Chapter 5: Great Vengeance
"Li Mei said your family had no farmland and no money, and couldn't afford a proper burial site, so she buried Uncle Wang Jie here.Sigh, the villagers all saw this and thought Li Mei was utterly heartless."
"Bullshit! When I was in prison, the brick factory was doing great! How could we not afford a burial plot? Even if we had no money, I'd have sold everything before letting someone be buried here like this!Father! I'm an unfilial son—I let you suffer…"
Wang Xu collapsed in front of his father's weed-covered grave, sobbing bitterly.Wang Na wiped her own tears.
"I'm going to settle the score with that wicked woman, Li Mei!" Wang Xu roared. After crying, the fury in his chest erupted uncontrollably.
"Brother Xu, don't go! You can't win against them!" Wang Na shouted, grabbing the nearly irrational Wang Xu by the arm.
"Don't stop me, Wang Na! I'm killing that shrew today!" Wang Xu was like a raging beast, completely out of control.
"Li Qiang is getting married today. The whole Li family is out of the village. You won't find them here!"
"Then I'll go to the county and ruin their wedding!" Hearing Li Qiang was marrying Zhang Lan only fueled Wang Xu's fury.
"Brother Wang Xu! Calm down, please! You just got out of prison. If you beat up Li Mei or destroy the wedding just to vent your anger, what happens if you get arrested again? You need to endure! A gentleman's revenge is never too late!"Wang Na's words finally cooled Wang Xu's boiling blood.
She was right.
Now wasn't the time for revenge.
Besides, his master, Zhao Tian, had entrusted him with an important task—to look after his distant relative's granddaughter. If he got arrested again, how could he face his master?
And then there was the beautiful young woman he'd met in the cave today—Liu Li. She had come to Lihua Village as a volunteer teacher.Such a kind and noble girl—how could Wang Xu not help her if she were ever in danger?
He forced his rage and hatred deep into his heart. Then, he asked Wang Na to fetch a sickle and a shovel so he could begin tending to his father's grave.
He would definitely relocate his father's grave eventually, but such matters couldn't be rushed.
He needed to find an auspicious day, purchase a new burial site, and invite village elders to handle the rituals properly. All of that would take time.
Wang Xu worked until dusk before finally slinging his canvas bag and shovel over his shoulder and heading home.
When he got to the door, he noticed the padlock was gone, but the door itself was still locked.
Huh?
Is someone inside? Wang Xu was puzzled.
After Li Mei remarried, she had taken nearly all of the Wang family's assets, but had left behind the brick house. When Village Chief Zhang Hu visited Wang Xu in prison, he had said it was probably because Wang Jie's corpse had rotted inside, and Li Mei found the place unlucky.This house was the last remaining piece of Wang Xu's inheritance.
Since Li Mei's remarriage, the house had been left vacant.
Damn it—could that evil woman Li Mei be in there?
Fine, I was just looking for her!
Wang Xu figured no one but Li Mei would enter his house, and the fury in his chest reignited.
He decided to sneak in over the courtyard wall for a surprise attack.
Thanks to his martial skills, he scaled the more-than-two-meter-high wall easily—without even alerting a dog.
He landed silently in the courtyard.
To his surprise, the courtyard was tidy and spotless—no weeds at all.But for a house that had supposedly been unoccupied for years, that didn't make sense.
Hmm!
There was a light on inside the house, and the sound of running water came from the bathroom beside the side room.
Damn it, Li Mei, you've got guts!
You killed your husband, dared to come back, and now you're even bathing here?
Aren't you afraid my father's ghost will haunt you?
Wang Xu's rage boiled over. He couldn't take it anymore. He wanted to beat that woman to a pulp.
He stormed straight to the bathroom.
In the countryside, bathrooms weren't as fancy as in the city. Most homes just built a simple shed next to the main house and hung a curtain for privacy.But Wang Xu's house had good amenities. They even had a solar water heater and a basic shower setup.
The sound of water drowned out Wang Xu's footsteps, so no one inside noticed him approaching.
Whoosh!
Wang Xu yanked the curtain open.
But when he saw who was standing in the bathroom, his pupils contracted and his entire body froze.
Glistening, beautiful, and stunningly sensual…
Wang Xu swore it was the most breathtaking sight he had ever seen.
His eyes locked onto the scene, unable to look away.
"AHH!! PERVERT!!"
The girl inside trembled slightly, then looked up at Wang Xu for a second or two before letting out a piercing scream.
Snapped out of his daze by her scream, Wang Xu panicked and tried to yank the curtain shut—
—but in his flustered state, he pulled too hard and tore the curtain right down!
Suddenly, an even clearer view of the bathing beauty appeared before him.
"AHH!! You shameless scumbag! You disgusting pervert!!"
Startled by Wang Xu's intrusion, the girl screamed again and instinctively crouched down, trying to cover her exposed body.
Wang Xu panicked as well and quickly bolted out of the bathroom.
Thump thump thump!
He collapsed onto the couch, his heart pounding wildly.
Damn! What the hell was that?!
How could it be… her?
His mind went blank, his face full of disbelief.
The woman in the shower wasn't Li Mei at all.
It was Liu Li—the volunteer teacher he'd met earlier that day in the cave!
Wang Xu was both stunned and mortified. But that beautiful image had been seared into his mind.
His racing heart wasn't just from panic. It was also from the intense visual shock… and the primal stirrings of desire.
Breathe. Calm down. Stay composed.
Wang Xu took a deep breath and began practicing the breathing techniques his master had taught him.Soon, his chaotic mind settled.
"You disgusting pervert! I'm going to kill you!!"
Just as Wang Xu regained his composure, a fully dressed Liu Li stormed into the main room holding a mop, pointing at Wang Xu and shouting furiously.
At that moment, she was like an enraged lioness—her beautiful eyes burning with rage.
She thought the intruder had run away when she screamed earlier, but to her utter shock, the pervert was now sitting right there in her living room like nothing had happened!
If she had her phone with her, she would've called the police immediately.
Overcome with fury, Liu Li grabbed the mop and charged at him.
She looked fierce but didn't dare actually hit Wang Xu.
After all, he was a man. She, a young woman, had no chance against him.
And truthfully, her opinion of Wang Xu had already changed a lot after watching him save Uncle Wang Shan's life with his incredible medical skills earlier.
But she never imagined he'd turn out to be such a shameless creep who would barge into her house and try to take advantage of her!
"Hahaha!"
Seeing Liu Li in such a flustered, indignant state, Wang Xu couldn't help but laugh.
"You—you pervert! How dare you laugh? You're the worst kind of scum! Get out, or I'm calling the police!!"
Liu Li's chest heaved with anger, and Wang Xu felt his throat go dry again.
"Uh… Miss Liu, it's all a huge misunderstanding. I thought you were—"