Chapter 9
“Everyone’s cursing at me now, calling and texting threats. People attack me when I go outside, I can’t even sleep properly…”
During this time, Rachel and Lysander had become netizens‘ favorite targets.
Lysander had it slightly better since he was under investigation at the subsidiary and rarely appeared in public.
Rachel had it much worse.
She didn’t dare turn on her phone, afraid of the flood of curses waiting for her.
laughed mockingly.
She wasn’t truly sorry–she was scared!
If she really understood her mistakes, she wouldn’t have spewed that insane logic when we watched the security footage at the hospital!
I casually picked up the new baseball bat from the entryway.
We can afford the medical bills. Can you take a beating?”
Rachel ran away immediately.
While she was suffering, Lysander was getting his comeuppance too.
ysander’s falsified accounts at the subsidiary over the past two years totaled over ten million–easily enough to
end him to prison.
But at the crucial moment, Dad relented.
is long as Lysander could pay back every penny plus compensation for the emotional damage he caused me, Dad
yould let him off the hook.
ysander immediately sold everything he owned.
le barely scraped together the amount Dad demanded, leaving him completely broke and in debt.
Mom didn’t understand. “Why are you letting Lysander off?”
Jad smiled. “Prison gives him food and shelter–too easy for him.”
Going from poverty to wealth is easy, but going from wealth to poverty is hard. Lysander’s had it smooth for years, iving off others‘ praise, caring more about face than life itself. Time for him to taste what it’s like being a piece of
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shit.”
“I’ve already told everyone in our circle not to hire him. What do you think will happen when Lysander can’t find work, has no money, and has to depend on Rachel to survive? Won’t that make him wish he were dead?”
I silently gave Dad a thumbs up.
Experience trumps youth every time!
Just as Dad predicted, Lysander had nowhere to go and had to leech off Rachel.
Though Rachel could no longer teach, she could do odd jobs.
But her face was too notorious now, so she could only do street cleaning while trying to avoid people.
Lysander was too proud to take a job paying two thousand a month, so he stayed home as a shut–in.
Living off Rachel’s wages, he stubbornly claimed:
“I’ll make a comeback someday! The few dozen yuan you’re spending on me now is nothing! I’ll pay you back a hundred, a thousand times over!”
Initially, Rachel’s delusional romantic brain believed every word.
But gradually, she realized she was the only one giving.
Besides buying necessities, cooking, and doing laundry, she also had to help pay Lysander’s debts.
After a while, Rachel had had enough. She forced Lysander to get a job, yelling at him for being a freeloader.
Lysander felt humiliated and hit Rachel in anger.
Rachel fought back, grabbing whatever she could find.
All their accumulated resentment exploded in that moment.
in the end, Rachel permanently destroyed Lysander’s masculine pride, leaving him unable to hold his head up or nake any more sexist comments.
As for Rachel, Lysander damaged her throat, severely injuring her vocal cords. That mouth that was so good at wisting the truth would never speak again.
A eunuch and a mute.
After Mom finished telling me this story, she commented “perfect match,” then added with lingering fear:
“Thank god we discovered Lysander’s sick thoughts early. I was really worried that with his personality, he might have tried to force himself on Sera someday.”
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Chapter 9
“Richard, you can never be soft–hearted again! You’re the one who brought that ungrateful wolf into our lives!”
Dad nodded repeatedly, promising there would never be another Lysander.
And I became more careful about smiling casually.
Who knows if the person across from me might be another delusional man hiding sick thoughts behind an innocent facade.
But I still maintain the greatest kindness toward other women.
After all, people like Rachel are just exceptions.
Thinking that speaking softly makes you fake, that being gentle makes you manipulative, that every woman wants to steal your boyfriend…
These are just the prejudiced “labels” society assigns us, subtly influencing our thinking.
What I should do is stay forever kind, but never lose the sharpness to tear off those labels.
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