The Hellborn Heiress​ - Chapter 9

Nanny Zhang was the housekeeper in the Jiang Family, specifically in charge of cleaning, and she also doubled as Jiang Ci’s watcher. Usually, she was the one who brought food to Jiang Ci.

In Xiao Ci’s fragmented memories, this Nanny Zhang often gave her a hard time.

She would even feed her leftover food no better than slop; sometimes, the food would already be moldy, and she’d still force her to eat it.

If Xiao Ci spat it out, she would be greeted with several hard slaps.

This time, after Xiao Ci escaped from the cellar, ruined Jiang Wan’s birthday banquet, and injured Ye Shuhua, Nanny Zhang was so scared she was beside herself the whole night, running around searching for her whereabouts.

Now, seeing Jiang Ci finally appear,

Nanny Zhang’s first thought was to catch her, teach her a harsh lesson, then tie her up and send her to the hospital to have her kidney removed. That would at least make up for her own mistakes!

“You little wretch, just watch how I beat you to a pulp!”

Nanny Zhang charged over, scolding angrily, her raised hand gathering all her strength.

If that slap landed on Jiang Ci’s face, it would stay swollen for at least three days.

“Smack-”

“Huh?” Before Nanny Zhang could even touch Jiang Ci, she was slapped by Jiang Ci instead.

Jiang Ci didn’t hold back, slapping her again.

“Smack-”

Nanny Zhang was stunned for a second, then quickly snapped back, jumping with rage as she roared, “You little wretch, how dare you hit-”

“Smack-smack-smack-smack!”

Jiang Ci grabbed her collar with her left hand, while her right hand landed four or five more heavy slaps across Nanny Zhang’s plump face.

Nanny Zhang was left completely dazed, both cheeks swelling up red and high-it would take at least ten days or half a month for the swelling to go down!

Jiang Ci released her, then delivered a sharp, beautiful spinning kick.

With one kick, Nanny Zhang-built like a heavyset matron-was sent flying into the flowerbed.

Her lower back slammed hard against the stone steps, and she collapsed there, unable to move.

Jiang Ci strolled over slowly.

Each step was light and relaxed.

To Nanny Zhang, the girl who’d always been a fool now looked like a demon, approaching with an aura that threatened to trample her beneath the hooves of a thousand charging horses.

Only now did Nanny Zhang react in terror.

Just as the other servants had said, Jiang Ci had really changed!

She was no longer the simpleton who could be pushed around at will.

“You seemed to enjoy beating me before-how does it feel now that I’m the one hitting you?”

Jiang Ci looked down at Nanny Zhang from above, her gaze icy, as if she were looking at an ant.

Nanny Zhang’s features twisted in pain, her eyes burning with venomous hatred.

“Yesterday afternoon, I clearly told you not to take one step out of the cellar. Not only did you disobey, you even ruined the Eldest Miss’s birthday banquet and hurt Madam!”

“I raised you myself-when you do something wrong, can’t I discipline you?”

Nanny Zhang’s face turned pale. She panted heavily, still trying to sound high and mighty.

“If you kneel and accept the family punishment now, I’ll take you to apologize to Madam in person. If not, you’ll have to suffer the consequences!”

Jiang Ci laughed. “You think you’re fit to discipline me?”

She had sunk in Hell for years-what sort of evil spirits hadn’t she destroyed?

A watchdog like Nanny Zhang, who bullied others with her master’s power-Jiang Ci could kill ten of her with a single slap!

Unfortunately, this wasn’t the Avici Hell where the strong ruled and life and death were decided at will.

This was the world of the living.

People like Nanny Zhang deserved to lose everything, to live on in despair worse than death itself.

That was the cruelest revenge.

Jiang Ci stepped on her chest and pressed down with a bit of force.

Crack!

A rib snapped.

Nanny Zhang screamed in pain, “Ah-help, she’s killing me! I raised you, you little wretch, stop right now!”

“Ahhh, you’re killing me-”

Jiang Ci said coldly, “Since I was little, you made ‘me’ crawl on the ground barking like a dog, never knowing if I’d get another meal.”

“When I was eight and soiled my pants, you kicked me into the lake because you didn’t want to clean it up. I nearly drowned.”

“When I was ten, you ordered me to move flower pots. Because I was too slow, you broke my leg with a stick.”

“When I was fourteen, you were so wicked that you wanted to sell me off to the countryside to be an old man’s wife. You only gave up on that idea because there were police officers stationed at the train station.

“Last year, while Jiang Fu and his family of three were traveling abroad, you took the opportunity to let your hooligan son into the villa, trying to have him violate me. If I hadn’t been playing hide-and-seek on my own and accidentally fallen asleep in Jiang Wan’s wardrobe, your bastard son would have succeeded.”

Jiang Ci recalled how, in her memories, it was only the next day that Nanny Zhang found young Xiao Ci in the wardrobe, and immediately unleashed a torrent of scolding.

She cursed her for not knowing what was good for her, for not obediently waiting in the cellar for her son to “enjoy” her.

Nanny Zhang glared at Jiang Ci with venomous hatred, gritting her teeth through the pain and yelling, “You grew up without a father or mother, and I raised you with my own hands-I’m your second parent!”

“You ought to repay me! So what if I bullied you? Didn’t you grow up just fine? Whose child wasn’t beaten when they were little?”

“Besides, you’re a worthless piece of trash anyway. What’s the harm in letting my son have some fun with you? If it weren’t for my son taking a fancy to you, you’d probably never know the joy of being a woman in your whole life! I’m doing you a favor-don’t be so ungrateful!”

Looking at Nanny Zhang’s despicable, smug face,

Jiang Ci smiled, and the pressure under her foot gradually increased.

“Fine, you are indeed my second parent. Of course I should repay you properly.”

Nanny Zhang grinned, “At least you still know your-ah!”

“Nanny Zhang, when it comes to repayment, it’s only fair to pay you back in kind!”

Jiang Ci’s toe suddenly kicked into Nanny Zhang’s wounded spot, then slowly ground down.

“Aaaah!!!”

The excruciating pain made Nanny Zhang scream like a slaughtered pig.

The more she howled and shrieked, the happier and more satisfied Jiang Ci felt!

One rib…

Two ribs…

Half her ribs were snapped one by one underfoot…

The sharp, jagged bones punctured both lungs.

Nanny Zhang’s pupils dilated wildly, so pained she could no longer make a sound.

The servants standing around were dumbstruck with fear; no one dared step forward to intervene.

Only when Jiang Ci saw that Nanny Zhang was half-dead, barely hanging on to a single breath, did she lift her foot and, as if lost in thought, muttered to herself, “Violence really isn’t good. I should work on that.”

There were too many fiends in Hell; she’d become used to ruling through violence.

Oh dear, this is the Mortal Realm, after all-I really need to change my ways~

She had to be a cultured, reasonable living person.

Jiang Ci turned her head to look at the servants.

Terrified, some stared at the sky, some hung their heads, some pretended to pluck grass-none dared meet her eyes.

Everyone was at a loss, desperately afraid of drawing the attention of this daughter of a demon.

“Call her son and tell him to come. Otherwise, before long he’ll only have a corpse to collect.”

Jiang Ci had a chair brought over, and sat beside Nanny Zhang, waiting for her son to arrive.

For now, the Jiang Family was backing her, so she wasn’t worried about having to take responsibility.

As for those she’d beaten up, none of them were clean, and their crimes were far worse than hers.

In a way, she was helping take revenge for those they’d hurt before.

Zhang Qiang burst in, shouting, “My mother was injured at work-The Jiang Family has to pay compensation!”