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

He Daqing sighed heavily, "Qin Huairu is now someone else's wife, there's no point in you pestering her anymore."

Let go; ultimately, you two weren't meant to be.

As he spoke, he tried to pry He Yuzhu's hand off.

He Yuzhu's expression was complicated. He knew perfectly well that the situation was already decided, but the resentment in his heart burned unbearably.

He originally intended to use this to pressure Qin Huairu, hoping she would divorce again, and at the same time let her know that he truly cared for her.

Seeing Qin Huairu's reaction at this moment, he finally realized that she had truly given up on him.

For a moment, He Yuzhu felt utterly hopeless.

Seeing his son like this, He Daqing couldn't bear it and softened his tone to persuade him: "Calm down, or you'll end up in the police station again."

"Does the He family still care about its reputation? What's done is done, what can you do? Even if Qin Huairu really does marry you, what good will it do? She's been married three times already, what foolish thing are you doing! Once this is over, your father will find you a young girl elsewhere, wouldn't that be better than this?"

He Daqing completely disregarded Qin Huairu's feelings in his words, blatantly laying his plans bare before her.

His voice was full of disdain and contempt for Qin Huairu.

Although Qin Huairu had already made up her mind to disregard her pride, hearing these words still ignited a surge of anger within her, making her both annoyed and resentful.

She glared at He Daqing, almost cursing him out loud in her mind—what did this father and son take her for?

He Yushui became anxious upon hearing this.

In her muddled mind, she had long since decided that Qin Huairu should be her sister-in-law.

Now that her father wants to arrange another marriage for Sha Zhu, won't her hopes be dashed?

"Dad, how could you...?"

She tried to stop them without hesitation.

Before he could finish speaking, He Daqing glared at him fiercely.

He was furious: This girl is so clueless, she still can't see the situation even at this point.

He Yushui was startled by that look, shrank back, and swallowed the rest of her words.

But Jia Zhangshi disagreed.

She scrambled to her feet and rushed to He Daqing, her eyes filled with grievance and resentment. "Father-in-law, what you're saying is so hurtful! I accepted that you hit me before, you are my elder."

But now you want to find another wife for Sha Zhu—what am I then? I am Sha Zhu's lawfully wedded wife, how can there be any reason for him to find another one!

She put her hands on her hips, her chest heaving with anger.

He Daqing's face twitched upon hearing this, and he almost wanted to raise his fist to punch someone.

"Get out of my way! Jia Zhangshi, have you no shame? Who's your elder? We're about the same age, don't pretend to be a junior to me!"

The more he looked at Jia Zhangshi, the more disgusted he became. Pointing his finger at her, he cursed, "And who is your father-in-law? I will never acknowledge you as my daughter-in-law! Even if the He family line ends, I will not let Shazhu be with you—divorce, this marriage must end!"

Upon hearing this, Madam Jia was immediately overcome with grief, as if she had lost her parents.

She burst into tears and sobs in front of He Daqing, her face covered in snot and tears: "I won't leave! I'd rather die than leave! I was born to belong to Shazhu, and I'll die to belong to Shazhu. No one can separate us in this lifetime!"

Hao Jianguo, standing to the side, was speechless. He thought to himself: This Jia Zhangshi is quite the actress. I never realized that this old hag had such a deep affection for him.

But the sight was truly chilling, utterly absurd.

Xu Damao and his gang, who were always up to no good, burst into laughter upon seeing this.

"Oh, I never imagined that Madam Jia was such a romantic. I really misjudged her before."

Xu Damao grinned crookedly, "Silly Zhu, she's so devoted to you, why don't you just give in!"

Yan Jiecheng immediately chimed in, "Exactly! Didn't you insist on marrying her back then? What, now that you've got her, you want to dump her? Sha Zhu, that's not very ethical."

Liu Guangfu also said sarcastically, "If you ask me, you two should just make do."

Your dad said he'd find you a new one, but he'll have to actually find one. Anyone can make empty promises.

Each sarcastic remark pierced Sha Zhu's heart like a knife.

He glared fiercely at those people, but under He Daqing's oppressive gaze, he ultimately remained silent, only reluctantly loosening his clenched fists.

Fearing that he would go to Qin Huairu again, He Daqing simply dragged him into the house and closed the door behind him—he was determined to teach this foolish son a lesson today.

After Sha Zhu left, Jia Zhangshi wandered around his door like a ghost, banging on the door and begging to be let in.

