## Chapter 15

Wang Xiaojun, ignored, looked at the meager amount of food on his plate, then at the large bowl in front of Xu Jǐn, and his face turned red with anger. Just as Wang Xiaoqin handed him a small handful of peeled melon seeds, Wang Xiaojun, who had been spoiled since childhood, directly pushed her hand away:

“What am I eating? I’m not eating.”

Wang Xiaoqin was caught off guard and pushed, stumbling, and fell off the stool.

“Thump” a sound, startled the old man and old lady, and a few others, who rushed over to help her:

“Oh, Xiaoqin, Xiaoqin, what’s wrong with you?”

Zhou Chuán Yīng ran the fastest and was the first to rush forward to help, but as soon as her hand reached out, it was pushed away by Wang Xiaoqin, who was in a rage:

“Don’t touch me…”

Is it because they favor her brother and he gets angry? While saying this, she deliberately showed some pain on her face.

Seeing her like this, the old man, old lady, and even Wei Zhènming were frightened and their faces turned pale. The old man kept urging Zhou Chuán Yīng:

“Shāohéng’s mother, hurry up and get the cart…”

The old lady, trembling, pleaded with Wang Xiaoqin:

“Xiaoqin, don’t move, if you feel uncomfortable, you must tell grandma…”

Wang Xiaoqin glared, about to scold, but when she looked up, she swallowed her anger, her eyes turned red, and she choked back a sob, reaching out to the tall man who was rushing in from outside:

“Yuèhéng…”

Xu Jǐn turned her head, only to see a tall, honest-looking, handsome man. Even though they hadn’t seen each other for many years, Xu Jǐn still recognized him at a glance – it was none other than her cousin, Wei Yuèhéng.

Seeing Wang Xiaoqin sitting on the ground, Wei Yuèhéng was obviously extremely worried, strode forward, knelt on one knee, hugged Wang Xiaoqin’s head, letting her lean on his chest, and said anxiously:

“What’s wrong, Xiaoqin sister? Don’t be afraid, I’ll take you to the hospital right away.”

Xu Jǐn stared fixedly at the scene before her, feeling a deep pang of sadness in her heart –

Wang Xiaoqin was three years older than Wei Yuèhéng, and they met for the first time at the train station. Wei Yuèhéng, who had no regular job, was doing odd jobs there, and the person who hired him was Wang Xiaoqin. At that time, Wei Yuèhéng had an acute gastritis attack, but in order to earn more money to take care of his grandmother, he dared not rest. He barely managed to carry Wang Xiaoqin’s luggage to the accommodation place, but he was already in so much pain that he could barely stand.

Seeing him like this, Wang Xiaoqin gave him a bowl of hot water and helped him drink it…

After drinking a bowl of hot water, Wang Xiaoqin became Wei Yuèhéng’s “Xiaoqin sister”, and even for many years after that, she always kept him in her heart and cared for him.

In her impression, every time she came to the Wei family, Wang Xiaoqin was like an empress, bossing her big cousin around. The rough work outside was done by her big cousin, and when she got home, she would still cook and wash clothes for Wang Xiaoqin. As for the child, it was like it was growing on Wei Yuèhéng. All Wang Xiaoqin had to do was be beautiful.

In Xu Jǐn’s heart, Wei Yuèhéng could be considered a perfect husband. Many people would think that if they could find a man like this, they would be considered lucky.

But Wang Xiaoqin wasn’t satisfied. In her heart, this man was a good-for-nothing, honest and simple, unable to make big money, which was his greatest sin…

Now that they were dating, Wang Xiaoqin was undoubtedly still gentle to Wei Yuèhéng, but she was still resentful of the Wei family’s partiality, just nestled in Wei Yuèhéng’s arms, wiping away tears:

“Yuèhéng, don’t blame grandpa, grandma, and second uncle and second aunt… It must be something I did wrong, so they don’t like me, they don’t even like me, they don’t welcome my brother, it’s only natural…”

Zhou Chuányīng, who had already brought the cart, obviously didn’t expect Wang Xiaoqin to say this. She was a clumsy speaker and didn’t know how to explain, so she could only stammer:

“Xiaoqin, we don’t dislike you, and just now it wasn’t your brother…”

“What’s wrong with me?” Wang Xiaojun, however, didn’t seem to think he had done anything wrong, glared, and said angrily, “These melon seeds and peanuts were all bought by my brother-in-law for me, but you wouldn’t let me eat them, you gave them all to that stinky beggar…”

Wei Yuèhéng’s mind was all on Wang Xiaoqin at the moment, and he didn’t care what the few people were arguing about, he picked up Wang Xiaoqin and ran out:

“Grandpa, grandma, I’ll take Xiaoqin to the hospital first, I’ll talk about anything else when I get back…”

As he passed by Xu Jǐn, his eyes glanced at her, and his expression was obviously a bit confused –

This girl looks familiar…

But he immediately withdrew his gaze and focused all his attention on Wang Xiaoqin.

