“Gulp—”
Shen Jianjun and others waited at the door of Shen Zhizhu's house for a long time, but no one came. They were not full to begin with, and their stomachs began to rumble at an inopportune time.
It’s Shen Aiqiu.
Since she came back, she has only eaten two bites of vegetarian dishes, and the only piece of meat she picked up was snatched away by Shen Xiaojie.
Shen Jianjun turned around and glared at her.
"No future!"
Shen Ai Qiu felt aggrieved. They all ate half full, but she was the only one who hadn't eaten for a whole day. Wasn't it normal for her to feel hungry? But she didn't dare to say anything for fear of being beaten.
Shen Xiaojie was not very hungry yet, but his patience was exhausted. He kicked the door of Shen Zhizhu's house hard.
"Get out of here, damn it! Quick!"
Still no one paid any attention. Shen Xiaojie looked at the quiet yard and had a suggestion.
"Mom and Dad, why don't we break in and take the things from their kitchen? Since they didn't say anything, they must have agreed. Besides, as my sister said, they have a lot of money, so they can afford one or two meals. We can just buy more."
No one thought it was a problem. In their subconscious, Shen Zhizhu's things had always been theirs. Now they were just taking some of their own things. What was wrong with that?
They think it's great.
Just as Shen Xiaojie was getting ready to climb over the wall, a voice came from the side.
"Who are you and why are you climbing into someone else's yard?"
It turned out that it was people from the village passing by. Just now, these people were standing in the shadows and passers-by could not see them clearly. When they saw who they were, they could not help but feel puzzled.
"Why did you come to Haonan's house and climb over the wall?"
It was at this time that the large army came back, and the sounds of their conversations, laughter and footsteps came closer and closer.
Shen Ai Qiu was attracted by the sound and found that it was the villagers who had been out of sight. The woman surrounded by them, wearing a red floral dress, was Shen Zhizhu.
She narrowed her eyes. Why did Shen Zhizhu go out with them, and was surrounded in the middle, with people around him talking and laughing?
"Girl, why are you still hanging around outside so late? Don't you know if your uncle and brother will come back today? They didn't even know they would come back earlier, but I, as an elder, have to come to look for you in person."
Li Chunlan first made the accusation against Shen Zhizhu, while Shen Jianjun stood aside with his hands behind his back, looking calm and composed, as if waiting for Shen Zhizhu to admit his mistake.
Unfortunately, he was going to be disappointed, because Shen Zhizhu was no longer the same Shen Zhizhu as before.
"Oh? My aunt didn't tell me that my uncle was coming back. Besides, why can't we talk about it tomorrow? Why did you have to come here so late at night? And Shen Xiaojie, why did you climb over my wall?"
Are you planning to steal something when no one is home?
Shen Xiaojie was used to giving orders to Shen Zhizhu. Now that he saw him coming back, he didn't have to climb over the wall himself and could just give orders directly.
So he jumped down from the wall, clapped his hands, and spoke like a young master.
"Shen Zhizhu, don't worry about whether you know it or not. We are standing at your door now. Open the door quickly and let us in."
Everyone in the village knew the relationship between Shen Zhizhu and this family. Now was a perfect time to watch the excitement. They were not in a hurry to go home and just stood there to join in the fun.
Xu Haonan spoke first.
"What Shen Zhizhu, call me sister."
Shen Ai Qiu at least seemed like Brother Zuo, always calling her "sister". But Shen Xiaojie kept calling her by her name, which made him very unhappy.
Shen Xiaojie was used to being a local tyrant at home, and when someone spoke to him like that, he instantly got angry.
"Who are you? Just talk to me, why are you such a shady person?"
What? Someone actually dares to insult her man?
"Shen Xiaojie, please speak nicely. This is my man, not some bad person. This is my home. If you have nothing to do, please leave and don't disturb us to rest."
Shen Zhizhu rudely ordered them to leave. Anyone with a bit of shame would have known that it was time to leave, but this family was not shy, otherwise they would not have blocked the door so late at night.
She had been busy all day and had no time to waste with them.
Shen Xiaojie was furious. He had not expected that he had only been away for a while, but when he came back, his sister, who was the most cowardly in the family and allowed himself to be bullied, became so strong that she even dared to teach him a lesson.
"You yelled at me, Shen Zhizhu, how dare you yell at me? Shen Aiqiu is right. You really become wild after you get married, and you don't obey discipline anymore. It seems that I didn't beat you lightly before."
As she said this, she rolled up her sleeves and was about to punch in front of everyone. It was obvious that she did this gesture many times. The aunties standing next to Shen Zhizhu subconsciously wanted to pull her behind them.
However, Shen Zhizhu avoided him and wanted to beat him back himself.
Yes, it used to be common for Shen Xiaojie to beat Shen Zhizhu. As long as the other party did something that was not satisfactory to him or he refuted something, he would be beaten.
She once did not dare to resist and could only endure it again and again until she finally passed the college entrance examination and left the village and her family.
Now she is no longer the cowardly little girl and she can protect herself.
When Shen Xiaojie swung his fist at her, she took the initiative to kick out and kicked Shen Xiaojie in the thigh.
He was caught off guard and did not expect Shen Zhizhu to resist, so he fell heavily to the ground. He was still immersed in surprise until someone picked him up.
After Shen Zhizhu kicked out, he felt a lot more relaxed. It turned out that resistance was so simple, and Shen Xiaojie's fist was not so scary and impossible to fight back.
Li Chunlan felt sorry for her precious son, so she lifted up Shen Xiaojie's trouser legs to check. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there was only some redness and no abrasions.
But Shen Jianjun didn't say a word, he raised his fist which was much more powerful than Shen Xiaojie's and swung it towards her.
[It’s over, it’s over, I can’t hide from this. If this fist touches even a strand of my hair, they will all be in trouble!]
With Xu Haonan around, how could he just watch his wife being beaten?
The pain she had imagined did not come. She looked and saw that Xu Haonan simply stretched out one hand and wrapped Shen Jianjun's fist in it.
It doesn't look stressful at all.
Shen Jianjun tried to retract his fist, but found that Xu Haonan was holding it tightly. Feeling the looks from people around him, he felt that his face was seriously damaged.
Shen Jianjun continued to pull his fist back with force.
Xu Haonan suddenly loosened his grip, and Shen Jianjun was caught off guard. Due to his own strength, he quickly stepped back a lot. Everyone cheered and even discussed whether Xu Haonan was too strong or Shen Jianjun was too weak.