Chapter 66

“Your son has been shamelessly clinging to my sister-in-law because he wants to marry my Lingling, all because the head of Xiangyang Brigade is my brother-in-law.”

“Now, my Lingling is engaged to your son, and you start eyeing Liu Cuifang, who’s from a big city, her family living comfortably. You have other thoughts now.”

“Old hag, worthless wench, what do you think my Lingling is?”

“You knelt and begged me to let Lingling marry Zhao Yongshen, saying she was the daughter-in-law you liked, and this is how you treat my Lingling?”

Just thinking about marrying her niece into such a family made Ye Hongmei regret it deeply.

She was furious—extremely furious!

Zhao Yongshen’s mother was in the wrong and couldn’t stand up to Ye Hongmei at all.

Of course, with Tang Yunling’s strength, even though Zhao Yongshen might be strong from working as a carpenter, he had no way to defend himself against her.

He covered his head with his hands to protect his face, but he still ended up with a bruised face from Tang Yunling’s punches.

For a moment, Zhao Yongshen and his mother were howling in pain.

“Stop hitting, please stop!”

“If you don’t stop, you’re going to kill someone!”

Zhao Tiantian couldn’t understand how things had turned into this.

But, after all, she was part of the Zhao family. Seeing her brother and mother beaten so badly, she couldn’t bear it.

When she saw that Tang Yunling and Ye Hongmei had no intention of stopping, she feared her family might be killed.

“Please stop, if you don’t stop, I’ll report this to the brigade.”

Since the moment Lu Baiwei stepped into the room, she had tripped Zhao Yongshen’s mother and kept an eye on Liu Cuifang, making sure she didn’t slip away.

The key issue was that Liu Cuifang was lying on the ground, looking confused, her mind not quite clear.

Zhao Yongshen and Liu Cuifang made such a commotion in his room, and as soon as they stepped through the back door, they heard it. It was impossible for Zhao Yongshen’s mother, who was not home, not to hear.

Clearly, Zhao Yongshen’s mother was hoping to confirm the affair between her son and Liu Cuifang.

Seeing Liu Cuifang still dazed, Lu Baiwei suspected that, aside from hoping for the relationship to develop, Zhao Yongshen’s mother had probably done something else as well.

The old woman was truly cunning!

No wonder when they came into the room and heard the noise, she said nothing. She was clearly part of the plan, hoping for the situation to escalate as much as possible.

Unfortunately, she didn’t know that Liu Cuifang had feelings for He Ting.

Zhao Yongshen and his mother would be disappointed.

Having betrayed such a good cousin, Lu Baiwei felt that the few punches Zhao Yongshen had received earlier weren’t enough. He deserved a much harsher punishment.

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Having betrayed such a good cousin, Lu Baiwei thought the few punches Zhao Yongshen had received weren’t enough. He deserved a much harsher punishment.

Lu Baiwei snorted coldly and picked up Zhao Tiantian’s words: “Fine then, go report it.”

“If you won’t report it, I was planning to report it myself!”

Lu Baiwei turned to the aunt standing by, eager to help beat Zhao Yongshen’s mother: “Aunt, Zhao Yongshen is engaged, but he’s also messing around with the female educated youth in the brigade. He’s acting like a thug.”

“Could you please run to the brigade office and call the branch secretary and the brigade leader?”

Being a thug is a crime that could lead to imprisonment.

Zhao Yongshen was so scared he nearly wet himself.

But that aunt, who was eager for chaos, couldn’t care less and rushed out of the house.

Zhao Yongshen panicked: “No, no, please don’t…”

Unfortunately, what awaited him was a heavy punch from Tang Yunling, which seemed to have misaligned his nose.

Tang Yunling had finally vented her anger after beating Zhao Yongshen senseless, leaving him breathless and struggling.

With her cousin’s strength, Tang Yunling could have really hurt him.

