She was tricked into marriage for three years, then remarried a childless, tough guy and became preg

"Your mother-in-law isn't even dead yet, and you're already making decisions for her?"

Shen Tang glanced at Wang Cuixia indifferently, then looked at Liu Jinhua.

Liu Jinhua gritted her teeth, glared, and shouted at Wang Cuixia:

"What do you have to disagree with? You've only been married in for three months, and your dowry is meager. What business is it of yours whatsoever with the money in this household?"

"You..." Wang Cuixia clutched her stomach, angrily saying, "Do you believe me or not...?"

"You dare!"

Liu Jinhua's eyes widened, and the fat on her face twitched a few times.

Wang Cuixia naturally had her own concerns; if things really turned sour, it wouldn't do her any good.

She couldn't possibly marry Liu Erniu while she was pregnant, could she? Liu Erniu's family doesn't eat meat all year round.

She was in the Lu family, and at least Lu Tianci treated her quite well.

Wang Cuixia gritted her teeth and said to Lu Tianci in an annoyed tone,

"Help me back to my room, I'm tired."

Lu Tianci hurried over and carefully helped her back into the house.

Liu Jinhua glared at the two of them with disdain, then stomped on the ground and went back into the house to get the money.

Shen Tang's lips curled slightly. A partial victory had been achieved. The revolution was not yet complete; continued efforts were still needed.

Liu Jinhua took out three hundred yuan and gave it to Shen Tang. Shen Tang counted it in front of her and put it in his pocket.

She tore off a piece of paper, quickly wrote an IOU, and handed it to Lu Jingshen:

"Sign and put your fingerprint on the document."

Lu Jingshen stared at her handwriting in shock. When did she learn to write so many characters? And her handwriting was even better than his.

Liu Jinhua frowned. "Shen Tang, are you ever going to stop? Do you think we'd renege on our debt for that little bit of money?"

"Of course, it's not like you haven't done it before."

"you......"

Liu Jinhua felt her vision blurring and was so angry that she almost fainted.

Lu Jingshen tore off the IOU and signed his name.

Shen Tang opened the inkpad and thoughtfully handed it to him.

Lu Jingshen looked up at her. This woman was so cunning; she had even prepared the inkpad in advance.

It turned out that everything was as she had expected.

Liu Jinhua took several breaths before she finally signed the document and pressed her fingerprint on it, her hands trembling.

Shen Tang put away the IOU with satisfaction, then tore it to shreds with a few quick "tsk tsk" sounds.

"Okay. You still owe me 280 yuan in total, which you will pay back within seven months."

"Oh well, it's finally resolved satisfactorily. Shen Tang left room for maneuver and didn't force us to accept it."

"That means she's as kind as her parents."

"If the Lu family treats people better in the future, Shen Tang might not want that money anymore."

"If you ask me, Shen Tang and Jing Shen are quite a good match. Shen Tang is getting prettier and prettier as she grows up."

The onlookers all wore smiles of satisfaction.

Lu Jingshen originally wanted to bring up the topic of divorce, but if he brought it up now, everyone would assume that he had gotten together with Yang Xinyue and that's why he dumped Shen Tang.

To protect his reputation, he had no choice but to suppress the matter for now.

"Hmph, Shen Tang must have hooked up with the guy who saved her that day. That's why she's back to settle scores."

Liu Jinhua was seething with anger and needed to find something Shen Tang had done wrong to vent it on.

"Who do you think I've hooked up with?" Shen Tang asked again.

"Who else could it be? The guy who saved you! Everyone saw you two hugging and kissing on the riverbank. Who knows what you were doing behind their backs!"

Liu Jinhua thought Shen Tang was feeling guilty, so she embellished the story.

The onlookers perked up again, and the "show" continued one after another.

"The man who saved me? Do you know who he is?" Shen Tang crossed her arms and smiled.

Seeing her arrogant attitude, Liu Jinhua became even angrier.

