Fang Wanwan stayed in this city after graduating from university. She mortgaged a house with her own efforts. Although it was not big, it was a home for her.
The man next door was named Zhang Xi. He was a big, strong man with a beard that he never shaved. He reeked of cigarettes and alcohol, giving him a bad impression. In fact, when Fang Wanwan moved in, someone had reminded her not to associate with this family, but Fang Wanwan was simple-minded and didn't take it to heart.
The soundproofing of this house is average. Sometimes she can hear crying and shouting from next door, and every sound makes her heart tremble. It is the sound of a woman begging for mercy, a child crying, and a man roaring.
Zhang Xi has no job. He used to work as a construction worker. Later, he lost money from his coworkers to gambling and ran away. Since then, he has not worked and is supported by his wife who works as a cashier in a supermarket. Even so, he has no gratitude at all and often beats his wife and even his few-year-old son.
Later, Zhang Xi went even further. He hooked up with a heavily made-up woman from nowhere and used the money his wife earned hard to buy her clothes and bags. Zhang Xi's wife Li Juan accidentally discovered that her husband was cheating on her, but was impatiently driven away by Zhang Xi. She squatted at the door crying helplessly, and happened to meet Fang Wanwan who was returning home from get off work. Fang Wanwan fell in love with her, so she simply opened the door and asked her to go home with her. After hearing the whole story, Fang Wanwan was furious and immediately persuaded her to divorce.
"You can support yourself, why do you still want to support this cheap man?" Fang Wanwan spoke directly.
Li Juan looked complaining: "I, I..."
Fang Wanwan looked at the bruises on her arms and felt indignant. This woman never wore short sleeves in order to hide the fact that she was beaten. She decided to persuade Li Juan to leave this villain.
She just kept saying that her son couldn't live without a mother, and that Zhang Xi had been nice to her before, but he was just confused for a moment.
After dinner, Li Juan took her son home.
From that day on, Fang Wanwan began to pay attention to this family. She didn't expect that Li Juan did something even more outrageous. She cried and asked Zhang Xi if she had done something wrong and she could change it. Zhang Xi was complacent but also impatient.
Just one day later, Zhang Xi even brought his lover home. Li Juan had a bitter face at all times but endured it silently.
"It's all for the children." She said to herself.
Of course, the mistress didn't take her seriously. She either ordered her to do this or that. If Li Juan was a little slow, she would get angry. When she heard Zhang Xi say something, she would rush out and attack her. If her son protected her, Zhang Xi would beat her son as well.
However, Xiao San soon discovered that Zhang Xi was a poor guy, so one night, she took away the only money left in the Zhang family and ran away. The next day, Zhang Xi was furious when he found out the truth, and he immediately took his anger out on his wife.
"It's all your fault, you jinx!"
The beating forced Li Juan to take a week off. When she returned to work, the store manager saw that her eyes were still bruised and asked if anything was wrong. Li Juan smiled and said she had been beaten.
Fang Wanwan naturally knew the truth and was very angry. Out of affection for Li Juan and her son, she invited them to her home for dinner from time to time. When she learned that Zhang Xiaoli had been robbed of all his money by Zhang Xi and could not go to school, Fang Wanwan said that she could help teach him. Her action made Li Juan feel warm and she kept thanking her. Fang Wanwan changed the subject and began to persuade her to divorce, but Li Juan was still hesitant.
From that day on, Zhang Xiaoli often stayed at Fang Wanwan's house. Fang Wanwan also liked the child, so she spent all her limited time teaching him some basic knowledge, such as Chinese, mathematics and English.
Li Juan's life was still in dire straits. Finally, after being persuaded by Fang Wanwan, she mustered up the courage to take her children away. However, not long after she left, she received a call from her husband. Zhang Xi on the other end of the phone begged her, saying that she was dying.
Li Juan then realized that the leader of the Qianxian village had found Zhang Xi and was forcing him to pay back the money. She hesitated again when she heard her husband's cries of pain, and immediately turned around and ran towards the place mentioned on the phone.
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