Now he had actually been beaten by two women!
How could Yan Shengli possibly swallow that humiliation?
On top of that, Ning Lu had secretly mixed something into the liquor she gave him. Fueled by rage and impaired judgment, Yan Shengli charged out of the house, chased after Yan Bingqin, and grabbed her arm.
Unable to control himself, he cursed loudly:
“You shameless slut! Still trying to run? My parents raised you! You should’ve been sleeping with me long ago! How dare you—”
Ning Lu stepped forward and slapped him across the face.
That only made him even more furious.
Tall and powerfully built, Yan Shengli grabbed Ning Lu’s arm with terrifying force, preparing to hurl her aside.
In that moment, Ning Lu felt grateful she had set this plan in motion.
A man with Yan Shengli’s brute strength would always be a danger to them.
Yan Bingqin cried out desperately:
“Help! Somebody help!”
Villagers immediately began gathering around.
At the same time, the police officers whom Ning Lu had secretly paid someone to notify arrived.
Several strong men tried to pull Yan Shengli away.
He responded by punching one of them.
Soon multiple villagers were fighting him.
Yan Shengli was like a savage wolf. There was no way he would surrender quietly. He kept throwing punches and fighting back.
In the end, it was only when a police officer pointed a gun at his head that he finally stopped resisting.
Now everyone present could testify that they had seen and heard him attempting to assault a woman and violently attack villagers.
Barring a miracle, he was definitely going to prison.
The police took both Yan Bingqin and Ning Lu in to give statements.
Yan Shengli denied everything.
He even tried to turn the accusations around, claiming that Yan Bingqin had seduced him.
But there were witnesses.
And Ning Lu tearfully said:
“My father was a martyr. While he was alive, Yan Shengli feared him. He’s harassed my mother since she was young, but he never dared come to Ning Village. Now that my father is gone, he immediately came to bully us. How are my mother and I supposed to survive?”
When the police learned they were the family of a fallen hero, the case became even more serious.
The authorities treated the matter with exceptional severity.
After pressuring Yan Shengli during questioning, they also investigated his home village.
What they discovered was astonishing.
Yan Shengli had long been a local bully whom nobody dared challenge.
Now that everyone knew he was in custody and likely facing prison, many of the people he had previously victimized quietly came forward to report him and provide evidence.
The police carefully recorded every statement and began gathering proof.
When Yan Shengli finally realized the seriousness of the situation, he received devastating news:
He was facing a minimum sentence of five years in prison.
No matter how arrogant he was, he couldn’t fight the law.
Panicking, he exposed Ning Tiedan’s involvement as well.
Meanwhile, Ning Tiedan had only just managed to use old connections to get himself out of detention.
Before he could even settle back into life, he was arrested again.
Whenever villagers saw members of the eldest Ning family, many spat on the ground in disgust.
Ning Yue had killed her own mother through her actions, broken her leg, and now her father had gone to jail.
Her sister-in-law, furious at the family’s situation, returned to her parents’ home.
Left with no other choice, Ning Xingde took Ning Yue to the Lin household.
“Yueyue, you’re legally married to Lin Anguo now. It’s their responsibility to take care of you.
Our family has been completely destroyed. Your sister-in-law has gone back to her parents’ home. I honestly don’t have the ability to look after you anymore.”
Ning Xingde looked exhausted and disheveled.
Nothing remained of the confident son of a village chief he once had been.
Ning Yue cried until her eyes were swollen.
She still hadn’t gotten the money back from Ning Lu.
She still hadn’t had the grand wedding she dreamed of.
The people who should have suffered were that shameless woman Yan Bingqin and that fat pig Ning Lu.
Why had her mother died instead?
Why was she the one with the broken leg?
Ning Yue swore that one day she would take revenge.
She would make Ning Lu experience the pain of losing her own mother.
At the same time, she comforted herself with another thought.
No matter what happened, Lin Anguo was the most educated man in the village.
