"Let's give it a try. After all, we're relatives. Zhu Borong can't just stand by and watch someone die!"

Grandma Zhu naturally understood her daughter-in-law's meaning, but given the current situation, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and give it a try.

Otherwise, she worried that her granddaughter wouldn't make it through the night.

Liu felt that her mother-in-law's words made some sense, and hurriedly stopped Zhu Chenfeng.

"Third brother, I'll go! Women are easier to talk to."

Zhu Chenfeng, who was about to turn and leave, glanced at his mother and had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"Then be careful, sister-in-law. If Zhu Borong makes things difficult for you, come back."

"Okay, I'll be right back."

After tidying her messy hair, Liu took a deep breath and walked towards Zhu Borong's family.

When Wen Xiuying saw Liu Shi coming over, she seemed to know that she was asking for a favor, and arrogantly raised her chin.

"Hey! What brings you here? Isn't your family supposed to be very powerful? You actually have to ask for favors now?"

"Xiuya, I'd like to borrow some medicine for heatstroke. Xixi has heatstroke."

Despite Wen Xiuying's deliberate attempt to disgust her, Liu endured the humiliation and kept her head down in order to obtain the medicine for her daughter.

Wen Xiuying snorted disdainfully, and as she turned her head, she saw Zhu Borong leering at Liu Shi.

She had a brilliant idea and came up with something even more fun.

"Alright! I'll let you off the hook since you look so pitiful. Go wait for me in the woods ahead."

Liu hesitated for a moment, head bowed in fear, but finally turned and walked in the direction Wen Xiuya had indicated.

After Liu left, Wen Xiuying walked angrily to Zhu Borong and nodded her chin at Liu.

"I'm satisfied. Get things done quickly, don't mess them up."

"My wife is the one who loves me the most. I have the most experience in this kind of thing, and I will definitely handle it smoothly."

Zhu Borong knew that Wen Xiuying would not forget him if there was anything good happening to her. A lewd smile appeared on his fat face as he walked towards Liu Shi.

Wen Xiuying looked at the two of them with a cold smile, feeling extremely satisfied. She didn't believe that once her husband had taken care of things, this Liu would still have the face to continue living.

Liu came to a place where there was no firelight. Zhu Borong walked towards Liu, stroked his chin, and circled around Liu a few times.

"You need medicinal herbs?"

"Uncle, Xixi has a bit of heatstroke and wants to borrow some medicine for heatstroke from you."

After feeling Zhu Borong's malicious gaze, Liu lowered her head in fear and backed away repeatedly.

Zhu Borong was very satisfied with Liu's curvaceous figure, especially back when they were at the General's Mansion.

He was very interested in this most beautiful woman in the capital, even though Lady Liu had given birth to three children.

But she possessed a mature woman's charm, making her even more captivating.

He greedily stepped forward and quickly embraced Liu's slender waist, whispering sweetly in her ear with a smile.

"You want it? Sure, as long as you can make your uncle happy, I can provide not only medicine for heatstroke, but also food for Xixi."

Zhu Borong's sudden action startled Liu Shi. She tried to push away the approaching Zhu Borong in terror, crying and shouting.

"Zhu Borong, what are you doing? I'm your niece-in-law."

"So what? The Zhu family is in such a state now, what does seniority matter? As long as you can satisfy me, I will give you whatever you want."

Zhu Borong seemed very excited by Liu's resistance, and he pressed his greasy face against Liu's face, his oily hands roaming back and forth.

Liu painfully avoided Zhu Borong's approach, feeling extremely disgusted, watching as he was about to succeed.

She stomped hard on Zhu Borong, then raised her knee and slammed it into his groin.

Zhu Borong instantly became obedient, clutching his lower body in pain, veins bulging on his face, pointing at Liu Shi with a ferocious expression.

"You slut, how dare you... how dare you stand up for me."

What are you doing?

Just as Liu was about to escape, Wen Xiuying came over with a torch. Upon seeing Liu's disheveled clothes, she became agitated.

"Liu, you slut, how dare you seduce your uncle! I'll beat you to death, you whore!"

Zhu Xixi rolled over in Old Madam Zhu's arms and, through her hazy vision, saw Liu being bullied by Zhu Borong.

She woke up instantly, burst into tears, waving her little hands and kicking her little feet.

[Pah! You shameless brat, daring to bully Xixi's mother!]

[If you're so capable, challenge Xixi to a one-on-one fight, and see if she doesn't tear you to shreds.]

