Li Yuanqing was a little surprised that Yu Yao was the one who saved Li Xiaohong yesterday, and agreed to take Yu Yao to Li Xiaohong's house.

On the way, Yu Yao asked Li Yuanqing about Li Xiaohong's family's living conditions.

"Captain Li, this is a new society now. How come there are still people like Li Xiaohong in your brigade who were forced into marriage by their parents?"

Li Yuanqing knew that the sideline work group of the troops was led by the women director of the family compound.

They hate the abuse of female comrades the most, and he also wants to have a long-term birthday celebration with the side group, so naturally he doesn't want Yu Yao and the others to have a bad impression of the brigade.

Hearing Yu Yao ask this, he quickly explained, "Li Xiaohong's family is a special case. Her father is a scoundrel."

We went to his home to advise him, but we didn't expect him to say one thing to our face and another behind our backs. If Xiaohong hadn't come back and told us, we wouldn't have known. Yesterday, the women's director and I already educated him, and he definitely won't dare to do it again.

Their statement was partly true and partly false. They actually knew about Li Xiaohong's situation and had tried to help her once or twice, but to no avail.

There was no benefit to this matter; similar situations were common in the surrounding production teams, and since they couldn't manage them all, they could only turn a blind eye.

However, I can't tell Yu Yao this right now.

In order to leave a good impression on Yu Yao, Li Yuanqing emphasized: "Our brigade attaches great importance to women's rights. Our brigade's women's director has even attended classes in the army and strictly follows the instructions of higher-level leaders."

Yu Yao didn't expose him, and nodded approvingly, "Captain Li, as you know, our team leader is the women's director, and most of our team members are women. We value our partners' attitude towards women and children very much."

“A man who abuses and mistreats his own wife and children has a problem with his character. If such situations are common in a production team, it means that the men in that production team have a problem with their ideology. We dare not and are unwilling to cooperate with such a production team.”

Li Yuanqing paused for a moment, then echoed, "I understand. Comrade Yu is right. Don't worry, we will definitely strengthen our care for women and children in the future and respond to the instructions of our leaders in a responsible manner."

"We are relieved to hear Captain Li's words." Regardless of whether he was telling the truth or not, his assurance made us more cautious if something similar were to happen again.

How much longer until we reach Li Xiaohong's house?

Li Yuanqing pointed to the fenced yard at the end of the road and said, "We're almost there, that's Xiao Hong's house."

Yu Yao looked at it and realized it was indeed fast, only a few hundred meters away.

Unexpectedly, Yu Yao had only taken a few steps when a loud noise suddenly came from Li Xiaohong's house, followed by a man's cursing and a woman's pleading and crying.

"Honey, stop hitting him! If you keep hitting him, you'll kill the child."

Yu Yao's expression changed, and she hurried towards Li Xiaohong's house.

Li Yuanqing's face turned pale and then red.

This Li Laosan, he just made a promise to Comrade Yu, and then Li Laosan does this. Isn't this a slap in his face?

Damn it, if the sideline group doesn't cooperate with their brigade next time, he'll definitely skin that kid alive.

"Comrade Yu, wait for me."

Li Yuanqing stomped his foot in anger and quickly caught up with Yu Yao.

Yu Yao pushed open the fence and walked quickly toward the direction from which the sound came.

Upon entering the main room, one sees a middle-aged woman with bruises on her lips and eyes kneeling on the ground, clinging to a bearded man and pleading with him while crying.

In the corner, blood was spurting from Li Xiaohong's forehead. She bit her lip, trembling, and curled up in a ball in the corner.

Despite trembling all over, her eyes were bright as she looked at the man defiantly. "You...you can beat me to death, I...I will not marry you. If you force me, I...I will go to my third grandfather and the women's director, I will report you to the police."

Her voice trembled, and she stuttered a little, but the meaning she spoke was so resounding.

The bearded man shoved away the woman who was clinging to his leg, raised the stick in his hand, and started hitting Li Xiaohong. "You worthless wretch, you've gone too far! You dare to talk back? I'll beat you to death!"

Seeing that the stick was about to hit her again, Li Xiaohong hugged her arms in fear and closed her eyes.

But the pain didn't occur the next second.

In the darkness, she heard a familiar and comforting voice.

"stop!"

Upon hearing the voice, Li Xiaohong suddenly opened her eyes, looked towards the door with teary eyes, and murmured, "Sister Yu."

It's Sister Yu! Sister Yu has really come!

Li Xiaohong burst into tears.

Yu Yao quickly went to Li Xiaohong's side, helped her up, and asked with concern, "Xiaohong, I'm sorry I'm late. How are you? Are you in pain?"

Li Xiaohong was pale, but she forced a smile and comforted Yu Yao while sobbing, "It's just a superficial injury, it'll be fine in a while. Sister Yu, please take a look at my mother."

"good."

Yu Yao helped Li Xiaohong lean against the wall to check on the woman's condition.

This sight was enough to ignite a surge of anger within Yu Yao.

Besides the fresh bruises on her face and the corners of her mouth, the woman also had old, gruesome wounds on her arms, neck, and other exposed skin.

The alternation of old and new scars has made this woman, who is only in her thirties, look like she is in her fifties.

Comrade, are you alright?

The woman was gentle and kind, and smiled kindly at her, saying, "It's alright, thank you."

Yu Yao put the woman down and looked at the man.

The man, looking completely indifferent, spat out a condescending spittle, telling Yu Yao to mind her own business and get out.

Yu Yao's anger, which had been building up for a while, surged to a new level. Her peach blossom eyes shot out a sharp glare. "What kind of man are you, bullying your own woman and child!"

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