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

The effects of the spell should have worn off by now, and logically, neither of them should be affected by it anymore.

But the scene before her eyes... the lingering sorrow in Jia Zhangshi's eyes was clearly not fake.

An unbelievable thought popped into Hao Jianguo's mind: Could it be that after all this, Jia Zhangshi has really fallen deeply in love with He Yuzhu and can't extricate herself? Given her usually domineering and shrewish nature, is that possible?

However, watching Jia Zhangshi repeatedly refer to "pillar"...

Despite the heartfelt appeal, Hao Jianguo could only shake his head inwardly, marveling at the unpredictable power of the word "emotion."

"This is probably... a side effect of that talisman?"

As he thought this to himself, he couldn't help but shudder at the sight of the "matchmaking charm."

They were even more wary of its power.

If others felt this way, He Yuzhu, who was at the center of the vortex, felt extremely uncomfortable, as if he had thorns in his back.

As soon as Jia Zhangshi finished speaking, Sha Zhu trembled violently.

The sight of the bloated, sagging old woman trying to project a coquettish demeanor made his stomach churn, and he almost vomited on the spot.

Really...

Incredible!

Sha Zhu suppressed the nausea rising in his throat and shouted sternly, "Get lost, Jia Zhangshi! I know perfectly well what you've done, and I'll settle accounts with you later—"

But Jia Zhangshi was like an unremovable plaster, clinging to her tightly.

Before she could finish speaking, she lunged forward, grabbed Sha Zhu's arm, and pulled him desperately toward her home.

"Silly Zhu, have you lost your mind? Did you go crazy from being locked up in there? I'm your Xiao Zhang! Didn't you say you only had me in your heart? How come you've suddenly come to Qin Huairu's place?"

"She wants to marry Old Man Jin, let her marry him! It's her business if she demeans herself, let's just live our own lives, okay?"

Despite her pitiful cries, Jia Zhangshi held on tightly, causing Sha Zhu to stumble.

These words were both venomous and cruel, and Qin Huairu and Old Man Jin, who were standing nearby, turned ashen-faced upon hearing them.

Old Man Jin was especially furious—he had finally managed to find a wife, only to have this old woman humiliate him in front of him. Where was he supposed to put his face?

"Jia Zhangshi, why can't you speak human language? I..."

Old Man Jin rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to reason with her, but the old hag was completely unreasonable.

Before he could even touch her, Jia Zhangshi kicked him hard in the stomach.

Old Jin cried out in pain and fell to the ground, then curled up to get up.

I must say, this old woman is really strong; Old Man Jin didn't get the slightest advantage over her.

Qin Huairu watched coldly, only slightly frowning, without offering to help.

A wicked thought even crept into her mind: If Old Man Jin were to be killed like this, that would be fine... She would become a widow, Jia Zhangshi would pay with her life, and the Jia family would have to pay compensation.

"You old geezer, why didn't you just die sooner?"

She cursed inwardly.

If Old Man Jin could hear these thoughts, he would probably faint from anger on the spot.

"Let go!"

While Jia Zhangshi was distracted by dealing with Old Man Jin, Sha Zhu forcefully pulled back his arm and shoved her.

Jia Zhangshi cried out in surprise and fell down next to Old Man Jin.

Sha Zhu stared at her tear-streaked face, a wave of disgust washing over him.

"Get lost! Stop pretending with me. Just looking at you makes me sick! If you dare to bother me again, I'll beat you to a pulp!"

"You old hag, if you hadn't forced me to drink soup, would I have even looked at you? Just thinking about it makes me sick!"

Sha Zhu grew increasingly angry as he cursed, his fury nearly lifting the top of his head as he recalled his absurd behavior over the past few days.

If it weren't for a remnant of his reason holding him back, he probably would have really picked up a knife and hacked this old bastard to pieces.

Jia Zhangshi's plump body trembled, her face filled with sorrow, looking like a woman who had suffered a great injustice.

But "Jia Zhangshi"

With "resentful women"

The combination of these two scenes sent chills down the spines of the onlookers, giving them goosebumps.

"Silly Zhu...you have no conscience...I treated you so well, and this is how you treat me..."

Madam Jia collapsed to the ground, pounding her fists on the floor and wailing hoarsely, "How could you say such things to me? Have you forgotten all those gentle words you spoke to me before?"