The sobbing and choking sounds drifted through the courtyard, making one's heart ache.

"What on earth has possessed this silly Zhu?"

Yi Zhonghai shook his head and muttered.

In the past, he would have helped the deaf old lady to her door to find out what was going on.

But right now, neither of them can bring themselves to care about Sha Zhu's affairs.

The deaf old woman sighed as well: "If this keeps up, when will we ever have a peaceful day? I just hope he comes to his senses soon."

After this commotion, Old Man Jin's desire to show off vanished, and he dragged Qin Huairu towards his home.

As he turned around, he glared fiercely at Sha Zhu's door, his eyes filled with a mixture of annoyance and wariness.

Old Jin secretly plotted to himself, "I'll have to be careful around this kid from now on, and I'll also have to keep a close eye on my wife."

Inside Hao Jianguo's house, Yu Li was pouring out her troubles to her husband.

The absurd things that have happened in the hospital these days are more than she has experienced in the first half of her life.

"Jianguo, this courtyard is too unsettling."

She stroked her lower abdomen with concern, "I'm thinking of going back to my parents' house for a while, because I'm afraid of disturbing the baby—he's been moving around so much lately."

In fact, even if Yu Li hadn't mentioned it, Hao Jianguo had the same idea.

He was terrified that if he were not around one day, the group of people in the courtyard would cause trouble and hurt his wife and children.

How can the lives of those scoundrels compare to those of one's own flesh and blood?

"I'll send you back tomorrow."

He agreed softly, then gently brushed Yu Li's nose, "I'll visit you every day, so it doesn't count as us being apart."

Hao Jianguo had already made a plan: once he became the workshop director and was recognized as an advanced worker, he would try to find a new house, or even just buy one.

Although housing is mostly allocated these days, there are still ways to buy one yourself.

Yu Li was delighted to hear this and leaned forward to give him a light kiss on the cheek.

She always felt that marrying Hao Jianguo was the greatest blessing of her life.

For the rest of the day, the courtyard was surprisingly peaceful.

Apart from Jia Zhangshi still sobbing outside Shazhu's door, there was nothing else.

However, this peace did not last long.

Just before midnight, a piercing scream suddenly shattered the silence.

The residents who had just gone to bed were all awakened.

"What happened? What's wrong?"

"Can't a person get a break?! I have to rush to finish work tomorrow morning!"

"Who's yelling? It's so eerie..."

The residents in the courtyard were disturbed by the continuous noise. They complained in hushed tones, put on their coats, and rushed towards the source of the noise.

The noise clearly came from the backyard.

As soon as they stepped into the backyard, they saw Qin Huairu staggering out of the house.

Her clothes were disheveled, and her face was ashen. She had only run a few steps out of the door when she tripped and fell to the ground in panic.

"What's going on now?"

"Qin Huairu, I know you're getting married to Old Man Jin today, but you can't treat people like this."

"Exactly, shouting like that in the middle of the night, aren't you ashamed?"

Upon seeing her like this, several women immediately began whispering among themselves, clearly having misunderstood.

Qin Huairu had no time to argue. She tremblingly raised her arm and pointed into the house, her voice filled with horror: "N-nothing terrible has happened... Someone's dead! Help!"

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This exclamation was like a bucket of ice water being poured over someone's head, making everyone present feel a chill in their hearts.

Realizing something was wrong, everyone rushed into the house.

But what they saw made them all gasp – Old Man Jin lay naked on the wedding bed, his face frozen, his expression revealing a strange pleasure.

"Old man Jin? Wake up!"

Someone tried calling out, but the person on the bed didn't respond.

An ominous premonition loomed over the place like a dark cloud.

One of the braver men stepped forward and reached out to check his breath, then abruptly withdrew his hand, his voice trembling: "He's...he's not breathing...he's dead!"

The unexpected turn of events—their wedding night becoming their death day—shrouded the entire courtyard in a chilling atmosphere.

Since someone has died, Liu Haizhong naturally cannot ignore it.

Besides, he still had some old scores to settle with Old Man Jin.

He forced his heart to stop pounding and pushed his way forward. He caught a glimpse of Old Man Jin's wide-open eyes, and a chill ran down his spine.

"Qin Huairu, come here!"

Liu Haizhong said sternly, "There are only the two of you in the room. Explain yourself clearly, what exactly happened?"

