Wang Dong watched as Li Qiuxiang returned humming a song, and went up to her, asking, "Qiuxiang, did you really arrest Wang Fang?"

Li Qiuxiang scoffed, "Really? Can't you tell? What, is she some kind of demon or monster? Do we need to pick an auspicious day to catch her?"

After washing his face, Wang Dong hesitated and said, "Look, she didn't commit any crime..."

Li Qiuxiang wiped her face with a towel and glared at Wang Dong. "Is your brain for beating up shit?! Wasn't that a crime of hooliganism? She could have been shot a few years ago! I see now, living with a family like yours, no wonder she's so arrogant."

Wang Dong sighed and said, "She's still my sister! You..."

As Li Qiuxiang took off her clothes, she said, "Don't talk to me about this. Your family spoils her too much, which is why she keeps making mistakes. No one can say that!"

Wang Dong sighed and went out to find Qi Zhijun and Qi Zhifang.

When the two men found out, they were actually relieved, thinking that it was the best outcome for Wang Fang.

But they didn't get a chance to relax for more than a few days before Wang Fang was released.

Zhao Yunxiang disregarded everything, found someone to bail Wang Fang out, and even stole her household registration book to get a marriage certificate with her.

When Secretary Zhao found out, the deed was done, and the rice was already popped into popcorn. There was no wedding, no dowry, nothing at all. They were given a small, dilapidated house to fend for themselves, but at least Zhao Yunxiang was given a job teaching children to play the accordion at a children's palace.

This result had no impact on Li Qiuxiang; she was still cheerful. As for Zhao Aiguo, after officially starting his job and receiving his first month's salary of 33 yuan, he rode his bicycle home, gave 10 yuan to his father and 10 yuan to his mother, and kept 8 yuan for Zhao Dahu and Wei Shuqing.

The group of people were both amused and exasperated when they received the money. "Why are you giving it to us when you're already paid? You should keep it for yourself!"

Zhao Aiguo chuckled and said, "Yeah, I love giving you guys money. Five yuan a month is enough for my food. More money is useless to me!" After he finished eating and went home, Zhao Dahu brought the money over. Zhao's mother smiled broadly, "You said it would be better if Shuqing managed Aiguo's money? What's the point of giving it to me?!"

Zhao Dahu grabbed a handful of pumpkin seeds and said, "What's so special about that? You're the matriarch of our Zhao family. If we don't take care of things for you, who will? Shuqing is convinced."

Zhao's mother happily put it away, saying, "Then I'll keep it for Aiguo to use when he gets married!"

"This grandson! How can he be so thoughtful?" Mr. Zhao exclaimed. Mrs. Zhao nodded in agreement. "Yes! We've been taking good care of him." ...

Six months passed uneventfully when Wang Fang had a mishap. She was over eight months pregnant when Zhao Yunxiang caused her to have a difficult labor, and the baby died in utero.

When the news reached the Qi family, they didn't even dare let Qi's mother know. Qi Zhifang felt ashamed and spent a tearful and awkward time at home before finally going. When she got there, she exclaimed, "My God! Is this even human? His head is a bloody mess!"

She rushed over and burst into tears, asking, "What happened? Fangfang, how are you?"

Wang Fang vaguely heard a voice weakly say, "Water...water..."

Qi Zhifang quickly made a cup of warm water and fed her half a teacup with a spoon before Wang Fang finally had the strength to speak, "Mom, why did you take so long to come?!"

Qi Zhifang was both heartbroken and angry. "How dare you say that to me? Where's Zhao Yunxiang? Why aren't your in-laws here? Look at yourself now, do you even look like a human being? I've told you long ago that he's no good, I've said all sorts of nice things and bad things, but you just wouldn't listen. You're determined to marry him, are you going to give up until you lose your life?"

After a long pause, Wang Fang softly said, "Mom, I was wrong. I'm planning to divorce him."

Qi Zhifang wiped away her tears and said, "Why are you still talking about divorce? Just live like this! Put your life on the line and see how long you live."

Wang Fang choked up and said, "I really can't go on like this anymore. This isn't the first time he's hit me since we got married. He hits me whenever he's in a bad mood outside. He even hits me if I talk to a man. He's a madman."

Qi Zhifang snorted coldly, "We don't believe what you're saying. This isn't the first time he's caused you to miscarry, is it? Don't you have any memory? I don't know what kind of karmic entanglement you two had in your past lives that you're still so entangled and fighting to the death in this life!"

She got angrier the more she talked, "You're already like this, and your in-laws don't even step in and do anything about it?"

Wang Fang cried and said, "When we got married, they found Yunxiang a job, kicked him out, and said they would disown him."

Qi Zhifang spat, "Pah! Only a fool like you would believe that. He doesn't care about you, he's afraid you'll get any benefit from their family. How could he not care about his son? What about that beast Zhao Yunxiang?"

Wang Fang kept her mouth tightly shut, not uttering a sound. Qi Zhifang sighed, carefully washed her, took out her meal tickets and money to buy her a bowl of brown sugar millet porridge, fed her, and said, "I'm going to find your brother and get justice for you."

Wang Fang said in a low voice, "Don't ask them for money anymore, lest they look down on me. Just tell them I want to divorce Yunxiang and don't sue him. Consider these past few months of marriage as repayment for the favor they did for me and Li Qiuxiang by finding us jobs. I don't owe them anything in this life."

Qi Zhifang opened her mouth but didn't know what to say to him. She turned around and went to find Wang Dong, calling out in the yard, "Wang Dong... Wang Dong..."

Li Qiuxiang started cursing from inside the house, "Calling...calling...calling...calling your soul all day long! It's really a shame you can't lay a few more eggs in this life!"

Qi Zhifang's face turned pale with anger. A moment later, Wang Dong reluctantly came out. "Why are you here?"

Qi Zhifang wasn't furious. She stared intently at Wang Dong and said, "You really don't plan to acknowledge me as your mother, do you? I never thought you were so heartless. If I had known this would happen, I should have strangled you when you were born."

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