Chapter 2: Rebirth is not a good lie
One of the two men had deep facial features and a tall and strong figure. He was wearing a tank top with a washed-out shirt over it.
The shirt seems a little small? Even through the fabric, you can feel the strong muscles under the shirt.
This is Gu Dongqing.
He has a bad reputation.
He was well-known in the surrounding villages for his reckless behavior. If a passing dog annoyed him, he would kick it into the river.
The other one, with slightly thin features, was also wearing a shirt that was cleaned and about 80% new. But he was a head shorter than Gu Dongqing.
He was much thinner and was only as big as Gu Dongqing.
This is Dong Chengcai.
"Brother Dong, you are 28 years old, right? It's time for you to find someone to start a family." Dong Chengcai advised his neighbor next door with a gentle smile on his face.
"Look, I'm three years younger than you, but I'm already married, and I might become a father soon. Then you'll be the oldest bachelor in town."
"It's not a good reputation to be a bachelor, is it?"
Dong Chengcai looked as if he was thinking about him.
Gu Dongqing folded his arms and pursed his thin lips, "I can't find a suitable one."
"Are you kidding me? I heard that Widow Liu is interested in you and has come to see you several times in the middle of the night."
"Heh..." Gu Dongqing sneered and looked towards the door of the Dong family.
It's better to watch a play than to pretend with Dong Chengcai.
Dong Chengcai was about to say something when a scream came from not far away, "Hey, little girl from the Dong family, how could you lay hands on your sister-in-law?"
"Although she is from the countryside and her family is not as poor as yours, she is married into your Dong family after all. She is already a member of your family and your sister-in-law."
"Yes, it's inappropriate for you, a sister-in-law, to chase your sister-in-law with a knife!"
At first Dong Chengcai thought he had heard it wrong.
Gu Dongqing's voice rang out above his head again, "Chengcai, the women in your family are just as capable as the men!"
Dong Chengcai then looked towards the door of his house reluctantly.
Jiang Mingyue was supported by her neighbor's aunt and stood behind the crowd. Dong Yumei stood at the gate of the courtyard with a hatchet in her hand, looking arrogant and cursing at the people who came forward to try to stop the fight.
Let them hand over Jiang Mingyue.
Someone blocked her way, and she pointed the hatchet at Jiang Mingyue.
"Jiang Mingyue, you bastard, I would be a nobody if I don't kill you today."
Jiang Mingyue was thin, but had dark black hair, which she usually wore in a neat braid, but now it was hanging down in a messy manner.
The ends of the hair seemed to have been cut by a knife, making them less neat.
After hearing Dong Yumei's words, she raised her hands and tucked her hanging hair behind her ears, then slowly raised her head, revealing her scratched face.
She has fair skin and marks easily.
With just a slight scratch, the bloodstain on the fair cheek looked very shocking.
"Yumei..."
As soon as she opened her mouth, the tears that had been welling up in her eyes fell out.
When the aunties and uncles nearby saw this, they cried out that it was a sin!
"Dong Yumei, you are really spoiled by your parents. You are so cruel to your sister-in-law!"
"Yeah, I've lived for most of my life, but this is the first time I've heard of a sister-in-law beating her sister-in-law like this and even trying to kill her with a knife."
The neighbors were talking back and forth, and Dong Yumei was even more angry. She was always easily irritated, and now she didn't know right from wrong, and she just cursed at the people regardless of their status.
That attitude is no different from a shrew cursing in the street!
Seeing this, Dong Chengcai didn't bother to say anything to Gu Dongqing. He raised his feet and strode forward, squeezing through the crowd to come to Dong Yumei's side.
"Yumei, what are you doing? Give me the knife."
"Brother, you're finally back. Go and beat that bitch Jiang Mingyue to death. She actually dared to hit me just now."
"I didn’t."
Jiang Mingyue covered her cheeks and looked at Dong Chengcai with tears in her eyes, "I didn't hit Yumei."
"When she came back, she asked me to cook. I was feeling unwell and my movements were a little slow, so she got angry. She beat and scolded me, and even smashed the house..."
Jiang Mingyue looks soft and her voice is also soft when she speaks.
Her image has always been one that can be easily manipulated by others. Dong Chengcai knows this very well.
Therefore, he didn't believe what Dong Yumei said.
However, in front of outsiders, we cannot put all the blame on Yumei, otherwise, what will happen to the reputation of their Dong family?
Dong Chengcai took a breath and said, "Mingyue, Yumei is still a child. She has just been spoiled by us since she was a child, so she has a quick temper, but she has no bad intentions. You should not take it personally."
No bad intentions?
Jiang Mingyue sneered in her heart as she listened to Dong Chengcai's words.
In her previous life, she would probably have believed Dong Chengcai's words, after all, he had a face that was easy to deceive.
But unfortunately, she is no longer the Jiang Mingyue who allowed Dong Chengcai to fool her in her previous life.
Jiang Mingyue lowered her eyes, tears rolling down her cheeks.
She bit her lip tightly and said nothing, her silent tears flowing at this moment, which was even more moving.
Gu Dongqing, who was leaning against the door of his house and watching the show with his arms folded, clicked his tongue and could not bear to watch it any longer.
"I said, success."
A low, nonchalant voice sounded, "Let's not talk about what happened. The fact that the sister-in-law committed a crime of insubordination and chased after her sister-in-law with a knife is shocking enough, isn't it?"
"If you don't handle this properly and Uncle Dong's competitors find out, it might become Uncle Dong's sore spot!"
Gu Dongqing's words seemed to be encouraging Dong Chengcai and considering the Dong family.
But if you listen carefully, it feels like it is advertising something to the public.
Neighbors who have grudges against the Dong family, the Dong family is now involved in such a big scandal, why don’t they hurry up and take action? What are they waiting for?
Jiang Mingyue heard this double entendre.
She subconsciously raised her eyes and glanced at Gu Dongqing at the door, but her eyes met those bottomless eyes.
Those eyes seemed to be able to see through people's souls!
Jiang Mingyue avoided the gaze and quickly lowered her eyes.
Gu Dongqing put the tip of his tongue against his back teeth and made another "tsk" sound.
The new daughter-in-law of the Dong family is quite playful...
Dong Chengcai was stunned by Gu Dongqing's words, his face looking a little embarrassed, not knowing how to react.
Dong Yumei was the first to react.
She walked towards Gu Dongqing crying, trying to find comfort from him.
"Brother Dong, I didn't hit her, she hit me first. I didn't even touch her. Really, you know my brother Dong, I am the most timid. Normally, I would not even step on an ant to death, so how could I possibly hit someone..."
"Brother Dong, you believe me."
As he said this, he reached out to grab Gu Dongqing without caring whether anyone was watching.
Gu Dongqing stood up straight and avoided Dong Yumei's touch.
Dong Yumei wanted to grab his arm, but didn't even touch the corner of his clothes.
But even so, Gu Dongqing still reached out and flicked the corner of his clothes, then spoke calmly and as if it had nothing to do with him.
"What a coincidence. At the beginning of the year, I saw you throw Aunt Zhang's gray puppy into the manure pit and drown it. Last month, you also kicked the female cat that was about to give birth in Grandma Liu's house from the bridge into the river."
"Now you say you didn't hit her?"
Gu Dongqing's eyes stayed on Jiang Mingyue's face and he raised his eyebrows slightly. "Did she scratch the wound on her face herself?"
After he finished speaking, he asked Jiang Mingyue, "What do you want?"