Elaine knew clearly that this was a threat. As long as she started eating, and as long as she reached out her hand to touch the lunch box, she would probably have to suffer a beating. 1
Therefore, Elaine cried as she continued pleading," Sister Jennifer, you have already beaten and scolded me as much as you wanted to yesterday. Can you please be merciful and let me off today?"
Jennifer raised her brows before she said, "Even if I let you off, who can bring my dead mother back to life then? Do you know how miserable my mother was when she drank a bottle of pesticide and laid in the hospital bed as she tried desperately to catch her breath as she suffocated to death?" 6
Elaine burst into tears as she said, "Sister Jennifer...I know that you are a filial daughter but I have not harmed your mother in any way..." 1
Jennifer replied angrily, "You are still trying to talk nonsense with me? Let me tell you something. My mother was killed because of her unfilial daughter-in-law! That is the reason why I feel so sick when I see someone like you! You should be glad that we are not living in ancient times right now. Otherwise, I would have already chopped you up into pieces!"
Lady Wilson replied triumphantly, "Jennifer, you are right! This kind of woman should have been locked up
in a pig cage in ancient times! We should lock her up i n a bamboo cage with a few big rocks in it before we throw her into the river and drown her directly!"
Elaine was so frightened that she did not dare to say anything at all. She did not even dare to step forward t o collect her own lunch box. She could only kneel down in front of Jennifer like a young child who had committed a mistake.
Jennifer finished her last spoonful of porridge before she used her steamed bun to collect all the remaining rice pieces in the lunchbox before she ate it all in one bite. 4
After that, she suddenly exclaimed, "Oh. I feel as though I am still a little hungry."
At this time, one of the other female inmates pointed a t the plastic basket before she said, "Sister Jennifer, isn't there still another lunchbox left in the basket? You should eat that portion too!"
Jennifer looked at Elaine before she deliberately smiled and said, "Oh, Elaine, would you mind if I ate your breakfast too?" s
"No, I would not mind it. I would not mind at all!” How would Elaine possibly dare to say anything at all? She could only nod her head repeatedly. 1
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