"Actually, you know the man she's with now too—the cripple from Black Mountain Pass, Dazhuang."
"The Dazhuang you cheated out of his money and nearly burned to death. Do you remember him?"
Chen Ligeng opened his eyes, astonishment filling them. "It's him?"
That guy was still alive?
He had always thought Dazhuang had died in that fire.
He never expected that not only had Dazhuang survived, but he had now returned.
Su Qiao nodded with a beaming smile. "That's right. It's him."
"He wasn't burned to death. He only had one leg crushed and became a cripple. His face was burned too, so he looks a little ugly, that's all."
"He's always been hung up on Guo Caixia, so I played matchmaker for free and brought them together, letting them rekindle their old relationship."
"Well? I'm a good person, aren't I?"
Chen Ligeng glared at her. After a long while, he finally spat out three words: "You're really vicious."
Back then, Guo Caixia had not only toyed with Dazhuang's feelings, but had also taken all his money. When she left in the end, she had even started a fire.
Dazhuang probably hated Guo Caixia to the bone. Now that she had fallen into his hands, she likely wouldn't have an easy life from here on.
Su Qiao looked a little aggrieved. "How can you call me vicious? I'm only thinking about her life for the second half of it."
"Think about it. Is it better to spend the rest of her life in prison, or to live freely in this paradise beyond the mortal world?"
What paradise beyond the mortal world? My ass!
Free and easy? My ass!
In this impoverished, godforsaken place, even if you went without food and drink for a whole year, you still couldn't save three