his hand, controlling Du Changqun's fate.
He fiddled with the things on the table with one hand, and when he saw the box of cigarettes, he squinted his eyes and laughed out loud:
"China Star? That's pretty high-end."
He seemed to be in the mood for conversation. He picked up the pack of cigarettes, put it in front of Zhou Hui and said to her with a smile:
"In prison, cigarettes like this cost two hundred Hong Kong dollars." He held up a finger, "One."
"Take whatever you like..."
Zhou Hui trembled, and when she heard the word "prison", she shrank back and responded.
She remembered that Jiang Zhiyuan smoked, but his financial situation was very poor when he was young, so he only smoked the cheapest Xuemei brand cigarettes, which cost three yuan a pack at the time. Even so, he was very reluctant to smoke.
If he likes smoking, it's no wonder he looks so fond of it when he sees China Star.
Zhou Hui felt relieved again. As long as he still had an interest in it, he might not hurt anyone by taking things away.
Jiang Zhiyuan sneered and took out a half-smoked pack of cigarettes from his bag. The words "Xuemei" were still on it. He took out a cigarette and took out a match from his pocket. He struck it twice with one hand. The fire lit up with a whoosh. He lit the cigarette and took a deep breath. After a long while, he exhaled and asked leisurely:
"You bought these things with the help of my daughter?"
Zhou Hui obviously didn't understand what he meant. He crossed his legs and looked at the two miserable people leisurely. There was something in his squinting eyes that made Zhou Hui shudder.
He turned his head to look at the piles of items on the table, and his smile deepened. Every item here was worth a lot of money. He had not thought that the Du family would rely on Jiang Se and live such a life.
"Tell me about my daughter."
He pinched Du Changqun's neck, and he tightened and loosened the rope, making it hard for Du Changqun to breathe and he had no time to care about Zhou Hui.
Zhou Hui started to tremble when she heard him mention Jiang Se. The things she had tried hard to hide all these years might cause a big stir because of Jiang Zhiyuan's appearance. Her current peaceful and stable life might be shattered because of Jiang Zhiyuan.
He had clearly disappeared, so why didn't he disappear more completely
She felt a little resentful, but that resentment turned into deep fear when she met the man's smiling eyes.
"Now, now she is famous, she has become a star, and she makes a lot of money..." As soon as she opened her mouth, Jiang Zhiyuan's hand trembled and he tightened the rope in his hand. Du Changqun, who was lying on the sofa, was strangled by the neck and dragged to the ground like a dying fish.
He was so strong that Du Changqun had no chance to resist him and could only let him decide his life and death.
Zhou Hui screamed, but Jiang Zhiyuan seemed not to hear it and said with a smile:
"I don't want to hear this crap, I want to hear something more."
Zhou Hui's tears kept flowing, and finally she couldn't help but said:
"What on earth do you want to do? What on earth do you want to do?" She cried sadly, "You left without saying a word, abandoning me and my daughter. What could I do? I brought her to the Du family, and Changqun raised her..."
"Raise him?" He blew out a puff of smoke and looked down at Du Changqun on the ground. "Didn't we fight till we were big? Zhou Hui, I've been back for half a year. Do you know what I've been doing in the past six months?"
He is not a fool. After he was released from prison and returned to the capital from Hong Kong, he actually started to track down the whereabouts of Zhou Hui and her daughter Jiang Se.
Jiang Se's whereabouts are easy to find. She is now very popular in China and has a very good reputation in the country. She has signed a contract with an agency and has become a very promising star.
He knew that his daughter had been admitted to the top university and what critically and commercially successful movies she had made.
I also know that she looks very similar to me, beautiful and smart.
Back then, he didn't have the time to create good conditions for Jiang Se so that she could learn piano, English, and live like a princess. But his daughter is not bad now. With her own efforts, she can still do everything.
"I'm a rotten person." He said this without any shame: "This is how I'll be in my life, but my daughter shouldn't be like this, do you understand?"
He sat on the sofa, looking up, like a devil, with a look of disdain:
"I was very confident in handing her over to you, but you have disappointed me so much." He had been tracking down Zhou Hui's whereabouts for the past six months. He found out that she had married into the Du family, and also found people who were familiar with the Du family. He then tracked down the former residence of the Du family and found Du Changqun's neighbors.
He heard a lot of things from them. His daughter was often beaten and scolded by Du Changqun when she was at Du's house. She lived in a narrow and unventilated compartment. Du Changqun couldn't stand her. On the eve of the college entrance examination that year, she had an argument with Du You and was almost beaten to death by Du Changqun. She fainted for several days before she slowly woke up.
At that time, the neighbors were afraid that something might happen and advised Du Changqun to take her to the hospital, but Du Changqun said he had no money and said, "Luckily my daughter is lucky enough to be here today."
He reached out and touched the money, bank cards, and piles of items on the table.
At this moment, Zhou Hui didn't dare to be optimistic anymore. She knew Jiang Zhiyuan's temper very well. This man was moody. In her early years, she was fascinated by the sinister and coolness in him. Now she found that such a man was really scary.
"That's right, she was too disobedient, so..."
She was anxious to explain that at that time, Du Changqun was the only one in the Du family who earned money to support the family, so it was inevitable that he had a bad temper. Jiang Se was not likable at the time, and his personality was somewhat similar to Jiang Zhiyuan. He was gloomy and rebellious at home. Although he was living under someone else's roof, he still often quarreled with the two siblings of the Du family.
With such a temper, she would naturally be beaten and scolded by Du Changqun. Du Changqun was not doing well at work, and sometimes he was angry and would get irritated when he heard about Jiang Se. Zhou Hui leaned on her husband at the time and did not dare to say a word.
"So she doesn't listen, so you punish her until she becomes obedient?"
Jiang Zhiyuan took the cigarette from his hand and pressed it against Du Changqun's face.
The cigarette butt made a hissing sound as it burned into his flesh. Du Changqun's eyes widened, but all his strength had been used up in the struggle when he was strangled by the man's neck.
Even though he was shaking with pain, he had no strength to struggle. Because his mouth was blocked, he couldn't even beg for mercy or scream.
"Now that I think you guys are disobedient, I'll punish you until you become obedient, okay?"
He bent over and looked at Du Changqun curled up at his feet. The two were not of equal height. Du Changqun had lived a comfortable life in recent years and had gained some weight. Compared with Jiang Zhiyuan, who had trained himself to be strong in prison, they were like heaven and earth. He had no power to fight back against Jiang Zhiyuan. (To be continued)