Chapter 3: Oh My God, This Is Terrible!

Liu Guizhen was filled with intense hatred for Shen Yingying.

She put all her strength into the attack, wishing she could pull out every strand of Shen Yingying’s thick black hair.

But she never expected that in the moment she reached out, Xie Fangzhu, who was holding Shen Yingying, suddenly turned around and quickly took two steps back, dodging her attack aimed at Shen Yingying.

Liu Guizhen missed.

Not only that, but because she had exerted too much force, her balance was off, and she fell straight to the ground, landing hard.

The crowd was stunned. They never expected things to unfold like this and quickly scrambled to help her up.

“Gui Zhen, are you okay?”

“Sigh, sigh, it’s fine to just talk about it, why get physical?”

Liu Guizhen was so angry that she felt like her lungs were about to explode. She was helped up, but could barely stand.

She looked at Xie Fangzhu in disbelief: “Xiao Xie, she’s been cheating, and I’m helping you teach her a lesson, yet you’re still protecting her?”

Xie Fangzhu gave her a cold look: “Which eye of yours saw her cheating?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire place fell silent, even Shen Yingying, who was still struggling on his shoulder, involuntarily stopped moving.

She twisted her waist to look behind, wanting to see what expression he had on his face now.

But due to her limited position, she couldn’t even see the back of Xie Fangzhu’s head clearly.

She remembered that in the original book, after the original owner was carried back by Xie Fangzhu, she was also surrounded and attacked by the enthusiastic people of the mining area.

The original owner was so furious at the time that she felt like her lungs were going to explode. All her energy was focused on attacking Xie Fangzhu with her words, and she had no other thoughts to address the enthusiastic crowd.

That woman was deliberately looking for trouble. The original owner didn’t curse her at all, yet the woman still used the excuse of “teaching the unruly wife a lesson” to take action.

This was also the reason why, despite being in a very dangerous situation just now, Shen Yingying insisted on cursing that woman.

Anyway, whether she cursed or not, she would be beaten, so she might as well curse—otherwise, it would be a beating for nothing.

But she didn’t expect that Xie Fangzhu would actually dodge, and even retort.

She remembered that in the original book, when the woman attacked, Xie Fangzhu didn’t say a single word.

He stood still like a tree stump, holding the original owner, not moving at all.

His eyes were slightly red, as if his wife’s betrayal had collapsed his world, and he had completely lost his reaction to reality.

It wasn’t until the original owner had most of her hair yanked out and her face was slapped into a swollen mess that he finally reacted.

Sometimes silence is more powerful than words, and its effect can be even more shocking.

It was like Xie Fangzhu, with tears shimmering in his eyes.

The onlookers were stunned. When Xiao Xie got injured underground and had to lie in the hospital for several days, he didn’t shed a single tear.

But today, the man who never cried even when he was bleeding, was actually crying! This clearly showed how deeply that woman had hurt him!

Thus, when he closed the door and broke the original owner’s legs inside,

No one felt sorry for the original owner; instead, they pitied Xie Fangzhu and even wished they could rush in and help him beat her.

When Shen Yingying read this part in the book, her mouth dropped open in shock.

This man really knows how to put on a show.

Given the known plot, when she thought she was about to be dragged by her hair in a painful ordeal, Xie Fangzhu actually helped her avoid it, saving her beautiful hair. She was so shocked that she almost cried tears of joy.

She was terrified of losing her hair, it would look so terrible!

At the same time, she confirmed that her initial decision was not wrong.

Xie Fangzhu was like a sharp sword—trying to go head-to-head with him would never work. The only way was to take a softer approach.

She had bet correctly.

Meanwhile, on Liu Guizhen’s side,

Liu Guizhen had never seen Xie Fangzhu like this before.

The way he looked at her was like a sharp blade, and the oppressive force came rushing toward her, making her heart race. She couldn’t help but recall Xie Fangzhu’s glorious past, and cold sweat began to form on her forehead.

Although Xie Fangzhu was a soft, bloodless shrimp in front of his wife, he was not the same in the mining area.

If it weren’t for the fact that Shen Yingying had the reputation of running off with someone, she would never have dared to make a move in front of Xie Fangzhu.

But she also had some influence in the mining area—how could she just let herself be humiliated like this? She forced herself to stiffen and asked, “Xiao Xie, why are you speaking like this? Your wife…”

The only response she received was the sound of the door slamming shut with a “bang.” Xie Fangzhu, carrying Shen Yingying, bypassed her and entered the room.

The intense sense of oppression instantly dissipated, and Liu Guizhen, who had been left in the dust, finally felt like she was alive again.

