"How could I have given birth to such a foolish son!"
Her irrepressibly furious words were followed by a sharp slap across Huang Juncai's face.
This wasn't the first time Huang Juncai had been hit, but it was the first time he'd been hit by Ji Xiu'e.
He clutched his face and looked at Ji Xiu'e, crying out, "Mother!" His voice was thick with disbelief and intense anger.
"What did I do wrong? Why did you hit me?!"
Ji Xiu'e pointed at him, so angry her vision went black.
"Use your brain! That monk is a fraud, ten to one! You gave him a written confession of everything we've done, in black and white. Don't you realize you've just handed him the perfect leverage against us?!"
Huang Juncai frowned. "Are you afraid he'll blackmail us for money? That monk didn't seem greedy. He barely charged us anything for performing rites for those animals, and this time I had to force the money on him..."
