Chapter 3
I didn't answer but pressed down on Melissa and stuffed another handful of food mixed with dust and hair into her mouth.
Instead of stopping me, Evan stood aside and watched indifferently.
Melissa was not as strong as me and was pinned to the ground, unable to move.
I grasped her chin and smeared food on her face.
It wasn't until I stuffed all the food on the ground into her mouth that I finally let go of her and felt satisfied.
I smiled lightly and said, "Melissa, I thought you hadn't eaten, so I fed you some food."
Melissa felt disgusted as if she had swallowed a toad and couldn't help but retch. "You evil bitch, you deserve punishment."
Evan looked at me with admiration and gently held my hand.
His actions made me feel like he and I were on the same side.
But in my previous life, he respected Melissa, who was supposed to be his aunt, and never disobeyed her.
It wasn't until Melissa finished vomiting that she glared at me fiercely and said, "Crazy bitch! I'll sue you for abusing me and send you to prison!"
While Melissa was snarling, she lunged at me to tear me apart.
I dodged and avoided Melissa's attack.
Unable to stop, Melissa collided with the nearby wall.
With a muffled bang, another bruise appeared on Melissa's swollen face.
Actually, the bruises on her face were not a normal side effect of hyaluronic acid injections, but of inferior products.
I didn't remind her but let her destroy her face and watch her finally become a monster that everyone despised.
I smiled and helped Melissa, who fell to the ground, up and said, "Melissa, why are you so angry? I was just doing what you said."
Melissa said she didn't want to waste food and always put leftovers from a few days ago on my plate.
She also said she wanted to save money and always went to the market to take some rotten vegetables home.
Every month, Evan gave her an allowance, but she spent it on plastic surgery secretly.
Melissa's face turned purple and blue with the bruises, but she still insisted, "So what? It's only natural for me to have a good life. As my daughter-in-law, you should endure hardships!"
I let go of Melissa's hand and said, "Melissa, to be precise, I'm not your daughter-in-law."
Melissa's arrogant face stiffened, and her eyes glinting with malice stared at me. "I raised Evan up on my own. I'm much better than his short-lived mother."
Chapter 4
Evan's mother died in an accident twenty years ago.
Less than a month after her death, Melissa married his father and held a grand wedding, claiming that it was for the better care of Evan.
Evan's father was busy with work all year round and agreed to marry Melissa so that she could take care of Evan.
Evan stood aside and coldly reminded Melissa, "Mom, please stop making things difficult for Rebecca. You should know she is my wife."
Melissa didn't listen. She rolled on the ground while crying and pounding the floor.
"My poor sister, you have an ungrateful son. It's really a waste of my 20 years of hard work!"
Melissa's heart-wrenching cries disturbed the neighbors upstairs and downstairs, who came knocking on the door to check on her.
Of course, they all had a close relationship with Melissa.
As soon as I opened the door, Melissa rushed into Richard's arms and whined, "Richard, how miserable I am!"
Richard lived upstairs and was confined to a wheelchair all year round, but he could still protect Melissa.
He looked at me angrily and said, "Melissa always says that her daughter-in-law is a tough nut. Now it seems that she is right."
Melissa nestled in the arms of Richard, whining, "Richard, now you know how difficult my life is."
As expected, Richard took pity on her, took 1,000 dollars from his pocket, and shoved it into Melissa's pocket.
Before leaving, he groped Melissa.
Melissa was very satisfied. She held the money and saw Richard off. Within ten minutes, another old man came.
Melissa used the same trick, and the man willingly gave her 3,000 dollars.
Before leaving, he flirted with Melissa, completely unaware that he was being taken advantage of.
Evan couldn't stand it and slammed the door shut. He quietly reminded Melissa, "Mom, didn't you say you were dating Thomas? What about those guys?"
In the previous life, Evan never opposed Melissa finding a partner.
After all, she had been alone for so many years and had no biological children.
With a swollen face, Melissa said in a sarcastic tone, "Yes, but I am dating them all at the same time to quickly find Mr. Right. Is that not okay?"
Evan was shocked to hear that, standing still for a long time.
I smiled and agreed, "Well, Melissa is right. She should seize the time at this age."
Melissa took a few thousand dollars and hummed a tune back to the room, completely forgetting that I had stuffed food from the ground into her mouth.
Evan held my hand and asked softly, "Why do I feel like you're a completely different person these two days?"