When she came to her senses and realized she had been frightened by Xie Fangzhu, her heart, which had just relaxed, tightened again, and she was so angry that her mouth twisted.

“Look at what he’s saying! I was just trying to help him, afraid he wouldn’t be able to act, and he’s treating me like this! Ungrateful!”

Her voice trembled as she continued, “And he’s looking at me like he’s about to kill me. Did I say something wrong? Everyone in the entire mining area knows that his wife is cheating!”

Seeing the flesh on her chubby face trembling and her whole body looking like she was about to faint from anger, someone nearby couldn’t help but speak up.

“Ah, Gui Zhen, calm down. Xiao Xie is just mad right now, he’s not thinking clearly. Why are you getting upset with him?”

“Gui Zhen is just too eager, but this really isn’t your fault… Even though we all know what kind of person Shen Yingying is, she’s still Xiao Xie’s wife. If anyone should do something, it should be him, or at least her mother-in-law. You don’t have any relation to her, you shouldn’t be getting involved like this…”

Someone else echoed, “Yeah, yeah, you can’t get involved in other people’s family matters! Gui Zhen, you’re just too eager.”

Liu Guizhen didn’t expect that not only would no one agree with her, but they would all start criticizing her instead.

Her face turned from blue to purple with anger, but she couldn’t refute them. She gritted her teeth and swallowed her frustration, forcing a stiff smile and saying with a strained face:

“I was just too concerned about Xiao Xie, I couldn’t stand seeing him being bullied like this. I didn’t expect to make him angry… I hope he gives that woman a good lesson this time, so she won’t be deceived again.”

After saying that, she added viciously in her heart: “It would be best to break her legs, so she can’t go out and seduce people anymore.”

Meanwhile, inside the room.

As soon as Xie Fangzhu entered, he put Shen Yingying down. His movement wasn’t particularly gentle, but it wasn’t rough either.

Shen Yingying remembered that in the original book, Xie Fangzhu had simply thrown the original owner to the ground.

Now, his movements were neither too light nor too heavy, which made her feel incredibly reassured. At least her legs were safe for now.

However, to be absolutely sure, she once again focused on her emotions, trying to make her eyes feel teary.

When she started to feel the tears welling up, she spoke softly, “Xie Fangzhu, I knew you would believe…”

But before she could finish, she suddenly saw Xie Fangzhu, who had locked the door, walking toward the corner of the room.

In that corner, a bamboo pole stood quietly.

Instantly, Shen Yingying’s eyes widened in shock, and the tears she had faked were immediately forced back. Her voice even cracked as she exclaimed, “What are you doing!!”

She quickly lunged to grab his waist, but she was too late. The bamboo pole was already in his hand.

Every hair on her body stood on end.

She remembered very clearly that in the novel, the original owner’s legs were broken by the “bamboo pole in the corner.”

“Xie Fangzhu, calm down…” She clung desperately to his waist, her face turning ashen. “Let’s talk this through. Please, don’t do anything. I swear I’m not lying to you. I didn’t run away with anyone. The money is still in my pocket. I didn’t give it to him because I was afraid he might trick me. I wanted him to arrange the job first…”

Xie Fangzhu looked down and saw Shen Yingying gripping his waist tightly. It was clear that she was extremely frightened. Not only was her body shaking violently, but even her knuckles were turning white.

He had never seen her so scared. Even when her parents used to beat her as a child, she would glare at them with defiance, her eyes full of stubbornness.

He really wanted to see how she looked when she was scared and had even fantasized about torturing her when she was terrified. He thought that would be an amazing feeling.

But now that he actually saw it, it wasn’t as satisfying as he had imagined.

Today’s plan had deviated so much from what he had expected.

When Liu Guizhen made her move earlier, he shouldn’t have avoided it. Shen Yingying should have experienced the taste of Liu Guizhen’s “appetizer.”

But his body instinctively moved away. With how she looked, she was no match for Liu Guizhen.

If they truly fought, her tears would probably flow even harder than they did in the woods.

Thinking this, he felt unsettled. Not only had he avoided Liu Guizhen, but he had even exposed his nature by confronting her.

This made him realize that, from the moment he caught Shen Yingying, things had slowly slipped out of his control. At this rate, he would eventually be dragged into a situation where he couldn’t take action.

He needed to act while his rationality was still intact.

“I haven’t even done anything yet, and you already know what I’m going to do?” His face was expressionless as he pried her fingers off his waist, his voice as cold as ice. “Fine, I’ll try to be gentle.”