Courtyard House: The Frog Boy Brings Back a Genetic Potion at the Start

At this moment, Qin Huairu sounded exactly like a wronged woman who had been abandoned, and her tone made many people's scalps tingle.

Many people secretly thought: if they were in Sha Zhu's position, they probably would have succumbed to this tender offensive long ago and given in obediently.

"Silly Zhu, look at me. I've given so much for you, even divorced you... Didn't you always say you'd marry me? How come you've changed your mind now? Tell me what's going on. This isn't real, is it?"

Qin Huairu wept bitterly, her face streaked with tears, her expression sorrowful, her voice filled with grief; it was a sight to behold that would break anyone's heart and bring tears to their eyes.

She has already used every trick in the book.

In the past, Sha Zhu would have already bowed his head and given in by now.

However, imagination and reality are ultimately separated by a chasm.

When she looked up and met the mocking sneer on Sha Zhu's face, her heart sank.

She knew that all her calculations had failed.

Sha Zhu chuckled, his eyes looking as if he were watching an absurd play.

"Get lost! Stop your wailing and crying. I'm having a lucky day right now, I just got married, it's a huge joyous occasion, what are you wailing about?"

Sha Zhu started cursing right away and wasn't buying it at all.

He raised his hand and pointed it directly at Qin Huairu's nose, launching into a tirade of abuse:

"And stop putting on that pitiful act! I was stupid before, I fell for your tricks, but now I finally see through you—you're just a bloodsucker, you've been sucking my blood for so many years and you're still not done? You want to keep sucking? Are you even human?!"

"Let me tell you, Qin Huairu, you're a jinx! Anyone who gets involved with you is doomed! Just count on your fingers: when you were engaged to Hao Jianguo, someone in the Hao family died; later, when you married into the Jia family, Old Jia died not long after, and Jia Dongxu was crippled by you and became a useless person—it's all your fault! You're a scourge!"

Before he finished speaking, several middle-aged women in the courtyard gasped in surprise.

Upon closer examination, they realized that the misfortunes befell the Hao and Jia families seemed to be related to Qin Huairu.

For a moment, when everyone looked at Qin Huairu again, their eyes were filled with fear, and they all stepped back, afraid of getting tainted by her "bad luck" and bringing trouble upon themselves.

Qin Huairu's face turned deathly pale. She never expected that Sha Zhu would utter such hurtful words to humiliate her at this moment.

"You...you dare to..."

Her lips trembled uncontrollably, and her gaze toward Sha Zhu was filled with uncontrollable rage, as if she were about to pounce on him and tear him to pieces at any moment.

"Why wouldn't I dare? Every word I said was the truth. Qin Huairu, don't you know your own place?"

"I'll ask you again, did I utter a single word of advice to you about getting a divorce? That was all He Yushui's idea, and now she wants to pin it on me? What a ridiculous joke!"

Sha Zhu steeled himself and pointed at Qin Huairu, launching into a merciless tirade, revealing all the ways she had tried to extract benefits from him and squeeze every last drop of blood and sweat from him over the years.

Hearing these inside stories, many people around were stunned, no one expected that Qin Huairu had such deep thoughts behind the scenes.

Qin Huairu's face turned pale and then red. She hadn't expected that Sha Zhu had seen through all her past schemes.

Even Hao Jianguo, the "behind-the-scenes manipulator," felt a sense of surprise.

"This 'matchmaking charm' is so effective? Even Sha Zhu has completely seen through Qin Huairu's true colors."

Hao Jianguo pondered to himself, then thought that perhaps the root of the problem lay with Sha Zhu himself—maybe he had already noticed Qin Huairu's exploitation, but in the past he was infatuated with her appearance and willingly let her take what she wanted, hoping that one day he could have his way.

Now that he has fallen in love...

As for Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu could no longer captivate him.

"How dare you shed tears in front of me? Don't you even realize what you've done to me all these years? You've drained me dry, and we can't save a single penny from our family."

Why did I lose every penny of my monthly salary of over thirty yuan? Don't you ever think about why?

"Get lost already. Do you really think I'd be interested in someone like you? Look at yourself now, and you still want to marry me? You're not worthy!"

Sha Zhu showed no mercy at this moment; every word he uttered was like a knife.

