Zhou Jiuzhen walked through the crowd and straight up to Song Yaoyao.
The overwhelming pressure caused Song Yaoyao, who had been shouting, to instinctively shut her mouth.
In her previous life, she was afraid of him. Whenever he looked at her with those eyes, it was as if he could see right through her.
"Sister-in-law, if you really can't live with Shuyao anymore, then get a divorce and get out of Wantan Island immediately!"
His words were calm and even, yet they pierced Song Yaoyao's face like impenetrable needles, leaving her utterly humiliated.
Zhou Shuyao also stepped forward at the opportune moment, looking extremely exhausted. "Song Yaoyao, let's part amicably. I'll keep the child after the divorce, and I won't stop you from remarrying!"
Song Yaoyao looked around at everyone, and finally her gaze fell on her two ex-husbands. She felt isolated and helpless, as if the whole world had abandoned her.
Outside, Ling's parents, who had to sleep on the floor in Zhou Shuyao's house because the Zhou family had returned, rushed over in a hurry upon hearing that something had happened at the cooperative.
When Song Yaoyao saw her adoptive parents arrive, she instinctively poured out all her grievances and rushed towards the two elderly people.
"Father, Mother, they're all bullying me..."
Song Yaoyao opened her arms, but before she could hug anyone, she was slapped across the face.
A burning pain shot through my face, and I was slapped to the ground.
Ling's father pointed at Song Yaoyao, who had fallen to the ground, and began to curse, "You crazy woman, you bully my daughter every day! If you come here again, I'll beat you to death!"
Ling's mother then kicked her, striking Song Yaoyao squarely in the face, causing blood to trickle from the corner of her mouth and her face to twist.
In an instant, Song Yaoyao burst into tears, truly feeling abandoned by the whole world.
She staggered to her feet, tears streaming down her face, but her eyes swept over everyone present with malice. "I curse you all to die a horrible death!"
"ah……"
She screamed and pushed through the crowd to run away.
Ling Huanwu's entire body stiffened. The words "may they die a horrible death" were like sharp blades carving out the tragic aftermath of the storm surge in her mind.
Exhausted, she chased away Ling's parents, who were only pretending to be kind to her but actually wanted her to take care of them in their old age.
Holding the necklace, Zhou Shuyao shrank back under his elder brother's death stare and left unwillingly.
After the cooperative finishes work.
Zhou Jiuzhen held Ling Huanwu's hand as they strolled along the beach, a place beloved by the island's people.
The setting sun dyed the beach a warm gold, and the footprints were licked away by the waves and new ones were imprinted.
The sea breeze, salty and damp, ruffled the stray hairs at her temples. He reached out and fastened them for her. They looked at each other without speaking, yet it felt as if they had said a thousand words.
Zhou Jiuzhen suddenly stopped, stretched out his long arm, and held Ling Huanwu on his feet as if he were holding a child.
The canvas shoes pressed firmly against the military boots, just like the two bodies, one large and one small, pressed tightly together.
His forehead pressed against hers, his eyes filled with worry. "Huanwu, what's wrong? You've been so distracted since just now. Please don't hide anything from me, okay?"
Ling Huanwu stared into the man's burning eyes, truly wanting to go home and lie in bed with him, oblivious to the world around them, free from all worries.
But she couldn't tell him the truth, that in 60 days, the island would be hit by a massive storm surge, and that the villagers would suffer heavy casualties.
Not to mention confessing to him that he would have died in that storm surge in his previous life.
If she said that, even if Zhou Jiuzhen believed her, she would be taken for a lunatic like Zhou Shuyao.
"I'm so distracted because I'm worried you might misunderstand again and think I'm having an affair with your brother. As for what I'm hiding from you..."
She hooked her arm around his neck and whispered seductively in his ear, "I'm keeping it a secret from you, but I'm wearing a revealing new undershirt I bought in Hong Kong today. I wonder when you'll find out!"
"Not enough fabric?"
Zhou Jiuzhen's Adam's apple bobbed, and his gaze gradually shifted downwards.
He immediately forgot his previous question.
"What kind of man do you take your man for? I don't like all that fancy stuff... Ugh, the sea breeze is too strong, let's hurry home..."
He picked up the woman in his arms and headed towards the family compound, but then suddenly turned back towards the seaside home. "I wonder if we still have any candy at our little stone home. Let's spend the night there!"
Ling Huanwu was amused by his impatient yet stubborn appearance. She nestled against his burning chest, feeling her body heat up even through his thick coat.
When the tide rose outside, my sweaty earlobes inside the stone hut were bitten painfully.
The waves outside the window crashed against the rocks, breaking into white foam, just like his hand on her waist, pulling back quickly and fiercely.
"Be gentle..." Her nails dug into his back, her voice trembling like a sail fluttering in the wind.
Zhou Jiuzhen refused.
The tide was washing over the beach outside, with an irresistible force.
The waves began to crash against the shore like madmen, each one heavier than the last, as if being chased and battered by the waves, determined to smash a hole through this small patch of land.
In the latter half of the night, as the waves subsided, two fishermen rowed their small sampan ashore to mend their nets. Just as they squatted behind the rocks and lit a cigarette, they heard a noise coming from inside the rock.
First came a woman's voice, soft as the receding tide, lingering and meandering.
Then came the man's roar, more terrifying than the rising tide.
"Tsk, those two young men are quite strong." The old fisherman clicked his tongue, and just as he was about to listen again, a clear shout suddenly burst out from the rocks, startling the seabirds into flight.
The younger fisherman blushed and pulled the older one towards the boat: "Uncle, let's come back tomorrow! These waves... oh no, this noise, it's creepy!"
The two hurriedly rowed the boat a little further away. When they looked back, the moonlight was leaking through the cracks in the stone cave, intertwining with the silvery glow of the waves, as if the warmth from the house was spreading out, making half of the sea scorching hot.
Inside the room, Zhou Jiuzhen looked down at Ling Huanwu's reddened eyes, his fingertips brushing against her sweaty temples, his voice hoarse as if soaked in seawater, "Did you hear that? You scared her away."
Ling Huanwu pinched him and snuggled closer to him. In a corner where he couldn't see, a tear quietly slid down her cheek.
She didn't want such a useful man to die young.
She wants to dedicate her whole life to it...
The next morning.
Ling Huanwu rushed to the cooperative.
But Zhou Jiuzhen insisted on helping her get dressed.
Afraid she would get cold, he crawled back into bed and admired her for a while with a flashlight.
As a result, the entire box of candy was eaten before he emptied the empty tin box and reluctantly helped her get dressed.
"If I go with you, I'll get diabetes sooner or later."
While he was squatting down to tie her belt, Ling Huanwu took the opportunity to touch his cute, bobbing Adam's apple.
Zhou Jiuzhen raised his chin and looked up at her, then stood up and pretended to scare her with a fierce gesture, "Who told you to keep asking me to feed you candy? Looks like I wasn't good enough last night. Believe me or not, I'll make sure you can't get out of bed later!"
The two of them laughed and joked as they left the small stone house. Just as they climbed onto the rock, before Ling Huanwu could even stand firmly, she heard a deafening "bang" beside her ear—the sound of a stone hitting bone.
Ling Huanwu turned her head in astonishment and saw Zhou Jiuzhen frozen in place, with blood gushing out from his head!
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