CH 53.1

Zhou Shi took the Heli book from the Wei family and fantasized about marrying a good man who she was satisfied with her dowry, but the dowry was taken away by Zhou Shangcheng first.

Zhou Shi chased him back to the Zhou family and asked him about her dowry, only got a swearing curse. The whole family blamed her because of the heli matter and she left the wei family, they also accused her of ruining the reputation of the Zhou family.

She couldn't get the dowry, and Xiao Zhou had no money, so she could only live in Zhou's house aggrievedly. It was not that she hadn't had any troubles, but every time she had troubles, her life got worse and worse. Not to mention her parents, his brother and sisters-in-law didn’t take her seriously, even the servants in the family despised her.

Zhou Shi felt that she couldn't live on, so she started looking for someone to marry herself, but the Zhou family’s members were obviously more active than her in this matter. Zhou Shi herself was not optimistic about it, but Zhou family began to accept gifts from others.

The Zhou family appointed Zhou Shi to a wealthy businessman from the city adjacent to Shengjing. He was over 60 years old and married Zhou Shi to fill in the house. Not only the Zhou family didn’t prepare the dowry for her, but the wealthy businessman gave them a large sum of money.

The Zhou family was not rich, so what they valued was the wealth of the rich businessman. Zhou Shi married the wealthy businessman, and he could pay a lot of money to the Zhou family every year. Married off a daughter who was no longer useful in exchange for so much money, except for Zhou Shi, no one else in the Zhou family wouldn’t agree.

When Zhou Shi found out, it was like a bolt from the blue, and she refused to agree to anything, no matter how rich he was, he was over sixty, who knew when he would die, and she would still be a widow when she married.

Zhou Shi also asked someone to inquire quietly. The wealthy businessman had married several wives, and none of them lived for more than two years, and they were all tortured to death by him. The more Zhou Shi heard, the more frightened she became, she threatened the Zhou family with her own life, saying that if they insisted on forcing her to marry that wealthy businessman, she would kill herself and then send someone go to the Yamen to sue the Zhou family for forcing her daughter to death for money.

The reputation of the Zhou family had been ruined, and there must be people who believe this news. The Zhou family was very afraid of being exiled from Shengjing like the Dong family, and they didn’t dare to force Zhou Shi anymore.

But they became even more harsh on Zhou Shi. She was used to order others and was also brought up pampered, how could she endure such hardships, just when she couldn't bear it and wanted to escape from the Zhou family, Zhou Shangcheng asked her to do one thing, saying that as long as she was successful, he would let Zhou Shi marry whoever she wanted and all her dowry would be given to her

Zhou Shi naturally agreed. When she found out that her task was to kidnap her daughter to threaten the Wei family, Zhou Shi hesitated, but only for a short while, what she thought was that it was just kidnapping anyway, not to kill Wei Yunxue. Anyway, the Wei family would come to save her. But if she didn't agree, she would really die, so under Zhou Shangcheng's arrangement, Zhou Shi entered the Yin's family as a maid.

The plan was actually very smooth, the only change was that Jiang Lin came too fast and didn't give Zhou Shi a chance to come out of the Yin's house, even though she hid, she was found out.

Now that she was in Jiang Lin's hands, Zhou Shi knew that she was doomed, and Jiang Lin would definitely not let her go.

She also regretted that if she hadn't left the Wei mansion with heli, she might have a better life. When Zhou Shi heard about Jiang Lin and Wei Yunzhao took the widows from the Wei family to the opera house to listen to an opera a few days ago, she was very envious.

She suffered so much in her own home, the more Zhou Shi thought about it, the more sad she became, and she burst into tears, crying out of regret.

Jiang Lin looked at her coldly, covered Wei Yunxue's ears, and asked Wei Yunxue to cover her eyes. He didn’t let he to listen or look at Zhou Shi’s ugly behavior, no matter how miserable she was crying, Jiang Lin would only say that she deserved it .

Zhou Shi cried for a long time, but Jiang Lin ignored her, and later she couldn't stand it any longer, so she pleaded with Jiang Lin instead, "I know I was wrong, and I was also forced, Jiang Lin, just look at me as your Fifth Aunt and spare me this time, okay? I won't dare again. I swear, even if I die myself, I will never harm the two sisters Yunxue and Yunwan again. Jiang Lin, let me go, let me go, I beg you."

"Don't worry, I will let you go, after all, I will not ruin myself for killing such a femme fatale woman like you, I will send you to the government office, as for whether the government office people will let you go or not is not up to me."

"Oh, by the way," Jiang Lin kindly reminded her, "The current governor of Shengjing is the same person as the master behind your elder brother, maybe your elder brother will ask his master to let you go, after all, you are brother and sister, right?"

There was hope in Zhou Shi’s eyes, but it was only for a moment, and she was soon discouraged. In the days since heli, Zhou Shi had seen clearly the real face of the Zhou family.

The elder brother could sacrifice her for something that was beneficial for the Zhou family, but he would never sacrifice the Zhou family for her.

Jiang Lin saw Xiao Zhou's reaction and smiled, "Look, this is the Zhou family. You are no different. You could kill your own daughter for your sake, and your elder brother can sacrifice his own sister for his sake. You are worthy of being a family."