Lu Baiwei found a rope for binding the wood from the corner of the room: “Lingling, stop hitting, don’t hurt your hand. Tie him up first, we’ll wait for the people from Hongqi Brigade.”

Thanks to frequently hunting with her brothers, Tang Yunling was quick and efficient, tying him up like a wild boar.

She even bound Zhao Yongshen together with the disheveled Liu Cuifang.

Throughout, Zhao Tiantian kept pleading, but it was all in vain.

“Lingling, please, my brother was wrong. Can you forgive him this time?”

“He must have been out of his mind.”

Before Tang Yunling could soften, Lu Baiwei interrupted her: “If the man you marry ever sleeps with another woman, would you still think he’s out of his mind?”

“Your brother is already kissing Liu Cuifang.”

“With all this noise in the house, do you think your mom didn’t hear it?”

Lu Baiwei reminded her: “Think about it. When you brought Liu Cuifang to the house, why did your mom send you to Aunt Hongmei’s house for sugar?”

“No way… Does this have anything to do with my mom?”

Her brother was already engaged to Lingling, and her mom still wanted him to be with Liu Cuifang?

Lu Baiwei thought this girl was naive and truly clueless. If she hadn’t been hanging around with Liu Cuifang so much, things wouldn’t have gotten this far.

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Lu Baiwei thought this girl was simply too naive, her mind completely unclear. If she hadn’t been constantly hanging around with Liu Cuifang, things wouldn’t have turned out like this.

Lu Baiwei wasn’t being kind to her either: “If your brother can make something happen with Liu Cuifang, it’s all thanks to you playing matchmaker.”

“You always bring Liu Cuifang to your house.”

Zhao Tiantian was completely speechless now, her face pale.

She was so filled with guilt that she couldn’t even lift her head.

The Hongqi Brigade office was not far from Zhao Yongshen’s house. The aunt who had gone to help Ye Hongmei call for people was riding Lu Baiwei’s bicycle.

Before they even reached the office, they ran into the brigade leader and the secretary who were directing the labor.

With one shout from the aunt, not only were the brigade leaders called, but a group of people also followed, eager to watch the drama at the Zhao family.

“I always said those educated youth from the city are so arrogant, but I never expected her to be eyeing Zhao Tiantian’s brother.”

“Out in broad daylight, acting like this, shamelessly ruining our brigade’s reputation.”

“Have you seen Liu Cuifang? She’s a seductress, always flirting with people. All the unmarried young men in our brigade have their eyes on her.”

“Zhou Xiaohong keeps bragging that her son found a good wife, her father’s the brigade leader in Xiangyang, but now look at this, Zhao Yongshen and Liu Cuifang messing around, caught in the act by her daughter.”

“They weren’t afraid of getting caught? Without a father who’s the brigade leader’s daughter, now they’ve got a city educated youth wife.”

“I heard Liu Cuifang’s family eats all commercial grain. Zhou Xiaohong wants her son to climb the social ladder, so now that Liu Cuifang and Zhao Yongshen have made things official, when Liu Cuifang returns to the city, Zhao Yongshen can go with her and live off the commercial grain too.”

The brigade secretary felt embarrassed that a girl from the neighboring brigade had caught them in the act.

And Liu Cuifang’s father was actually from a competing brigade, Hongqi Brigade.

Brigade Secretary Yang cleared his throat and asked: “Zhou Xiaohong, how are you going to handle this?”

As the people in the brigade had discussed, Zhao Yongshen’s mother was completely unfazed, feeling that everything was going according to plan.

Zhou Xiaohong lowered her head: “Well, now that this has happened…”

“My Yongshen used to be close to Lingling, thinking it was love, so he got engaged to her. But then he met Liu Cuifang and realized what true love is.”

“I’m sorry for Lingling.”

Zhou Xiaohong sighed: “But my Yongshen will take responsibility for Liu Cuifang.”

Brigade Secretary Yang didn’t want to escalate the matter.

He turned to Ye Hongmei: “Hongmei, you see, your people have already hit him. How should we handle this?”