“Chuányīng, Chuányīng…” The old man went back to his room with his cane, and soon came out trembling, holding a handkerchief in his hand. He unfolded the handkerchief, and inside was a roll of change, unfolded, mostly one- and two-yuan bills, the largest denomination being a ten yuan bill. “Take this money, go with them…”

Before Zhou Chuányīng could speak, Wang Xiaojun, impatient, reached out to grab the handkerchief in the old man’s hand:

“Go what? My sister gets annoyed when she sees you, if it weren’t for you, my sister wouldn’t have fallen… Give me the money…”

But before he could grab the handkerchief, he was pulled away by Xu Jǐn, who pointed at the door and said sharply:

“Get out.”

Wang Xiaojun was pulled and stumbled, almost bumping into the crooked jujube tree next to him. He was so angry that his face became ferocious, and he reached out to grab Xu Jǐn’s hair –

When he was at home, Wang Xiaojun often bullied his older sisters like this. His sisters never dared to resist, and even if they were in pain and crying, they only dared to beg for mercy.

“Hey, what are you doing?” The old man was startled, and without thinking, he raised his cane to hit Wang Xiaojun’s hand. The old lady also turned around and hugged Xu Jǐn, protecting her behind her –

This was their precious granddaughter, no one could hit her.

Even Zhou Chuányīng was angry, and she directly yelled at Wang Xiaojun:

“You child, how can you be like this! You pushed Xiaoqin down just now, and now you want to hit our Xiaojǐn?”

She had never seen such a disobedient child –

Wang Xiaojun came from his hometown last month. He said he wanted to find work in the provincial city.

But since he came, he didn’t see him go out to find work, and eight out of ten days he would follow Wang Xiaoqin to the Wei family.

The Wei family valued Wang Xiaoqin, so they naturally treated Wang Xiaojun with respect, worried that he was not comfortable living there, and even asked their son, Wei Shāohéng, to give up his room.

But their family was indeed poor, except for the first day, they killed a chicken and bought fish to entertain Wang Xiaojun, and after that, it was mostly home-cooked meals. Of course, Wang Xiaojun still had special treatment, for example, the melon seeds and peanuts he loved to eat, they would buy some every few days, and occasionally they would buy meat for him to eat.

But even so, Wang Xiaojun was still unhappy, and he would often pester Wei Yuèhéng to buy him extra snacks.

What made Zhou Chuányīng even more uncomfortable was that the special meals they cooked for Wang Xiaoqin, a pregnant woman, all went into Wang Xiaojun’s stomach –

It had only been a few days, and Wang Xiaojun had eaten all the salted duck eggs and over eighty eggs that they had pickled and saved. They couldn’t say anything, after all, all those delicious things were given to Wang Xiaojun by Wang Xiaoqin herself.

Wang Xiaojun obviously didn’t expect that the Wei family, who had always endured his bad behavior and let him have his way, would actually turn against him to protect a beggar-like girl, and he was so angry that he pointed at everyone:

“Good, good, you wait… You actually bullied me for a beggar, I’ll go tell my sister, let’s see how she deals with you…”

“Tell your sister what?” A disdainful voice sounded, Xu Jǐn turned her head, only to see a handsome young man who looked a bit like Wei Yuèhéng, but his eyebrows were obviously a bit arrogant.

At the first glance of the young man, Wang Xiaojun, who was still looking fierce, immediately wilted, but he still wouldn’t admit defeat, he stiffened his neck and said:

“You guys even like a broken beggar… Wei, I tell you, if you dare to touch grandpa…”

Before he could finish his words, he was kicked over by Wei Shāohéng, then dragged out by the neck:

“Grandpa, you son of a bitch, if you say one more word, who is your grandpa?”

He suddenly came to his senses, and only then did he realize that the person in front of him was not his brother-in-law, who was always controlled by his sister, but his brother-in-law’s fierce younger brother, so he swallowed the swear words that were about to come out of his mouth, but because of the pain, he let out a pig-like scream.

