Twisting the Truth

The sudden voice made the middle-aged man shudder in fright.

He looked back, and when he saw an unfamiliar young man in the doorway, he frowned. "Who are you? Who let you in? Don't you know trespassing is against the law?"

Jiang Tian said nothing. His face icy, he strode straight up to him.

He reached out and grabbed him.

Jiang Tian hoisted the middle-aged man into the air like a little chicken.

"You dared hurt my mother? You're asking to die!"

With a toss of his hand, he sent the man flying ten feet. Bones cracked as he slammed into the floor!

Jiang Tian hurried to help his mother up, his eyes full of concern as he asked:

"Mom, how are you feeling? Are you all right?"

"I'm fine. Th... thank you."

Wu Xiuli recovered from her panic and shook her head.

But when she saw the face before her, her heart jolted, and she asked in disbelief:

"You... are you...?"

Fighting back the sting in his nose, Jiang Tian nodded firmly.

"Mom, it's me. It's Tian. I'm back!"

"Tian! Is it really you? Am I dreaming?"

Hearing her son's familiar voice, Wu Xiuli was overcome with joy. She cupped his face and kept stroking it, as though making sure she wasn't dreaming.

"Mom, you're not dreaming. I'm really back!"

Jiang Tian held Wu Xiuli tightly in his arms, overwhelmed with emotion himself.

His mother looked so much older than she had ten years ago!

Feeling the warmth of Jiang Tian's body, Wu Xiuli finally believed that all of this was real.

At that moment, she could no longer hold herself together. She hugged her son tightly and burst into tears.

For the past ten years, she had constantly imagined Jiang Tian suddenly returning to her side.

Now it had actually happened. Had the Bodhisattva answered her prayers?

Only after a long while did Wu Xiuli gradually calm down.

"Mom, wait a moment. Let me deal with this scumbag first."

Once his mother had settled down a little, Jiang Tian released her.

Then, his gaze chilling, he walked toward the middle-aged man, one step at a time.

The middle-aged man was still lying on the floor, moaning in agony. But when he saw Jiang Tian approaching, he forced himself to crawl backward despite the pain and said in terror:

"You... what are you going to do? Stay away..."

Jiang Tian's eyes burned with fury, as though he wanted to skin him alive.

If he hadn't heard the noise inside just now, this scumbag might have violated his mother!

At that thought, he could no longer contain his rage. He seized the man by the neck and smashed him down onto the coffee table.

Crash!

The glass coffee table shattered instantly.

"What am I going to do? I'm going to kill you!"

Jiang Tian's voice was icy.

The blow nearly killed the middle-aged man. Sharp glass sliced through his clothes and cut his skin, leaving blood streaming everywhere.

"Ah! Murder... he's killing me..."

The middle-aged man squealed like a pig being slaughtered.

The tremendous commotion brought out the plump woman who had been taking her beauty sleep upstairs.

"What's all this noise? Can't a person get some sleep?"

Wearing a facial mask, the plump woman looked downstairs.

"Aah!!!"

When she saw her husband lying covered in blood amid the shattered coffee table, she let out a piercing scream too.

Her feet pounded down the stairs!

She hurried downstairs to join the others, pointed in Jiang Tian's face, and demanded, "Who are you? Did you do this to my husband?"

Then she helped the middle-aged man up, her face full of distress. "Honey, what happened? Are you all right?"

By then, the middle-aged man was in too much pain to speak.

"You damned bastard! Why did you beat my husband?"

Seeing her husband's miserable state, the plump woman lunged at Jiang Tian without waiting for an explanation.

Jiang Tian raised an eyebrow and knocked her to the floor with a backhanded slap. "Ask your husband what he did!"

"You bastard! You dare hit me too? Just you wait! I'm calling the police to arrest you!"

Seeing that Jiang Tian had dared lay a hand on her as well, the plump woman grabbed something nearby and hurled it at him as she spoke.

Wu Xiuli hurriedly stepped in front of her son. "Ma'am, this wasn't my son's fault. It was your husband who..."

Wu Xiuli briefly explained what had just happened.

