The husband I snatched halfway through his life is strange.

Chapter 78 You're quite... dissolute.
The next day.

Yu Tingwan woke up on the couch, washed up, and went to the chicken coop on the east side of the courtyard to collect eggs. She had a good haul today, collecting four eggs in total. The girl walked briskly and put them all into the earthenware jar.

The kitchen was cold and empty, but she didn't see Hui Niang anywhere.

Yu Tingwan was puzzled when she saw Hui Niang come in from outside, looking pale and with red eyes.

"mother."

Yu Tingwan noticed her expression was off and went to greet her: "What's wrong?"

As a new bride, Wan Niang shouldn't have said these things to worry Hui Niang, but with Wei Shouzhong not around, she had no one to rely on and no one to talk to.

Tears streamed down my face.

“I dreamt of Xiao Niang yesterday. She was soaking in blood and told me she was cold.”

Yu Tingwan supported Hui Niang, who was unsteady on her feet, and her heart sank.

She knows it.

When Xiao Niang was carried back by her aunt, Madam Yu, her body was already stiff, and due to the hot weather, her body had rotted and smelled foul.

The incident caused quite a stir in the village.

Even Wang ran out to see what was happening, but she came back with her nose covered and her face pale. She then went to a corner and started gagging.

"It's terrifying. She was so beautiful when she got married, how could she have died?"

"You didn't see the clothes she was wearing, they looked like they'd been soaked in blood. The smell was absolutely awful. I heard she was beaten to death."

"That Xiao Niang is pregnant with the He family's child, she's seven months along and her belly is round and big, how come her husband is so ruthless?"

When the girl heard this, all she saw was disgust.

She often heard stories of people abusing their wives, or of people being beaten black and blue by their husbands, and still having to work in the fields.

This kind of thing is not uncommon.

But this is the first time someone has died.

Those who harm their spouses are nothing short of beasts and scoundrels; they deserve to go to hell.

No.

The government offices refused to accept cases and even covered them up.

Within a month, the He family remarried in grand style.

Hui Niang: "I was really uneasy and couldn't sit still at night, so I brought a plate of persimmons to her grave to keep her company and talk to her."

"Can……"

Yu Tingwan asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Hui Niang: "I ran into Granny Fan on my way back, and she said..."

Hui Niang suppressed a sob, her eyes filled with intense hatred.

"She didn't know where she got the rumor, but it said that the beast's son, whom he had later, had never been taken out of the house. He was told that he was in poor health and that he was underreporting his age, when in fact he was already two years old."

Yu Tingwan suddenly paused.

Xiao Niang passed away last year.

His second wife gave birth to a two-year-old child?
Granny Fan is a chatterbox; she can't keep anything to herself, whether it's true or not.

But wasn't she also well-informed?

Hui Niang: "I hate it so much!"

In the dead of night, she longed to skin the entire He family alive and chew their bones to pieces.

But the He family was wealthy, and a distant relative even served as a secretary to the county magistrate; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them local bullies.

The weariness in her eyes was undeniable, and she burst into tears. But fearing she might disturb Ah Lang inside, she even restrained her sobs.

Hui Niang suppressed her voice, her body trembling slightly.

What can be done?

Even in this state, with her eyes red and swollen, she still asked, "Are you hungry? Mother will go cook."

In this world, poverty seems to be the original sin.

With money and power, one can disregard human life.

Those laws, though seemingly fair, are actually biased. They are merely meant to constrain ordinary people.

Yu Tingwan couldn't help but feel sorrow.

"Mother hasn't slept all night, how can her body withstand it? You should go back to your room and lie down."

She said gently, "You must take care of yourself. Your husband still needs your mother's care."

These words slightly pulled Hui Niang back from her grief.

Yes, and there's also Ah Lang.

Xiao Niang is gone, A Lang can't afford to have anything happen to him too.

Hui Niang tried her best to cheer up.

Yu Tingwan: "The He family has committed many evils; they will get their retribution sooner or later."

She said this with great confidence. After all, wasn't the He family able to be so arrogant precisely because of the county magistrate?
The county magistrate will be replaced sooner or later!

He also knows Wei Shen!

Will the He family still be able to be dealt with in the future?

Why can't we avenge Xiaoniang?

"Those who commit many sins will have to bear the consequences themselves, and they will all perish on their own."

She said gently, "Mother must be well so that she can watch those people, disheveled and imprisoned, with their own eyes."

Yu Tingwan helped Hui Niang to the bed and talked with her for a while. When Hui Niang looked better, she let her sleep for a bit before quietly leaving the room and closing the door.

She went to the kitchen, lit a fire to cook the porridge, and soaked Wei Shen's medicine before decocting it.

She watched the flames leaping in the stove, her expression growing increasingly pale.

Just as I was thinking about something, Yue Shan came in, rubbing his eyes and still half asleep.

"Aunt Hui..."

He had only uttered one word when he saw who was in the kitchen and quickly corrected himself: "Auntie."

Yu Tingwan looked over upon hearing the voice: "It's still early, why don't you take a nap?"

Yue Shan smiled sheepishly: "I usually wake up around this time."

Yu Tingwan: "The porridge needs to cook a little longer. Yueshan, go check on your uncle for me."

Yue Shan: ...

He didn't really want to go.

Last time, everyone outside said that Auntie had an accident, but Uncle Shen didn't care at all!
He thought Wei Shen was really outrageous.

He responded and went to the other side.

Wei Zhao is still asleep.

Because he went to bed very late last night.

It wasn't that I was thinking about anything; it was just that I was finally feeling sleepy when someone grabbed my collar.

He had just opened his eyes when the room was pitch black, but the girl's eyes were exceptionally bright.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

The girl's voice, however, was soft and melodious.

"I dreamed about you."

In the dark, the girl was lying on top of him. Wasn't the daytime enough? Why did she keep dreaming about him at night?

Wei Zhao felt uncomfortable and wanted Yu Tingwan to lie back down.

But the girl continued to wistfully remain silent.

"What's going on? You were quite... in my dream..."

She paused for a moment, as if struggling to find the right word.

"You don't know yet."

"She's quite promiscuous."

Wei Zhao:? ? ?
He frowned: "It's just a dream, don't take it seriously."

How could Yu Tingwan not take it seriously?

She was very surprised.

She had limited experience, but she wasn't a clueless girl.

Knowing that Wei Zhao was impotent, yet did not avoid it, and even wanted to give it to her with her hand...

Synesthesia cannot convey what she felt like in her past life.

However, Yu Tingwan, who had never experienced such things, found it hard to accept.

The girl woke him up in the middle of the night just to say a word.

"Your hands are quite beautiful, but they're too long. It's not that I don't like them."

"only……"

"That's for working and writing; you can't use it indiscriminately just to make up for your own shortcomings."

Wei Zhao found it all very strange.

But after saying that, the girl got off him and lay down on the side.

Then, out of the blue, he said something that Wei Zhao couldn't understand at all.

His words are truly intriguing.

Even Wei Zhao, who had read extensively in the classics, could not figure it out.

The girl sighed.

"Wei Shen, the sentiment is enough. You don't need to make such a big sacrifice for me!"

(End of this chapter)