"Who cares who he is! Even if he's the King of Heaven, he'll still go to jail for messing around with women."

Liu Jinhua jumped high and pointed at Shen Tang, cursing.

Lu Jingshen frowned. Liu Jinhua was speaking too recklessly, but thinking that these words would not reach Huo Xiuyuan's ears, he let it go.

It's time to teach Shen Tang a lesson, otherwise she'll think she can do whatever she wants in this house.

"Tell me, did you two sleep together? Jing Shen is just too nice; he should have beaten you both to a pulp right then and there!"

Seeing that Shen Tang remained silent, Liu Jinhua began to unleash a torrent of words, spittle flying everywhere.

Shen Tang took a few steps back with a hint of disgust. Lu Jingshen beat Huo Xiuyuan to the ground? Just thinking about that scene made her laugh.

She thought of Huo Xiuyuan's bulging muscles; even five Lu Jingshens might not be a match for Huo Xiuyuan.

When Liu Jinhua saw Shen Tang back away, she assumed that Shen Tang was feeling guilty.

He sneered, "Hmph, so you know fear now? I advise you to quickly reveal who that wild man is!"

"A random man? Without any evidence, I advise you to stop cursing and avoid messing with someone you can't afford to offend."

While Shen Tang was saying this, he secretly hoped that Liu Jinhua would curse even more harshly, so that when it reached the army, there would be a good show to watch.

The more Shen Tang said this, the more enthusiastically Liu Jinhua cursed, and she even started jumping up and down.

"What do you mean, 'someone I can't afford to offend'? Don't try to scare me! Maybe you didn't even jump into the river that day. Maybe you two were taking a bath together! You were caught, so you pretended to be rescuing someone."

Seeing that her words were becoming increasingly outrageous, Shen Tang couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"The one who saved me that day was Huo Xiuyuan, the commander of the special operations regiment."

Liu Jinhua didn't believe Shen Tang's words at all. "Special operations regiment commander?" she thought. "Even if he said he was just an ordinary soldier, I might believe him."

Was the regimental commander really that free? Did he just happen to be passing by the river and happen to see her jump in? Did he just happen to save her?

How can she be so shameless? She can't even make up a lie.

"What a load of rubbish, a regimental commander! Does a regimental commander have time to save you?" Liu Jinhua sneered. "You just dragged a regimental commander along to scare me, to cover up that wild man."

Liu Jinhua insisted on throwing this dirty water on Shen Tang.

Shen Tang didn't intend to dodge; instead, she decided to use the situation against her and escalate the matter further.

"Liu Jinhua, you made up stories in public without any evidence, which constitutes defamation and is illegal. Moreover, the other party is a soldier; you are slandering an officer, which is an even more serious crime."

"Get lost! You think I'm afraid of you? If you two really get into trouble, so what if he's an officer? He'll still be arrested and discharged from the army!"

At this point, Liu Jinhua was almost convinced that Shen Tang was having an affair with another man.

Upon hearing Shen Tang's words, Lu Jingshen quickly stepped forward and grabbed Liu Jinhua's arm.

He lowered his voice and said, "Mom, stop talking."

Liu Jinhua was fighting so hard that she couldn't stop herself.

"Son, Shen Tang has changed so much, there's definitely something fishy going on. She must have some other man backing her up, otherwise where would she get that confidence?"

As soon as Liu Jinhua said that, the onlookers couldn't stay silent any longer.

"It's true, Shen Tang is different this time around."

"Tsk tsk, can it really be true?"

Women's Director Zhao Meilan stepped forward with a frown. "Shen Tang, was it Huo Xiuyuan, the commander of the special operations regiment, who saved you?"

"Yes, it's him," Shen Tang affirmed.

"He'll be coming to the village this afternoon with the head of the cultural troupe to select new members. Otherwise, wait..."

Before Zhao Meilan could finish speaking, a deep and pleasant male voice was heard.

"I am Huo Xiuyuan."