Following her granddaughter's directions, Grandma Zhu looked in the direction her daughter-in-law had disappeared and hurriedly signaled to her son.

"Second brother, I heard the eldest son's wife screaming for help. Let's go check it out."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng quickly grabbed their weapons and ran into the woods.

As the group entered, they saw Wen Xiuying raising a torch and throwing it at Liu Shi.

Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng rushed forward to pull Wen Xiuying back, while Old Madam Zhu, rubbing her lower back, stood in front of Liu and sternly reprimanded her.

"Wen Xiuying, Zhu Borong, what are you doing?"

"What am I doing? Ask your shameless wife, seducing your uncle late at night, how shameless."

Wen Xiuying was suppressed by Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng and could not move. She angrily roared at Liu Shi.

Liu, trembling with fear, squatted on the ground, clutching her collar tightly, unable to utter a single word.

[You're shameless! Your whole family is shameless! You deliberately tricked your mother into going to this remote place!]

[It was all to tarnish my mother's innocence, to make her lose her purity, and to drive her to her death—what a vicious scheme!]

You scoundrels, you're so wicked, you deserve to be poor your whole lives.

Zhu Xixi pouted angrily, waving her little fists, wishing she could crawl out of her swaddling clothes and beat the two of them up.

Zhu Xiaobao overheard his sister's thoughts. After carrying Zhu Xixi to Liu Shi's side,

Upon seeing the scratches on her neck, she instantly understood and shouted excitedly, "Grandma, Mom was bullied by Zhu Borong!"

Hearing the sound, Old Mrs. Zhu turned around and hurriedly squatted down to check Liu's injuries. "Eldest daughter-in-law, are you alright?"

Liu's face was deathly pale, her whole body was trembling, she opened her mouth but could not make a sound, she cried and pointed at Zhu Borong.

Following her eldest daughter-in-law's finger, Old Mrs. Zhu looked up with a fierce expression and slowly stood up.

"Second brother, third brother, beat them up! If they die, it's on me."

Upon hearing their mother's order, Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng forcefully pushed Wen Xiuying aside and raised the sticks in their hands to strike Zhu Borong.

When Wen Xiuying saw her husband being beaten, she hurriedly got up from the ground and shouted in Zhu Yanyan's direction.

"Yan Yan, come quick! Your dad's been beaten!"

Just after she shouted a few times, Old Lady Zhu quickly stepped forward, pressed down on her body, and slapped her several times in succession.

"Shut up, or I'll rip your tongue out right now."

Wen Xiuying lay on the ground crying, covering her face in anguish, her expression filled with fear, her body trembling as she tightly closed her lips.

Meanwhile, Tao and Sun also successfully found food and medicine.

To avoid being discovered by others, the two stuffed all the food and medicine under their long skirts.

Tao emerged furtively from the bushes, looking around nervously as she spoke to Sun beside her.

"Third brother's wife, just say we found it together, don't say I took you there, okay?"

Just as Mrs. Sun was about to ask her sister-in-law how she knew about these food and medicine bottles, she heard her sister-in-law explain it to her.

Knowing how difficult the journey to exile would be, she could only secretly suppress all her questions and nod with a smile.

"Okay, I'll do whatever you say, sister-in-law."

However, when the two returned to the camp, they only saw Zhu Dabao anxiously going back and forth in front of the cart.

Upon seeing this, Mrs. Sun hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Da Bao, where are your grandma and uncles?"

“They went to find Mother, Aunt. Now that you’re back, I’ll go find Mother.”

Upon seeing Tao and Sun return, Zhu Dabao immediately turned and ran, talking as he ran.

Upon seeing this, Tao immediately sensed something was wrong and quickly stuffed the things under the car, whispering instructions to her sister-in-law.

"You stay here and watch the supplies, go and take a look."

Sun covered the substance under her long skirt and nodded uneasily.

Tao followed Zhu Dabao and ran quickly until they arrived at the scene of the accident.

Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng had beaten Zhu Borong until his head was swollen like a pig's head, and he was hunched over, clutching his hair and wailing in pain.

When Grandma Zhu saw Tao return, she hurriedly waved to her, "Come quickly, carry the eldest daughter-in-law back."

Tao was stunned for a long time before belatedly nodding and running towards her sister-in-law.

Seeing Liu crying with a blank expression, she felt sorry for her and squatted down, letting Old Lady Zhu help her sister-in-law onto her back.

Then, she lifted her sister-in-law onto her back with a strong shove, and with the help of others, they walked toward the camp.