Chapter 76: Chapter 69: Severe Punishment for Domestic Abuser Chapter 76: Chapter 69: Severe Punishment for Domestic Abuser She couldn’t be seeing things, could she?
This was the dumbbell that Ruan Jiahua usually used for exercising!
It looked small, but in fact, it weighed 10 jin (approximately 5 kilograms).
10 jin, of course, wasn’t particularly heavy, but being thrown from Jiang Ning’s hand and caught in mid-air, the weight was definitely no longer the same.
Not to mention that this small dumbbell now felt light as a feather in her hand, nothing like 10 jin at all.
Qin Taoran’s gaze moved to the rack beside her and saw that only one of the usual pair of dumbbells remained there… so was this one in her hand truly the 10-jin dumbbell?
Qin Taoran dared not think about when she had become so strong.
Watching Qin Taoran easily catch the dumbbell, Jiang Ning nodded slightly and commented, “Not bad.”
Qin Taoran belatedly responded, “Was it… the candy just now?”
Jiang Ning didn’t respond directly to her question but instead lowered her voice and whispered so that only the two of them could hear, “The effect lasts only half a month. During this half month, whatever Ruan Jiahua did to you, you can do the same to him, or even worse. After all, you two have a marriage certificate, don’t you? Ruan Jiahua’s reluctance to divorce you just now was only because he thought he could control you after I left. What if he finds that things haven’t developed the way he expected, that suddenly he can’t control you?”
Qin Taoran initially felt a sense of loss when she heard Jiang Ning say the effect lasted only half a month.
Upon hearing the rest of Jiang Ning’s words, her eyes couldn’t help but light up.
A myriad of grateful emotions surged in Qin Taoran’s heart, and she couldn’t help but reach out and grab Jiang Ning’s hand, “Thank you, I know what to do now!”
“Mm-hmm.” Jiang Ning nodded, adding a word of caution, “Don’t be soft-hearted, always remember the ugliest side of the other person.”
What Jiang Ning didn’t say was this: if one were to forgive the other party’s mistakes just because they acted a bit more pitiful, then one deserved all the suffering for the rest of one’s life.
Qin Taoran seemed to understand; she looked at Jiang Ning gratefully, holding her hand tightly as if clinging to this one opportunity that would allow her to break free from the shackles of her marriage.
Staying longer was of no use, so Jiang Ning went back to her own home.
In her plans before, Jiang Ning intended to gather sufficient evidence and then confront Ruan Jiahua in private to force a divorce. Otherwise, she would expose his abuse of his wife and emotional neglect of his three-year-old daughter to the public.
Ruan Jiahua had been working at his current company since graduating from his postgraduate studies, and at thirty-five he was just facing the challenge of a large scale of layoffs. Presumably, Ruan Jiahua also did not wish to see his career destroyed overnight.
But just now, seeing the terrible state Qin Taoran was in after being abused, as well as Ruan Jiahua’s smugness, not afraid of Qin Taoran calling the police, Jiang Ning felt her anger surge: Just because domestic violence didn’t constitute the crime of intentional injury, he could do whatever he wanted to his wife?
Thinking about it now, just divorcing seemed too easy for Ruan Jiahua, perhaps letting him taste the feeling of domestic violence wasn’t too bad an idea.
Jiang Ning had previously had the System scan; Qin Taoran’s Malevolence Value was only 6 points, with the average person’s Malevolence Value at 10 points or below. Qin Taoran’s value wasn’t high, which was why Jiang Ning dared to let her take the Power Pill.
As she lay back down on the bed, Jiang Ning thought to herself: the Power Pill’s effect would only last half a month, and she hoped that in this half-month, Qin Taoran’s performance would not disappoint her.
Little did Jiang Ning know, Qin Taoran cherished this half-month effective period even more than her.
After seeing off Jiang Ning, Qin Taoran closed the door of her home, still clutching the dumbbell in her hand.
Ruan Jiahua, who had stayed in the bedroom afraid to come out, heard the sound of the door closing outside. Guessing that Jiang Ning had left, he gripped the door handle and poked his head out of the room.
Seeing that the living room was empty except for Qin Taoran standing at the entrance, Ruan Jiahua’s originally sneaky behavior disappeared instantly. He swaggered out of the room, stared at Qin Taoran, and couldn’t help but sneer, “Where’s your support? She left already? Qin Taoran, have you thought about how you’re going to spend the rest of the evening?”
His tone was fraught with danger.
Qin Taoran stood her ground and watched him, silently gripping the dumbbell in her hand more tightly.
Ruan Jiahua saw Qin Taoran’s motionless stance and assumed she was scared. He stepped closer to her, continuing to spew insulting remarks.
Having been domestically abused by him for a long time, as Ruan Jiahua’s towering figure drew closer, long-suppressed shadows of fear started to emerge in Qin Taoran’s heart.
However, when her fingers tightened and she touched the solid feeling of the dumbbell, it silently reminded her that she was different from before!
As Ruan Jiahua’s face changed to rage and gloom when he reached her and he raised his hand to slap her, Qin Taoran lifted the dumbbell in defense and with her other hand, slapped Ruan Jiahua’s face!
Contrary to expectations, the anticipated pain of a slap didn’t come; instead, her palm made a “smack” sound on Ruan Jiahua’s face!
Ruan Jiahua’s cheek instantly swelled red.
An intense burning pain spread across his face, and he froze, staring at Qin Taoran in disbelief.
Qin Taoran was almost as unsettled as Ruan Jiahua; she stared dumbfounded at her own hand, and then, under Ruan Jiahua’s gaze, slapped him again.
Ruan Jiahua finally reacted and started to fight back, grappling with Qin Taoran.
Qin Taoran’s movements weren’t as sharp and quick as Jiang Ning’s, nor was she as tall and mighty as Ruan Jiahua, but Jiang Ning had just given her the Power Pill—the miracle of strength!
In the end, Qin Taoran forcefully pinned Ruan Jiahua to the ground, her hands tightly choking his throat.
Ruan Jiahua struggled with all his might, but it was in vain.
As feelings of suffocation and death approached, when Ruan Jiahua felt that he was going to die right there and then, Qin Taoran suddenly let go of her grip on his neck.
Ruan Jiahua was relieved to be spared, not realizing that in the time to come, each day he would live in fear and misery… just like Qin Taoran used to.