Courtyard houses: Those who are capable are rewarded, and many children bring many blessings.

Why can't Ding Qiunan remember? It's been ten days to half a month, and she's only now walking normally again.

It was almost like giving birth and going through postpartum confinement; Ding Qiunan was not only physically injured, but also emotionally wounded.

I've always hated Sha Zhu, but after seeing this today, I realize I hated the wrong person.

The only remaining possibility is Niu Dazhuang. Who would have thought? He seemed so harmless on the surface, yet he harbored such malicious intentions… How could someone be so evil…?

Ding Qiunan thought about it all day but still couldn't figure it out. In the end, she concluded that she still didn't understand this person.

Getting revenge on him would be a bit difficult, since the two of them don't work at the same company and only run into each other when they're home after get off work.

Ding Qiunan comforted herself, thinking that living in the same compound would eventually give me something to use against her.

After getting off work today, I went home and took out the stove. I deliberately went to Qin Xueru to borrow a piece of coal.

That's how we started a conversation...

More than half a month passed in the blink of an eye. Through Ding Qiunan's deliberate efforts to befriend others, she not only became good friends with Qin Xueru, but also had a good relationship with Meiru.

Unfortunately, we couldn't extract any useful information from them.

If you pay attention, you'll definitely notice the clues.

Ding Qiunan discovered that Niu Dazhuang and Su Ting from the Intermediate People's Court had an unusual relationship. Not only did Su Ting look at Niu Dazhuang strangely, but her daughter Qin Ling was also very close to Niu Dazhuang.

Could Qinling be Niu Dazhuang's biological daughter? That can't be right, the age doesn't match.

Although Ding Qiunan hated Niu Dazhuang, she wasn't a gossip. Before having solid evidence, she didn't tell anyone.

On Sunday morning, Xu Damao hadn't returned from showing movies in the countryside, so Ding Qiunan carried a chamber pot to the public toilet to queue up.

In the past two years, there have been quite a few newlywed wives in this alley, and even more women in their thirties.

He often drives while queuing for public restrooms. This is common throughout Kyoto, so Ding Qiunan is used to it.

"Look at you, so naive... You'll understand what human animals are like in the future."

"Sister Liu, I got married here last winter, and it's been half a year now. I haven't seen that person you're talking about even once. You're just bragging!"

"Xiuying, don't you believe me? Go home and ask your sister-in-law. She's seen it all."

"That's not right. Does that person not live in this alley?"

"Why aren't you staying here? Let me tell you..." Aunt Liu lowered her voice, and the group huddled together.

Ding Qiunan was right behind them. She overheard bits and pieces of it—something about No. 95 Courtyard, something about cows…

He'd overheard all the key information: number 95—wasn't that the address of the tenement courtyard where he lived? In this courtyard, only Niu Dazhuang's family had the surname Niu. And then there was that half-sentence he'd heard earlier: "human-shaped livestock."

That makes perfect sense.

What was Ding Qiunan's guess before was uncertain, but now it's certain: it was that bastard Niu Dazhuang that night.

Tell Xu Damao? No, we can't keep it from him. We should tell him whether he can live like this anymore.

Ding Qiunan's persistence was almost obsessive.

Ding Qiunan was unwilling to accept this loss silently. If it happened now, instead of after marriage, she would just close her eyes and treat it as if she had been bitten by a dog, since it wouldn't have cost her any money.

The first time is different...

He didn't even go to the toilet; he just carried the chamber pot back home, put it in the toilet, and was about to go to Niu's house to question Niu Dazhuang.

He stopped at the door, then thought, "Calm down, calm down. What if he won't admit it? And his wife is in the middle of it, how can we ask him?"

He retreated again, pacing back and forth in thought.

"I need to find an opportunity to meet him alone and talk to him. What if he doesn't admit it?" This next question stumped Ding Qiunan.

I can't even describe how frustrated I felt.

It was just a coincidence. Niu Dazhuang was on night shift last night, and after his shift ended, he was pushing his bicycle back home when he passed by Xu Damao's house.

Turning my head, I saw Ding Qiunan pacing around the room, talking to himself. He couldn't help but say, "Hey, Da Mao hasn't come back all night and you're pacing around like that?"

Ding Qiunan, quick-witted, said, "No, I just saw a big rat. I've been afraid of rats since I was little. Brother Niu, could you come in and take a look?"

Niu Dazhuang propped his bicycle against the wall and said casually, "It's inevitable to have rats living in our tenement. Just find the rat holes and block them up." Then he went inside.

Seeing him enter the house, Ding Qiunan quickly walked around behind him and closed the door. She leaned her back against the door.

Niu Dazhuang was taken aback, wondering what she was up to.

He continued teasingly, "What are you doing? Aren't you afraid of gossip about us?"

"You've already done it, what are you afraid of gossip about?"

"What have I done?"

"You know it in your heart, and I understand it in my heart."

"I do not understand."

"Hmph, wasn't it you on our wedding night?"

"What do you mean, 'my'? Explain yourself clearly!" Niu Dazhuang knew she wouldn't be so shameless as to make a scene and let the whole neighborhood know.

"I……"

Niu Dazhuang chuckled: "Haha... I love seeing you know perfectly well that I did it, but you can't do anything about it."

"So you're admitting it?"

"I didn't intend to deny it. If I didn't, how could I ask you out in the future?"

"You...you're not human, you're just a scoundrel, a living bandit!"

"You're right! I am a bandit, and not only am I a bandit, my ancestors were bandits too. Has Xu Damao touched you during this time?" As he spoke, he reached out and forcefully pulled the person into his arms.

"Let me go right now! I'm going to call for help!"

"Haha, shout it out, let everyone in the compound come and see."

How can you be so shameless?

"It's better to be shameless than shameless when a pretty girl with a sense of shame runs away." Niu Dazhuang had figured her out. He knew she definitely wouldn't make a fuss.

This is based on fact. In the original drama, Cui Dake used force the first time, and in the end, Ding Qiunan not only didn't sue him, but also married him.

Cowardice is one aspect, but another is that he cares too much about his reputation.

That familiar yet strange feeling is back...

Afterwards, Ding Qiunan cried, "How am I supposed to live now? Just kill me!"

"I can't bear to part with it."

Ding Qiunan never expected that this guy would be so bold as to dig his own grave.

This was much easier to accept than the first time; the crying was just for Niu Dazhuang's benefit.

"Haven't you always wanted to pursue further education? I can help you make it happen."

Pursuing further studies at a medical school is another obsession for Ding Qiunan.

"I don't believe a man's words. Before we got married, Xu Damao patted his chest and made all the promises, but now, I haven't seen him help me with anything."

"Xu Damao, I need to find a way to cripple him, so he won't bother you in the future."

"How can you be so domineering? I'm his lawfully wedded wife. This is harassment, not just harassment, it's rape..."