Xo Novel
Chapter 429 Are You Trying To Hound Me To Death?
Chapter 429 Are You Trying To Hound Me To Death?
"You wanted me dead?" Madam Shaw scoffed at once. "In my opinion, one is murdered by someone when they want to stop them from divulging secrets."
Madam Shaw cast a glance at Susan Shelby knowingly as she was speaking.
"Mom! It’s obvious that someone is sabotaging us.
Why are you still suspecting Susie?" Julian could not help saying.
"Could I be wrong for suspecting her? Tell me, who else hates me so much that they want me dead other than her?" Madam Shaw glared at Susan furiously. " This b*tch Susan has been resenting me all this time for that incident."
Susan was already numb from hearing Madam Shaw's rebuke.
Chesney Shaw was getting a little angry now. "You're not allowed to scold my mommy! Nana, why are you being bad again?"
Even though Chesney did not understand the specific meaning behind Madam Shaw’s remark, she could tell that it was not a kind remark.
"Heh heh.” Madam Shaw scoffed coldly. "I'm bad? Little girl, I can see that you've learned from your mommy to blame others for your mistakes. The two of you conspired to kill me by poisoning me, yet you still have the audacity to call me a bad person?"
Madam Shaw's expression was terrifying.
Chesney bawled aloud upon seeing that.
She cried loudly and said, "Mommy, what’s going on with Nana? What is she talking about? What poison? I don't understand.”
Susan's heart wrenched in pain involuntarily. She held Chesney tightly and said hastily, "It's okay, it's okay. Don't be scared, Chessie.”
Madam Shaw said coldly, "You still have the audacity t o cry? Do you think that I don't know that you two have been conspiring against me? You assumed that n o one would suspect Chessie just because she is still young. In my opinion, Chessie has already been misled by bad examples. She poisoned me with arsenic on purpose! Who’s going to believe that she’s even capable of concealing the poison in that sugar packet? She’s so young yet so horrendously malicious. This incident has broadened my horizons." 2
Chesney figured out something by listening to the conversation and could not help crying even louder. " Mommy, I'm not a bad child, I’m not a bad child."
Chessie’s tears splattered on Susan's heart drop by drop.
Susan's eyes were turning red as well. "Chessie is a good child. Come, we will not stay here anymore. I'm taking Chessie with me."
Susan unlocked the door and left with Chessie in her arms without the slightest hesitation.
"Susie, Chessie!" Julian wanted to go after them subconsciously.
Chessie was bawling profusely, so the pain this caused him was no less than the pain it caused Susan.
"Don't you dare go.” Madam Shaw's voice turned sharp abruptly. "Julian, if you leave now, I'm going to smash my head against the wall and kill myself." 1
"Mom!" Madam Shaw was highly agitated, so Julian did not have the courage to take the risk. He looked at Madam Shaw in agony. "Mom, what were you thinking? Ms. Lincoln is certainly a pawn used by others. She utilized Chessie's naiveness and kindness to plan all this. How can you blame Susie and Chessie for this incident, huh?"
"A pawn? Tell me then, who else has been trying to kill me other than Susan?" Madam Shaw was very emotional. "A woman’s sixth sense is always very accurate. Listen to me, my intuition is telling me that the culprit behind this is surely Susan. Julian, it’s fine if I die, but think about this carefully. Do you really want to spend the rest of your life with a vicious wife? I’m the person she tried to poison today, yet what if a day comes that you provoke her and she tries to kill you too? No, you're not allowed to see Susan from now on. You must divorce Susan immediately." "Are you sure, mom? The assets in my name are all in Susan’s possession. They do not belong to Lanyard Corporation. I won't get anything after the divorce." Julian attempted to use this method to persuade Madam Shaw.
Just as expected, Madam Shaw hesitated for a moment. However, it did not take long before she said through clenched teeth, “Even if you have to forgo everything else, you must get a divorce! You still have Lanyard Corporation, and we can start over and earn back this money. If you don't leave this vicious wife, you might end up getting killed by her one day. Julian, you must be able to weigh the seriousness of this issue. You must get a divorce." Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.
Madam Shaw spoke in a resolute manner.
Julian could not help feeling irritated.
A part of the reason he had transferred the ownership of his assets to Susan was also in preparation for Madam Shaw potentially having a hysterical episode someday.
However, this near-death experience seemed to have truly startled Madam Shaw. She was so petrified that she would actually let go of the family property.
"Julian, do you know how to draft a divorce agreement? If you don't, I can help you do it! You must get a divorce soon." Madam Shaw was becoming even pushier.
She believed that Julian’s life would be in danger even if he stayed with Susan for one more minute.
"Mom, I won't get a divorce." Julian clenched his teeth. "I vouch for Susan with my life. This incident is absolutely unrelated to her."
"You are vouching for her with your life?" Madam Shaw could not help pounding her chest. "You’ve already been bewitched by that woman so much that you don't even know who you are anymore, so how can you still look at this incident objectively? The evidence has already been placed before you, yet you still refuse to believe it. Julian, are you trying to hound me to death?”
"No, mom, this matter..." Julian attempted to explain.
Madam Shaw refused to listen. She struggled to get up from the bed and then slammed herself against the wall abruptly.
"Mom!" Julian held on to her with a swift movement.
"Why are you holding me back? You might as well just let me die! I'm not dead yet, but as long as you stay with this vicious wife, I will be killed by her sooner or later. I might as well slam myself to death now." Madam Shaw struggled and tried to crash into the wall again as she was speaking.
Julian held on to Madam Shaw tightly and said with unprecedented bitterness in his voice, "Mom, what do you want then?" "Divorce Susan and stop seeing her from now on," said Madam Shaw rapidly.
"That’s impossible," said Julian.
"Then you might as well leave me be." Madam Shaw was about to slam her body against the wall once again. 1
Julian held on to her and said with ineffable fatigue in his voice, "Mom, your actions are obviously trying to hound me to death."
Susan was more important than life to him.
If he had to leave Susan, he would be better off just taking his life right away, which would be more straightforward.
When she noticed Julian's agony, Madam Shaw's tone calmed down ever so slightly. She then said slowly, "0 h Julian, you still remember what happened when you were young, right? Your father passed away early and many people were counting on our failure as a widow and an orphan. At the time, some people even tried to kill you. I risked my life to protect you."
"Yes." Julian bit his lower lip.
"You are a filial child. You've been very good at growing Lanyard Corporation and protecting your family. How did everything change when you met Susan?” Madam Shaw looked at Julian piteously. "I thought that it was my fault for forcing you to marry her, yet later on, I began to notice slowly that something was off. Julian, tell me, was something going on with you and the fortune teller?"