After he finished cursing, he suddenly turned his head to look into the house. When his gaze fell on Jia Zhangshi's old face, his expression softened and even became infatuated.

"Qin Huairu, let me tell you, you're not even as good as a single hair on my Xiao Zhang's head."

"Didn't you keep saying you couldn't go on living? Let me show you a way out—why don't you just die? If you die, all your troubles will be over."

These vicious words poured out of Sha Zhu's mouth all at once, making Qin Huairu's vision go black and almost faint.

But Qin Huairu is just that absurd.

In the past, she ignored Sha Zhu and only regarded him as a second choice for support; now that Sha Zhu doesn't want her anymore, she clings to his arm tightly and refuses to let go.

"Silly Zhu, I know I was wrong. It was all my fault before... Let's start over, okay? Believe me, I promise I'll be a virtuous and dutiful wife from now on. Please change your mind..."

She actually started pleading in such a humble voice.

At this moment, she was truly panicked—if Sha Zhu really didn't want her, how would she survive in the future? Not to mention that there was no place for her in this courtyard house, she probably wouldn't be able to find a corner in the entire capital city.

Go back to the countryside? Qin Huairu felt a deep sense of despair.

In her opinion, she probably can't even go back to the countryside now.

After Qin Jingru returned, she would definitely exaggerate her faults in the village.

By now, she is probably considered a viper and a scorpion by everyone in the village.

Upon hearing Qin Huairu's words, Jia Dongxu's face turned ashen.

He glared at her fiercely, his teeth grinding together, his expression as if he wanted to devour her alive.

When she said those words, did she ever consider what would happen to his reputation?

"Shameless!"

Jia Dongxu squeezed out the curse through clenched teeth, his whole body trembling slightly with anger.

Sha Zhu's brow furrowed into a knot.

Qin Huairu actually rushed up and hugged him tightly in front of Jia Zhangshi.

He struggled twice but couldn't break free, and his heart sank—what if his little Zhang saw this and misunderstood?

"Let go! If you don't, don't blame me for taking action."

He lowered his voice and said something, but Qin Huairu seemed not to hear him and instead buried her face even deeper.

Without further hesitation, Sha Zhu slumped his waist and delivered a clean throw, slamming the man to the ground.

Qin Huairu curled up in pain, her shrill scream piercing the air in the courtyard.

When Jia Zhangshi first saw the two entangled together, a surge of anger rose in her heart—Sha Zhu was hers, how dare anyone else touch him? But then she saw Sha Zhu throw him away without any mercy, and that anger instantly turned into a sweet feeling.

Sure enough, Sha Zhu only had eyes for her.

She strode forward, looked down at Qin Huairu lying on the ground, and said in a loud and clear voice, "I'm telling you, ex-daughter-in-law, give up on that idea as soon as possible! Do you think Sha Zhu would like you? Don't let yourself bring bad luck to someone else."

Besides, we're a proper married couple now. Who are you trying to embarrass yourself in front of?

His words, brimming with smugness, pierced Qin Huairu's ears like needles.

She trembled all over, her teeth clenched so tightly they cracked, and if her eyes could turn into fire, they would have burned Jia Zhangshi to ashes long ago.

Madam Jia Zhang didn't care at all, and instead snorted a cold laugh: "I've given all the advice I could, this is the last time."

If you continue to act recklessly, don't blame us for not giving you face.

Sha Zhu chimed in emphatically, "That's right! If you come near me again, I'll beat you up every time!"

After saying that, she suddenly turned her head and glared at He Yushui, her tone harsh as she snapped, "You too, remember that!"

This scene left the onlookers in the neighborhood completely dumbfounded.

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The people in the courtyard hadn't recovered from the shock they'd just witnessed, and they certainly didn't expect that Sha Zhu would actually go to such extremes.

Is this really the same silly Zhu who always held back in everything?

What was most surprising was that Sha Zhu even gave Hao Jianguo an almost ingratiating smile.

Hao Jianguo almost couldn't help but laugh, but he only nodded slightly on the surface.

Since Sha Zhu has taken the initiative to show goodwill, there is no need for him to refuse.

Moreover, the current situation is, to some extent, his doing.

—Looking at Sha Zhu now, it's like he's struck gold.

