"What the hell are you doing? What right do you, a mere girl, have to delete our Ling family's genealogy? It's none of your business to speak for the men of the Ling family!"
The two uncles, their beards white, were so angry they blew their beards and glared.
They used to depend on their elder brother for a living and had to be mindful of his moods.
Now that my elder brother is dead, how can I let his granddaughter ride roughshod over me?
They were all born into local bullies in the village when they were young, so they didn't care about anything else. A few strong young men from the clan gave Ling Huanwu a few glances, and immediately someone approached her with ropes and sacks, intending to take her away in broad daylight.
They were certain that Ling Huanwu wouldn't bring her assets to the island, so they wanted to take her away from the island and force her to hand over her assets.
As Ling Huanwu saw the two men approaching to take her away, her expression changed drastically.
She just deliberately said that they were the ones who should be removed from the family genealogy in order to provoke them and buy time.
Unexpectedly, they came prepared and clearly did not intend to waste time here. They only wanted to take her away from the island and force her to reveal the whereabouts of her property.
Ling Huanwu retreated repeatedly, glancing at her parents in the corner. Clearly, they had tacitly allowed her uncle and the others to take her away, and now her heart was already half-broken.
“If it weren’t for Grandpa, you would all have starved to death in the countryside long ago. You can’t treat his granddaughter like this…”
Before Ling Huanwu could finish speaking, a sack was suddenly placed over her head, plunging the world into complete darkness...
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Military barracks.
Zhou Jiuzhen tossed the weak and limp Zhou Shuyao onto the bed, then sat down and poured a glass of water for Wang Guihua.
"Mom, I'm taking you to the clinic today, but actually I'm taking you to see...see..."
Zhou Jiuzhen stroked the rim of the enamel mug in his hand, a little embarrassed to continue, "I'm going to see the girl I like!"
Wang Guihua immediately beamed with joy, took a sip of water, and said, "Haven't you been saying you wanted a divorce these days? How come you've finally changed your mind?"
Zhou Jiuzhen was completely confused and felt like he was talking to a brick wall.
But he still blushed and stammered out his feelings, "I like...I like Lin Zhiqing, the one you saw at the clinic today, Mother, I...I want you...I want you to be my matchmaker..."
Wang Guihua spat out a mouthful of water, not even having time to wipe her mouth, and asked him in surprise, "What did you say? Which one do you like?"
"Lin, the educated youth! The handsome educated youth I just fed noodles to! Mother, you don't need to get so agitated. Also, you should keep an eye on Shuyao. He already has a wife, so why is he still hanging around that single girl every day? It's shameful!"
Lying on the bed, Zhou Shuyao's chest heaved violently; he was furious.
He pointed at Zhou Jiuzhen and cursed, "What's shameful? That's my wife! If anyone's shameful, it's you! You've lost your memory and you're still clinging to my wife..."
Unfortunately, his voice was ruined from crying, and he kept babbling and cursing, so Zhou Jiuzhen and Wang Guihua couldn't understand a single word.
Wang Guihua wiped the water from her mouth, swallowed her shock, and looked at Zhou Jiuzhen, whose face was red from his ears to his neck, her eyes still filled with shock.
God knows, her idiot eldest son wanted to divorce his wife, but he didn't even know that the person he had fallen for was his wife!
This is what happens when he forbids everyone from mentioning his wife!
Wang Guihua suppressed her joy and decided to tease her eldest son.
“Son, but now everyone on the island knows you’re married. If you remarry, it will be your second marriage, and the girls might not even want you. You’ll have to spend a lot of money…”
Zhou Jiuzhen rummaged through his empty pockets, looking utterly dejected. "Then should I ask for an advance on a few months' salary?"
"Alright then, Mother will help you find a match. Whether it works out or not depends on your luck..."
Wang Guihua readily agreed, but Zhou Shuyao, who was lying nearby, objected, yelling, "Mom, you should also help me find a match..."
But the sound that came out was "La, do re mi fa sol la ti...".
Wang Guihua tapped Zhou Shuyao's forehead, who was tugging at her clothes on the bed, and said helplessly, "Silly boy, why are you singing? In the future, just open your eyes and find a good wife."
With a grin, she took out a pen and wrote down a long list of betrothal gifts while earnestly advising him, "From now on, Jiuzhen, you'd better eat more sweets and be sweet-talking. Don't always be so stubborn, or your wife will be scared away by your stubbornness."
Zhou Jiuzhen nodded vigorously, his face flushed with embarrassment.
Just as Zhou Shuyao on the bed was so angry that he was about to collapse, a girl's anxious cries came from the doorway.
"Commander Zhou, Grandma, Auntie's in trouble! She's been taken away by a bunch of bad guys..."
Er Ya cried so hard she could barely breathe. She had fallen several times because she was running too fast. She was covered in dust and dirt, and even her trouser legs were stained with blood that Ling Huanwu had shed at the clinic.
In short, everyone in the room was terrified.
The three people in the room rushed to the dock together.
Zhou Jiuzhen, with his long legs and lightning speed, ran ahead.
Grandma, with her short legs, chased after him.
Zhou Shuyao couldn't stand up because of the pain in his knees from kneeling, so he crawled desperately behind him.
When the three of them arrived at the dock, the ship had already sailed away.
Where can Ling Huanwu be found now?
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At the entrance of the largest ancestral home of the Ling family in Yuncheng.
Ignoring the kindness shown to Grandpa Ling years ago, the Ling family threw the sack containing Ling Huanwu into the Ling family ancestral hall.
Surrounded by swirling floor tiles, Ling Huanwu poked her body out of the sack and immediately saw a wall of neatly arranged memorial tablets in front of her.
The grandfather's memorial tablet, which was originally placed in the middle of the second row, was nowhere to be seen. Instead, the memorial tablet for the biological mother of the second and youngest uncles was placed in the middle.
Ling Huanwu stared intently at the memorial tablet.
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