Chapter 50.3

Translated by Aviana

“Wife, please don’t scare me…”

The two children also crawled up and ran to their parents and hugged their legs, sobbing aggrievedly.

Yao-shi’s complexion was deathly pale. Her body became soft and leaned onto Yang Tiegen, mumbling, “Yang Tiegen, I don’t want to live, I don’t want to live like this anymore….every day this family is like this….this house is filled with demons and ghosts….each and every one of them is callous….your mother deliberately torments me every single day…..now she is even tormenting second brother and second sao…..I am in deep pain; every day, I feel agonizing….If it weren’t for you and children, if it weren’t for second sao cheering me, amusing me every day, l would have lost my will to live long ago……”

The entire Yang jia appeared chaotic. First, a doctor was invited, followed by a loud cacophony of sounds and disputes, attracting the neighbors next door to peer in.

But they were merely outsiders. As such, them interrupting in the middle won’t be good. No one stepped up to say anything, and coupled with the chill wind outside, very few people gathered outside.

But, with Yang jia making such cacophonous of loud sounds in such an ostentatious manner, this matter soon spread around the village.

It would be an exaggeration to say there were a lot of people as there were hardly on 7-8 spectators standing outside.

Upon seeing Yang Tiegen’s wife, Yao-shi go hysterical. Even unexpectedly taking out a knife to compel her mother-in-law to stab herself, a person finally stepped forward to persuade, unable to stand silently any longer.

“What’s happened? Tiegen’s wife, don’t scare children…” The speaker was a neighbor of Yang jia-an old lady by surname Mi. Everyone usually called her Aunt Mi.

Formerly, she and He-shi had a dispute; consequently, the situation between the two of them became a bit rigid. As such, the two families never exchanged any words this while.

Heh! How come she didn’t see her come up and persuade all this while and only come now when the situation had already calmed down?

Lin Qingwan coldly snorted from the side.

Lin Qingwan had been standing by the door for a while now. To be precise, she had come out when Yao-shi brought out a kitchen knife and stuffed it into He-shi’s hands.

Initially, she wanted to stop her. But on second thought, considering that Yao-shi had been bottling up all these emotions for quite a long time, provoking her to explode now. She might as well let her vent all her emotions properly, lest she stifles everything in her heart, leading to an illness. Besides, it was unlikely for anything to happen.

To a person like He-shi—who is meek in public but a tyrant at home—even if you give her a knife, she won’t dare stab anyone.

Sure enough, He-shi was frightened beyond belief and collapsed on the ground after her legs became soft, paralyzed, and unable to make a din anymore.

Thus, Lin Qingwan just silently watched from the side. But now, glancing at Yao-shi’s weakened state and the people gathered outside to watch a show, she stepped forward and took her arm on one side and supported her to her room along with Yang Tiegen, with the two little girls following behind them.

Lin Qingwan had Yao-shi sit on the kang and gave her a kerchief.

While motioning her to wipe her tears, she asked Yang Tiezhu to sit properly on the kang without randomly moving.

She was unconscious for a long time, and this foolish man kept guarding her the whole time without even moving an inch, sitting in the same posture. His shoulder must be aching now.

In the yard, He-shi was left alone, with no paying to heed her. After a while, the voices of onlookers who were watching the fun became louder and louder.

Upon hearing Yang laoyezi’s voice followed by Yang Tieshuan’s voice of driving the onlookers away, Lin Qingwan couldn’t help but sneer.

Why didn’t she see even their silhouettes when it was so loud a moment ago, but come out only now?! Both of them nicely stayed behind in the room, waiting for He-shi to take the initiative to be a gun pointing at them, driving them out of the house! He-shi’s this sort of behavior proved indeed utterly shameless, but Lin Qingwan was unclear of what to think of Yang laoyezi’s and Yang Tieshuan’s behavior. Were they trying to save their faces?

Yao-shi weakly sat on the kang as Yang Tiegen wiped her tears with a handkerchief along with the two girls who stood by their mother’s knees.

After everyone calmed down, Lin Qingwan asked Yang Tiegen to go and invite Yang-shi over.

Although Yang Tiegen was a little puzzled by her request, he was nevertheless aware that the matter at home was far from over and had to be resolved appropriately. Thus, he could only go to invite Yang-shi with a face full of bloody gashes.

Yao-shi blankly looked at Lin Qingwan. Lin Qingwan, while dusting the dirt off the two little girls’ clothes, said to her, “Since she wants to expel us out, I will fulfill her wish.”

Yao-shi wanted to say something, but at the moment, her brain was in a mess, and she didn’t know what to say.

After cleaning both of their clothes, Lin Qingwan had the two of them remove their shoes and climb onto the kang, after cautioning them not put to pressure on their second bo’s wound.

伯 (bó): father’s elder brother/ paternal elder uncle

The two girls obediently nodded and sat on the kang without talking. Thie little faces appeared to be tensed; they presumably must have been frightened from the scene a while ago.

“You actually wish to be expelled out?”

Yao-shi understood Lin Qingwan’s implicit intention, but she was momentarily unable to react, for her thinking process became awfully slow.

Lin Qingwan glanced at Yao-shi’s appearance and then at the two little girls. She was willing to offer her hand to them, but they too had to cooperate.

“Sigh, ruminate over it properly. I know you are not dumb, meditate over it carefully and seize the opportunity. I can’t help you make the decision.”

Yao-shi’s face was still dazed.

After a while, Yang-shi arrived at the request of Yang Tiegen.

Upon glancing at the smashed stool, Yang Tiegen’s face full of scratches, Yao-shi’s red and swollen eyes, and from the rumours she had heard on her way, Yang-shi could surmise the reason behind such a big dispute in Yang jia.

Lin Qingwan asked Yang-shi to have a seat and narrated the happenings that transpired in the past few days, including the matter of He-shi asking them to get out a while ago, hitting Yang Tiegen and Yao-shi for trying to dissuade her intentions, coupled with other events.

Even though He-shi’s response was within their expectations, Yang-shi still couldn’t help but spat in contempt at He-shi’s actions.

What can one even call this sort of person? Yao-shi’s remark was right on the mark – she simply is not a human! A manic!

Yang-shi then jubilantly glanced at Lin Qingwan’s belly.

“Really?”

Beset by a mixture of sweetness and complex feelings, Lin Qingwan nodded her head as she caressed her belly.

Yang Tiezhu had indeed had already shared with her the news of her around one-month pregnancy, leaving her astonished. Although she was aware that this was inevitable and would happen sooner or later, she never expected it to be this soon. Counting the days, it should be probably the night before the day Yang Tiezhu trekked the mountains….

In her two lifetimes combined, this was her first pregnancy, making her mood complicated. This was the reason why she had remained in the room for so long before rushing out.

Initially, she was frightened and dazed. Looking at the strange appearance of his wife, Yang Tiezhu was busy coaxing his wife. As such, both of them were in their own world, entirely disregarding the situation outside.

These two people indeed lacked a conscience. Outside, Yang Tiegen and Yao-shi were being abused, yet the two main culprits involved didn’t have any reactions.

Only when the cacophony of the noises outside escalated beyond the limit did she rush out to see what was happening. In order to not arouse unnecessary suspicions of others, Lin Qingwan forbade Yang Tiezhu from coming out, leaving him with no choice but to silently wait as he saw his wife step out.

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