Everyone said he would definitely get into college next year.
She had taken Lin Anguo away from Ning Lu.
Ning Lu would spend the rest of her life jealous.
What Ning Yue didn’t realize was that life in the Lin household would not be easy.
Lin’s mother was bedridden again.
Lying in the main room, she cursed nonstop until foam gathered at the corners of her mouth.
“What rotten luck this family has!
How did we end up with such a useless daughter-in-law?
I thought she’d at least be better than that fat pig Ning Lu.
Turns out she’s just another idiot!
She wasted an entire sack of flour!
Got her own mother killed!
Got her father thrown into jail!
And broke her own leg!
Worthless little brat!
Ever since she entered this family, all she does is lie there like a corpse!
Her leg is broken, not her hands, right?
Meanwhile, I lie here starving and hurting, and she just watches!
You little witch, you’ll get what’s coming to you sooner or later!”
In Lin’s mother’s opinion, Ning Yue was far worse than Ning Lu had ever been.
At least Ning Lu had managed the household perfectly and taken excellent care of her.
But Ning Yue had fought to marry Lin Anguo and then brought nothing but trouble.
Feeling deeply wronged, Ning Yue hobbled out on her crutches.
“Mom, how can you say such things? The way you talk is disgusting!”
Lin’s mother sneered.
“Oh, so you can get out of bed after all?
I thought you’d died in there.
What’s this? You weren’t embarrassed when you crawled into my son’s bed, but now you’re offended by my words?”
Ning Yue’s face flushed red with anger.
“You’re already so old. How can you be this shameless?”
At that exact moment, Lin Anguo returned home.
And unfortunately for her, he heard every word.
He had already suffered humiliation all day.
Everywhere he went, villagers whispered and pointed.
The insults kept finding their way into his ears.
People mocked him for abandoning Ning Lu and marrying the village chief’s daughter, Ning Yue.
Then the village chief lost power.
Members of the Ning family either died or went to jail.
And Ning Yue ended up with a broken leg.
Some people even claimed she brought bad luck to everyone around her.
Others joked that perhaps Lin Anguo would fail the college entrance exam because of her.
The truth was that he had spent the day meeting former classmates to exchange exam preparation information.
They completed a mock examination together.
After seeing his results, his heart sank.
One classmate joked:
“Didn’t your fiancée Ning Lu watch over you constantly? She cooked for you every day, bought your study materials, and handled everything at home so you could focus on studying.
How come your grades have actually gotten worse?
We were all jealous of you!”
Lin Anguo hadn’t responded.
But on the walk home, he couldn’t stop thinking about it.
Without Ning Lu, his studies had indeed slipped.
One thing after another kept distracting him.
And because he needed money, he had even sold the books and study materials she’d worked so hard to obtain for him.
Based on his current scores and his current living situation, his chances of getting into college next year looked very slim.
Already burdened by those worries, he walked through the door just in time to hear Ning Yue insulting his mother.
Without hesitation, he slapped her.
“Who gave you permission to speak to my mother like that?!
Ning Yue, I never realized you were such a disrespectful and arrogant daughter-in-law!”
The force of the slap knocked Ning Yue to the floor.
Pain exploded through her broken leg.
She burst into tears.
“Your mother insulted me first!
Why didn’t you listen when she was cursing me?
Why don’t you ask why she was insulting me?
She said such horrible things—am I not allowed to defend myself?
Lin Anguo, you bastard!
To marry you, my mother died!
My father went to jail!
My whole family was destroyed!
And this is how you treat me?!”
A storm of grief and resentment surged through her.
She crawled forward and grabbed Lin Anguo’s legs, hitting and scratching at him.
Seeing this, Lin’s mother naturally rushed to protect her son.
She grabbed a small wooden stool from beside the bed and swung it at Ning Yue’s head.
Bang!
A sharp pain exploded in Ning Yue’s skull.
A warm stream immediately began running down her face…