Xu Keke really wanted to hear how Li Shaojie would explain it.

Xiao Yujie looked up at her, her smile somewhat malicious. "Alright, come on, you wanted to know, didn't you? Come with me, you can listen too."

Xiao Yujie reached out to grab Xu Keke, but Fang San blocked her with his body.

"Pah!" Xiao Yujie spat on the ground. "Du Wenting, you shameless woman. You're always flirting with men. Is there any man you haven't flirted with? Back then, you were always exchanging glances with Fang Minghui. Later, you flirted with Li Shaojie. Now, you can even fancy someone like this."

So vulgar and disgusting, there wasn't a trace of Xiao Yujie's former self. Xu Keke stopped Fang San; she wouldn't argue with someone who was mentally unstable. She didn't know what Xiao Yujie had been through these past few days, but she could clearly sense that her mental state wasn't good.

Xiao Yujie strode angrily to the door, looking at Xu Keke defiantly, "You really don't want to hear it?"

"Yes, of course I want to." Xu Keke decisively followed.

Not only her and Fang San, but the entire Fan family also followed them to the next house.

Lu Cuihua was still recovering, and Li Guodong stayed with her at the hospital. Li Yumei went to deliver food, so only Li Shaojie was at home.

Upon seeing Xu Keke and Fang San, Li Shaojie didn't even notice Xiao Yujie's strange behavior. Pointing at Fang San, he sneered at Xu Keke, "You want to beg me? You dare bring him here."

Li Shaojie rolled up his sleeve and pointed to a bruise on his arm. "If his grandfather hadn't stopped him, I would have taken him to the police station."

Xiao Yujie, standing to the side, grabbed his arm and bit down. Li Shaojie, in pain, grabbed her hair with his other hand and pulled her away, finally managing to pull her off his arm after a long while.

He yelled angrily, "Are you crazy? Why did you bite me?"

Whether it was because Li Shaojie had thick skin or because Xiao Yujie hadn't bitten hard enough, Li Shaojie only had two rows of deep teeth marks on his arm, without any bleeding. Xu Keke felt a little regretful.

“Tell me, what is your relationship with Li Yumei? You don’t need to look at me like this, it’s her,” Xiao Yujie shouted incoherently, but she didn’t forget to point at Xu Keke.

"It was her who sent my brother to your village to investigate. You and Li Yumei are husband and wife. That's what everyone in the village says. Tell me, what exactly is your relationship?"

Only then did Li Shaojie see the madness in her eyes. To Xu Keke's surprise, Li Shaojie was not at all surprised to see Xiao Yujie like this; he seemed completely used to it.

Without pausing, Li Shaojie began, "Li Yumei was a wife my family bought for me. She was only ten years old when we bought her, and I had just started university. She was sold to our village because she was too young and nobody wanted her. My mother kindly bought her."

This was clearly a pre-planned statement. However, the way he described his family was far too grandiose. Xu Keke didn't believe it. "Impossible. If no one else wants them, why would your mother, who isn't stupid, accept them?"

Li Shaojie initially didn't want to pay attention to Xu Keke, but seeing that Xiao Yujie had just calmed down a bit, she started glaring at him angrily again.

Li Shaojie said helplessly, "That year, the donkey cart overturned, and my dad hit his head on a rock. He was unconscious in the hospital for a day and a night. My mom was tricked by that human trafficker, who said that only if I married Li Yumei would my dad get better. My mom only spent ten yuan to buy Li Yumei, who no one wanted."

Li Shaojie looked at Xiao Yujie and said, "I came home from university for vacation and found out that there was someone else in my family. My dad had just recovered, so he said we should just treat her like another child. So we took her as my sister. She was only ten years old at the time. It was just that the villagers were making a fuss. How could I possibly marry a child?"

Seeing that Xiao Yujie remained silent and simply stared at her, Xu Keke finally understood why Xiao Yujie had insisted she come along. It turned out she wanted Xu Keke to help her distinguish between truth and falsehood. Xu Keke couldn't help but sigh, wondering if Xiao Yujie had matured over the past few days, or if she was simply not stupid to begin with.

Having clarified her role, Xu Keke spoke up quite consciously.

"Since your family acknowledges her as your sister, why did you still have a relationship with her?"

"You're talking nonsense." Li Shaojie pointed at Xu Keke. He still had a use for Xiao Yujie, but as for Xu Keke, Li Shaojie sneered inwardly and said arrogantly, "Du Wenting, watch your mouth. Don't forget you're still begging me. Stop talking nonsense here."

"I'm lying. I didn't sleep on our first night of marriage, you two..."

Xu Keke deliberately stopped, as if the scene at that time disgusted her so much that she didn't want to describe it.

Xiao Yujie's eyes were practically spitting fire. Li Shaojie glared fiercely at Xu Keke. He quickly grabbed Xiao Yujie's hand and confessed, "That year you broke up with me. I was heartbroken. I drank too much when I came home for vacation and did something wrong. I never forgot you. I felt like it didn't matter who I was with, so I married Du Wenting. But after I got together with you, we never got back together. Think about it, haven't I been with you every single day these past few days?"

Seeing that Xiao Yujie still didn't believe him, Li Shaojie became anxious.

"You still don't believe me? Du Wenting is just trying to sow discord between us. Don't you remember? You were the one who reminded me. She just doesn't want you to have an easy time; she's jealous of you."

Li Shaojie pulled Xiao Yujie into his arms and said, "You believe what someone who doesn't want us to be together says, but you don't believe what I say either."

Watching Li Shaojie's performance, Xu Keke sighed inwardly, thinking that Li Shaojie had grown up on this inhuman path.

On the morning of their first wedding night, he hesitated to lie, but now he can fluently utter so many lies that contradict his conscience. His acting, however, still needs improvement, because his eyes are still trying to feign sincerity, making it seem overly exaggerated.

Xiao Yujie remained motionless as Li Shaojie held her. Her hands hung limply at her sides, feeling as if they weighed a ton, making it impossible for her to lift them. She relied on this embrace, but she no longer had the strength to hug him back.