This crying and fussing not only failed to evoke any pity from Shazhu, but instead added fuel to the fire, igniting his anger.

He stepped forward, kicked Jia Zhangshi, and shouted sternly, "Shut up! Stop spouting nonsense!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already turned around and approached Qin Huairu, grabbing her wrist in one hand.

Qin Huairu tried to break free, but she was no match for Sha Zhu. The harder she tried, the clearer the pain in her wrist became.

After several fruitless struggles, she finally gave up resisting.

Seeing that Sha Zhu was still clinging tightly to Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi's eyes instantly filled with bloodshot veins, making her look like a maddened old beast. She shrieked, "Sha Zhu! Let go—I am your lawfully wedded wife! How can you touch another woman?"

She pointed at Qin Huairu again, her voice shrill: "You shameless bastard, let go of him right now! He's my man, how dare you touch him?"

Qin Huairu was annoyed by what she heard and rolled her eyes several times.

She really wanted to grab Jia Zhangshi and get to the bottom of this—was this stupid woman blind? It was clearly Sha Zhu who was forcibly dragging her along; what did it have to do with her?

"Jia Zhangshi, what are you shouting about?"

Qin Huairu's anger flared, and she shouted, "Are you blind? Do you think I can break free?"

She was already full of grievances.

Ever since being swayed by Sha Zhu, she had no choice but to marry that old geezer, and she had resigned herself to her fate.

To everyone's surprise, these two still won't let her go and insist on dragging her into this farce.

Qin Huairu knew she couldn't do anything to Sha Zhu, but she could still vent her anger by cursing Jia Zhangshi a few times.

Jia Zhangshi was so choked by these words that her face turned pale. She could only look sadly at Sha Zhu, hoping that he would let go of Qin Huairu.

But Sha Zhu didn't even glance at her, his hand still tightly gripping Qin Huairu's.

"You idiot Zhu, you bastard! Let go of my wife!"

Old Man Jin finally lost his temper and roared as he rushed forward, about to punch Sha Zhu.

But he couldn't even handle Jia Zhangshi, so how could he be a match for Sha Zhu? Sha Zhu imitated Jia Zhangshi's earlier actions and kicked her hard.

"Ouch!"

Old Man Jin cried out in pain and staggered to the ground.

This old body couldn't withstand the continuous torment; he felt as if his entire skeleton was about to fall apart.

In desperation, he disregarded his pride and simply imitated Jia Zhangshi, sitting on the ground and wailing loudly.

"Your Honor, open your eyes! Is there no law left in this world?!"

"I just registered my marriage with Qin Huairu, and this bastard came to steal my wife and even hit me! God, who will stand up for me and get justice?!"

He cried and pounded the ground, his behavior mirroring that of Jia Zhangshi.

Everyone was already used to Jia Zhangshi's tantrums, but now with Old Man Jin crying and wailing like this, the scene was truly unbearable to watch.

The courtyard was filled with the sounds of weeping; an uninformed person might have thought the family was holding a funeral.

The neighbors who had gathered around whispered and pointed, and the courtyard became a complete mess.

However, no one wanted to get involved in this troublesome matter—they were afraid that getting involved would only backfire and drag them into the mess.

They had originally intended to watch the spectacle, but the current scene was hardly exciting; the two were crying incessantly, pulling and tugging at each other, disturbing the peace of the neighbors.

Liu Haizhong finally couldn't hold back any longer and walked out with his hands behind his back.

He didn't want to get involved in such unpleasant things, but Old Man Jin's repeated cries of "Please, leaders, make a decision" finally struck a chord with him.

Although Yi Zhonghai had already fallen from power and Liu Haizhong had not officially appointed him, he had long considered himself the "number one" in the institute.

The.

In his eyes, he was the "leader" of this compound, and how could he sit idly by when residents complained?

Naturally, this "leadership"

The two words were merely wishful thinking on his part—who usually takes him seriously? Nowadays, in many people's minds, the so-called "Uncle Yi" is...

It has long been a disgraceful reputation.

Looking at the chaotic scene before him, Liu Haizhong was full of complaints.

"When did this place become so troublesome? Can't they just let me, the leader, have a few days of peace and quiet, and give me a way to live in peace?"

He complained inwardly, feeling more and more that these people were deliberately trying to oppose him and prevent him from being a comfortable "leader".