I turned around and looked at Evan. "Don't you think you have changed too?"
Evan looked at me in astonishment. His lips parted and then closed, but he didn't ask the question that was on his mind.
I figured out what was happening to him and laughed out loud. "You have also been reborn, right? Tell me how you died in your previous life."
Today, Evan's reactions to Melissa's surgery made me feel like he was completely different from his previous life.
Evan died on the same day as me. After finding out that my throat was cut, he hurriedly carried me to the hospital.
But when he was carrying me downstairs, he was pushed hard and hit the back of his head on the cold cement floor.
And the person who pushed him was Thomas.
The reality was, obviously, that Melissa called Thomas over to help her clean up the mess.
I stroked Evan's face and smiled, "But we don't have any evidence to prove that they killed us."
In the quiet room, I could only hear Evan's faint sighs.
After less than half an hour of silence, Melissa's crying and screaming came from the next room.
Evan and I hurried over, only to find that Melissa was covering her nose in panic.
Blood was oozing out of her fingers, which looked terrifying.
As soon as she saw us, Melissa cursed and shouted, "What are you looking at? Hurry up and take me to the hospital!"
Chapter 5
Melissa's nose bridge completely collapsed, and her nose wrinkled up like an old witch.
Along the way, the clothes on her chest were soaked with blood, and there was a strong smell of blood in the car.
Melissa pinched me hard and scolded me, "It's all your fault, you evil bitch. If it weren't for you, how could my nose be like this?"
I dodged her hand and shrugged. "I never touched your nose when I fed you. Everyone knows you spend a lot of money on a nose job."
Melissa got a nose job a while ago, and it cost over 100,000 dollars.
In fact, it was done in a small clinic without a business license, and substandard materials were used in the process.
But Melissa thought she had made a good deal and said she used some good connections and only spent over 100,000 dollars on it.
When we arrived at the hospital with Melissa, the first person to rush over was Thomas.
Melissa's cries gradually disappeared in the emergency room, and there was a deafening silence.
Evan turned around and glared at Thomas, who had killed him in his previous life but now couldn't be brought to justice.
I pulled Evan behind me, afraid that he would act impulsively.
Thomas obviously didn't notice anything unusual about Evan and was staring up at the emergency light.
He kept muttering, "You're a bad son and you're an evil daughter-in-law. You must mistreat Melissa."
Evan was itching to punch Thomas' face, his eyes bloodshot.
I looked at Thomas with interest and said, "Thomas, since you care so much about Melissa, why don't you just marry her and stop us from mistreating her?"
Thomas' face changed. He didn't respond to my words.
Of course, he wouldn't marry Melissa. After all, he got a bedridden wife at home.
When Melissa was wheeled out of the emergency room, the wound on her nose had been treated.
Thomas stayed by her side, taking care of her as if she were his wife.
Instead of looking at Thomas, Melissa stared at me fiercely and said, "You heartless bitch! Just wait and see. I'll get you back for what you've done when I'm better!"
I smiled and pretended to be surprised, saying, "Melissa, Richard upstairs said he wants to come and see you. Should I let him come?"
Hearing that, Melissa instantly stopped cursing.
Thomas turned to look at me, with a puzzled look on his face. "Who is Richard?"
I didn't answer but stared at Melissa with great interest. "Thomas is asking you a question."
Melissa's tone instantly softened and a smile graced her lips. "Rebecca, it's something minor. Tell the neighbors, do not bother to come and see me."
She turned to look at Thomas with a smile. "Thomas, that's just a neighbor upstairs, and he has a good relationship with Rebecca."
Melissa distanced herself from the matter and even winked at me, signaling to me that I should not call her bluff.
I walked slowly towards Melissa and leaned close to her ear. "Didn't you ask me to help you find the money you saved? It will cost a lot of money to fix your nose. Tell me where the money is."
I raised an eyebrow at Melissa, with a glint of threat in my eyes.
Afraid of being exposed as a liar, Melissa had no choice but to reluctantly tell me where she hid the money.
That money was left to Evan by his father before he passed away, but it was hidden by Melissa for many years.
"In the red wooden box at the back of my wardrobe!"
Melissa gritted her teeth and brought her swollen face close to me.
There was a look of pure venom in her eyes. "You despicable bitch, you deserve to die!"
I smiled and said, "Melissa, just stay in bed. I will bring you the money that belongs to you."
I wouldn't give her a single penny of the money that never belonged to her!