Having said that, Stefan pointed at the place under the stairs on the first floor. It was a dark and narrow spot with walls around it. He could see something trembling there under the moonlight. Surprised, Renee wanted to call after Joanne. "Huh, that seems to be her. Jo—" Stefan quickly covered her mouth. "She's healing now. We can't disturb her. If not, she'll get worse. She might attack us or herself.""Is it that serious?" Renee widened her eyes and was shocked. "I was scared by her condition, too, back then. I thought she wouldn't get ill again after healing for such a long time. I didn't expect…" Stefan shook his head and looked at that blurry image. He heaved a long sigh and felt sorry for Joanne."What should we do now?" Helpless, Renee could only trust Stefan and obediently asked for his opinions. "Let's wait." Stefan checked his watch. "Let's wait for around an hour. Maybe she'll calm down and snap back to reality. Then, she won't resist us when we approach her."
Zayn's words made everything seem very sarcastic. Renee was still angry and wanted to keep whipping the woman, but Stefan held her wrist and stopped her. "Okay, stop. She's got her karma. We don't have to punish her violence with violence. Just leave the rest to the cops." Stefan looked at the trembling woman on the floor and felt nothing but resentment."Why can't I punish violence with violence?" Renee found it unacceptable. She took a deep breath and glared at the woman, still angry. "Will cops handle an affair like this? They might just leave it at that. People who bully others from a young age are bad guys. They won't come to their senses. It's only fair to make them suffer!"Renee swung off Stefan's hand and bent over to grip the woman's collar. She slapped the woman a few times.The woman held her head, cried, and begged for mercy. "I was wrong. Please forgive me, miss!" On the contrary, Zayn, her son, watched in a trance; he was unresponsive. It probably might not seem
"You guys are…Joanne's parents?" the woman asked carefully; she swallowed, and finally acted less arrogantly."You must be out of your mind? Can we have such a grown-up daughter?" Renee was speechless. On second thought, she glared at the woman and said, "No, why do you know her name? And… You told me you bullied a girl when you were a student. Could it be… You were the awful girl who had bullied Joanne when she was in junior high school?""No, I wasn't!" The woman panicked and kept blinking. She wanted to close the door. "I've beaten up my kid and helped you take revenge. It's late now. Go home and rest. We can talk tomorrow!""No, we can't wait until tomorrow!" Renee pressed the door and looked furious. She glared at the woman and interrogated, "I have a question for you. Were you the one who had bullied Joanne that year?""I don't know what you're talking about!" The woman gritted her teeth and tried her best to close the door. "I'm warning you—get the hell out of here. If not,
Zayn held his head and sobbed. "It wasn't a big deal! I just beat up a girl my girlfriend hates and locked her up! I wanted to let her go tomorrow morning, but these people came to me. They're just making a fuss about nothing!"Renee was puzzled. Initially, she pitied him—but his casual tone and indifferent attitude drove her mad."You're so violent and unreasonable! You beat her up and locked her up in a dark room, but you said we're making a fuss about nothing? Well, you really need a beating! Why didn't your mother just beat you up and kill you?"At first, Renee wanted to stop the woman from beating her son up. But she gave way and now wished to see the woman beat up that bastard vigorously. One should never have compassion for such a born wicked man.However, the woman put away her whip and sneered at Renee. "Why should I listen to you?" "Yeah, it wasn't a big deal. He just locked her up in the dark room and slapped her. This kind of thing was very normal when I was still a s
"Who are you? Get the hell out of here! If not, you'll be sorry!"Zayn raised his fists and was about to beat someone up, but he did not dare to make a move."Who is it? What's this noise? It's late at night! Can't you let me get some sleep?" A fierce female voice came from the bedroom. A plump woman in pajamas stepped out of the bedroom while wearing slippers and came to the door."Mom, it's fine! Go to bed. I can handle it." Zayn grew more terrified. He clenched his fists and talked softly, asking his mother to go to bed."You little bastard! Did you get into trouble again?" The woman in pajamas should be Zayn's mother. She grabbed a whip and started whipping him without hesitation."Argh, Mom! I was wrong! Stop beating me up!" Zayne squatted down in fear, holding his head with both hands and begging for mercy. "You always bring me trouble! You just need some beating!" While whipping him, the woman kicked him to the floor. The whole corridor was full of Zayn's piteous cries.
"We're here. We can't run away. Let's meet that family." Although Renee was disgusted, she was not frightened at all. Instead, she became very curious."Okay." A long sigh escaped Joanne. She braced herself to walk forward.Stefan walked ahead of them and arrived at the house. He knocked on the door without any hesitation. Initially, there was no response. After knocking for a long time, they heard an impatient voice. "Zayn, get the door!"It was a woman's voice. Joanne frowned and felt that voice very familiar. It came from the innermost part of her memories, and it was the voice that terrified her the most. She could not help trembling and wanted to retreat."What's wrong?" Renee noticed something was wrong with Joanne.Joanne hid behind Renee and subconsciously swallowed as she whispered, "I'm scared. Can we go?""You don't have to be scared. There are three of us. Plus, I'm good at fighting, and Stefan is rich. It's more than enough to handle them, even if there are ten