Chapter 29: Was Zhang Juhua Violated by an Outsider?

Zhang Qingqing clutched her body with both hands, her voice filled with spite. "Xu Lecheng, you gave me your word!"

"When we got married, you promised you would treat me well for the rest of our lives and take me back to the city."

She grabbed one of his legs and shoved him with all her might. "If it weren't for that, would I have agreed to marry you? Would I have given myself to you?"

"You've already gotten everything you wanted, and now you want to discard me? In your dreams!"

The two of them grappled with each other. She cursed him as a worthless piece of trash, and he spat back that she was a woman of loose morals. They fought with such ferocity that any trace of their former affection had vanished; they now looked at each other like blood enemies.

Yan Ziyue watched with great delight, though her eyes remained cold as ice. Xu Lecheng, Zhang Qingqing, did you not marry behind my back in our past life? Did you not use and scheme against me at every turn, even plotting to sell my organs for your own gain?

In this life, I want to see if you two can still remain as "loving" as you were before!

"Are you all right?" Xiao Heshuo asked softly.

Yan Ziyue smiled, signaling she was fine. "It's those two who have a problem; I'm perfectly fine."

Seeing her cheerful expression, Xiao Heshuo felt relieved. "Stay back a bit, so you don't get hurt by mistake."

Yan Ziyue obediently stepped back to avoid being caught in the fray. She noticed the family of Miao Lanlan standing nearby, cheering and egging them on. She couldn't help but laugh; the Miao family were certainly interesting people.

The Miao family was having a blast.

"Zhang Qingqing, grab him there! Squeeze for all you're worth so he'll never be able to seduce another girl again!"

"Xu Lecheng, are you even a man? How can you lose to a woman? I'm embarrassed for you!"

Already at their boiling points, Xu Lecheng and Zhang Qingqing were further incited by the Miao family's taunts—they began to fight even more violently. One specialized in clawing and striking at Xu's sensitive areas, while the other pulled viciously at her hair and clothes. Screams filled the air.

As the fight escalated, they began to roll on the ground, tumbling further and further away. Once they were a good distance off, Yan Ziyue and the others took their leave. After thanking the Miao family, she and Xiao Heshuo headed home. As for the fate of Zhang Qingqing and Xu Lecheng, she didn't need to interfere; there would be plenty more entertainment to watch later.

The next morning, Yan Ziyue carried her basket, leisurely going from house to house in the village to collect chicken, duck, and goose eggs.

Yan's father approached. "Yan Ziyue, give me a thousand yuan!" he commanded, his tone haughty. His face was covered in fresh scrapes, and there was a bruise near his eye.

Yan Ziyue glanced at him coldly and continued walking. Seeing this, he raised his hand to strike her. "You ungrateful wretch!" he roared. "It's been too long since I taught you a lesson, which is why you dare to treat me like this!"

Yan Ziyue’s gaze sharpened. She picked up a sickle and swung it toward the hand he had raised to hit her.

*Whoosh!*

The sound of the sickle cutting through the air, combined with the cold glint reflected by the sun, frightened him so much that he jerked his hand back and stumbled backward, falling to the ground with a painful grimace.

"Yan Ziyue!"

She looked down at him with a blank expression, her eyes reflecting the same contempt one might show a pest. "Yan Zhuanshi, do you really think I'm still the same person I was before, willing to let your family bully and scheme against me?"

Only then did her father truly realize that this daughter he had despised since childhood was no longer the obedient girl who would blindly follow his orders.

"Yan Ziyue, I am your father!" he bellowed.

Yan Ziyue scoffed. "Yan Zhuanshi, have you forgotten something? The village chief agreed yesterday to help me sever our father-daughter relationship. It should be finalized by today." She leaned in slightly. "I am no longer your daughter! Are you satisfied now? You've achieved exactly what you always said: that your only daughter is Zhang Qingqing."

She added pointedly, "Though I wonder if Zhang Qingqing is even your biological daughter. After all, Zhang Juhua has had so many men that even she probably doesn't know who the father is."

"You wicked girl, what nonsense are you spouting!" Her father, still blindly trusting his beloved Zhang Juhua, jumped up, ready to strike her.

Yan Ziyue calmly raised the sickle, her cold demeanor daring him to try. He hurriedly retreated, putting his hands behind his back. "You... harming people is illegal! Be careful, or I'll report you!"

Yan Ziyue laughed derisively. "Report me? Yan Zhuanshi, do you dare? Just the matter of you trying to sell me off is enough to earn you a firing squad."

Whether it was her father or the mother-daughter duo, they were fond of using threats, followed by sweet talk, to manipulate her. Her father choked on his words, staring at her with hateful eyes. "Give me a thousand yuan, buy me a color TV, a bicycle, and two watches, and I'll promise never to bother you again."

That was his bottom line.

Yan Ziyue chuckled. "Yan Zhuanshi, keep dreaming! If I have money, why wouldn't I spend it on myself? Give it to you? Buy you all those things? You really think you're worth anything!"

Her father’s face darkened. "If you don't do as I say, I have plenty of ways to deal with you."

Yan Ziyue wasn't afraid in the slightest. She toyed with the sickle. "I'll be waiting for your methods. I just wonder, when the time comes, who will be the one suffering—you or me?"

Afraid she might suddenly swing the blade, he backed away, stuttering, "You... you... you..." He couldn't manage another word.

Yan Ziyue looked at him as if he were a piece of trash. "If you dare to come looking for me again, I will cut you next time. Don't think I won't."

With that, she turned to continue her rounds. Suddenly, she heard Zhang Juhua’s panicked voice. "Husband! Husband! Come home quickly! Something terrible has happened at home!"

Seeing the scratches on Zhang Juhua's face and her disheveled hair, Yan Ziyue could guess exactly what had transpired at the Yan household. Her mood improved instantly. It was just as the saying went: "Evil is eventually met with evil."

She ignored them both and continued her work. By noon, she returned home with a full basket.

"You're back?" Xiao Heshuo took the basket and placed it gently in the cool shade of the main room.

Yan Ziyue rubbed her aching shoulders and whispered with a smile, "I managed to buy a good amount of eggs at a low price today. I'll take them to sell near the town factory first thing tomorrow morning." She also planned to sell some to local shops, though she wasn't sure if they would sell as quickly as she hoped.

Worried about her going to town alone, Xiao Heshuo said, "I'll go with you tomorrow morning." The town was chaotic, and it wasn't safe for her to go by herself.

Yan Ziyue hugged his arm and rocked it gently. "I knew my husband was the best."

"Xiao's wife! Xiao's wife! Zhang Juhua has been taken by another man!" Miao Lanlan ran in, beaming with excitement.