But ignoring it wouldn't work either—after all, it was he who arranged the marriage between Qin Huairu and Old Man Jin.

Liu Haizhong walked up to He Yuzhu and saw that he was still tightly gripping Qin Huairu's wrist, so his brows immediately furrowed.

"He Yuzhu, what do you mean by this? I advised you to divorce Jia Zhangshi before, but not only did you not listen, you even cursed Qin Huairu; now you're coming to snatch her away, what's wrong with you? Do you really think no one can handle you?"

"Let go right now! Qin Huairu is now Lao Jin's rightful wife. Trying to abduct her in broad daylight? What kind of world is this? If you keep this up, you'll end up in jail!"

With a stern face, Liu Haizhong reprimanded him in a harsh tone.

If it were someone timid, they would probably have been intimidated by this display.

But He Yuzhu just wouldn't fall for that.

He glared at Liu Haizhong without answering, but didn't loosen his grip at all.

"you……"

Liu Haizhong felt that the other party was openly challenging his authority, and his first thought was to tell Liu Guangfu to report the case and have the police arrest the person.

But as soon as the thought popped into his head, he suppressed it.

He knew in his heart that with the recent series of incidents in the compound, the neighborhood committee and the police station were already very dissatisfied with their compound.

He Yuzhu has just been released from detention. If he causes trouble again and calls the police, even if the police take him away, it won't affect his position as the "manager of the compound."

The evaluation is probably even worse—doesn't that just prove that Liu Haizhong is not as capable as Yi Zhonghai?

When Yi Zhonghai was in charge, there were some frictions in the institute, but they never escalated to the point of alarming the government every few days.

Liu Haizhong gritted his teeth.

This call should not be made unless absolutely necessary.

He decided to try reasoning with this stubborn mule again.

"He Yuzhu, think about it. You and Jia Zhangshi are a registered couple."

"You caused all that trouble before, and no one in the neighborhood really stopped you—if you're going to live your lives, then live them properly."

"You've just been released from detention, and you're already stealing someone else's wife. What kind of talk is that? Everyone, please tell me, is He Yuzhu's behavior right or wrong?"

When he said this, he specifically mentioned "detention center".

The reason for emphasizing those three words was simply to make the other party think twice.

Liu Haizhong understood that a direct confrontation might not be effective in dealing with this stubborn mule; it would be better to use the opinions of the crowd to put him under pressure.

As soon as he finished speaking, a chorus of agreement arose from the surrounding crowd, who were clearly furious at He Yuzhu's actions.

"He Yuzhu, haven't you caused enough trouble yet? Isn't this scene ugly enough?"

"What, you still yearn for the old days of having multiple wives and concubines? That kind of thinking is unacceptable."

"I never realized you were so quick-witted before, actually wanting to bring both a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law into the family. That's really wishful thinking."

The cacophony of voices was laced with sharp sarcasm, each word piercing the heart.

But He Yuzhu had already made up his mind, and no matter what others said, he would never give up.

Perhaps it was because she had experienced too much lately, but Qin Huairu appeared somewhat calm and was able to calmly meet the various gazes directed at her.

In her mind, her reputation had already hit rock bottom, and it couldn't get any worse.

She even deliberately put on a helpless expression—naturally, to show Old Man Jin.

She wanted to make that old man feel stifled, and ideally, to make him die of anger.

In this way, she wouldn't have to have a real marriage with Old Man Jin, and even as a widow, she could still register her household in this courtyard. In the future, she could find opportunities to deal with He Yuzhu, and she could also vent her anger.

Just as the scene was in complete chaos, an angry shout came from outside.

Everyone turned around and saw that He Daqing and He Yushui had returned.

In the past, people might have held out some hope when they saw him appear, hoping he could stop his son.

But He Yuzhu had already laid a hand on his father over Jia Zhangshi's matter, and the current situation was exactly the same as before. Who would dare to have any hope for him? Instead, they were all secretly worried that He Daqing would get another beating.

"Why is He Daqing here again?"

"Should we call the police?"

"What a tragedy... Last time he was willing to beat his own father for Jia Zhangshi, this time for Qin Huairu, he'll probably be even less merciful."

The hushed whispers of discussion filled the air.

He Daqing ignored the others and walked straight to He Yuzhu—he only dared to approach because he knew his son was clear-headed; otherwise, he would have been terrified.

"Pillar, stop fooling around."