Chapter 141: Su Zhaozhao’s True Colors
It was Zhou Chengguo.
He was pounding on the door, making it go BANG! BANG! BANG!
His voice was sharp and furious, as if he was about to smash her door down and charge in at any second.
Su Zhaozhao pulled the pepper spray out of her inventory space. She hadn’t expected Zhou Chengguo to snap so quickly.
He couldn’t even wait. She had just gotten back to the guesthouse, and he was already at her door.
She also hadn’t thought this man would be so insidious, secretly memorizing her room number and now showing up unannounced.
Needless to say, he definitely had ill intentions.
If he were truly open and honest, he wouldn’t have come looking for her while she was alone in her room.
He would have chosen to speak with her in a public place.
’Coming to my door now... isn’t it because he knows I’m a girl living here alone, thinks I’m an easy target, and wants to threaten me behind closed doors?’
Su Zhaozhao just felt annoyed.
There was no phone in the room, so she had no way to call for help.
Zhou Chengguo’s pounding was immense. The guesthouse doors were all wooden and looked ready to fall apart.
Su Zhaozhao shouted, "Zhou Chengguo, have you lost your mind?"
"Su Zhaozhao, open the door! I have something to say to you! Hurry up and open the door!" Zhou Chengguo yelled.
"You can say it right now."
"No, you have to open the door." Zhou Chengguo’s voice seemed to soften a degree, as if pleading.
He sounded pathetic.
But Su Zhaozhao felt no pity for him.
She knew that many attackers liked to put on a pitiful act to try and win their victim’s sympathy.
Just like Zhang Ming, whom she’d encountered before. It was truly disgusting.
If he had been confrontational head-on, Su Zhaozhao might have at least respected him as a man.
But this hypocritical, disgusting, and utterly contrived act only made Su Zhaozhao see him as a despicable person!
Su Zhaozhao watched the wooden door shake more violently. At this hour, most people were out.
’I wonder if Yu Huijun will hear the commotion and come up.’
’But Yu Huijun is just a young girl.’
’At most, there’s also Huang Jiqin on the same floor.’
’That woman... she’s most likely Xie Huaizheng’s mother.’
’What if she’s the helpful type and comes over to ask what’s going on? There’s no guarantee a frenzied Zhou Chengguo wouldn’t do something to hurt them.’
At this thought, Su Zhaozhao opened the door.
Zhou Chengguo had been about to knock again. He didn’t expect Su Zhaozhao to suddenly yank the door open, and his own momentum nearly sent him stumbling forward.
His bloodshot eyes landed on Su Zhaozhao, a crazed look creeping onto his face.
"Su Zhaozhao, I’m begging you. Please, just consider this me begging you, okay? I can give you money, but I can’t lose this job."
As he spoke, he reached out to grab Su Zhaozhao’s arm.
Su Zhaozhao dodged his touch and held the baton in her hand out in front of him. "Don’t touch me."
When Zhou Chengguo saw that Su Zhaozhao actually had a baton, he couldn’t help but sneer.
’What’s this woman trying to prove?’
’So frail, yet trying to scare someone with a baton?’
Zhou Chengguo reached for Su Zhaozhao’s baton. "Su Zhaozhao, so you won’t agree? Then don’t blame me for what happens next! If I’m going down, you’re not going to have an easy life either!"
"Haven’t you ever heard the saying? Ruining someone’s livelihood is like murdering their parents! You’re forcing my hand!"
’She thinks she can scare me with a single baton?’
’A woman as delicate as her... that baton in her hands is as ridiculous as a toy.’
’It’ll just become a tool for me to use.’
However, the moment Zhou Chengguo’s hand touched Su Zhaozhao’s baton...
In that instant, a jolt of electricity shot through his skin.
Zhou Chengguo recoiled from the shock and immediately let go.
"This baton of yours..."
He was utterly shocked. ’Why is this baton electrified?’
Before he could finish his sentence, Su Zhaozhao’s baton slammed hard against his arm.
The electric current shocked his arm, making Zhou Chengguo let out a strange cry.
He stumbled back two steps, the malice in his heart long gone, replaced by panic.
’Damn it, where did this woman get something like this? It’s even electrified!’
"Su Zhaozhao, you’re finished! I’m telling you, you assaulted someone! You’re finished!"
But he had just finished speaking when something new appeared in Su Zhaozhao’s hand. She sprayed it wildly at his eyes.
In that moment, Zhou Chengguo felt as if he’d gone blind.
His vision was a sea of white, and a sharp, stinging sensation made tears stream down his face.
"AHHH—"
He screamed and scrambled backward in a panic.
’Su Zhaozhao is a complete madwoman!’
Originally, Zhou Chengguo had wanted to teach Su Zhaozhao a lesson, but instead, he was the one who got schooled by her.
Zhou Chengguo was in a complete frenzy, tripping over his own feet and falling to the ground.
Watching Zhou Chengguo fall to the floor, Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but sneer. "Zhou Chengguo, did you think I was an easy target? Well? Aren’t you pleasantly surprised right now?"
Then, she mercilessly stomped on him several times.
"Don’t think that just because I look delicate, I’m an easy target. A weakling like you isn’t even fit to carry my shoes, and you thought you could bully me?"
"Stop! Stop hitting me! I know I was wrong!" Zhou Chengguo’s eyes burned, and his body ached all over.
He could only curl up, covering his head as he writhed on the ground, but Su Zhaozhao still kicked him again and again.
Su Zhaozhao kicked Zhou Chengguo a few more times before she finally felt her anger subside.
Panting, she stopped.
’Wow, that was tiring.’
She knew she had to be ruthless this time.
Only then would Zhou Chengguo not dare to bother her again.
She had to give him a little something to remember, a taste of real fear.
Just then, a voice came from the side.
"Little Su, what are you...?"
The woman’s voice was gentle, tinged with hesitation.
Su Zhaozhao turned her head and saw Huang Jiqin staring at her with a completely stunned expression.
Su Zhaozhao was stunned, too.
’I was so caught up in the beating, I have no idea how long Huang Jiqin has been watching.’
’If she really is Xie Huaizheng’s mother, then I’m so screwed.’
’Leaving such a ferocious impression on my future mother-in-law?’
Su Zhaozhao’s icy expression instantly softened.
She tossed the stun baton and pepper spray from her hands back into her room and said to Huang Jiqin, "He was bullying me. It was just self-defense."
Zhou Chengguo rubbed his eyes, his vision still a blurry mess.
He shrieked in panic, "Help! Su Zhaozhao is a murderer! She blinded me!"
Su Zhaozhao found Zhou Chengguo incredibly noisy and couldn’t resist kicking him in the chest. "Shut up!"
After that, she gave Huang Jiqin a sweet smile. "Auntie, he was trying to hurt me, so I was just defending myself. Don’t worry, I’ll go take care of him."
With that, she hauled Zhou Chengguo up and started dragging him away.
Huang Jiqin stared at Su Zhaozhao’s retreating back, her mouth agape, utterly astounded.
The sweet, gentle girl with the air of a Jiangnan Water Village belle seemed to have vanished.
’This ferocious, powerful girl, who’s completely different from how she looks... is this my daughter-in-law?’