Chen Sanhua was restless all day, her mind constantly replaying Xia Chunmei's words.

At the end of Shen Shi (3-5 PM), Xia Xiumei dressed up carefully and went out.

Chen Sanhua's heart was pounding. She knew her own daughter well. Dressed up so beautifully, it couldn't be to see someone she didn't want to see. It could only be to see her sweetheart!

Xia Changjiang had been feeling depressed, and coupled with his advanced age, his health had been poor recently. Chen Sanhua didn't tell him about it, lest his condition worsen and he worry.

Chen Sanhua was worried that if something really happened to her daughter, she wouldn't be able to save her alone, so she called Zeng Shi along as well.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law secretly followed Xia Xiumei to the local temple in Taojiachong.

This earth god temple was a place where Xia Xiumei and Fan Baowen often met and dated; their first time also happened here.

Xia Xiumei entered the temple full of anticipation, only to find that instead of her lover, she was greeted by a hunchbacked old man!

The hunchback was already waiting there. Xia Xiumei was drugged by the incense that had been lit beforehand just a few minutes after entering the land temple.

The hunchback looked at the delicate girl on the ground with a lewd glint in his eyes and began to take off his clothes.

"Why is there no sound at all?" Chen Sanhua was very anxious. Then she quietly approached the earth god temple and saw her daughter lying motionless on the ground through the crack in the door, while the hunchbacked old man next to her was taking off his pants!

Enraged, Chen Sanhua picked up a stone from the ground and kicked the door open with a bang!

The sudden noise startled the hunchback so much that he went limp.

"Go to hell!" Chen Sanhua grabbed a stone and smashed it against the hunchback's head, drawing blood immediately.

The hunchback, clutching his wound, said, "Who are you?"

"I'm your ancestor!" Chen Sanhua was furious, looking like she was about to fight him.

Although the hunchback was a man with great strength, Chen Sanhua and Zeng Shi were two different people. In addition, he was already doing bad things and was somewhat guilty. When he saw that he had been exposed, he quickly ran away.

"You beast who gave birth to a son but has no wife, don't let me see you again, or I'll chop your thing up!" Chen Sanhua cursed loudly at the hunchback.

After scolding her, Chen Sanhua pinched Xia Xiumei's philtrum and slapped her until she finally woke her up.

"Mother, sister-in-law, what are you doing here?" Xia Xiumei was still a little confused.

"Stop talking and get out of here."

"Mother, Brother Baowen made an appointment with me, but I haven't met him yet."

Upon hearing Fan Baowen's name, Chen Sanhua was furious: "That heartless beast, don't mention him again! Come with me right now!"

Chen Sanhua quickly pulled her away.

Xia Xiumei absolutely refused, and in a fit of anger, Chen Sanhua slapped Xia Xiumei, glared at her, and gritted her teeth, saying, "Go!"

After being beaten, Xia Xiumei became much more obedient and followed along, crying and sobbing.

No sooner had they left than several people arrived at the local temple. If Xia Chunmei were there, she would recognize that one of them was Sister Zhou!

"Why is nobody here?"

"Hasn't he arrived yet?"

“The incense has burned out, how could they not have come?” Aunt Zhou saw a stone on the ground with bloodstains that hadn’t dried yet. “Something must have happened. We must hurry back and inform the young lady.”

After seeing Zhou Sao and the others leave, Chen Sanhua took Xia Xiumei and Zeng Shi home.

At this moment, Chen Sanhua completely believed Xia Chunmei's words: Fan Baowen really wanted to harm her daughter!

Even though she had already had her suspicions, Chen Sanhua still couldn't calm down. Her daughter had given her all, and in the end, Fan Baowen treated her like this!

This is forcing her to die!

Chen Sanhua stormed home, only to be surprised to find her son, Xia Donglai, back!

"Donglai! You're finally back!" Chen Sanhua cried as she saw Xia Donglai.

"Mom, what happened at home? Why are you staying here?"

Zeng had gone to the city several times before but failed to find Xia Donglai. Later, he left a message asking Xia Donglai's neighbor to tell him that something had happened at home and that his family had temporarily moved to Mazwa.

Sure enough, Xia Donglai came looking for him after receiving the news.

Chen Sanhua wiped away her tears and then told Xia Donglai in detail why they had moved.

“Now everyone in the village is saying that Shi Zhenxiang used my affair to blackmail me, which is why your father beat her.”

"If you ask me, Dad went too far." Xia Donglai's eyes flashed with ferocity. "I'll take care of that old man. Yijia Village is our home. I'll make sure you and Dad move back in the next couple of days."

"Brother, and that bitch Xia Chunmei too! She's the one who made Father sick, and she even stole two acres of our land!" Xia Xiumei quickly complained.

"What's going on here?"

Chen Sanhua then told Xia Donglai about her grievances with Xia Chunmei and Xia Chunmei's current situation.

"I never thought that brat Xia Chunmei was so ruthless. She even dared to take my family's land. Does she have a death wish?" Xia Donglai was so angry that his veins bulged. "Isn't she afraid of taking it but not living to enjoy it!"

"Donglai, the most urgent matter is not finding Xia Chunmei or Shi Zhenxiang, but your sister's matter."

"Sister, what's wrong, Mother? What exactly happened at home? Don't tell me only what you've said, tell me everything."

Chen Sanhua then recounted what Xia Chunmei had said and what she had seen that day.

"That's impossible! Brother Baowen wouldn't do that!" Xia Xiumei was the first to explode. "It must have been that bitch Xia Chunmei who set this up. She wanted to harm me and then frame Brother Baowen."

Chen Sanhua angrily retorted, "Shut up, you idiot!"

"Mother, are you getting senile? You're hitting and scolding me all the time. What did I say wrong? Brother Baowen would never treat me like this. That bitch Xia Chunmei must not want me to marry Brother Baowen, so she's deliberately trying to drive a wedge between us!" Xia Xiumei was extremely aggrieved.

Not only was her daughter stupid, but she also claimed to be senile. Chen Sanhua was so angry at Xia Xiumei that her heart ached.

Xia Donglai slapped him across the face: "Apologize to your mother right now!"

Xia Xiumei was stunned by the beating. She had always been afraid of Xia Donglai, and now she was so frightened that she cried uncontrollably.

Xia Donglai lectured, "You're so stupid, but you won't admit it. Xia Chunmei has a guarantee and a confession. Why would she be afraid that you'll marry Fan Baowen? Besides, Fan Baowen and she have already set a wedding date. If she frames Fan Baowen and ruins his reputation, what good will that do her? Use your brain to think about it."

Xia Xiumei suddenly understood.

But she still wouldn't give up: "Then why did Xia Chunmei come to tell me that she's going to marry Fan Baowen? They're family, what's she after?"

“You’re not entirely stupid; you’ve hit the nail on the head,” Xia Donglai said. “If Fan Baowen is using you to break off his engagement with Xia Chunmei, then everything makes sense. The Fan family is determined to break off the engagement, and Xia Chunmei can’t do anything about it, so she can only use us to deal with Fan Baowen and get revenge. That girl is quite clever.”

"But how did she know that I was blackmailing the Fan family? She knew that the Fan family was using us. She even saw through your aunt's attempt to drug her and turned the tables on your aunt. Now how does she know that Fan Baowen wants to harm your sister? Does she really have the ability to predict the future?"

"How could she be so prescient, Mother? How old is she? How could she possibly have that ability?"

Xia Donglai simply couldn't believe that Xia Chunmei could be so miraculous.

Xia Chunmei hasn't even reached school age yet; she's just a fourteen-year-old country girl with little experience. He really wants to see how capable she is.