Suo Zhu punched Jiang Erlang in the nose, and Jiang Erlang’s nose instantly began to bleed profusely.
He didn’t even bother to wipe the blood from his nose and quickly sidestepped to keep running.
He had just taken two steps when he saw Jin Suo coming in through the door, and then Yin Suo’s towering figure completely blocked the entrance.
Jiang Erlang retreated step by step.
Jin Suo and Yin Suo pressured him, moving closer step by step.
At this point, Suo Zhu no longer paid attention to him.
He pulled back the covers from the bed, dragged the naked Gu Mei down, and began beating her, pulling her hair and kicking her.
Suo Zhu, usually appearing simple-minded, now resembled a man-eating tiger, with crazed glints in his eyes.
Over by Jin Suo and Yin Suo, they had cornered Jiang Erlang, pounding him relentlessly, intent on beating him to death.
Zhao Lizheng watched from the doorway for a while, kicked open the main room door of Sister Yao’s house, circled around a few times, and found some ropes.
By the time he came back with the ropes, he saw that Jin Suo and Yin Suo were already out of energy, standing on the ground panting.
Jiang Erlang, naked, was curled up on the ground.
Suo Zhu threw Gu Mei to the side and sat crouching, holding his head and sobbing.
Gu Mei was curled up on the ground, already unconscious.
Zhao Lizheng tossed the ropes in with a stern face, "Tie them up together."
Jin Suo grabbed the naked Gu Mei and tied her together with the equally naked Jiang Erlang.
The rope tightened, waking Gu Mei up.
Upon realizing her situation, Gu Mei was terrified, struggling as she cried out loudly, "Suo Zhu, don’t tie me up, I beg you, please don’t tie me up."
Suo Zhu glared at her, eyes bloodshot, "You whore, you whore!"
"Was I not good enough to you? We’ve been married for such a short time, and yet you’ve already cheated on me!"
Gu Mei began to sob, "I was wrong, Suo Zhu, I’ll never dare again."
"It was him, he forced me."
"Suo Zhu, please let me go; I’ll never dare again."
Hearing Gu Mei’s words, Jiang Erlang merely snorted coldly in his heart; the two of them were truly like grasshoppers tied to the same rope, and Gu Mei wanted to extricate herself. Was that possible?
Gu Mei’s words were both true and false.
In her past life, her first time with Jiang Erlang was indeed forced by him.
Ever since she married into the Jiang Family, Jiang Erlang’s eyes were on her every day.
One day while she was out collecting firewood, she was forced by Jiang Erlang.
But in this lifetime, even though she knew Jiang Erlang’s intentions, she could have avoided him, yet she intentionally wandered outside, half-heartedly allowing Jiang Erlang to get his way.
Since their first encounter, they both found pleasure in it, growing more uncontrollable, sneaking off to Sister Yao’s house whenever there was a chance.
This time, Jiang Erlang had been resting at home for half a month, and Gu Mei couldn’t hold back anymore, rushing out at the sound of a bird calling.
Suo Zhu’s expression was ferocious, "Whore, spare me your deceitful words; I’ll never believe you again."
He could never forget Gu Mei’s words, which deeply wounded his pride as a man.
Zhao Lizheng waved his hand, "Take them to the ancestral hall, we are convening in the hall!"
Qingshan Village is a mixed-surname village. Several decades ago, several places in the Great Chu Dynasty suffered droughts, and many people fled to this location and settled down.
This place originally had no ancestral hall, but when the Zhao Family fled famine back then, several households from the same clan escaped together, supporting one another. Eventually, as life improved and their descendants flourished, Zhao Family members pooled resources to build a Zhao Family Ancestral Hall in the village.