Qin Huairu immediately became the focus of everyone's attention.

What's even more suspicious is that when Liu Haizhong shouted at her, her eyes darted away and her lips trembled, unable to utter a complete sentence, clearly hiding something.

Xu Damao suddenly jumped out, looking as if he had just realized something: "Well, Qin Huairu, you really have the heart to do that! Did you kill Old Man Jin?"

These words were like a fuse, and the crowd erupted in uproar. When they looked at Qin Huairu again, their eyes were filled with suspicion and condemnation, as if they had already convicted her.

"Even if you really don't want to be with Old Man Jin, you can just get a divorce. Why take someone's life?"

"You want to stay in the yard, but you find the old man an eyesore. You've got a really cunning plan."

"No wonder you agreed so readily; you'd been planning this all along!"

A torrent of accusations came crashing down on Qin Huairu, who trembled with anger and felt her vision blur.

"You...you're talking nonsense!"

Her voice cracked with anxiety, "How could I dare! It wasn't me...it really wasn't me!"

Qin Huairu was secretly pleased by Old Man Jin's sudden death, but she didn't have the guts to say that she had murdered him.

Seeing everyone starting to speculate and chatter, she quickly spoke up to stop them, fearing that the unfounded accusations would be proven true—if it really went to the authorities, they could end up in jail.

She no longer cared about her reputation, but she really didn't want to bear this unexpected disaster.

"I...I've always been grateful to Elder Jin. If it weren't for him, how could I have stayed in this courtyard? Now you're saying I harmed him? That's utterly baseless!"

Qin Huairu hurriedly tried to explain, but before she could finish speaking, tears were already streaming down her face.

However, after that initial moment of panic, she had now calmed down.

The thought that with Old Man Jin's death, she would become a widow but be able to settle down in this courtyard house without any problem made her almost burst out laughing.

Liu Haizhong frowned and stared at her, saying in a deep voice, "Don't rush to cry."

Since you insist that this matter has nothing to do with you, then I ask you—what exactly happened to Mr. Jin? Liu Guangfu, go and report this to the authorities right now.”

He gave the orders aloud, but inwardly he couldn't help cursing: This Qin Huairu is such a troublemaker, always causing him, "Uncle Yi," so much trouble.

There is no peace.

Reporting to the authorities was the last thing he wanted to do, but with someone dying before him, he had no choice.

Qin Huairu trembled slightly, raised her hand and pointed to a small medicine bottle on the bedside table. After hesitating for a moment, she whispered, "It's that bottle of medicine... He took the medicine and said he wanted to consummate our marriage."

But as soon as I unbuttoned his clothes, he started convulsing and then stopped breathing.

That's absolutely true.

Old Man Jin had been a bachelor his whole life, and it was only natural that he was overly excited to finally experience the pleasures of a woman in his old age.

However, she got so excited that she lost her life, which even Qin Huairu herself found absurd.

The police arrived shortly afterward.

In fact, these police officers had long harbored resentment towards this compound. When Liu Guangfu came to report the case, they made excuses and refused to come—everyone felt that the compound was unlucky.

It wasn't until they heard that someone had died that they realized the seriousness of the situation and mobilized everyone.

After briefly inquiring about the situation, taking away the evidence and samples, the officers escorted Qin Huairu back.

The coroner has not yet performed the autopsy, and Jin Lao's condition is still unclear. As a suspect, she naturally has to go to the yamen (government office).

Watching Qin Huairu's retreating figure, Xu Damao and the others beside him exchanged glances and shook their heads.

"I heard Mr. Jin mention some secret recipe before, so this is what it is..."

"If what Qin Huairu said is true, then this old man is indeed pitiful."

"Who says otherwise? He'd never been with a woman in his life, and he'd been hoping to have some fun before he died, but he didn't even get close to one before he lost his life."

Mentioning this, everyone in the courtyard shook their heads and sighed, feeling rather helpless and amused.

"If you ask me, this incident shows that Qin Huairu is cursed and brings misfortune to men."

As soon as he said this, everyone around him echoed his sentiments.

The thought that this woman had previously brought ruin to the Jia family and now had killed Old Master Jin made everyone feel uneasy, as if she were a jinx reincarnated.

"I used to think the 'husband-killing' theory was absurd, but now that the facts are undeniable, I have no choice but to believe it."

As Xu Damao spoke, a chill ran down his spine.