Fu Wan hadn't expected Old Lady Shen to be so agreeable.
She endured the physical pain and got out of bed, quickly packing a few clothes for herself and her daughter under Old Lady Shen's murderous glare.
"You'd better not even think about taking what you shouldn't!"
Fu Wan snorted coldly, ignoring what Old Madam Shen said.
However, there was nothing she shouldn't have taken. Her and her daughter Shen Lingling's clothes were covered in patches, and decades later, they would have been considered rags.
"Mom, what are you doing here?"
A high-pitched female voice came from afar, and the person who came was Xu Zhaolan, Fu Wan's sister-in-law.
She saw that Fu Wan, who was always meek and obedient, was packing her things, looking like she was about to leave home.
"Oh dear, is your sister-in-law going back to her parents' home? If you ask me, with something like this happening at home, you should definitely go back and check on things."
Old Mrs. Shen scoffed, "Your father is gone, your brother is paralyzed, and you have an old mother who can't do anything. Fu Wan, you still want a divorce? Let's see if you want to go back to begging for food."
"What?! My sister-in-law wants a divorce!"
Xu Zhaolan immediately objected. You see, the Shen family has more than a dozen people, and they all rely on their two daughters-in-law to do everything. Xu Zhaolan is sweet-talking and lazy, so naturally Fu Wan does more work.
Her eyes darted around as she whispered encouragement in Old Mrs. Shen's ear.
“If my sister-in-law gets divorced, there will be one less person to do the work, and my niece is growing up and can be exchanged for a dowry. It’s not a good deal, Mother!”
Grandma Shen was initially blinded by Fu Wan's resistance, but after hearing what Xu Zhaolan said, she realized that Fu Wan was indeed very good at working, if nothing else.
She whispered a message to Xu Zhaolan, then went forward to pull Fu Wan away.
However, Fu Wan had almost finished tidying up and was about to go out to call her daughter.
She grabbed Fu Wan and started making unreasonable demands.
"Old woman, I regret it. If you want a divorce, you have to compensate the Shen family. You've caused Dongsheng to have no descendants. If you leave now, all the food we've eaten over the past few years will have been wasted!"
Fu Wan was so angry she laughed. She didn't care about the old woman's nonsense and pushed Old Lady Shen aside forcefully.
If you refuse a toast, you'll have to drink the penalty cup!
"I haven't even asked you for Lingling's child support yet, so stop making trouble!"
After saying that, she picked up the snakeskin bag containing the clothes and walked out. Old Mrs. Shen fell hard, and her tailbone was sore. She kicked Shen Dongsheng, who was still squatting on the ground in a daze.
"Go after them, are you stupid?"
Shen Dongsheng seemed to snap out of his daze and quickly chased after him.
As soon as Fu Wan came out, she ran into Xu Zhaolan, who was carrying a basin of water. Xu Zhaolan quickly stopped Fu Wan from leaving.
"Sister-in-law, your face is covered in dust, you should wash it off before you go!"
Not believing that Xu Zhaolan was so kind, Fu Wan pretended not to hear, but was unexpectedly pulled back by Shen Dongsheng who was chasing after her.
"Wife, your sister-in-law is trying to make amends with you, how can you be so rude?"
Seeing that she couldn't leave, Fu Wan could only wait and see what tricks Xu Zhaolan was going to pull.
Just then, Shen Lingling ran into the courtyard and saw her father pulling Fu Wan, who had a face full of injuries.
She assumed her father had hit her mother again, and without thinking, she charged headlong into him, yelling, "Let go of my mother!"
Shen Dongsheng was hit squarely by his daughter, who was as big as a cannonball. By sheer coincidence, she bumped into his manhood, and the intense pain made him let go and howl in agony.
Has he mastered the Iron Head Kung Fu?
Chen Lingling scratched her head and hurriedly pulled Fu Wan, "Mom, Tiger next door said that Grandpa and Uncle had an accident. Let's go back to Grandma's house quickly!"
After a lifetime apart, Fu Wan saw her daughter again, and the excitement in her heart made her hands tremble slightly.
"Ring ring, it really is my ring ring!"
Shen Lingling found it strange; she hadn't seen her for only a short while, so why was her mother so excited to see her and cry?
It must have hurt too much when Dad hit her.
Little Chen Lingling secretly made up her mind that she would definitely show her father her iron head skills again next time, and she would go for that position!
Fu Wan, holding Shen Lingling's hand, said coldly to Shen Dongsheng, "Shen Dongsheng, see you at the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow morning! If you don't come, I'll have the village chief come looking for you."
"Wait!"
As soon as Old Lady Shen reached the entrance of the lobby, she saw Fu Wan about to lead Shen Lingling out. Shen Lingling, who was so ungrateful, didn't seem to have any hesitation at all.
"Fu Wan, you can leave, but leave my granddaughter behind!"
"That's my Shen family's daughter. Even if we get divorced, she belongs to my Shen family!"
"unless……"
Fu Wan raised an eyebrow, knowing that this old woman wouldn't give up easily.
"Unless you spit out that pearl!"
"Pearls? What pearls?" Xu Zhaolan's eyes lit up instantly, and she perked up!
It looks like things won't end well today. Fu Wan whispered to Chen Lingling, "Go find Grandpa Village Chief."
Upon receiving the order, Chen Lingling quickly ran away.
"What pearls? I don't know anything about them."
Fu Wan simply pretended that the pearl never existed. After all, there was no surveillance footage and no evidence, so who would believe that the pearl was real?
Strangely enough, she had swallowed the pearl for over an hour, yet she felt no discomfort in her stomach and instead felt full of energy.
Grandma Shen never expected Fu Wan to be so shameless. She grabbed Fu Wan and dragged her towards the basin of water that Xu Zhaolan had just splashed.
"Push her down! She'll spit out the pearls when she chokes on the water."
Fu Wan tried to struggle, but she couldn't resist the combined efforts of Old Lady Shen and Xu Zhaolan.
Shen Dongsheng, glared at by Old Madam Shen, trembled as he pressed Fu Wan's head into the water.
The basin Xu Zhaolan used to hold water was part of Fu Wan's dowry; it was a ceramic basin printed with the image of a perfect union of flowers and a full moon.
The basin was large and deep enough that when Fu Wan was pushed in, she felt water rushing into her nose.
She thought she was going to choke on the water and was struggling to get up, but the water felt like air to her, and she didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
That's strange. Water is like air, so wouldn't she be like a fish?
Fu Wan was shocked. She thought that being reborn was her greatest opportunity, but she never expected such a good thing.
It must be the effect of the fish's pearl.
You have to understand that they all make their living by the sea, especially Fu Wan's family, which is only a few minutes' walk from the beach.
With such abilities, when she returns to her parents' home, she can take whatever she wants from the sea; the ocean will be her giant fish tank!
Fu Wan kept this thought in mind, and her strength in pressing down on her did not diminish at all.
These three beasts, not to mention others, just take Shen Dongsheng for example, they showed absolutely no regard for marital affection.
They're all beasts blinded by greed.
Fu Wan stopped struggling. Anyway, she could breathe freely in the water, and by the time Chen Lingling reached her, she would be almost at the village chief's house.
Sure enough, a loud shout rang in my ears the next second.
"What are you doing!"
The visitor was none other than Shen Jianguo, the village chief of Shenjia Village.
"You've lost your conscience! You're taking lives!"
When Aunt Wang from next door saw the scene, she rushed over and pulled the three members of the Shen family apart with one hand each. Shen Lingling also joined in, pulling one of her little heads off each.
Let me show you my Iron Head Kung Fu!
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