Not long after Sha Zhu turned and went back into the house, a commotion of cursing and swearing came from inside the Jia family's house.

How could Jia Dongxu swallow this insult? His wife had left him, his mother had remarried, and in the blink of an eye, even his father had changed.

Could he tolerate such immense humiliation?

But the cursing didn't last long before it turned into a howl of pain.

Sha Zhu made his move.

"You little brat, whether you like it or not, it's a fact! I'm your father now! If I hear you swearing again, I'll beat your mouth to a pulp!"

The roar was deafening, and could be heard clearly throughout half the courtyard.

Everyone looked at each other, all thinking the same thing: What kind of evil has bewitched Sha Zhu? We'd better be careful in the future, lest our own sons follow suit and bring back an old lady in a daze.

Believe it or not, there are more than just one or two people in the courtyard who are thinking about this right now.

He Yuzhu's current strange behavior is indeed quite peculiar, and no family wants to see their child follow the same path.

"If you ask me, this must be because the He family's ancestors were not at peace and the feng shui of their burial grounds was problematic, which is why these things happened."

The more incomprehensible something is, the more likely people are to think of it in a mysterious or enigmatic way.

Naturally, after what happened with Wang the Taoist priest, although everyone had their doubts, they dared not openly engage in superstition anymore.

Xu Damao scratched the back of his head, put on a serious expression, and said, "In my opinion, He Yuzhu has really made a mistake."

As the old saying goes, a name might be wrong, but a nickname will never be wrong—Silly Pillar, Silly Pillar, isn't that just a silly, clueless pillar?

After saying that, he chuckled to himself.

Yan Jiecheng also stepped forward and lowered his voice, saying, "Do you guys remember? The Taoist priest Wang we invited last time said that there was a problem with the feng shui of Hao Jianguo's house, right? Maybe that Taoist priest miscalculated, and the problem with the feng shui isn't the Hao family's at all, but Sha Zhu's side."

Upon hearing this, many people around nodded in agreement, feeling that this explanation could indeed account for the strange situation.

"Ultimately, it's a matter of one party being willing to give and the other being willing to receive, so why should outsiders interfere? If Sha Zhu is happy with it, then let him be."

For quite some time to come, this matter will likely be the topic of conversation among the residents after meals.

There are no secrets that stay hidden forever.

Although the people in the courtyard considered it an absurd thing for He Yuzhu and Jia Zhangshi to be together, and tried their best to keep it a secret in private, the two people involved did not think so.

In their eyes, this marriage was a match made in heaven, a beautiful story of a young man and a mature woman.

Therefore, when the two go out together, they not only do not hide it, but are also very open about it, and sometimes even seem quite intimate.

The neighbors happened to bump into this "significant age difference".

The two of them stared wide-eyed.

I just can't understand how two people like this could end up together.

Especially those who knew Jia Zhangshi in the neighborhood, who didn't know her temperament and manners? More and more people became curious, and after inquiring around, the matter could no longer be kept secret.

The story of He Yuzhu and Jia Zhangshi quickly spread throughout the entire street, and even neighboring neighborhoods gradually heard about it, making it a hot topic of discussion.

Yu Li has a maternal family, and she was surprised to find that they had also heard about the news, and the neighbors were all talking about it.

It truly proves the old saying: good news doesn't travel far, but gossip travels a thousand miles.

Yu Li's parents grabbed their daughter and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Lili, tell me, are those rumors outside true? I heard that Jia Zhangshi... sigh, I really don't know what to say."

Did He Yuzhu really fall for her? Did they even get married?

Hearing the commotion, the other people in the courtyard also came closer, all wanting to hear what this person who had returned from that compound had to say.

Yu Li didn't want to gossip behind people's backs, and she especially didn't want to mention He Yuzhu and Jia Zhangshi's affair—she always felt that getting involved in this matter was a bit unlucky, and it would be best not to mention it.

But unable to resist his parents' repeated questioning, he could only give a brief account of the general situation in the courtyard.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone around him was stunned, looking at each other in bewilderment, unable to understand why He Yuzhu was acting this way.

"But... what is He Yuzhu after? Could he really have taken a fancy to Jia Zhangshi? I've heard she has a bad temper and isn't pretty... What exactly does he want from the Jia family? Is the Jia family very wealthy?"