The nurse's words were like adding insult to injury for Li Xue, who was already reeling from the blow.
Li Xue shot a venomous glare at the nurse, then transferred several hundred yuan to her via phone.
"Here's the money, now get out!"
"If it weren't for the misfortune my daughter and I are facing now, do you think you'd be the one attending to me!"
The nurse was speechless.
Now that she had the money and wasn't afraid of offending Li Xue, she scoffed.
"Pah! You a mistress who got beaten up, what's there to be proud of."
"You're a mistress, and your daughter is a mistress too. Getting beaten up is karma, you deserve it!"
"Without me to take care of you, you'll have to crawl on the floor. Pah! What a joke!"
"Get out!" Li Xue shrieked.
The nurse cursed as she left, leaving Li Xue alone in the hospital.
Tang Yiyi couldn't even take care of herself, and now the nurse was gone too.
Now, no one was looking after Li Xue.
After her rage subsided, Li Xue called Tang Yiyi.
"Yiyi, how are you, Yiyi? Yiyi, you've suffered so much."
Tang Yiyi, on the other end of the line, complained, "It's all your fault. Why did you give me a life like this?"
"I don't have a mother like you. Go away!"
"Yiyi, listen to me, Yiyi... Yiyi..."
Tang Yiyi hung up the phone.
Li Xue tried calling again, but her number had been blocked.
Li Xue was now half-paralyzed and couldn't even get out of bed.
After the nurse left, she had no choice but to find another caregiver at the hospital.
Not much money was left on her card.
In the evening, the caregiver pushed Li Xue out for a walk.
Li Xue suddenly craved something sweet and asked the caregiver to push her to a cake shop near the hospital to buy some.
There were steps at the entrance, making it difficult for the wheelchair to enter, so Li Xue waited outside the shop.
Suddenly, Li Xue's phone was snatched away.
Li Xue looked up and saw that it was a woman.
She wore sunglasses and a hat, so her face was obscured.
However, from her sophisticated attire and the scent of her perfume, Li Xue immediately recognized who it was.
Her face instantly changed.
"Zhang Meiyu!"
"You... what do you want!"
Li Xue was now a cripple.
She was powerless to resist whatever Zhang Meiyu intended to do to her.
Li Xue had worked as a housekeeper for the Tang family for nearly twenty years.
She immediately guessed it was Zhang Meiyu, and Zhang Meiyu was not surprised.
"Li Xue, you didn't expect me to be alive, did you?"
"What do you want?" Li Xue's voice trembled slightly.
It was a lie to say she wasn't scared at this moment.
Zhang Meiyu pushed Li Xue's wheelchair as she spoke.
"You've been lurking in the Tang family for so many years, serving me for so many years. Now, it's my turn to serve you."
Li Xue's face turned pale with fear. She sensed something ominous and started shouting.
"Help!"
"This woman is going to harm me, save me!"
Li Xue's cries attracted the attention of passersby.
Zhang Meiyu, however, was unfazed and calmly explained.
"I'm sorry, she has a mental problem."
"I don't have a problem! This woman is really going to harm me! Please, someone save me."
Zhang Meiyu pushed Li Xue without any intention of stopping.
The passersby averted their gaze, not wanting to get involved.
No matter how much Li Xue screamed, it was useless.
...
Zhang Meiyu was not in good health and started to gasp for breath after pushing Li Xue for a short while.
"Li Xue, I finally get to serve you. Why are you so scared?"
"I'm a person, not a ghost. Do you really need to be so afraid of me?"
"Or perhaps you've guessed that I'm about to take your life?"
Hearing this, Li Xue was filled with dread and despair.
"Zhang Meiyu, this is murder! You'll go to jail!"
Go to jail?
"Heh!"
Zhang Meiyu suddenly burst into laughter.
How many times have you committed murder before?
"Back then, you poisoned Xiao Min's coffee. Later, you deliberately provoked me, causing me to nearly die."
"And you didn't go to jail, did you?"
Before long, Zhang Meiyu had pushed Li Xue to a lake.
By this time, it was completely dark.
It was drizzling, so there were not many people around the lake.
Zhang Meiyu sat on a bench to rest, a fierce look in her eyes.
"Li Xue, do you know what I hate about you the most?"
"I hate you the most for plotting against my daughter."
"It was my own foolishness that led me to abandon my child."
"Now, Xiao Min refuses to forgive me. Tell me, how should I deal with you?"
Li Xue knew that she was likely doomed today.
"Zhang Meiyu, even if you kill me, you won't make up for the nineteen years you missed."
"Your life is a joke. Hahaha..."
At this moment, Li Xue was defiant,
making a last-ditch struggle before death.
Zhang Meiyu rested for a moment, then stood up again.
She glanced around to ensure no one was present, then pushed Li Xue's wheelchair towards an area without a railing.
About a meter ahead lay the deep, bottomless lake.
Zhang Meiyu's gaze became incredibly fierce.
She had never killed anyone before, but at this moment, she felt an impulsive urge to do so.
"Li Xue, go to hell."
With that, Zhang Meiyu forcefully shoved Li Xue's wheelchair.
"Ah!"
Li Xue let out one final scream of terror.
Then, with a splash, she fell into the lake along with her wheelchair.
For someone who was half-paralyzed, falling into the water was equivalent to a death sentence.
Zhang Meiyu stood by the lake for a minute.
At first, Li Xue could still struggle a few times in the water.
Soon, the commotion underwater gradually subsided.
After a minute, there was no more movement.
Everything was over.
Zhang Meiyu had scouted this location beforehand.
It was a blind spot for surveillance cameras, and nothing would be captured.
Tang Yiyi, that gold-digging ingrate, couldn't even take care of herself now, let alone spare a thought for Li Xue's life or death.
Even if Li Xue died, no one would care.
Zhang Meiyu threw Li Xue's phone into the water as well.
...
At the Tang residence, Zhang Meiyu was nowhere to be found.
When Tang Yan and the others returned, they couldn't find her anywhere and were frantic.
"Butler Wang, you're supposed to be professional. Where did my mother go? Why don't you know?"
Butler Wang genuinely didn't know.
"Madam asked me to run an errand. She was gone when I returned."
"Fourth Young Master, please don't panic. Madam isn't the type to do anything rash. I'll call the police immediately."
Tang Yan said displeased, "I really don't know what you're good for. You can't even keep track of one person."
Tang Xiaomin happened to walk into the Tang residence and overheard Tang Yan's words.
She was instantly disgusted.
"Butler Wang is just a butler. You are Ms. Zhang's son. You don't even know where your own mother is. Where were you?"
"Oh, I remember now. You were off to find Tang Yiyi and offer her comfort."