Chapter 461 Punish Vivian (Part Two)


    Vivian thought that the God of Death was reaching out his hand to her in invitation, but it turned out


    that it was just her lungs filling up with water instead of air.


    With her eyes wide open, she struggled to get her head above water, but a strong hand was braced


    on the base of her neck, pushing her down on her back in the bathtub.


    Vivian did not expect that Jessica would want to drown her. Jessica did not have the guts to do


    something like that.


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    Also, she would be hunted down by thew. After all, drowning a person was still a crime, and


    Vivian believed that even if Noah did not like her, he would still investigate the cause of her death.


    Even if her father put the interests of the Ye family first, he would not remain uninvolved in her


    death. Howard would take her drowning as a challenge to his power and dignity.


    If she died now, the damage on both the Shi family and the Ye family would be catastrophic, even


    more so if the public found out that she perished in the hands of Jessica.


    With these thoughts running in her head, Vivian slowly stopped struggling and conserved what little


    air remained in her lungs.


    Jessica would not dare end her like this.


    Feeling Vivian slow down, Yvonne narrowed her eyes. She grabbed Vivian and hoisted her up.


    "Phew!" Vivian sat up in the bathtub and gasped for air. She wheezed so wildly that she trembled


    and almost copsed.


    A triumphant smile slowly spread across her wet face.


    ''I was right.


    Jessica won''t kill me.''


    The smile on Vivian''s face made Yvonne''s heart tremble. Yvonne could tell that Vivian already knew


    they wouldn''t kill her.


    For a moment, the hair on the back of Yvonne''s neck stood on end. She might be looking at the


    most dangerous woman in Lexingport City.


    Vivian had been quiet during her entire ordeal. She took the torture while making little to no noise at


    all. All her face showed was a shadow of a wince, which meant that she had tremendous control


    and concentration.


    If Yvonne''s experience was any indication, such a person did absolutely anything to exact revenge.


    Seeing Vivian take retribution like water off a duck''s back, Yvonne was able to understand her


    better. She might look angelic and harmless, but she was the most dangerous kind of cunning. Her


    talent for maniption allowed her to fly through the ranks of the city''s nobledies.


    She even sessfully tricked Jessica into giving her uncensored information.


    Looking at the woman sitting in the bathtub with sharp eyes, Yvonne gritted her teeth and silenced


    the intensifying panic in her heart.


    "The toiletries are over there as well as some clean clothes. Come out after you''re done bathing.


    Don''t try anything stupid." After saying that, Yvonne turned around and walked out of the bathroom.


    After Yvonne left, Vivian pped the water to vent her anger. She wanted to scream, but she was


    afraid that Yvonne woulde back and shove her to the bottom of the tub again.


    She would not endure such humiliation a second time.


    She clenched her hands into fists, and her long nails dug deeply enough into her palms to leave red


    marks.


    At the moment, Vivian could not remember a time when she hated Jessica more.


    Her swollen face and the whip marks all over her body were all because of Jessica.


    She did not want to know what else Jessica would do to torture her.


    Vivian was at the end of her rope. She could not stand any more torture.


    But what else could she do except to bear it? Every breath she drew annoyed the hell out of


    Jessica.


    Jessica would not listen to her pleas for mercy now. If anything, they would only encourage her


    savagery.


    So Vivian had no choice but to keep calm and endure.


    Sooner orter, a way out would present itself.


    Taking a deep, rxing breath, Vivian began bathing herself. At the moment, she was just d that


    she got to wash away the filth and stench the torture had left.


    While she was cleaning herself up, an unexpected guest came to Stone Road.


    Julie ignored the guards and stormed the gates of the Shi family estate.


    One of the guards immediately followed her and started dragging her out. Julie pulled out a fruit


    knife from her purse and waved it to the guard''s face.


    In a heartbeat, the guard was able to knock the knife out of her hand and into a nearby flower bed.


