Chapter 15 Vile and Malicious Guy

Susan sighed helplessly: "No one asked for marriage. Those things are probably nothing to rich people. And don't always go to Mrs. McAfee's store. By the way, have you eaten anything? Are you hungry?"

"But I don't think even rich people would just lend people something that valuable." Ella muttered but was still distracted by the food, "I'm starving."

Susan went to look at the fireplace and thought about reheating the morning beet soup and adding some bread to make it work.

She had only recently begun to take on some sewing work, and the money she earned had barely enough to buy some bread. It was still a long way off to purchasing meat for Ella and her two brothers.

Susan ignored her mother, and if the woman were hungry, she would come to find food herself. Not to mention that, even if Susan took the initiative to talk to her, she would not respond to her.

While Susan was busy at the pot, Ella was still rambling about men proposing and which girl had just gotten engaged.

At that moment, a voice suddenly rang out and interrupted them.

"What blind man would ask you to marry him?"

Susan's first reaction was to look out the window, and sure enough, it was dark, and that pesky guy was there as expected.

Susan took a deep breath and forced herself not to talk back because she had never won a fight in this area.

No one could beat Shadow, not even the shrewdest Mrs. Jakes on the street, when it came to mean words.

"Any man who wants to be your husband needs to think about whether he has a strong enough stomach first. Or sooner or later, he'll be poisoned by what you've cooked."

The Shadow stepped out from the wall's shadows, black cloak, black hood. His whole person seemed to blend in with the darkness.

Although Susan had confirmed that he was a warm human being, but she still felt that he should not be called Shadow and it would be more appropriate to call him Ghost.

"Didn't your family elders teach you that you should knock on the door before entering someone's house?"

"You call this a house?" Shadow grunted coldly and climbed the creaking stairs of the attic.

Susan took the hot vegetable soup off the fire and instructed Ella to eat it first. Then she held her hem in exasperation and followed after Shadow.

She didn't dare not follow, for the Shadow would have grabbed her by the arm and carried her up if she did not. This had been verified on the first day Susan woke up from this body.

And except for hitting her, this guy was daring to do anything.

For example, he pulled a nasty mouse or a giant spider out of his pocket and threatened to put it on her bed while she was sleeping. Or threaten to send Ella to child labor to pay her debts because he's the one who lent money to her family when they can't pay their bread and rent.

Susan did not know how much money the family owed to the Shadow, but the Shadow was always confident when he forced Susan to do something. Susan thought maybe they owed Shadow a lot of money.

In short, in Susan's mind, there is no more vicious, nasty, and mean guy in this world than Shadow.

What was more strange, the sole purpose of this vile and malicious guy was to get Susan into the court.