During famine years, I had a divination slip in hand, and my whole family ate chicken, duck, fish, a

"Hey little brother, say something, little brother! Don't scare your auntie..."

Li Chunyan's eyes reddened with heartache. She held the child's frozen little hands, wanting to rub them, but then she saw that the child's hands were covered in chilblains and swollen like buns.

Her hand trembled suddenly, she bit her lower lip, and tears streamed down her face, falling onto the child's hand. She said with grief and indignation,

"He's a beast! He's a complete beast!"

Old Man Li was furious, his face turning ashen. "Chunlian, that guy beat you and Lai Di again?"

"Dad, he hit me, he hit my brother too... he almost beat the child to death!"

Li Chunlian stared blankly at him, repeatedly muttering, "Father, I can't go on living. I'll send Lai Di here and then I'll kill myself."

"Please, have mercy and help me raise my younger brother. I'll remember your kindness even after I die... Father, I don't want to live anymore."

"Bullshit! I was the one who wronged you back then, but I just wanted to find you a good family. Who knew he'd end up with such a beast..."

Old Man Li slammed his hand on the table, angrily ran to the cutting board, grabbed a cleaver, and...

"I'll slaughter that beast right now!"

"father!"

Li Chunyan and Ye Dali quickly stepped forward to stop him, "No! Calm down, that bastard isn't worth your life!"

Ye Dali snatched the kitchen knife from his hand and said in a muffled voice,

"Dad, what are you doing?!"

"My poor daughter..."

Chunyan's mother hugged Li Chunlian and burst into tears, "Your father and mother are so sorry, we've ruined you... Chunlian, let's not live with that beast anymore, let's get a divorce! Okay?"

Upon hearing this, Li Chunlian, whose face was as expressionless as a wooden statue, trembled slightly and stiffly turned her head to look at her mother.

"Mother, is what you're saying... true?"

Chunyan's mother held her and sobbed.

"It's true, Chunlian. I'm so sorry, Mom. We're divorcing her and coming home! Mom will definitely make it up to you!"

"It's too late, Mother."

Li Chunlian gave a desolate smile and said woodenly and coldly,

"If only you had agreed to let me get a divorce sooner! I still had something to look forward to back then, but now... I have nothing left to look forward to."

Mother, I don't want to live anymore. I'm begging you, please help me raise my younger brother. It's something Chunlian owes you..."

As she spoke, her legs, stiff from the cold, bent, and she knelt down on the ground with a thud.

"Chunlian!"

Now things were really bad. Chunyan's mother hugged her and almost collapsed to the ground crying, "You're tearing my heart out! How am I supposed to live with this...?"

"Chunlian, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Li Chunyan covered her mouth and cried even harder, unable to catch her breath.

The house was in complete chaos with crying, and Ye Qingqing's ears were practically about to explode from the sobbing.

"Why should you die? If anyone should die, it should be the one who bullied you, not us!"

She scratched her nose and looked coldly at Li Chunlian, saying...

"Sister Chunlian, they've bullied you to this extent, and all you want to do is die?"

No wonder they dared to bully you; I would have bullied you too.

"Second Girl, what are you saying?"

Li Chunyan's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly gave Ye Qingqing a meaningful look, "Chunlian is feeling really bad right now, so don't upset her."

Ye Qingqing chuckled softly.

"What's the use of just feeling bad? You can't guarantee the other person won't bully you anymore. You should find a way to get back at them!"

If he had hit you then, and you had slashed him with a kitchen knife, he would never have dared to treat you like that again.

Li Chunlian seemed to be moved, raising her dazed eyes and looking blankly at Ye Qingqing.

"I can't beat him..."

"Nonsense, you're just a woman, how could you possibly beat a man?"

Ye Qingqing scoffed.

"If you can't beat him openly, why don't you wait until he falls asleep and then hit him? If this were me, I would just wait and see when he falls asleep, then take a stick and hit him hard, wouldn't that be enough?"

As long as he doesn't kill me, I'll stay up all night and beat him. I won't last more than a few days. I don't believe he'll dare to lay a finger on me again!

"I...I dare not..."

Li Chunlian's body trembled uncontrollably, her usually expressionless face suddenly filled with terror. "He'll kill me...he'll definitely kill me!"

"Even if he beats me to death, it's better than living such a pathetic life!"

Ye Qingqing gave a cold snort, somewhat disappointed in him.

Oh well, there are all sorts of birds in a big forest.

There aren't many people like her who aren't exactly good people.

"Chunlian, let's divorce her!"

Chunyan's mother hugged her, tears streaming down her face, and said, "Er Ya is right. If anyone's going to die, it'll be that beast. We should live well, okay!"

"Alive?"

Li Chunlian gave a bitter, desolate laugh, slowly raising her hand and pointing somewhere, her eyes filled with despair.

"He said he'd never let me live? He said I'd never leave this world, that he'd never let me go... Mother, is there any way for me to survive?"

Chunyan's mother shuddered violently.

The second son-in-law is tall and strong, and when he gets angry, he's fearless!

The first two times Chunlian couldn't withstand the beatings and secretly ran back, he brought a group of people to her door demanding her return, shouting that he wanted to kill her.

The villagers saw that they outnumbered them and no one dared to get involved. The old couple had no money to pay, so they could only watch helplessly as their daughter was taken away. What could they do?

Li Chunyan was heartbroken; she hugged her little brother and sobbed uncontrollably.

"My poor sister... what am I going to do?"

Annoyed by their crying, Ye Qingqing crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow, saying...

"A way out? You can have one if you want to. Sister Chunlian, let me ask you, if there's a way to kill that beast, would you rather die or live?"

Li Chunlian's body trembled violently, and a flash of grief and indignation crossed her dull eyes.

"I want to live, I want to live! My little sister is only 2 years old. I gave birth to her and never let her have a good life. I, as her mother, have let her down!"

"If I could live, who wouldn't want to live!"

Ye Qingqing nodded. "Alright, since you want to live, come sit down, have a hot meal, and warm yourself up."

Let's talk this over properly and figure out how to kill that beast so you and your daughter can live a good life.

Before she finished speaking, everyone's eyes were on her.

"Second Girl!"

Li Chunyan suddenly cried out and knelt down at Ye Qingqing's feet, grabbing her hand and weeping.

"I know you're full of tricks and have a clever mind. You'll definitely find a way to save my sister!"

Sister-in-law, please, please save Chunlian! I'm willing to do anything for you...

"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

Ye Qingqing's face darkened, and she quickly pulled her up, frowning as she said...

"If I didn't want to help, why would I be telling you this? I'll definitely come up with a solution, but I have one condition that you have to agree to."

"What method?"

Li Chunyan trembled with excitement, "Tell me, tell me! Just tell me, I'll agree to anything you want!"

"It's not you."

Ye Qingqing pointed a slender finger at Li Chunlian and said coldly, "It's her!"