Chapter 15

When Yu Ruyan saw Wang Dafen, the image of Gu Yueting’s hideous and horrifying corpse, swollen by the lake water, emerged in her mind.

Such a gentle and kind-hearted woman should not have died unjustly in that way.

Yu Ruyan is not the original owner, and she has no feelings for Wang Dafen.

Her inherent sense of justice prevented her from sitting idly by and watching good people being bullied or even killed by bad people.

Gu Yueting naturally couldn’t let her daughter-in-law face Wang Dafen, the shrew, alone.

Although she was not in a position to interfere in the affairs of the Yu family, Dong Zhange and Yu Ruyan were a couple and they were one.

So Gu Yueting said in a deep voice: “Zhan Ge, you stay with Ruyan. We in the Dong family cannot be bullied!”

Dong Zhange naturally understood what his mother meant.

“Just go home. With me here, Ruyan won’t suffer any loss.”

Before leaving, Gu Yueting dragged away several neighbors who were watching the fun, so as not to give them the chance to laugh at the joke.

Yu Ruyan dragged Wang Dafen directly into the nearby woods.

“You little bitch! You little bastard! Are you getting cocky? I’m going to beat you to death!”

Wang Dafen was filled with hatred towards Yu Ruyan.

A betrothal gift of 30,000 yuan is an astronomical figure for a family like theirs.

She originally planned to wait until Yu Ruyan got married, then ask her to get another 10,000 yuan from her husband’s family, and then build a house for each of her two sons, decorate them well and wait for them to get married.

What’s the result?

Before the betrothal money had even warmed up, it was snatched back by Yu Ruyan.

If I had known this little bitch was such a traitor, I should have let her feed the wolves in the wild!

There was a vague voice begging in Yu Ruyan’s mind.

“Even if she’s an unforgivable criminal, she…she’s my mother. Don’t kill her!”

At the same time, Wang Dafen was spewing shit.

“You bastard! You little bastard! If I had known this would happen, I should have sold you to the old bachelor from the next village and let you be a prostitute for the rest of your life!”

Yu Ruyan thought it was really noisy.

Both mother and daughter are rare treasures that appear once in a thousand years.

One was ruthless and cruel in killing his daughter, while the other was brutally treated like a dog but still had a heart of a saint and pleaded for mercy for the person who hurt her.

It’s a miracle that the original owner could live to adulthood with his brain exploded by a donkey kick!

With a cold smile, Yu Ruyan grabbed a clod of earth from the ground and stuffed it into Wang Dafen’s mouth while she was cursing.

Look, the world is quiet now!

Immediately, Yu Ruyan bent down, pulled Wang Dafen’s hair, and whispered in her ear, “Do you really have to kill him? Did the old man really die of illness? Do you need me to call the police for you?”

Upon hearing this, Wang Dafen’s whole body stiffened.

Her eyes were filled with fear, and she said in a trembling voice, “You…what nonsense are you talking about! What are you going to do?”

“What I do depends on what you want to do!”

Yu Ruyan stood up and looked down at Wang Dafen.

“If you know better, we can keep our distance. But if you dare to cause trouble again…”

With a cold smile, she said viciously: “The prison door is open to you at any time!”

Wang Dafen looked as if all the blood had been drained from her, her face pale.

After staring at Yu Ruyan fiercely for a long time, she finally got up and spat out the dirt in her mouth.

Although she was extremely angry, she was oppressed by Dong Zhange’s gaze and walked away in shame without saying a single swear word.

Dong Zhange didn’t help from beginning to end.

He was actually very curious about how his little wife would handle this matter.

After all, before they got married, he heard that Yu Ruyan was weak and incompetent, and was completely controlled by her mother and had no opinions of her own.

But what about now?

Dong Zhange feels that the outside world has a misunderstanding of the four words “weak and incompetent”.

After brushing the dirt off their hands, Yu Ruyan and Dong Zhange walked out of the grove and slowly headed home along the road lined with plane trees.

“Aren’t you going to express your opinion? For example, ask me what I said to Wang Dafen just now so that she can leave in disgrace.”

