Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 765 - 760: Brutal Beating

Xu He, who had always been terrified of Shuanzi, saw him walking in with several men. With a face as dark as the bottom of a pot, Shuanzi mocked with disdain, "Yo, I haven’t seen you for a while, Xu He, and you’ve really become quite arrogant."

Xu He snapped out of her panic and asked subconsciously, "You... how did you find me?"

Shuanzi walked in, suppressing the anger in his heart, moved a chair over, and sat down, planning to slowly toy with Xu He today.

Though not visibly angry, he asked with a faint smile, "What do you think?"

"Did Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying tell you?" Other than that possibility, she couldn’t guess how else he could have found her.

"You think the provincial city is so big? How hard could it be for me, Shuanzi, to find someone?" Shuanzi finished speaking, then curled his lips and asked in an extremely faint tone, "Besides, I heard that you, Xu He, are such a filial daughter. Your dad is nearly dead; how could you not go back?"

When her family was mentioned, Xu He grew worried and immediately asked nervously, "How is my dad? What have you done to him?"

"Don’t worry, now that I’ve found you, I wouldn’t do anything to your dad," Shuanzi said, glancing at her and raising an eyebrow, "But whether or not your dad will die from anger, that I don’t know."

Hearing him say this, Xu He mostly understood that Shuanzi hadn’t troubled her father too much and she let out a small sigh of relief. Thinking it was best to confront Shuanzi first, they had to face each other sooner or later.

She walked over to the bed, comforted her continuously crying child, and after putting the child to sleep, she faced Shuanzi and asked with furrowed brows, "Tell me, what do you want by coming here? We had an agreement; I gave you the child, you paid me, and after that, we had nothing to do with each other."

"About the child, if you hadn’t mentioned it, it would’ve been better." Mentioning the child unleashed all the pent-up rage in Shuanzi’s heart. He suddenly stood up from his chair, slapped Xu He, and cursed, "Xu He, I really didn’t think you’d be so brazen, to con some money from me and dare to give me a fool for a child."

Xu He was already numb from being beaten by others today. Though Shuanzi’s slap came with no mercy, she couldn’t feel the pain anymore. She didn’t care about the slap she had received, instead focusing on the last thing Shuanzi said, genuinely puzzled, "What fool for a child?"

Shuanzi snorted coldly and simply described the child’s condition, "I took the child to see a doctor, and the doctor said the child’s brain development is slower than that of an average child, and possibly due to being premature, the bone development is also slower than normal. To put it bluntly, the kid is an idiot."

"This..." Xu He thought of many possibilities but never anticipated this issue with the child. Even as Shuanzi spoke, she couldn’t believe it and stared at him, "How is that possible."

Shuanzi glared at her, "Don’t believe it? Want to see the child yourself?"

"I...." Seeing Shuanzi like this, Xu He dared not doubt any further, and she knew that if it wasn’t for an issue with the child, Shuanzi wouldn’t have come to find her for no reason.

Now, she had no choice but to try and shirk responsibility, "Even if it’s true, it has nothing to do with me. When I gave you the child, it was fine. Maybe it was your family who didn’t know how to take care, that’s what caused this."

"You *****! Even now, you still dare to talk back to me." Shuanzi’s pent-up fury exploded at that moment, and turning around, he ordered his subordinates, who were standing outside, uncompromisingly pointing at Xu He, "Beat her, beat her hard, until she submits, then I’ll have a slow talk with her."

Seeing Shuanzi’s men, all burly and formidable, she knew they would be merciless in their beating, likely even worse than Luo Zhiming and Zhou Yun, possibly even beating her to death. She immediately shouted, "Wait a minute."

Shuanzi was there to teach Xu He a lesson, so he naturally did not heed her protests and directly ordered his men to start.

These men, following Shuanzi, were used to doing this sort of beating and extortion, all too experienced. They grabbed Xu He and began a ruthless barrage of punches and kicks.

After nearly fifteen minutes, Xu He’s originally fair face was bruised beyond recognition, swollen so badly that maybe even her mother, standing right in front of her, wouldn’t recognize her, not to mention other parts of her body, which naturally fared no better.

And towards the end, Xu He didn’t even beg for mercy anymore, just squatting in the corner, enduring it all.

Shuanzi didn’t want to end up with a murder on his hands, so he stopped his subordinates, looking at Xu He and saying, "Fine, now let’s talk slowly."

At that moment, Xu He felt as though her whole body was being pricked with needles, stars spun before her eyes, and her head throbbed agonizingly. She had never experienced such torture growing up, and she even wished she could die. But even if she were to die, she didn’t believe she was at fault and whispered in her own defense, "Shuanzi, even if the child really is an idiot, you can’t blame me. Back then, you forced me to give you a child within a certain timeframe. I had no choice but to induce labor early, which might have harmed the child. I didn’t mean for it to happen."

Shuanzi knew what Xu He said was true and revealed his intention, "Xu He, I really didn’t expect there to be a woman like you in this world who, for the sake of money, would utterly disregard the safety of her own child."

Xu He snorted, defying him, "Shuanzi, don’t act as if you, the father, care so much about the child. I made it clear to you that trying to give birth forcefully could cause problems with the child. You were the one who insisted on seeing the child within a certain time. What could I do?"

After a pause, she continued, "Initially, if you had been willing to marry me, would I have needed to induce labor? Would it have come to this point? So don’t just blame me, you’re also responsible; you’re not the only one who destroyed the child."

"Moreover, to put it bluntly, perhaps it’s because of all the despicable things you’ve done in your life that your child turned out this way. Otherwise, why would other people’s children, even those born at seven months, be just fine?"

"Xu He, you’re courting death," Shuanzi, gritting his teeth with fury, stood up again and kicked Xu He.

"To die would be a relief. Having come to this point, do you think I have any other options?" Since she had already gone this far, Xu He was resolute in her speech, taking a gamble to see if she could save her own life, "But let me tell you, Shuanzi. Even if I, Xu He, am not someone important, if I were to die just like this, naturally, someone would come looking. My uncle has some connections in this provincial city, and he’s been looking for me lately because of my parents’ issues. If I die, even if he can’t do much, he will report it to the Police Station. When someone starts investigating, don’t expect to get off so easily."