When Xie Yan was almost at his doorstep, he suddenly heard a commotion over there, like someone was arguing. He quickly walked a few steps to try and hear who was arguing, but it was too noisy and there were too many people, so he couldn't hear clearly.

Xie Yan was really anxious. What if his wife had gotten into a fight with someone? What if she got hurt? The more he thought about it, the more worried he became. He ran towards the scene with a heart full of fear and saw Yu Yuehui standing by the roadside watching the commotion from afar. Seeing that she was alright, he finally felt relieved.

Xie Yan walked over, tugged at her hand, and asked softly, "What's going on? What are all these people doing, making such a racket?"

Yu Yue pulled Xie Yan a little further away before explaining, "The old lady of this house is back. She was staying with the second son before, but he brought her back today. She'll be staying with the third son for the rest of the month!"

"But the old woman is quite capable; she's already arguing with her third daughter-in-law as soon as she arrived!"

The first thing that came to Xie Yan's mind was the scene she saw while watching videos in her previous life, where several sons didn't want to take care of their elderly parents, pushing them from one family to another. "None of the three sons in this family are willing to take care of their parents. Since they don't get along with the third daughter-in-law, can't the other two take care of the elderly? Or like other families, can't they settle down with one of the sons?"

Influenced by memories from his previous life, Xie Yan actually sympathizes with the elderly, always feeling that people become pitiful as they get older.

But Yu Yuehui's next words slapped him in the face.

Yu Yue pulled Xie Yan a little further away before quietly explaining, "Originally, she was supposed to live with her eldest son, but this old woman is quite ruthless. She likes her second daughter-in-law and doesn't like her eldest daughter-in-law. She used to always instigate her eldest son to beat his wife. After the family was divided, she would steal some of the eldest son's things from time to time and give them to her second daughter-in-law."

“She already had a lot of grudges with her eldest daughter-in-law, and the two of them argued almost every day. Her eldest son would also beat his wife from time to time. My mother said that at that time, his wife was almost covered in bruises.”

"Later, this old woman secretly gave her savings little by little to her second son and daughter-in-law. After doing it so many times, the money was gone."

"If it had only been that, none of the subsequent events would have happened. But this old woman went too far. She insisted that her eldest daughter-in-law had stolen her money and threatened to drive her to her death. She made a scene, cried, and even threatened to hang herself. The matter escalated quite a bit, and in the end, I don't know how it happened, the eldest daughter-in-law simply drank poison."

"The old woman only realized how serious things were when she saw that her eldest daughter-in-law was gone. She probably just wanted to get some money from her eldest daughter-in-law, but she never expected things to turn out like this."

"But this old woman is vicious; even after people are gone, she still thinks she did nothing wrong!"

Xie Yan was shocked. This was the first time he had ever heard of such a person. He thought she deserved to be kicked out of the house by her eldest son and not supported. "Does her eldest son hate her to death? And do her grandsons hate their grandmother too?"

Hearing this, Yu Yue sighed. "Alas! If that were the case, who would still feel sorry for the deceased eldest daughter-in-law?"

Even now, when her mother mentions this incident, she still shakes her head and sighs!

Yueyue shook her head. "That's not how it is. The people who came to mourn her said that the eldest daughter-in-law had very obvious bruises on her body, which looked like she had been beaten before she died!"

"People who lived near them said that the woman was beaten badly that night. My mother said that she was a very beautiful woman who loved beauty. Before she died the next day, she changed into new clothes and put on makeup!"

Xie Yan was shocked! Anger filled his chest. How could there be such a vicious family in the world! Why didn't that man just die? He finally understood that the one who drove this woman to her death was never the evil mother-in-law, but her man, an incompetent mama's boy, selfish, hypocritical, and vicious.

Yu Yuehui continued, "My mother said that the man was quite funny at the time. Afterwards, he lay on the ground for a whole day, holding his dead wife. How ridiculous! How ironic!"

"They didn't cherish what they had while they were alive, they beat them to death, and now that they're really dead, they suddenly become sentimental! What are they pretending for? It's disgusting!"

It's laughable! How can such a hypocritical, selfish, and malicious person still deserve to live in this world?

As for their children, ha! Yu Yuehui sneered, "Those who got married got married, and those who got married got married. They weren't affected in the slightest because the old woman took care of them. She was very close to them! What weight could a mother who had long since died hold in their hearts!"

Xie Yan felt a chill in her heart upon hearing this. How tragic! She was dead, while the other family was still living happily together.

Perhaps for that woman who had already died, death meant liberation; this filthy world was not worth her lingering for.

She went to a beautiful world, a world without domestic violence and a vicious mother-in-law. Perhaps it was a land of women, a place where birds sang and flowers bloomed, where she could live freely and unrestrained!

Xie Yan looked at the still noisy crowd and suddenly asked, "Is this woman's family from a very far away? Otherwise, she wouldn't be being bullied like this by her in-laws! No one is standing up for her or seeking justice for her!"

Yu Yue sighed, her voice filled with suppressed sadness, "How far can it be? It's only a two-hour walk. They know their daughter is often beaten, but they just don't care!"

“Once a girl is married, it’s like water spilled from a cup. How could they care whether she’s doing well in her husband’s family? They’re afraid she’ll be sent back and lose face.”

Xie Yan stood frozen in shock, unable to utter a sound for a long time. This was the first time he had ever so directly experienced the feudalism and oppression of women in this place! It was truly cannibalistic!

This is a new era! No longer the old feudal era! Everyone talks about liberating women, but what exactly has been liberated?

Everything is progressing, times are progressing, and humanity is developing, but the shackles that bind women seem to remain in the past. Everything has progressed, but this one thing remains stuck in the feudal era.

A living, breathing life! It's not even as important as their pride!

That woman died just like that, with a single, casual remark, she was dead!