Hearing Yu Ruyan’s words, Dong Zhange smiled.

“You have your privacy. I can’t deprive you of your rights just because you are my wife.”

This made Yu Ruyan very satisfied.

She was silent for a moment and then said, “Old man from the Yu family, oh, my grandfather was starved to death by Wang Dafen!”

Dong Zhange was shocked when he heard this.

He couldn’t believe his ears and couldn’t imagine that in this era there were still people starving to death!

Besides, the old man of the Yu family is a veteran with outstanding military achievements. The country treats him very well and takes good care of him. His monthly subsidy is higher than the salary of a skilled worker.

During festivals and holidays, units and government agencies at all levels would send him white flour, pork, milk powder and snacks, which were enough for him to eat and drink, and even to feed his family.

“The old man of the Yu family saved my grandfather’s life. Later, he retired from the army due to injury, but his friendship with my grandfather remained unchanged. A few years ago, my grandfather took the initiative to mention the idea of child marriage.”

Dong Zhange slowed down his pace and said, “My grandfather originally proposed that you and I marry to fulfill the promise we made in the trenches, but the old man refused!”

“The old man said that his daughter-in-law is uneducated and unreasonable, and his granddaughter has only the appearance but no brains, so it is not appropriate for her to marry into the Dong family.”

Having said that, Dong Zhange suddenly stopped.

“So the old man refused this marriage not because he was worried that you would be wronged if you married into the Dong family, but because he knew Wang Dafen’s character very well and was afraid of causing trouble for my family!”

The kind smile of the old man from the Yu family appeared in Dong Zhange’s mind.

It is hard to imagine that such an old hero who fearlessly defended his country and his life would eventually pass away in such a way. It is really infuriating.

“Zhan Ge, I want to seek justice for the old man!”

Yu Ruyan looked at Dong Zhange and said sternly, “Don’t even mention that he was a hero who protected the motherland with his sweat and blood. Even if he was an ordinary person, he shouldn’t have died like this!”

It is true that birth, aging, sickness and death are common to all people, but one should also die normally in accordance with the laws of life.

“Then you just lied to Wang Dafen and said you didn’t interfere with other people’s business.”

Dong Zhange was a little confused about Yu Ruyan’s approach. It seemed that she was not playing by the rules!

“This is a delaying tactic. I’m going to keep her quiet for a few days so she doesn’t alert the enemy and do something desperate!”

Yu Ruyan smiled bitterly and said, “If she makes a scene, won’t your Dong family lose face?”

“What do you mean by your Dong family? It should be our family!”

Dong Zhange raised his hand and put his arm around Yu Ruyan’s shoulders.

“The old man of the Yu family is not only your grandfather and me, but also my grandfather’s old comrade-in-arms. He is also an old hero who sacrificed his life for the country and the people.”

“He didn’t die from the enemy’s guns, but from the abuse of his daughter-in-law. There’s no such thing as this!”

When I got home, old man Dong Shuhuai was reading the newspaper in the living room.

With Dong Zhange’s encouragement, Yu Ruyan told Dong Shuhuai the cause of death of the old man of the Yu family.

Dong Shuhuai was shocked when he heard this, and the newspaper in his hand fell to the ground instantly.

“Beast! Bastard!”

He was so angry that he slammed the table, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes.

“I suggested several times that he go to a military sanatorium, but he said he didn’t want to cause trouble for the country. When I went to visit him, Wang Dafen also took good care of Lao Yu. I thought…”

I thought that although Wang Dafen was domineering and arrogant to outsiders, she was filial and caring to this gentle and kind old man. Who would have thought it would be like this!

“Grandpa broke his hip, and Wang Dafen threw him into the woodshed, refused to treat him, and refused to give him food or water. She just…”

Through the original owner’s memories, Yu Ruyan clearly saw the process of the death of the old man of the Yu family.

The old man is always calm.

But at the end of his life, he begged the original owner to take all the medals he had won in the war, placed them on his heart, and quietly closed his eyes…