Soon, it was dinnertime.

At the dinner table, Su Yuzhen ate her rice in small bites, her eyes still red like a rabbit's, but she no longer dared to be picky like before.

Su Jianguo glanced at her, picked up a piece of scrambled egg and put it in her bowl.

"Eat more, you need to grow."

Su Jianguo said calmly.

Su Yuzhen looked up, flattered, her lips trembling, and finally only whispered a sentence.

"Thank you, Dad."

Su Mingfu stuffed the last bite of the cornbread into his mouth.

"Dad, I'm going to study now. We have a diagnostic test next week."

"Go."

Su Jianguo nodded, and was about to say something more when the courtyard gate was suddenly pounded with a deafening roar.

"Open the door! Su Yufen! Get the hell out here!"

A rough male voice accompanied by loud banging on the door startled the bowls and chopsticks on the dining table, causing them to tremble.

Su Yufen's chopsticks fell to the table with a "clatter," and her face turned deathly pale instantly.

Wang Xiulan stood up in a panic.

"Yes, it's Erdan..."

Su Jianguo narrowed his eyes and slowly put down his chopsticks.

In her previous life, Su Yufen would have already slunk home by this time, without waiting for her husband to pick her up, which made her drunkard, Zhang Erdan, even more outrageous.

In this life, due to Su Jianguo's interference, Su Yufen did not return home.

This drunkard couldn't sit still any longer.

"father..."

Su Yufen trembled as she grabbed her father's sleeve, her eyes filled with fear.

"I...I'll go back with him right now..."

"Go back for what?"

Su Jianguo grabbed his daughter's shoulder.

"Sit down."

The courtyard gate was kicked loudly, accompanied by foul curses.

"Su Yufen! What the hell are you doing? You just left the two kids at home and went back to your parents' house to hide away, are you tired of living?"

The faint sound of two little boys crying could be heard.

"Dad, stop kicking, my hand hurts..."

Su Jianguo's face darkened, and he strode toward the courtyard gate.

As soon as the door was opened, a strong smell of alcohol hit us.

Zhang Erdan stood at the door with a flushed face, with two thin, pale-faced little boys hiding behind him.

He was in his early thirties, but he already looked quite old. His eyes were yellowish, his beard was unkempt, and his railway uniform was wrinkled and covered with wine stains and grease.

"Hey, father-in-law."

Zhang Erdan grinned, revealing a few yellowed teeth.

"I've come to pick up my wife."

Su Jianguo gave him a cold look.

"Picking up your wife? With your attitude?"

Zhang Erdan's expression changed, and fueled by alcohol, he shoved Su Jianguo aside and barged inside.

"Su Yufen! Get your ass out here! You've been climbing on the roof for three days straight, haven't you?"

He staggered into the main room and saw Su Yufen at the dining table; a ferocious glint flashed in his eyes.

"You bitch, living the high life now, huh? I can't even get a hot meal at home, and you're doing just fine..."

Su Jianguo grabbed him by the back of his collar from behind.

"Zhang Erdan, this is the Su family home, not a place for you to run wild."

Zhang Erdan suddenly turned around, his breath reeking of alcohol onto Su Jianguo's face.

"You old fool, mind your own business! It's my right to discipline my wife!"

At the dinner table, Su Yufen was trembling with fear, while the two children timidly hid behind the door frame, too afraid to come in.

Su Jianguo squinted.

"It's only natural? It's only natural to beat your wife and children?"

"What? I hit her? She's my own wife and my own child, it's none of your business!"

Zhang Erdan, with his neck stiff, suddenly saw the food on the table, and a greedy glint flashed in his eyes.

"Wow, this looks good."

He reached out to grab the meat from the plate.

The third brother, Su Mingfu, suddenly stood up.

"What are you doing!"

"You little brat, get out of here!"

Zhang Erdan shoved Su Mingfu aside, grabbed a piece of fatty meat and stuffed it into his mouth, oil dripping from the corner of his mouth onto his collar.

Su Yuzhen was so frightened that she hid behind her mother, but accidentally knocked over the soup bowl, spilling hot soup all over the table.

"What a spendthrift!"

Fueled by alcohol, Zhang Erdan slapped Su Yuzhen across the face.

Su Jianguo reacted quickly, grabbing Zhang Erdan's wrist with such force that Zhang Erdan cried out in pain.

"Ah! You old bastard, let go!"

"You beat my daughter in my own home?"

Su Jianguo's voice was as cold as ice.

"Zhang Erdan, are you tired of living?"

Enraged, Zhang Erdan grabbed the soup bowl from the table with his other hand and smashed it at Su Jianguo.

Fuck you!

The scalding soup splashed out, and Su Jianguo dodged to the side, but then heard Su Yuzhen scream behind him.

The hot soup splashed onto her arm, turning it red instantly.

"Yuzhen!"

Wang Xiulan rushed over with heartache.

The scream seemed to ignite a fuse. A cold glint flashed in Su Jianguo's eyes, and he delivered a heavy punch to Zhang Erdan's face.

"Bang!"

Zhang Erdan staggered backward, knocking over the dining table, and the bowls and plates shattered all over the floor.

He touched his bleeding nose in disbelief.

"You old bastard, you dare hit me?"

Su Jianguo pulled open his collar, revealing his muscular arms.

"So what if I hit you? I'll teach you a lesson today!"

Zhang Erdan roared and lunged forward, but Su Jianguo dodged to the side and then delivered an elbow strike to Zhang Erdan's back.

Zhang Erdan groaned and collapsed to the ground.

"Dad! Stop hitting him!"

Su Yufen rushed forward, crying, and grabbed her father.

Two little boys rushed in, hugging Su Jianguo's legs and crying.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, don't hit Daddy!"

Su Jianguo, panting heavily, pointed at Zhang Erdan's nose.

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