“Shāohéng, what are you doing, let go!” Wei Zhènming didn’t expect Wei Shāohéng to start hitting him, and he was immediately flustered, holding his cane, he followed behind and wanted to hit him, “You stinky boy, you only know how to cause trouble…”

“What trouble did I cause? You’re really taking kindness for granted…” Wei Shāohéng was obviously angry, he let go, letting Wang Xiaojun fall to the ground, he jumped up, dodged the cane that Wei Zhènming swung over, and then swaggered, the torn seam on his shoulder suddenly became eye-catching, he said impatiently, “You only know how to yell at me, what else can you do? When that idiot was being arrogant just now, why didn’t you say a word? Now you’re yelling at me, are you bullying the weak and fearing the strong?”

“You, you’re talking back?” Wei Zhènming was so angry that his whole body was shaking –

The Wei family had always been honest people, he didn’t know how they gave birth to a scoundrel like Wei Shāohéng.

“That’s your brother-in-law’s brother, you just beat him up, your brother-in-law will definitely be angry, what if she breaks up with your brother because of this?” Wei Zhènming glared at Wei Shāohéng angrily.

Zhou Chuányīng also didn’t expect Wei Shāohéng to suddenly come back –

He was also very obedient when he was a child, she didn’t know what happened, the older he got, the more violent his temper became. But was Wang Xiaojun someone who liked to suffer losses? He would always look for trouble when he had nothing to do, now that he had suffered a loss, he wouldn’t give up easily. His niece-in-law didn’t like them anyway, maybe she really might break up with Yuèhéng because of this.

She was so angry that she went up and punched Wei Shāohéng a few times:

“How can you be like this, I’ve told you so many times, be nice to Xiaojun, be nice to Xiaojun, you’re good, every time you see him, you have to argue with him, who are you trying to drive to death… If your brother-in-law really doesn’t want your brother, then your little nephew will be gone, how will your brother live?”

Although Wang Xiaoqin was not good to them, she was still very good to her nephew, Yuèhéng. After all, their family was so poor, the girl was willing to marry into their family, even if her attitude was a bit bad, and her brother was a bit unreasonable, she was willing to treat them well.

As a result, they had endured for so long, and as soon as their son came back, he messed everything up.

“Come on, you and I will go to the hospital together, go apologize to your brother-in-law and Xiaojun!”

Zhou Chuányīng wiped her face, with a crying voice:

“Even if we have to kneel down to her, we have to beg them to come back!”

“What are you talking about, Mom?” Wei Shāohéng was obviously even more furious, “If you want to beg her, you go, I’m not going! You want to treat her like an ancestor, that’s your business, you want me to bow down to those two, no way!”

Since Wang Xiaojun came, he lived in his room, not to mention, he even used all his clothes that he usually couldn’t bear to wear, even the few coins in his drawer were searched clean.

He couldn’t even voice an opinion. Before he could even say a word, he was scolded. If he couldn’t stand this humiliation, would he have stayed away from home for a month? Not to mention, he had just seen Wang Xiaojun trying to get rough, so he was angry and went up to hit him.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, he directly pointed at Xu Jǐn and said:

“Didn’t she start hitting people first? Why don’t you force her to kowtow and apologize? You only target me! If you don’t want me as your son, just say so, I’ll just leave!”

“This is your sister; what nonsense are you talking about.” Zhou Chuányīng was obviously a bit shocked by Wei Shāohéng’s fury, fearing that he would go over and beat Xu Jǐn, she quickly stepped forward to protect Xu Jǐn.

“What sister? I don’t have a sister.” Wei Shāohéng snorted, looking at Xu Jǐn with a vicious expression, first there was a two-faced “Xiaoqin sister”, and now there was a sudden appearance of a sister, it was really annoying to look at, he said angrily, “What sister and sister, I’m not that lucky.”

“I know you all think I’m a nuisance, I came back just to get some things, I’m leaving right away, I won’t come back after I leave…”

As he passed by Xu Jǐn, he was stopped.

“Move aside.” Wei Shāohéng shook his fist at Xu Jǐn, frowning.

“Second brother,” Xu Jǐn, however, was not afraid at all, her heart was also sour and soft, she looked at Wei Shāohéng with red eyes, with a crying voice, “It’s me, Xiaojǐn, I’m Xiaojǐn…”

When they were young, her second brother was even shorter than her, but now he was a head taller than her. When talking to Wei Shāohéng, Xu Jǐn had to look up.

Xiaojǐn? Wei Shāohéng was obviously stunned, he had already passed by, but he suddenly turned back, stared fixedly at Xu Jǐn, after a long time, he sneered:

“Oh, I was wondering who it was, it turned out to be grandpa and grandma’s darling, back again, no wonder they don’t dare to scold you, you’re really a distinguished guest… What? You can’t make a living anymore, so you finally remembered that you have a grandma and grandpa? Huh, what do you think my house is, you can come and go as you please?”

