"Yes!" The subordinate responded, then walked towards Cheng Li.
"What are you going to do?" Cheng Li looked at the people approaching her, her face changed. She could already see the malice on their faces, so she instinctively resisted and felt afraid.
Mrs. Cheng naturally noticed as well. Somehow finding the courage, she stood up from the ground, rushed to stand in front of Cheng Li, and said, "If you have anything, come at me. Don’t hurt my daughter!"
"What a great mother!" Old Jiang sneered, then said to Mrs. Cheng, "If you really love your daughter, why not tell the truth?" Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✶𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✶𝓷𝓮𝓽
As soon as these words were spoken, the look in Cheng Li’s eyes, which had been touched, immediately changed. Yes, Old Jiang wasn’t wrong. If Mrs. Cheng really loved her, why would she hide it?
So, she looked at Mrs. Cheng and said coldly, "It’s come to this, why won’t you tell the truth? Do you just want to see me suffer, see me in torment?"
"Xiao Li, how can you say that?" Mrs. Cheng looked at her daughter sadly. Who was she doing this for?
"If I don’t say it , how else should I say it?" Cheng Li was a bit angry. At this point, she didn’t know what Mrs. Cheng still wanted to hide.
"Xiao Li, you’ve really disappointed me. Everything I’ve done, isn’t it all for you? Moreover, I really don’t know, that child was discarded by your father. As for where it was thrown, he didn’t tell me. I just know that he went out for a long time that day before coming back."
"You’re really not lying to me?" Cheng Li still didn’t believe, looking at Mrs. Cheng with skepticism. Mrs. Cheng became more heartbroken facing her daughter’s gaze.
"You said it yourself. At this point, I’m not stupid. Why would I still lie?" Mrs. Cheng spoke while looking at Old Jiang, hoping he would believe her words.
However, Old Jiang’s eyes were filled with cold ruthlessness, nothing else. Clearly, Old Jiang still did not believe her.
"Mrs. Cheng, I’ll ask one more time. Where exactly was that child thrown?"
"I really don’t know. Even if you kill me, I don’t know." Mrs. Cheng looked as if she had resigned herself, because she really didn’t know.
"Is that so? It seems you won’t cry until you see the coffin." After Old Jiang finished speaking, he gestured to his subordinate. The subordinate quickly lunged at Cheng Li, tearing her clothes apart with a strong hand.
"Stop, you beasts, stop it!" Mrs. Cheng watched this scene, her face turning pale with fright, yelling in anger and hatred.
While Cheng Li was directly scared stiff, frozen for a long time without reacting.
She had thought Old Jiang would just have his men beat her up, and was even contemplating pleading because she feared the pain. But she hadn’t expected that Old Jiang’s people would directly tear her clothes.
Though she was no longer an innocent girl, being stripped in front of everyone still filled her with shame and anger.
This humiliation and anger rushed to her brain, leaving her mind blank, unable to process it.
It wasn’t until Mrs. Cheng began hitting the man tearing her clothes that she came back to her senses, then looked at Old Jiang, slowly calming down.
Clearly, Old Jiang intended to drive Mrs. Cheng to a breakdown by doing this. And in this era, while women no longer clung to chastity as before, it was still hard to accept being dishonored.
"Mrs. Cheng, you better calm down. I’ll count to ten. If you still don’t tell the truth, I’ll have someone violate your daughter right in front of you. So, it’s up to you, whether you want to see your daughter dishonored or tell the truth."