Chapter 314 I heard that I am the best (1)
"As Li Wei's wife, how can you go looking for trouble with others without knowing the truth and hearing some rumors? Li Wei is busy training soldiers and fighting all day long. He has no time or energy to look for Sister Li. This time it was really just a coincidence. Li Wei came back from the barracks and met a thug molesting Sister Li in Niuwei Lane. Sister Li was his neighbor, and he couldn't just stand by and watch her die, so he helped Sister Li and drove the thug away... They were innocent before, but you made trouble because of this. Isn't it tarnishing the reputation of Li Wei and Sister Li? Even if they didn't do anything wrong, you made a fuss this time, and maybe they really got into trouble. By then it will be too late for you to regret..."
A gentle and pleasant female voice kept talking in Shi Chu's ear. Shi Chu opened his eyes and saw a young woman with a beautiful face and gentle expression. Judging from her dress, she was not the lady of an ordinary family. This lady was persuading him with a look of disapproval on her face.
Shi Chu was multitasking, listening to her words while looking through the original owner's memories, and he soon understood what was going on.
She is now Zhou Shichu, the wife of a captain named Li Wei. The original owner discovered that her husband, who had not returned home for a long time, was walking with the neighbor's widow, Mrs. Li. She even clumsily comforted the widow Li who seemed to be crying, and personally sent the widow Li back home.
The sensitive line in her brain was immediately broken. She thought that her husband had cheated on her with Widow Li, so she ran to Widow Li's house in a rage and scolded the couple of "woman cheating on her husband and wife". She made a scene and vowed to make their affair known to everyone and let everyone know how much Li Wei had let her down.
Li Wei explained to the original owner that it was a misunderstanding, but the original owner didn't believe it at all and really made a big fuss about it. In the end, the people Li Wei brought back ran to tell Li Wei's boss, hoping that the boss would mediate and clarify the misunderstanding.
The young lady just now, Lord Li Wei's legal wife, Liu, happened to be visiting the wife of Li Wei's superior. When she learned about this, she volunteered to persuade Li Wei's "famous" wife - of course, it was not a good reputation.
This was the scene Shi faced when she first arrived. Li Wei was glaring at her with a red face and furious expression, while Widow Li was curled up in the corner crying with scratches on her face. Who would not feel sorry for her for having met the madman that was the original owner?
Madam Liu was still trying to persuade Zhou Shichu earnestly: "Madam Zhou, you should know Captain Li better than I do. How could he do anything to let you down? If you continue to act unreasonably like this, what will you do when he can no longer tolerate you? Don't forget that you still have a younger sister to support... Don't ruin the relationship between husband and wife, or you will be the one who suffers."
Mrs. Liu's words were both soft and hard, and she spoke very logically, showing everywhere that Zhou Shichu was the one who was in the wrong. But Zhou Shichu looked at Widow Li, this poor "wronged" woman, whose eyes were red from crying. She felt aggrieved and fragile, and she wiped her tears with a handkerchief from time to time.
But Zhou Shichu noticed that her other hand was quietly adjusting her clothes, and she was constantly adjusting her body posture, making her look more weak and helpless.
This was not a misunderstood victim. Zhou Shichu saw through Widow Li's disguise at once.
Madam Liu was still chattering away trying to persuade Zhou Shichu, but Zhou Shichu interrupted her and said, "What if Widow Li is really involved with Li Wei in the future?"
"Impossible! I've already told you that you misunderstood. What do you want in exchange for trusting Captain Li?" No matter how good-tempered Madam Liu was, she couldn't help but frown when she heard Zhou Shichu's words.
"If you want me to believe him, it's very simple. Just make him swear that if he is involved in any way in the future, his descendants will be cut off, his entire clan will be wiped out, and he will have no place to be buried!" Zhou Shichu said slowly, his eyes fixed on Widow Li.
When Widow Li heard her words, her pupils shrank suddenly. She looked at Zhou Shichu in disbelief and blurted out, "No!"
Suddenly everyone's attention was attracted to her. Widow Li then realized that she was too anxious. She even acted as if Li Wei was also anxious, which was obviously very abnormal.
But she was quick-witted after all, so she squeezed out some tears, and said to Zhou Shichu with an expression of indignation for Li Wei: "Madam Li! How could you say such a vicious oath? Don't you have any feelings for Captain Li? Captain Li and I are innocent to begin with, and there is nothing dirty about it at all as you think..."
"Since you are innocent, then he can't possibly fulfill this oath, so why not swear it? Didn't you say you want me to believe you? He swore that he would never have anything to do with you for the rest of his life, so I will believe that you were innocent before. Otherwise, I will conclude that there was a lesbian affair between you." Zhou Shichu did not give in at all and smiled at Widow Li.
"Why? You are so afraid of him swearing this curse. Maybe you really want to have something with him, so you are afraid that if he swears this curse, it will really end your future with him. Are you feeling guilty?"
Widow Li opened her mouth but couldn't say anything, because Zhou Shichu really hit the nail on the head. After a long while, she stammered, "No... no, Captain Li and I have nothing..."
"Enough! Just swear! Zhou, after I swear, you can't bother Sister Li anymore, otherwise I don't mind changing my wife!" Li Wei, one of the protagonists who had been watching from the side for a long time, finally spoke, staring at Zhou Shichu fiercely.
Zhou Shichu was not afraid of him at all. When he heard what he said, he immediately said, "Okay, send it. Don't miss a single word. Even if I die in the future or divorce you, Widow Li cannot be your woman and cannot have any connection with you."
Widow Li saw that her plan, which she had been planning for a long time, was about to fail completely. She was very unwilling to accept this and could not help but shout to Li Wei, "Captain Li..."
Li Wei didn't even look at her. He just raised his right hand, pointed his finger, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "I, Li Wei, swear here today: I will never have anything to do with Li's sister-in-law. If I break this oath, my descendants will be cut off, my entire clan will be wiped out, and I will die without a burial place!"
Zhou Shichu nodded with satisfaction. People of this era still attached great importance to oaths, and most of them believed in ghosts and gods, so it was unlikely that they would break an oath they had made. Of course, there was still a small group of people who did not believe in these things and were not afraid of breaking their oaths.
However, Li Wei's oath was made in public, especially with his lord's wife present. He had to consider his own reputation and future, and his credibility soared. Therefore, Zhou Shichu was not afraid that he would go back on his word, unless he was willing to destroy his own future for the sake of Widow Li to fight against public gossip.
(End of this chapter)
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