The husband I snatched halfway through his life is strange.

Chapter 82: I don't know why I suddenly became willing to be a human.
Having an affair and having an affair that results in pregnancy are two different things.

Li Lian was so angry she couldn't believe it.

I've lived most of my life and never seen anything like it.

Granny Fan's eyes widened. Liu Caiying had slandered her and even called her a fool!
Caught in the act of her shameful affair, Liu the matchmaker was utterly humiliated and lost all her former shrewishness and efficiency.

"Nonsense, it's fake!"

Enraged and ashamed, she disregarded her shame and was about to get off the bed to grab the crow and smash it to death.

Li Lian: "Whether it is or not, we'll know once the doctor takes your pulse!"

"But unfortunately, Old Man Qian went to see Qin Niang for a medical check-up and hasn't returned yet."

Aunt Wu suggested, "But we can find a midwife in Sandun Village and get an abortion pill for her to drink. We'll know if there's any reaction then."

Sandun Village, abortion pills...

When Liu Caiying met Aunt Wu's smiling eyes, she felt a chill run down her spine.

"I'm not in pain or sick, you don't need to worry about me."

Li Lian sneered. Could she really not make this decision?
She stepped back slightly, and several women who had found ropes rushed towards Liu the matchmaker.

"and many more!"

These people were so rough with their hands that they scared Old Man Zhou so much that he broke out in a cold sweat and knelt down on the ground with a thud.

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault."

He began kowtowing and begging for mercy: "My eldest son died young, and the Zhou family line has ended. These years have been hard for the family. Finally, Caiying is pregnant, and I have an heir. Please turn a blind eye and let us go."

He said hastily, "I will take her away and never come back."

"What do you want? Money? Or land? We can give you anything."

...It's rare for a miser to be generous.

This statement truly touched many people. They were so poor.

Aunt Wu said disdainfully, "After we deal with you, all of this will be confiscated. What can you give us in return?"

Li Lian didn't hesitate: "Tie her up!"

A fierce glint flashed in Old Zhou's eyes.

He's already been so humble, isn't that enough?

If he's not having an easy time, Li Lian won't have one either. Old Man Zhou went berserk and tried to attack, but Chang Shu held him down firmly from the crowd.

Chang Shu took the rope and tied him up tightly.

Seeing this, Liu the matchmaker knew it was all over.

They say that when disaster strikes, couples will abandon each other, but she and Old Man Zhou are hardly a couple! Just a moment ago she was all lovey-dovey with her father-in-law, but now she's completely changed her attitude.

"It was him, he forced me in the first place!"

She cried uncontrollably, "My husband died, don't I want to remain a widow for him? But my father-in-law is so strong, what can I do?"

“This child… I never wanted to keep this child from the beginning. It was him, it was him who insisted that I give birth to it.”

Old Zhou was stunned, never expecting that Matchmaker Liu would say such a thing.

Seeing that Li Lian remained unmoved, Matchmaker Liu tried to hide her panic, her voice sharp but weak: "Don't forget, I'm the one who arranged the marriages for your two grandsons!"

Some people were amused.

Granny Fan put her hands on her hips and said, "Pah! What's wrong with being a matchmaker? You didn't take money from the matchmaker? People who don't know the situation would think that the village head's family owes you a huge favor."

Let alone Matchmaker Liu, even if that old hag Wei came with a knife to chop her up, Granny Fan could take on eight of them in one go!

Yu Tingwan knew that provoking her was really necessary.

The girl continued kicking pebbles, but her gaze fell on the oxcart in the corner of the Zhou family's house, listening to Granny Fan's rants and rave.

"Yes, both of the Chang family's granddaughters-in-law are exceptional girls, you've put in the effort, but I know you too well. When the village head asked you to arrange a marriage, would you just give him a random person to fob him off?" "Don't think I don't know, the couple you arranged recently got married, and the bride hanged herself less than half a month later. When you were arranging the marriage, you took dirty money and praised the groom's family to the skies! The bad thing is, you didn't mention a single word. That Yun family girl happily got married, but who knew she would be a shared wife, having to serve three brothers."

"You were the one who arranged the marriage between the Liu family girl from Sandun Village and the town. You've been bragging about it, and it's all thanks to you."

“You completely deceived the Liu family, saying that the man in town was respectable and wealthy, and that he owned three shops. You said that marrying him would mean a life of luxury, but what kind of life is that girl living now? Her husband is paralyzed from the waist down and can't even get out of bed. He needs Miss Liu to take care of him in every way, from eating and drinking to using the toilet.”

“Her in-laws are rich, but they treat her extremely poorly. Last month, the girl resolutely swallowed rat poison and died.”

“Even if you had the face to hear about these things, I wouldn’t have the face to talk about them.”

The families whose daughters died also made a fuss, but after going to court, it all ended inconclusively.

The county magistrate is greedy for money; can we really rely on him?
Matchmaker Liu was merely a go-between; she always managed to escape unscathed.

Who told her to betray her conscience and harm girls when those men's families either had connections or money?

Besides, even after something like this happened, she wasn't worried about losing business; she'd already arranged quite a few good marriages.

Who can guarantee that other matchmakers won't act unethically?

Besides, those people aren't as capable as her!

Granny Fan spat and said, "If you count it this way, you've killed quite a few girls."

"Putting aside other examples, isn't Xiaoniang from our village a prime example?"

"You dare to lay a hand on someone from the same village! She at least calls you 'Auntie'! If I were Hui Niang, I would have torn you to pieces!"

As she spoke, she looked around.

"Where is my stepmother?"

She started calling out, "Mother!"

Everyone helped search, and soon a path was cleared. All eyes turned to the girl leaning against the doorway, calmly watching the oxcart.

I wonder how this girl grew up to be so fair-skinned. It's just a pity that Wei Shen's body is destined not to be able to enjoy it.

The girl slowly turned her head: "Hmm?"

Granny Fan temporarily put aside her previous grievances.

She said in an exaggerated tone, "This makes me want to mention again how Wang Cuihua and this slut agreed to marry you off to Squire Dong."

"It's fortunate that you entered the Wei family, otherwise you would probably have been tied up by these two and secretly stuffed into the Dong family's sedan chair to pick people up!"

Granny Fan pointed at Matchmaker Liu: "Yes, she herself revealed it."

"I don't know why I suddenly decided to be a human being."

Yu Tingwan: ...

She threatened me.

"Many people in the village know about this, but you've been kept in the dark, haven't you, Auntie?"

Li Lian's expression changed, and she subconsciously looked at Yu Tingwan.

Yu Tingwan: ...

Widow Shi, who witnessed the whole affair, frowned as she hadn't gone to the village head's house to get the meat.
"This cannot be made up."

"Although Wang is muddle-headed, how could she dare to do such a thing? Not to mention that Hu Dazhu will be back sooner or later, Yaozu still needs to take the imperial examinations..."

Before he could finish speaking, Granny Fan interrupted him with disdain.

"This matter has been completely denied. The village head, in order to protect the reputation of scholars, forbade us from talking about it."

"Why doesn't she dare to?"

"Just say that your stepmother has disappeared, that's all."

Granny Fan gave an example: "Didn't a lot of outsiders come to our village? Among them were matchmakers who bought and sold girls. They left once the road was reopened. Wang said with a stiff neck that it's not impossible that my stepmother was knocked unconscious and abducted by that matchmaker."

(End of this chapter)