After listening, the plump woman looked at the middle-aged man in disbelief. "Is what she said true?"

Afraid of having his shameful conduct exposed, the middle-aged man hastily denied everything. "She's talking nonsense! How could I possibly be interested in a servant? She tried to seduce me, and when she failed, she got this brat to beat me!"

Hearing him twist the truth, Wu Xiuli grew agitated and began defending herself. "That's not what happened. He was the one who..."

"Shut up!"

Before Wu Xiuli could finish, the plump woman cut her off.

"You shameless temptress! How dare you slander my husband! Do you think I don't know what kind of man he is? You're just a servant, yet you think you can climb the social ladder and become a lady? Dream on!"

The plump woman berated her harshly.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief and smiled smugly.

Wu Xiuli's face flushed, and her eyes reddened. "Ma'am, it's not what you think..."

"You still dare talk back? You're asking for a beating! Wu Xiuli, I took pity on you and kindly brought you into my home as a housekeeper, yet you dared seduce my man! I'll make you pay!"

With that, the plump woman lunged at Wu Xiuli like someone possessed.

But just then, Jiang Tian, who had been standing beside them, intervened.

He grabbed the plump woman by the throat and lifted her entire two-hundred-pound body off the floor.

"You... what are you going to do?"

The plump woman's face turned purple. She looked like a whole roast pig hanging from a hook, her lower body swinging back and forth.

"What am I going to do?"

Jiang Tian's gaze was icy, his voice utterly devoid of emotion. "You can't keep your own husband in line, so now you're slandering my mother instead. What do you think I'm going to do?"

Faced with Jiang Tian's ferocious, beastlike gaze, the plump woman was terrified out of her wits. Unable to control herself, she let a stream of foul-smelling yellow liquid run down her legs and pool on the floor...

She had wet herself in terror!

Jiang Tian frowned.

Unwilling to waste any more words on them, he was about to crush them to death to avenge his mother.

Just then, Wu Xiuli hurried forward to stop him. "Tian, don't do anything rash! Let her go! Don't kill anyone! We can't afford to offend them!"

Jiang Tian frowned. Afraid that killing her outright would frighten his mother, he suppressed his murderous intent and flung the plump woman away.

As for not being able to afford to offend them, Jiang Tian gave a disdainful smile.

There wasn't a single person in the world he didn't dare offend!

"You bastard! Just you wait!"

The plump woman grimaced in pain from the fall, the fat on her face trembling uncontrollably.

Never in her life had she suffered such humiliation. She would have her revenge!

Jiang Tian sneered. "Want revenge? Fine. I'll be waiting anytime!"

Then he turned to Wu Xiuli. "Mom, you're quitting. Let's go home! From now on, your son will take care of you!"

Wu Xiuli felt comforted, but she was still reluctant to give up her five-thousand-yuan wages. "But the money..."

"Wu Xiuli, you bitch! You seduced my husband and had your son beat us, and now you still want money? Pah! Dream on!"

The plump woman screamed at the top of her lungs.

Smack!

The instant she finished speaking, Jiang Tian delivered another vicious slap.

"Ow!"

The plump woman hadn't even seen Jiang Tian move. She only felt pain explode in her cheek as the skin split open...

"Say one more word, and see if I don't kill you!"

Jiang Tian fought to contain his fury. If his mother hadn't been there, he really would have killed both of them.

Anyone who dared hurt his mother deserved to die!

His family was the one thing no one could touch!

Seeing the murderous look in Jiang Tian's eyes, the plump woman finally fell silent. She clutched her face, utterly terrified.

Looking at the two of them, silent with fear, Jiang Tian snorted coldly before telling Wu Xiuli, "Mom, let's go."

But Jiang Tian certainly wasn't going to let this end here. The fat woman could be spared death, but not the middle-aged man!

The moment Wu Xiuli turned away, Jiang Tian flicked a finger, sending an invisible surge of powerful energy into the middle-aged man's chest.

The energy instantly penetrated the middle-aged man's internal organs.

Barring anything unexpected.

In half a day, the man would suddenly drop dead, and even a medical examiner wouldn't find a single clue.