"Damn you, if it wasn’t for your ability to get me back into the Liu Residence, I would kill you, you ungrateful bastard!" She chastised as she looked down the road where Zhou Liang had disappeared.
As if suffering at the hands of Liu Baixiao wasn’t enough, she was bullied by Zhou Liang here. One day, she would ensure they all died by her hands. None would be spared!
As she walked home, she encountered a few women who shot her scornful glances, amused by her disheveled looks.
"What are you looking at? I just had a fall. What’s so interesting!" she barked at the women.
Zhou Liang, that good-for-nothing, dared to hit his own mother-in-law. He was truly despicable. Her daughter marrying him would probably result in a life full of hardships.
But this was all inconsequential. As long as she could return to the Liu Family, she wouldn’t mind sacrificing her daughter. It wasn’t a big deal.
The women looked at her with mockery as they listened to her words.
"Just had a fall, who would believe that? She probably got beaten by a good man from her home. I’ve heard her house resonate with screams so many times. It gives one goosebumps."
One woman told the others.
"Indeed, this Liu Baixiao is despicable." Another woman agreed.
"But then again, Liu Rumei isn’t a saint herself. They both are deceitful and venomous, a match made in heaven!"
"Hey, do you think the Liu Family vandalized the sweet potato field at the village idiot’s home?"
Just as Liu Rumei was about to turn around to retort, she heard one woman bring up the vandalized sweet potato field, causing her to shudder. She wasted no time and hurriedly ran away.
The door of the house shut heavily. Liu Rumei, panting heavily, pressed a hand to her chest. Her complexion was deathly pale.
"Mother, what happened?"
Yushui sat up on the bed and asked, seeing her.
"Did Zhou Liang hit you?"
Seeing Liu Rumei’s distraught state, she guessed that Zhou Liang might have rashly hit Hher out of embarrassment. It was something he might do.
"You, what do you care about Zhou Liang now?"
Liu Rumei was nearly scared to death. Swallowing nervously, she sat down on the bed.
Zhou Liang might have vented his anger on her, maybe by pushing her even. She would survive, but if their theft of the sweet potatoes was exposed, they would be doomed.
"Then, what happened?" Yushui asked.
If it wasn’t Zhou Liang, then what could it be? Why didn’t she know about it?
"I tell you, the theft of others’ sweet potatoes by us, it has been discovered." Liu Rumei said, her hands clenched tight, her face trembling in fear.
Yushui also jumped at her words.
"Mother, you must be talking nonsense, how could people outside possibly know it was us who stole them!"
"How do they not know? Just now, while I was coming back from the bamboo grove, I heard people suspecting me. I clearly heard it." Liu Rumei said.
She walked all the way home, filled with fear, scared that someone might catch her and force her to confess about the theft of the sweet potatoes. If that happened, she would be thrown into jail!