Chapter 57: Brother, You Actually Hit Me

On the way out of the alley, Lu Zhixing remained silent, and Zhou Yun Yue, carrying Xiao Wei, didn’t dare to speak rashly either.

Only Lu Xueting was full of anger, cursing nonstop: “Serves them right for living in that rundown building. They’re all good-for-nothings! Not only did they insult us, they even dared to lay hands on us! Xie Yunshu is even worse—a shameless woman. How does she have the face to go to court and file a lawsuit? Ridiculous! Marrying the worst men in Haicheng, I bet she’ll end up marrying an old bachelor who’ll treat her terribly!”

“Lu Xueting, shut up!” Lu Zhixing’s voice was cold and full of rage. “She’s still your sister-in-law! How can you say such hateful things? If I hear you disrespect Yunshu like this again, don’t blame me for not being polite to you!”

Lu Xueting was startled by Lu Zhixing’s angry shout. She had cursed Xie Yunshu before, but never seen her brother get this furious. Last time when Xie Yunshu beat her up, he not only didn’t avenge her but protected Xie Yunshu and didn’t even apologize!

Thinking of this, she immediately turned red-eyed and retorted: “Brother, you always protect her! She’s about to divorce you, she even hit me and Yun Yue! How is she still my sister-in-law? I just can’t stand her, she’s a shameless woman, unwanted by anyone…”

“Smack!”

Lu Zhixing, unable to hold back, slapped Lu Xueting across the face. Though not very hard, it was enough to break her down immediately.

Her face was full of disbelief and huge grievance: “Brother, you actually hit me? For a woman who wants to divorce you, you hit me?! You’ve never even lifted a finger against me since we were kids! Why does she get to hit me, and you hit me too?! Why…”

That slap was even harder for Lu Xueting to accept than the last time Xie Yunshu hit her.

Lu Zhixing took a deep breath, trying hard to control his emotions, eyes full of pain and helplessness: “I was too indulgent with you before. Since Yunshu married me, she’s always tolerated you, but in the end, it only made you more arrogant. Xueting, I don’t intend to divorce her…”

Upon hearing this, the crying Lu Xueting’s eyes widened. The divorce case had already escalated to court, and her brother still wouldn’t divorce? What kind of magic potion had Xie Yunshu fed him? What was so special about her?

Behind the siblings, Zhou Yun Yue almost broke her nails in frustration. After all the humiliations she had suffered today, all she got was that he wasn’t planning to divorce?

Lu Zhixing wanted both, wanting Xie Yunshu gone, and Zhou Yun Yue had worked so hard to finally see the position of Mrs. Lu empty. How could she just give up? Since Lu Zhixing wasn’t going to initiate a divorce, she would help him!

“Xueting, Zhixing is a sentimental person. You better say less,” Zhou Yun Yue said softly, gently touching Lu Xueting’s face, then turning to Lu Zhixing: “Zhixing, no matter what, don’t lay a hand on Xueting. She’s only twenty, still a child.”

Lu Xueting was immediately touched, sniffing: “Yun Yue, if only my brother had married someone like you!”

Yun Yue was so much gentler than that rough Xie Yunshu. She spoke softly and cared for her. She wished she had a sister-in-law like her!

Zhou Yun Yue’s eyes flickered, smiling: “Don’t say foolish things. Zhixing and Yunshu are still married now, so don’t say such things again.”

While they were talking, Lu Zhixing walked ahead alone. After Zhou Yun Yue finished, her voice lowered, half to herself, half to Lu Xueting.

She said, “Unless some accident happens, how could Zhixing and I possibly…”

Her voice was low enough that Lu Zhixing didn’t hear it, but Lu Xueting caught every word.

She covered her face, her mind racing. What kind of accident could cause her brother to divorce Xie Yunshu and then marry Zhou Yun Yue? She had never considered if this divorce lawsuit would succeed. In her mind, her brother not divorcing meant no divorce at all.

The thought of having to keep calling Xie Yunshu “sister-in-law” and her brother still protecting her made Lu Xueting feel as if she had swallowed something bitter and uncomfortable. She would never accept a sister-in-law who dared to lay hands on her!

Coming out of the alley, Zhou Yun Yue’s face was dark. She slammed the door and threw everything in the room into pieces: “That shameless Xie Yunshu actually dared to hit me! And Lu Zhixing and Lu Xueting didn’t dare say a word. What good-for-nothings and cowards!”

Xiao Wei was curled up in a corner, eyes closed, hands covering his ears, too scared to cry or speak. The blood on his head had dried, leaving only a faint wound.

Suddenly, Zhou Yun Yue grabbed him up, eyes cold as she sized him up: “Skinny and full of injuries? Xie Yunshu’s own man doesn’t care, but she’s got the nerve to care about other people’s children!”

Xiao Wei trembled, too afraid to struggle, whispering: “Mom, please don’t hit me, I’ll listen…”

He would rather kneel or bow his head than be beaten…

Seeing him like this, Zhou Yun Yue’s irritation grew. She threw him on the ground, just about to kick him but stopped.

The expected pain didn’t come. Xiao Wei opened his eyes in fear and continued begging: “Mom, I’ll listen, I will…”

Zhou Yun Yue squatted down, pinching his cheek: “Good boy, how could mom bear to hit you? You saw that woman Xie Yunshu today. We have to drive her away to live a good life in the Lu family. From today on, I’ll feed you till you’re fat, and you just focus on winning over Lu Zhixing, okay?”

She stood up from the messy floor, then took some boiled cold eggs from the kitchen and put them in front of Xiao Wei, her tone gentle: “Good boy, eat quickly. Remember, when you go to school tomorrow, if anyone asks who your dad is, you have to say Lu Zhixing.”

Xiao Wei nodded dully, trembling all over but forced himself to eat the eggs because he knew if he didn’t, he’d get hit again.

That was the first time he had a full meal. At night, lying on his little bed, his small mind flashed images of Xie Yunshu. That woman was his mom’s enemy and looked fierce, but he wasn’t afraid at all.

Was it because she hit his mom that he could eat well today without being beaten? Xiao Wei couldn’t figure it out. He closed his eyes and finally had a peaceful sleep.

In his dream, it was as if he was back on that day. Zhou Yun Yue looked at him gently: “Come with me. As long as you behave, I’ll make sure you eat well.”

He thought he had finally found someone who loved him, but he didn’t expect it was a step into hell.

He didn’t want a dad, and he didn’t want a mom…