    Sam, who was upstairs, saw everything clearly. He ordered Jake behind him, "Take her to Jessica''s,


    warn them, and then let them go. Don''t cause a big scandal."


    "Yes, sir."


    Jake walked out and asked the guard to let Julie go.


    Julie ran to the flower bed and picked up her fruit knife. She pointed the knife at Jake and said


    fiercely, "Where''s my daughter? Where have you taken my Vivian?"


    Jake looked at the knife without a trace of fear in his face. He turned around and said, "Come with


    me if you want to see your daughter."


    Then, Jake started walking. Julie followed suit, keeping the knife pointed at the butler''s back.


    When she regained consciousness after fainting at John and Vivian''s busted wedding, her husband


    scolded her. He said that he found out about the evil things she and her daughter had done. He


    even locked her in their room to reflect.


    For three days, she had incessantly begged her husband to let her go to look for Vivian. In the time


    that she was locked up, the Ye family household had undergone a tremendous change.


    All the reliable servants around her and Vivian were dismissed. The new ones treated Henry


    respectfully while ignoring her.


    Even when she was eating at the table, she felt like an outsider.


    Henry, that bastard, was an outsider.


    But Henry was in charge of the Ye family now while she no longer had a ce or authority.


    The media reported no negative news about the Ye family, but Vivian was still missing.


    Julie had asked the servants on her whereabouts, but they knew nothing about it. Her husband only


    said through clenched teeth that Vivian deserved punishment. Somehow, it gave Julie hope. Her


    daughter woulde home after she had been chastised enough.


    Enough?


    What was enough?


    And how long would it take?


    Julie had always known that her honor and humiliation were tied together with her daughter''s. Now


    that Vivian was missing, she was a nobody in the Ye family.


    On her way to Stone Road, Julie bought a fruit knife.


    She had to save her daughter no matter the cost.


    "You''re holding my daughter prisoner?" Julie''s hand that was holding the fruit knife had begun


    sweating. She added in a low voice, "Don''t you know it''s illegal to imprison a person?"


    "Imprison?" Jake sighed and shook his head. "We''re not imprisoning your daughter. We''re just


    making her pay for what she''s done."


    "We have done nothing!" Julie retorted.


    Jake simply smiled and replied, "It''s you who installed the bug in Jessica''s ne. It''s also you


    who called Sam and caused him to have a stroke. You sent all the potential Rh-negative blood


    donors out of Lexingport City during the time of Sam''s surgery so that you''d be the only viable


    donor left. You coerced John into marrying Vivian in exchange for saving Sam''s life with your


    blood."


    Julie''s eyes widened. How did Jake know everything?


    Wasn''t the bug not the only thing mentioned that day?


    How did he know about Sam''s blood transfusion?


    Julie''s hand shook, and the fruit knife fell to the ground. She bent down to pick it up, but Jake kicked


    it away.


    "It''s for Howard''s sake that we haven''t exposed these things to the public. If you don''t ept the


    punishment now, you will be disgraced." Jake turned around and warned her.


    Although he was already old, his eyes were still filled with the cruelty of his youth. He surely looked


    like the man no one in their right mind would provoke.


    Julie was so frightened that she almost forgot to breathe. When Jake turned around and continued


    to walk forward, she said in a trembling voice, "Do you have any evidence to back your


    allegations?"


    "You just don''t give up, do you? It''s over. You and your daughter are already exposed. If you keep


    fighting, you''ll be hated by everyone in the city."


    Jake suddenly stopped and faced her once again. Julie was too scared to move or talk back.


    Now without her husband''s protection, she and her daughter were like two fragile boats floating at


    sea. It would not take much to smash them against the waves, and for the Shi family, that was just


    like lifting a finger.


    At this point, she had to shut her mouth and obey.


    Before she entered the room where Vivian was being held, Julie heard ss breaking followed by a


    loud scolding.


    "You can''t even hold a cup of tea right. Why are you so useless?"