Dai Weiguo gritted his teeth, wishing he could chew that venomous woman to pieces. They say one night as a couple equals a hundred days of grace, but how could she be so ruthless? Since he ruined his body and couldn’t have children, she conspired with her venomous friends and took advantage of his injury to directly cut off his future. Now that her scheme is exposed and she can’t be a cadre’s wife through divorce, she simply drags him down from his current position? People said the green bamboo snake’s mouth and the wasp’s sting are nothing compared to the most venomous woman’s heart, and he didn’t believe it before. Now he thinks, it’s because he hadn’t met anyone as tricky as Bai Jing! Unfortunately, hating with all his might and regretting so bitterly that he’d bang his head against the wall is useless now. When officials came down to investigate, Dai Weiguo knew he was thoroughly done for. Who could blame him? For a while, his mother was in a bad mood and physically weak, and he was afraid she’d endlessly bring up recognizing Xiao En, wearing him out mentally and physically, so he didn’t dare show his face. He had to throw more money to his sister, asking her to take care of their mother more. Then he got entangled by his shrewish mother-in-law and wastrel brother-in-law, who extorted him left and right with their antics. Adding on living expenses and his socializing costs, his allowance of just over a hundred bucks was really not enough. Unfortunately, his mother died with resentment, and as the eldest son with guilt, he wanted to arrange a decent funeral for her. The shrouds and coffins weren’t cheap, and the travel expenses, food, and lodging to bring her back home from a thousand miles away were no small amounts. Earning so little while spending so much, he found his resolve to refuse bribes was unconsciously weakened. He didn’t dare to take large sums, but some things just irresistibly added up over time! When a long list of items was organized and verified, even Dai Weiguo himself felt a chill, with the word ’done-for’ spinning endlessly in his mind. This was an era of severe punishment for corruption and bribery; he was definitely a classic case! Forget about positions or titles; being able to avoid experiencing a few years in jail would be sheer luck. Indeed, as Dai Weiguo had feared, because he had accepted large bribes and his deeds were egregious, he was dismissed and expelled from office. As a negative role model, he was even prosecuted and sentenced to five years of imprisonment. "Ha, ha, there’s a road to heaven yet you don’t take it, but ram into hell uninvited. You want to force me to take on everything, so you can shed the burden and continue to fight for a great future? Hmph, I, Bai Jing, don’t have such a selfless character. I’d rather wrong the world than let the world wrong me, that’s my character!" Bai Jing sneered as she tossed the newspaper aside and headed toward Wild Crossing Pier. After the downfall of the Bai family and Dai Weiguo’s imprisonment, Beijing was no longer a place for her to settle. But no worry, she could rise again somewhere else. Word was that gold was everywhere in Xiangjiang River, any job could make money. She also went to college and spoke fluent English. Why not start over there as a translator? After making her first fortune, she could gradually climb higher in her career, right? She refused to believe that, holding a silver spoon from birth, she would end up worse off than Liu Shuzhen, who was living a carefree life! Confidently boarding the smuggling boat, she thought that after enduring the initial cramped and filthy conditions, she would embrace a future full of golden opportunities. But she hadn’t expected to run into a smuggling crackdown. The snakehead, trying to flee faster, actually tossed the sealed container with them smuggled passengers into the sea. As the bitter seawater seeped through the container and engulfed her, Bai Jing was still full of unwillingness: she hadn’t risen again and regained a position of admiration, how could she be swept away in the vast ocean just like that? Unfortunately, trapped in a sealed container with no way to escape, and not knowing how to swim at all, no matter how unwilling she was, she could only watch helplessly as the seawater engulfed her, gradually finding it harder and harder to breathe... When Uncle Wu called to say that Dai Weiguo was dismissed and expelled from the military due to bribery and sentenced to five years, and that his ex-wife Bai Jing failed to smuggle herself to Xiangjiang River and drowned in the sea, Shuzhen was completely stunned: the scumbag and the vile woman who had been ’true love’ all their past life actually divorced? Dai Weiguo, who had a glorious life and retired in a high position, was actually dismissed, expelled, and sentenced to five years? And that Bai Jing, who with a single thought dismantled my family, with a single word took my son, driving me half-mad for life, was dead, dead?! "Ha ha, that pair of scumbag and vile woman finally got what they deserved. Although it came a little late, it seems heaven still keeps an eye open!" Right by her side, Liu Shouyi, who heard Uncle Wu’s loud voice clearly, gleefully clapped his hands: "Ah ah, like waiting for stars and moons, after all these years, it finally let me have my way, this festering grudge in my chest has finally been completely vented! Today I host, let’s prepare a sumptuous feast to celebrate. Ho ho, there’s nothing more delightful than hearing about a vile woman’s misfortune again!" "Go, go, go, don’t you have a sense of seniority? If we’re celebrating, it has to be led by me, the eldest brother! Tell me what you want to eat - fat chicken or big duck, I’ll start organizing now. Today we must drink till we drop," Liu Shouren said with a smile in his eyes, looking particularly spirited. Are they really that excited? Shuzhen held her forehead, somewhat helplessly watching her brothers who were more jubilant than a holiday. "Don’t you feel happy? Like something that always blocked your chest got relieved in an instant, and you feel especially refreshed?" Liu Shouyi raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile. "Right, it’s like a flower blossoming in my heart, wanting to tell everyone. Though gloating isn’t nice, I just can’t control the upward curling of my lips," Liu Shouren chimed in with his feelings, and the brothers simultaneously asked Shuzhen: "Little sis, are you not happy? Don’t you feel the thrill of a great revenge?" Upon hearing this, Shuzhen earnestly thought for a moment: "I suppose so, after all, that once ’true love’ made a mess of me, honestly quite embarrassing. Saying that I hadn’t cursed them or wished for their bad deeds to catch up with them would be a lie." "But after meeting Lianshan, my life became soaked in honey-like sweetness, just blissful. Every day I savor happiness, barely having time for grievances and anger. Had it not been for the Dai family’s return to lay the deceased to rest, I’d almost have forgotten this group once played a part in my life." "With a sweet happy now and an even sweeter future, who would foolishly dwell on a bleak past?" "However, second brother is right, although the villain’s retribution came late, heaven eventually sees all. It’s a perfect excuse for us siblings to get together, but I’ll take care of hosting. After all, the sisters-in-law are both pregnant with my nieces and nephews; they can’t be worn out!"