All Chapters of Bride Hits Back: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

The coach looked me up and down, his gaze lingering on my thin arms and legs for three seconds before he snorted."Punch someone's head open? With that little frame? One slap and someone could send you flying."I did not say a word. I took a stack of cash from my bag and slapped it on the table.Fifty thousand dollars. Two years of private savings.The coach pushed the money back with contempt."I don't need pocket change."But when I rolled up my sleeves and showed him the bruises Derek had left on me after getting drunk, the coach calmly picked up the liability waiver on the table and pushed it toward me."Sign this. If anything happens during training, the base takes no responsibility.""Including but not limited to fractures, concussions, and internal bleeding."I grabbed the pen and signed my name without hesitation.The coach put away the waiver, and the joking expression on his face disappeared instantly."Fine. Starting today, I will train you at the intensity of a p

Chapter 2

During the day at the office, I discussed wedding dress styles with my coworkers, sampled wedding cakes, and played the part of a blissful bride flawlessly.After work, I threw myself into the boxing gym.Protective gear on. Gloves on. One second, I was calling him honey on chat. The next, I was gritting my teeth and counting strikes against a heavy bag.At my request, the coach designed a specific defense-and-counter routine against spinning kicks."You said your opponent is good at spinning kicks?""Yes.""What level?""Underground fight-club sparring background."The coach frowned."People from underground rings use dirty leg techniques. They don't follow official rules. They aim for vital spots."He pulled up a clip from an underground fight."See that? Before they kick, their hips tuck in for a split second. Very fast. Less than point-three seconds.""What you need to do is shift sideways within that point-three seconds, bleed off the force, then close in and strike at

Chapter 3

Two days before the wedding, Derek's mother came to my door.She carried a bag of discounted supermarket fruit, sat down on my sofa, crossed her legs, and started giving orders."Vivian, Mom wants to discuss something with you.""That wedding home of yours was bought before marriage and paid in full, right? Once you and Derek are married, you will be family. A family home looks strange if it is under only one person's name.""Add Derek's name to the deed. Relatives and friends will see it and think you two have such a good relationship."I held my cup of tea and said nothing."Chloe said it too. A good woman should never divide things so clearly with her man. Be generous, and you will be blessed in the future."How wonderful. Chloe said it too.An outsider was deciding my affairs, and this future mother-in-law thought it was perfectly reasonable.I took a deep breath and forced out an obedient smile."You're right, Mom. Give me the property deed. I'll go to the county recorde

Chapter 4

On the wedding day.At six in the morning, Sophie arrived right on time to help me with makeup.She unpacked the limited couture wedding dress worth two hundred thousand, held it up against me, and her hands trembled."Vivian... your arms..."The dress was strapless, exposing everything below my collarbones.The muscle lines along my inner forearms were clearly visible."Stop looking. Put on thicker concealer."Sophie bit her lip and asked no more. She applied three layers of concealer, barely covering the bruises.Once the dress and veil were on, I turned halfway in front of the mirror.The woman in the mirror stood in white, her train trailing behind her.She looked nothing like the useless woman who, a month ago, had been kicked hard enough to crack her skull and end up paralyzed in a wheelchair.The Vivian Lane from my previous life had already fallen from the rooftop and died.The one who came back was someone who had crawled out of hell.At eight sharp, the wedding c

Chapter 5

Although she was shocked, Chloe's leg had already shot out.It cut through the air, aimed precisely at my left temple.The exact same angle as in my previous life.But I was no longer the Vivian who could barely hold a glove.The instant she tucked her hip and lifted her leg, I shifted out of the way. Then my right fist drove upward from below in a standard uppercut, smashing into her chin.The crisp impact echoed through the entire hall through the microphone.Chloe's head snapped back. Her mouthguard flew out, drawing an arc of blood and spit through the air.Her eyes lost focus instantly.Her legs went soft, and her whole body fell straight backward.The back of her head hit the wrestling mat with a dull thud.Her limbs spread out. She did not move.The entire hall fell silent.More than three hundred guests froze with their phones raised in midair.No applause. No cheers.Everyone looked as if someone had grabbed them by the throat. Even breathing seemed forgotten.B