Wei Shāohéng was already a tough guy, and when he put on this stern face, he was obviously even more fierce. Xu Jǐn, however, was not afraid, her eyes became even hotter –

First she opened a barber shop, and then she opened a beauty salon, she was clearly making a living by her own ability, and even used the money she earned to support both the Zhou family and the Xu family, but they all looked down on her, saying that her profession was embarrassing to talk about.

It was Wei Yuèhéng and Wei Shāohéng, when she first found them, they were both very resentful of her because they misunderstood her for being ungrateful, even so, they couldn’t bear to see her being bullied. Wei Yuèhéng directly went to Zhou Hànháng, warning him that he had to be good to their sister for the rest of his life, even if she became famous in the future, he couldn’t be ungrateful; as for Wei Shāohéng, he always liked to use his fists to speak, and he beat up Xu Guóqìng, who had the worst attitude towards Xu Jǐn, severely.

She remembered that after she learned about Zhou Hànháng’s affair, Xu Jǐn was so suffocated that she couldn’t take it anymore, she came to see Wei Shāohéng, and couldn’t help but cry in front of him, Wei Shāohéng asked her what was wrong, and when he learned the truth, he was so angry that the blue veins on his forehead were about to burst, he kept patting his empty lower body, gnashing his teeth and cursing, saying that if he could stand up, he would definitely go over and break Zhou Hànháng’s neck…

In front of outsiders, Wei Shāohéng might be fierce, but when he was with Xu Jǐn, his sister, he was basically a paper tiger who could be easily broken. How could Xu Jǐn be afraid of such a second brother? She didn’t retreat, but instead wiped her eyes, stepped forward, and like when they were children, she grabbed Wei Shāohéng’s arm, and called out “Second brother” again, affectionately and with a sense of dependence.

“Hey, hey, what are you doing?” Wei Shāohéng’s viciousness and rejection turned into panic and helplessness when he saw a tear fall from Xu Jǐn’s eyes. He raised his hand in surrender, struggling, and said to Wei Zhènming and the elders in a straight voice, “Grandpa, grandma, dad, mom, you all saw it, I didn’t hit her, she came to me herself, and she’s crying herself.”

“Second brother wouldn’t hit me,” seeing Wei Shāohéng’s reaction, Xu Jǐn felt a pang of sadness in her heart –

Wang Xiaoqin was a pleasure-seeker, and she always treated everyone except Wei Yuèhéng as burdens. According to her, since they were married, they should quickly separate and live on their own, and as for the elders in the family, they could just be left to Wei Shāohéng, the scoundrel.

But Wei Yuèhéng was a filial son, and he refused to agree no matter what. As a result, within a few days, the terrible incident of “Wei Shāohéng pushing his sister-in-law, causing her to give birth prematurely” happened.

After that incident, Wei Shāohéng’s reputation was completely ruined in the village. After all, to hit his sister-in-law, especially a sister-in-law who was about to give birth, was something that a normal person would do?

Many people condemned him, and what’s more, Wei Shāohéng saw with his own eyes Wei Yuèhéng kneeling down to Wang Xiaoqin, begging her not to call the police to arrest his brother…

Wei Shāohéng was too ashamed to stay at home anymore, and he directly bought a ticket to another city. Even his grandparents and second uncle and aunt, because of this incident, took the initiative to suggest that Wei Yuèhéng and his wife move out to live on their own. As for them, they felt guilty towards Wang Xiaoqin, and not only did they not want Wei Yuèhéng’s filial money, they even gave Wang Xiaoqin all the money they had saved from their teeth, and even the money that Wei Shāohéng sent back from other places. It wasn’t until their house was about to be demolished that Wei Yuèhéng found Wei Shāohéng and called him back from other places. Who would have thought that after being displaced for so many years, he hadn’t had a good day back home when he was involved in a car accident because of Wang Xiaoqin…

But no one knew that Wang Xiaoqin’s fall was actually designed by her, and her purpose was not only to drive away Wei Shāohéng, who always opposed her, but also to hide the fact that the child in her belly was not Wei Yuèhéng’s. After all, she was already two months pregnant when she was with Wei Yuèhéng.

As for the day she was “pushed down” and accidentally gave birth prematurely, it was precisely her due date?

In the previous life, Wang Xiaoqin caused her second brother to run away from home, and in the end, the Wei family was ruined. This time, she already knew everything in advance, and she couldn’t let the tragedy happen again.