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After that day,my mentality changed drastically compared to before.
I wanted to leave this disgusting and dirty place,but I also wanted to take revenge on these people!
They had ruined my marriage,my three years,and the life I had dreamed of.From now on,I would get it all back,with interest!
My mother-in-law was afraid that my smashing the shrine would bring bad luck and affect her.She was so uneasy for a few days that she finally couldn't bear the pressure and rushed to the under-bridge to find the“master”for a solution.
The“master”said that smashing the shrine was a great disrespect to the gods!One must spend money to avoid disaster!Otherwise,the family would be broken,and everyone would be unlucky.Persuaded by the“master,”my mother-in-law gritted her teeth and reluctantly transferred 60,000 dollars from her bank card to avoid disaster.
In the end,including all kinds of religious ceremonies,sacrifices,and incense money,my mother-in-law spent almost 100,000 dollars.
Half of this money went into the“master's”pocket,and half was taken by me.
“Hey,you were really right!”
The“master”licked his fingers and counted the money again.I looked at his rough and chapped fingers from years of farm work and his tanned skin.
Who would have thought that the“master”who looked so solemn under the over-bridge,when he took off his yellow robe,was actuallyMichael from our village.
I recognized him when he came to invite the god that day.A few years ago,he left the village and said he was going to the city to do big business.
Unexpectedly,his big business was cheating old men and women under the over-bridge.But he talked so mysteriously that he could bluff the old men and women.His business had always been booming.
The day after I smashed the shrine,I went to find him and told him that Mary Johnson would come to him sooner or later.At that time,we would split the money we earned.
Michael might have guessed something,but he agreed to keep it a secret for me.First,because of the friendship of being from the same village,and second,after all,this was a win-win situation for both of us.
In the next few days,everyone in the family had some bad luck.
First,Tom had diarrhea.Then,my sister-in-law slipped and fell in the shower and broke her leg.Aaron,who liked to cool off with the air conditioner,had a fever for three days...
These things made the already superstitious Mary Johnson even more frightened!
As expected,she went to findMichael again.This time,Michael asked for 150,000 dollars!
Mary Johnson hesitated.She had saved more than 200,000 dollars for her old age.Was she going to spend it all...
But the next day,Tom had an accident again!He fell in the corridor and almost got his eye pierced by a nail!
Mary Johnson panicked.After findingMichael,she transferred 150,000 dollars without saying a word.She invited gods and burned incense again.Finally,the family calmed down!
Michael was all smiles as he counted the money.The money he got from Mary Johnson in this half-month was enough for his income in two years!He told me that he was going to stop this business for the time being and go on a trip to the south.
I counted the 120,000 dollars I got.I knew that almost all of Mary Johnson's pension and private savings were here.
Before leaving,Michael teased me for being ruthless.He said that all the bad things that happened to the family were done by me.I just smiled coldly and didn't respond.
The Johnson family trampled on me,humiliated me,thinking that I was a rabbit from the countryside who could be bullied at will.
But they forgot that if I was really a rabbit,how could I have escaped from my original family that favored sons over daughters?And how could I have made sure that my difficult-to-deal-with younger brother and his family didn't bother me once in the three years after I got married!
I pretended to be weak for three years just for a peaceful life,but these people really thought I was easy to bully!
I saved the money in a bank card.At night,I gave Tom a few hundred dollars to recharge his games.
The violent-minded child actually really thought I was doing him a favor and was extremely happy.
It was ridiculous.When you tried to discipline him and make him a better person,he wouldn't accept it and thought you were suppressing him.But when you indulged him blindly,he actually thought you were a great person!
Aaron's job often required him to go on business trips.After staying at home for a few days,he was going on a long-distance trip again.
Before leaving,he told me that this business trip might delay his return.I nodded.In fact,while he was asleep,I had already thoroughly gone through his phone.
I remembered every chat record between him and that woman.Every time Aaron told me that the business trip was extended,he was actually going to rent a room or travel with that woman...
The day after Aaron left,after confirming that he had really gone out of town and wouldn't be back soon,I took the remaining money and went to find that woman.
I directly blocked her at the time and place where she got off work,not giving her a chance to refuse me.
The woman who came out of the nightclub saw me,raised her eyebrows,and took me to a relatively quiet bar.
“You're Aaron's wife?”
“Yes,I am.”
“What do you want from me?”
I looked at the woman in front of me with eyeliner and a sharp voice and silently handed her a bank card.
“Yo,following the plot of an idol drama?Giving me a card to make me leave?”
Even though my heart no longer fluctuated,I still felt a burning pain in my cheeks when I heard her words.
Yes.
I was following the plot of an idol drama,very idol-like and very realistic.
I wanted her to take this money and leave my husband,never to appear again!
“Aaron transfers money to me every month.We've been together for almost two years.You want to send me away with 100,000 dollars?”
“Do you love him?”
“Who?Aaron?”The woman played with the bank card and suddenly laughed,“Of course not.I just find him when I'm lonely.I have a lot of high-quality fish in my fishpond.
It's actually quite a good deal for you to pay 100,000 dollars to make me break up with him.I'm already tired of him anyway.I like gentle and refined men,but he's always so rough when he's with me...”
I frowned and suppressed the urge to vomit.
So it was settled.I also lost interest in talking to her.Just as I was about to leave,she said teasingly,“You hate people like us,don't you?I can see it from your eyes...”
I pursed my lips and turned to look at her,“I'm not disgusted with your profession,but both you and Aaron kept it from me and ruined my marriage and happiness.In this regard,you two are equally disgusting!”
The heavily-made-up woman was stunned and finally showed the first apologetic smile tonight.
But it was already useless.No amount of guilt could make up for the harm done to me.I left without looking back.
