Upon hearing this, Lin Ru and the others remembered that they still had a huge problem with the Tao family that they hadn't dealt with. The Tao family had witnessed the entire killing of the government soldiers! And they were filled with hatred for them!
Judging from Tao's current state, he shows absolutely no sign of repentance!
Lin Ru remembered the Bao Quan family. It was because she hadn't eliminated them completely that the bandits were able to catch up with them. If Bai Jian hadn't discovered them, they would have been injured or killed!
Thinking of this, she still took out the knife and walked step by step toward Tao!
Just as she raised her knife to strike, Bai Mingkuai and Bai Mingle, the two brothers, rushed to their mother's side!
Then he knelt down in front of Lin Ru!
"Please have mercy, little sister!"
"We swear on our lives that she will never tell anyone what happened today!"
"Please, sister, spare their lives!"
Zhang Tiedan shook his head as he looked at the two brothers.
“My benefactor! Your two older brothers seem to have something wrong with them. How can they be so clueless? Is this something they should be asking you for help with? Shouldn’t they be asking their mother?”
What do you mean by "nothing happened"?
"If it weren't for your acquaintance with the second-in-command, we would definitely have been in a fierce battle. And if we had attracted those government troops, they would have wiped us out, conscripted all the men, and raped all the women. That would have been a real disaster."
"She seems to have something wrong with her head!"
"Hey! Bro! Didn't you say you'd give him a divorce papers? Why haven't you given them yet? Hurry up and divorce this troublemaker!"
Upon hearing this, the Bai brothers, Mingle and Mingkuai, blushed deeply with embarrassment!
They knew their mother had mental problems, but she was still their mother, and they couldn't just stand by and watch her be killed in front of them. If that were the case, they would be unworthy of being sons!
Bai Qiang quickly took out the divorce papers from his pocket, took the knife from Lin Ru's hand, cut his finger, and pressed a red handprint onto the divorce papers!
Then, to Tao's incredulous expression, he forced her to cut her finger as well, and pressed her bloody handprint onto the letter of divorce!
This letter of divorce is in duplicate!
He stuffed one of the portions into Tao's arms!
He looked at Tao Xiyue with a complicated expression: "Tao Xiyue! Over the years, I don't believe I've ever wronged you!"
"We originally agreed that after we got married, we would go back to the village together to teach and educate people, but you kept making excuses not to go back!"
"I genuinely want to live a good life with you!"
"So I agreed to go to town with you, but then insisted on going back to my parents' house to stay!"
"You only said you couldn't leave your family, and I agreed!"
"Later, your father got old and could no longer support the school, and your eldest brother's education was not high, so they asked me to go to school, and I agreed!"
"I've been your family's slave for so many years, without a single complaint!"
"Everyone outside says I'm marrying above my station with the Tao family! Even you yourselves think so!"
"They all laugh at me for being a live-in son-in-law!"
"It makes my parents lose face in the village!"
"You never go back home for holidays or festivals!"
"But for the sake of the two children, I didn't say much. I just thought that it's the two of us who should live our lives, and we can let outsiders say whatever they want!"
"Who would have thought that we would end up like this!"
"Here's the letter of divorce for you! From this day forward, we're parting ways amicably, and neither of us owes the other anything!"
As Tao listened to Bai Qiang's words, he couldn't help but recall all the little things that had happened over the years!
Over the years, no matter what she wanted or what she wanted to do, Bai Qiang would always give it to her!
She considered herself to be excellent in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, needlework, and traditional Chinese virtues!
But how did things get to this point?
She doesn't understand!
She gripped the letter of divorce tightly in her hand, her eyes fixed on Bai Qiang with a stubborn gaze.
Are you sure you want to divorce me?
"Just because of such a trivial matter?"
"I gave you two sons!"
"You said it yourself, you agreed with everything I said before, so why not now?"
Seeing that he still showed no remorse, Bai Qiang shook his head wearily.
"Tao Xiyue! I hope you can survive!"
After saying this, he ignored Tao's crying and fussing behind him, turned around and left!
The Bai brothers, Mingkuai and Mingle, kowtowed three times to their mother before leaving.
Lin Ru still wanted to kill them to silence them!
At that moment, the soldier who had been rescued suddenly appeared behind her!
"Miss Lin, I know what you're thinking!"
"Our team is the only one among the soldiers in this direction!"
"Even if they wanted to file a complaint, they couldn't find anyone to help them. Even if they got to Shanping County, the refugees wouldn't be able to get in!"
"So you can rest assured, there's no need to be in such a hurry to kill someone to cover it up!"
Listening to the boy's words, and recalling the pleading expressions on her two cousins' faces, Lin Ru thought for a moment and decided to let them fend for themselves.
Without the protection of the Bai family, they probably wouldn't have been able to reach Yuzhou alive!
So he turned and left!
Seeing this, Mr. Tao wanted to chase after them, but he was stopped by Mr. Tao!
"Xi Yue! That's enough! It was our fault to begin with; we failed to restrain Xiang Ya!"
"They shouldn't risk their lives to save someone who wants to drag everyone down with them!"
"If it weren't for their protection along the way, we would have died countless times!"
"The rest of the journey is up to us!"
Remember, no one owes us anything!
"We've only read a few more books than others! If we hadn't saved their lives, why would they all listen to us? I was too attached to appearances before!"
"It's your father's fault for not teaching you well!"
Let them go!
Tao then gave up!
She could only watch helplessly as she, her husband, and her son drifted further and further apart!
The Bai family members were also in low spirits the whole way because of this incident!
Zhang Tiedan was afraid that his benefactor would be unhappy!
So he kept talking incessantly in Lin Ru's ear the whole way!
"My benefactor! How can you be so amazing at such a young age?"
How can you be so strong?
"Who taught you this skill?"
How did you meet the second-in-command?
"Our benefactors! Where are you going next?"
"Do you want to work with us?"
"benefactor……"
Lin Ru was starting to regret saving Zhang Tiedan!
That's just so annoying!
Because they had ridden horses and traveled at full speed, it took them less than three hours!
And now they walk!
So it took five hours to travel!
As dawn broke, they finally arrived at the foot of a mountain!
Zhang Tiedan pointed to the mountain with a smile!
"My benefactor! We've arrived! This is our territory, and it will be your territory from now on!"
"Let's go home!"
Lin Ru looked at the towering mountain! On the surface, nothing seemed out of the ordinary, yet it actually housed such a group of simple-minded bandits! It was rather amazing!
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