Chapter 6

The first clip was an audio recording.Derek's voice came through the speakers, clear and complete."After we ruin her that day, that house under her name was paid in full, right? Once it is transferred to you, we can move in together. How perfect would that be?"Chloe's voice followed."Derek, you are so bad.""Do you like it?""I love it."All three hundred guests turned to look at Derek at the same time.In two seconds, Derek's face went from red to white, then from white to green.He rushed toward the sound booth, trying to unplug the projector.But the presentation had been uploaded to the cloud and set to play automatically. The equipment was not controlled from the venue.He pulled the projector power cable. The screen went black for one second.The next second, the banquet hall's backup projector switched on automatically, and the image appeared again.The second section was a screenshot of spending records.An online loan record: eighty-three thousand.Then came

Chapter 7

That afternoon, videos from the wedding hit the local trending list.The headline was written by netizens: "Bride KOs Bridesmaid on the Spot, Then Plays Groom's Cheating Evidence. Guests Riot for Refunds."The video views passed five million in two hours.The comments section was overwhelmingly against Derek and Chloe.The top-liked comment read: "Was this bride a kickboxing champion in her last life, here to collect debt in this one?"When I saw that comment, I was sitting on Sophie's sofa eating takeout.I nearly choked on my soda.I had not been a kickboxing champion in my last life.I had been a fool kicked into paralysis, then rolled off a rooftop.My phone rang.Derek's number.I answered.His voice on the other end was rushed and tight, as if something were stuck in his throat."Vivian, you went too far. Do you know my father was so angry he ended up in the hospital? My mother's blood pressure spiked. She is lying in the ER!"I was chewing on a chicken leg, so I an

Chapter 8

Derek found out about the house on the third day after the wedding.His mother dragged her sick body to the county recorder's office to check the records and discovered the house had been mortgaged three weeks earlier.Property status: mortgaged.The old woman howled in the lobby on the spot."She tricked me! She mortgaged the house! A house worth three million eight hundred thousand! Where will my future grandson live?"The staff reminded her expressionlessly, "This was a legal action by the property owner. The house was bought in full before marriage. The owner has the right to dispose of it."The old woman refused to stop. She pointed at the ceiling and cursed for half an hour.After she finished cursing, she called Derek.Derek was at the hospital with Chloe when he received the call.Chloe's jaw had a metal plate in it. Her mouth was swollen like she had two eggs stuffed inside, and she leaked air when she talked.After Derek heard his mother's words, he nearly crushed h

Chapter 9

The next month was the longest thirty days of Derek's life.The collection calls from the online loan platform went from three a day to fifteen a day.The collectors' attitude went from "please handle this as soon as possible" to "do you not want to live?"After his contact list was bought by the collection company, his parents, coworkers, and college classmates all received calls."Hello, do you know Derek Hale? He owes twelve thousand dollars and refuses to repay it. Please tell him to contact us as soon as possible..."Derek's father was so angry that his old illness flared up. At home, he pointed at Derek and cursed."You borrowed online loans to buy jewelry for some wild woman? Have you lost your marbles? How did I raise something like you?"Derek's mother no longer had the energy to curse Vivian. The mother-in-law battle line collapsed instantly, and she turned her weapon toward Chloe."Return that Cartier bracelet right now! More than sixty thousand! If we return it, we

Chapter 10

Two months later.I was sitting in a coffee shop in another city when I received Sophie's message."Girl, finale time."Sophie sent a string of screenshots.The first was a court enforcement notice.Because Derek refused to repay his online loans and the wedding company's debt, he had been listed as a judgment defaulter.In other words, a deadbeat debtor.High spending restricted. All bank accounts under his name frozen.He lost his job too. Once his company learned he was on the list, they told him to pack up and leave that same day.The second screenshot was from Derek's mother's social feed.A photo of an IV drip, with the caption: "Raised a son all my life, only to have a woman destroy our family."No one liked it. No one commented.Because everyone who should have blocked her had already blocked her.The third was a recent photo of Chloe.Someone we both knew had posted it.In the photo, Chloe stood at the entrance of a small diner, wearing a greasy apron. The surgi

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