Chapter 114: Zhu Qiner, this crazy woman, has gone mad
Instead, Zhu Qin'er's husband Zheng Zhao was annoyed and kicked Zhu Qin'er in front of Ruan Jiao.
"You want to ask for an explanation, right? Fine, I'm right here, you can do whatever you want with me!"
After saying that, he turned around and left without caring about Zhu Qin'er's life or death. Ruan Jiao was so angry that she stepped forward to block Zheng Zhao's way, but was pushed away by Zheng Zhao.
Ruan Jiao's frail body fell heavily to the ground.
Zhang took two steps forward but quickly retracted her feet.
Ruan Jiao covered her feet and yelled, "Someone, come here, come and see if these Zheng family members are still being reasonable!"
"That crazy woman Zhu Qin'er went crazy and threw Rui Ge'er into the ice cave, nearly killing him. Now she's accusing me of wronging her, and her husband is completely indifferent! You'd better be careful with your children, don't let Zhu Qin'er, that crazy woman, kill them!"
"I didn't! I didn't! It wasn't me who killed the child!"
Zhu Qin'er shouted excitedly.
But Ruan Mian heard her last sentence, could it be... someone was murdered?
She was more careful, but when she looked again, Zhu Qin'er had already rushed out of the crowd.
Many of the people who came to watch were exiled together with Zhu Qin'er. They exiled Wu Heng two years earlier than Ruan Mian.
Faced with the accusations from others, Zheng Zhao lost face and simply rushed to Zhu Qin'er, grabbed her arm tightly, and slapped her in the face in front of everyone!
Zhu Qin'er was already thin, and after being hit like that, she fell to the ground.
"You crazy woman, you never do anything serious all day long. What's the point of keeping you alive? You're so unlucky that you haven't left me any offspring in all these years. You eat my food and wear my clothes, and now you want to kill me? I'm going to beat you to death today!"
After saying that, he grabbed Zhu Qin'er's hair again and punched her, and a big bump instantly appeared on her forehead.
Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect Zheng Zhao to be so cruel to his wife.
As he kicked her hard, Zhu Qin'er hit the stone beside her again. The bump on her forehead suddenly broke open, and blood flowed down, making the onlookers gasp.
Ruan Mian frowned slightly, stepped forward quickly to stand in front of Zhu Qin'er, whose eyes were numb, and took Zheng Zhao's hand.
"Do you really want to kill her?"
Zheng Zhao suddenly shook his hand away and snorted, "Didn't you just blame her for almost killing your nephew? Now I'm taking her life to make amends to you, isn't that good?"
Seeing Zheng Zhao's face full of anger and the urge to beat her to death, Ruan Mian said calmly.
"Whether she harmed my nephew or not, I will make my own judgment. If she is, I will be the one to teach her a lesson."
Zheng Zhao sarcastically said, "It was you, the Ruan family, who said she wanted to kill the child. It was you, the Ruan family, who didn't let me kill her to make amends. So, it's all our fault, right? Are you both innocent?"
Zheng Zhao pushed Ruan Mian away and said, "Whether she lives or dies has nothing to do with me from now on! Regardless of whether she wants to kill your child or not, don't come to me, or I'll be rude to you all!!"
He spat fiercely, and left angrily without forgetting to kick Zhu Qin'er.
Looking at Zhu Qin'er, who had a numb face and looked like a puppet, Ruan Mian felt something strange in his heart.
Just as he was about to speak, an old woman named Aunt Gui among the exiles came forward, kindly took Ruan Mian's hand and whispered to him.
"Madam Ruan, please don't get involved in the affairs of the Zheng family. Zheng Zhao has a bad temper, so don't get yourself into trouble. And Zhu Qin'er lost her child before, and she has been crazy ever since then. She can't stand seeing other people's children doing well."
"Whenever a child approaches her house, she'll yell and curse, trying to scare them into tears! When we were first exiled to Wu Heng, we lost a lot of children, and everyone thought it had something to do with her."
Ruan Mian didn't know the past of those exiled prisoners, he just felt that something was wrong with the current situation.
She could guess that Ruan Jiao was just going with the flow, and from the way she kept calling him "my Rui Ge'er", she knew she was deliberately trying to establish a relationship with him.
As for Zhu Qin'er, Ruan Mian took a closer look and found that her body was covered with wounds of varying sizes.
The bruises and purples were all injuries from being beaten, and the man looked unwell.
Aunt Gui patted Ruan Mian's shoulder and reminded her: "You still have to be more careful and take care of your own children. Some people only know the surface of others and not their true heart."
Ruan Mian smiled slightly and gladly accepted her opinion.
When she wanted to go back, she found that Mr. Xue came over and helped Zhu Qin'er up.
"Go back now! Don't just stand there. If you don't go back, you'll starve to death or freeze to death. It's better than getting beaten up."
The old man sighed deeply, shook his head helplessly and left.
Ruan Mian sensed something and went up to ask the old man.
"Mr. Xue, wait a minute, do you know what kind of person Zhu Qin'er was in the past?"
Feeling sorry for Zhu Qin'er, Mr. Xue briefly told Ruan Mian about her past.
"She wasn't like this before. She was a nice person. Two years ago, we were exiled to Wuheng together. There were no fewer than twenty children in the internment camp at the time. Later, they were all registered. After we went to Wuheng Village, we started seeing children go missing one after another."
"Zhu Qin'er lost her child at that time. Ever since then, she has suffered from fits of insanity from time to time. Before that, she was a virtuous and good woman."
His words were full of sympathy for her.
Ruan Mian pondered for a moment, and gradually came to an understanding: "Does her husband often beat and scold her?"
"Madam Ruan also knows about this? I thought you had only known us for a short time and didn't know about this."
"Zheng Zhao has a bad temper and takes it out on her almost every day."
At this moment, Ruan Mian suddenly remembered that since they fled, they would occasionally hear sounds of beating and scolding.
But Ruan Mian didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking it was just an internal conflict within a family.
Now it seems that it was the work of Zheng Zhao.
There must be a deep reason behind this, and Ruan Jiao happened to take advantage of it.
Speaking of this person, Ruan Jiao was still pretending to be a good person at this time. When Ruan Mian returned, he was shocked to find that Ruan Jiao was already kneeling in front of Master Ruan.
Chen was very grateful to her, even though she was pregnant.
Because she saved Rui Ge'er, for Chen, it was the same as saving her life.
Seeing her coming, Ruan Jiao kowtowed to her heavily and spoke sincerely.
"Sister, it was all my fault before. I've figured it out now and I'm constantly reminding myself not to make the same mistakes again."
"Seeing your family living in harmony all along the way, I was truly envious. I didn't know how to cherish you when I had you. Because of my background, I was jealous of you, so I made trouble for you everywhere."
"But after all these days and nights, I've missed the Ruan Mansion too much. You're all my family, and the Ruan Mansion is where I grew up! Now that we're in this desolate mountainous area, I really want to be together as a family, enjoying the good times like before."
She spoke these words with sincerity, her eyes twinkling, and even brought up memories of the past.
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