Zhuang Yang hesitated in his steps, then changed direction, "Just as well, I need to clear my head too."
Qin Han, watching the man who followed, was at a loss and looked to Qin Yang for help.
Even though they didn’t know if they would get the chance, what they were planning wasn’t exactly aboveboard, so why was this guy following?
He was a leader of a big company, the young master of the Zhuang Family.
Qin Yang didn’t even spare them a glance.
Fine, let him follow.
After all, he was the younger brother-in-law; even Qin Yang didn’t object.
...............
The winter night, with the north wind howling through the alleys, moonlight casting a cold glow on the land.
The old pagoda tree in the yard trembled in the cold wind, its branches hung with icicles, flickering as light from the window shone upon them.
From inside the house, the incessant voice of an old woman could be heard.
Mrs. Zhang, having lived in comfort for many years, couldn’t bear this kind of grievance, much less this hardship.
During the day, she had fallen hard and then had her son land on her, feeling her bones all dislocated, with everything aching by now, yet no one at home to put her mind at ease.
Seeing the leftover steamed buns and pickled vegetables on the table, and hearing the child’s crying nearby, her anger couldn’t be contained.
"What’s with you? Can’t you keep her quiet for a while? Marrying a wife like you is bad luck for eight lifetimes. If not for going with you to find your brother today, would I have ended up like this? Can’t even handle anything, just know how to eat, eat, eat..."
Li Dongmei, full of grievances, quickly put down her chopsticks to hold and comfort her daughter after encountering the old lady’s gaze.
Mrs. Zhang wasn’t planning to let her off.
Since she married into the Zhang Family, she hadn’t earned a penny, couldn’t do anything right, and even made the old lady step in.
Not to mention, she hadn’t even given birth to a son, bringing another girl into the family, cutting off the Zhang Family lineage.
These words Li Dongmei had heard more than once, her ears almost calloused from listening.
She knew she couldn’t talk back to the old lady now, better to say nothing and let the old lady vent; she’d finish when she was tired.
If she retorted, not only would the old lady go on and on, but the old master would also seize the opportunity to act up, and even her husband Zhang Wenbin would scold her on the side of his parents.
Looking at her daughter in her arms, Li Dongmei suddenly thought of the woman she saw today.
She had heard of that woman more than once from Mrs. Zhang and Zhang Wenbin.
The Zhang Family said that woman deserved her divorce from Zhang Wenbin.
How that woman wasn’t worthy of Zhang Wenbin.
Li Dongmei believed she was excellent in every aspect, naturally not ending up like that woman by marrying Zhang Wenbin.
But now...
Just then, there was a loud bang from the courtyard gate as someone stumbled in from outside.
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