"Everyone saw it. She was the one who tried to hit my husband and me with stones first. My actions were in self-defense." Shen Chaoxi didn't forget to defend himself after kicking the person.
His actions were indeed in self-defense. Aunt Xu was about to throw stones at someone, but he only kicked her once. There was absolutely no personal grudge involved.
Within moments, police officers and hospital ambulances arrived.
After understanding the situation, the police learned that it was Aunt Xu who had instigated the trouble, so they turned their attention to the victims, Shen Chaoxi and Xu Nian.
Knowing that Aunt Xu wouldn't be locked up for long, it was better to let her fend for herself outside.
Therefore, neither Shen Chaoxi nor Xu Nian pursued the responsibility of Aunt Xu.
The ambulance took Aunt Xu to the hospital for treatment. Because Aunt Xu didn't have enough money, the doctors set her bones and then left her alone.
No matter how much she acted like a scoundrel and threw a tantrum at the hospital, no one paid any attention to her.
Later, because she made too much noise and disturbed other patients, and because she had no money, they carried her out of the hospital.
Fearing that something might happen to Aunt Xu and she would become a burden on the hospital, the hospital asked her to contact her family to come and take her home.
There was no one at Aunt Xu's house, so the Xu family sent someone to bring her back.
Back in the clan, Aunt Xu tearfully pleaded with the elders to bring her two grandsons back and to make Xu Nian and Shen Chaoxi pay the price.
"Mrs. Xu, stop making a scene. Look at the state of your two grandsons!"
“I think it’s good that they went to the juvenile detention center. If they continue to be raised by you, their lives will be ruined.”
"Fortunately, you sent both girls away back then, otherwise these two children would have been ruined by you too."
Faced with the accusations from the elders of the clan, Aunt Xu did not think she was wrong, but dared not refute them, and could only turn red with anger.
“It’s my responsibility that I didn’t raise my two grandsons well, but that Xu girl and her husband beat me up like this, and nobody cares?” Aunt Xu cried, tears streaming down her face.
“That Xu girl and her husband are such good people. Over the years, they have helped everyone make money, and the Xu family has also gotten a share. You are not allowed to cause trouble for them in the future, or don’t blame us for dealing with them according to the clan rules.”
Hearing the elder's words, Aunt Xu almost vomited blood in anger; her heart was filled with resentment.
I hate the Xu family for their inability to distinguish right from wrong, and I hate Xu Nian and Shen Chaoxi even more.
No matter how much hatred she felt, it couldn't overcome her current inconvenience, especially since she now relied on the care of her clan.
Aunt Xu dared not show her hatred at all, and even had to express her gratitude to her clansmen every day.
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When Xu Nian learned that her second aunt was being well taken care of by the Xu family, she remained silent.
Shen Chaoxi noticed her displeasure and sat down next to her, saying, "Xu Hao and Xu Lang have been found."
"How did you find them? Where are they?" Xu Nian put aside the matter of Aunt Xu and was very interested in the two brothers' experience.
These two have been missing for eleven years now. I wonder how they've managed to get through these eleven years.
"They were tricked into going to an illegal kiln, and they were only rescued recently when the kiln was destroyed by the government."
"They suffered a lot during their eleven years in the black kiln. To prevent them from escaping, one of their legs was broken as soon as they entered the kiln."
"According to the rescuers, when they found the two of them, they were skin and bones. Long-term malnutrition and high-intensity work had completely ruined their health. If they had been found a few months later, the two of them would have died in the illegal kiln."
Shen Chaoxi curled his lips slightly, showing no sympathy whatsoever for the two brothers' plight.
Especially his recent dream, the thought that Xu Nian committed suicide because of these two people in the dream made him feel that they deserved it.
He was a gambler who lost all his family's money and even pawned his wife's dowry, completely disregarding the well-being of his wife and children.
He was a lecherous man who squandered his fortune on a dancer, neglecting his wife and children.
Since the two brothers were broke, they set their sights on their unmarried cousin.
They've already taken over someone else's house and are spending their wages, yet they shamelessly try to squeeze every last drop of blood out of their cousin.
In Shen Chaoxi's recent dream, he saw Xu Hao and Xu Lang colluding with human traffickers to abduct Xu Nian.
They continued to live a carefree life with the money from their trafficked cousin, while his beloved, having lost all hope, committed suicide on a rainy night.
The rain that night was so heavy, it felt so cold on my skin that Chen Chaoxi shivered even in his dreams.
The bone-chilling cold is something he still can't forget.
“Shen Chaoxi”.
“Shen Chaoxi”.
Xu Nian called out several times, but Shen Chaoxi was in a daze, so she reached out and gently pushed him.
Seeing him turn his head in confusion, Xu Nian muttered, "Chen Chaoxi, what are you thinking about so intently? I called you but you didn't respond."
"Niannian, Xu Hao and Xu Lang are coming back soon. What do you plan to do with those two brothers?" Many ideas flashed through Shen Chaoxi's mind, all of which were designed to make those two brothers wish they were dead.
Upon hearing this, Xu Nian turned Shen Chaoxi's head to face her and looked him straight in the eye, saying, "There's no need to deal with them. With their character, they can make themselves wish they were dead. Let's just watch."
"Niannian, don't you hate her?" Shen Chaoxi's nose stung with tears; the image of her suicide was still vivid in her mind.
"Shen Chaoxi, I hate you! But besides hate, I still have you."
"Sometimes revenge doesn't have to be done by yourself."
“Watching them struggle in pain, realizing that the more they want something, the more they lose it, living in a daze, spending their entire lives in hardship, I think that’s also a kind of revenge.” Xu Nian finished speaking word by word, a cruel smile curving his lips.
"Sometimes killing someone isn't the best revenge; you have to live to experience endless suffering."
Shen Chaoxi tenderly hugged Xu Nian, saying nice things, but actually she didn't want him to be tainted by evil.
She knew he cared about her, and she also knew he would stop at nothing to avenge her, so she chose to let go.
"Niannian, shall we leave Nancheng County?" Shen Chaoxi said in a muffled voice, leaning on Xu Nian's shoulder.
“Okay.” Xu Nian didn’t ask where Shen Chaoxi wanted to take her. If he wanted to leave Nancheng County, then she would leave too.
The Xu family appeared to be reunited, but in reality, their difficult times were just beginning.
With two disabled sons and two grandsons in juvenile detention, how will the elderly Aunt Xu take care of these four people?
Xu Nian was really looking forward to their chaotic life, but unfortunately she couldn't witness it firsthand.
They hired a housekeeper to manage the houses in Nancheng County, entrusted the company's affairs to a trustworthy person, and then Xu Nian and Shen Chaoxi began to travel around the country.
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