Although they were relatives, Xi Quan was not the type to meddle in other people's business. Moreover, he had some private matters to attend to when he returned to the village. Getting too close to the Xu family would be awkward. More importantly, he hadn't sorted out his own affairs yet, so he shouldn't have interfered and didn't want to. However, when he saw the pleading look in Ye Qing's resolute eyes, which shouldn't have appeared, his heart softened, and he gave a barely perceptible "hmm."
Before Ye Qing and Xi Quan could hide properly, Liang Ziqiang arrived. He was a little surprised to see Xi Quan, but after a moment, he excitedly exclaimed, "Brother Xi, you're back! If you hadn't come back, your wife would have had a baby with someone else! I saw it with my own eyes—a man and your wife in bed together! My mom said that was…"
Ye Qing originally wanted Xi Quan to help her, but after hearing Liang Ziqiang's blunt words and seeing Xi Quan's stiff expression, Ye Qing stepped out from behind Xi Quan and asked Liang Ziqiang, "Have you found the bad guy you were looking for?"
"I haven't found her yet, but my mom said I can't lose my wife. Come on, come with me!" With that, Liang Ziqiang roughly pulled Ye Qing forward.
Compared to Liang Ziqiang's brute strength, Ye Qing seemed too thin and weak. She couldn't break free from Liang Ziqiang. Thinking about what Liang Ziqiang had just said, Ye Qing looked back at Xi Quan, who was still standing there in a daze, feeling embarrassed.
Ye Qing didn't know if Xi Quan knew what Liang Ziqiang had said, but no matter what, it was always awkward and embarrassing for someone to say such things directly.
If it weren't for me, perhaps someone as privileged as him wouldn't have suffered such an embarrassing situation.
Liang Ziqiang felt that Ye Qing was not keeping up, so he tugged at Ye Qing again.
Ye Qing staggered and hurried to catch up, not caring about anything else.
When they arrived at the Liang family home, Yang Xiujuan saw Liang Ziqiang dragging Ye Qing back from outside, and Ye Qing looked extremely unwilling. Yang Xiujuan seemed to sense something was amiss, and harsh words immediately came out of her mouth: "Ye Qing, I'm warning you, don't you dare play those dirty tricks with me. The women in your family don't know how to be discreet. Your mother got involved with a village educated youth who was sent down to our village before she was even married, and your cousin... Xu Ying..."
At this point, Yang Xiujuan paused for a moment, then said in a gloating tone, "Maybe only her husband Xi Quan, who is never home, doesn't know what she's like. You can ask around in our village; everyone knows what your cousin is like."
After saying that, Yang Xiujuan glared at Ye Qing, put down the basin she was holding for washing vegetables, walked up to Ye Qing, and said with a strong warning, "So you'd better behave yourself and live a good life for our Qiangzi in our house, or I have plenty of ways to deal with you."
From Ye Qing's stubbornness in her previous life, one could tell she was determined to die rather than submit. Ye Qing couldn't say she wasn't afraid of Yang Xiujuan's words at all, but even though she was afraid, she wouldn't let it go. Especially since Yang Xiujuan had mentioned her mother, Ye Qing raised her hand to push away Yang Xiujuan's outstretched hand and glared at her.
Seeing Ye Qing's aggressive attitude, Yang Xiujuan also became agitated. She took off her shoe, muttering, "You've gone too far..."
Noticing Yang Xiujuan's movement, Ye Qing instinctively flinched, bracing herself for a confrontation. At that moment, Liang Ziqiang spoke up smugly, "Mom, Xu Ying's man, Xi Quan, is back. I saw him just now. Qingqing saw him too..."
Although Liang Ziqiang was mentally challenged, he was a parrot and wouldn't lie about what he saw. So when Yang Xiujuan heard her mentally challenged son say this, she was momentarily stunned, rolled her eyes at the stubborn Ye Qing again, threw the shoes in her hand on the ground, put them on, and gloated, "This is going to be good."
Ye Qing had been thinking about how to escape, but Liang Ziqiang had interrupted her train of thought. Now, looking at the mother and son, what Ye Qing hadn't been able to figure out before suddenly became clear.
Just as Ye Qing had figured out what to do, she caught a glimpse of Yang Xiujuan winking at her mentally challenged son, Liang Ziqiang. Ye Qing suddenly became alert and turned to run away.
Seeing Ye Qing run away again, Liang Xiujuan shouted to her mentally challenged son, "Qiangzi, your wife is running away, how are you going to have children?"
Upon hearing Yang Xiujuan's words, Liang Ziqiang stretched, picked up Ye Qing, and carried her into the house.
Ye Qing fearfully pounded on Liang Ziqiang, but Liang Ziqiang was an idiot, and an idiot who listened to his mother. He obeyed Yang Xiujuan's every word.
So no matter how much Ye Qing beat him, it was no use.
Ye Qing, who had been thrown onto the kang (a heated brick bed), reached under her pillow and pulled out a flashlight. She raised the flashlight and, with all her might, smashed it at Liang Ziqiang.
Liang Ziqiang clutched his head and howled...
Hearing Liang Ziqiang's call, Yang Xiujuan quickly came in from outside: "Son..."
Glancing at the flashlight in her hand, Ye Qing took advantage of the moment when Yang Xiujuan and her son were temporarily preoccupied with her and banged the flashlight hard against the glass vase containing plastic flowers next to her. Then she picked up one of the glass shards and held it to her neck: "Try coming any closer if you dare!"
"Ye Qing, you want to out-smart me?!" Yang Xiujuan raised her hand, rolled up her sleeves, and looked ready to fight Ye Qing. Just then, they heard the courtyard gate open. Liang Ziqiang cried out and squatted on the ground, clutching his head: "Is the police here? Mom, I told you I can't do it, but you insisted I have the baby..."
Hearing the knock on the door, Ye Qing's hand, which was tightly gripping the glass, trembled and she accidentally bumped her neck. But she gritted her teeth and continued to confront Yang Xiujuan.
Yang Xiujuan didn't want to answer the knocker, but seeing her silly son huddled in the corner, terrified and running away, she knew she wouldn't get anything done today. So she swallowed hard, glanced at Ye Qing who looked ready to go all out, and despite her resentment, knew she couldn't confront Ye Qing head-on. She spat angrily and went to open the door.
When Yang Xiujuan opened the courtyard gate and saw the person outside, she was surprised: "Isn't this Xi Quan? When did you come back from the city?"
Hearing Yang Xiujuan's voice outside, Ye Qing leaned weakly against the wall. When she caught sight of Liang Ziqiang trying to stand up, she immediately became extremely alert and wary of him.
Xi Quan didn't see Ye Qing, nor did he see that fool Liang Ziqiang. But recalling the shouts he had vaguely heard earlier, he felt a little worried. However, glancing at Yang Xiujuan, who was blocking the door and refusing to let him in, Xi Quan didn't mention his original purpose for coming. Instead, he changed the subject and said casually, "I heard that Liang Ziqiang saw Xu Ying with that person. Could you ask him to take me to find them?"
Although Xi Quan's words were vague, Yang Xiujuan understood perfectly what he meant. She could gloat in front of Ye Qing, but she dared not offend Xi Quan, who had already made a lot of money in the city. However, it was too awkward to let Liang Ziqiang take Xi Quan to find someone.
Ye Qing vaguely heard the sounds outside while inside the house. Thinking about her previous plan, she cautiously glanced at Liang Ziqiang and prepared to go out...
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